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The chief of the training department is Hu Cheng, the former commander of the third fleet. Hu Cheng is older. He has worked steadily over the years and is devoted to Xiaotian. However, after all, he lacks motivation and is not in good health.

The first adjustment to Yu Xiaotian made him step down from the front line and put him in charge of the training department.

Hu Cheng had no objection to this arrangement. He also knew that his ability and motivation were not as strong as those of Liu Yidao, Duyanlong and others. Rather than hanging around in the fleet, it would be more appropriate to do something behind the scenes, and the training office had three masters.

The fleet includes the recruitment of fishery and merchant fleet recruits, material allocation, ship construction and maintenance. The power is really not small. Even the commanders of the three major fleets would not dare to be rude to him when they see him. On the whole, his

The status has not declined.

Of course, as the new director of the training department, Hu Cheng was also awarded the rank of major by Yu Xiaotian, and was on the same level as the chief officers of the three major fleets, so Hu Cheng had nothing to be dissatisfied with.

Generally speaking, the navy has this arrangement for the time being. After some discussion, everyone expressed that there was no problem and they were willing to obey Xiaotian's arrangement.

Next is the issue of combat soldiers. After several years of development, the combat barracks already has a size of 2,000 people. Now it has been promoted to the army. In terms of level, it is already on the same level as the navy and is no longer

The former war barracks were looked down upon by the navy.

So this time Yu Xiaotian reorganized the war barracks into the army. The army chiefs such as Li Dazui and Meng Fei all grinned happily and looked proud.

In the past, military barracks were organized according to the five-five system, with five men in a team, ten men in a squad, five squads in a squadron, five squadrons in a squadron, and five squadrons in a brigade.

As a result, a brigade has 2,500 soldiers in addition to logistics personnel, messengers, flag bearers, drummers, and trumpeters. However, their total strength currently does not reach that many people. For the time being, they only have a few

to the strength of three brigades.

Two of the squadrons are permanently stationed in Keelung Fort, one brigade is stationed in Tamsui City, and one brigade is stationed in Nanri Island. There are also several shore artillery units with branches located in various places. The total strength is close to 3,000 people. There is currently no naval force.

many.

But now that the war barracks have become an independent army and changed into an army, they will still have greater development in the future.

As the current top commander of the army, Li Dazui is regarded as the commander-in-chief of the army and was awarded the rank of major. Meng Fei is the deputy commander-in-chief and was also awarded the rank of major. However, Meng Fei is still the commander of the army recruit camp, basically the same as Li Dazui.

Dazui's status is equal to that of Li Dazui, slightly lower than Li Dazui's.

In addition, the army has two battalion captains. Liu Tong is also the adjutant of the new barracks. They were awarded the rank of captain. The remaining squadron leaders were awarded the rank of captain and lieutenant respectively based on their seniority and military exploits. The rank of lieutenant is the highest.

Lord, as for the squad leader, he will be awarded the rank of second lieutenant, which is the lowest-ranking officer.

But the squad leader does not belong to the rank of officers, but still belongs to the rank of soldiers, but they will be distinguished by non-commissioned officers, and the military rank and the duties they undertake are two different things. It is also very likely that there will be a squad leader with the rank of second lieutenant, or with the rank of lieutenant.

The squad leader.

For the army, Yu Xiaotian decided to adopt the organization method of squad, platoon, company and battalion, change the previous names of squad, squadron and squadron, and officially adopt the new organization.

The original squad was renamed a squad, a detachment was renamed a platoon, the squadron was renamed a company, and the group was later renamed a battalion. The current Army Commander-in-Chief, Comrade Li Dazui, is at best half a regiment commander.

The original captains were also renamed as squad leaders, platoon leaders, company commanders and battalion commanders. The largest establishment at the moment is the regiment level unit. If the Sea Wolf continues to expand its army in the future, as the army's strength increases, divisions will be added above the regiment level.

Establishment, there is no brigade-level establishment for the time being.

This construction method is similar to the organizational structure of the Spanish infantry. The number of people in a company exceeds 250, which is far more than the number of companies in later Chinese dynasties. However, in the current situation of weapons and equipment, the main ones are front-mounted flintlock muskets.

In this stage, the output of firepower must rely on quantity to meet the minimum demand. The organization method of the three-three system in later generations is obviously not suitable for the needs of this era.

Therefore, the establishment method of the five-five system is obviously more suitable for the needs of this era. As a basic combat unit, a company can have a certain combat effectiveness. If it is a large-scale operation, a battalion can be gathered to carry out operations to form a powerful force.

Independent combat units with considerable combat effectiveness can form an infantry square formation. With the cooperation of pikemen and musketeers, coupled with the pikemen's left stabbing tactics and strict organizational discipline, in this era, at least in the Ming Dynasty,

Basically there is no army that can compete with it.

Therefore, the battalion is currently the basic combat unit of the Sea Wolf Army. The current strength of a battalion has basically reached 1,300 people, even close to the strength of a regiment in later generations, plus auxiliary troops and special forces.

In terms of military types, the number of personnel at the battalion level will exceed the number of personnel at the regiment level in later armies, but currently compared with the battalions of the Ming Dynasty official army, their number is smaller than theirs.

