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Chapter 407 Chapter [-] Do you want to be knighted?German comments
"...Xi'an Flight School graduated as usual. This year's situation is very good. Only a few people failed to pass. The graduation rate reached 90.00%. The Air Force..."

"It's getting more and more confusing. It's just nonsense."

Zhu Lingjing, as always, was reading the newspaper while listening to the report, and suddenly she made such a remark.

Things in Hengshan County have not calmed down as usual, but are getting more intense.

Naturally, the local officials did not want to make the matter a big deal and quickly promised the farmers to redistribute the land. The latter refused, thinking that this was just a common prevarication tactic.

The landowners who were angry because of the deduction also saw the opportunity to add fuel to the fire and jointly spent money to publish the matter in newspapers in neighboring provinces.

They did not want to miss this good opportunity to make up for their losses. In the eyes of the landlords, they were also victims, and it was the Hengshan County government that was at fault.

"..." Zhou Changfeng, whose narration was interrupted, thought for a moment and asked what happened.

After getting the answer, he recalled: "It seems that the imperial court has not been rectifying the government for a long time. It is estimated that monsters, ghosts, ghosts, ghosts, snakes and gods have come out from all over the country."

"Well, that's how officialdom is. After rectification, it will be good for three years, bad for three years, and dragging on for another three years." Zhu Lingjing closed her eyes and shook her head slightly, "The last time was more than ten years ago, and logically speaking, it is about time. ”

She yawned and said rather helplessly: "There is no time to calm down. None of these people are worry-free."

"Compared with this, I actually seem to be very law-abiding." Zhou Changfeng said with some pride.

"How do you feel so good about yourself?" Zhu Lingjing rolled her eyes with disdain, "It's a joke. One moment you faint, the next you fall ill, and you cause trouble every now and then."

"Uh……"

"Look at Luo Fu again. You are someone else's agent when you are away. This is what makes people worry-free."

"Your Majesty, this is not fair. How can you compare him with me?" Zhou Changfeng, who was very unconvinced, immediately retorted, "Fighting outside is very tiring and hard-working. In theory, the officers and soldiers participating in the war should recuperate for a period of time after the war."

"What?" Zhu Lingjing looked at him sideways, "Do you think I didn't give you a holiday?"

Sister!I won't let you understand it this way.

Zhou Changfeng said sternly: "No, no, how dare you? I served my country loyally, dedicated myself to death, and died."

"It's true." Zhu Lingjing said "ha", suddenly thought of something, and asked with a smile: "By the way, have you ever thought about becoming a knight?"

Knighted?What kind of title?

Then... let's have a dragon and tiger general.

Zhou Changfeng felt that something was wrong with her gaze, so he asked doubtfully: "I remember that it has been many years since I knighted a living person, right?"

This is true. In the Ming Dynasty, the designation of nobility was relatively strict, unlike in the Tang and Song Dynasties, when various princes and princes were grabbed in large numbers.

It seems that the last time a living person was knighted was in the last century. To this day, there are only examples of posthumous titles. Yin Xunbei, the first prime minister with outstanding achievements after the constitutional government, was also posthumously granted the title of Suichang Bo after his death. .

So Zhou Changfeng couldn't help but wonder why this woman suddenly mentioned the matter of being knighted.

"That's natural, and I haven't fought a big battle. What kind of knighthood is there? Only like now can the meaning of knighthood be."

"really."

Speaking of this, Zhu Lingjing showed a tangled look on her face again, and said hesitantly: "But, the pacification of Nanyang was too smooth, and it seems that she cannot bear the weight of Bohou..."

"Wouldn't it be smoother? Don't you focus on results?" Zhou Changfeng said in surprise.

"It is precisely because of being too shun that it is difficult to convince the public to be awarded a title based on such merit. 'No one will be awarded a title unless he has achieved social and military achievements', so it must be measured carefully."

The gold content of the Count is not low, especially since he has not been knighted for such a long time. Naturally, the first Earl and Marquis after many years have attracted much attention, so he must be cautious.

She then added: "Your Majesty and Guo Tongxiu are not joking. You see, even in Pingjiang County House, which you have messed with a few days ago, the descendants of his family have aroused the anger of everyone in the military. In the end, only the parties concerned were dealt with." Go to jail and seize the assets of the uncle's house, that's almost the end of it."

In other words, as long as there is no rebellion or rebellion, there is room for discussion on other matters.

On the contrary, even if there is any ancestral iron ticket to avoid death, it will be useless.

