Chapter 211: Full Expansion of the Army

In the fifth year, in February, Zhu Dadian was appointed governor of Shandong, and Kong Youdeling was late in Beijing. History has taken a small turn at this node, several counties in Shandong have been eroded, and Denglai has been well preserved. In the same month, Wu went to Dengzhou and brought his will.

The holy decree is as follows, I have heard: born with five materials, one must be abolished, and if you don't teach people to fight, you are saying to abandon it. The festival of the king lies in bowing, and the minister is loyal, and he expects to be hidden. Driven for the country, brave and loyal, free from hardship, loyal and affectionate. All commanded the envoy Tongzhi, Denglai Town, Dengzhou Battalion General Chen Xie, learned the nine streams, the seven virtues of the bud, the sincerity of the worried king, and the heart of the king. The way of dedication, know everything. On meritorious service, he can be awarded the governor of the Nanjing Governor's Mansion and the military governor, the chief military officer of Denglai Town, the hussar general, and the honorable guard. He gave five royal horses, 100 horses from Taifu Temple, and 100 silver whips. Give three generations of the same official, a son of Yin, a brocade and a hundred households. The officers and men of the subordinate department were each promoted to one level and rewarded, and the meritorious generals and colonels were rewarded for their meritorious service in the military department.

As a result, Chen Xie's new positions are as follows: Rank Officer: Governor of the Nanjing Governor's Mansion and the Military Governor. Officer: Chief Military Officer of Denglai Town. Loose Officer: Hussar General. Xun: Upper Protector. (Note: It's so complicated, I hereby thank the reader "Wang Sun Wuyang", the holy decree in the text, and the official position arrangements are all from the hands of this gentleman.) ）

Chen Xie, the new commander-in-chief of Denglai, was ordered by Governor Sun Yuanhua to send a battalion of infantry to Laizhou, and the guerrilla general Zhang Biao led his troops to stationed in Changyi to rectify the place and restore public order. Half a month later, a large number of "ownerless" lands were incorporated into the military cantonment and handed over to the refugees from Liaodong to cultivate.

The influence caused by Kong Youde gradually subsided, and after repeated weakening, the former Dongjiang town soldiers were about 15oo in the territory of Denglai, and they were controlled by the guerrilla general Geng Zhongming. Resident in Laizhou. The issue of disposing of the 100,000 Liaodong refugees in Denglai once again fell on Sun Yuanhua's head.

Sun Yuanhua, who was accustomed to having difficulties finding local tyrants, immediately sent someone to invite Chen Xie after making sure that his ass could sit steadily.

In the backyard of the Chen family in Zhangjiazhuang, two pregnant women have big bellies, and they are still commanding their respective subordinates in their respective yards, so they must not lose their territory carelessly. A land-for-share transaction began after the year, and Yuzhu, who lost the right to supervise and manage each factory, began to get involved in the right to operate the land. Yujing fought back, and finally under the auspices of Master Chen. The respective territories were demarcated.

Land management in Dengzhou and Huang County. Rain Nettle is in charge, part-time backyard supervisor. The land management of Changyi and Qishan, as well as the supervisor of the front yard, are taken care of by Yuzhu. The hospital is run by Hongguo. Factories and mines that have been preserved. Changsheng is in charge. Something commercial. It was taken by Liu Qing. There has been little change in the military, the only change is that Xilao Jingwei is a ghost, who is now employed by Chen Xie.

After a period of employment. The status of these ghosts has been greatly improved, and they are in charge of training sailors and artillery teams, and their results have improved rapidly. As a result, the status of Xilaojing, Lu Weiliu, and Franyalanda unexpectedly appeared at the spring military meeting of the Dengzhou camp, and Xilaojing also made a work report.

