Chapter 136: Expansion of the Army
When he heard this, Shi Tuiji made a mistake and almost dropped his revolver to the ground. Fortunately, he was known for his cleverness and immediately stood up: "Check, mark..."
What should I say? Shi Tuiji was stuck for a while. Although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, he did not expect that Liu Chang directly promoted him to battalion commander.
You know, he was just a newcomer who participated in the Hongjun Army in the Battle of Ruian. He had only a month and a half of experience, and was not as good as the old man during the Red Turban Army. Moreover, he is now a strong man like Zhou Xiuying, the company commander of the Niudao Company, has been left behind by him.
He really didn't know what to say. It turned out that his most optimistic estimate was that An Hai was expanded into two companies according to the convention and then separated, so that his brothers could be promoted to the official position, but he did not expect to be promoted to the official position himself.
He had also heard some rumors before, saying that the Panshi Company was going to be upgraded to an infantry battalion, which was very normal. The Panshi Company was originally the third infantry company formed by the Hong Army, followed by the Dragon Spear Company. It was natural to upgrade after the Nanxi Company. However, what should the vacant company do after the Panshi Company left the Dragon Spear Battalion? Everyone said that Shi Yunqing and Qu Jie were not in good terms, so the most likely thing was that Shi Tuiji was added to the Dragon Spear Battalion.
There are also rumors that the Fongyong Company will be expanded into a teaching battalion. Shi Tuiji also felt that such news is very reasonable. The Fongyong Company has very old qualifications. The Panshi Company is developed by the Fongyong Company. Now the Fongyong Company originally had 270 or 80 people, which is more than the two ordinary infantry companies. This time, Taiping was conquered, and hundreds of prisoners were added. It is normal to expand it into a teaching battalion.
However, the Fong Company and the Teaching Battalion are mainly responsible for the task of organizing and training prisoners. No matter where the Qing army captured, they generally do not join the infantry company. Instead, the teaching battalion is first organized for one to two weeks. After he has a certain ideological understanding of the Hong Army, he will join the various infantry companies of the Hong Army. Now the upgrade of the Fong Company is just a different form. Of course, there are rumors that the training of the new recruits must also be responsible for the training of the teaching battalion.
As for his Anhai Company, Shi Jitui thought that the best situation was going well, he had to capture Taizhou Prefecture City before he could be upgraded to the infantry battalion. Therefore, after a while, he was confused. Finally, he said: "The price is below... I really don't dare to take it!"
There are more companies in the Hongjun that are older than Anhai Company and have stronger combat effectiveness. It is not his turn to Shi Tuiji to steal the limelight, but Liu Chang said: "We can't let honest people suffer losses. Everyone sees how you are doing in our Hongjun."
Shi Tuiji's performance was good. He carried forward his noble style and took the initiative to organize the super-staff members in his company to other companies. His previous Chashan battles, Ruian battles, and Lebei battles all had remarkable performances. In this Taiping Attack Battle, Anhai Company suffered nearly 30 casualties and did not collapse. He could persist on the line of fire, but even he himself did not think he could surpass other companies to upgrade ahead of schedule: "Check, our Hong Army has more companies that are ahead of our Anhai Company. For example, Niu Dao Company, Jin Tang Company, and Dragon Spear Second Company..."
But Liu Chang quickly told him: "What you said is also true, but what I asked you is whether you are willing to be a battalion commander is not about the upgrade of Anhai Company."
"I want to leave Anhai Company?" Shi Tuiji was unwilling to leave his old company: "If it was a checkpoint order, I would be willing to implement it."
Liu Chang reassured him: "You are still in charge of Anhai Company, but this time it was not simply upgraded by Anhai Company. The organization of your battalion will be smaller."
He told Shi Tuiji: "Since our Hong Army wants to appease the local area, we should distinguish mobile troops from local troops. This time, we are preparing to form the Huang (Yan) Tai (Ping) infantry battalion based on your Anhai Company. Before conquering Huangyan County, we will temporarily form the Taiping ** Company and the artillery platoon."
"But the history of Anhai Company is relatively new, and it is not realistic to upgrade from Anhai Company to ** Battalion. Therefore, the battalion headquarters and Taiping ** Company, the artillery platoon of the battalion were drawn from Longqin and Nanxi. Two old battalions of Nanxi were dispatched to assist the Anhai Company in establishing it together."
Liu Chang was confused, but Shi Tuiji immediately understood what Liu Chang meant in his words, that is, he could be promoted to serve as the battalion commander of Huang (Yan) Tai (Ping) ** Battalion, but the entire ** Battalion is no longer composed of his Ruian clan only, and Liu Chang would mix sand in it to a certain extent to complete the direct transformation of the entire ** Battalion.
Therefore, he asked: "Does the battalion department and each company and platoon assist in the formation of Anhai Company?"
He focused on the word "assistance", and Liu Chang gave a positive reply: "It is mainly Anhai Lian!"
Shi Tuiji immediately gave a positive reply: "I am willing to die if I take the test!"
He could explain to the Ruian clan in his company that most of the old brothers had the opportunity to upgrade. In fact, this was an upgrade in some sense. It was just that during the upgrade process, some more sand was added to realize the direct lineage of the entire ** camp.