"Hey, I understand the truth, but it still feels weird." Zhou Changfeng laughed dumbly and sneered: "This is indeed 'the ancestors have eaten up the suffering of future generations'."

Zhu Lingjing, who looked calm, looked at her fingernails and said casually:

"It should be noted that the logic of rule has been established based on human nature for thousands of years. Few people do not care about their own bloodline and future generations."

"Everyone has selfish motives. If one person makes meritorious deeds, he will be honored as an heir. This is precisely a privilege generally recognized by most Han people."

"Survival of the fittest, this is true for living things, and so is the rule. Since this rule has not been eliminated, it must be suitable."

After finishing speaking, she said half-jokingly, half-admonishingly: "If you are bewitched by certain arguments, I will be sad. The Utopia is ideal after all, and any military and political organization must look at seniority and merit, otherwise it will be out of touch with the world." , it is inevitable to be isolated.”

"..." Zhou Changfeng felt a little confused. He hesitated for a few seconds before responding seriously: "It's rare that your Majesty is so leisurely today. I will obey your teachings and your teachings."

"That's all, I won't talk to you about this." Zhu Lingjing waved her hand, "I will have to talk to the cabinet later, maybe I should restore the low-level title."

"I've never heard of a Baron Viscount in the country."

"Of course you don't know. Daming County Zixian men only had a few people granted titles during the Hongwu period. Later, due to the system of guards, a large number of official positions from the third-grade guard commanders down were hereditary, so there was no need for another title. Viscount Baron."

"In the early days of the country, the title of nobility was the fifth rank, and the son-in-law was the next rank." In the early Ming Dynasty, it was stipulated that the viscount was the fourth rank or the fifth rank, and the baron was the fifth rank or the fifth rank. It has seized the ecological niche, so its existence has little meaning.

Considering that extraordinary feats are too rare and have no success, in order to increase a certain degree of universality to boost and inspire the morale of the military and civilians, Zhu Lingjing believes that it is necessary to establish a new rule.

Nowadays, there is no ancient tradition of passing down officials from father to son or from son to grandson, so it is very appropriate to use viscounts and barons to reward soldiers and scholars who have made great contributions.Zhou Changfeng also agreed with this point. The Ming Dynasty did not establish a complete and recognized medal honor system, so it might as well just use its own officers and titles.

"Your Majesty's idea is indeed very good... wise and divine, wise and wise. Not only the front line is a battlefield, but also the factories in the rear. This kind of honorable and practical award is very suitable for all kinds of meritorious people."

Zhu Lingjing was speechless, "Yingming is fine, but Shenwu is fine."

She still wondered why Mr. Zhou's ability to talk and flatter people was so poor. Logically speaking, he should be very good at pleasing people.

Hey, that's boring. After all, he is also the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. He can't even hear some exquisite praise.

Then she complained to Su Yiyi that she didn't even have anyone around her who could talk. The latter expressed that he was helpless, but gave a suggestion that was not considered a suggestion.

"Perhaps your words for a long time have been a bit...harsh, and because of your different status, even Zhou Taizhao doesn't dare to be too presumptuous. In fact, Your Majesty, you can just ask him directly."

"Okay, let him speak next time. If he can't speak out, he will be fined."

Also on this day, at the other end of the Eurasian continent...

The Stasi Reconnaissance Directorate received a diplomatic email from Major General Justus Kohler, the chief military attaché of the German Press Agency in Yingtian.

The report in this email is a summary of several military attaches in the past six months. It aims to evaluate the performance of the Ming army in the Nanyang Campaign - viewed from a German perspective.

"...the Chinese army will conduct a medium-term artillery bombardment before launching an attack, generally one hour; in principle, tanks will be coordinated during the attack, and when the air force units are free, aircraft will also participate in support."

"...the platoon is the smallest offensive unit of the Chinese army and is very common - the complex terrain of the Dutch East Indu area determines this feature. The attack is based on the scattered infantry companies in a forward triangular formation, and mortars will provide them with Continuous support."

"...The Chinese army with high morale has considerable marching ability, even compared with the German infantry. The battle on the Malayan Peninsula showed that the Chinese army only needs very little time to rest and recuperate while pursuing the enemy. "

"...the tactical command of some Chinese infantry regiments is very rigid, and their commanders do not have the level of modern combat command - they will recklessly put all the troops and firepower they can control in one place, and prematurely invest in reserves .The Chinese themselves have also discovered this problem.”

"...In field conditions, the quality of Chinese artillery is very high, and the accuracy of artillery fire is very high, but the rapid response ability is not as good as that of the British; during static sieges, the coordination efficiency of China's heavy artillery is surprisingly high, which may be the same as in peacetime. It’s related to the unique grouping method.”

