The trail for cross-country running has been mapped out a long time ago, and we run it frequently, so everyone is familiar with it. [Read the latest chapter] No need to give special directions. Zhu Mingxia was wearing sports shoes, and he only carried a pistol, not even a command knife. He was much more relaxed than a fully armed soldier wearing straw sandals. Therefore, after he ran to the finish line, he had more physical energy than the soldiers, and he almost recovered after a short rest. He held a stopwatch and clocked the time for the last soldier from each company to arrive.
The whole camp completed the five-kilometer cross-country within the twenty-six minutes specified in the syllabus. Because this route is a regular five-kilometer cross-country route, Ma Niao Base has a rest stop at the end with drinking water stations and toilets. A large piece of land was also leveled and used as a gathering place for the troops during the speech.
The last one to reach the mark was the 3rd company of the battle line. After completing five kilometers within the prescribed time, they were fined one kilometer. After the entire company returned to formation, all the soldiers were almost dead from exhaustion, but they still stood upright in the queue waiting for instructions. Each one of them held their heads high and did not show the slightest delay due to fatigue. This made Zhu Mingxia very satisfied: these eggs did not have such fighting spirit in the past. The more soldiers are tempered, the more motivated they are to fight. If there is no battle, they have to train repeatedly, always maintaining the most nervous state.
He adjusted his breathing, cleared his throat, and began to lecture.
"Comrades, your growth astounds me and makes me proud! In the past, you were just ordinary people who were enslaved and oppressed, and some were even slaves without personal freedom. You were oppressed by layers of officials. , being plundered by ferocious thieves, unable to protect themselves or their families. Even in the best years, they can only live half-starved and half-fed. Every day, you live in fear. Today, you have become Glorious warriors of the Senate, you fight to save your compatriots! You fight to save the world! Under the authority of the Senate and the leadership of the Executive Committee, you will free all oppressed people in the world from the corrupt imperial court. . And rescued from the hands of murderous bandits! You will make all the brothers and sisters in the world eat white rice and be able to live up to their standards. For this great goal, I will train you strictly and will be even stricter. Train you. Only in this way can you defeat your opponents in the arduous wars in the future. If you fail, you will lose everything, the elderly will be slaughtered, children will become slaves, and women will become playthings, so you will never Can be defeated.
Some people say that being a soldier is just to earn a living, and you don’t have to work so hard, no! I want to tell you that being a soldier is not just a job, but also an honor and a responsibility. Your responsibility is to defend the Senate and save the suffering people. It is you who are engaged in such an honorable profession. Your family is extremely proud, and your ancestors are proud of themselves! Life is important, but human dignity is more important. Can you tolerate the return of those officials who eat people without spitting out their bones? Can you accept pirates and bandits raping your family members in front of your eyes? Can? "
"You, the third person in the first class of the second company, tell me "Can you?" . Zhu Mingxia pointed to a fellow soldier and said, "No!" . . the soldier shouted with all his strength.
"Then tell me, can you accept it?"
"No! No!" I don't know who shouted it first. Soon the whole battalion of soldiers shouted "No". Hundreds of people made loud noises. Zhu Mingxia raised his hand to signal for silence.
"I know that everyone will never accept it. But some people think: those officials, those bandits, those people who used to ride on everyone's heads and dominate, using your blood and sweat to fatten the rats in their own homes.
Not a day goes by that they don't think about coming back to rob us. When they fail to rob us, they come back secretly. The Lai Da case some time ago has been reported to the entire army, and the tragedy of the rural team was caused by these people colluding with bandits. They never think about riding on us again and tyrannizing us, and they never give up. Now they are spreading rumors again. Trying to divide us. Comrades, think back to Bopu, who protected the holy ship at the most critical moment? Who transported the wounded back to Lingao under Chengmai City. The army and navy are the right-hand arms of the Senate, and they share weal and woe. Any rumors about internal conflicts in the army are maliciously spread by the enemy. They are afraid of us, so they want to divide us. We cannot be misled by rumors. We should unite closely and respond with cannons and bullets in the near future. them……"
This is Zhu Mingxia's purpose of dragging the entire battalion out for cross-country travel. When a person is extremely tired, it is especially easy to be influenced by other people's thoughts. If a soldier is not tired, he will create fatigue. The conflict between the army and the navy can be argued among the elders, but it must not be spread to the army.
Battalion Commander Zhu Quanxing, who had just led the 6th Battalion to return to the army a few weeks ago, had reminded him that the conflicts among the elders may have spread to the army. Especially the New Body Sect in the Navy and Army, intentionally or unintentionally fueling this.
Zhu Quanxing was not a former soldier. He came to the army as an officer purely due to his fanatical energy. He is a member of the New Style Sect, but he is very worried about the conflict between the army and the navy, so he specially reminded Zhu Mingxia... It is said that two Zhus cannot be written in one stroke.
