"Ah? Who do you like?" Zhao Xinxin said that he must have a goal.
Zhang Bo looked a little embarrassed to say that A Miao was present.
Zhao Xindao: "A Miao is not an outsider, just tell me."
Zhang Bo came up and whispered, "She's one of those girls you brought back from Yangzhou."
"Who? Which one?"
"Liang Qing'er."
Zhao Xin took a cigarette and thought about it again and again, and seemed to have some impression.
"People from Jiaxing, who was a child bride before?" Zhao Xin recalled that the girl named Liang Qing'er used to be a child bride. Later, the young husband died of illness before she was married, and her husband's family sold her to her.
Zhang Bo nodded quickly.
"Okay! Why did you like it?"
"I met him when I went to the cafeteria last week..."
What does it look like? He brought back so many girls at once that Zhao Xin couldn't remember many of them.
"Do you have big eyes and two shallow dimples on your face?"
Zhang Bo didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He pointed at Zhao Xin and said, "No, it's Tang Xiao who has the dimples. Liang Qing'er's eyes are crooked when she smiles."
Oh, Zhao Xin blushed, but he still said to Zhang Bo: "You have to remember Chu. First of all, these girls have small feet; secondly, you have married someone else. When you get tired of staying and want to go back, I But there’s no way to explain it to a girl.”
He leaned close to Zhang Bo and whispered: "If you are hungry, I can take you back. There are many clubs in Vladivostok."
"I'll wipe it~" Zhang Bo stared at Zhao Xin with wide eyes, thinking that Mr. Zhao is a good person! No wonder one person can carry it for three years and guard the beauty without breaking the rules. It turns out that he relies on this!
He then leaned forward and said, "Well, then I'll think about it again."
After that, Zhang Bo stood up and left. Before leaving the house, he suddenly turned around and asked Zhao Xin, "Have you been back in the past few days?"
"Damn! I'm really hungry and thirsty!" Zhao Xin cursed secretly, and then said with a smile: "If there is nothing else to delay, I will leave in two weeks."
"Well, tell me before you leave."
Zhao Xin had already thought about how to get along with people like Zhang Bo. Although they appear to be close at the moment, the relationship is actually between a boss and a worker; Zhao Xin pays a large salary, and Zhang Bo and the others help out in Beihai Town.
If you want to stay and settle in this time and space, you are a close comrade-in-arms; if you want to go back after working for two years to earn money, then Zhao Xin will be sent back to Freezing Harbor and you can go wherever you want.
In the evening, Zhao Xinru went to Shen Jingdan's house for dinner as scheduled.
After the Thor left, Deng Fei and the others went to Jeju Island again, and Shen Jingdan also returned to Yangzhou with Zhao Xin's letter, so Shen Xuan was now alone in the Shen family.
oops! You see what's going on here, a man and a woman alone in the same room will make people gossip. If there is thunder and fire, and people are killed, we will be in big trouble...
Bah bah bah! What were you thinking about? It was just a dinner. In order to avoid suspicion, Shen Xuan called the Xu brothers over.
Really boring!
"How have you been doing with your homework recently?" Zhao Xin asked, sitting in the main seat, pretending to be a teacher.
When the Xu brothers heard this, they quickly put down their bowls and chopsticks, stood up and said respectfully: "There is a lot of homework in school, but I haven't fallen behind at all."
Xu Funan seemed to have remembered something and raised his head and said: "Two weirdos, an old man and a young man, came to the school this afternoon, and they also attended a math class."
"Didn't the teachers kick them out?"
"No, the old gentleman is from the island country and can't speak our language. But I heard that he and Principal You talked in writing for a long time, and then he was allowed to listen."
At this time, Shen Xuan also asked: "I saw those two people this afternoon. Who are they?"
"The old man's name is Lin Ziping. He is a university scholar from the island country, and the young man is his student. Although Lin Ziping has asked me to trick me into naturalizing, I can't help but want to learn some skills from us so that he can go back to Fuguo. Strong troops.”
Xu Shounan said in surprise: "How can we let him listen?"
Zhao Xin smiled and said: "Of course I have to do it. I also hope that Lin Ziping will go back and bring a group of people to learn from it in the future. Don't worry, they can't surpass us, at least they won't be able to do it while I'm alive."
Shen Xuan's expression changed and she spat: "Bah! Why are you saying these unlucky words on a good day?"
