After hearing Wu Guanlin's words, Lin Ziran said: "I have already asked Quanxuke to arrange the candidates for the company commanders of each department, and the three battalion commanders and the company commanders of the cavalry company allow me to think about it for a few more days!" ”

"The arrangements of the new troops are not in a hurry, now the recruits are not in place, I am training first, and I am arranging it when I go back!"

Wu Guanlin said: "Obey orders!" ”

Wu Guanlin did not express the slightest objection to Lin Ziran's words, even if he knew that several newly formed troops were now waiting for the battalion commander to take over the overall situation, but he still did not say anything.

Wu Guanlin is also a smart person, and he knows that this kind of thing is not something he can get involved in, and once he sets foot in it, there will be endless troubles.

The middle and senior officers in the supplementary brigade all knew that Lin Ziran personally decided on all positions above the company commander level, and he never pretended to be a person, and even the Quanxu Section could only make a complete list for Lin Ziran to choose according to the requirements, and could not decide.

This is the case with the old troops, and the important positions of these new troops also need to be decided by Lin Ziran himself.

As for the others, let alone Wu Guanlin, even Quanxuke's side does not have this authority.

Lin Ziran already had a general idea of the candidates for the important positions of these new troops, and the company commanders of the infantry company and the artillery company, needless to say, were all selected from the third phase of the camp academy in front of him.

In accordance with Lin Ziran's requirements, Quanxuke had already listed all the eligible officers, and after Lin Ziran reviewed them, he successively finalized the candidates for these company commanders.

However, the candidates for the commander of the two infantry battalions, the battalion commander of the artillery battalion, and the company commander of the third dragoon company, Lin Ziran has been undecided.

The reason for this is very simple, because Lin Ziran can't find enough people under his command to hold these important positions.

Now there are really very few battalion-level officers available under Lin Ziran's hands.

Although Lin Ziran has recruited not many professional officers, there are more than a dozen of them who have surrendered to Guang'an prisoners of war and those who have been recruited from outside, and these dozen or so are all professional officers who have received regular military academy education, have served in the regular army and led the army.

However, these people basically serve in the General Staff Department, the Supervision and Training Department, and the Payroll Department of the three directly subordinate organs, and they all hold important positions.

There are many reasons for letting them serve in these three directly subordinate institutions, the first of which is to let them give full play to their talents and help Lin Ziran establish a complete set of military systems and regularize the supplementary brigade, which includes recruiting, training, establishment, tactics, logistics, ordnance and other aspects.

These are all very important, and without the help of these professional officers, Lin Ziran would not be able to rely on a group of bandits and peasant officers to get these out.

In addition, there is another reason that Lin Ziran is still defensive against them, and he doesn't want to give them military power in a short time.

That's why Lin Ziran held important positions in these directly subordinate institutions, and he also gave them enough authority and face, and the treatment in all aspects was not bad.

It can even be said that Lin Ziran can give everything else except for the military power.

And the person who has passed Lin Ziran's test, Xu Zhongshu is the only one who has decided to give military power.

Even Xu Zhongshu can only serve as the chief of staff of the southbound detachment at present, and is actually responsible for commanding the operation, but the power of the army is still not in his hands, but in the hands of Scar.

Now Lin Ziran's precaution is still very heavy.

Even if there is no historical knowledge from the earth, but just watching Jian Minggang rebel and the chaos of several major feudal towns in Luo'an County, Lin Ziran deeply felt the importance of controlling military power.

This is also the reason why Lin Ziran has been prohibiting each unit from recruiting new recruits on its own.

It is also the reason for prohibiting the commanders of various units from directly interfering in the procurement, distribution, and payment of salaries in many other matters.

So far, recruits have been recruited by the Recruitment Section, which is also responsible for the training of recruits, and these recruits will be assigned to the units only after the completion of the recruit training.

Ordnance supplies are also procured and then distributed.

The same is true for salaries, the salary of each soldier is paid by the salary office, and it has nothing to do with the commander-in-chief.

In addition to these measures, Lin Ziran often transferred the commanders of various units around, even Wu Dajiang and Scar, their positions were changed from one place to another.

All this is to prevent the commander of the unit from turning his troops into their personal soldiers.

Lin Ziran had to make sure that all soldiers were loyal to themselves, not their company commanders or battalion commanders or the like.

It's just that under such precautions, it will be difficult for Lin Ziran to find a suitable candidate such as a battalion commander.

Wu Dajiang and Scar, as well as Lu Sanzhen, Zhao Laoqi, Gao Gaocai, Deng Youwei, Song You and Zhou Yuanjie, who are trusted by Lin Ziran, are already in important positions.

It's easy to transfer them, but who will do the positions they vacate?

According to the current situation, Lin Ziran had to elect at least two battalion commanders of infantry battalions, a battalion commander of an artillery battalion, and a company commander of a cavalry company.

Don't look at the fact that there are only four positions, but Lin Ziran, who is a half-meeting, really can't find a suitable candidate.

After Wu Guanlin left, Lin Ziran pondered alone.

The candidates for the commanders of these three battalions and the battalion commanders of the cavalry company cannot be delayed any longer, and they still need to be decided as soon as possible, otherwise it will affect the progress of the newly formed troops.

He first identified a candidate, that is, Xu Zhongshu.

This Xu Zhongshu's ability is naturally there, Lin Ziran has no doubt about this, and in terms of loyalty, he can be regarded as having been tested, and when he served as the chief of staff of the southbound detachment, he also performed very well.

This time, the army continued to expand, and there was a shortage of manpower, so Lin Ziran planned to reuse him.

Transferring him back to be a battalion commander, but not letting him be the battalion commander of a new unit like the Sixth Infantry Battalion or the Seventh Infantry Battalion, this is a waste of his talent, Lin Ziran is going to get him back to be the battalion commander of the First Infantry Battalion.

Although the first infantry battalion has been split many times, it is still the infantry battalion that has been in the army for the longest time and has the strongest combat effectiveness under Lin Ziran, and this infantry battalion has always been under the command of Lin Ziran's headquarters.

Deng Youwei, the original commander of the 1st Infantry Battalion, was transferred to the 6th Infantry Battalion.

At the same time, because Xu Zhongshu was transferred back to his post, the southbound detachment had to arrange an officer with sufficient ability to serve as the chief of staff, otherwise, it would be difficult to command these more than 1,000 people to fight by relying on Scar.

This candidate Lin Ziran also has a belly case, that is, Shi Jingyuan, chief of the Operations Section of the General Staff Office,

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