Located in the mountains of northern Lombardy, the Valtellina Valley is fed by the Ada River, a tributary of the Po River, which originates in Lake Cancano in the Rhaetian Alps, bringing the towns of Sondrio, Morbeño and Colico to the fertile land of agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry.

It is precisely because it is relatively rich and the terrain is also similar, that the 57th Division, which is currently the focus of the army, has been arranged here for formation and reorganization.

The headquarters of the 57th Division was placed next to the small town of Morbeño in the middle of the valley.

"Squeak~"

There was a sound of brakes, and a dusty Fiat A-type car stopped at the entrance of the 57th Division.

Cosentz got out of the car and moved his numb ass.

That's right, Kosenz accepted the order of General Simeone, and became the commander of the new 57th Infantry Division from the deputy commander of the 1st Guards Division.

The transfer of Cosenz also caused a lot of fluctuations in the Guards system. Many Guards officers saw a hint of change in the transfer of Cosenz, so many officers who were slowly promoted made waves in their hearts, and for the change of Guards officers, the War Department was certainly willing to see it.

The War Department then tried to send out invitations to transfer more than a dozen officers of the Guards, but of course most of these officers were difficult to promote, and most of them gladly accepted. Of course, these officers are all middle- and lower-level officers, and the highest is only a lieutenant colonel, which is not comparable to the rank of major general in Kosenz.

And on the side of Kosenz, he has been taking over the post of commander of the 57th Infantry Division for half a month. During this half month, Kosenz did not make any major moves against the division, mainly to inspect the units below.

Moreover, unlike other officers, the Cosenz inspectors basically did not say hello, suddenly came to the camps of various troops, and did not call the officers for questioning, but liked to ask the soldiers everywhere.

This is Cosenz's way of knowing the real situation, because what is obtained from the mouth of the soldier is definitely more reliable than the report of the officer.

It's not that the junior officers will deceive people, but the situation will be reported layer by layer, and some subjective ideas will be added to the hands of the officers, which is not conducive to Cosenz to understand the real situation of the division in a short time.

And after half a month of understanding, the situation of the 57 Infantry Division was not good. The progress of the soldiers' training is slow, the run-in time of the officers and men at the grass-roots level is too long, there are many problems, such as the lack of experience of the grass-roots officers, the poor ability of middle-level officers to handle affairs, and the lack of technical officers.

And Kosenz also knows the reason for these problems, which is caused by the poor technical and tactical level of the officers.

For this, Kosenz already had an idea.

"Call the deputy division commander and the chief of staff and say that I have something important to discuss."

"Yes, Commander."

As soon as he returned to his office, Kosenz asked the adjutant to call the other two commanders in the division.

In a short time, the deputy division commander Ezio and the chief of staff, Colonel Wagner, arrived in Kosenz's office.

Cosenz also knows something about his two colleagues. The deputy division commander, Major General Ezio, had previously served as chief of staff of the 19th Infantry Division, and had just completed his promotion to major general before coming to the post of deputy division commander.

The Chief of Staff, Colonel Wagner, previously served as a regimental commander in the 6th Infantry Division, and this time he was sent to the 57th Division as Chief of Staff, which can be regarded as a step up.

Moreover, these two took office a little earlier than him, the deputy division commander, Major General Ezio, took office half a month earlier than him, and the chief of staff, Colonel Wagner, was the longest, nearly two months.

"Commander, are you looking for us?"

Faced with inquiries from the two colleagues, Kosenz nodded in reply. "Yes, I have something to ask you for. I spent some time to go to the following units to understand the situation, and it is not optimistic, although there is no shortage of weapons in the troops, but there is a lack of sufficient training, and the tactics will not be said first, and many soldiers are not even able to do basic tactical movements. The lack of experience among junior officers, as well as mid-level officers, worries me very much. ”

Cosentz's words, the two also agree very much.

Colonel Wagner, the chief of staff who had been in the hospital for the longest time, spoke. "What the division commander said is right, I also know this situation. At present, the grass-roots officers of our division are basically just graduated military cadets, and they have good theoretical knowledge but lack practical experience. I want to give them some familiarity and it should be much better. ”

"I have also learned about this situation, not only our division, but also other newly formed divisions, and some divisions still have a shortage of officers, and they are still waiting for the War Department to continue to distribute officers."

These two are right: Although the 57th Division is a key unit formed by the War Department, and although it can be given sufficient replenishment in weapons and equipment, it is also very difficult to replenish qualified officers.

A qualified officer must not only have sufficient knowledge of military theory, but also sufficient technical and tactical skills, as well as the cognitive application of new weapons and tactics, as well as other aspects of the situation.

Therefore, a qualified officer is not so easy to train, which not only requires time and energy, but also needs to have this understanding himself.

In addition, the army is now in a period of large-scale expansion, and there are six divisions that need to be formed this year, and officers are needed everywhere, and qualified officers are naturally in demand.

And the War Department should not be too favoritistic, it is enough to give a little more to the 57th Division to attract attention, and it is not enough to make a fuss about other newly built divisions.

Seeing the two colleagues look like everyone is like this, and I can't help it, Cosenz felt more stressed.

"Actually, I have an idea to remedy the current problem of basic officer experience."

"What's the solution?"

For their own division commanders, these two also know about them. I know that this person has a very good resume, and he is better than them in terms of experience and ability, so I am looking forward to what he has to say.

"That is to retrain these junior officers, with a focus on the company level, which is currently the most problematic. Let the company commanders of each company come to the training, and the three of us will give the lectures, and if the theory is enough for them, we will teach them some practical experience. Every other day, in addition to training, we also give them time to speak, and talk about some problems of their own troops, and first the company commanders themselves discuss and give solutions to them, and then we judge the applicability of the measures.

The training will be conducted for a month, and then the deputy company commander will be replaced, and I think that after two months of training, at least the basic officers will know what to do. If the effect is good, then the battalion-level officers can also be trained. ”

Kosenz's approach was actually born out of his own experience in the Far East. Of course, when he trained his troops with that General Yuan, he used this method to train officers for him.

However, his words surprised the two colleagues, this man is too bold, what if the War Department is held accountable?

Don't blame these two for not being knowledgeable, this kind of method, which was very common in later generations, is very rare in this era. On the one hand, because of their duties, these military commanders privately train officers, at least to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops, and to put it more broadly this is a serious interference in the rules and regulations of the troops, and this is to be punished.

On the other hand, doing so may affect the training of the troops. Their newly formed division already needs to be strengthened in training, and although there are manpower left in the middle, it will be affected to some extent.

"It's not good to say that there will be criticism from above, and it may affect the progress of training."

In the face of these two so-called suggestions, they are actually opposed. At this point, Kosenz showed why he was favored by Simeone.

"If there's any criticism from above, I'll do it. There is an impact on training, but it is a good side, which allows the training officers to listen to our training while training in light of the actual situation. Otherwise, I wouldn't have chosen to do the training every other day, just to leave a day for them to put into practice what we have to say. ”

"Okay then, just listen to the teacher"

Since their own division commander insisted, these two no longer insisted, let's see the effect first, so the grassroots officers of the 57th Division have a heavier task.

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