(Recently, there has been a power outage, which has seriously affected my writing.) Pen % Fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info)

The war machine of the Metropolitan Protectorate is in full swing, and a huge amount of materials are gathered.

In addition, after the mobilization order was issued, not only the first-class, second-class, and third-class armies of each fort were assembled, but also the new attached battalions, loyal battalions, and civilian dart bureaus gathered. That is, the Mongols in Monan, Mobei, Qinghai, Hetao and other places, and the officers and soldiers in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Yulin and other places all received requisition orders issued in the name of the capital protector or the general of the conquest, and a steady stream of soldiers and horses gathered to Xuanfu Town.

Moreover, because of the distance, the requisition order was issued to them five or ten days earlier.

In the three forts, the sound of firecrackers was non-stop, and a large slogan was erected in the smoke of gunpowder, with the words "I wish the athletes who went out to fight for an early triumphant return" and "With me invincible, the Jingbian army will win". In the noisy sky of gongs and drums, the people of the fort gathered densely, they beat gongs and drums, waved small flags, and lined up in front of the fort gate to see off the sons and daughters of the expedition.

The Ding Zhuang of Alum Sanbao joined the army earlier, and now they are all second-class soldiers, everyone has horses, and the first-class army and officers at all levels are even denser. They were used to going on expeditions, so they didn't have so much verbosity.

Half a month before the mobilization order, in addition to being on duty, the whole army had a big holiday, allowing the soldiers to go home to accompany their families, and now the order to go out has finally been issued.

In the enthusiastic speeches of the fort officers, the officers and soldiers bid farewell to their families one by one, and then they stepped on their horses one by one in a fluttering small flag of the sun and the moon, and set foot on different gathering places according to the different branches of the battalion.

"Pannan, the family depends on you."

Ju Yiwu said softly to his wife, and gently touched the daughter Nian'er in her arms.

After the Battle of Songjin, Ju Yiwu finally married Sun Pannan in the castle, and the two gave birth to a daughter, Ju Yaoyao, nicknamed Nian'er.

At this time, Nian'er was more than two years old, and her words were still stammering, she held the small flag of the sun and moon in her hand, and kept shaking it in her mother's arms: "Daddy wins, Daddy wins......"

Looking at his daughter's black eyes, Ju Yiwu's heart was about to melt, he was usually indifferent, often expressionless, with a serious expression, known as the cold face bow. But in front of his wife and daughter, he couldn't help but smile softly from time to time.

Sun Pannan's tears swirled in her eyes, but she endured it and nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, the slave family will definitely bring good thoughts." ”

Although she was sad and reluctant, she knew that she couldn't cause trouble to her husband, especially not bring him any psychological burden.

The past few years of marrying her husband are her happiest years, she is still timid and full of inferiority complex in front of people, only in front of her husband, she can completely relax.

And no matter what the months and seasons are, she always wraps around the thick scarf that her husband bought for her, as if she has all her sustenance here.

After talking to Sun Pannan again, teasing his daughter, seeing that Chen Sheng had also said goodbye to his family, he finally smiled at his wife, and then looked at Chen Sheng. The two of them had the same mind, and after nodding, they both stepped on their horses, and in the cheers and shouts of the castle people, they hurried towards the place, but it was the sand castle and other places near Xinghe.

In this battle, the General Staff Department recruited about 150,000 people from various cities and forts, and set up about 40 battalions, all of whom were veterans of the First and Second Armies to serve as the commanders of the 1,000 generals and the officers and commanders of the teams. A few years ago, Ju Yiwu and Chen Sheng, their mercenary team, came back from Shaanxi, and happened to meet the reorganization of the Tunding battalion.

According to the military merits and qualifications of the two, they were all promoted to the rank of commander of Qian, and they were transferred to a battalion of the C-class army, and their boss was still the former veteran commander Li Zhengjing, who had been promoted to battalion general.

The two walked side by side, and when they looked back, they saw that their wives and children were still waving their hands desperately.

The drums are still loud, and the sound of firecrackers is still crackling.

……

Mo Nandong Town, Guangentun Fort.

This fort is a typical armor protection system tunbao, there are 14 households in it, which belongs to the most basic retaining unit and belongs to the sand castle. Sand Castle is a township-level unit, with a total of 15 guarantees, and it is subordinate to Xinghe County. Xinghe City is a county-level unit, and it is also a large county, with a total of 19 townships.

There are tens of thousands of tun forts such as Guang'en Fort outside the fortress, and although there are more than 140 people in the fort, they also belong to the reserve army of the third class, and they are divided into three teams for duty and training on weekdays. However, there were few opportunities to fight, and most of the burghers were busy with their duties.

Recently, however, their fate changed, and in November last year, the Metropolitan Protectorate issued an order to begin the transfer of Tunding as a battalion soldier. They were organized into battalions, which were first drilled in the township, and then gathered in the county, and even several battalions were used for joint training.

