I want to be emperor

Chapter 541 Military and Political Officers

Surrounding these tens of thousands of mules and horses, these senior generals of the Chu army have their own thoughts. Many of them, whether it is cavalry, artillery, or logistics or even infantry...even those engineering troops I want to reach out and grab some of these mule and horse trophies.

Mules and horses, especially horses for riding, are in short supply in every army, and everyone wants them!
So, at the meeting that night, Lieutenant General Zhu Xingfa, the commander of the First Cavalry Army, had red eyes...

He slobbered wildly at a group of infantry and artillery generals!

"Without our cavalry defeating Hauge's [-] cavalry in a deadly battle in the northern suburbs, you would have been killed by the Dongyao people a long time ago. Now, I didn't hear a word of thanks, but I put my mind on my spoils. "

"I put the words here. I don't care about other horses for service, but the horses must be distributed to our First Cavalry Army and Guards Cavalry Detachment. What infantry artillery, what do you want to use horses for?"

After speaking, Lieutenant General Zhu Xingfa stood up and looked around, as if anyone who wanted to take his horse would go crazy on the spot.

Until Liaodong military and political officer Zhao Zhongshu, General Zhao Zhongshu, tapped his finger heavily on the table and made a crisp knocking sound: "All the monarchs are important ministers of the empire, your Majesty loves generals, and it is our duty to fight bravely for your Majesty! "

Lieutenant General Zhu Xingfa, who used to look like he would get mad on the spot if anyone messed with me, immediately sat down obediently when he heard what Zhao Zhongshu said, just like a little sheep...

Zhao Zhongshu, the executive vice minister of the Military and Political Department of the Great Chu Empire, came to Liaodong this time to take charge of military and political affairs in the Liaodong region!
He does not have the authority to command Zhu Xingfa, that is the authority of Zuo Yingzhe, commander of the Third Army.

But Zhao Zhongshu has the power to directly remove Zhu Xingfa from his position. Although this power cannot be used easily, it will be very troublesome once it is used. A little carelessness will put Zhao Zhongshu himself to death, um, death in the physical sense...

But he does have this power!

Not only Zhu Xingfa, but even Zuo Yingzhe, the commander of the army group, Zhao Zhongshu can directly remove him in an emergency, and appoint other generals to act as the commander of the third army group in an emergency!
Not because he is the executive deputy minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, but because he is ordered to supervise the army!
The military and political power structure of the Great Chu Empire has always been relatively complicated, and the core concept is mutual checks and balances.

For example, the separation of the military and the government is to eliminate the collusion between the military and civil servants. But at the same time, Luo Zhixue asked the tax department to organize the establishment of armed tax police. In addition, there are also a number of armed patrols for dealing with violent crimes.

These two semi-armed forces belong directly to the civilian group.

The military is also divided into arms, including the navy, the army, and the guards. The three arms are not affiliated with each other and are independent of each other.

In addition, the Navy has the Marine Corps, the Army also has some armed ships for inland river warfare, and the Guards have both ground and water forces.

A triangle of checks and balances can also be formed among the three military services.

As for the Army, there are a total of six central organizations at the top of the Army: the Staff Department, the Military and Political Department, the Logistics Department, the Ordnance Department, the Director of Cavalry, and the Director of Artillery.

At the same time, there are ministers of counselors, co-organizers, and some nominal military ministers.

In the local field forces, there is a field force combat sequence, that is, various groups of armies, corps, divisions, brigades, regiments and other levels of troops.

But at the same time, Luo Zhixue would appoint senior officials from the Military and Political Department to go to the front to serve as military and political officials, and he would go there with an imperial decree...

This kind of military and political officer usually handles various military and political affairs, but there is another task of supervising the army that everyone knows but avoids.

Military and political officials assigned to the front line by order have the right to temporarily revoke the command of a senior front-line general in extreme cases such as defection to the enemy, disobedience of orders, rebellion, or disability.

However, he does not have the authority to appoint a new commander. After the commander is dismissed, he will be succeeded in strict accordance with the military order and command regulations of the army, and in accordance with the rank and position of the other generals of the army.

If Zhu Xingfa was dismissed, then he could only be replaced by the deputy commander of the [-]st Cavalry Army. If the deputy commander was also finished, then it would be the Chief of Staff of the [-]st Cavalry Army.

If the Chief of Staff of the First Army is also dead, it will be the highest rank among the subordinate division commanders. If the ranks are the same, they will be sorted by the time when the ranks were promoted.

If the three division commanders are also finished, then according to the above rules, select from the deputy division commander and the division chief of staff until the order is sorted out.

And this procedure is free from human interference, not even by Zhao Zhongshu, a military and political official.

Unless the replacement personnel are killed in battle, seriously injured, disabled or dismissed, they must be sequenced strictly according to the above rules to take over the commander.

At the same time, the revocation authority of the military and political officer is only temporary, and the formal revocation requires a formal meeting of the superior to confirm.

And the military and political officials need to justify and justify their removal of the front-line generals...

If military and political officials cannot reasonably explain that their actions are necessary and reasonable, then they are arbitrarily interfering in the command of the army and trying to get their hands on military power.

And this crime is very serious, the light one will be dismissed from his post and imprisoned, and the serious one will be beheaded and ransacked his home!
Therefore, the power to temporarily revoke front-line commanders is great, but the restrictions are also great. General military and political officials are not fully sure, and will not use it easily...

Because once you use it, you have to die if others don't die!

Literally dead...

