Fighting again and again has shown that an excellent grassroots officer is extremely important, and he should not fail to treat the squad leader as an officer.

A large number of outstanding low-level junior officers determine the outcome of a battle to some extent. To a large extent, the Mandarin Duck Formation attaches importance to collective operations, pays attention to coordination ability, and can command and coordinate a team well, so as to give full play to the maximum power of the Mandarin Duck Formation.

In the process of hurrying, Zhao Pu always had to pull out the squads to practice, the squadrons to practice, and the brigades to practice, among which each winning squad could add food, while the worst squad could only do the dirtiest and most tiring work, and the commander could also be praised.

In short, the strong are respected in the army, and only the victors can eat the best. The loser is destined to the dirtiest and most tired guy.

In addition, Zhao Pu actively promotes literacy.

An army without culture is a stupid army, an army that has never had a future.

The root cause of the warlords' division of the country, the antagonism between officers and soldiers, the roar of the camp, and the robbery and rape of soldiers is the low level of education of soldiers. The lower the level of education, the greater the possibility of warlord secession, the greater the conflict between soldiers and officers, and the more incidents of discipline violations.

To enhance the combat effectiveness of the army, everything lies in only three points: first, the difficult environment, second, continuous victories, and third, improving the culture of soldiers.

In short, building a strong army is not something that can be built overnight, in a year and a half, or at least more than ten years, or even more than twenty years.

They have all seen that the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has broken the blood of the Yankees on the Korean battlefield with inferior equipment, but who knows that this was achieved after more than 20 years of forging.

In the grass-roots period of the Communist army, the desertion rate was extremely high at that time, and even the famous ** almost became deserters, and even in rows, companies, and even a battalion broke and fled, and there were many defectors who defected to the enemy.

During the period of more than 20 years, from the August 1 Nanchang Uprising to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) continued to fight against the Kuomintang, the Japanese army, and bandits.

Brutal battles mean high mortality rates, and under the oppression of death, you can only keep improving, and only progress can you live, which is very cruel and helpless.

Thus, the powerful PLA was successfully cast.

In Zhao Pu's view, the People's Liberation Army of later generations is a truly qualified soldier. At that time, the People's Liberation Army would not mutiny because of insufficient military salaries, would not quit the war because of poor equipment, would fight to the death even if there was a disparity between the enemy and us, would be generous even if it was certain to die, and would fight the enemy even if it was hungry.

The Western Army is the elite of the Song Army, and these 8,000 elite soldiers are the elite of the Western Army, but in Zhao Pu's view, it is too far from the People's Liberation Army in later generations.

It may collapse because of the unfavorable battle, it may mutiny because of insufficient salaries, it may defect because of money, and it may defect to the enemy because of power.

In the words of Zeng Guofan: "When a soldier eats food and is promoted to become rich, it is like raising a group of dogs, if you throw a bone, it will follow you, and if someone throws a bigger bone, it may betray you." And how many bones can the court throw at them? “

The 8,000 elite soldiers at this moment are very unqualified.

It belongs to soldiers who have not yet been trained and qualified, but even if they are not qualified, they can only go to the battlefield. Because the Jin army called, there was not much time left for him. Soldiers can only be trained in war, the battlefield is used as a training ground, and the death is used to assess whether the soldiers are qualified.

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In order to hide, you can only walk on the mountain road, and you can't ride a horse on the mountain road, you can only rely on two big feet.

During the march, Zhao Pu also saw the strong physical strength of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty.

In later generations, the means of transportation were developed, the high-level ones had airplanes and trains, the middle-level ones had cars and trucks, and the low-level ones also had bicycles, which could be said to be very little dependent on the two legs, the physical consumption was very small, and the physical fitness was also relatively declining.

However, in the Song Dynasty, there has always been a shortage of horses, and unicycles are relied on on land, most of which are mainly footboards. When the army marched, the soldiers could only prepare with weapons on their backs, or wheelbarrows to pull food, which made the feet of the Song soldiers particularly powerful.

