Schneider carried his luggage and walked profusely under the hot spring sunshine. As a captain officer from a navy that pays attention to dress, etiquette and grace, the image of him carrying luggage so personally is very eye-catching on the road: the navy has a special set of regulations for the use of orderlies.
Navy Captain Schneider is the original Shi Shishi. Because a certain veteran in the navy felt that Shi Shishi's name was too unlucky and too plain - there were too many naturalized people named a certain dozen or so. So he changed his name. Schneider was very satisfied with the new name, which was much better than the original name of Fourteen, and he had secretly begged the calligrapher in Dongmen City to start writing a family tree for him.
The so-called writing a genealogy is actually compiling a genealogy. Schneider was born into a poor family, so he knew that his ancestors had been ordinary fishermen for generations, and to have a good family tree, he had to include famous people. This requires finding a knowledgeable "sir".
The first batch of elites had been born among the naturalized people. They either held military and administrative positions or made fortunes. After turning over, one cannot avoid compiling a family tree and honoring one's ancestors.
Because they know that the "chiefs" hate ancestral halls very much, they don't dare to think about building ancestral halls - and most of them are outsiders who came to Lingao alone not long ago, and there is no way to build any ancestral halls locally. However, making up a family tree with illustrious ancestors for themselves can bring them great psychological satisfaction. There are several ghostwriters in Dongmen City who have made a fortune from this small business.
Schneider prefers winter in Lingao to other seasons of the year. When the temperature is low in winter, he can wear a neat navy winter coat. It made him feel like a classy person: his winter clothes were made of thin tweed bought from Westerners. There are no wrinkles in the uniform. The Navy Meritorious Service Medal hung brightly in front of his chest, which he earned for his counterinsurgency and combat performance in the Battle of the Pearl River Estuary. The Navy intends to completely separate itself from the Army's country bumpkins in terms of medal awards, and will resolutely not engage in merit, and pursue gorgeous and professional medal titles. Now Schneider must be neatly dressed in a naval officer's uniform and a full set of medals when he goes out. The admiring and awe-filled looks around him when he walks on the road make him feel filled with joy.
As part of the reward, but also as preparations for the military struggle before the upcoming engine operation. Schneider was recommended to participate in naval officer promotion training at Bopu.
Compared with the painful naval engineering and tactical command courses, Schneider preferred navigation and leadership courses. He was familiar with the former and the latter made him feel like an officer. Compared to the picture in the exercise where they were beaten and confused, Captain Schneider did a good job in letting the young children know what a veteran is in the actual combat exercise. But those little brats learned a lot after suffering a few losses.
After three months of fully closed training, he was promoted to navy captain. Not two days after returning home, he was summoned by an order to attend short-term training in Maziaobao - in the words of the leaders, it is called on-the-job training.
There was no specific subject name on the notice. Schneider knew it was for "confidentiality", but he knew that this temporary training was most likely related to the recent active preparations for war.
The Fubo Army is preparing for war - although the preparations this time are not as grand as before the second counter-encirclement and suppression campaign. Schneider already understood every time he took naval soldiers to the shipyard to "support work": he had never seen so many large ships being built at the same time. Although the size of some of the new ships could not be compared with the holy ships, they exceeded the largest Western plywood ships he had ever seen. All kinds of ship materials are piled up in the factory, and the workers are busy working day and night.
The sailors have been practicing since the Chinese New Year. In the squadron under his command, the number of sailors on each spy ship has been reduced by half, and the shortages are filled by recruits who have just come out of the recruit team. Obviously, the sailors transferred out were used to prepare personnel for the new ships.
Schneider discovered in the recruit team some old friends he knew when he was a pirate. They were all recruited in the recent recruitment expansion. There were men and horses under Zhu Cai Lao and other men of the defeated Sea Lord. Many people fled back to their hometown after the defeat of "everyone", but they had no plan to make a living. Based on the information obtained from interrogation of prisoners and interviews, the recruiters were led by former pirate leaders who had defected to become naturalized, and recruited such former stragglers along the coasts of Guangdong and Guangxi.
Obviously, if it were not for the expansion of the navy, the leaders would not recruit so many people at once.
It seems that there is going to be another war. Schneider thought to himself.
When he took the navy transport to Majiaobao Pier, the place was already completely new. The Ma Niao Peninsula is now the core heavy industry base of the Senate, and the original M Niao Army Base has been officially upgraded to "M Niao Fort".
