Chapter 1076 Experiments with New Firearms
Firearm armies have their own way of recording merits. Although modern firearm armies also have something similar to military merits based on heads, it is not appropriate for the war of the Shen Ce Guard.
For example, modern armies have a way of recording merits based on killing enemy officers, but the enemies of the Shen Ce Guard are cannibal tribes. Those cannibals do not have any proper officer system at all, and even if there are some small leaders, the Han tribe cannot distinguish them at all. How can you judge who killed the enemy officers?
In addition, the most important way of recording merits is the task completion method. The commander issues combat tasks to designated troops, and then calculates the merits based on the degree to which the designated troops complete the tasks. If the tasks are not completed, or even cause great losses to the war situation, then even if all the designated units are killed, they may not be awarded a merit, and may even be punished.
The reason why it is called the task completion mode is that the tasks of modern firearm armies are varied, so it is impossible to judge them like the simple beheading in ancient times.
For example, in the blocking mission, a unit is required to block the enemy at a designated location for a certain length of time. This is not an active attack, but a defensive mission. As long as the unit does not allow an enemy to
pass through the blocking position within the specified time, even if only a few people are killed, it is also a successful completion of the task assigned by the superior, and of course there is military merit. For example, in this Shen Ce Wei operation, there are often sentry tasks, prisoner capture tasks, interspersed encirclement tasks, and commanders who come up with this method use this tactic to reduce unnecessary losses for the troops and achieve great results. In this case, the commander also has great merit.
Finally, Luo Chong directly proposed to copy the military merit system of the previous life, a medal system with four levels of military merit plus special honorary titles.
That is, the well-known third-class merit, second-class merit, first-class merit, special merit, and four levels of combat heroes, as well as special honorary titles awarded to individuals with outstanding contributions, such as the honorary title of "All-army Jingwu Patriotic Model", which is much more valuable than the first-class merit.
At the same time, according to the process of completing the combat mission, these merits can also be divided into individual merits and collective merits.
Take the example of the combat hero ***. His company received an order from the superior to seize a certain enemy position. However, the enemy's firepower was fierce, and the company suffered heavy casualties and was unable to complete the task. However, *** went up and blocked the enemy's bunker firepower range with his body, winning precious time and firepower window for his comrades. This is an outstanding individual contribution in the same combat unit and the same task.
In a situation like this, if the company completes the task, it must be recorded as a collective merit, and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the collective need to be individually selected for corresponding individual merits in addition to the collective merits.
In other words, a heroic soldier like *** can get two merits in one mission, one collective merit and one personal merit.
If you have more merits, as long as you are still alive, you will definitely be promoted faster than others.
There is no problem for Luo Chong to copy this military merit model, but there is a problem that needs to be considered, that is, how to reasonably combine this merit system with the existing twenty-level nobility system of the Han tribe.
Luo Chong raised the question, and several senior officers at the dinner table, as well as Lu Guangzhu and others in charge of local government affairs, immediately started discussing it. Luo Chong listened to their suggestions and judged whether these suggestions were appropriate.
"This is a good idea. I was worried about how to give credit to the soldiers before. Now the rating system mentioned by the leader can solve the problem, and it can also take care of all aspects."
After listening to the graded evaluation system mentioned by Luo Chong, Qubing immediately said happily, and he drank a glass of wine and continued.
"If we evaluate the merits of all soldiers in this task completion mode, for example, during this battle, the second battalion was responsible for the strategic tasks in the salt pond area. They used tricks to lure the enemy to seize the salt pond many times, and then used tactics such as ambush, penetration, encirclement, and night raids to capture thousands of enemies many times. In this case, the soldiers of the second battalion can be given more collective credit.
"And the commander of the second battalion who proposed this method can also record personal credit separately, and those soldiers who were responsible for penetration, encirclement, and night raids can also be selected for credit separately, so no one will suffer.
"However, the system for selecting merits for this mission still needs the leader to set the selection criteria, otherwise it will be difficult for us to grasp it in the future."
Luo Chong nodded. He naturally knew this. As a soldier in his previous life, he was more familiar with these things.
There has always been a saying in the army that the third-class merit is earned by standing, the second-class merit is earned by lying down, and the first-class merit is earned by hanging on the wall.
