I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 277 Summary Meeting

The current military honor medal system of the Ming army was completely designed by Zhu Houxuan, and is also based on the honor medal system of the royal group. It is divided into three types: medals, awards and commemorative medals.

The highest level of honor is the medal, which is divided into three levels from high to low: the Hongwu Medal, the Victory Medal and the Champion Medal. The medal is to honor people who have made outstanding military achievements.

The Hongwu Medal is the highest honor in the Ming army. I believe no one would question it just by looking at the name.

The second level of honor medal is the medal, which is divided into three categories, from high to low: honorary title medal, reward medal, and commendation medal.

Honorary Title Medals: divided into the Special Combat Hero Medal, the First Class Combat Hero Medal and the Second Class Combat Hero Medal.

Award medals: From here on, they are divided into collective and individual medals, namely the First Class Merit Medal, the Second Class Merit Medal and the Third Class Merit Medal.

Commendation medals: first level commendation, second level commendation, third level commendation medals, "Ming Dynasty Guard" is a kind of commendation medal.

The "Speaking for the People" medals received by the village elders are first-level commendation medals in the Ming Royal Group's honor medal system.

The last type is commemorative medals, which are produced according to various events.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the medals one by one, his eyes flashing with greed, like a dragon seeing a shining treasure.
"These are just samples. Brother, you can take a look and see if you are satisfied with the style, and then count the quantity that needs to be manufactured for me," said Zhu Houxuan.

Zhu Houzhao had only issued some commemorative medals to the border troops before, and this was the first time that the new army issued honor medals on a large scale.
"The style of the commemorative medals is good. Everyone will get one. As for the 'Ming Guards' commendation medals, different levels will be awarded according to each person's participation in the battle. Each soldier who participated in the capture of Xiongfeng Village will get a first-class collective merit medal, and each soldier who participated in the capture of Shunde Prefecture will get a second-class collective merit medal. I will give you the number of medals tomorrow. In addition, I will give Jiang Bin a championship medal." Zhu Houzhao said quickly.

Zhu Houxuan nodded silently. He didn't want to get involved in the decision on the number of people to be awarded the Military Medal of Honor. This was his duty.
Besides, Zhu Houzhao's awarding of the medal of honor this time was quite reasonable. At least he did not award himself a Hongwu Medal.

"Why have I never seen this medal before?" Zhu Houzhao said as he picked up an unfamiliar medal.

"This is a new type of reward medal I designed. It is independent of the three types of medals. I call it the Hand-to-Hand Assault Medal. It is also divided into three levels. The third level can be obtained by killing one enemy in close combat with a hand-to-hand combat. The second level requires killing five people in close combat. The first level is for killing ten people with a hand-to-hand combat." Zhu Houxuan explained.

"Why did you think of adding a new medal?" Zhu Houzhao asked curiously.

"Although the new army pays great attention to long-range firepower, its long-range firepower has not yet reached the point where it can completely determine the outcome of the battle. Therefore, the soldiers must have the courage and ability to fight hand-to-hand. They must maintain an offensive spirit of hand-to-hand combat. This medal is to encourage the soldiers to conduct hand-to-hand assaults," Zhu Houxuan continued to explain.

"What a spirit of attack! After hearing what you said, this medal is really necessary." Zhu Houzhao praised. "Brother, if you have any suggestions for the new army, please tell us." After the funeral incident, Zhu Houzhao valued Zhu Houxuan's opinions even more.
"I have also read the General Staff's report on this salt protection operation. I think the new army still lacks practical experience. This time's bandit suppression was okay, but in the future we will have to face the Mongols, so we still need more training." Zhu Houxun did not hide anything.

"Brother, do you mean to take them to the border town?"

"No, it's still a bit early to go to the border town now, but such anti-bandit battles should be organized frequently. The Royal Group branch in each prefecture and state in the four northern provinces is sufficient to provide logistical support for a team of 500 new troops. Let's clear out the banditry in the four northern provinces first," Zhu Houxuan explained.

“This is a good idea”

"As for the Mongols, I think we should have the border cavalry dress up as Mongols and conduct drills with the new army using the Mongols' methods, so that the soldiers can get familiar with the Mongols' methods of warfare and rain of arrows in advance."

"This is a good idea. I will personally dress up as the Mongolian Khan and participate in the exercise." Zhu Houzhao clapped his hands.

"In addition, we should collect the opinions of the soldiers and let the soldiers who participated in the battle summarize their experiences and lessons."

In the barracks of the new army, Zhu Houzhao sat at the top, with Jiang Bin and Wang Cong standing on his left and right. He was surrounded by a circle of officers above the rank of centurion, all of whom were centurion officers who had participated in the battle this time.

Now everyone has a shining medal of honor hanging on their chest, and everyone feels very excited.

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly to Jiang Jiangong of the General Staff, and Jiang Jiangong began to preside over the battle summary. After praising everyone, he began to speak according to the team numbers.

The first one is Shi Wanshan.

"We, the 100 households, have summarized five opinions."

"First, blood has a particularly big impact on soldiers, especially the leakage of internal organs, whether it is the blood and internal organs of the enemy or our own. Some soldiers who usually have very good training results will have their combat effectiveness greatly reduced after encountering this situation, and even disrupt their formation. So I hope to increase this aspect in normal training, such as finding some blood and internal organs of livestock, so that soldiers can adapt to this situation in advance."

"Second, the biggest impact on soldiers is not only the blood, but also the screams on the battlefield. I hope to add this into the training. Third, after casualties, the formation is incomplete. It is recommended that the formation of the hundred households be changed, and some people should be drawn out as reserves to temporarily supplement the formation. Fourth, the flags are too messy and difficult to distinguish. After we heard the assembly call, we searched for a long time before distinguishing the flags. Fifth, this, this." Shi Wanshan looked at Jiang Bin.
"Go ahead!" Zhu Houzhao said. He didn't expect the first speaker to give him such a big surprise.
"Many of our centurions stood in the first row when the battle line was formed. The soldiers wanted to ask if those in the first row could be awarded more merit and receive more money," Shi Wanshan said quickly.

As soon as this sentence came out, Jiang Bin felt a little embarrassed, and secretly cursed this centurion named Shi Wanshan for causing trouble for him.
But Jiang Jiangong was very interested in this question. "This suggestion is very good. If the front and back rows are the same, then in the future when the formation is arranged, no one will want to be in the front, and everyone will want to be in the back."

(End of this chapter)