The sun never sets in America

Chapter 128 Army and Navy

The Han Army Non-commissioned Officer School is currently the only army military academy in the Han Dynasty.

The Army Sergeant School has always been famous in Han Dynasty for its rigor and cruelty...

It is rigorous because the officers who came out of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School basically have a strong academic style, which is very different from the army that completely copied and imitated white people during the Liujiabao period.

The biggest difference is that the current mainstream military officers in the Han Dynasty are still the original batch of Yeluzi officers from the Liujiabao period who experienced the war. Almost all the founding generals came from the Liujiabao period.

The fighting style of this group of generals is basically based on the fighting methods learned from foreigners in the early days, plus their own battlefield tactics. (Basically it’s all a dirty trick)

For example, they use smoke bombs in all possible ways during street fighting. They even appear to be willing to try as long as there is a possibility of winning.

This is completely different from the rigorous academic school.

Officers who graduated from the Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy have a nickname within the Han Army, and that is Four Eyes.

This is actually a very bad name, and it is also related to the fact that there are a group of officers with glasses in the Han Army, and this group of people just happened to be all from the Army Sergeant School, which naturally gives people a nerdy feeling...

But if you underestimate these nerds, you will be truly punished.

In the words of Li Zhaowu, the new minister of the Han Army and the former commander of the Wuwei Brigade:

"This group of academics may not be as good as us old guys in adapting to battle, but there is no doubt that they are all real soldiers, and their execution of tactics is very thorough... to what extent, even if you tell them, If there is an enemy force in front that is much larger than them, they will execute the order without hesitation until the entire force is wiped out."

This is the conclusion Li Zhaowu came to after visiting the army's internal exercises and seeing how the academic generals carried out their superiors' orders to the end.

"In fact, in addition to their strong execution ability, the most important thing is that they are professional enough..."

"The generals of our time had almost no idea about the work on the map. It's not that we didn't want to, and we didn't know how at that time... But these little academic guys were different. They knew the work on the map very well. , they can even draw a picture of the current situation between the enemy and ourselves based on only scattered information, and make the right choice..."

"If the homework on the map is a necessary course for them in the non-commissioned officer school, then when it comes to the use of scouts and artillery formations, they are more than one or two steps ahead of us..."

"I saw with my own eyes that they used crossfire and the local terrain to defeat an enemy force that was at least twice their number."

"So, these academic brats are by no means elementary school students wearing glasses, but real soldiers, a tiger with a large reserve of knowledge. They may seem rigid, but just like tigers hunting, they always only have a few tricks, but With just a few tricks, the tiger became the king of beasts. It was them who let me know that the simplest tactics can be so powerful."

The above are the evaluations of the new Army Minister Li Zhaowu on the officers of the Army Academy.

It can be said to be quite fair, that is, neither overly flattering nor belittling.

Generally speaking, officers who come out of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School are rigorous, have a unified combat style, and have the advantages of being more brief and versatile in their tactics. They are also easy to get into trouble, and a tactic will remain unchanged until death. Unlike those wild soldiers in the Liujiabao period. Officer Luzi, as long as you can win, I can think of any way for you...

And this is also the biggest difference between the academic and old-school military officers at present. At some moments, it almost led to a conflict...

Fortunately, Li Zhaowu cooled down those things that affected the unity of the army in time, otherwise he might not have caused much trouble.

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In the morning, not long after dawn.

beep beep beep beep...

In the building of the Army Military Academy, a whistle suddenly sounded, waking up all the sleeping cadets.

"Zihao, wake up... wake up..."

Next to Li Zihao's upper bunk, a student from the dormitory was pushing and pushing him to get up.

"Damn it, this beef jerky, it's only what time, and I'm asking you to wake up." Li Zihao slowly got up from the quilt, and while getting up, he cursed, "I'm so tired from training and class during the day, why are you still sleeping?" I can't sleep well, this is a training officer, I think it's worse than a big-headed soldier..." Li Zihao continued to curse while wearing his training uniform.

As he said this, Li Zihao's movements were not slow. He quickly put it on, and then started folding the tofu cubes with the others.

The so-called tofu cubes are actually a kind of military work and rest training introduced by Liu Peng from later generations. After all, an army that has the patience to fold the quilt well will also have enough patience to attack the enemy on the battlefield.

Moreover, stacking tofu cubes, which is tedious and boring and requires many times of training before you can understand the experience, is actually a kind of obedience training... After all, if you are not even willing to follow an order to stack tofu cubes, on the battlefield, The commander assigns you a combat mission. You reply to the commander: "It's so dangerous, why don't you go?"

And when Li Zihao skillfully folded the quilt into angular tofu pieces, he also smoothed the sheets.

In the Army Academy, each grade and every floor has a disciplinary committee. In addition to managing discipline, this disciplinary committee often checks the internal affairs of each dormitory to find out which dormitory has been caught with braids.