But he asked another detail: "Where are the supplementary soldiers of Taiping Company and the artillery platoon coming from? Are they prisoners or recruits from Taiping locally recruited?"
Liu Chang told him: "Now we need to build a new Panshi Camp and a teaching camp, so the prisoners who are trained in the teaching camp are not distributed enough, so you can only give half of the prisoners, and you are responsible for recruiting the other half locally. I only reiterate the general principle, that is, you would rather lack a membership than be reliable."
With Shi Tuiji, a veteran of militia, it is absolutely no problem to temporarily recruit a group of Taiping militia to make up the numbers, but Liu Chang believes that the Taiping new recruits who have been recruited sporadically are much more reliable than those who have been invested in stocks: "Sit down, after the Huang (Yan) Tai (Ping)** Battalion is established, it will be temporarily responsible for advancing to the east."
That area is a coastal area, with at most a small number of militias, with defeated soldiers rushing together, but on the other hand, these remnants of the remnants who were wandering around were much harder to deal with than the large enemy troops gathered in Taiping County.
Shi Tuiji asked about the equipment of the ** battalion again, and Liu Chang replied to him: "For the time being, use the existing equipment and seized equipment as much as possible. The equipment of the artillery platoon can use the light artillery seized from the Taiping battle."
Shi Tuiji agreed to Liu Chang's disposal. Although he could not get more foreign guns in this way, the ** battalion in a local area only dealt with militia and defeated soldiers and could not use very good equipment. He just asked another thing: "I am the battalion commander here, what should I do with Shi Yunqing?"
Shi Yunqing belonged to a mixed army like him, but he jumped over the dragon gate and became the battalion commander. Where did Shi Yunqing, who was originally more qualified and older than him, go? Liu Chang told him an unexpected answer: "Shi Yunqing has not been able to cooperate with Qu Jie, so the time being has to be left to Sun Huzi to clean up. In addition to building the new second company of Panshi, Sun Huzi's Panshi Battalion is also missing an infantry company."
Shi Tuiji and Shi Yunqing sometimes felt the same sympathy, so their relationship has always been good. After Liu Chang said this, he couldn't help but sympathize with Shi Yunqing.
Qu Jie, the battalion commander of the Dragon Gun Battalion, did not have much talent. He played a role in uploading and posting in the Dragon Gun Battalion. He usually relies on the company-level cadres in the battalion in combat, but he was a veteran. He was a company commander when the Dragon Gun Company, the first company of the Hongjun Army, was also an old officer with a gentle temperament. Therefore, Liu Chang has always kept him in his current position.
However, Qu Jie was gentle in nature, and Shi Yunqing, who was temporarily under his command, bullied him weak and had sex in everything. The two of them had a little unhappy.
But now that Shi Yunqing falls into Sun Huzi's hands, he will probably suffer a lot. Shi Yunqing's strength is the descendants of the Green Camp generals. He has been influenced by his childhood. Although he is familiar with the tricks of the Green Camp, who is Sun Huzi? A real veteran of the Green Camp, it's just a few words to deal with the Green Camp children like him.
Sympathy is sympathy, and he also has some opinions about Shi Yunqing's behavior of making trouble in everything, but now there is no need to add fuel to the fire in front of Liu Chang. He just asked again: "It is a good thing for the upgrade of the Rock to the camp, but isn't there a company missing from the Dragon Spear?"
"Since there is a second company of Dragon Spears, there is naturally a third company of Dragon Spears." Liu Chang told him: "The Dragon Spears Company is a little arrogant, but at the critical moment, it still depends on the Dragon Spears Company!"
"It's a good thing to have the third company of Dragon Spear." Shi Tuiji remembered his Huang (Yan) Tai (Ping) ** Camp. Although Huang Yan was in front, the establishment of the Huangyan ** Company was still unknown: "I don't know when to conquer Huangyan County and let our ** Camp have a family fun."
"It's not far away, not far away!" Liu Chang told Shi Tuiji: "Huang Taishu, six counties, since you have won Taiping, how can you lose Huangyan? As long as we clear the Taiping County, we will prepare to advance to Huangyan. You have the intention to prepare. After taking Huangyan, your Huang Tai** Camp will not go north for the time being, so we will concentrate on defending Huangtai and the two counties."
Shi Tuiji was mentally prepared: "Don't worry, you won't let honest people suffer losses, and honest people will not let you suffer losses. We Shi will never let your love down. These two counties in Huangyan and Taiping will definitely guard the Jintang city for you."
Huangyan and Taiping are the essence of Taizhou Prefecture. If Shi Tuiji can lead the people of a battalion in such places, there is nothing unsatisfactory about Shi Tuiji.
Liu Chang explained again: "You can just know this matter in your heart, and it will not be communicated to the outside world for the time being. If there is any nonsense outside, I will only hold you responsible."
Shi Tuiji nodded, knowing that Liu Chang was driving people, he immediately gave Liu Chang a military salute: "The mark must be worthy of the inspection."
After he stepped down, Liu Chang played with the quill pen, but knew that he still had a lot of meticulous work to do, and this administrative work was much more difficult than fighting.
Chapter completed!