I want to be emperor

Chapter 185 Training and Promotion

Arriving at Nanyang City, the first meeting held by Luo Zhixue was a military affairs meeting, discussing the replenishment and replacement of various military equipment by each department, and replenishing a certain number of recruits to each department; discussing the equipment of the new dark blue uniforms for officers; formally finalizing the military rank system And confer titles on the spot to some senior officers.

In addition to these matters, there is another important military matter that is to discuss the training and equipment of the Seventh Infantry Brigade, and to preliminarily draw up candidates for the main officers of the brigade above the battalion level.

Luo Zhixue was more cautious in the selection of officers at all levels for the [-]th Infantry Brigade, because the [-]th Infantry Brigade would be the fourth self-built main force in the Rural Protection Army with new equipment and new tactics.

Candidates for officers at all levels of this main force cannot be random, and the most suitable people must be selected.

The brigade commander and deputy brigade commander are very simple. The appointment of such senior generals is decided by Luo Zhixue. Others, even the military and political department that is responsible for the military performance evaluation and selection and appointment of soldiers, have no right to intervene.

Luo Zhixue already had a plan for the candidate, so when the topic was first brought up, Luo Zhixue said directly: "The recruits of the Seventh Infantry Brigade are about to complete their recruit training. In order to better prepare for the brigade's military establishment, Officers at all levels, such as the brigade commander, should take up their duties first. The Ministry of Military and Political Affairs plans to transfer Huang Chengyong, deputy brigade commander of the second infantry brigade, to be the brigade commander of the seventh infantry brigade. Deputy brigade commander of the Seventh Infantry Brigade, awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel."

Luo Zhixue had already finalized the appointment of these two officers above lieutenant colonel.

Huang Chengyong, like Huang Dingquan, was one of the first batch of soldiers in the early supply battalion. He was loyal and flexible at the same time, and he had served in the main force for a long time. He commanded the new main force and applied new tactics. All have rich experience.

In terms of military achievements, after serving as the commander of the Fifth Infantry Battalion, this person has been stationed in the southern area of ​​Lushan County for a long time, and has figured out the defense of Luyang Pass in advance.

After serving as the deputy brigade commander of the Second Infantry Brigade, he participated in the attack on Luyang Pass. Together with the brigade commander Lin Dongsheng, one inside and one outside, they attacked Luyang Pass together, and took the first place before the Ming army arrived at Luyang Pass. Luyang Pass.

Nowadays, there are not many people in the rural protection army who are barely qualified to be the commander of the main infantry brigade, and Huang Chengyong is one of the few people.

This time, this person's position was not as expected by others.

Due to the scarcity of new senior generals in the rural protection army, not to mention that Huang Chengyong's senior brigade commander is not surprising to everyone, even everyone can now guess the candidate for the brigade commander of the [-]th Infantry Brigade, which has not yet formed an army, or the deputy brigade of the [-]rd Infantry Brigade Commander Li Duo, or Dong Mingjie, commander of the Fifth Mixed Brigade.

If there are no major accidents, it will be one of these two people, because other than these two candidates in the Temporary Home Guard Army, the other candidates have either already held important positions or are not qualified for the time being!

For example, Xu Zhixian, he can take up the post of commander of the new main infantry brigade, but after he leaves the field army, there is no suitable candidate for the head of the staff department...

After personally finalizing the candidates for the brigade commander and deputy brigade commander, Luo Zhixue said: "Next, the Seventh Infantry Brigade will be short of three battalion commanders, and the fourth mixed brigade will have to fill up with a deputy brigade commander. Everyone can speak freely , Let's see who is more suitable!"

As the highest person in charge of military affairs and government affairs in the rural protection army system, and the commander-in-chief of more than 2 soldiers, in order to control the military power, Luo Zhixue needs to firmly grasp the appointment of the current lieutenant colonel and above positions and some important major positions.

But he generally doesn't interfere with the appointment of majors, and he doesn't bother with the appointment of lieutenants.

Because it is impossible for him, and he does not need to control the appointment of all officers.

Therefore, in the rural protection army system, there was a Civil Service Department in the early days that was responsible for the assessment and appointment of officers. Later, after the establishment of the General’s Mansion, the Department was restructured, and the Civil Service Department was directly upgraded to the Military and Political Department. Appointments, education, ideas, and many other matters.

Of course, when it came to the candidates for the battalion commander of the main infantry brigade and the deputy brigade commander of a mixed brigade, even the Military and Political Department couldn't decide without authorization. They just selected three to four candidates for each position.

Who to choose will have to be discussed again, and Luo Zhixue will make a typesetting decision in the end.

After hearing Luo Zhixue's words, Wei Kaifu, Minister of the Military and Political Department, immediately stood up and said, "The Seventh Infantry Brigade is about to form an army. According to the general's instructions, our Military and Political Department has searched for qualified candidates in the entire army in advance, and will comprehensively consider the candidates for the post. In terms of experience, military exploits, character, ability, etc., 13 people have been drawn up as candidates for the battalion commanders of the three main battalions under the Seventh Infantry Brigade."

"I am the general, and I will briefly introduce one or two to my colleagues. The order of introduction is from the oldest to the youngest, and it is not an evaluation ranking."

"There is now Zhou Mingxu, the first sentry officer of the Fourth Infantry Battalion, who is thirty-three years old and is from Lushan County."