These 8,000 elite soldiers, each carrying fifty or sixty pounds of equipment, will walk like flying, walking sixty miles a day, easily, even if they walk on mountain roads, they can also walk forty miles; The next day was still a brisk walk, the march was still the same, and there was no fatigue at all. And Zhao Pu couldn't do it, empty-handed, without carrying anything, but he was half tired to death, the soles of his feet were blistered, and his legs were tired and painful.

This made Zhao Pu ashamed.

He is really a mouth cannon, a commodity who talks about soldiers on paper, and he talks about military affairs, the method of military training, the way of marching, etc., and even the division can't talk about him; But when it comes to practice, a simple field march is a drag bottle.

And in archery, the battlefield fights...... Miserable, needless to say.

In short, compared to these Song soldiers, Zhao Pu felt that he was a waste, and he could do nothing but talk about it.

But even if it didn't work, Zhao Pu was working hard, constantly practicing swordsmanship, archery, and marching in the wild. Not to fight on the battlefield, just to save your life on the battlefield.

The world knows that Confucius is a sage of the East, and Socrates is a sage of the West, but who knows that they are warriors on the battlefield, Confucius participated in the Lu army and fought fiercely with other vassal states; Socrates fought in the Greek army and fought against the armies of other countries. In the end, they survived, because they had strong battlefield survivability and fast running speed, and as a result, many of their comrades hung up, and they survived.

So, they became saints and lived on for centuries.

Staying alive is the greatest capital.

The war against Jin can not be done in a year and a half, and the exorcism of the Jurchens is not something that can be done by winning one or two battles, and the war against Jin takes a long time, ranging from more than ten years to twenty or thirty years. Only by learning more skills on the battlefield and adapting to the battlefield can we live better and live to the end.

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Success is simple.

When you think of what others can't think of, you're half the battle;

When you do what others can't do, you succeed the other half.

There is no doubt that Zhao Pu succeeded, and these 8,000 elite soldiers were the test results of his success.

In the Great Song Dynasty, there were high and low occupations, such as scholars, farmers, workers, merchants, craftsmen, prostitutes, soldiers, etc., and the status of soldiers was lower than that of prostitutes. Di Qing was a famous general in the Northern Song Dynasty, who was once a privy envoy and equivalent to the Minister of Defense, but was insulted by a prostitute. It seems incredible in this modern age, a escort lady actually insulted the Minister of Defense, isn't this looking for death? But such a strange event happened in the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, soldiers were inferior, even inferior to prostitutes.

Although the Great Song Dynasty had the habit of using literature to control martial arts, and a large number of literati served as military positions, but the use of literature to enter the military often represented superiority, soldiers trained, and these literati generals rested and enjoyed the coolness; The soldiers were nibbling on steamed buns, and the literati generals were eating plates and plates; The soldiers were fighting outside, but the literati generals were enjoying the songs and dances.

The literati general seems to have deliberately and inherently cut off contact with the soldiers, even if it is Li Gang and his ilk, they will not march in the field like the soldiers, dozens of miles a day; They will not eat in a big pot with the soldiers, let alone go down to the grassroots level to see if they will deduct military salaries, and they will not be too lazy to monitor the condition of the equipment, which has nothing to do with the suffering of the soldiers, does not matter the psychological feelings of the soldiers, and regards the soldiers as ants, as if this can show their lofty and maverick character.

In Zhao Pu's opinion, he is an unqualified private, cannon fodder on the battlefield, and he is secretly ashamed in his heart.

But in the eyes of many soldiers, this prince is a well-known figure, eating the same meal as the big guy, training together, marching in the field together, not special at all, approachable, even if the soles of his feet are blistered, but he still continues to walk, and does not complain at all.

As for Zhao Pu's many shortcomings, especially his poor performance in field marching, fighting, and archery, he was subconsciously ignored.

Readers, always have the privilege.

Even if he doesn't do something well, it's understandable that he's a reader. For example, in the same battle, if the general loses the battle, he may sit in prison, or simply drop his head to the ground; However, the scholar lost the battle, and at most he was dismissed, and the most severe punishment was only to go home.

In the eyes of the soldiers, this master of the prison army is normal if he is not qualified.

Anyway, when it comes to the battlefield, there is no need for him to fight, it is enough to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai.

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