Yuan, who made Li Zhongtang pay attention, has not yet started his training, because the preparation is not sufficient.

Although he is much better than the one he started training in history, he still lacks the most important thing.

As a vital officer in the army, he has none in his hands.

That's right, now that Lord Yuan has been taken care of by Li Zhongtang, he now has guns, cannons, money and food. According to Huaijun's own methods, find a few of his own people to watch, and this soldier can be trained.

But now that Lord Yuan wants to train a new Western army, this method will not work.

However, fortunately, with the help of the newly acquainted brother Cosenz, Lieutenant Colonel Cosenz, who was a high-ranking officer in the Guards, used the power in his hands to provide him with great convenience. Not to mention anything else, when he lacks basic officers, he can train his people first, at least to know how this soldier should be trained.

"Lieutenant Colonel Yuan, these people you sent are completely blank sheets of paper, and there is a serious lack of tactical military concepts. If you want them to become qualified officers, it will take at least a few years. ”

Outside a makeshift classroom, Cosentz and his friend Yuan Xiangcheng complained about the poor quality of the officers he sent in.

As for the classroom, Major Liu Chaoxian, who was wearing an Italian military uniform, was explaining the Italian army's drills and daily regulations to the people below who were dressed in Qing military clothes.

These people were taking notes on Major Liu's words, and Young Master Liu was also helpless. These people don't look like they are forging ahead, as long as they ask questions, they have to look at their notes to answer. What is the use of just taking rote notes, I don't understand it at all.

That's right, although Liu Chaoxian himself did not have the best grades in the Italian Military Academy, he could basically at least understand what the teacher explained, and he could take notes regardless of it as soon as he came up.

Outside the door, for Kosenz's words, Lord Yuan could only smile helplessly.

"University of Science and Technology, I can't help it, my country is currently very short of officers who have systematically studied Western military theories. Why don't you let the Chinese officers of your country go to the top first, and wait until the officers on my side have learned about the same, and then talk about the rest? ”

Faced with Cosenz's words, Lord Yuan immediately quibbled.

For those Chinese officers of the Fourth Regiment of the First Guards Division, Lord Yuan was very greedy. Although these people were all abandoned and lacked the grace of the imperial court, they had systematically studied Western-style military concepts, and this alone was worthy of his attention. And the lack of grace is not a big deal, and it is also very tempting for the high-ranking official Houlu to say what he said about these abandoned people, and he Yuan has confidence in winning over these Chinese officers.

Of course, if you want to fight the idea of these Chinese officers, Yuan Weiting alone is not enough, and the Italian attitude behind it is very important. He still has this bit of self-knowledge, and it is best for the old Zhongtang to come forward, he is not so big.

Yuan, who is not confident in his own ranking, certainly doesn't know his weight in some people's hearts. Of course, if Li Zhongtang is not invited to come forward, the news may be terminated before it reaches someone's ears.

These are all later words, and the only person who can help Lord Yuan at the moment is Lieutenant Colonel Kosenz. As for Yuan's quibble, Kosenz could only answer.

"Yuan, I also know your thoughts, but this matter is beyond my scope of handling, I must report to Lieutenant General Álvaro, as for whether His Excellency Lieutenant General has the authority to promise you, I don't know. I can only guarantee that what you are doing now, I can optionally ignore. Of course, I think you also know that there are some things that have to be answered before you can continue, right? ”

"Yes, there are some things that must wait for your country's reply, and I can assure you of that."

Facing Cosenz's implicit words, Lord Yuan immediately patted his chest and assured. In fact, he didn't want to ruin his friendship with Cosenz because of this, they were all those bastards who didn't make it. You just listen to the class, but I don't know how to win over the instructor privately for him Yuan someone, and he messed with some official positions, and he was even reported.

These unfinished things have all added to his mess. If it weren't for the fact that Nian Zai was a good son brought out by the Yuan family, he would have to take one or two Ming canonical punishments. These bastards don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, and they almost trapped him Yuan someone and was unkind.

And after Cosenz looked at Lord Yuan, he didn't care whether he was sincere or not, but as long as he didn't go too far.

"This is the regiment-level establishment plan I prepared according to the establishment of the Guards Division and your needs, and I would like to ask you to take a look at it."

In the face of the compilation plan that Cosenz came up with, Yuan Weiting was like a treasure.

"Thank you for your hard work, I have written down this kindness Yuan."

This time, Lord Yuan is really sincerely grateful, this Lord Zhongtang promised him a quota of 3,000 soldiers, and he Yuan naturally wants to show one or two in front of the boss as soon as possible. However, at present, he is short of manpower in all aspects, and he has no idea how to train these people in his hands, so he naturally thinks of Brother Ke. Since they are all asking for people, it is better to ask for the end.

And Kosenz combined with the establishment of the Guards Division, according to some actual conditions in the Far East, after making some changes, and finally came up with this establishment.

There is nothing to say, the regimental formation designed by Kosenz for Lord Yuan is more like a shrunken independent regiment.

It consists of three infantry battalions, an artillery battalion, a reconnaissance cavalry company, an engineer company, and a logistics battalion.

Among them, the infantry battalion as the foundation has four company-level combat units, each company has three platoons (50×3 + cooking squad 10 + chief and deputy company commanders plus two heralds), each platoon has four squads (12×4 + 2), each squad has 12 people, so that an infantry battalion has 700 people,

The artillery battalion, according to the design of Kosenz, will be equipped with 12 57-75 mm mountain guns, equipped with a mountain artillery company, a field artillery company, and a transport company, with nearly 400 people in the battalion.

As for the cavalry company and the engineer company, they are all in normal formation, more than 100 cavalry plus more than 100 engineers, more than 200 people.

As for the logistics battalion, it is actually a bit too much to say that it is a battalion, with more than 200 people, mainly all kinds of storage vehicles. The whole battalion was escorted by two squads of infantry, which was too weak.

Of course, Kosenz has something to say, the main consideration of this establishment is to carry out tasks in the country, and the logistical pressure is not great, and there is no need for too many logistical troops. In fact, the more substantive problem is that the 3,000 people who set up the Yuan Daren card are very dead, so after considering the pros and cons of all parties, it is reasonable for the logistics personnel to be cut.

"Very good, very good!"

After reading the detailed preparation, Lord Yuan sighed with joy. Although Lord Yuan still doesn't understand why he wants to put his husband into Zhengding, since Western art of war does this, it naturally has its own reason, and he doesn't know if it's not enough to follow the cat and draw the tiger.

"That's right, Yuan. The weapons you need will be delivered to Weihaiwei tomorrow, and you need to send someone to receive them. ”

Cosentz's words made Lieutenant Colonel Yuan even more ecstatic, this officer and weapons are available, and then only soldiers are needed, and the new army can be trained.

Of course, for the recruits, Lord Yuan was not in a hurry at all, and the people he sent to recruit the recruits had already rushed to the provinces of Shandong. Today, Shandong is not very peaceful, the disaster is not small, he Yuan someone sent soldiers to pay five taels of silver per month, which is not unimportant. Since he is heavily paid, he can't recruit anyone.

And not to mention, if you want to eat his Yuan's salary, it is not ordinary, in addition to being a good family who is not allowed to smoke opium and is healthy, he also has to be literate. Therefore, his Lord Yuan's food is not delicious, but he can be regarded as having some ability.

Of course, Lord Yuan's training in Shandong did not affect the course of the war, and the soldiers of the Japanese and Qing dynasties were still fighting.