Song Yi

Chapter 458
Du Wenhao also laughed: "You said that you can endure hardships if you can swallow it. To be honest, this wheat cake is really hard to eat."

The soldiers all smiled honestly.

Du Wenhao turned around and said to Li Pu and other generals behind him: "For the issue of dry food for soldiers, we must concentrate relevant experts on special scientific research and development, and develop a new type of dry food with high compression and good taste, so that soldiers like to eat and can eat it." Carry a lot. I have already prepared to set up a department that is responsible for the logistics support of the army, called the General Logistics Department. This department is responsible for the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the soldiers. A strong army cannot win battles without strong logistics support! A general who knows how to cherish his soldiers is definitely not a good general!"

"Okay!" Someone in the group of soldiers bravely shouted, and several others followed suit. Immediately, there were more cheers, and applause broke out again, and soon it was like thunder.

Du Wenhao asked the stout soldier to take a piece of wheat cake for himself, held it up high, and said loudly to the generals behind him: "Love soldiers like sons, not just a slogan, but start with each general himself." , Start with small things like food and clothing! From today, as long as it is marching and fighting, including military training and acting, we will eat whatever the soldiers eat. From now on, each person will have two pieces of wheat cake, and everyone will eat together! Whoever wants to be special, I will remove him from his post and let him go to the barracks to cook for the soldiers!"

The soldiers applauded even more.

Du Wenhao gnawed on the unpalatable wheat cakes, while continuing to patrol amidst applause, and patted the shoulders of those well-drilled soldiers encouragingly from time to time.The senior generals also frowning and grinning, gnawing dry food, followed behind his ass.

After the tour, it was time for a break, and he returned to the parade stand.It was announced that military exercises would follow.

In the afternoon, there will be a combined drill of various arms, which was called fancy drill in ancient times.

Ancient armies were naturally much less than modern ones, including light armored cavalry, heavy armored cavalry, pikemen, shield soldiers, crossbowmen and artillery (arms that use trebuchets to throw stones to attack). This synthetic combat exercise is A drill that is closest to actual combat.Naturally, it was also the most chaotic kind of drill, and there were even several incidents of accidental injuries due to military orders being mistaken.

Subsequently, Du Wenhao temporarily decided to add a confrontation drill.

Soon Du Wenhao discovered that this decision was simply asking for boredom and making things difficult for himself.Because the previous military exercises of the Song Army have not only been carried out for many years, but have never been held. Although Du Wenhao's request is very simple, an army simulates the enemy's cavalry attack, and the Song Army will fight against the tactical requirements of the cavalry attack.

As a result, the movements that individual soldiers practiced would be like a flood of simulated enemy cavalry, and the formation suddenly became chaotic. Although the drums issued various orders like thunder, the soldiers were still in chaos, and they didn't know how to fight at all.Some soldiers were trampled by horses because of running around.

Du Wenhao was so angry that his face turned green. This was not a confrontation exercise in the true sense, but a simulated actual combat exercise performed according to the prescribed actions. It was actually an act.

Unwilling to give up, Du Wenhao summoned the battalion commanders of the two armies and explained in detail the requirements of the exercise, their respective actions, and even the marching route, the technical action requirements made, and asked them to do it again like acting. It's a mess.

There is only one reason, the Song Army has never conducted such a confrontation drill.So I can't even act in a play.Du Wenhao finally understood why the Song Army had many military books and opened specialized military academies, but they were all on paper, and there were too few drills. When the two armies actually confronted each other, the Song Army was repeatedly defeated.

Seeing the evening, Du Wenhao had no choice but to order the drill to end.The dozen or so military commanders calculated the points according to the drill effects and mistakes of each army, and ranked them.

Although the confrontation exercises in the later period did not achieve their goals, the military order exercises in the early stage were generally better than Du Wenhao imagined. In addition to the chaotic combined army drills and high error rate, the individual drills below the battalion level were still good. This shows a problem. In the past two months of training, most of the individual soldiers are familiar with the instructions, but there is too little combined training of the army, and the ability to cooperate in combat is poor.

When the result came out, Du Wenhao took it over and looked at it carefully. After reading it, he took the senior generals to the barracks conference room with a sullen face for a meeting.

He handed the scoring results to the generals above the army.After they finished watching with shame on their faces, they said coldly: "Everyone, these are the soldiers you brought out! The average error rate in listening to orders has reached [-]%! The highest army has reached [-]%. You also saw it just now. Now, every sergeant obeys orders and basically passes the test. The battalion level is generally commanded well, and the army level is coordinated to fight. The whole army is in chaos. Do you expect such soldiers to win the battle?"

All the generals bowed their heads.

