I want to be emperor

Chapter 127 Go South!Go south!
Today, because Luo Zhixue announced the establishment of four infantry brigades, two cavalry brigades and two artillery brigades, a total of eight brigade-level establishments.

Therefore, there are more people promoted, but there is only one person who is as special as Xu Zhixian.

Xu Zhixian was not only promoted to deputy director of the staff office, but also continued to serve as the original chief of the combat department.

It's just fine, but he also served as the commander of the third infantry battalion.

This kind of appointment is completely unreasonable, but Luo Zhixue did just that.

From then on, everyone could see that Luo Zhixue attached great importance to Xu Zhixian.

And Luo Zhixue really attaches great importance to Xu Zhixian.

Luo Zhixue had already confirmed that Er Yong was not suitable to serve as the chief of the staff, and had already begun to select a new chief of the staff a few months ago.

There were originally three candidates, namely Huang Guangmao, Fei Bingqing and Xu Zhixian.

Among them, Huang Guangmao was barely qualified. He couldn't find any faults, but he couldn't find any advantages either.

As for Fei Bingqing, after Luo Zhixue's observation, he felt that this person was not suitable.

It's not that the ability is not good, but that this person's thinking is still too old-fashioned. At present, he seems to accept and use guns and line tactics.

But Luo Zhixue could also see that this person still had no memory of all kinds of old-fashioned tactics, which can be seen from the fact that he attached great importance to the development of heavy armored spearmen, heavy armored swordsmen and other heavy armored infantry.

Apart from Luo Zhixue, he is the one who attaches the most importance to the R&D, production and equipment of armor in the huge rural protection army, and is very interested in the plate armor that Luo Zhixue said. He has discussed with the people in the arsenal many times how to mass produce steel armor. Plate.

Since he valued traditional tactics and heavy infantry, Luo Zhixue simply asked him to be the deputy brigade commander of the Fourth Mixed Brigade, which continued to use traditional tactics.

As for the third candidate, Xu Zhixian, Luo Zhixue expected the most from him after the inspection in recent months. It's just that this person's ability is very good, but he still has one flaw.

That is the lack of experience in leading troops on a large scale.

This person was not born as an old thief, but as a scholar among the refugees. He was still a child before, but what about a scholar, he also became a refugee in the troubled times, and his precarity was at stake.

Later, he joined the Township Protection Army. At first, he was only a clerk, but he himself had hoped many times to actually lead troops. After Luo Zhixue's assessment, he found that he was quite capable, and he had read a lot of various military books.

So Luo Zhixue transferred him to be the captain first, then the head of the post, and finally when the staff office was established, he was transferred to the combat department of the staff office as the section chief.

As the chief of the combat department, he performed quite well.

It doesn’t matter whether you went east to Lushan County before, or you go south to Nanzhao County now, and even today’s Zhaozhuang Battle, there are many various battle plans before and after. The person doing the work is Xu Zhixian, the chief of the combat department.

The Operations Section, this is the organization in the staff office that is actually responsible for formulating various combat plans.

Luo Zhixue was quite satisfied with Xu Zhixian's various battle plans, so Luo Zhixue also wanted to train him.

But, this person had only been a sentry officer before, and he was transferred to the staff office within a few months.

In other words, his actual experience in leading troops is not enough, and he has never led large-scale troops in battle.

It's okay for such a person to be the head of the combat department, but it's still a little immature to be the head of the staff office who is in charge of all kinds of affairs.

The chief of the staff department is not just as simple as formulating a combat plan. The staff department currently has five departments, namely, the combat department, the strategy department, the intelligence department, the organization department, and the recruitment department. etc.

Basically, except for military administration and logistics ordnance affairs, everything else is basically under the management of the staff office.

Only in this way can the importance of the position of chief of staff appear.

With Xu Zhixian's current qualifications and accumulated experience, he is somewhat short.

As for Huang Guangmao, even though he is a surrendered general, he is also a veteran who has been in the army for many years, and in the system of the Ming army, basically a general of the army has to do everything, even the food and salary must be collected by himself, so the comprehensive ability is still qualified of.

Therefore, Luo Zhixue chose Huang Guangmao as the chief of staff, and Xu Zhixian as the deputy chief, and let him concurrently serve as the commander of the third infantry battalion.

Let him lead the [-]rd Infantry Battalion while doing the work of the staff office.

It can not only allow him to accumulate combat experience, but also allow him to continue working in the staff office, killing two birds with one stone.

As for whether Xu Zhixian can be busy, that's not something Luo Zhixue should worry about.

If you want to be promoted and have more power, you have to pay a certain price. If you can't bear this work pressure, it is unlikely that you will be able to fully preside over the work of the chief of staff in the future.

Being the chief of the staff is also very busy, and the pressure is very high.

Huang Guangmao could see clearly this appointment arrangement in an instant. Nima, I guess like An Yongduo, he is just a transitional candidate...

The real chief of staff will be Xu Zhixian in the future.

This discovery made Huang Guangmao a little frustrated. He didn't think his ability was much worse than that young Xu Zhixian.

But he is also an optimistic person. After thinking about it, he felt that being the chief of the staff department is just a big housekeeper, but he is not as happy as being a brigade commander and leading troops. There are many opportunities for meritorious deeds.

And Ernst and Young can be a brigade commander if he is transferred more often, and there is a high probability that he will be a brigade commander if he is transferred in the future.