"Your Excellency, Distinguished General, colleagues. After a period of rectification, the Dengzhou Navy Division was basically reorganized, and there were 133 ships and 8 ships of more than 2oo material (6o tons). 15o, 1oo of this class of ships, 36. The rest are all small boats, and the inshore patrol is acceptable, and going to sea can be ignored. ”

After Xilao finished the report and sat down, Chen Xie glanced at Lu Weiluo, this red-headed and green-eyed ghost, it is said that he married a big-footed woman who fled from Liaodong as his daughter-in-law, which is a bit rooted in China.

"Your Excellency, Distinguished General, colleagues. The work of the shipyard in Qishan is generally smooth. According to the instructions of His Excellency the General, the main purpose at this stage is to train some skilled craftsmen, and to build some larger ships in small quantities. In order to achieve this work goal, Qishan Shipyard added three new docks and started to build 4 large ships with 5oo materials at the same time. Due to some objective reasons, it will probably take until June this year for these ships to be officially delivered to the sailors. ”

"Can you tell me about some objective reasons?" Chen Xie, who had been listening to the report quietly, suddenly opened his mouth to ask.

"Timber, mainly the problem of timber. You know, the wood used to make a boat is special and needs to be processed for a long time. The secondary reason is the proficiency of some young craftsmen. It is expected that after the launch of this batch of ships, a team of about 500 skilled craftsmen can be trained. Here, I would like to build yì, Your Excellency General, to increase the number of people in the shipyard. "Lu Weiluo is a senior technical talent with the strongest navigation ability and a little understanding of shipbuilding.

"Tell me your reasons!" Chen Xie remained silent, and Lu Weiluo said: "According to the Western calculation unit, a ship of 5oo material is equivalent to between 15o-16o tons. In my opinion, such a ship is not particularly important for the construction of a strong naval division. We can even build it a little more carefully, even if it's slow. The key is to gain experience, so that you can use a lot of new people who are not very skilled. It doesn't matter if something goes wrong, as long as they can master the art of shipbuilding. Otherwise, with the existing craftsmen, even if we get the drawings and get some European craftsmen to join us, it will take an extremely long time to build a large ship of more than 5oo tons. A year, or even longer, I think, this conflicts with the plans of His Excellency the General. ”

Papapa, Chen Xie applauded, the officers present applauded one after another, Lu Wei's face was red with excitement, and he bowed frequently.

"Very well, Lu Weiluo, you go back and write a detailed plan and hand it over to the staff office. Although I agree with your abilities, work is work and there must be a detailed plan. If you don't know how to write a plan, ask someone from the Staff Office to guide you. ”

"Thank you for your advice, Your Excellency." Lu Weiluo sat down, Chen Xie glanced at Fran Yalanda, who was a little nervous, and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, Fran Yalanda, I believe you can bring me good news." ”

Fran Aranda, who is only 1.7 meters tall, is relatively short in the venue, and her voice is a little shaky after standing up.

"That's right, after a period of contact, the overall quality of the existing artillery of our current Dengzhou Army is not low. At least 300 people are proficient in the skills that a qualified artilleryman should master. Hearing this, Chen Xie's face was a little ugly. Artillery is actually one of his biggest weaknesses. The artillery of the Ming Dynasty is actually almost the same, and the question of whether it is accurate or not has never been very important. According to Chen Xie's own numbers, there are indeed only about 300 people at present, and they have basically mastered the aiming technology of artillery.

"The current system of our army solves this problem very well, and it is not necessary for every artilleryman to master all the skills. The experience of having one or a few gunners who are relatively accurate in commanding the operations of other artillery pieces is worth promoting. Here, I would like to mention that the existing artillery corps is too large. Formation of 12 guns. For field troops, the pressure on transportation and logistics is too great. It should be appropriately downsized, and I think six guns is a more appropriate setup. An artillery team of this size, accompanied by an infantry battalion. It makes more sense to start with. Shrink at the same time as accompanying field artillery. We can set up a specialized artillery battalion. Such an artillery battalion. Commanders can use dense artillery fire more effectively, and can carry out intensive artillery strikes in a certain part of the battlefield at any time. Destroy the enemy's fighting spirit. Finally, I would like to stress that our army's artillery has the problem of small caliber, and we should give due consideration to the larger-caliber artillery on the first line. ”