According to the new military system, all locations where army bases are located have the suffix "fort". This new regulation was considered to have officially penetrated into the army and navy system in addition to the "German school", "Soviet school" and "Japanese school".
The artillery building that once served as the headquarters of He Ming's field army has disappeared, replaced by a huge bamboo fence wall and huge buildings scattered inside. Majiao Fort covers a large area, with several military camps and training grounds for various army disciplines scattered inside and outside the walls. The road network has been initially completed. Army soldiers undergoing formation and tactical training can be seen everywhere.
The entire Majiao Fort is already a military restricted area. Schneider's orderly was turned back before the first sentry post - the orderly's name was not on the registration card. So Captain Shi could only carry his luggage and move forward. When we arrived at the gate, there were two large wooden signs with black characters on a white background hanging at the gate: Magiaobao Army Base, Joint Operations Command.
The Joint Operations Command is a recently established command organization that replaced the responsibilities of the original Provisional Field Army General Headquarters. At present, the field army has been in a state of security war and alert for a long time, and it cannot be without an agency to coordinate and command the navy, army and all other armed forces.
In fact, similar demands were initially raised during the Qiongnan security war. If in Qiongbei, the main task of the navy is still to transport the army and supplies, then in Qiongnan, the navy's operations are no longer as simple as transporting the army ashore, and often need to join the battle in person - Qiongnan states and counties Almost all of the villages are located along the coast, and bandits and powerful armed forces often use boats for maneuver.
Considering that the next engine operation requires joint army and navy operations, the General Staff concluded in several strategic exercises that for a long period of time, the military operations of the ambush army were along the coastline. It is necessary to establish a joint naval and army operation headquarters across the military services.
The newly established Joint Operations Command was established in Majiaobao. It is under the jurisdiction of the leadership of the General Administration of Military Affairs, and is jointly composed of personnel sent from the Army Staff Headquarters and the Navy Military Command. It is under the command of the General Staff in terms of operations.
Schneider followed the newly paved road and followed the road signs to the gate of the compound where the Joint Operations Command was located.
Several army officers stood at the entrance of the headquarters with some documents to receive them. Yang Zeng is also among them. Due to his outstanding performance in the Chengmai Battle, Yang Zeng was also recommended to participate in the officer promotion training course in Majiaobao. He also recommended his orderly Wei Darong to participate in the non-commissioned officer training.
After undergoing closed training, Yang Zeng felt that the lives of the leaders were too busy - no veteran officer had any leisure time. Yang Zeng saw them at any time, either on the training ground, in the classroom, or in endless meetings.
Of course, he himself is also very busy. As a naturalized civilian officer who is about to be promoted to deputy battalion commander, Yang Zeng has too many subjects to fill. Not only must they cram in cultural courses, but they must also master more advanced and complex combat subject training and logistical organization support.
He occasionally misses the leisurely days spent boringly sunbathing in Goujiazhuang holding a matchlock. Looking at Schneider's neat navy uniform and eye-catching Navy Meritorious Service Medal, who was walking towards him, Yang Zeng straightened his waist unconsciously, with his second-class military medal and medal hanging in front of his chest. Special Marksman Skill Badge.
Schneider was the last one to arrive, and the entire Maziaobao guest house was already full. Yang Zeng had to arrange for Schneider and some other people to temporarily live in the vacated military camp.
Nearly a hundred army and navy officers were summoned to Magiao Fort at the same time. They were all naturalized civilian officers who had been circled by the general staff cadres to prepare to participate in Operation Engine.
The environment faced by Operation Engine is very complex. On the sea, they have to pass through the territories of Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong. The Dutch and Spanish also have power in the Taiwan Strait, which is the only way through. Except for the Dutch, who had just signed a trade agreement, all other forces were "unfriendly".
Although Zhao Yingong paved the way and opened up relationships on land, no one could predict what problems would arise during the implementation of the plan to transport a large number of refugees under the eyes of the Ming Dynasty. Especially when they were involved in the Dengzhou Rebellion, they had to collect and transport refugees on the chaotic battlefield.
In this environment, it is impossible to operate without sufficient military protection. In the process of organizing large numbers of refugees to march and camp, well-trained troops can also play a big role - without the leadership of well-trained soldiers, tens of thousands of refugees may not be able to form an orderly movement at all. team action. When the engine plan was first formulated, the Planning Institute secretly consulted the People's Commissar of the Army and Navy about the number of ships and troops that could be mobilized. ! .