However, from Xiaotian's point of view, such a structure should be more reasonable and better able to exert combat effectiveness. What's more, Seawolf's Wolf Fang rifles are now in full production, including Nanri Island Guns, and three of them have been installed.

Newly built rifling machine tool, recently

The rifles produced in the future are basically this new type of rifled rifle, and minie bullets have also begun to be put into production in large quantities. In the future, when large quantities of troops begin to be equipped, the combat effectiveness of the Sea Wolf Army will leap to the level of this era.

The strongest infantry in the world.

Even though it is just a small change, adding a few rifling lines to the barrel of the gun, it allows Seawolf's musketeers to directly and effectively output firepower to 300 meters away, even in concentrated fire volleys.

At any time, it can reach a distance of up to four hundred meters.

And the enemy they have to face, at this distance, doesn't even have the ability to fight back. If it is an army with weak combat effectiveness or poor discipline, if it is hit by a few rows of guns, it will probably be disbanded on the spot. There is no discussion at all.

Not suitable for close combat.

Even if the Sea Wolf Army soldiers holding Wolf Fang rifles are now dragged to the European battlefield to directly fight European musketeers, Yu Xiaotian believes that his soldiers can still defeat the strongest Swedish army in Europe.

Looking for teeth all over the ground, Comrade Gustav will still be shot to death by him.

So on the surface, Seawolf's army strength is not that large now, but if these three thousand people are gathered together and equipped with some cannons, Yu Xiaotian feels that it should be quite easy to lead them across Fujian.

And now the officers and soldiers actually want to come to recover Nanri Island and drive Yu Xiaotian out of Nanri Island. They just want to send him prisoners, free laborers and war supplies. He will not let it go.

This was an opportunity to make a huge profit. This was the reason why he decided not to strike preemptively this time. He would wait for the officers and soldiers to come to the door, and then beat them to the ground like he did with Chu Cailao last time.

But compared to when Chu Cai Lao came to beat him, his strength now is not what it used to be.

The Army has no objections to Xiaotian's adaptation. He is the boss, and what he says is what it is. Anyway, it's just a new name, but the structure has not been significantly adjusted.

After talking about the ranks of officers, the next step is the ranks of soldiers. Yu Xiaotian once again stole the experience of later generations and divided soldiers into six levels, including four levels for non-commissioned officers and two levels for ordinary soldiers.

Non-commissioned officers are divided into corporals, sergeants, staff sergeants and master sergeants, and soldiers are divided into privates and privates.

Among non-commissioned officers, corporal sergeant is a junior non-commissioned officer, and is mainly awarded to personnel such as squad leaders and deputy squad leaders, including gunners, gunners and crew chiefs among sailors, and soldier commanders are also awarded the rank of junior petty officers.

The rank of sergeant is a mid-level non-commissioned officer. It is mainly awarded to squad leaders and gunners who have meritorious service or seniority, long service time and rich combat experience. Among sailors, important positions such as helmsman or gunnery commander on a ship are awarded the rank of sergeant.

The senior non-commissioned officer is also the master sergeant. He is considered to be the leader of the soldiers. He has not yet entered the officer ranks, but he has a high status among the soldiers. He is specially awarded to those who have served for a long time, have military exploits, rich combat experience, and have certain command capabilities.

But there are soldiers who have not yet been promoted to officers.

As a senior sergeant, the sergeant major can directly shoulder the task of commanding operations when necessary, such as the platoon commander, deputy platoon commander, or even the company commander and deputy company commander who have suffered casualties on the battlefield.

Work as captain or captain

, to help them manage their subordinates, like the first mate in the navy, who are temporarily granted the position of chief petty officer, and their salary level is basically the same as that of an ensign officer. As their service years increase, their military salary will continue to increase, and may even

Exceeds the pay level of a lieutenant.

However, Yu Xiaotian did not continue to separate the first, second and third-level sergeants among the sergeants. At present, he does not need to set up such sergeants. If the current sergeants need to be promoted, they will be directly promoted to lieutenants and enter

to the rank of officers.

Ordinary soldiers only have two grades: first class and private. Privates are actually former trainee sailors or trainee combat soldiers. They are recruits who have just been assigned to the army from the new barracks. They have basically zero combat experience and have just received a certain degree of military training.

For training, you still need to continue to learn more specialized skills in the army. After half a year or after passing the exam, you will be transferred to a private, and you will be considered a formal soldier.

As a result, the former trainee members are now all called privates, omitting the title of trainee. However, in actual operations, these privates will still be habitually called trainees. They are considered soldiers, but they are not considered soldiers.

Qualified soldier.

In this way, all members of the Navy and Army of the Sea Wolf will have clearer ranks. In the future, everyone will not be confused about who has the higher rank. According to the habits developed by the Sea Wolf in recent years, the rank of the lower rank will be clearer.

As a member of the military, regardless of your position, when you see a member with a high military rank, you must salute honestly and do not make any mistakes.

(Today, I would like to express my special thanks to two brothers, For Life Continues and Wandering Jiangnan, for their rewards!)