Chapter 596 Flag Presentation Ceremony (Please vote and subscribe)
The total number of members of the Huben Guard is also 2151. The guard commander is Xue Tu, the former sword and shield general flag Hu Mancang is promoted to deputy commander, the former spear general flag Shi Liu is promoted to join the army, and the Huben Guard's guard Sima is held by Xue Dongliang brought by Luo Chong.
Xue Dongliang is a member of the Xue Tribe who joined the Han Tribe early. He is good at digging holes and looking for minerals. After the Xue Tribe joined the Han Tribe, he was specially trained by Luo Chong to become a construction talent. Now the members of the Xue clan of the Han Tribe are active on construction sites everywhere, most of them hold important positions. Xue Dongliang is the best among the many contractors of the Han Tribe.
The projects he personally presided over included the docks of Liuyang County, the school of Liuyang County, the shipbuilding workshop of Liuyang County, the granary of Weishan County, the excavation of the eastern section of the Hanliu Grand Canal, and other large-scale construction projects. He had a strong ability to coordinate engineering work and had experience in organizing thousands of workers to work at the same time. It should be easier for him to do the logistics work of the two thousand people of the Huben Guard. This was why Luo Chong chose him to be the Sima of the Guard.
It was naturally no problem to let Xue Dongliang manage the logistics. As for other abilities, they could only be cultivated slowly. Anyway, Luo Chong could not find a more suitable candidate than him for the time being.
All the candidates for the Huben Guard and the Qianniu Guard were decided in this way, and then Luo Chong began to let the accompanying clerks make a roster. This was also the military registration determined by Luo Chong. From today on, the food, military pay, weapons, etc. required by the two guards will all be allocated according to the personnel on the roster. In the future, the record of military merits and war losses will also be based on the roster. The roster is in duplicate, and each guard Sima keeps one copy for coordinating materials and recording merits, and the other copy is taken away by Luo Chong for archiving.
Jiang Xuan had been following Luo Chong and watching this complicated process. The entire assessment, the assignment of arms, the appointment, the registration, and the series of things made him feel that they were both complicated and serious. Everyone did it meticulously, which made him see the soft power of the Han tribe again after seeing the hard power of the army. If they had Jiang to do so many complicated things, they would definitely not be able to do it.
At the same time, in this process, Jiang Xuan also saw some characteristics of the Han tribe, such as Chinese characters. Everyone in the Han tribe has a name, and they are all registered by the tribe, called household registration. Now these people have become soldiers, and a set of military registration has been prepared. Where this person came from and where he went was clearly arranged, and all kinds of information was remembered in detail. All of this is the credit of Chinese characters. If the Han tribe did not have so many Chinese characters, they would definitely not be able to do what they are now.
Chinese characters are definitely a good thing. If Jiang wants to create a complete set of characters for use, it is basically impossible. The best way is to learn Chinese characters directly. But if you don't join the Han tribe, how much can you learn?
Half an afternoon was spent in busy statistics. Many new recruits who were exhausted on the ground had already recovered and began to move around in twos and threes. Some people started to prepare dinner, and some people were trying to find out the results of the assessment and what kind of soldiers they were assigned to. As a result, they were naturally driven away. After a while, the captains told these new recruits to go back and wait honestly. They would gather at the parade ground tomorrow to wait for the division of arms and receive their own equipment.
When everyone heard that they could receive the equipment tomorrow, they were all excited. After a month, they finally waited for this day, but they were also very nervous at the same time. They were very nervous about what kind of soldiers they would be assigned to. Some people had already shown an indifferent attitude. They were all people with poor assessment results and felt that they had no future.
The night was spent in such expectation and anxiety. The next morning, after finishing the housework, the assembly call sounded in the barracks area, and then the assembly drum was beaten again. The soldiers also ran to the parade ground. Today's standing team is still the same as the previous team. After standing, all the soldiers looked at the leader sitting on the reviewing stand.
However, Luo Chong did not speak this time, but handed the division of troops to the generals of the two guards. After all, there were so many people, how long would it take for Luo Chong to divide them himself, so this time he let Xue Tu and Chai Duoduo stand in front.
The process of dividing troops is to call people from top to bottom according to their positions, first call the officers, wait for the officers to stand with the military flags, and then let the soldiers below line up, otherwise it will be too chaotic and difficult to manage.