At this time, Chen Xie turned his head and said to the recorder beside him: "Focus on recording, the demand for large-caliber artillery." ”

His eyes fell on General Wang Qinian, and after standing up, General Wang said imposingly: "The top priority at the moment is to expand the army." The total number of my Dengzhou battalions is only six infantry battalions, and there is still a big gap between them and their normal establishment. Geng Zhongming's Dongjiang army can be treated as if they don't save zài, just take some coarse grain every month. ”

"No, no, no, Wang Qinian, you see that the problem is too superficial, sit down."

General Chen stood up, pressed his hands on the table, looked at a group of subordinates and said: "From today on, the treatment of the Dongjiang Army will be compared with the treatment of our army, except for equipment. Each soldier was paid 12 taels of silver a year, a piece of cloth, and four pairs of shoes. These things will all be collected at the Laizhou Quartermaster Department and placed according to the head. Each person has a small notebook to record the receipt of the situation. No officer of the Dongjiang Army has the right to receive the treatment of soldiers on his behalf. I said that, do you know what to do? After speaking, Chen Xie turned his head to look at Su Haochen, the staff officer in charge of logistics.

Su Haochen, a native of Dengzhou, is the only one among the officers under Chen Xie who has a meritorious reputation, and he is a talented person. At first, he just taught in the academy and received a meager salary. Later, the family was really in difficulty, and took the initiative to throw himself into the arms of the army. His current position is to praise paintings, which sounds like a form of staff, and actually controls the designation of the battle plan of the Dengzhou Army, as well as the supervision of the release and procurement of all military supplies. Even if Chen Xie attaches more importance to being a staff officer, Chen Xie has always cultivated him as a chief of staff.

"I understand that I can send a logistics team into Laizhou to be responsible for this part of the work."

Chen Xie nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good, this matter will be handed over to you." Below I announce! ”

Brushing and brushing, standing up neatly, Chen Xie looked at a group of young faces, and knew in his heart that they were his greatest source of confidence. "It is imperative to expand the Dengzhou battalion, and within one month, the recruitment of six foot battalions must be completed, and within half a year, the training must be qualified. Wang Qinian is fully responsible for this matter. Something went wrong, I'm looking for trouble with you. ”

"Humble duty understands!" Wang Qinian held his chest high and his voice was loud.

"Weng Zhengqing, transferred from his original position, was promoted to artillery battalion garrison, and Fran Aranda was promoted to deputy garrison. The reorganization of the various artillery units and the reorganization of the new artillery battalions will be handed over to the two of them. ”

"Lu Weiluo, from today onwards, you are the director of Qishan Shipyard. Xilaojing, from today onwards, you will be the Dengzhou Sailor Guard. ”

Toot toot, the knock on the door interrupted Chen Xie's speech, and it was Chen Xie's dogleg Yan Xiaosheng who came in, Chen Xie looked over unhappily, Yan Xiaosheng stepped forward quickly, and said in a low voice: "The governor sent a messenger, please go to Dengzhou immediately." ”

Chen Xie snorted and continued: "Let's dismiss the meeting, that's all for today." After speaking, Chen Xie took the lead in leaving, and before getting into the carriage, he said to Yan Xiaosheng, who opened the door: "Remember, when I have a military meeting in the future, unless I have a serious matter, don't go in and interrupt." ”

Yan Xiaosheng stood straight and said loudly: "The little one understands." Chen Xie just got on the car, two horses pulled the four-wheeled carriage, slowly on the road, a team of black-clothed knights in front of the spur spurted on the road, divided into two teams, one team in front, one team in the back, escorting Chen Xie's carriage to Dengzhou rolling away, Tata Tower's horse hooves killed solemnly, trampling the peace of the field in early spring. (To be continued......)

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