Steel Dynasty - Chapter 195

[Chapter 195 Military Reform]

In the Governor’s Mansion, a group of military generals listened quietly to Xiao Ming’s description of the new military organizational structure.

In fact, compared with the military structure of Dayu, this military structure is simpler and easier to understand.

Coupled with the auxiliary effect of technological crystals on memory, Niu Ben and others quickly mastered the new army structure, but the name was still strange to them.

However, Qingzhou is full of new things now, and only by removing the old can innovation be achieved.

“The organizational structure of the army needs to be changed. At the same time, the army must set up a special logistics department. The soldiers responsible for combat are only responsible for training, while the logistics department is responsible for the army’s meals, food reserves, arms procurement, battlefield medical officers and other issues.” Xiao Ming continued.

Niu Ben nodded and wrote down the question. He agreed that soldiers should perform their duties.

In addition to these, Xiao Ming also talked about military uniforms.

After all, this armor is used in combat. In order to distinguish soldiers from ordinary people, he plans to design special military uniforms for the army. This is also a necessary factor for the regularization of the army.

In addition, he plans to strengthen military discipline training. The first discipline training is military etiquette.

Subordinates must salute when reporting to their superiors.

In the camp, soldiers were trained to fold quilts, walk in pairs, three in pairs, and other issues such as military posture.

I had never cared about such things before. Xiao Ming always thought that folding quilts, walking, and military postures in the army were ridiculous. However, after looking through the technology library, I realized that these usually inconspicuous habits were to train soldiers’ discipline.

And if one day firearms equip the army, what is needed most is discipline.

In an era when firearm shooting errors were very large, firearms troops relied on tight and neat formations, which was later ridiculed as queuing to shoot.

Many people will also see drummers playing drums in the marching team. This is actually for the rhythm of the army’s march, similar to slogans like one two, one two.

Because once the formation becomes disorganized, it will be impossible to organize an effective counterattack after being fired upon by the opponent.

Niu Ben and others were stunned when they heard this at first, but later they slowly understood Xiao Ming’s thoughts.

The issue of military discipline has always been a serious issue. Naturally, they did not dare to be vague, and they did not object later.

After reforming the military industry, the army was also reformed, and the army came to an end for the time being.

Xiao Ming didn’t want to say too much. After all, the few points he mentioned were enough to keep them busy for a while. Once these were completed, they could continue to carry out detailed reforms.

This time the barbarians were forced back by artillery. As long as Beishan was not a fool, he would definitely pay attention to firearms.

What he is most worried about now is that the barbarians obtain firearms technology from the Ottoman Empire.

After all, it is already the end of the seventeenth century and is about to enter the eighteenth century, and gunpowder technology has already been spread to the West with the conquests of the prairie tribes hundreds of years ago.

And because the Ottoman Empire straddles the East and the West, the two civilizations developed independently as if they were imprisoned on an isolated island. Who knows what the West is like now? At least Xiao Ming doesn’t have this information in his hands now.

However, he has asked Li San to send people to collect information in this area. Generally speaking, according to the navigation route, if the west opens a route, the first arrival should be near Guangzhou.

It is precisely because of this that Xiao Ming has no way of contacting him.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming couldn’t help but feel a sense of urgency. If the evil beast of capital in the West is released, this evil beast will eat people.

But now, the country of Chongqing is facing many crises just like the late Qing Dynasty. The powerful and powerful people live in a dream and live in a corner of the country.

So now he must spare no effort to reform. Now that the wealthy family has been uprooted, he already has the soil for reform.

Next, he will lead Qingzhou step by step towards the industrial revolution and renaissance, enlighten the people’s wisdom and unleash the potential of the people.

After talking about the military reform, this is the real summary of the experience of this city defense battle.

Niu Ben was the first to stand up and summarize. The first one was to scold Lu Fei.

“According to His Highness, you, Lu Fei, are unorganized and undisciplined. You do whatever you want on the battlefield. This must be severely punished to prevent other generals from being led astray by you.” Niu Ben said angrily.

Lu Fei shrugged his head. He couldn’t control his temper at that time.

Luo Xin also said at this time: “Also, Lu Fei fired randomly and wasted shells, so he should be punished.”

Hearing this, Lu Fei became anxious, “That little bastard, I asked him to stop talking, and he even said, go back Let’s see how I deal with him.”

Niu Ben sighed and said to Xiao Ming: “Your Highness, look at this Lu Fei’s stubbornness. I have whipped him several times but it has no effect. We must find a way to deal with Lu Fei. Fei is a thorn in the side of the army. In this battle, many people were like Lu Fei and acted impulsively, which also led to many unnecessary casualties. “

This is easy to handle. The army will set up military courts to restrain the soldiers. As for the behavior of generals, as for what a military court is and what the relevant laws are, I will elaborate with the old general later. However, I do have a way to punish such generals. Don’t beat or scold, just lock them in a small dark room for a few days. “Yes.”

“Little black room?” Niu Ben and others looked confused.

Lu Fei had a bad premonition. This King Qi always had all kinds of bad ideas. He said, “Your Highness, please spare me. I really won’t dare to do it next time.”

Xiao Ming and Lu Fei have a good relationship. But this time Lu Fei did have some temperament during the fight.

He said: “I am serious. I must give you a longer memory this time. I am doing this for your own good. Otherwise, if you lose your life next time, it will be too late for you to regret it.”

Then he explained what a small dark room is. , in fact, this is confinement.

The most painful thing in this world is mental torture. If you lock a person in a place with no one to talk to or pay attention to, it is estimated that the person will basically go crazy within a week.

After listening to Xiao Ming’s words, Lu Fei’s face suddenly turned yellow.

He was always a loudmouth, and now locking him in a black cloak, alone in a place by himself, was even worse than killing him.

Niu Ben opened his eyes again. This King of Qi also treated people so elegantly.

Then the generals of the army summarized their experiences in this defensive battle, especially the use of projectile powder cans and artillery.

Moreover, many generals also have confidence in their eyes when talking about barbarians, instead of changing their expressions when talking about barbarians before.

Finally, Xiao Ming concluded with one sentence, “The barbarians are like paper tigers!”

The generals burst out laughing after hearing this, and said one after another: “Your Highness is so right, the barbarians are like paper tigers, they look scary and can be broken with just one poke. “

Looking at the generals laughing, Xiao Ming thought that the purpose of this battle had been achieved, and he was afraid that the enemy had lost three points of momentum before the battle.

A group of people were having a heated discussion when a servant from the palace walked in.

When he reached Xiao Ming’s ear, he said: “Your Highness, this imperial edict has arrived.”

(End of this chapter)