Sorry, I basically prepared for a five-kilometer jog in the entire dormitory, with a [-]-kilogram weight.

There were several times when a student in a certain dormitory was negligent or lucky and did not tidy up the bedsheets. In the end, the whole dormitory was forced to run five kilometers with heavy loads.

When Li Zihao walked out of the teaching building, on the teaching building opposite, a plaque written by Liu Peng was still hanging on it, which read: Serve the country with loyalty.

On the playground, square formations were already standing. Everyone kept their mouths shut and looked at the morning training instructor Niu Shanhai opposite them with serious faces, who was slowly walking towards them.

"stand at attention!!"

shuh...

Instructor Niu had just finished giving the order when he heard a series of footsteps and tapping sounds as he stood at attention.

"Look to the right..." Instructor Niu looked at the team that had stood at attention with satisfaction, and then ordered again.

shuh...

Everyone looked to the right and moved quickly without any sloppiness.

"Look forward..." Coach Niu gave the order again, and he completed it accurately just like the previous times, "Three kilometers of morning running, let's start..." After training the formation, it is what we have to do every day, That's a morning run.

In fact, this is not a unique habit of the Army Sergeant School, but a tradition of the Han Army, especially the Han Army.

In fact, during this period, many armies did not practice flashy things like running. They usually practiced formation and training soldiers on how to shoot.

After all, in the era of queuing to be shot, to be serious, soldiers are essentially consumables on the battlefield and can be equated with artillery shells.

But no matter how crazy the general is, he cannot tell his soldiers directly that you are expendable.

Moreover, the training of the Han Dynasty was actually to a large extent to train the endurance of the soldiers. If an infantry wanted to cover hundreds of miles in a few days without horses, there was no other way but to march quickly.

The Americas, especially the North American continent, are such a vast and sparsely populated place. Suppose a Han army is fighting the United States or Mexico and suddenly travels hundreds of miles. When the other party knows that you have no cavalry, Or if your cavalry doesn't work... a huge infantry suddenly appears behind the opponent. You can imagine what the enemy's expression will be like at that time.

Moreover, long-term training can not only strengthen the soldiers' physical fitness, but also strengthen their will.

"Huhu..." Li Zihao panted heavily as he ran. The three-kilometer morning run ended as time slowly passed.

After the breakup, when he went to the cafeteria for breakfast, Li Zihao was already so hungry that his chest pressed against his back.

It's not just him, it's everyone.

"For extra lunch today, let's eat chicken drumsticks..." In front of the display window where the meal was prepared, a fat chef wearing a white chef's hat shouted to the students who were queuing up, causing a burst of cheers.

And if you want to know why they cheered, it actually has something to do with the place where the Army Sergeant School is located. The place they are located in is definitely a desolate place in the entire California.One advantage of a place like this is that everything done is kept secret, and it is difficult for the outside world to know what is going on inside.

The disadvantage is that most of the local area is covered with exposed weeds on rocks and small patches of hills. This means that the agriculture here is almost only animal husbandry, that is, raising cattle and sheep, and sheep herding, and it has to be done. separate.

The cattle are kept in the hilly areas with more abundant material conditions, and the sheep are kept at the bottom of the mountains, and many of them are goats.

What's even more frightening is that except for the people from the Army Sergeant School, there are no indigenous tribes in the area. This means that they have to graze their own cattle and sheep.

In other places, rations are only delivered once every three months. Although it is enough to last for several months at a time, and there is even at least half a year's worth of grain, it is mostly staple food such as flour and rice...

As for fresh fruits, don't even think about it. You have no choice but to force the teachers and students of the Military Academy to grow their own fruits in the nearby mountains and forests, especially the oranges on the nearby hills. Once they are ripe, there will always be students who steal them.

Li Zihao is assigned to herd sheep or cattle for one or two days every month.

So much so that Luo Shifan, the principal of the NCO School, said: "Our Army NCO School not only teaches students military skills, but also teaches them how to fight and become a qualified soldier. Most importantly, we teach them how to survive... Let them survive in any difficult situation.”

Although it is a bit exaggerated, when you think about it carefully, it is really true.

After Li Zihao finished eating, he returned to the dormitory and rested for a while.

Lying on the bed, I opened the book On War compiled by the Prussian military strategist Carl von Clausewitz in 1832.

War is not a pastime, nor is it a purely entertainment pursuit of adventure and gambling, nor is it the product of a sudden inspiration, but a serious means to achieve a serious goal.

What kind of talent is suitable to be called a military genius?
This kind of person is not so much a person with a creative spirit as a person with a spirit of research; rather than a person with unilateral development, it is better to say a person with comprehensive development; rather than a person who is easily excited, it is better to say that he has a brain. Calm person.

Li Zihao looked intently at the views expressed in the book On War.

"Clausewitz... what kind of person was he, and why did he write such a book??" Li Zihao looked at the various remarks that shocked his soul, and was a little surprised by the military qualities of Clausewitz, a foreigner. and strategic capabilities.