Xue Tu stepped forward and shouted, "Where is Hu Mancang, the captain of the eighth team?"
Hu Mancang, who was standing in the first row of the eighth team below, was stunned when he heard the words, and then quickly reacted, stepped forward and shouted "Here".
"Hu Mancang, step out." Xue Tu shouted again, and Hu Mancang quickly left the team and stood in front. He was a little nervous, and the new recruits who saw their captain being called away were even more nervous, not knowing what would happen next.
"Report to the general, the captain of the eighth squad, Hu Mancang, reports to you, please give instructions."
"Order, Hu Mancang is now appointed as the deputy commander of the Huben Guard, responsible for assisting in the management of the Huben Guard's combat affairs, and will take office immediately when the order is issued and receive the military flag."
Hu Mancang was stunned, his face flushed, he didn't expect that he was originally just a general flag, and now he could be promoted to such a high position, but he didn't dare to let Xue Tu wait there, and quickly shouted "yes" again, and then stepped forward and solemnly took the Huben Guard's military flag with both hands.
There are three flags of the Huben Guard. One is the "Han" flag with black characters on a red background and gold edges, representing the army of the Han tribe. This flag is also the national flag of the Han tribe. Another flag is a red background with black pictures and silver edges, with a tiger pattern embroidered in the middle. This is the flag representing the Huben Guard. The last flag is a red background with black characters and no decorative borders. The "Xue" flag represents the commander of this army, also known as the Shuai flag.
Hu Mancang took the silver-edged flag embroidered with tiger patterns, and then stood in front of the stage, holding the flag with one hand with his head held high.
Then Xue Tu called the captain of the first team, Shi Liu, and appointed him as the military officer of the Huben Guard. Then he took the Shuai flag and stood on the other side of Hu Mancang.
Finally, he called Xue Dongliang and appointed him as the Hu Ben Guard's Sima, holding the national flag and standing between the two.
After the top-level appointments were announced, the next were the highest officers in charge of the three major arms of sword and shield soldiers, spear and halberd soldiers, and archers. They were the Guanzhang, deputy Guanzhang, and Guan Sima.
Guan is a subordinate unit of the guard, similar to a battalion-level unit. The official establishment of a Guan is 541 people, with three divisions and two general flags under its jurisdiction. However, this time the archers had four divisions, and the extra division was assigned to the personal soldiers of the guard command, which can also be regarded as a guard unit, directly under the jurisdiction of the highest command.
The Guanzhang and other nine officers of the three arms were called out by name to take office, and then they were awarded flags respectively. After that, they each held a large flag and waited for their soldiers to line up.
The next one to be called was the section chief, which was similar to the company commander. Each section also had three official positions: the chief, deputy section chief, and section Sima.
However, this time, in addition to the nine section chiefs under the three major arms, three section chiefs directly under the garrison were also called out. There were the garrison guard section, the scout section, and the cavalry section, a total of twelve sections. According to current terms, there were thirty-six company-level officers.
After receiving their flags, the officers continued to line up at the back, waiting for the next arrangement.
Below them were the general flags, which were equivalent to the platoon leader level. Each general flag had a chief and deputy general flag officer, and each unit had four general flags under it, so this time, 96 platoon-level officers were called out directly. In this way, the more than 100 veterans before were not enough, after all, half of them had to be divided into the Qianniu Guards, so when it came to the general flag level, officers could only be selected from the new recruits who had excellent assessments.
At this time, the commander of the sword and shield soldiers in front of him was heard holding a letter of appointment and shouting loudly; "The first squad, number 0012, Jiandun, step out."
Jiandun was stunned when he heard the officer in front of him calling his name. He didn't expect that he would be called at the general flag level. So he became an officer directly? ! And a general flag officer of the sword and shield soldiers? ! He felt a little incredible. A general flag had three small flags under it, and could manage more than 30 people. Isn't this more than his original captain managed?
Just as he was standing there in a daze, thinking about all sorts of things, a new recruit next to Jiandun pinched his thigh, causing him to grimace in pain.
"Go, I'm calling you. You're now the general flag officer. Don't forget your brothers when you come back."
