Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2509 Yamen ([-])

On May 1704, 5, the sun set and cast a golden brilliance on the camp.The officers and soldiers of the First Mixed Regiment, who had been marching all day, found a place with a slightly higher terrain and began to bury their pots for cooking.And in regimental headquarters in the center of the camp, a peculiar debate was reaching its climax.

The focus of today's discussion is military discipline. The reason is that three soldiers committed a rape case in a small village where they camped before, and were caught by the military police.The Gendarmerie Lieutenant in charge of discipline inspection of the First Mixed Regiment tied up the three of them and sent them to the regiment headquarters for punishment.Xiao Guang was so angry that he kicked each of them, and then he had them detained, and then held a meeting to discuss how to deal with these three people.

Xiao Guang recognized the three people who were arrested, they were all from the [-]rd Infantry Battalion, so he called their battalion commander, Major Anda Zhong.In addition, the training staff in charge of internal affairs and training also came. At this moment, the two of them were sitting upright, with serious faces.But if you look closely, there is some surreptitious eye contact between the two parties, and the reason is self-evident.

"Everyone has arrived? Then let's have a meeting." Xiao Guang looked at his watch and said.There are a total of five people present, including Xiao Guang himself, the commander of the third infantry battalion, the training staff of the regiment, the captain of the gendarmerie squad, and Xiao Guang's adjutant who is in charge of recording.

"Tuan Zuo, in the year since I came out, the children have suffered a lot, fought a lot of battles, and many of them died. After a long time, this mood is naturally not happy. Every time I visit the battalions and companies, I always I want to sit down and chat with everyone, and listen to what everyone is thinking. This psychological counseling work is not easy to do. We are all human, and human beings will inevitably make mistakes. It's justifiable, let's not take it as an example." The deputy head was the first to speak, and said.

In fact, as the deputy head said, the First Mixed Regiment left the mainland for almost a year.Everyone has been fighting abroad for a long time, facing a strange land and culture, various discomforts, and a long-term mental state is somewhat unstable.Not to mention, everyone still has to march and fight, or go deep into the enemy's rear, and the psychological pressure is unknown.It has been exposed before that some soldiers abused prisoners of war. This time, a major gang rape occurred, which truly reflects the current state of the army.

As an institution that maintains the moral bottom line of the army, the gendarmerie is naturally very dissatisfied with this and demands severe punishment.But the regiment headquarters have to consider more. They have to consider the resistance of the soldiers, and whether this will affect morale, which will affect the combat effectiveness. Therefore, the previous prisoner abuse incidents were just reprimands and did not go into details. After all, this matter is actually not a big deal-looking around the world, let alone beating prisoners of war, there are many people who slaughtered prisoners of war, why bother to be so hard on yourself that the soldiers are separated?Therefore, Lin, the deputy head of the regiment, unequivocally opposed it when he came up, and it was also because of this factor that everyone relied on the soldiers to fight with their lives. He thought it was a bit of a big deal to severely punish the officers and soldiers who committed crimes because of some "trivial things".

"Deputy Commander Lin, I don't like to hear these words. If all the ministries ignore military discipline, if things go on like this, will the officers and soldiers still have a bottom line? Is there any honor?" It's their business. But we soldiers on the east coast have high standards and strict requirements, and we can't bend the law at will."

As the gendarmes said, the East Coast Army has certain requirements for military discipline, and it is impossible to be as lawless as the "locust army" that is everywhere in Europe.Look at the shit that Louis XIV's troops did. The German people don't want to mess with him. Except that the Archduke of Austria is the Holy Roman Emperor, isn't there a reason for the poor military discipline of the French army and messing around?Every time the Rhine was crossed, it was a bunch of bad things. The German people suffered so much that they had to stand up and resist, which caused a lot of trouble to the French army.

The British army, currently fighting in eastern Spain, was not much better.A while ago, the UK reinforced another [-] troops and [-] mercenaries paid for by the Dutch. Churchill was full of ambitions, and he had no scruples about robbing money and food in the war zone. How many of these happened? In the eyes of the military police on the east coast, what violated military discipline?No one counts, and no one knows, but there must be a lot, and the nature is very serious, otherwise there would be no things that the Catalan people can't stand-you invited them here, and you were still there when you landed. I fought back and became a leading party. Now I am frightened by other people's burning, killing and looting. If I knew this before, why did I do it in the first place?

But the French army is the French army, and the British army is the British army. From the perspective of the East Coast Army, they are all old troops, and the East Coast Army represents new soldiers with a sense of honor. Therefore, the requirements for various ministries have been very strict.

"Captain Li, don't you want the Spanish peasants in the countryside to think that we are Master Wang when they see us, don't you?" the training staff said sarcastically.

"Even if you don't eat pots and flowers, you can't fear us like snakes and scorpions, or even sabotage and resist us. How much energy do you have to deal with the security war? No matter how elite the troops are, they will fight the security war for a year. Breeding laziness and being contaminated with all kinds of habits, this soldier is not an elite soldier. Staff Officer Zheng is a soldier who trains, so he should know this better than me." Captain Li's face straightened, and he spoke unceremoniously.

"Ahem!" Seeing that there was a faint smell of gunpowder between the few people, Xiao Guang coughed and said, "Commander Anda, the soldiers are your soldiers, tell me how to deal with them."

