The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 297 One less mark
"Let's talk about the selection of young people."

Teng Yuzao looked at Hu Dianjia. "Although Xuan Qing was promoted by General Nie when he was in the Wuwei Vanguard Army and became the commander of the rear camp early on, before he joined the Vanguard Army, his battles with the foreign devils were, to put it bluntly, small fights. Killing dozens of foreign devils at a time was considered a big victory. But in today's battle, with the support of the artillery contingent, several squadrons of the independent battalion, and 8,000 new recruits, he led the Third Mixed Brigade to kill 15,000 to 16,000 Japanese devils."

"In particular, he promptly suggested launching a counterattack outside the city, which caught the Japanese off guard and maximized the results of the battle."

Teng Yuzao looked at Liujiu who was expectant, "Also, my good ally."

"He was originally a farmer, and at most could be considered a half-gangster. But now he not only leads the assault brigade to fight bravely, but the officers and soldiers of the entire independent brigade, upon hearing about the battle, all rush forward shouting, and the fighting morale is extremely high."

"In particular, my eldest brother was willing to study modern military skills diligently and mastered them very quickly. Now he is familiar with them and can apply them skillfully. When it is time to use firepower to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy, he does not show mercy. When it is time to charge in hand-to-hand combat, he is like a storm, combining firepower and hand-to-hand combat, and he grasps the timing of connection, intersperse and alternation just right."

"There are also the Artillery Association and the Independent Battalion"

Teng Yuzhao praised his subordinates one by one, which made the atmosphere in the conference room lively again.

Although these generals kept saying humble words like "Marshal, you are so kind. I don't deserve it", their faces were rosy and they were all smiling, which showed that they were already extremely happy in their hearts.

Teng Yuzao finally looked at Zhu Kaishan, "Also, today we successfully recruited more than 40,000 Boxers, all thanks to Brother Zhu Kaishan."

Zhu Kaishan didn't expect Teng Yuzao to suddenly turn the topic to him. He hurriedly stood up and bowed to Teng Yuzao repeatedly. After Teng Yuzao's repeated gestures, he reluctantly sat back in his seat.

"With these 40,000 new soldiers joining our vanguard army, we were able to quickly replenish our forces despite the heavy casualties. Otherwise, we would have been seriously injured this time."

Seeing that everyone's emotions were aroused, Teng Yuzao took a sip of tea to moisten his dry throat, put away his smile, and spoke earnestly.

"We won a great victory in today's battle, which brought us immediate benefits. Although there are still more than 60,000 or 70,000 foreign devils outside the city, this battle must have scared them and made them dare not attack the city easily again."

"I guess they won't continue to attack until enough reinforcements arrive. This gives us some breathing time. We must make good use of this hard-earned breathing time and train our troops as soon as possible."

Teng Yuzao sighed slightly, "Unfortunately, the breathing time that the foreign devils give us will not be too long, at most only half a month."

Teng Yuzao lit a cigarette and said, "I estimate that not only will the Russians and Japanese send more troops soon, but several other countries will also send more troops. However, except for the Germans, the troops of the other countries will not increase too much, and it will take a long time."

"In the near future, a German army of more than 7,000 and an Italian army of about 1,000 will arrive. I estimate that they have even landed at Dagukou. Around the beginning of next month, the Germans will have another 30,000 troops arriving."

"So, now we have to use this period of time to replenish and train our troops."

Teng Yuzao's words made everyone except Zhu Kaishan look at Li Yaoting intentionally or unintentionally. They all knew what Li Yaoting, the director of the security department, did. In their subconscious minds, Teng Yuzao's intelligence should have been obtained by Li Yaoting, and they couldn't help but secretly praise Li Yaoting.

Teng Yuzhao saw everyone's expressions, and this was exactly what Teng Yuzhao wanted to achieve.

Teng Yuzhao had two purposes in asking Li Yaoting to attend such a military meeting.

The first is to gradually improve Li Yaoting's status in the vanguard army. Security work in the vanguard army is very important, but it naturally requires the support and cooperation of these generals.

When these people were already captains or even higher positions, Li Yaoting was still an unknown little man, which was not conducive to Li Yaoting's work in the vanguard army;
The second is that Teng Yuzao wanted to use Li Yaoting to cover up the sources of some of his "intelligence" and make his "foresight" more reasonable.

This has two advantages. Not only will it make everyone believe that it was Li Yaoting who obtained the information, thus improving Li Yaoting's status, but it will also make Li Yaoting mistakenly believe that in addition to him, Teng Yuzhao has a more secret source of information. This will make him work harder and more cautious, avoiding the breeding of arrogance, even forgetting his own achievements, or even having unrealistic thoughts.

Teng Yuzao continued, "This time, although it seems like a good thing that we have more than 40,000 new recruits, it will also weaken the combat effectiveness of the troops, so we must hurry up and train these new recruits."

"It's too late to set up a training camp for new recruits. We can only incorporate these new recruits into your respective units and let you train them on your own. This is our most important task in the near future."

Teng Yuzao took a puff of cigarette and said to Wei Jinghai, "Allow more than 7,000 new soldiers to supplement the various troops to make up for their shortfalls."

Knowing that Teng Yuzao was going to make the next request, Wei Jinghai had already taken out a pen and started taking notes. The others also pricked up their ears, not wanting to miss a single word from Teng Yuzao.

Teng Yuzao looked at Li Xianze and Hu Dianjia, "Your mixed brigade should have set up a battalion and a camp under it, but in Gu'an, the request from the Military Affairs Council was a bit sudden, and our troops were not strong enough at that time, so the establishment of your mixed brigade was a bit small, and there was no battalion."

"This time, let's just fill in the gaps. We'll give each of your three mixed brigades 4,000 new soldiers. In addition to the mixed brigade's direct-controlled units, there will be two battalions under it, each with three battalions. The organization of all levels below will be changed from four to three."

At this time, in the armies of Western countries, the battalion and below were generally organized into four units. It was not until World War I that the West, under the leadership of the Germans, began to switch to a three-unit organization. However, Teng Yuzhao was seriously short of officers, so he had to make changes in advance.

Before the two of them could rejoice, Teng Yuzao continued speaking.

"Due to special reasons, the Assault Battalion and the Independent Battalion were not upgraded last time. However, we have won such a great victory this time. I think the Military Affairs Council will not hinder us and will upgrade the two battalions to detachments, and increase the number of soldiers by 4,000 each."

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