The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 190 Military academies do not teach generals how to fight!
When formally preparing for the military academy, Song Yingkui felt that with the expansion of the army, it seemed necessary to establish a central command and staff organization.

We have never been in the military officially, so we don’t know how the formal military system is structured.I had to rely on sporadic memories and brainstorming.

There are only two people with the most qualifications in the army, one is his third uncle Song Xueliang and the other is Yang Shunan.After careful consideration, it would be more appropriate to transfer Yang Shunan to the center as the first military assistant. It would be better for the third uncle to stay in Guanying Town and lead the Yungu Army's largest foreign garrison.

"Uncle Yang, I plan to set up the Yungu Army Command Office to take charge of all the affairs of the entire army. All future military orders will come from the command hall. I will personally serve as the commander-in-chief of the Yungu Army, and Uncle Yang will be the standing deputy commander and staff director of the headquarters. Chief. The Command Office is temporarily composed of: Staff Office, Logistics Office, Ordnance Office, and Finance Office. The Staff Office is responsible for assisting the Command Office in completing military strategy planning, military order communication, army-wide dispatch, and personnel recruitment. The Logistics Office is responsible for assisting the Commander. The Department completes the storage and distribution of grain and grass, the overall distribution and purchase of military uniforms and other daily necessities, the planning and construction of military camps and dependent houses, and pensions for disabled and fallen soldiers. The Ordnance Department is responsible for the distribution of all ordnance, including horses, and the school. inspection, customization and maintenance and support matters. The Finance Department is responsible for the military's overall financial accounting and support of expenditures including military salaries.

In the future, the business, factory affairs, and military production of the City Lord's Mansion will be separated from the military and established and operated independently.For the military needs, the Ordnance Department and Logistics Department negotiate with the relevant person in charge of the City Lord's Mansion on price, quantity, etc., and then the Finance Department is responsible for writing off the items with the City Lord's Mansion's treasury. "

After explaining the general structure of the central organization clearly, Song Yingkui continued to say to Yang Shuoan: "Deputy Commander Yang, you have two urgent matters next. One is to straighten out the affairs of the staff office, and the second is to Let the military academy operate normally as soon as possible. For the staff office, temporarily transfer a few deputy squadron commanders from the army to serve, and recruit a few clerks to assist. The daily responsibilities will be filled by reserve officers from the military academy. By the way, the clerks recruited must be converted into Military status is to be treated as a reserve officer, and all matters must be strictly in accordance with military standards. In our Yungu Army, there is no such thing as a civilian staff. From now on, military generals and generals must have both civil and military skills."

"Lord, most of the generals in our army have rough backgrounds. Is it too high a requirement to be both civil and military? Also, after the military academy is operational, where should we find teachers? What should we teach?" Yang Shunan was obsessed with Song Yingkui's desire to open a military academy. He doesn't quite understand. In his opinion, weren't all the mighty generals from ancient times produced in war?How can a strong general be taught from a school?As for having both civil and military skills, the requirement is a bit too high.

"The generals in Beixiang can read and write, so are our generals not as good as the people in Beixiang? The so-called ability to be both civilized and military does not mean that the generals must be literati. They only need to be proficient in literary matters and be able to handle daily official documents without relying on others. That's it. As for where to find the students in the military academy and what to teach in the military academy, that's simple.

After the school opened, I personally taught military strategy, Deputy Commander Yang taught me how to prepare for battle and how to train troops, General Manager Jiang taught me geography and ancient and modern war history, Director Guo taught me logistics coordination, and Deputy Commander Liang taught me how to use firearms.In addition to these, other officers with expertise can also come to teach you what you are good at.No one in the military academy is a special teacher. Everyone draws on their own strengths and serves as each other's teachers.Cadets come to the military academy not only to learn, but also to teach and enhance their knowledge.

At the same time, they also have the task of jointly participating in formulating the first basic operational code of our army.Establish common skills and norms for leading troops in peacetime and in combat.For example, how much rations need to be carried when marching, how to conduct drills in peacetime, what combat skills the infantry must master, what combat skills the cavalry and firearms soldiers must master, how the various services work together, how to arrange guards when setting up camp, how to communicate military signals, and daily life. How to assess training and so on.Then the headquarters will standardize and evaluate the generals and troops at all levels according to the drill code!

Of course, this code of conduct can only be a trial version at the beginning, and it will be gradually adjusted and improved based on feedback after implementation.In short, the purpose of setting up a military academy and training officers on rotation is to make our Yungu Army more regular and truly become a strong military in the world with rules to follow and orders to be enforced. "What does the military academy do? In Song Yingkui's view, it should not only undertake teaching tasks, but more of its function is to exchange and research military knowledge, thereby promoting the gradual progress of the Yungu Army.

After listening to Song Yingkui's long speech, Yang Shunan looked suspicious, which seemed to conflict with his inherent knowledge. "My lord, is it too rigid to use military codes to control the army? The war is changing rapidly and there are many situations. How can we control it all at once?"

"The purpose of the Drill Code is not to teach generals how to fight, but to use standardized requirements to prevent generals from making low-level mistakes in training and wartime. The Drill Code should be rough and detailed, and the command and handling of the enemy in battle should be rough and unified. Troop training must be detailed. We must be clear about the fact that many battles are defeated not because of problems with military strategy and layout, but because frontline officers made low-level mistakes when commanding troops.

For example, all generals who lead the army know the importance of the transportation and storage of grain and grass. However, many wars fail because of problems with grain transportation and storage.For another example, when you and I took the volunteers to Ningxi Acropolis to help in the battle, why was Zheng Jun of Haishi Castle so easily attacked by the Western Fan?As long as they were more cautious and strictly managed their soldiers, they would not have caused such a big trouble.You said, Haixi Fort was in a state of chaos at that time?It would be amazing if a camp like that could be defended once it was attacked!
The purpose of my insistence on setting up the military academy's code of conduct is to make the generals at all levels of our Yungu Army fully aware of their responsibilities and what they must do when leading troops in peacetime!Let the whole army practice hard and improve their combat skills in peacetime, never forget to fight, not panic in wartime, and know what to do without making common sense mistakes! "

Speaking of which, Song Yingkui now has some war experience and has seen a lot of wars.His biggest feeling about leading troops in battle is that as long as he doesn't make stupid mistakes, there will be no big losses or big defeats.

On the battlefield, that person is not afraid of death?How many people are really willing to risk their lives?When a white knife pierces the flesh, a red knife will come out for everyone.Many defeats are caused by chaos caused by low-level mistakes. As long as the organization is orderly, even if the enemy is outnumbered, there is still a chance to escape unscathed.Would the person leading the troops not know about low-level military mistakes?But this kind of thing is unavoidable. To put it bluntly, it is caused by insufficient practice, irregular management, and insufficient awareness.

In terms of rough management, Beixiang and Xifan are more serious, but why are they more powerful than Zheng Jun and others?That's because they have experienced a lot of wars in daily life, and their lower-level soldiers are well aware of emergencies. Their soldiers are used to fighting under a rough management framework.

(End of this chapter)