After finishing speaking, he quietly gave Anda Zhong a wink, asking him to think about what he said.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Anda is also a violent person, and he also loves soldiers like a son on weekdays. He just said bluntly: "Tuan Zuo, I don't think this case constitutes a crime of rape. Captain Li made a fuss over a molehill."

"Ok?"

"I've gone to the confinement room to inquire carefully, and I don't think it constitutes a crime of rape." Andazhong spoke clearly and his tone was strong.

"Um?!"

"There are two reasons. First, the girl did not try her best to resist at that time; second, the girl and her family did not sue. Therefore, I don't think it constitutes a crime of rape." Anda Zhong said solemnly.

"What do you think?" Lieutenant Colonel Xiao Guang asked the Gendarmerie squad leader.

"I think it should be punished as rape." Lieutenant Li said without giving in.

"What do you think?" Xiao Guang asked the training staff again.

"I agree with Battalion Commander Anda," said the training staff officer.

"Deputy head Lin, what do you think?" Xiao Guang asked.

"I think we can mediate." Deputy head Lin is old and speaks slowly, only to hear him continue: "Give her ten yuan as compensation. But since the group seat has personally intervened, I think it seems that I can give more One o'clock, how about twenty yuan?"

"Snap!" Xiao Guang slammed the table and stood up, "I know that the crime of rape needs someone to accuse it. But, how dare someone come forward to accuse in front of the bayonet? Didn't resist? Three people raped in gangs, how should they resist? Are those laws applicable to the status quo in the theater? Aren’t we called ‘Masters of Civilization’? Is this what a teacher of civilization should look like?”

Maybe because he felt that he was too impulsive, he suppressed his emotions, and said with lingering anger: "When I attacked Seville before, there were some violations of military discipline. I didn't pursue it. I turned a blind eye to it." Yes. But this time there are still people looking for trouble, you can figure it out! Captain Li and I have the same opinion." After speaking, he walked out with a flick of his sleeves.

After leaving the tent of the regiment headquarters, he glanced coldly at the soldiers in the guard platoon who were listening to the corner, and sighed.The first mixed group is mostly Yamen, and there are many rebellious people on weekdays.When stationed in the mainland, under the pressure of the national law, maybe they didn't dare to go too far, but after arriving in a war zone full of chaos, there was no magic spell on their heads, and they naturally reverted to their old ways.

In fact, he knew that the three soldiers might not be punished so severely in the end.Although he is the head of the regiment, there are regulations for the army, and it is impossible for him to cover the sky with one hand and have the final say alone.In the end, it is estimated that these people will be expelled from the army, deprived of all provident funds, and sent back to their hometowns.But does this kind of punishment really have any deterrent effect on these officials' children?

The boss in a group always punishes his subordinates for committing crimes. Lao Tzu hits his son. No matter how high the fist is raised, it will not hurt the muscles and bones. This is a reality, and Xiao Guang knows it better than anyone else.

As for the girl who was raped, deputy head Lin's opinion is actually very representative, and it is estimated that he just gave some money to send it away.I lost my temper, I guess I can't afford [-] yuan, but [-] or [-] yuan will not be less.This amount of money, even in the wealthy Netherlands, can only be earned by a shipyard engineer for seven to ten years without eating or drinking, let alone in poor Spain.I can only hope that the victims can use the money to improve their lives, marry a good man in the future, and never be hurt again.

"We must pay attention to the issue of law and order in the war zone. This is not only a matter of the Spanish rebellion, but also the problem of our army's own strict military discipline. If they are all messing around like Churchill, Louis XIV, and Leopold, just Dealing with the occupied area is a headache. They have a lot of soldiers, maybe they don’t care, but we only have such a small number of people, it is impossible to divide our troops around and fight with the guerrillas.” Xiao Guang lit a cigarette, already Thinking about longer term things.

He is not very clear about the local Spanish strategy, but it is expected that there will be a big fight.They are a mixed group, it is not easy to come to Spain once, and they will definitely not withdraw their troops within a few years.Therefore, long-term garrison or even marching and fighting in the enemy's country has become a certainty.In this case, the management of the occupied area must be considered, and the thousands of bastards in the regiment cannot be allowed to mess around.

Although the three rapists in front of him could not be severely punished—in fact, Xiao Guang also asked himself, did he really want them to be severely punished?Aren't you worried about affecting the morale of the army?Hehe, it's just because I'm in this mountain!As the team leader, he can't help himself in many things.

Let's not talk about these.There is still a certain order in the occupied area, and the behavior of soldiers on the east bank must also be strictly restrained.The armies of other countries can burn, kill, and loot, but the soldiers on the east coast can't be complacent, they still have to pursue something.Hearing that the military discipline of the Sixth Mixed Regiment is not very good, Xiao Guang is a little worried about this.But his hands weren't that long, and he couldn't control Bai Chuanping's people, so he had to beat his own son carefully.

"I hope everyone is smarter. It's easy to harm the people in the occupied area for a while, but in the long run, it will only arouse the hatred and resistance of the local people, and someone will pay the price if you don't keep it safe. Think carefully, it's actually not worth the candle. "Principal Xiao Guangzhong let out a breath and thought silently.

And when he was frowning, the intelligence staff covered in mud rushed over, then lowered his voice, and said: "Regimental Commander, the brothers of the reconnaissance platoon have made a major discovery! They may have found the enemy's Granada Army, good guy , not far from us at all!"

(End of this chapter)