My Italy

Yuan, who attracted Li Zhongtang's attention, has not yet started his military training because the preparations are not sufficient.

Although he was much better than when he started training in history, he still lacked the most important thing.

As a vital officer in the army, he had none.

That's right, now that Mr. Yuan has received the care of Li Zhongtang, he now has guns, cannons, money and food. According to the Huai Army's own method, find a few of your own people to watch, and the soldiers can be trained.

But now that Mr. Yuan wants to train a new Western army, this method will not work.

However, thanks to the help of his newly acquainted brother Cosentz, Lieutenant Colonel Cosentz, as a senior officer in the Guards, used his power to provide him with great convenience. Apart from anything else, when he lacks basic officers, he can make arrangements to train his people first. At least he must know how to train these soldiers.

"Lieutenant Colonel Yuan, these people you sent are completely blank slates. They are seriously lacking in tactical and military concepts. If you want to make them qualified officers, it will take at least several years."

Outside a temporarily converted classroom, Cosentz was complaining with his friend Yuan Xiangcheng about the poor quality of the officers he sent to study.

As for the classroom, Major Liu Chaoxian Liu, who was wearing an Italian military uniform, was explaining Italian military drills and daily regulations to the people below who were dressed in Qing army uniforms.

These people were taking notes on Major Liu's words. Young Master Liu also looked helpless. Even though these people look so enterprising, as long as they ask questions, they have to look at their notes before answering. What's the use of just taking rote notes, without any understanding of your own.

That's right, although Liu Chaoxian himself didn't have the best grades at the Italian Military Academy, he could at least understand what the teacher was explaining, and he couldn't care less about taking notes as soon as he started.

Outside the door, Mr. Yuan could only smile helplessly at Cosenz's words.

"People from the University of Science and Technology, there is nothing I can do about it. Our country is currently very short of officers who have systematically studied Western military theories. Why don't we let your Chinese officers take over first, and then we can talk about other things after my officers have learned the same skills?"

Facing Cosenz's words, Mr. Yuan immediately started to quibble.

Mr. Yuan was very covetous of the Chinese officers of the Fourth Regiment of the First Guards Division. Although these people had abandoned the people and lacked the favor of the court, they had systematically studied Western military concepts, and this alone was worthy of his attention. Moreover, the lack of favor and prestige is not a big deal. The high-ranking officials and generous salaries are very tempting to say to these abandoned people. He, Mr. Yuan, is confident in winning over these Chinese officers.

Of course, if you want to target these Chinese officers, Yuan Weiting alone is not enough. The Italian attitude behind it is crucial. He, Yuan, still has some self-awareness. It is best for Mr. Lao Zhongtang to come forward. He does not have such a big show.

Yuan, who is not confident in his appearance, certainly does not know his weight in the hearts of some people. Of course, if Li Zhongtang is not invited to come forward, the news may be terminated before it reaches anyone's ears.

These are all things for later, and the only one who can help Mr. Yuan at the moment is Lieutenant Colonel Cosenz. As for Yuan's sophistry, Cosenz could only reply.

"Yuan, I know your thoughts, but this matter is beyond my scope. I must report it to Lieutenant General Alvaro. As for whether Lieutenant General Alvaro has the power to agree to it, I don't know. I can only guarantee that I can choose to ignore what you are doing now. Of course, I think you also know that some things must be answered before you can continue, right?"

"Yes, some things must wait for your country's reply before they can be implemented. I can assure you of this."

Facing Cossenz's implicit words, Mr. Yuan immediately patted his chest in assurance. In fact, he didn't want to ruin his relationship with Cosentz because of this, they were all incompetent bastards. You just listen to the lecture, but for some reason, he secretly wooed the instructor on behalf of Yuan Yuan and gave him some random official positions, but he was reported.

These useless things only caused trouble for him. If it weren't for the fact that they were all good sons brought out by the Yuan family, he would have had to punish them with one or two Ming Zhengdian punishments. These bastards didn't know that the sky was high and the sky was high, so they almost framed him and Yuan for being unkind and unjust.

After Cosentz looked at Mr. Yuan, he didn't care whether he was sincere or not, as long as he didn't go too far.

"This is the regiment-level organization plan I prepared based on the establishment of the Guards Division and your needs. Please take a look at it."

Facing the establishment plan proposed by Cosenz, Yuan Weiting felt like he had found a treasure.

"Thank you for your hard work. I, Yuan, will remember this kindness."

This time Master Yuan really expressed his sincere thanks. Master Zhongtang had granted him a quota of three thousand soldiers. He, Yuan, naturally wanted to show off his skills in front of the boss as soon as possible. However, he is currently short of manpower in all aspects, and he has no idea how to train these people, so he naturally thought of Brother Ke. Since you are all begging for help, then beg to the end.

And Cosenz finally came up with this organization after making some changes based on the Guards Division organization and some actual conditions in the Far East.

There is nothing to say. The regiment-level formation Cosentz designed for Mr. Yuan is more like a shrunken independent regiment.

It consists of three infantry battalions, an artillery battalion, a reconnaissance cavalry company, an engineer company, and a logistics battalion.

The basic infantry battalion has four company-level combat units. Each company has three platoons (50×3 + 10 cooking squads + chief and deputy company commanders plus two messengers), and each platoon has four squads (12×4 +2), each squad has 12 people, so an infantry battalion has 700 people.

The artillery battalion, according to Cosenz's design, will be equipped with 12 57-75mm mountain field guns, equipped with a mountain gun battery, a field gun battery, and a transport company, with nearly 400 people in the entire battalion.

As for the cavalry company and the engineer company, they are both in normal formation. There are more than 100 cavalry and more than 100 engineers, which is more than 200 people.

As for the logistics camp, calling it a camp is actually a bit too much. There are more than 200 people, mainly various types of power-charged vehicles. The entire battalion was equipped with two squads of infantry guards, which was too weak.

Of course, Cosentz has something to say. The main consideration for this establishment is to perform tasks domestically. The logistics pressure is not great and there is no need for too many logistics troops. In fact, the more substantial problem is that Master Yuan is very stuck in the establishment of 3,000 people, so after considering the pros and cons of all parties, it is reasonable for the logistics staff to be cut.

“Very good, very good!”

Master Yuan sighed with joy after reading the detailed compilation. Although Mr. Yuan still doesn't understand why the cooks should be included in the main ranks, since it is done in Western military art, it certainly makes sense.

"By the way, Yuan. The weapons you need will be shipped to Weihaiwei tomorrow. You need to send someone to receive them."

Cosentz's words made Lieutenant Colonel Yuan even more ecstatic. Now that we have the officers and weapons, we only need soldiers, and then we can start training the new army.

Of course, Mr. Yuan is not in a hurry about the new soldiers. The people he sent to recruit new soldiers have already rushed to various prefectures in Shandong. Shandong is not at peace today, and the disaster is not small. He, Mr. Yuan, offers the soldiers a monthly salary of five taels, which is quite generous. Since he was paid heavily, he couldn't recruit anyone.

Not to mention, it is not ordinary to take advantage of Yuan's salary. In addition to being a good family member who is not allowed to smoke opium and is in good health, he must also be literate. Therefore, Master Yuan's food and salary are not delicious, but he is somewhat capable of eating.

Of course, Mr. Yuan's military training in Shandong could not affect the progress of this war. Soldiers from Japan and Qing Dynasty were still fighting.