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Chapter 896 I'm going to make amends to my brothers

A good military song means as much to an army as ten divisions.

Therefore, the army of the Restoration Empire has ten songs, which is equivalent to one hundred divisions.

The composers of the songs are all Zhu Boge, and there are several lyricists.

The content of the ten military songs covers almost everything about the army.

For example, there are training songs for soldiers, marching songs for marching, eating songs for eating, spy songs for spies, combat songs for fighting, charge songs for charging, and payment songs for receiving pay.
These songs are collectively compiled as the "Imperial Army War Song Collection", which requires all troops to focus on whistle (platoon), and must organize officers and soldiers to learn to sing.

Even reciting military songs is regarded as the same assessment method as military skills. Those who pass are rewarded, and those who fail are punished.

Playing so many military songs and conducting assessments with great fanfare is not because of the low-level interest of the six of Jia, nor is it to increase the burden on the troops, but because of the actual needs of training and marching.

You must know that the four reorganized armies of the Restoration Court had an illiteracy rate as high as 90.00%.

Therefore, when officers teach and train soldiers' combat skills, they often exert twelve points of effort but only receive three points of effect.

Not to mention understanding military textbooks, many soldiers can't even tell left and right, and even in the absence of the sun, they can't even tell east, west, north and south.

This is no problem in the old army with the green battalion as the system, because soldiers are consumables, as long as they can follow the officers to rush forward, even if they follow.

If you are dead, you can call again, even if you can't call a strong man.

Neither the imperial court nor the military officers took the initiative to teach soldiers basic combat skills, and mostly let the soldiers grow up in actual combat.

Those who survived have more actual combat times, and they will be promoted to personal soldiers.

With good luck, he accumulates military merits and remembers his future, and gradually grows into a grassroots officer, and then becomes the backbone of the army.

It is roughly the same as the Jiading model in the late Ming Dynasty.

This is why the Qianlong Dynasty had the requirement of "not to fight in waves before Sauron arrives" in all foreign wars.

Sauron, who has only a few thousand people in total, is equivalent to the most elite servant of the Ming Dynasty army.

Except for Sauron, whether it is the Eight Banners or the Green Camp, the normal state is that "the one who hears the enemy and flees is the lower brave, the one who sees the enemy and flees is the middle brave, and the one who meets the enemy and flees is the upper brave."

At present, Sauron and the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion, which are the most powerful in the Qing army, are in the hands of Jia Liu. With these two elite soldiers, he can already fight to the capital and change the dynasty, but these two troops are not enough to support his peace movement launched by the Restoration Dynasty.

Therefore, the shooting combat mode that requires great courage and high-intensity training naturally became Jia Liu's basic requirements for the transformation of the army.

This requires soldiers to master the most basic formations and corresponding tactical actions.

For an illiterate, letting him learn something is probably more painful than not letting him sleep.

Simply relying on fighting can also make soldiers form a body inertia.

But this inertia cannot last, nor can it maintain resilience.

Therefore, Jia Liu had already carried out the "Three One Project" in the army before, that is, to carry out a literacy campaign in the army, using "Hundred Surnames" as the basic textbook, and striving for soldiers to be able to read one hundred characters a year.After you have the foundation, you can study "Thousand Characters" or his diary.

The idea is right, but there is not enough time.

Not long ago, Jia Liu mentioned the idea of ​​using songs to train troops in a letter to the then Minister of the Army Reorganization Asha. All military knowledge, tactical actions, and precautions against the enemy are instilled in the soldiers in the form of songs.

Education is fun.

Needless to say, the effect is really great.

Under the subtle influence of these songs, although the rest training level of the newly formed four armies in the Restoration Dynasty could not reach the level of military training for college students, they could basically reach the level of serving the owners.

Great progress!
In theory, it is possible to sweep the Qing army entrenched in the provinces, as well as the armies of some East Asian countries.

Annan and North Korea are nothing to worry about.

Myanmar, the world's number one military power, may have to practice again.

In the process of training the new army in Zhili, Wang Fu continued to supplement and improve the various regulations formulated by Jia Liu. He reported the "Rules of Dispatching", "Targeting Procedures", and "General Supervision" and other regulations.

The "Daily Course Schedule" for winter and spring, summer and autumn was also formulated, which clearly stipulated when to practice, when to practice target shooting, when to practice marching, and when to attack and defend in the field.

Jia Liu was greatly impressed after seeing it, and ordered the Ministry of War to combine Wang Fu's regulations with the regulations he had formulated in the Xiaozhai Military Equipment Academy earlier, and compiled the "Imperial Army Training General Code" to be used as a textbook for the Xingyuan Military Equipment Academy .

Facts have proved that Wang Fu, who was recognized by Jia Liu as an excellent office director earlier, is indeed a talent in organizational construction, while Zu Yingyuan and the others are not good at construction, only good at fighting.

Both have their advantages and disadvantages, and both are indispensable.

After the official founding of the country is planned, Wang Fu will be fully responsible for the organization of the entire army, and he will be awarded the rank of general.

The "Admiral Admiral's Training Song" that rang in his ears at this time was one of the ten imperial battle songs.

This military song is mainly to teach soldiers to familiarize themselves with military orders and regulations. It is easy to understand, simple and clear, and the rhythm, emotion, and strength of the chorus are all in place. It can be called the first battle song.

