Ming Zuo

Chapter 196 New Army
The equipment and style of play of the rear battalion have been determined, and the Ming army cannot be completely copied in terms of military system.

On the battalion level, Zuo Menggeng made a lot of breakthroughs and changes.Now that it has been expanded to the association level, to be precise, the town level, it needs to be considered even more carefully.

Everyone discussed for three days, Zuo Menggeng also brought out the experience of later generations, and finally decided on the new military system.

The external numbers of Dongchang Association and Linqing Association remain unchanged, and they still exist independently as two associations.

This is to confuse the court.

But internally, a higher-level organization than the association was established.

Not the town, but the army.

Zuo Menggeng named it the First Army of the Shandong New Army.

The new is the complete opposite of the old, implying that this army will be reborn, and it will also lead the people of the world to a new life.

Zuo Menggeng considers himself the commander of the army and is the commander in chief of the whole army.

Zhang Jimeng finally entered the new army system and served as the deputy commander.

He has the status of a military officer, and he is impeccable when he enters and exits the barracks. Given time, it will not be difficult to become a qualified officer.

In the new army, Zuo Menggeng added a new institution, the Political Department.

The person in charge is Huang Zongxi, political commissar.

Anyone who understands the role of the political commissar in the modern army understands it.

As a famous thinker in history, Huang Zongxi, who has personally experienced the flames of war and is undergoing transformation in his thinking, must be very suitable for this position.

The deputy political commissar was elected by everyone, and Mao Yuanyi served concurrently.

This is also a soldier of literati origin, and his thinking is radical.In terms of the ideological construction of the new army, radical political commissars have only advantages and no disadvantages.

Becoming a military-level unit, the biggest difference is that the military department has an additional full-time official, that is, the secretary-general.

The candidate for the post of Secretary-General was quite unexpected. It was recommended by Zuo Menggeng, and his name was Fu Yusun.

He was one of the first batch of scholars, and later stayed in the rear camp.

People are relatively weak, and they always lag behind in military training.But I was very careful when sorting out files and handling chores in the battalion department.The entire battalion headquarters is well-organized by him, making the work of several chief officers very smooth.

Everyone joked about him, saying he was a servant girl.But only Zuo Menggeng knew that once the size of the army expanded, such a person was really needed to take care of the center.

To use an exact analogy, the military department has a large number of personnel, just like a landlord's compound.Without a housekeeper, it's all messed up.

Liu Yiyuan was originally the second-in-command of the Houying, but after Zhang Jimeng came, he had to abdicate to give way to the virtuous and concentrate on his job.

Zuo Menggeng set up a staff department in the military, and Liu Yiyuan was the chief of staff, and Zuo Yong, the deputy chief of staff.

As a result, Zuo Yong was separated from the main battle force, so he could give full play to his strategic mind and formulate combat plans for the entire army.

The intelligence department of the Houying was upgraded to the intelligence department, and the minister was not surprised, he could only be Zuo Fu.

The deputy minister is Wu Zhenxi, who is also an acquaintance of everyone.

I have been handling intelligence collection work in the battalion department before, and this time I am the deputy minister, and I still do this.

The general logistics brigade is divided into two, namely the logistics department and the equipment department. In the subsequent formation of grassroots troops, there will no longer be a general logistics brigade.

The head of the logistics department is Zhang Yan, and the head of the equipment department is Zuo Dai.

Before that, Zuo Dai was not only the commander of the third brigade, but also the director of the gunpowder factory.

The span of this work is too great, and Zuo Dai is exhausted.

Zuo Menggeng talked to Zuo Dai, and found that he was not very interested in being a general, but on the contrary, he liked weapon manufacturing and research and development very much.

Then simply let him leave the grassroots and serve as the head of the equipment department, in charge of the equipment manufacturing, research and development of the new army.

Naturally, the training department cannot do without the training of recruits, and the minister still travels around.

The huge military department must need security guarantees inside, so a security department was established.

The head of the Ministry of Security is called Le Xinfeng, who was born in the Intelligence Department and was usually inconspicuous.But everyone knows that since this person can serve as the Minister of Security, he must be Zuo Menggeng's loyal confidant.

The military department also has a directly-administered force, called the garrison brigade, and the brigade commander is concurrently held by Zuo Yong.Basically, they will not participate in combat at ordinary times, just to protect the military headquarters.

In addition, there are cavalry regiments under the direct control of the military department.

The original cavalry brigade, one of the eight brigades, has reached the military level and can only become a cavalry regiment directly under the military.

It's not that Zuo Menggeng doesn't pay attention to cavalry, but that war horses are too expensive and difficult to buy.Even if you want to gather the [-] horses needed for a regiment, you have to spend a lot of thought.

The above is the list of all the organs and leaders of the Shandong New Army Military Headquarters, and it is also the leading organization of the Dongchang Association.

Dongchang Association is an external designation, which is used to deal with the imperial court.Internally, Dongchang Association is actually called the First Division of the First Army of the Shandong New Army.

Zuo Menggeng was the division commander concurrently, and Zuo Rong was the deputy division commander (actually in charge of division work).