"...Most of the Chinese infantry have received infant-tank coordination training, but their actual combat performance is significantly lower than during normal training. This may be because the terrain in the East Indus region is rugged and the Chinese armored forces often do not like slow advancement."

"...The Chinese navy has strong amphibious warfare capabilities. The overall quality and equipment of the navy's infantry are significantly higher than those of the army. The commander's high-level command better utilizes the quality of the soldiers and the performance of the weapons. This is in line with objective laws."

The Germans believed that due to insufficient combat examples, they could not fully and objectively evaluate the overall level of the Ming Army, because the Nanyang Campaign could not test the combat capabilities of large corps.

The summary report led by Major General Justus Kohler gave the General Staff a good basis and gave them an objective understanding of this Eastern power.

They estimate that if a military operation against Australia is to be carried out, the Ming army should invest at least ten infantry divisions and two armored brigades in the first phase, and reinforce five infantry divisions within one and a half months.

The excess transport capacity should not be used to transport more troops, but also to transport and hoard as much military supplies as possible, because the Australians have a high probability of implementing a scorched earth policy during retreat.

Although they have not fought against the current US military, and there are no combat examples of the US military's actual combat performance, the Germans take it for granted that the US military lacks combat effectiveness - perhaps the infantry is brave, but wars cannot be won by courage.

In addition, when the samples and key components of the Seetakt ship-based air warning radar, Freya land-based air warning radar, and Würzburg fire control radar were successfully transported to Daming by train, in exchange, the second A batch of tungsten, nickel, molybdenum concentrates and some weapons samples also arrived in Deshe.

The ore was received by eager industrial sectors and quickly packed on several trains for transportation to where it was needed.

The People's Army Weapons Bureau had to be calmer and waited until the batch of weapons was delivered to Berlin before taking them to the Weapons Bureau test site.

10具三七式战防火箭发射器、300发破甲弹、100发杀爆弹、50发人员杀伤弹、50发纵火弹，这就是交换协议中的武器的一部分。

However, due to confidentiality considerations, these personnel anti-personnel bombs are ordinary impact bombs. The Ming Dynasty Ordnance Bureau did not provide its own jump-bomb personnel anti-personnel bombs, but they did not know that the Germans had actually used jump bombs on mortars. technology.

In fact, as early as last year, Chris noticed the existence of rocket launchers in the newspaper, managed to collect some intelligence, and sent back a report.

"Based on multiple sources of information, it can be concluded that the Chinese have fielded an unknown infantry weapon. I will briefly describe it - based on the information collected."

"It appears to be a rocket launcher that can be used by individual soldiers and has unknown armor penetration capabilities - unconfirmed rumors claim that it can penetrate 10cm of steel plate."

"This weapon looks like a thin and light steel pipe, about 1m long and 4cm in diameter. It is not closed at both ends. The warhead is loaded and exposed at the front end, and it has a pistol-shaped grip."

"Its weight should not exceed 5kg. To use it, you only need to roughly aim at the target and pull the trigger, and the mechanical device will work to launch the warhead. The range will not exceed 200m. The working principle is not yet clear."

If Zhou Changfeng saw this report, he would definitely praise little sister Chrissy's work ability - except for the range being doubled, the rest of the data were very close.

The Germans did not pay much attention to this thing last year, or even at the beginning of this year. It was not until they encountered the Matilda and Charles B1Bis heavy tanks that they discovered that the infantry troops urgently needed effective anti-tank weapons.

Now, what they were curious about and longed for finally appeared in front of them.

Major Danker from the Weapons Bureau took a tape measure and measured it. "The length of the launcher is 80 centimeters and the diameter is 3.2 centimeters. The four Chinese characters written on the tail mean 'Be careful of the flames.'"

Dr. Gerlach on the side glanced at the manual and said, "Well, there is no principle written in the manual, only the operating procedure."

"Doctor, are we going to dismantle it?"

"No, we can try to fire it first. The tank that is used as a target is over there."

Afterwards, the group came to a corner of the test site, where a bunker was built with sandbags. A captured French Renault R-35 tank was parked not far in front.

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"To be honest, this weapon is a bit rough and simple. I think it may not be as good as imagined." Major Danker said casually, "As you know, doctor, people tend to think that complex things are more powerful."

"But, Comrade Major, intuition and truth are usually contrary to each other." Dr. Gerlach pointed at the tank and said: "The front armor of this French tank is 4 centimeters thick. Let's start the test."

(End of this chapter)