Affected by the atmosphere at the scene, Jia Liu couldn't help singing along: "The detectives who approach the enemy first occupy the enemy's dangerous positions, and our army will quickly outflank the enemy in a fierce battle."

His Majesty the Emperor sang, and the accompanying civil and military officials and guards naturally also sang along.

As the second-ranked Prime Minister and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of War, Asha must also sing along, but Shuan Zhu, who is standing next to him, always feels that something is wrong.

Look carefully, good guy, Ah Zhongtang just opened his mouth and didn't make a sound.

Typical bullshit.

When he found Director Yang staring at him, Ah Zhongtang didn't blush, and said in a low voice: "What your majesty wants is attitude. I just need to open my mouth to show that there is a form. It doesn't matter whether there is content or not. , This is what His Majesty often said about opposing dogmatism."

"Ok?"

Shuan Zhu pondered for a moment, and asked Ah Zhongtang if he also bought the copy of his young master's diary, and if he did, who did he buy it from?

"This"

At first, Lao Ah refused to say anything, but Mr. Yang couldn't hold back the fact that Director Yang wanted to expose him, so he finally confessed that he bought it from Bo Zhongtang.

Shuan Zhu's face turned black: "How much did you get for that second-rate dealer, Bo?"

"300 taels is not a matter of money or not. The main reason is that everyone is learning. If I don't learn, if I fall behind, I won't be able to keep up with His Majesty's footsteps."

As Lao Ah was talking, he noticed that Manager Yang's face was extremely unsightly. When he asked what was going on, the other party didn't say anything, feeling inexplicable.

The officers and soldiers of the first regiment over there had already learned that His Majesty the Emperor was coming, and hurriedly lined up to wait for His Majesty's review.

Surrounded by all civil and military personnel, Jia Liu came to his old army in high spirits. When he found that the officers and soldiers were eating, he signaled the officers and soldiers to continue eating and leave him alone.

Without it, the food is poor.

There is only one flatbread per person, and a bowl of vegetable soup with a little oil flakes floating in it.

"What's the matter? Why is the food so bad? The army's food standard stipulated by me requires that lunch must have two meat, one vegetable and one soup. Why do the soldiers eat dry biscuits and vegetable soup!"

Jia Liu was furious, and decided that the officers of the first regiment must have withheld food, so he raised his hand and ordered the guards to take them.

The officer of the first regiment who was frightened hurriedly explained that the above did not distribute food according to the standard.

"The last general also went to the Association Headquarters and Division Headquarters to ask, and the answer he got was that the local government did not deliver food and grass as scheduled, so all the troops are now saving food and clothing.

The leader of the first regiment was Wang Zheng, a student of the Han Army when Jia Liu founded the Xiaozhai Guerrilla School. He once participated in the battle against the Manchurian and Mongolian radicals, and was later transferred to the Green Camp in Chengdu.

After hearing what Wang Zheng said, Jia Liu immediately looked at A Siha unhappily: "What's going on!"

A Siha is the minister of the Ministry of War, and he is in charge of allocating and distributing the army's food and fodder.

"Emperor calm down!"

Fearing that his majesty would dismiss him in anger, Asiha hurriedly explained that because the emperor issued a decree to exempt Hubei from taxes this year, the grain and grass that should have been levied by the prefectures and counties in the Qing-occupied area of ​​Hubei this year have not been in place. The ministry has written to allocate grain and grass to provinces such as Sichuan, Henan, Zhili, and Shaanxi.

It's just that due to the hot weather, the inconvenience of transshipment, and the delay in Shaanxi, all the troops are now in short supply of food and grass.

Especially meat and vegetables are even rarer.

It's not that there is no money to buy, but because of years of wars, the production of live pigs, chickens and ducks in Hubei has dropped sharply, and there is no supply at all.

Specifically, the war led to a decline in people's livelihood and economy, and the economic downturn led to food shortages and a depressed market, which in turn caused the army to be unable to keep up with food.
It is an industry chain issue.

This problem is very complicated. The big problem at the macro level of the country did not just pop up out of thin air when Jia Liu said that he wanted everyone to have meat to eat and everyone to have clothes to wear.

That kind, probably only those who write novels can write it.

The prerequisite for ensuring a strong army is a stable and peaceful production environment.

At present, although there is a truce in Hubei, the wounds caused by the war are too large, coupled with the inconvenience of transportation, and the shortage of various resources, it is natural that the four armies of the Restoration Dynasty in Hubei cannot eat and drink as much as Jia Liu imagined. Practiced.

After realizing the problem, Jia Liu naturally calmed down his anger. At the same time, he also realized that he must pay close attention to the general mobilization of the immediate provinces in order to ensure the maximum resources.

The Northern Expedition was imminent, and if he could not effectively tap the money and food resources in the controlled area, then he would get a worse mess than he is now.

After thinking for a while, he suddenly walked up to the officers and soldiers, raised his hand and slapped himself twice, and said sadly: "I used to be your admiral, and now I am your emperor. I don't want brothers to follow me as the emperor." I can’t even eat meat, this is my responsibility, I am here to apologize to my brothers, first slap myself twice!”

(End of this chapter)