"This member was born as a cloth clerk in his early years, and he had a little literacy. He fled to Funiu Mountain with his family because of the war in his hometown. He joined the army in August last year. He successively served as a soldier and a corps leader in the supply battalion. He was the chief of the First Infantry Battalion, and the No. The captain of the second team of Yishao, the first commander of the [-]th Infantry Battalion."

"During his tenure as post chief, he successively participated in the Battle of Zhaozhuang, the Battle of Nanyang City, the Battle of Fancheng, the Battle of Sanyuanzhuang, and the Battle of Yuzhou."

"Xu Jian, the battalion commander of the [-]th Infantry Battalion, and his colleagues commented that this member is brave to fight, he is not chaotic in front of guns and guns, and has the style of a general!"

"In addition, this member was born as a musketeer, and has served as a grassroots officer at the musketeer post for a long time. He has rich experience in the training and command of musketeers."
Wei Kaifu briefly introduced the first candidate with expressionless words, and then introduced the second candidate: "Xue Kai'an, deputy battalion commander of the First Infantry Battalion..."

"Lin Yuan, First Class Combat Staff Officer of the Combat Department of the General Staff..."

"Yu Renxian, Deputy Battalion Commander of the Third Infantry Battalion..."

"Guan Xinhe, Director of the Transportation Department of the Logistics Department..."

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"The above 13 people are candidates initially selected by the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs. Please correct me, General and colleagues!"

After all, Wei Kaifu simply shut up. Although the appointment of an ordinary major officer is within the purview of Wei Kaifu's military and political department, according to previous examples, he is not the candidate for the battalion commander of the main infantry battalion. The affairs of the military and political department.

Otherwise, the general would not have brought this matter directly to the military affairs conference for discussion... Wouldn't it be more straightforward to let the military and political department finalize it...

So, up to now, Wei Kaifu knows that his task has been completed. Anyway, the candidate has been selected, and it has nothing to do with him to choose who to choose, or to choose from outside the candidate list.

In fact, he doesn't care much about who to choose, who is the former subordinate of a certain senior general or has a close relationship with him.
Anyway, Wei Kaifu seems to be the head of the military and political department in the military system, but in fact he doesn't know how to fight at all, and he doesn't have any contact with generals in the field troops such as Wang Xiazi and Huang Dingquan on weekdays.

And Wei Kaifu never relied on any military talent to get to the top position, he relied on Luo Zhixue's trust.

In the Rural Protection Army, not everyone can gain Luo Zhixue's trust, even with reservations.

But Huang Dingquan can do it, and so can Wei Kaifu!

After Wei Kaifu introduced the thirteen candidates, everyone began to talk about it.

After all, since this matter was brought up at today's military affairs meeting, it meant that Luo Zhixue had allowed them to compete.

All of you present, there are not many juniors who have a good relationship with the former subordinates!

Listening to everyone's discussion, some even confronted each other over some of the candidates. Luo Zhixue didn't intend to interrupt, but just flipped through the candidate report from the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs.

The thirteen candidates selected by Wei Kaifu are relatively reliable, and they all belong to a group of middle-level backbone officers with relatively excellent qualifications, abilities, and military exploits in the current rural protection army.

Some are senior post commanders and deputy battalion commanders of the main force, and some have experience in leading the main field force. They are currently accumulating experience in the four major divisions and cultivating potential rookies with strategic vision.

Although these people have different origins, ages, and experiences, they are highly consistent in a certain aspect.

That is, these people have outstanding abilities!
It is worth mentioning that this ability not only refers to the ability to lead troops to fight, but also specifically refers to the ability to lead new types of troops to fight.

The main force currently under preparation by the Rural Protection Army is all new-style troops, and there is a shortage of mid-to-high-level generals who understand new tactics and have experience in commanding new-style troops.

Therefore, Luo Zhixue has long been focusing on training new generals in the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs.

Now it seems that Wei Kaifu has fully implemented his instructions, at least at a critical moment like today, he can still come up with [-] qualified candidates for new officers.

You don't have to be the same as before, you can only reluctantly choose from a group of crooked melons...

After rummaging through the resumes of the thirteen candidates, Luo Zhixue nodded slightly towards Wei Kaifu: "The people selected by the Military and Political Department are all good. It seems that the recent work of the Military and Political Department is still effective!"

Wei Kaifu grinned after hearing this!
These words represent affirmation of my achievements!
What is his military and political department doing?In addition to assessing the merits and appointments of officers, there is actually a very important power, or task.

That is to cultivate potential officers!
Luo Zhixue's request to the military and political department is that in the process of continuous military expansion, the military and political department must be able to guarantee the talents of middle and senior officers needed by the military expansion.

And talents don't just fall out of thin air, especially this kind of officers who know how to command new types of troops and are proficient in new tactics, they have to be trained from beginning to end.

Just like Zhou Mingxu, one of the candidates, this person has just been appointed as the first musket chief of the [-]th Infantry Battalion, and he has already entered the field of vision of the civil service department, and has launched targeted training for him.

For example, arrange for him to enter the literacy class of the brigade with better teachers to continue to improve his cultural level, or arrange for him to serve as a staff officer of the brigade for a period of time.

And more importantly, let him continue to serve as the first musket whistle chief!
(End of this chapter)