Chapter 426: The Stars Will Shine
With ten people as a tithe, the chief is a core: thirty people are a platoon, and the platoon commander is the core: one hundred people are a team, the captain is the core, five hundred people are a battalion, and the military marquis is the core; 3,000 people for a brigade, and the lieutenant is the core; 10,000 people are a division, and the general army is the core. The army must have the soul of the army, the soul of the army is there, the army is not dispersed, and the men and horses of a division are afraid of fighting to one battalion and one team, as long as the core of the establishment at all levels still exists, the army will never retreat.
In addition to all the generals and lieutenants being issued with seals according to the old system of the court, Liu Ze is also preparing to use new rank seals, after all, although seals can represent official ranks, but on the battlefield, these seals are inconvenient to wear, in order to judge the rank of military attachés at a glance, the title is obviously very important.
On the issue of wearing the title, there are no more than two ways to wear it in later generations, one is the collar badge, the other is the epaulettes, but the clothes of the Han Dynasty are not stand-up collars, and they cannot be worn on the collar, because the armor of soldiers and generals is different, the epaulettes do not seem to be easy to wear, Liu Ze considered to think about it, and decided to wear the rank mark on the left chest and chest, whether it is armor, leather armor or cloth clothing, it is relatively easy to fix, and it is also very eye-catching.
The soldier's rank is an iron rectangular brand, three inches long, two inches wide, a crimson V-shaped sign bar, two for the healthy soldier, three for the brave soldier, and four for the military pawn.
The rank of the non-commissioned officer is also made of black iron, and the size is the same as that of a soldier. The symbol of the Sharp is a crimson V-bar underneath, and above the V-bar is a yellow three-dimensional star; The symbol of the kenshi is a red V-shaped bar with two horizontal triangle stars; The symbol of the Snap is three three-dimensional stars, arranged in a zigzag pattern; The Ewat is emblem of four triangular stars, arranged in a diamond shape.
The lieutenant's title is bronze and three inches long and two inches wide, and the lieutenant's emblem is a straight, silvery-white bar decorated with a silver-white four-pointed star. The rank of a lieutenant is one bar and two stars, and the rank of captain is one bar and three stars. The warrant officer's rank is basically the same as that of a lieutenant, the only slight difference is the color of the four-pointed star, which is black instead of silver-white. Warrant officers of the first class have three stars on one bar, and warrant officers of the second class have two stars on one bar. Warrant officer of the third class has one bar and one star.
The rank of the school officer is made of red bronze. The size of a lieutenant is like that of a lieutenant, and the symbol of the lieutenant colonel is two silver-white thin bars with a silver-white four-pointed star in the middle, two bars and two stars for the positive school, and three stars on the colonel's two bars.
The brigadier general's title is also of red bronze texture. The difference is that there is an eight-pointed star that is significantly twice as large as the four-pointed star. The eight-pointed star is also silvery-white. And there are no two straight bars of the school officer.
The general's medal is also an eight-pointed star the same size as the brigadier general, except that the texture of the medal has changed to silver, made of sterling silver. The color of the eight-pointed star also changed to cyan. The title of the partial general is also made of silver, with two eight-pointed stars on it, three eight-pointed stars for the lieutenant, four eight-pointed stars for the positive, five eight-pointed stars for the general, and six eight-pointed stars for the general, all arranged in a straight line. Later, people also honored generals and generals, five-star generals, and six-star generals.
As for the title of the marshal, since he is not ready to award it at this stage, Liu Ze has not prepared the title of marshal, but Liu Ze is mentally prepared, since the marshal is the same as the three princes, the purple star on the gold background will not be able to run, what is the specific style, and it is not too late to consider it when the marshal is awarded the title.
Obviously, everyone is very interested in Liu Ze's new military rank system, which seems to be not much different from the rank and rank of the court, but the Han Dynasty society has always emphasized literature and light on military force, and the promotion of military attachés is mostly difficult.
After discussion, it was preliminarily decided to organize the current army in Xuzhou into four field corps, with Liu Ze personally serving as the governor of the first corps, and Jia Xu serving as the staff officer of the first corps, similar to the chief of staff of later generations, giving advice to the governor of the corps. The first deputy governor was Zhao Yunlai, and the second deputy governor was Xu Ronglai. The 1st Army Corps had three divisions, two infantry divisions and one cavalry division.
The establishment of cavalry divisions is slightly different, each cavalry division has 3,000 cavalry, and the war horses are equipped according to one to one, and each division is equipped with about 4,000 war horses. In later generations, the invincible Mongolian cavalry was equipped with two to four horses, Liu Ze was not so extravagant, and it was not easy to be equipped with war horses for more than one-third of the number of cavalry. The scarcity and high cost of war horses made it admirable for the princes to have a formed cavalry unit in the melee, and Liu Ze equipped all the legions with cavalry divisions in one go, which was enough to make the world's heroes breathtaking.
Each cavalry division has three cavalry brigades, each with 1,000 cavalry, and 600 auxiliaries and horsemen, plus the division headquarters and logistics battalions directly under it, and the full strength of each cavalry division is 6,000 men. A cavalry brigade has five cavalry battalions, each with 200 cavalry, and the battalion is the most basic combat unit.
