【Transitional Chapters】

This year's Spring Festival for Ding Yi, is accustomed to loneliness and habit of liveliness, there are no relatives around, whether it is Zhang Yu or Ding Ruyu, it is impossible to leave Guangzhou Mansion lightly, where Wang Ao, the governor of Liangguang, has been entangled with Ding Yi's implementation of the gentry who are dissatisfied with the integrated grain payment and land reform system of the gentry, looking for an opportunity to make trouble. Although Du Ziteng can deal with it, but if Wang Ao puts on the style of the old man of several dynasties and picks up the official title to talk about things, Du Ziteng, who was born in a military household, will not be able to bear it, this is not a matter of ability, this is a matter of seniority, it is a contest of gate valves, at this time, it requires Zhang Yu's political wisdom and Ding Ruyu's unreasonableness - in the season when the saint is not fading, habitual arrogance is also a kind of ability that is enough to rely on.

So Ding Yi spent the year in the barracks. Forty newly formed battalions and two marine brigades, Ding Yi insisted on going to each battalion to toast the soldiers, so this New Year's dinner, Ding Yi ate all the way from 6 o'clock in the evening to more than 8 o'clock in the evening. Ding Yi has a good memory, he can name many grassroots officers, sometimes rise, and he also lifts up his clothes with tall soldiers to compare his abdominal muscles, looking at Yang Shan and Xu Bin who are traveling with him, including Cao Jixiang and Wen Fatzi, they can't help but shake their heads.

When he went to the head of the third camp, Yang Shan couldn't stand it anymore: "How can Rujin be like this!" Yang Shan complained in a low voice, and said to Wen Fatzi, "No matter how much you love soldiers like children, this general can't be so undignified!" "Indeed, every time he arrived in a battalion and drank a few glasses of wine, Ding Yi integrated into the group, and at first glance, he was one of those soldiers. Yang Shan said angrily, "It's too, how can you look like a ruffian!" ”

Even Wang Yue has to look better than Ding Yi. Although he was also dressed in a black military uniform, laughed as much as he could, and toasted heroically, it was obvious that he was different from the soldiers in this battalion, he was not Ding Yi. Wang Yue walked to Yang Shan's side with the cup and laughed in a low voice: "Sigong." This is a skill that cannot be learned from the gentleman. ”

Wan An, who followed Ding Yiyi, didn't know how to trigger the talent of patting sycophants, and suddenly raised his glass and shouted: "The third battalion!" Ding Yi's third battalion! "The soldiers at dinner in that camp. Roaring frantically, "Ding Yi's third battalion! Ding Yi's third battalion! And then it quickly erupted, "One, two,!" The sound of persuasion.

Gong gathered beside Wang Yue and stroked his long beard with a smile, and responded to Wang Yue's words: "Yes." Can't learn. is the family and personal guard of the border town, and they will never dare to be so heart-to-heart with the master, so unequivocal, this is a good man who can die for the general system! ”

"Die for Da Ming." Wang Yue was on the side, and made a correction without a trace.

Gong Ju nodded, raised his glass and invited to drink: "Congratulations for Da Ming!" Everyone around them raised their glasses.

It wasn't until Ding Yi toasted every company of this battalion that he left for the next battalion, and no soldier felt that Ding Yi's doing this would damage his position in his heart...... No. Among the soldiers, he was embraced. is so kind, he is the king of soldiers.

"Xunji, it's just over." On the way to the head of the fourth battalion, Ding Yi whispered to Wan An, "Don't be like this, what is Ding Yi's third battalion?" Do you want to build the Ding family's army? This side is preaching the nationalization of the army, you might as well make me a private soldier, right? You remember, I didn't want to spoil the fighters, so don't do that in the future. ”

Wan An, who has always been good at sycophants, doesn't know what happened after drinking, but at this time he actually dared to carry Ding Yi: "Mr. forgive me, the students will never dare to obey their orders in this matter, and when they reach the fourth battalion, the students still have to shout, 'Ding Yi's fourth battalion', that is, to call Mr. disrespectful, and then to scold and punish, and they all admit it, but this matter must be done." ”

If Wang Yue opened this mouth, Ding Yi would directly reprimand, but Wan An, who usually followed his words, carried it like this, Ding Yi was unexpected, stopped and asked: "If you can't say anything today, you don't have to accompany the camp head behind, go back and rest early." ”

Wan An said unhurriedly: "My generation left his hometown to go to the country, followed Mr. on an expedition, Daming, it is too far away, only the Mr. who my generation follows can be relied on, admired, and died for it." Mention Daming, teach the soldiers to listen, always empty words, mentioning 'Ding Yi's third battalion', and teach this soldier to have a heart of belonging and sustenance...... As for the nationalization of the army advocated by Mr., it is naturally a good policy to govern the world, but the students think that there is no contradiction with this, and the daily preaching should naturally regard themselves as the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty......"

In fact, what he wants to say is that the nationalization of the army is not too late to wait for the horses to be released in Nanshan, the swords and guns to be put into storage, the Ming Dynasty to be leveled, and the countries to come to the court. However, he, a master of sycophancy, knows that he has to have a degree to carry it, so naturally he will not pour beans from a bamboo tube like Tan Feng and pour them all out.

As soon as Ding heard him say that the soldiers went to the country and left their hometowns, there was some reason, so he did not delve into the matter further. Because these forty battalion heads are also in the nature of new training, even the number is the first battalion of the provisional formation, and the second battalion of the provisional formation, Ding Yi thought that after the New Year, after the official number was awarded, this little episode would pass.