There are fifteen baobao in Shacheng Township, and each baobao is about a team of forty or fifty people, bringing together a total of 750 people in Tunding, about one part of the army.

Some of them are outstanding tunding officers who can be appointed as army commanders and first class commanders, but the officers at the level of general and team officers are all veterans selected from the first and second class armies. Even some of the first and second teams are also served as the first and second class leaders by selected veterans.

In fact, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the C-class army, it is best to have veterans of the A-B army serve as officers from the first and second class from the first and second class up, but this is not easy to say.

If this is the case, if there are five captains and one officer in a team, there will be six officers here, and if you add the general, there will be twenty-five officers in total.

Then one has a hundred officers, plus a thousand generals, one hundred and one, and one battalion plus battalion generals, there are four hundred and five.

Forty battalions, at least 16,000 veterans are needed as officers, if this is the case, too many veterans will be transferred, which will greatly damage the combat effectiveness of the first and second armies, after all, this is not a peaceful period, you can slowly wait for recovery.

Therefore, the 40th Battalion of the C-Class Army is generally only filled with veterans from the officers. In this way, the general company had about five veterans as officers. There are always twenty-one veterans who serve as officers. Eighty-five veterans of the first battalion were officers.

There are about 3,400 veterans selected for the 40 battalions, and because some of the first and second class soldiers in each team also serve as veterans as the first class commanders, so after the establishment of the third class army, a total of about 5,000 veterans were selected from the first and second class armies to serve as officers.

Such a ratio of numbers ensures the combat effectiveness of the C-class army, and will not damage the combat effectiveness of the first-class and second-class armies much.

As for the vacancies in the first and second classes, officers are promoted from their subordinates, and the soldiers, the first class selects outstanding soldiers from the second class, and the second class selects outstanding soldiers from the third class.

However, the meaning of the General Staff Department is that after the Battle of Jingshi, the second-class army in each army can be upgraded to the first-class army, the third-class army can be upgraded to the second-class army, and the tunding reserves in each fort are still the third-class army.

Today, Guangentun Fort is as lively as a market, the people of the fort beat gongs and drums, warmly bid farewell to the sons and daughters of the fort who are about to go out, more than 40 selected Tun Ding wore big red flowers on their chests, and their young faces were all red.

Being selected into the battalion is not only their honor, but also a proof of ability.

Every time they come back from the township and talk about the training camp, it inevitably arouses the envy and jealousy of those young people who have not been selected.

A few days ago, the three chief officers of the fort began to prepare, not only held a grand farewell ceremony, but finally decided to send these new battalion soldiers to the township under the leadership of the defense himself.

At this time, the new battalion soldiers were saying goodbye to their families one by one.

"Big brother, everything in the family depends on you."

Zheng Tianmin looked at his eldest brother Zheng Tianliang, and he said solemnly.

"Second brother, don't worry, everything in the family is with me, I will definitely take care of my father and girls."

Zheng Tianliang looked at his younger brother and said solemnly: "You can kill thieves with peace of mind and serve the general well." ”

The old man Zheng Xingxiang took his granddaughter Yaya and watched silently, there were some old tears in his eyes, but he still smiled and said: "The second brother doesn't have to worry about the things at home, even if the field is short of manpower, there are mutual aid societies and farming teams." Just like the officials in the ministry said, there is no home without a country, you just have to go to fight well, and I can still hold this old bone. ”

Now Zheng Xingxiang's family has become Han nationality and has their own fields, this day is getting more and more prosperous, the old man is a grateful person, he feels that all this is brought by the general, and he fights for him, it is worth it! He does.

Moreover, because of his rich experience in farming, Zheng Xingxiang was also selected to work in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, so his vision is getting broader and wider, and his speaking temperament is different.

Zheng Tianmin nodded vigorously, his heart was completely put down, and he finally looked at his precious daughter Yaya.

But seeing her grasping the sun and moon flag in her hand, and seeing Zheng Tianmin's eyes, she shook it vigorously and said: "Daddy has a safe journey, Daddy doesn't have to worry about her mother, Yaya will take care of her." ”

Zheng Tianmin bent down and said with a smile: "Yaya is really good, is it okay for Daddy to bring you back a piece of military merit?" ”

Yaya said obediently: "It's good to have military merits, it's best to have a safe and secure father." ”

Zheng Tianmin touched his daughter's face and said with a smile: "Daddy went to war just to keep you all safe." ”

He looked around the fort, and there were endless wheat fields everywhere, and there would soon be a great harvest. To the east of the fort, there is a large vegetable field, the green vegetables are pleasing to the eye, and the west of the fort is one after another livestock farms.

This is his home.