This means that the third-class merit is generally more common and ordinary. A soldier who is alive and kicking can get a third-class merit; the second-class merit is earned by lying down, and the meaning of lying down is that even if you are not disabled, you must at least be injured to have a chance to get a second-class merit. The first-class merit is easier to get on the wall, and you can only get a first-class merit if your photo is hung on the wall.
Of course, this is not absolute. For example, in a situation where a major equipment loss is saved for the army, or the lives and property of the people are saved, then even if the person is still alive, he can get a first-class merit.
This is most common in the Air Force, where pilots often encounter air dangers. In this case, even if the forced landing is not successful, the pilot ejects and parachutes, and the aircraft is not saved (the aircraft is the equipment and property of the troops), as long as the subsequent investigation shows that it is not due to the pilot's operational error, then at least it is a second-class individual merit.
Although a fighter jet is worth hundreds of millions, the pilot who can fly such an aircraft must be more valuable than the aircraft, so as long as he saves his life, it is a great merit.
If there are people under the plane during the ejection and parachute jump, the pilot finally controls the plane to avoid the people and crashes it into the open space, and then ejects and parachutes himself, in this case the pilot himself has no mistakes and is still alive, and in addition to saving the lives and property of the people, then he can be awarded a first-class merit.
If it is during the war, there is an air danger, and the pilot successfully lands the plane (saves the plane), and the person is still alive, then in this case, you can consider giving a special merit, but in peacetime, even if you save the plane, it is at most a first-class merit.
The above examples are not easy to substitute in the Han tribe, so let's assume an example that fits the situation of the Han tribe.
For example, in an operation, artillerymen were required to transport field artillery to the mountains to build artillery positions. During the march on the mountain road, which was very narrow and steep, one of the artillery pieces almost fell off the cliff because of the slippery road. At this time, a soldier happened to be quick-witted and pulled the artillery up, so that it did not fall down the mountain. In this case, he would be awarded at least a second-class individual merit.
If he broke his leg while pulling the artillery up, then in this case, the soldier would be awarded a first-class individual merit.
First, he saved the equipment and property of the troops, here referring to the artillery. Secondly, he was seriously injured in the process of making contributions, so he can be selected for the first-class merit.
In addition, if it is because at the critical moment of the battle, such as the front is about to collapse and artillery support is urgently needed, because he saved the artillery, the artillery successfully built a position and launched a bombing on the enemy, thus winning this critical battle, then he can be selected for the special merit.
Special merit is not awarded in peacetime. Only soldiers who have made great contributions in the war can be selected for special merit. However, those who can get this kind of merit are estimated to be either seriously injured or disabled, or have already sacrificed.
Therefore, for the Northern Expedition of the Shen Ce Guard, those units that have completed the tasks assigned by their superiors can be given a collective third-class merit; those who have made special contributions in the tasks can be considered for the third-class merit or the second-class merit; those who have made special contributions and are injured can be considered for the first-class merit, and those who are seriously injured or seriously disabled due to special contributions can be considered for the special merit.
There is a very noteworthy point about the selection of first-class merit and special-class merit. First-class merit is awarded to those who are injured, and special-class merit is awarded to those who are killed in battle or are seriously disabled. However, there is a prerequisite for both situations, that is, the disability must be caused in the process of making contributions.
If he was a deserter on the battlefield and was killed or maimed by the enemy during his escape, then he deserved it. Not only would he not have any merit, but he would also be shot. It is not the case that anyone with a disability would be able to get great merit. Those who maim themselves and claim credit would be even worse. Anyone caught would be shot.
After Luo Chong put forward this selection standard, everyone nodded in agreement again.
"There is nothing wrong with this standard. I think it is very complete. Anyway, I didn't expect any loopholes." Lu Guangzhu also interrupted and praised.
"Yes, I also think it is quite complete. There are no loopholes for the time being. As for the future, if special circumstances are found, we will discuss it with the leader at that time." Qubing also agreed.
"Yeah." Luo Chong nodded and asked the question again, "Then there is only one last question. How can we perfectly combine this new merit evaluation system with the existing merit and title system?"