"Okay, okay, it's just a chat, let's all eat."
When the Xu brothers returned to their seats to eat, Zhao Xin watched the two little guys eating slowly and thought to himself that when the two children followed Lu and Pan to Bear Island, one was eight years old and the other was six years old. Know these rules and gorge yourself when you eat.
Take a look at what Shen Xuan has taught you in the past two years. They look like two little adults who came out of a big house.
After eating and sitting for a while, Shen Xuan asked Zhao Xin to go back and rest on the pretext of helping the Xu brothers with their homework. Zhao Xin understood that she wanted to avoid suspicion. After all, she had not yet been in the relationship, so she always had to worry about outsiders gossiping.
Zhao Xin originally wanted the two of them to be alone and play some healthy games, but now he lost interest, so he had to go home and get a copy of "Introduction to the Art of War" and read it until midnight before going to sleep.
From the second day after returning, Zhao Xin began to circulate among various departments to understand the progress of their respective work. Although there is a radio connection between the Thor and Beihai Town, there is nothing urgent. No one is too lazy to ask for instructions early and report later, so as not to act like a yes man.
Right now, the most important thing for Beihai Town is to recruit the army. Zhao Xin went to the training base on the east coast early in the morning. In addition to the military camps and training bases located on the east bank of the Xila River, there are also two regiments in Fuldan City, headed by Hu Ji and Sheng Haizhou respectively. Hu Ji is responsible for guarding the western front from Dongning to Suifen River, and Sheng Haizhou is responsible for the defense. The southern route of the Mongolian River.
Anyway, as long as the road from Beihai Town to Fuldan City is not blocked by heavy snow, it only takes two or three days to mobilize troops.
The conscription order signed by Zhao Xin before leaving has been implemented. Because the army in Beihai Town has high salary, in addition to good food, they are also given two sets of clothes a year, two sets of training uniforms, so the refugees from Henan who were the first to come to Beihai Town and more or less participated in the defense of Fuldan City , with the encouragement of caring people, they signed up to join the army one after another.
"Even Marshal Fu and the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia can't defeat Beihai Town. I'm afraid the world will have a surname of Zhao from now on. What else do you have to worry about?"
"I live well, eat well, and get four sets of free clothes a year. Isn't it just a bit tiring? Look at how many people died last year, only seven out of a dozen!"
"That's right. Thousands of people beat tens of thousands, and ten thousand were captured. There were only seven unlucky people in total. It's fitting that the Lord of Hell accepted him."
"The Civil Affairs Bureau has informed that all soldiers are called military relatives at home, and a sign is hung at the door to identify themselves. If anyone dares to bully a military relative, the whole group will not beat him to death!"
So when Zhao Xin came back, the number of recruits had exceeded 6,000, and it was estimated that by the end of the year, the scale of 10,000 soldiers would be completed.
The newly built training base in Beihai Town is very large, expanding from the original 300 acres to nearly 800 acres, and can accommodate up to 8,000 people for training at a time. In addition to the 33-acre recruit dormitory and five restaurants with an area of more than 1,000 square meters, there are also public toilets and bathhouses. In addition, there is a comprehensive training ground with shooting range, formation, tactics and large-scale military performances to the east of the recruit camp.
Currently, the regiment led by Lu Shoushan is responsible for the security of the entire training base.
As soon as the meeting of the military department began, Wang Yuanfang and Wu Siyu, who had two panda eyes, directly suggested that managing such a large plate was already very difficult for them based on their abilities, and suggested that the recruitment work be postponed until this group of people Let’s talk after training is over.
When Wang Yuanfang was the squad leader, he only had to manage the training. He didn't even have to control the training plan. It was all a plan drawn up by his superiors. He just had to follow the training outline, and then there were assessments, exercises, etc.
Now the two of them not only have to focus on training, but also have to write a training outline. They also have to worry about the food, drink and urination of thousands of people. In the past, when there were few people, Liu Sheng, Ding Guofeng, Deng Fei, and Zhao Liang would all help together; but now it's better, they are the only ones left.
I really go to bed later than a dog and wake up earlier than a chicken every day. If this continues, the two of them will probably end up in the hospital sooner or later.
Zhao Xin smoked a cigarette and listened to the two people's complaints. He thought for a while and said, "Actually, this is still a management issue. You two are too stubborn in managing it. If you manage thousands of people the same way you manage an infantry company, anyone else would be able to handle it." Can't live.