From another perspective, he thinks this is actually a good thing.

From the bottom of his heart, Huang Guangmao still wanted to lead the army, and he always felt that if he didn't have tens of millions of people on hand, he wouldn't be considered a high-level general of the Rural Protection Army.

After arranging the new appointments of Huang Guangmao and Xu Zhixian, the establishment of brigade-level establishment and subsequent personnel appointments is almost the same.

So Luo Zhixue looked around the crowd again and said: "The establishment of the above-mentioned brigades is to better carry out the follow-up strategic tasks."

"And the time is short, and we can't have too much time to dawdle. Starting today, the forward troops will go south first, and tomorrow we will launch an attack on Nanyang City!"

"For this I order:"

At this time, everyone present looked at Luo Zhixue in unison again.

Just listen to Luo Zhixue: "Immediately order the second mixed brigade Lin Dongsheng to lead the second infantry battalion south to Liqingdian, gather the sixth infantry battalion and other troops to attack Nanzhao County, and then march north to Luyang close."

"The second mixed brigade must capture Luyang Pass in the shortest possible time, and then build a line of defense here."

"Let me tell Lin Dongsheng again that Lushan County can be abandoned at an appropriate time, and the key is to guard Luyang Pass. In addition, we must also guard against small groups of enemy troops going south through the mountains, so the defense work in Songshan Township must not be left behind."

"Xu He, you will temporarily garrison the rear with the [-]rd Infantry Brigade. You will have to train hard day and night, striving to form combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time. At the same time, while training, you will defend the rear logistics line and suppress the area. You will also be indispensable in the follow-up battle along the northern front. .”

"All ministries in Zhaozhuang, the [-]st Infantry Brigade, the [-]st Artillery Brigade, and the [-]st Cavalry Brigade will immediately go south with this general, and strive to launch an attack on Nanyang City tomorrow, so that the enemy must not have too much time to react."

"The [-]th Mixed Brigade will start reorganization immediately. Tomorrow at least one battalion will be reinforced to go south. Three days at the latest, I must see most of the [-]th Mixed Brigade in Nanyang City."

Having said that, he looked at Ernst Young and said, "Time is running out, can you do it?"

Ernst and Young said: "This subordinate must lead the headquarters to the city of Nanyang within three days."

Luo Zhixue nodded slightly, and said no more.

Instead, he said to the staff and other generals: "The staff and logistics departments must do a good job in combat planning, logistics supply and other issues."

"We need to make more plans for the attack on Nanyang Mansion. Whether it is a surprise attack or a strong attack, we must have a corresponding plan."

"I don't need to say more about the importance of logistics. Your logistics department should be very clear. No matter what, you must ensure the supply of ammunition and food for all frontline departments."

After Luo Zhixue finished speaking, he scanned the crowd again: "Any questions?"

Seeing that no one spoke, Luo Zhixue said: "Since that's the case, let's all get ready to go. Time is tight and we can't afford to waste the slightest bit."

After the meeting ended, Luo Zhixue was not even interested in listening to the various reports on the follow-up cleaning of the battlefield, but directly led the [-]st Infantry Brigade and other main forces to the south.

Zhaozhuang is about 20 kilometers away from Nanyang City, and it is already afternoon. Naturally, it is impossible for them to arrive at Nanyang City in the first time. What they have to do is to try to arrive the next day and launch an attack.

Do not give the Ming army too much reaction time.

Luo Zhixue left with the main force first, and only An Yongduo and Fei Bingqing were left with a hundred people who had just been transferred to their command to reorganize and surrender troops. As for the cleaning of the battlefield, it was naturally left to the civilian husbands to handle.

And many weapons and equipment seized after cleaning the battlefield will also be directly equipped with the Fourth Mixed Brigade.

At the same time, there was also a fast horse running northward, conveying Luo Zhixue's latest orders to Liqingdian, Songshan Village, Songjiazhuang and other places.

Don't mention these affairs in the rear, let's say that Luo Zhixue led the army all the way to the south.

Around the evening, they had already arrived at a place only six kilometers away from Nanyang City.

Just after they were stationed, all the soldiers of the Township Protection Army had already fallen into a deep sleep except those who were resting on duty.

They were also very tired this day. First, they fought a battle with the Ming army, especially the soldiers of the [-]th Infantry Battalion. Before Zhan had time to rest for two hours, he received another order to continue marching south.

During this day, the soldiers of the Fourth Infantry Battalion marched more than 25 kilometers in total, and fought a battle in the middle.

This is not something that can be easily done.

If this is replaced by the newly established Seventh Infantry Battalion and other troops, or other Ming troops, it will be impossible to complete.

Such high-intensity combat and marching, thanks to the high-standard food and matching physical training in the Rural Protection Army, have given the soldiers of the Rural Protection Army far more powerful physical fitness than ordinary soldiers.

However, even though the soldiers of the Rural Protection Army are generally in better physical fitness, after such a tiring day, they are all falling asleep quickly and entering a dream.

But ordinary soldiers can be who they are, but Luo Zhixue, Huang Dingquan, Wang Xiazi, Huang Guangmao, Xu Zhixian and other middle and senior generals can't be who they are.

They still have to burn the lights and fight at night, continue to improve tomorrow's battle plan, and strive to successfully win Nanyang City tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)