Everyone fell into deep thought after hearing this. As the military chief of the Shen Ce Guard, Qu Bing has the most say in this matter. The reality is the same. At this moment, everyone is looking at him, hoping that he can take the lead in coming up with a plan. Qu Bing is also under a lot of pressure because of this. After all, merit and title are major issues related to the stability of the army and society.
After thinking for a while, Qu Bing gave his opinion.
"Chief, let me talk about my ideas first, and then give them to the chief for reference.
"I am the military chief of the Shen Ce Guard. All battles require the chief officers of each unit to write a post-battle summary and report to me, so I am more aware of the difficulties of those combat missions.
"Since we are equipped with the most powerful firearms and are fighting enemies with asymmetric weapons, I think the combat missions assigned to the company and platoon units are generally not too difficult. Even if it is killing people, as long as we have adequate training, it is much easier to kill people with a gun than to kill someone with a cold weapon in close combat. In this case, I think the credit for killing the enemy should be reduced.
"According to the old army's standard that one head can be promoted to a higher rank, I think the Shen Ce Guard needs at least four collective third-class merits to be promoted to a rank; an individual can also be promoted to a rank by accumulating three individual third-class merits. For example, if there are two collective third-class merits and one individual third-class merit, the total of three third-class merits, one of which is an individual merit, can also be promoted to a rank.
"If there are two individual third-class merits and one collective second-class merit, this can also be promoted to a rank. One individual third-class merit plus one individual second-class merit can also be promoted to a rank.
"First-class merit can be considered for hereditary titles, and I think there is no problem with the special merit being promoted by two levels. What do you think, leader? "
After listening to this, Luo Chong quickly calculated in his mind. The plan proposed by Qu Bing basically uses four collective third-class merits to calculate one previous head merit.
One head is equal to four collective third-class merits.
Two collective third-class merits plus one individual third-class merit can also be promoted to a title, which is equivalent to an individual third-class merit being twice the collective third-class merit.
And two collective second-class merits can be promoted to one title, which is equivalent to a collective second-class merit being equal to one individual third-class merit. There is nothing wrong with this calculation.
However, one point needs to be added, that is, an individual second-class merit can be promoted to a lifetime title, but it cannot be inherited to future generations, so this is also considered that an individual second-class merit is equal to two collective second-class merits.
Finally, a collective first-class merit can be directly promoted to a title, and it can still be inherited for one generation, which is equivalent to a collective first-class merit being equal to two individual second-class merits. If it is an individual first-class merit, Merit, that is, a hereditary title for two generations, but it is still only promoted by one level.
Want to upgrade? Not so easy!
Want to inherit? That must be even more difficult!
For special merit, it must be a martyr or a seriously injured disabled person. There is no problem with giving them two levels of nobility. They have sacrificed their lives for the tribe. What's wrong with giving their descendants better welfare? Orphans of martyrs should be taken care of, right?
However, special merit is promoted by two levels, and hereditary titles are not allowed to exceed three generations.
Luo Chong is determined to suppress the policy of hereditary titles. Haven't you seen how difficult those hereditary nobles were in the history of previous lives? The country can't support him for one generation, but also his descendants, which puts too much pressure on the national finances.
Moreover, if hereditary titles are allowed, the number of nobles will not only not decrease, but will increase, and the burden on the country will naturally increase.
"This is a good idea. Let's follow the system you mentioned, but I have something to add."
Luo Chong nodded and confirmed Qu Bing's plan, and then he repeated his key points about the merits above the second-class merit and the hereditary title, which was considered to be a final decision.
After discussing the matter, Luo Chong and his friends drank a round of wine, and then Luo Chong spoke again.
"During the time when you were on the expedition, our tribe developed a new type of heat-resistant and high-hardness steel, which solved the problem of the short service life of our gun barrels in the past, so I asked the research institute to use the new steel to develop a new type of firearms, some of which have already been made into prototypes.
"After drinking this time, you will lead the troops back to the military camp in the north mountain of Hanyang City. After selecting the merits of the soldiers, you will immediately arrange for a rotation and leave. Then you can go back home to see your family. You will have two days off. After you come back, we will test the new guns at the Shen Ce Guard's military camp shooting range. Once the new guns are finalized, you will be equipped with new guns."
The eyes of the Shen Ce Guards present lit up after hearing this.
"Is what the leader said true?!"
"New gun?!"
"Great!"
(End of this chapter)
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