By the end of the second week of May 1905, in addition to Yang Tiesheng's 4th Infantry Regiment in Manchuria, troops from Xue Changqing, Hu Dalin, Zhang Yahu, Chen Wu and others had arrived one after another, and Kornilov's 1st Infantry Regiment in the Far East had arrived at the same time.

So far, Song Biao has gathered eight infantry regiments, one transport regiment, two engineer regiments, one cavalry brigade, and one artillery regiment in the areas of Zhujiatun, Wazigou, Tongjiayu, Fujiatun, and Shadigou, with a total strength of 43,000 troops.

In terms of the establishment of the artillery regiment, Song Biao also adopted a more relaxed staffing to ensure that after he captured the artillery of the Yue Army, he could immediately form a new artillery unit. The establishment scale of the Xue Changqing Transport Regiment and the Hu Dalin Engineer Regiment is much larger than the normal standard of a transport regiment and an engineer regiment, and in particular, the actual size of the transport regiment is equivalent to an infantry brigade.

With the abundance of personnel and the continuous change of the situation, Song Biao can only make some new adjustments.

After re-ordering the detailed classified training schedules and specifications for each department, Song Biao summoned everyone to his own combat conference room, which was different from the Russian generals who held a small meeting alone.

The current Manchurian Infantry Division is a bit large in size, and everyone is very uncomfortable with this strange change, and the tension of the imminent big war, as well as the pressure to fight with those middle and senior generals of the Russian army, also seems to make everyone feel very depressed.

In particular, Jiang Yanxing, Cai Yi and others, who arrived in Zhujiatun a few days in advance, said that they had interned in the army and really set foot in Song Biao's world, but they were still like a group of headless flies, which really failed Song Biao's expectations for them and their reputation in history.

It can only be said that everyone has been a fledgling, or rather, in fact, they are the tallest of the short, and their level and knowledge are nothing more than that.

Jiang Fangzhen's luck is better, he has gradually adapted to this kind of life and the real world of Song Biao, in short, this world is extremely exciting, far beyond his imagination, and he has to learn new things every day more than he learned in the previous year.

If he had been proficient in Russian, he would have actually learned much more.

The real subordinates have arrived, Song Biao is still very happy, and after everyone sat down straight, he gently scratched his forehead and pondered for a moment, and then looked up at everyone again, especially the little attention glanced at Cai Ye and Jiang Yanxing, and said: "Everyone is still a little slow, the special training on the Russian army's side has been carried out for ten days, and the results are still very obvious." In order to ensure the level of combat, we even eliminated a batch of inferior non-commissioned officers. My thoughts are like this, although this is a war for the Russians, we are just looking for an opportunity to kill Xiao Yueben, but I have become the commander-in-chief of the front line as I wished, you need to give me some support. Especially considering that most of us are new recruits, the training I have arranged for you is even closer. I hope you can do it to the letter. ”

Zhang Yahu was very confident, and replied categorically: "Don't worry, our department will do our best, and it will definitely not be worse than the Russian army, because the division has the right to distribute the spoils of war, as long as we fight well, the good things are ours!" ”

Song Biao laughed, after all, he was an old subordinate who had beaten Heigoutai, and he knew a little bit about it.

The progress of people is obvious.

Song Biao felt that Zhang Yahu's progress was very fast, half a year ago, this person was still a groom, and he was detained by the bandit Hu Dalin when he went out to buy rice, and now he is indeed decent, he has grown up in the war, it is really not easy.

Thinking about this, he smiled slightly, and was very happy in his heart, for him and for Zhang Yahu.

He raised his head, crossed his hands on his chest, looked left and right with a calm expression, and then looked at Xue Changqing and said: "My side was originally expected to be six infantry regiments, but now there are eight infantry regiments, Zhao Tingzhu and Yang Tiesheng ran too far, they definitely can't catch up." Old Xue, you send someone to inform them of my new decision. It's not a good thing to change the order overnight, but the situation is always changing, and we have to adjust it temporarily. Tie Sheng shouldn't come, let him watch our nest in Tonghua County and Niujiabao, this matter is also familiar to him. What about the pillar, let him cooperate with the Russian army to clean up the bandits along the Eastern Railway, if there is spare strength, he will also take care of the Liaoyuan area, this place is a big nest of bandits in Liaozhong, there are many bandits, and the Russian army is in a hurry, let's solve this problem for him, which is also a good thing for our fellow villagers in Kanto. ”

Xue Changqing nodded and said, "I will immediately send someone to inform them, in fact, Tie Sheng has arrived in Tonghua County, and the personnel are all in order, so I am ready to come over, just wait for the pillar to come back and change the guard." Tie Sheng especially wanted to participate in the war, and he didn't have his turn last time, but this time he was really anxious. ”

Song Biao also has a headache, he still has to use the Russians to rush in front this time, he is fishing for experience and spoils in the back, Yang Tiesheng's 4th Infantry Regiment is the longest training, and it is time to pull it out and practice, but unfortunately it is a pity that the heavens do not fulfill people's wishes.

