Since Luo Zhixue announced the establishment of the 1st Infantry Battalion, 2nd Infantry Battalion and 3rd Infantry Battalion, many people in the Baoxiang Battalion have been eagerly staring at the duties that will come with the expansion of the army.
Although Baoxiangying is just a group of rebels, there are also official positions within the rebels, and their status is divided into high and low.
Everyone wants to be the person with a higher status.
But high-level positions are also limited, and it is impossible to satisfy everyone's hopes.
This time Luo Zhixue established three new infantry battalions. According to Luo Zhixue's regulations, there will be three battalion commanders and three deputy battalion commanders.
At a new round of military meetings held in Songjiazhuang, Luo Zhixue announced the candidates for three battalion commanders and three deputy battalion commanders.
"Huang Dingquan is appointed as the commander of the 1st Infantry Battalion."
"Wang Dazhuang is appointed deputy commander of the 1st Infantry Battalion."
"Lin Dongsheng serves as the commander of the 2nd Infantry Battalion."
"Huang Chengyong serves as deputy battalion commander of the 2nd Infantry Battalion."
"Xu He is appointed as the commander of the 3rd Infantry Battalion."
"Li Duo serves as deputy battalion commander of the 3rd Infantry Battalion."
After listening to Luo Zhixue announcing the three battalion commanders and three deputy battalion commanders, no one showed much surprise. In fact, before the official announcement, Luo Zhixue had already had private conversations with the generals. Regardless of Luo Zhixue, the former general at the sentinel level, talked about whether they had succeeded in taking the position or those who had not taken the position temporarily.
After Luo Zhixue's words fell, Huang Dingquan immediately came out: "The general loves so much, Quan has no way to repay it, he can only repay it with death in battle."
Lin Dongsheng stood up and said: "I am willing to die serving the general!"
The old farmer Xu He also came out and said: "I am willing to die serving the general."
At the same time, the three deputy battalion commanders Wang Dazhuang, Huang Chengyong, and Li Duo also came out of the queue and shouted: "I am willing to die serving the general."
Luo Zhixue looked at the six people who knelt down and saluted with a smile. After standing up, he took two steps forward and helped the six people up one after another: "They are all brothers. No matter how polite you are, get up. Get up quickly."
Then, he looked around at the crowd and said:
"Just like Mr. Luo said at the beginning, I, Mr. Luo, have no other abilities, but I will try my best to bring everyone enough to eat and survive. If there is a chance, I will bring everyone to enjoy the glory and wealth. Now that we have just started, the conditions are still a bit difficult, and it is too early to talk about glory and wealth, but I believe we will have opportunities in the future."
Wang Dazhuang, who was helped up by Luo Zhixue, looked at the three promoted battalion commanders in front of him. They seemed to have temporarily overwhelmed him, but there was no expression of disappointment on his face, because he knew that this situation would only last for one or two days at most. Just a few months.
He had been summoned by Luo Zhixue before the meeting.
At that time, Luo Zhixue stated that he would not have a role in the new three infantry battalion commanders this time, because the new three battalion commanders would be appointed from candidates who know how to command musketeers, so that they can be familiar with and control them as soon as possible. New tactics.
According to this condition, Huang Dingquan, the former commander of the fifth post, undoubtedly became the battalion commander of the first battalion of the main infantry battalion, because the fifth post was the first unit to use muskets.
Similarly, the second batch of first sentries recently received muskets, and their sentry commander Lin Dongsheng also became the battalion commander of the second infantry battalion.
At the same time, the third sentry commander Xu He, who had recently begun to receive musketry and organized a small number of musketeers, became the commander of the third infantry battalion.
The reason why these three people were able to become battalion commanders was simply because they had musketeers under them and had experience in commanding musketeers in combat.
The remaining three people have no such experience.
When Luo Zhixue summoned Wang Dazhuang yesterday, he stated that he would serve as the deputy battalion commander of the 1st Infantry Battalion and concurrently as the commander of the 1st Musket Post of the 1st Infantry Battalion, so that he could learn how to lead the musketeers in battle.
After a short period of study, when the Fourth Infantry Battalion was established, he became the commander of the Fourth Infantry Battalion.
In this regard, Wang Dazhuang knew that Luo Zhixue was not lying to him, but really planned to do so.
After all, there are more than 2,000 new recruits being trained in the new barracks in Baoxiang Camp. At the same time, Baoxiang Camp also has thousands of troops on active duty, which adds up to more than 3,000 troops.
Even if the existing three infantry battalions are fully staffed, including cavalry, artillery, baggage and other troops, they will only be able to survive with just over 2,000 men, and the remaining more than 1,000 people will be enough to train two more. camp.
Luo Zhixue's plan to organize and train six infantry battalions, two artillery posts, two cavalry posts, and two baggage posts within two months had been announced before.
There are still three infantry battalions behind this.
As for the battalion commander positions of the first three infantry battalions, if nothing unexpected happens, they will most likely be the three deputy battalion commanders Wang Dazhuang, Huang Chengyong, and Li Duo.
After the battalion commanders and deputy battalion commanders of the three infantry battalions were arranged, Luo Zhixue did not stop the meeting, and also made arrangements for several other personnel appointments.
Zhao Hongshu was mainly appointed as the deputy commander of the first cavalry sentry.
Ma Dapao was appointed commander of the second cavalry sentry.
Ding Chuwu was appointed deputy commander of the second cavalry post.
It sounds strange that Luo Zhixue personally arranged the posts of commander or even deputy commander of the cavalry sentry, but considering the huge tactical value of the cavalry and its important tactical position in the Baoxiang camp, it is not surprising.
Just like Blind Wang now, he is just the commander of the first cavalry sentry, but Lin Dongsheng and the other battalion commanders dare to claim that they can surpass Blind Wang?