Our current expansion is like transforming a small company into a large group company. You can occasionally visit the front line to show your concern for the grassroots, but you can never go to the front line to do the work of a company commander. If you need logistics, then set up a logistics command. You only target the person in charge of the logistics department. What a soldier eats every day and whether the water in the bathhouse is hot or not are definitely not things you two should care about. "
Zhao Xin flicked the cigarette ashes and continued: "In this way, I won't go anywhere this winter. I will sit at the training base and set up the frame first. You two are in charge of training. You don't have to worry about all the logistics. I will arrange it."
Wu Siyu adjusted his glasses and asked, "How will the officer training plan be carried out?"
Zhao Xin frowned and thought for a while, then sighed: "I've been talking about this for so long, and I know it's not going to be easy. Forget it, I'll be responsible for it."
We have been talking about returning officers for training for a long time, but the progress has been stumbling and has not gone smoothly. The Junior Officers Academy has been established for a month now, and the first batch of students is only about thirty children, and it is also a trial run. Zhao Xin decided to start the two classes together. Now there are no military theory instructors, so he has to bite the bullet by himself.
At present, the troops in Beihai Town are expanding too fast, and most of the officers above the platoon level have insufficient combat experience and command skills. Regardless of whether they belong to this regiment or that regiment, in actual combat, company-level troops are often deployed.
For example, in the previous battle in Nishiurahe, when Pan Xiucheng's regiment attacked the camp of the shogunate army, due to lack of command ability, they still spread out their ten fingers, and each company attacked its own. If it weren't for the narrow and long area of Nishiurahe and the advanced weapons of Beihai Town, Pan Xiucheng would be busy just transmitting information, let alone coordinated operations.
Zhao Xin previously wanted to open a junior commander training class to give officers above the company level in Beihai Town a major refresher, but unfortunately the teaching materials have been difficult to solve.
Different from the army in the feudal era, for Beihai Town, in order to fully utilize the power of modern weapons, a qualified company-level officer must master one thousand to two thousand Chinese characters, and at least have a primary school mathematics level to be considered basic.
Specific to the command major, you need to study military history, military thought, strategy, battle studies, tactics, military command, military operations research, military management, and military training.
From elementary to intermediate, and from intermediate to advanced, it is nothing more than further deepening the content of these subjects. If you want to introduce armored vehicles, tanks, and aircraft, you have to learn synthetic command science, which is even more complicated. Without professional knowledge and talents, even with aircraft and artillery, it is impossible to defeat the whole world.
Previously, Zhao Xin told Lin Ziping or people in the shogunate that it would be easy for him to go south and overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty. That was just a boast.
Judging from Zhao Xin, who has fought several battles and is somewhat experienced, Beihai Town needs at least 100,000 combat troops if it wants to go south and enter the pass. A team of administrative cadres of 50,000 to 100,000 people also requires the cooperation of a large number of logistics troops.
Taking into account the road problems within the pass, at least one-third of the 100,000 troops must be mounted combat troops, otherwise the encirclement, pursuit and interception would not be completed.
The most important thing is logistics. If this is not done well, Beihai Town can be brought down with just supplies, without the Qing Dynasty taking action.
Someone said that we can feed the enemy with food and support the war with war. Haha, that is the combat law of the feudal army, and it is a drop in the bucket for the modern army.
I'm out of ammunition. Do you want it? Do you need to replenish communication equipment? Should the weapon be repaired or replaced if it is damaged? Do you want to replace your clothes and shoes with new ones? What should we do if our troops are physically exhausted and cannot keep up with their nutrition?
If you want to command large-scale corps operations, it is impossible to rely solely on the existing "mountain king" level. Not to mention the company and platoon officers below, even Zhao Xin himself had to learn.
Zhao Xin had already read Jomini's "Introduction to the Art of War" for the second time, but after analyzing and comparing it with previous battles, the more he read, the more interesting it became, and he could see different insights every time.
He couldn't take out this book directly. He had to process it himself and delete it before it could be distributed as study material. Otherwise, there would be a French Revolution popping up one moment, and a Napoleon popping up the next, and that would be inexplicable. And all the early military textbooks he could find were like this, and they had to be deleted.
In the following days, Zhao Xin held meetings with each department in turn to inquire about their respective progress.