Everything here, what you see in front of you, has a reason for him to guard.

Firecrackers, gongs and drums shook the sky, under the cheer of the people of the fort, Zheng Tianmin and others went to the sand castle under the leadership of the defense, he looked back from a distance, but saw his daughter sandwiched in a child, still desperately waving the flag.

……

Guangenbao is not far from the sand castle, and the general training in the township is here, and the instructor here is called Li Song. His right arm was broken, and it is said that he was knocked away by a Tartar shell during the Battle of Songjin. He always looks serious on weekdays, with a board and a glance, and the training requirements are very strict, Zheng Tianmin and others are afraid of him.

The soldiers discussed privately that they had fallen into eight lifetimes of bad luck and met such a king of Li Yan.

Unexpectedly, unfortunate things happened one after another, and King Li Yan did not go, and came to a cold noodle bow.

I heard that this person's name is Ju Yiwu, and he has a straight face all day long, looking like a cold face, and he doesn't say a word for a long time, so he is called Leng Mian Ju.

Zheng Tianmin and others speculated whether Ju Qian had anything to worry about, or that others owed him a thousand silver yuan and didn't pay it back, otherwise why would he keep a straight face all day long?

What scares people is not his sternness, but the sharp and cold eyes. Even if you do something wrong, he doesn't scold you, just stares at you expressionlessly, keeps staring at you creepy, and finally obediently admits that you are wrong.

There is a saying in the ministry that it is better to meet King Li Yan than to bow coldly.

Anyway, after the formation, everyone was stripped of a layer of skin under the practice of cold face bowing, and everyone complained bitterly.

Of course, when the soldiers returned to the fort, they avoided talking about these things, and tried to say good things, such as showing off their armor to their partners, showing off their firearms, showing off their food, and so on.

Near noon, Zheng Tianmin and others arrived at the sand castle.

Sand Castle is the official road from Guihua City to Xuanfu Town, along the official road, there is a shop every 20 miles.

When I arrived, I saw that the road was already filled with a torrent of metal and flags, dense hats and helmets swaying, layers of swords, shields, spears, flint guns, and the luster of metal shining in the sun. They walked on the road, and they didn't know how many tens of thousands before and after.

After the mobilization order of the capital protection was issued, the new battalions of the forts outside the Saiwai were gathered, and the official road of the Sand Castle was the main road from the outside of the Saiwai to Xuanfu Town, so the flow of people walking here was more crowded. They waved all kinds of banners, and the red tide was flying.

There is a Xuanwu pattern on the flag, a Xuanwu bronze sculpture and an iron sculpture on the crown of the sun and moon flag, and a sergeant lined with a black edging person, which is the symbol of the Xuanwu army.

There is a green dragon pattern on the flag, a bronze and iron carving of the green dragon on the crown of the sun and moon flag, and a cyan edging inside the sergeant, which is the symbol of the green dragon army.

There is a white tiger pattern on the flag, a white tiger bronze and iron carving on the crown of the sun and moon flag, and a white edging sergeant lined with a sergeant, which is the symbol of the White Tiger Army.

The flag has a Vermilion Bird pattern, the sun and moon flag crown has a Vermilion Bird bronze carving, an iron carving, and the sergeant is lined with a fiery red edging, which is the symbol of the Suzaku Army.

However, it is more of a sun and moon flag with a golden edge, and the crown of the flag is carved with the sun, moon and waves, which is the symbol of the Chinese army.

I heard that in addition to the original five armies, the General Staff will form 15 more armies, but except for some battalions that belong to them, the rest have not yet set the tone, and they are all under the control of the Chinese army for the time being, and perhaps after the battle of the Beijing Division, the new branch of the army will come out.

However, it has been generally concluded that in the future, the Jingbian Army will be divided into two types: the First Class Army and the Second Class Army, with five battalions in the front and rear of the First Class Army and two or three battalions in the Second Class Army.

Just like Zheng Tianmin's battalion, it belongs to the command of Gao Shiyin, the general of Leopard Tao, and belongs to the Vermilion Bird Army.

Looking at the torrent of clothes and armor on the official road, Zheng Tianmin and the others were shocked, all of which gave them an indescribable sense of oppression and impact.

Many years later, Zheng Tianmin still remembers this scene clearly, the wind blowing outside the fortress hunting flying flags, and the road walked a sturdy man, they were dressed in a well-colored stamping cuirass, wearing a well-colored eight-petal hat and iron hat. The various carvings on the crown of the flag, the long spear tips, and the firearms on their backs shone brightly in the sun. The red tassels on each man's helmet leaped like flames.

Their long procession, before and after not seeing the tail, their boots on the ground stirred up a large cloud of dust, they put the sky above their heads and feet on the earth, they stirred up the fire in the men's breasts, and it was ignited and never to be extinguished. (To be continued.) )