Not talking about status, but talking about the actual value of the troops he leads, the value of a few hundred infantrymen is far from being comparable to that of more than a hundred elite cavalry.
Similarly, the actual status of the captain of the cavalry post is higher than that of the captain of the infantry post.
Thirty cavalry were worth more than a hundred infantry no matter what, regardless of whether the one hundred infantry were spearmen or musketeers.
Taking into account the particularity of the cavalry unit, Luo Zhixue would directly intervene in the appointment of deputy sentry commander. The newly appointed three people including Zhao Hongshu this time also have the same characteristics, that is, they are Luo Zhixue just like An Yongduo. The earliest batch of soldiers.
In the early days, he was also assigned by Luo Zhixue to hold such low-level positions as Chief.
However, during the Battle of Songshan, in order to concentrate the cavalry forces, Luo Zhixue took them all back, including An Yongduo, to serve in the cavalry posts.
Later, Luo Zhixue saw that Anyongduo was more flexible in mind, diligent and studious, and even read differently than those scholars, so he transferred Anyongduo to the staff office as the director, while the other three continued to serve in the cavalry post.
Before his promotion, Ma Dapao was already the deputy commander of the cavalry sentry, Zhao Hongshu was the captain of the second team, and Ding Chuwu was the fourth captain.
The earliest deputy commander of the cavalry sentry, An Yongduo, had long since resigned from the post of deputy commander and exclusively served as the director of the staff department.
After all, these people were one of Luo Zhixue's first four personal soldiers. Whether they wanted to or not, they were labeled as Luo Zhixue's direct confidants, so Luo Zhixue didn't mind mentioning them when he had the opportunity.
After chatting with them a few days ago, Luo Zhixue was quite satisfied with Ma Dapao, who had already served as the deputy commander of the cavalry sentry. He spoke pragmatically and asked him what he would do if he served as the second cavalry sentry. He just answered honestly. Do hard training.
This time Luo Zhixue asked Ma Dapao to serve as the second cavalry sentry commander, and the other two were appointed as deputy sentry commanders respectively.
The cavalry sentry will also be officially divided into two, evolving into the first cavalry sentry and the second cavalry sentry.
This is also part of this reorganization plan. After all, this reorganization plan also has an informal name, namely the Six Battalions and Two Sentries Plan.
What is the Six Battalions and Two Sentries Plan? Specifically, six infantry battalions, two artillery posts, and two cavalry posts will be formed within three months as the main fighting force of the Baoxiang Battalion.
Based on this, the cavalry post was split into two.
Before the cavalry sentries were reorganized into two sentries, the actual size of the cavalry had exceeded the original rated establishment. At the earliest, the cavalry sentries had only three teams, but later they gradually accepted prisoners of war and trained cavalry on their own.
Before officially leaving the mountain, the cavalry post already had four cavalry teams.
After defeating Songjiazhuang and breaking through the sky, they used the captured war horses and recruited prisoner-of-war cavalry to form a fifth team.
In this way, the cavalry post has five cavalry teams, which far exceeds the three cavalry teams and one post in the Baoxiang camp.
Taking advantage of the reorganization period, Luo Zhixue officially split the cavalry posts and established a second cavalry post.
In addition, the position of the former cavalry sentry commander Wang Xiazi has also been adjusted. It does not mean that he will serve as a higher-level cavalry battalion commander.
Now there are only a hundred or so cavalry in the Baoxiang Camp, which is not enough to set up a cavalry battalion.
Because there are not enough cavalry, there is naturally no larger establishment. Don't expect to be a battalion commander. Wang Xiazi can only serve as the first cavalry sentry commander after the split.
However, in addition to the first cavalry sentry commander, Luo Zhixue gave Wang Xiazi the position of the newly established cavalry director. This cavalry director will not be under the jurisdiction of the three major military departments, but will be independently and directly managed by Luo Zhixue.
The main authority of the Cavalry Director is to build and develop the cavalry.
The first thing Wang Xiazi did after becoming the cavalry director was to build a cavalry artillery unit, equipped with two hundred-jin cannons.
In Wang Xiazi's plan, the two hundred kilograms of artillery were just a transitional matter. He had discussed it with Luo Zhixue before and received Luo Zhixue's support.
After the second artillery post is fully staffed, the third batch of 600-pound long guns will be given priority to the cavalry, allowing the cavalry unit to build a true cavalry field artillery unit.
Blind Wang has wanted to build a cavalry artillery team for a long time!
Although Wang Xiazi was born into cavalry shooting, he has always been very interested in artillery and has long thought about getting a few artillery pieces in the cavalry.
In Wang Xiazi's words: "Now these bandits, officers and soldiers, when they meet our cavalry, they all like to be like turtles, and they will also bring a bunch of infantry archers out!"
"When my 600-pound long cannon arrives, if that bastard dares to be stupid enough to form an infantry formation against my cavalry, I will just pull out the long cannon and blast his motherfucker!"
After several entanglements and delaying the battle of the enemy's main infantry, Wang Xiazi formed a formation to protect himself when facing the enemy's cavalry. However, his own cavalry was helpless and deeply dissatisfied with this dense infantry formation.
After seeing the huge combat effectiveness of the 600-pound artillery bombardment of the dense infantry array, I had long been thinking about how to get a few artillery pieces for the cavalry.
In the past, artillery, regardless of size, was under the jurisdiction of artillery posts, and it was difficult for him to take action. However, with the establishment of the infantry battalion, it was clearly stipulated that the infantry battalion would also be equipped with three light artillery as infantry support artillery.
Blind Wang naturally raised the official schedule regarding the construction of the cavalry artillery unit!