Zhang Jimeng can serve as the deputy commander in the military headquarters, but not in the field troops below.After all, he is a soldier, and he wants to deal with the court, so it is impossible for him to be stationed in the army for a long time.

The extra organization of the First Division was the Artillery Regiment, headed by Zheng Jia Yunzhi, the squadron of the original Artillery Brigade.

Like the cavalry brigade, the new army no longer established an independent sub-level artillery unit, but handed over the command of the artillery to the sub-level division.

The First Division has two brigades:

Zuo Rong, commander of the first brigade, and Yi Guozheng, political commissar; Zuo Hua, commander of the second brigade, Fu Gang, political commissar.

Each brigade has two regiments, numbered one to four.

Bai Xiaoqi, head of the first regiment, and Ning Weiping, political commissar; Hong Qi, political commissar of the second regiment, Qiao Shuangcheng, political commissar; Huang Sanhu, political commissar of the third regiment; Liu Dacai, political commissar of the fourth regiment, Cai Jiachuan, political commissar.

All the political commissars come from the Propaganda and Education Department of Huang Zongxi's Military Affairs Department, but they can only be popularized in the regiment.The shortage of people is so great that the battalions and companies below can only be temporarily vacant.

Zuo Menggeng always dreamed of building a branch into the company, but the ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny.

There are three battalions below the regiment, three companies below the battalion, and three teams below the company. This is the entire formation of the new army from top to bottom.

According to statistics, the first division will have a total strength of more than [-] troops.In the same way, when the second division (Linqing Association) is completed in the future, this number will also be the number.

It can be said that one division of the New Army has more troops than two towns in many places in Daming.

However, after seeing the establishment of the eight brigades of the Houying, everyone has long been familiar with these.

Three days later, the new organization plan was notified to the whole army, and the first division also began to expand its army.

The source of troops is very simple, that is, the original rear battalion reserve.

All recruits have been trained by Zhou You and have a certain foundation, which saves a lot of time for getting started.After entering the first division, they were assigned to various units.

Officers at the regimental level and below are basically promoted from the original officers and soldiers of the rear battalion.

It can be said that even the most ordinary soldiers in the original rear battalion have become captains this time.

There is no way, even ordinary soldiers have been on the battlefield.Knowledge and experience are not comparable to recruits.

Leading the recruits by them can quickly bring out a qualified grassroots unit and form a good combat effectiveness.

After all, the imperial court will not give Dongchang Association too much time to rest and recuperate.

Except for Dongchang Mansion, the government and army in other places fought too badly.

Yanzhou Mansion and Qingzhou Mansion have completely become the paradise of the White Lotus Sect. There is not a single soldier in the two places. The government can only rely on the gentry to recruit village braves and hide in the city.

There are troops in Terengganu and Laizhou, and Zhang Keda, deputy commander of Denglai, is also quite capable of fighting.

But the problem is, Denglai's White Lotus Sect won't fight him.

Just lead the officers and soldiers around in the mountains. If you don’t come out, I will attack the county town, the countryside, and kill the gentry. If you come out, I will send people to attack Dengzhou City.

Zhang Keda was pinned down and had no choice but to stay in Dengzhou City, sitting and watching the White Lotus Sect wreak havoc in the countryside, while writing letters to the imperial court and the governor of Shandong Province asking for help.

When the letter was sent to the imperial court, the imperial court and all the officials pretended not to see it.

There are no soldiers to send.

Most of the troops were sent to Shanxi to deal with the peasant army, and a small part was taken to Liaodong by Sun Chengzong to reorganize the Ningjin defense line.

The remaining part was detained by Hou Xun, and Ji Town must be rebuilt.

We can't let go of the gate, let Hou Jin and Mongolia come and go freely.

The governor of Shandong pretended not to see the request for help.

He didn't have any soldiers at first, but he hoped day and night that he finally got the chief soldier Song Wei and the deputy chief soldier Liu Zeqing back.

In the end, these two were miserable, with only two thousand people on hand.

Yes, you read that right, with a general and a deputy general, the commander's army is only two thousand.

These two thousand people were the rest of the former governor Wang Congyi who brought him to King Qin of Gyeonggi.

Song Wei and Liu Zeqing were quite high-spirited, and felt that the mere rioters were nothing to worry about.After returning, he directly dispatched troops to Jiyang, planning to open up Qingzhou and Denglai first, and cooperate with Denglai soldiers to fight.

As a result, just after Jiyang was defeated, there was an urgent report from Jinan that eight thousand members of the White Lotus Sect besieged the provincial capital.

Anything can be lost, but the provincial capital cannot be lost.

Song Wei and Liu Zeqing would lose their heads if they sat back and watched the governor, chief envoy, and inspector fall.

The two hurried back to help, and as soon as they arrived at the city of Jinan, the White Lotus Sect retreated into Mount Tai.

Go into the mountains to chase them down, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and there are many enemies, maybe the two thousand people will be lost in it.

Song Wei and Liu Zeqing made up their minds and reported it to Shen Xun, so they had to stay in the provincial capital obediently.

Today I heard that Laiwu was lost, tomorrow I heard that Xintai was lost, and the day after that I heard that Xinwen was besieged.

A group of officials were speechless, as if seeing Chongzhen's butcher's knife about to fall on their heads.

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