If you can confirm the legality and necessity of the person who was dismissed, then he must have disobeyed orders, surrendered to the enemy, rebelled, etc. In this case, the generals who were dismissed are basically dead characters, or the kind that ransacked their families and exterminated their families.

If you can't confirm it, then if the other party does not have the above-mentioned behaviors, if you dismiss him, you are meddling in military power and plotting wrongdoing... Military power is very sensitive, and anyone who dares to meddle indiscriminately is a dead word.

Therefore, so far, the military and political officials dispatched from the Great Chu Empire have not actually used this authority a few times, and it is basically when the situation is the most urgent. The superior handles it.

After the report was made, it was justifiable for the higher-ups to deal with it.

In any case, military and political officials are a very special group in the military system of the Great Chu Empire, and many generals treat these military and political officials with respect and distance.

Anyway, they don't interfere on weekdays, and they can't interfere with the training and combat of the troops...at most they just report...so it's always right to stay away.

So as soon as Zhao Zhongshu spoke, he suppressed the extremely hot scene, but Zhao Zhongshu only suppressed the hot scene, lest the group of people would say things they shouldn't say when their brains get hot... and cause some bad things Impact.

It is also the main task of the military and political department to be responsible for the ideological dynamics of the frontline soldiers and keep them loyal to the emperor and patriotic. Naturally, it is also the main task of these military and political officials.

However, after Zhao Zhongshu said a word, he closed his mouth. As for how to distribute the loot, he would not open his mouth...

Anyway, no one listened...

The distribution of spoils has nothing to do with him, an official of the military and political department. It is a matter for the front-line generals and the warships of the logistics department.

He just needs to ensure the presence of the Military and Political Department, let these people calm down a little bit, and don't do too radical things.

For the next distribution of spoils, the cavalry generals headed by Zhu Xingfa had the last laugh!
Because in this batch of spoils, the most important thing is tens of thousands of mules and horses, and the most valuable of these mules and horses are those riding horses.

A total of tens of thousands of horses for riding were determined to be used to supplement the horse gap of the existing cavalry unit, and at the same time to form a new cavalry unit.

You must know that the cavalry troops of the Great Chu Empire have been trying to expand as much as possible. There are many cavalry recruits who have been selected for training, but there is a serious shortage of horses.

Many Chu troops stationed in the hinterland of the Central Plains, even the divisional cavalry regiments of the first-class divisions, can only be equipped with some southwest horses as mounts...

The frontier army is better, but it also lacks a large number of qualified horses. Many divisions of the frontier army belong to cavalry regiments. Although they are equipped with Mongolian horses, these Mongolian horses are often ordinary horses without professional training.

There is a big difference between war horses and ordinary horses.

This difference is not only reflected in physical fitness such as weight-bearing ability, sprint ability and endurance, but also in strict training.

Before the war horses go to the battlefield, they have to go through strict training, so that the cavalry can ride the horses to fight in formation, instead of the scene being a little bigger, making a little explosion, and the war horses will be messed up.

However, the training of war horses is also very troublesome and time-consuming. More importantly, the Chu army lacks a large number of qualified war horses. Therefore, many troops in the Chu army are seriously short of war horses.

Now this batch of war horses seized from the Dongbang people can effectively fill this gap.

Part of this batch of horses can be used to equip the cavalry regiments belonging to each division, and part can be used to supplement the loss of horses of the independent cavalry units, that is, the First Cavalry Army and the Guards Cavalry Detachment. Can be used to form new cavalry units.

Several batches of cavalry recruits in Tianjin, Shanhaiguan and other places have also completed their training. Because they lacked horses before, they can only be used as reserve cavalry to supplement the front-line battle losses.

Now it is possible to pull out thousands of people to form a new cavalry division.

The cavalry division, that is, the seventh cavalry division, was officially designated and established by Zhao Zhongshu, a military and political officer, on behalf of the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs.

A large number of horses were taken away by the cavalry, but a small part was also taken away by the infantry and artillery. They did not want to ride horses for cavalry, but mainly for the messengers.

In the Great Chu Empire, the horses attached to the messengers were of the same level as the independent cavalry, and a level higher than the ordinary divisional cavalry. They were all the best riding horses.

This is because orderlies are extremely important on the battlefield.

In addition to riding horses, a large number of ordinary mules and horses are allocated according to needs. Anyway, there are tens of thousands of horses. The artillery unit takes some, the supply unit takes some, and then the infantry unit also takes some, and the cavalry unit also takes it. After walking for a while, there were still a lot left, so I gave it to the logistics department first.

The logistics transportation in the rear of the Great Chu Empire has always been the responsibility of a large number of transportation groups directly under the jurisdiction of the Logistics Department. These transportation groups also need a large number of mules and horses.

After the loot was distributed, Zuo Yingzhe and the others began to discuss their follow-up battle plan, that is, the battle plan for attacking the former guards of Guangning.

It's just that the battle plan was much easier to discuss than the distribution of spoils, and it was finalized by everyone in a few words.

Because there is nothing to discuss about this battle plan, under the cover of the cavalry, the infantry and artillery marched east all the way, directly killed the former guards and attacked the city, and it was over...

As for some tactical details... This kind of thing is not the focus of this evening's strategic meeting.

After they finalize the strategic plan, there will naturally be many group army staff officers and generals at all levels of the lower armies and divisions responsible for perfecting and implementing the details of the plan.

Ever since, early the next morning, more than 1 forward troops of the Chu Army set off eastward and went straight to the former Tunwei!
(End of this chapter)