After the New Year, the official document of the imperial court was approved, except for Yingzong's condolences to the Western Expeditionary troops under Ding Yijian, and Ding Yi's reward objects, etc., mainly there are several things, one is to formally appoint several positions: Zhu Dong is the commander of the West Sea Fleet and the commander of the old port to proclaim consolation; He Tiedan was the commander of the South China Sea Fleet and the Luzon Propaganda Envoy; Wang Yue, the governor of the Fourth Division of the Ming Dynasty, gave a corresponding civil official title and so on.

The structure of the Fourth Division of the Ming Dynasty proposed by Ding Yijuan was also approved by the Ministry of War after making some adjustments:

Directly under Wang Yue are the division headquarters and division headquarters guard battalion, military police battalion, division direct field hospital, baggage regiment, military intelligence battalion, and communications battalion; divisional artillery battalion, under the jurisdiction of four 60 mortar companies; three infantry brigades, each with six infantry battalions, in addition to the brigade headquarters and brigade headquarters company; The Engineer Brigade has four engineer battalions under its jurisdiction; A dragoon brigade with six battalions in addition to the company headquarters and brigade headquarters company.

There are more than 10,000 people in the forty battalions, and they will become the fourth division of the Ming Dynasty.

Three of the infantry brigades and engineer brigades were armed with Jingtai one-year modified rifles with bolts and cartridge casings;

The dragoon brigade is much more handsome and rich, not only is it a Jingtai three-year rifle with a magazine and a rifled gun, but also each battalion has a mortar squad under the battalion, each company is equipped with two Gatling hand-cranked machine guns, and each squad is equipped with grenadiers and an orthodox fourteen-year precision rifle.

But in fact, it is impossible, because these equipment were made up because Ding Yi stayed in Java for an extra year, and the output of hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition a year is only a year, and once it sails, this ammunition supply will not be replenished until it is known.

And when it was time to prepare to sail in February, after Ding came back from a trip to the barracks, he was furious and ordered the Fourth Division of the Ming Dynasty not to join the Western Expedition Fleet for the time being! Because not only the machine guns, precision rifles, and mortar squads of the dragoon brigade were not in place, including the four mortar batteries of the divisional artillery battalion, each with only five rounds of ammunition; In terms of the engineer brigade, not to mention the portable metal boat bridge equipment and various equipment used for camouflage that Ding Yi drew drawings, there is no such thing at all, they are all blank.

"After the battle, in Egypt, the barrel of the cannon was reheated, cast into a broadsword, and sent to the artillerymen to let them fight hard?" Ding Yi was extremely angry at Wang more and more, "It's not that you can't fight without these equipment, but what kind of war you have, how to fight, it's completely empty now, how to fight?" ”

Wang Yue's thinking was different from Ding Yi's, he used the mortar battalion and the dragoon brigade as a strategic weapon.

That is, once it is used, it must be decided in one battle. No matter how good the generals are, for people in this era, 60 caliber mortar shells are very scary, especially the accuracy, and the handle of the handle, the tiger squat gun without the gun mount, that is not a thing, so it is naturally used as a treasure.

But in Ding Yi's consciousness, isn't this just a normal infantry match? Do you still have to offer? If you want to talk about Egypt, there is another saying, but the Ottoman Empire behind is not a soft persimmon, people can make more than ten tons of cannons, more than 1,000 catties of shells, although the range is shorter, but think about the horror of more than 1,000 catties of shells falling, there is no formed mortar battalion, how to suppress? It's still a non-local war, but there are many more soldiers.

"Needless to say, Shichang, you stay in Arakan, and I will leave the Mediterranean Fleet to you, when will the combat unit have two base ammunition reserves, and the baggage regiment will also have enough ammunition reserves, and you will set sail again. It doesn't matter if it's a year, it's okay for two years, you can do it! ”

After Ding Yi attacked Wang Yue, he went to reprimand the Wuzhou Factory, it was Du Mu and Wang Yue who kept arguing, so it took a long time, and the latter also felt that there was no way, looking at the five shells per cannon, and each battalion also had a hand-cranked Gatling gun, even if it was, in Wang Yue's opinion, this was armed to the teeth, and there was nothing that could not be fought, so he didn't mention it to Ding Yi.

"What is the purpose of developing industrialization? It is to use iron and steel to smash people, and to teach soldiers to pay a lot of casualties, what should I do to develop industrial advantages? What do you do when you open a college? It's better to encourage military households to have more children, and then everyone will come to line up for a long spear! Ding Yi was so angry that his hands trembled.

"Order, the destroyers Guangdong and Guangxi, the Mountain Special Brigade and the Sharp Blade Special Brigade are carried by the 301 landing ship, and the three ships form a task force, Wan Xunji!" Ding Yi called Wan An as he spoke, and the latter immediately got up, only to hear Ding Yi say to him, "It's up to you to admiral the fleet academy, remember, don't make any claims, listen to the opinions of the captain and the old sailors, and don't forget the rut in front of the civil fort!" ”

"Yes, the students follow the teachings of the teacher." Wan An forcibly suppressed his excitement and replied loudly.

"If the sea breeze does not change, then set sail tomorrow, and there must be no mistake." (To be continued......)

PS: This chapter is a transitional chapter, and there is no way to avoid it, and I rewrote it a few times and I was not very satisfied, but I do need to explain these things, so let's do it first.