The key to the success or failure of an army is not how good its commanders are, nor how brave its soldiers are, but on the basis of the logistics support system, and if there is no systematic and perfect logistics support system with efficient operation, it is doomed to be a failed army. Therefore, the corps has a special logistics department, with a total establishment of about 3,000 to 4,000 people, which is responsible for the supply of grain and grass, the transportation of baggage, the maintenance of ordnance, medical aid, boat and bridge engineering, and other logistics and labor affairs of the entire corps.
Two infantry divisions of 10,000 men, plus a cavalry division of 6,000 men and an army headquarters of 3,000 or 4,000 men, the total strength of the First Army Corps was close to 30,000 men. Since the soldiers of the First Legion came from the Plains Army and the Mangdangshan Army directly under Liu Ze, the First Legion was also called the Guards Legion.
The 1st Army Corps had the 1st and 2nd Infantry Divisions and the 1st Cavalry Division. Xu Rong, commander-in-chief of the 1st Infantry Division, and Fang Yue, deputy commander-in-chief; Chen Dao, the commander-in-chief of the Second Infantry Division, and Meng Tan, the deputy commander-in-chief; The commander-in-chief of the First Cavalry Division is Guan Hai, and the deputy commander-in-chief is Yu She.
The Second Army was headed by Guan Yu as the governor, Chen Deng as the army, Gao Shun as the first deputy governor, and Zang Ba as the second deputy governor. It has the 3rd, 4th, 5th Infantry Divisions and the 2nd Cavalry Division. Zang Ba (concurrently), the chief soldier of the Third Infantry Division, and Cheng Lian, the deputy commander-in-chief; Xu Xuan, commander-in-chief of the Fourth Infantry Division, and Wei Xu, deputy commander-in-chief; Cao Xing, the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Infantry Division, and Wu Dun, the deputy commander-in-chief; Zhou Cang, the commander-in-chief of the Second Cavalry Division, and Yin Li, the deputy commander-in-chief. The total strength of the Second Army was around 40,000 men.
The Third Army was headed by Zhang Fei as the governor, Xu Shu as the army, and Zhang He as the deputy governor. It has the 3rd and 4th Cavalry Divisions under its jurisdiction. Wu Anguo, commander-in-chief of the Third Cavalry Division, and Mu Shun, deputy commander-in-chief; Liao Hua, the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Cavalry Division, and Mao Hui, the deputy commander-in-chief. The Third Army was all cavalry divisions, without infantry divisions, with a total strength of 15,000 men.
The Fourth Army was headed by Zhang Liao as the governor, Chen Gong as the army, Tai Shici as the first deputy governor, and Gao Ran as the second deputy governor. It has the 6th, 7th, 8th Infantry Division and the 5th Cavalry Division. Gao Ran, the commander-in-chief of the 6th Infantry Division, and Hou Cheng, the deputy commander-in-chief; Sun Guan, commander-in-chief of the 7th Infantry Division, and Song Xian, deputy commander-in-chief; Hao Meng, commander-in-chief of the Eighth Infantry Division, and Xu Wei, deputy commander-in-chief; The commander of the Fifth Cavalry Division was Yu Poison, and the deputy commander was Xu Xi. The total strength of the Fourth Army was more than 40,000 men.
The four field legions have a total strength of 125,000 people, more than 20,000 war horses, and the elite soldiers in the current armies are selected, except for the first legion, the other legions are all disorganized and reorganized by the men and horses everywhere, except for individual units that have been retained in a structured manner, such as the original Bingzhou wolf cavalry, which is now assigned to the fourth army to which Zhang Liao belongs, and Gao Shun's trapped camp is assigned to Guan Yu's second army. The rest of the units were all reorganized.
Regarding the candidates for the four governors, Liu Ze personally served as the governor of the first legion, which is naturally understandable, and the governors of the second and third legions were served by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, which was not much out of everyone's expectations, first, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were Liu Ze's brothers with different surnames, and secondly, regardless of their courage or achievements, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei deservedly their names. What is surprising is that Zhang Liao was able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the three brothers of Liu Guan and Zhang, becoming the governor of the Fourth Army, surpassing Zhao Yun, who had made great achievements under Liu Ze in one fell swoop, even famous generals like Tai Shici, Xu Rong, and Zhang He, who were not inferior to Zhang Liao at all. Many people are very strange why Liu Ze favors Zhang Liao, you must know that Zhang Liao is just a new general, not only has he not made an inch, but also under Lu Bu's account, there is nothing brilliant to see, but Gao Shun, who is sharp, seems to be stronger than Zhang Liao. Therefore, making Zhang Liao the chief governor of the Fourth Army still caused some dissent, and many people suggested that Liu Ze reconsider the candidate for the governor of the Fourth Army Corps.
However, Liu Ze seems to be confident, obviously he has great trust in Zhang Liao, and he tries his best to maintain the original plan despite public opinion. Zhao Yun, who was the only one who was qualified to compete for the position of governor, did not seem to be cold, and did not come forward to fight for this position at all, but happily accepted the position of deputy governor of the First Legion, so Zhang Liao sat on the position of the governor of the Fourth Legion.
The four staff officers of the four legions are all top strategists, and they all belong to their own positions, and there is no objection. (To be continued......)