At the workshop, Zhao Xin decided to let Zhao Liang start imitating the "marlin1894" lever rifle. Gun barrel materials are available in Beihai Town. Zhao Xin bought a lot of competition-grade stainless steel before, which was enough for Zhao Liang to waste.
The small-scale synthetic ammonia production process at Fanghua has been almost completed, and the equipment that has been in stock for almost a year can be installed in the spring of next year.
Chen Qingsong manages the civil affairs department very well. The technical school has enrolled more than a hundred students. They will surely be used for spring plowing next year after this winter.
Over at the hospital, Wu Xianhou and Wu Xianning, after more than a year of study, increasingly felt that the modern examination equipment in Beihai Town was useful, but it was a pity that they could not bring this equipment back to Jiangnan. The two of them proposed to Zhao Xin to go back to Jiangning to visit his family in the spring of next year, and then bring his wife and children with him. Zhao Xin nodded and agreed.
On the third day after arriving in Beihai Town, Lin Ziping, Sato Shinbuchi, the samurai from Sendai Domain, and Misawa Ihei enrolled in the Mandarin training class run by the Civil Affairs Bureau. Zhao Xin estimated that the old man could calm down for a while before he could initially master Mandarin and would not bother him again.
Five days after returning from the island country, Zhao Xin put aside other matters, moved his office to the east bank of the Xila River, and began to focus on the training base and officer training.
The first thing he did after taking office was to establish a logistics headquarters. Liji was transferred from the combat troops and entered the logistics headquarters as deputy chief, responsible for the logistics affairs of the entire army.
At the same time, Zhao Xin transferred 20 "talents" who could write and calculate from the combat troops and civil affairs system, and all of them were placed under Li Ji's command, which was regarded as a logistics headquarters.
"You two will be in charge of ordnance and ammunition from now on, and the officer reporting to you is Zhao Liji. No one is allowed to receive ammunition or weapons without an order signed by the training officer and me! If I am not here, I will authorize Zhao Liji! "
"You two are responsible for the logistics supply of the canteen. All the ingredients are connected with the big canteen. All the purchases of meat, eggs, rice and vegetables are taken care of by the big canteen. They arrange for special personnel to be transported in; you two are responsible for recruiting people. I will arrange the relevant accounts. People are audited once a month. Be careful, if you are caught with sore feet here, you two will go dig coal in Ezochi from now on!"
"You two are responsible for all the barracks projects at the training base. The specific construction work is coordinated with the civil affairs construction team. You must keep it confidential! Like them, the project accounts are audited every month. If you are not clean, go dig coal in Ezo! "
"You two work harder. All the maintenance of public facilities in the camp, including barracks, roads, and other facilities will be yours. Specific repair and maintenance personnel can be recruited from outside. But I want to remind you that this is a military base, so Even if they are here to pick up shit, they must be strictly checked. If there is a problem, I will not care about it, only you two are asking. "
After arranging the first eight people, Zhao Xin said to Jiuzang: "Your three regiments are responsible for the security of the entire training base. You don't have to worry about whether the soldiers in the military camp are in violation of discipline or discipline. We will patrol and protect the surrounding 800 acres of land." But I’ll leave it to you. As for the guards at the base gate, just remember one thing: Those who can’t get through with their fingerprints will not be allowed in! Those who don’t have approval from the superior officer will not be allowed to leave!"
After that, it was Pan Xiucheng's company commander Mi Shilang. Zhao Xin said kindly: "You are a veteran, and now you have the most difficult task for you. Starting today, your company will be transformed into a military police brigade at the training base. I will transfer another company of men to you. Inside the camp You, the gendarmerie, are responsible for the fights and the military appearance. We have already had the specific regulations, so just follow the rules!"
At the end, Zhao Xin ordered the more than 20 people in the room: "I will transfer the account auditors from other places, so don't ask around about who they are! Do you understand everything?!"
"Yes! Got it!"
After everyone else had gone out and only Zhao Xin and Li Ji were left in the house, Zhao Xin whispered to Li Ji again: "You can find a few people privately, either from the security police or from Lu Shoushan. Set up an internal investigation team. Didn't I ask them to recruit people? You lead this team to secretly find out the details of those people and record them on record. If something goes wrong because of your negligence, don't stay in the army. Go back and make little people with Shino!"
Li Ji was immediately frightened and saluted quickly: "Yes!"