Du Wenhao stood up slowly, and said: "I lead the soldiers, and I will never allow people to stand in the latrine without shitting. It's just like the saying 'a raging soldier, a raging nest'! Since the first-level commander of the army has a big problem, I suggest , Get rid of the incompetent commanders at the first level of the army, and let competent people go! Do you have any opinions on my decision?"

All the generals blushed and remained silent.

Du Wenhao sternly said: "Don't be sticky like a bitch, raise your hand if you agree!"

All the generals looked at each other in blank dismay, and for a moment, all of them blushed and raised their hands.

Du Wenhao glanced at it, and said: "Very good! This penalty decision was approved unanimously. This is the first time, let's be more lenient, and only revoke the commander of the army with the lowest score in acting!"

All eyes were on the guard, the commander of the Second Army of the Flying Infantry.

Du Wenhao said: "The first-level commander of the capital will be promoted to the battalion commander, and the battalion commander will be promoted to the first-level commander of the army. Among them, the battalion commander with the highest score will serve as the commander of Feimeng's second step army!"

The commander of the Second Army of the Flying Infantry Guards sat there blushing, bowed his head and did not speak.

Du Wenhao stared at him and said slowly: "You! From today, go to the military academy to re-learn how to command the army. After finishing the study, you will be the commander of the capital for me to do it again! In the next rehearsal, you can only be promoted if you score first. Commander at the next level. Do you understand?"

The general looked ashamed, stood up, bowed and cupped his fists to salute: "I understand now..."

Du Wenhao glanced at the generals: "Today, only a small part of the forbidden army participated in the military exercise. In the future, such military exercises will be held every quarter, and each army must participate in military exercises at least once a year. I am in charge of this matter." I have to catch it myself. I want to formulate a grade score line, divided into three grades: excellent pass and fail. The capital, battalion, and army have their own standards. Those who fail the drill will be eliminated according to today's standards. There is a problem with soldiers obeying orders If there is a problem with the army's coordinated operations, the post of battalion or army commander will be withdrawn, and the superiors at the lower level will be promoted!"

All the generals and officers felt that their shoulders suddenly became more courageous.

On the way home, Du Wenhao asked Wang Runxue and the eldest princess Zhao Lan how they felt.Wang Runxue shook her head and said, "It's still far from the standard required by the Art of War. I didn't expect our army to be so weak, with such combat power, it's really hard for people to expect to win the battle."

Zhao Lan also said: "Yeah, I thought it would be very lively and beautiful. If I had known this, to be honest, I wouldn't have come to see it. You have a very good temper. If it were me, I would have to make these conductors come to you every day." Everyone can stick a hundred sticks."

Du Wenhao smiled wryly: "The general weakness of the military is not the problem of individual people. This problem has existed for too long, so we have to take it slowly. We can't even expect our generation to solve it. To completely solve this problem, it is likely to wait for the next generation. gone."

Zhao Lan said: "It's been so long, can't you speed up?"

"The so-called hard work is hard to return. This is only the army near the capital. The combat effectiveness is already strong. If it is like this, the forbidden army stationed in all parts of the country may be even worse. It is definitely not a matter of a year or two to fully improve the combat effectiveness of the forbidden army. I have already made up my mind that we need to formulate a new training program, increase the subjects of confrontation drills, and strictly follow the standards. I will arrest the commander above the army. If any army fails to meet the standards, he will be removed from the top position. The standard should be lowered first. , to ensure that most of the troops can pass the test, and gradually increase the requirements of the training program after the army has improved its combat effectiveness. Moreover, I am forming a brand new quick-response special operations force, and let Li Pu be selected in the national audition. I want to pass The formation of this force will drive the development of the entire army."

"This time can't be short, can it?"

Du Wenhao let out a long sigh: "That's right... After watching today's military exercise, I realized that this is probably an impossible task..."

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Early the next morning, Du Wenhao came to work in Sanya.

The army commander who didn't arrive at midnight yesterday and didn't participate in the military exercise waited in front of his office with a look of panic on his face.

Seeing him coming, the commander bowed and saluted: "General, please forgive me for being late!"

Du Wenhao ignored him, sat down behind the large desk, and said coldly: "Forgive me? Then you have to listen to the reason why you didn't participate in the military exercise. - I only give you one chance, you must tell the truth, otherwise, At your own peril!"

"Yes, the last general dare not lie to the general. The last general... went to the south to return to Yi. I expected to come back on time to participate in the military exercise. Unexpectedly, the way back was cut off by the mountain torrent. I took a detour for a day. So wasted time..."

"Going to do business? Didn't the Empress Dowager have issued an order to ban the army from doing business? How dare you disobey the order?" Du Wenhao said angrily.

"The last general dare not..., just because there are still some materials in the last general that have not been processed, and they can't be thrown away, so I want to deal with this last batch, and I won't do it in the future. The road is broken. Please forgive me, the general, and I will never dare to go around the last general this time!"

(End of this chapter)