He sighed and said, "Forget it, there are always opportunities, so don't worry." In this case, I will write him a letter and arrange something new for him to do, so that he will not feel sad. ”

Xue Changqing said: "The master's handwritten letter, he must be better off in his heart." ”

Song Biao nodded silently and said, "Other things that should be ordered and arranged have also been arranged, and there is nothing to add, just to remind you of the key points." Because we are now in mixed operations, the Russian army fights with us, and it is unified under our jurisdiction, so my command is divided into two systems, the system on the side of the Russian army is already ready-made, and they themselves draw people from the side of the general staff. Jiang Fangzhen is in charge of our side, he came a few days early, fortunately, the general personnel have already been known, and it is easier to coordinate. I want to talk about a few things alone, one is that the command of the engineer regiment is handed over to Lieutenant Colonel Martos, this person's level is very good, Dalin, you have to cooperate more, win over more, I have long-term ideas in the future. On the side of the transport regiment, Major Tuvaniel is the head of the regiment, he is an old friend, and it is not a loss to share the credit with him, Changqing, you understand it in your heart, I won't say it so thoroughly. ”

Xue Changqing said with a smile: "Master, don't worry, I have always had a good relationship with him, and it is very suitable to partner with him, and there will be no problems." ”

Hu Dalin couldn't tell who Martos was, and he hadn't seen it, but he still insisted on it: "Master, I resolutely obey your arrangement." ”

Song Biao added: "This time the battle will be very complicated, so I have also arranged a combat training plan for the transport regiment and the engineer regiment, you must pay attention to the changes in this regard, and when you have to do so, or in the event of a very unexpected situation, you will all have to go into battle." ”

Xue Changqing and Hu Dalin both nodded, and they both knew in their hearts that this time the scale of the troop assembly was so large, maybe it was carried out according to the task of a group army, and it was really anything bad that could be encountered.

After all, I have fought the battle of Heigoutai, and I have encountered all the things that should have been encountered, I have experience, and I have a spectrum in my heart.

Song Biao continued to instruct Zhang Yahu and Chen Wu: "Your task is to make reserves for the main force of the Russian army, but in some special links, you have to temporarily serve as the main force. In two aspects, Huzi's 2nd Infantry Regiment has to temporarily serve as an engineer regiment at a special moment, which is not a difficult matter for your side, but all the training I arranged must be completed to the letter. ”

Without waiting for Song Biao to finish speaking, Zhang Yahu agreed and said, "Please rest assured, I won't be sloppy, and I can't let these Russians underestimate your descendants." ”

Song Biao agreed with the chin of his head, and continued to instruct Chen Wu: "Your 3rd Infantry Regiment is still the same as last time, temporarily has to undertake night assault missions, and most of the time it has to be dispersed to carry out reconnaissance missions, and I have the same requirements for Huzi, even if it is the training you have done, it must be completed better and faster, don't be lazy for me." If you are lazy now, you will die a miserable death later, and you have to emphasize this point with the brothers below. My Song Biao's troops have no characteristics, the only characteristic is that discipline must be strict, training must be stricter, you can't do it, then you can only come down and change someone, the more old subordinates, the more you can't give me sloppiness, follow me for a day, you have to learn for a day, persist for a day, and implement a day. ”

As soon as everyone heard this, they agreed almost at the same time: "Please rest assured, we will never dare to slack off." ”

Song Biao was naturally very happy at this time, the formation speed of his army was really very fast, because of his good luck, he almost followed the Russian army all the way to train the troops, which largely belonged to a part of the Russian army, and there were Russian military instructors in charge of training, everyone did not understand and plagiarized and imitated the Russian army, and meetings and discipline norms were all kinds of rules formulated by Song Biao.

It was in this environment that his unit quickly became a regularized force.

Don't look at the level of the Russian army, it is not high, but after all, it is a member of the European army system, at least many times more regular than the so-called Beiyang Army.

From November 1904 to May 1905, it could be developed to the current level in half a year, generals like generals, soldiers like soldiers, according to the model of the European Army, training, establishment, and equipment, can only be said to be very lucky, and Song Biao's training ability can also be said to be really good.