These disturbances must be nipped in the bud, and the Senate's army must not become the Japanese army and navy that are like a joke. Zhu Mingxia felt that although he could not control other troops, his own troops must lead the right direction.
The size of the army is getting larger and larger, but Zhu Mingxia feels that the army's ideological education is still not enough. Especially in the past year, the army has been exhausted from war preparations, counter-encirclement and suppression campaigns to public security wars. Not much time is spent on the ideological work of the troops. Wei Aiwen used to often join the company, but in the past six months, he basically has no company to join. Of course, it is also a fact that there are almost no troops on Ma Niao's side. He writes various documents and holds meetings at the General Staff every day. A bit alienated from grassroots work. When the stall is big, it’s easy to slack off.
Zhu Mingxia was full of thoughts, but his face was not lùù at all. After the soldiers shouted three times: "For the Senate and the people," he took the lead in singing "Fubo Army Soldiers Listen to the Words of the Senate Most", and the whole battalion returned to their horses. Fort station.
Back at the station, there was the usual team formation and commentary, and then "the entire battalion was disbanded." Each company is led by the company commander to take a bath. The living conditions in Maziao Fort are excellent. Each battalion has a large shower room and boiler room. You can take a hot bath no matter in winter or summer. Hygiene is the minimum condition to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army. The Senate never skimps on spending money in this regard. .
Zhu Mingxia took off his military uniform and was thinking of going to the bathroom attached to his dormitory to take a shower and change clothes before going to each company to check on the conditions of the soldiers. The messenger from the Majiaobao headquarters came: Fu Sansi asked him to come to the headquarters immediately. Take a trip.
"Let's go now." Zhu Mingxia quickly wiped his face, put on the clean uniform shirt that the orderly brought him, and went to the headquarters.
The commander of Majiao Fort was concurrently appointed by Fu Sansi. The weather was getting hotter, and he practiced military training on the playground for another day, wearing only a coarse natural-colored military undershirt. Seeing Zhu Mingxia come in, he first handed an order to him.
He took it and looked at it. The content of the order was to instruct Ma Niaobao to form a "northbound detachment" based on Zhu Mingxia's 4th Infantry Battalion.
"Finally it's time to do it!" Zhu Mingxia became excited, even though this was expected.
"Yes, you are the detachment leader this time." Fu Sansi said.
In addition to the infantry battalion, the army's northward detachment also strengthened a detachment of the special reconnaissance team, an artillery company, an engineering company and several logistics support nose teams, with a total of 1,500 people in the detachment. Zhu Mingxia will serve as the detachment leader, and it is planned to equip the detachment with a chief of staff and a logistics director. Forming a complete independent combat organization.
"Everything else is easy to say," Fu Sansi said, "The 4th Battalion has always maintained a state of combat readiness. You have treated these guys hard enough, and their military and political qualities are beyond words. The other artillery, engineering and logistics units are all ready-made. . It’s just that the horse problem is not easy to solve.”
An artillery company has a theoretical establishment of 110 horses. If the logistics and engineering detachments want to be equipped with a certain amount of horses for pulling carts, an additional 100 horses will be needed. The number of horses currently in the army is far insufficient to meet the needs.
If we use the old method of replacing animals and losing soldiers, relying on people to pull carts and push, then the number of the entire detachment will be far more than 1,500 people, and at least 1,000 migrant workers will be included in the team. And considering the chaotic situation in Dengzhou, it may not be reliable to recruit manpower on the spot.
The Dutch promised to sell horses from Japan, but in this time and space where the basic unit of sailing speed is months, it is unreliable to expect the Dutch to deliver horses in time.
Fu Sansi scratched his head: "How about I propose to the General Staff that we take down Jeju Island first and seize the Li Dynasty's official, horse and equipment troops on the island."
"Isn't this possible? Even a horse pulling a cart needs several days of training, let alone pulling a cannon." Zhu Mingxia learned a lot about the organization and operations of the army at that time while chatting with the people who lined up to shoot the party members.
Fu Sansi said: "It depends on whether I have to buy a donkey-like Yunnan horse."
This is the most likely number of horses to be replenished in the short term at this time. Former Director Hong and now Minister Hong have always had a soft spot for Yunnan horses, so everyone among the veteran officers of the Fubo Army knew about it.
Zhu Mingxia had no opinion on this. He had no idea whether the Yunnan horse was suitable or not.
It is his principle not to talk about things he doesn't understand.
"Never mind this for now," Fu Sansi shook his head and said, "First take a look at the new quilt sample sent by Thorpe."
On the conference table at the headquarters, there were piles of samples of new quilts and logistics items needed by the northbound detachment that Thorpe had sent, asking Fu Sansi to organize the soldiers to try them out first to see if there were any areas for improvement. ! .