"Prussia, what kind of country is it?" Li Zihao looked at the three small words Prussia behind Clausewitz and fantasized about what kind of country Prussia was.

"Prussia, what kind of country is it??"

Until he went to class, Li Zihao still had the same idea in his mind.

In one afternoon, Li Zihao took courses on army tactics such as infantry action tactics, infantry command, and infantry-artillery coordination.

After he finished these tedious courses, he plunged into the library and looked for information about Prussia.

When he learned that Prussia was currently only a third-rate power in Europe, Li Zihao was a little confused. In his opinion, a country that could produce such a military classic as "The Theory of War" must be a powerful country.

Because only strong countries have the soil to breed strong strategists and military strategists.

But he forgot that the weaker a country is, the more it needs strategists to point the direction for the country, and the more military strategists are needed to solve the stumbling blocks on the road to becoming stronger.

Just like the military strategists of the Spring and Autumn Period, were they all in the most powerful country at that time? ?
Therefore, the size of a country cannot be completely used as a basis.

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Jinshan Port, the home port of the Han Navy.

Because Jinshan Port is large enough, a part of it is used as a military port, which is completely separated from the civilian commercial port.

A newly built sail training ship is preparing to leave port.

There are naval cadets on the ship wearing navy blue uniforms and white big-brimmed hats.

The biggest difference between the Navy Academy and the Army is that the word non-commissioned officer has been removed.

The school was also changed into a college.

The full name is Han Guo Naval Academy! !
The reason for all this is that the Navy is unwilling to have too much contact with the Army. Especially after the August [-]nd Artillery Mutiny, hundreds of former Army gunners returned to the Army, which made the Navy's impression of the Army even worse.

Some naval officers even said:
"Today's world is a colonial era, an era of trade, and an era of navy. The army is just a branch of the navy. Their only role is to fight the natives on the shore... to fight those opponents who they think have achieved achievements! !”

This sentence can be said to be quite unobjective, because this sentence almost caused a scolding war between the navy and the army.

Of course, the Army's counterattack was also sharp.

An army officer who did not want to be named responded: "If it were the British Navy who said this, I would even shut up and agree, but in our country, some people brazenly say that the Navy is more important than the Army. The Army is a subsidiary of the Navy, so this person is either crazy, or thinks they are already stronger than the Royal Navy...enough for them to dominate the world!!"

Because of this incident, the navy and the army refused to give in to each other, and no one was willing to bow.

Until now, when the navy and the army meet, they either do their own thing, or even in some places, they don't even say hello and act as if the other party doesn't exist.

Even if the ministers of the navy and the army jointly called for the unity of the navy and the army, it only slightly eased the atmosphere...

It's nothing more than turning not talking into being able to talk, turning not communicating into being able to communicate.

But this still cannot stop the irreconcilable conflicts between the navy and the army due to practical reasons.

In fact, from the Han Army's original encroachment on the Navy's military expenditures, to this year's reduction of the Army's military expenditures and the increase in the Navy's military expenditures, the Navy and the Army have regarded each other as the biggest competitor, or even one of them.

Those civilian officials who advocate cutting military spending and improving people's livelihood every day will be left behind.

Of course, it cannot be said that the navy and army are completely uncooperative. After all, the interests of the two militaries are consistent when discussing military expenditures with civilian officials.

But it will only be maintained until the total military expenditures are discussed. Once the distribution process comes, it will be no different from the quarrel between the uncle and the aunt at the vegetable market... they will just quarrel with each other when they are in a hurry.

What, you said you can't squirt?

I won’t criticize you for being a military representative, let me do it.

Of course, no matter how the navy and land forces attack, the bottom line is still the same as before, that is, it cannot be based on harming the national interests of Han.

After a long period of competition, the proportion of military expenditures between the Han Army and Navy was basically maintained at a stage of six to four.

That is 60.00% for the Army and 40.00% for the Navy.

If the original military expenditures were based on, the Army would definitely be scolded. However, since the end of the war at the end of last year, the Army has disbanded and reorganized some of its troops. In addition, due to the economic development of Han State, the total fiscal revenue has been growing in a straight line...

This also brought about a benefit, that is, Han's military expenditure, according to the peacetime level, not only did not decrease, but also increased a lot.

This is also the reason why the Army can maintain a regular army of tens of thousands of people and large-scale replacement of lightning rifles.

The Navy is no less willing to give in. Just to purchase five warships, the two fourth-level sailing warships that just arrived in port some time ago will require at least 600 professional naval soldiers and officers...

With such a gap in numbers, the importance of the mercenary troops from the UK becomes even more apparent. Otherwise, the navy's own talent training, even if they graduate early, would not be enough to fill the number.

And this is also the real reason why the training ship just left the port. It is really short of people! !

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(End of this chapter)