At this time, Song Biao decided to participate in this final conference battle, it was indeed the right time, all the troops needed to complete a new baptism and sublimation in the war, if he was a little lucky, he was likely to bring his troops to a higher level with only this conference battle.

There is no need to explain other things, so he rearranged Jiang Yanxing and others, Jiang Yanxing partnered with Zhang Yahu, Cai Yi partnered with Chen Wu, Zhang Xiaohuai partnered with Hu Dalin, Xu Baoying continued to work in the artillery regiment, and Jiang Fangzhen and Shu Fangde continued to stay in the staff office as staff officers.

Time was pressing, and no one knew when the army would launch a general offensive, and after the meeting, the generals hurried out to organize training.

Song Biao left Jiang Fangzhen and Shu Fangde, and compared the calligraphy level of the two separately, feeling that although Shu Fangde's calligraphy was not as neat as Jiang Fangzhen, it had a taste that a soldier should have, and he was more powerful, so he asked Shu Fangde to write a letter to Yang Tiesheng.

After a long silence, he really didn't know how to speak.

After pondering for a long time, he finally spoke and dictated to Shu Fangde: "My brother Tiezi, the master can't stand you, I still have to let you show me the home and nursing home, the opportunity is missed, it's overcrowded, I really can't draw it, and when you come, the battle on my side may be over." That's all it takes, I hope you understand, being idle is also idle, let's do something meaningful......! ”

He was thinking about it like milking, but he said more than 4,000 words at once.

Song Biao didn't have much to say, except for letting Yang Tiesheng grasp the defense of Tonghua County and pay careful attention to the movements of the Yue army, the rest was to take the opportunity to take care of the county's chores, exercise his level and ability, catch spring and summer planting, catch two small bandits when he had the opportunity to fight a dozen, study more when he has time, and work hard to learn Russian.

Yang Tiesheng had never fought, and the guard work in Tonghua County could only be handed over to Chief Instructor Denikin.

Song Biao suggested that Yang Tiesheng take this opportunity to learn more from Major Legvich and Lieutenant Colonel Denikin of the 4th Cavalry Regiment of the Poltava Cossack, anyway, there are interpreters of the Russian army over there, so this rare opportunity cannot be wasted.

With this guilt, Song Biao gave a long list of suggestions, and when he finished the last word, Shu Fangde was already sweating profusely, who made this guy write too hard.

Song Biao picked up the letter and read it, and praised Shu Fangde: "The writing is very powerful, very good, like what our soldiers wrote, I will learn more calligraphy with you in the future!" ”

Shu Fangde was shocked, and hurriedly said humbly: "The subordinates are shallow in knowledge, and they dare not be ashamed, and they hope that the master will be smart!" ”

Song Biao smiled: "It's not bad, at least it's much better than me, isn't it...... Let's learn from each other. ”

Shu Fangde suddenly broke out in a cold sweat here again, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, learn from each other, no, it's still a subordinate to learn from the teacher." ”

Song Biao couldn't help but sigh, thinking to himself, after rolling in the Manchu court for a few years, people have become like ghosts, how can a person who is afraid of a tiger become a good soldier, this person is actually abolished, don't want to be a real military general in this life.

Jiang Fangzhen is not good, the book is too angry.

A soldier is a special type of person, and he must have a unique temperament of a soldier, and a person born with this temperament is more likely to stand out in the army.

Especially looking at World War I and World War II, the temperament of German generals is the strongest, the characteristics of professionalism and aristocratic knights are the strongest, the temperament of American generals is biased towards academics, and MacArthur and General Patton are considered to be alternatives in the American army.

As for people like Shu Fangde, who are not suitable to be generals, staying by Song Biao's side to do those miscellaneous jobs is just making a living.

Song Biao had wanted to find a clerical staff who could represent him, and Lao Guo Tou also found a few people in Shenyang City who were said to be quite talented, but the result was that those who were talented and famous were unwilling to come, and those who were willing to come had nothing to use except calligraphy.

Therefore, people should be skilled in more skills.

Shu Fangde understands Chinese, has a rough understanding of English, is strong in calligraphy, and has received modern non-commissioned officer education, which is also a rare talent.

Zhao Tingzhu can speak Russian, Chen Wu knows Tan legs, which is also the key to their standout, Zhang Yahu and Zhao Tingzhu will suffer a loss when they compare, good opportunities are always robbed by Zhao Tingzhu, Yang Tiesheng and Chen Wu are compared, it is really depressing.

It's really important to have an extra skill to defend yourself outside of your main business, maybe you can get a good job, or have a few more opportunities to shine, or avoid being laid off.

(To be continued)