Jiandun came to his senses, grinned, and hurried to the reviewing stand. He took a 75-centimeter-long and half-meter-wide red flag from the chief of the sword and shield soldiers. The flag was not embroidered, but was directly printed with batik technology. It was also a red background with a black shield in the middle. Two goose-feather swords were crossed in front of the shield, which was very majestic and domineering.
Jiandun happily took the flag and stood in the back row. This time, not only did his military branch get what he wanted, but he also became a small official. How could he not be ecstatic?
Next is the small flag level, which is equivalent to the squad leader level. However, each small flag of the Han tribe has 12 people, including one main flag and one deputy flag. In battle, the main flag and the deputy flag can lead five people respectively to form a flexible and changeable small formation to fight the enemy.
This is of little use in the era of hot weapons, but it is very effective in cold weapon battles. Even the Japanese invaders in World War II used it in this way.
The squad leader of the Japanese army is called a sergeant. Usually, he would carry a small plaster flag on the bayonet of his rifle. When fighting with the bayonet in hand-to-hand combat, the surrounding soldiers would automatically move closer to the sergeant carrying the flag. When fighting with our army with bayonets, it was usually four or five people fighting one, and never alone. Therefore, the Japanese army's hand-to-hand combat ability is extremely strong. Every time we fight with the Japanese army with bayonets, our army will suffer a great loss.
Although they are enemies, we should accept good things with an open mind. Besides, there are similar tactical models in ancient China. For example, the large and small mandarin duck formations of the Qi family army in the Ming Dynasty were also small formations of five or six people, but the effect against the enemy was very significant.
Luo Chong also had this idea in mind, so he set up two officers for each flag, so that they could form two teams, each holding a flag. When fighting, other team members would move closer to the flag to seize a favorable formation, so that they could exert greater combat effectiveness.
After all six or seven hundred flag officers were in place, they began to call people to join each flag. More than two thousand people on the entire parade ground were instantly divided, and the rest were all members of the Qianniu Guard.
The appointment ceremony of the Qianniu Guard was presided over by Ying Rui. The process was the same as that of the Huben Guard. First, officers were called forward one level at a time to accept the appointment, and then they received the military flags of each department and lined up below, and then waited for the final division of the basic team members.
After all these regular soldiers were divided, there were only more than a hundred recruits left on the parade ground, standing there in a scattered manner. They felt very uncomfortable because they knew what their performance was like during the assessment yesterday. Many of the more than a hundred people did not even run ten kilometers, and they were basically at the bottom of the other projects. Now that the troops have been divided over there, they are left here alone. Are they not going to use us and want to drive us back home?
Many people were a little frustrated for a while.
But at this time, the two guards took out a list and started calling people, and directly swept away the remaining more than 100 people. In the end, these people were divided equally by the two guards, and each formed a logistics reinforcement general flag. Unlike the general flags responsible for combat, the logistics general flag directly governed five small flags, which was two more than the establishment of those combat troops.
A group of losers at the bottom were assigned to the logistics troops, which was unexpected for them, but it was fine. Anyway, they were not good at anything, but they could work hard, move things for everyone, drive a car, cook, and repair things.
Someone suddenly thought, "Oh, right, that fake blind man who can't tell the difference between colors is also in the logistics unit, right? I heard that he was made a blacksmith. Now we are also in the logistics unit, so can we learn some skills?"
"Ah? Can the logistics unit learn skills? Then I want to learn carpentry, so that when I retire, I can go back to the shipbuilding workshop in Liuyang County. The carpenters in shipbuilding are paid very well. If you can be a leading master, you can get the salary of several people. But you must be able to read the blueprints. If I can learn carpentry, I can go back to be a master shipbuilder." A logistics soldier next to him couldn't help but look forward to hearing his comrade's words.
"Yes, yes, it seems that being a logistics soldier is not bad. Even if you retire and go home in the future, you can learn a skill. This is a good arrangement."
The last batch of recruits at the bottom had just been divided up, and they were still whispering below when they heard new orders from the reviewing stand in front.
"Hu Ben Guards sword and shield soldiers, form up in groups around the general flag and receive your armor and equipment."
"Qian Niu Guards archers, form groups around the general flag and receive your armor and equipment."
The loud command made Jian Dun's heart flutter. He was finally going to receive his equipment, and he didn't know what kind of armor and weapons he would receive.
(End of this chapter)
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