Those who can't make it, those who can only make ends meet are a bunch of incompetent people, do you want to be like them?"

Zhao Tingzhu took the lead and shouted: "We must not be like them."

Song Biao picked up the gold-inlaid Chasik saber given to him by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Far Eastern Army and stood it upright in front of him, saying: "Dignity and reputation are earned through strength and earned by oneself.

This must be proven in the war. Everyone knows that the Russians have always looked down on us, but now which Russians dare to look down on me or our Manchurian Infantry Division? The honors you and I have received are the overwhelming majority

Even the Russians couldn't get it. The total number of Japanese troops destroyed by one of our regiments was more than the entire Russian Second Army. Facts have proved that you can be the best soldiers in the world. Don't take advantage of the trash and trash of the Qing Dynasty.

You have to compare, you have to compare with the Russian army, you have to compare with the Japanese army, you have to use the standards of Japan and Russia to measure you and make demands on you. In this world, the armies of Russia and Japan are not the most powerful, but they are more powerful than them.

It is the German Army. One day, you will use the standards of the German Army to measure yourself, demand yourself, and train yourself. If you can do this, no one in this world can despise you. So, I am asking you here.

Be a soldier and my subordinate with confidence and dignity."

Listening to these words, everyone seemed to finally understand why Song Biao was angry. Maybe it had nothing to do with that bastard Nobuzumi Aoki.

Everyone was silent, each thinking about Song Biao's words. They vaguely understood some truth in their hearts. They were grateful and happy for it, and annoyed by it. They felt more and more that they should be more proud and stricter.

Song Biao looked around and said: "If you understand what I said, hold a meeting when you get back and convey my words to every subordinate without missing a word."

All the brothers immediately said in unison: "Yes!"

Song Biao nodded with satisfaction and said: "Then let's get down to business. I have called you all here today to discuss the recruitment of new soldiers. When Xue Changqing came back, he brought me a telegram from the headquarters of the Russian Far East Army.

, requiring our division to recruit troops as soon as possible, fulfill our army's obligations and responsibilities, ensure transportation safety in Hunjiang and Huinan areas, and eliminate bandits in both areas. The Far East Army hopes to reduce rear defense personnel and increase frontline troop deployment as soon as possible. Consider our

The division is seriously short of officers. His Excellency Commander-in-Chief Kuropatkin personally approved the order to appoint a number of senior Russian military officers to serve as instructors and staff officers of our division, and to establish a special training class for Manchurian infantry non-commissioned officers in our division. This is a matter of

Very good thing. Similarly, we can indeed speed up the recruitment of new recruits now. Our division's official establishment is about 23,000 people, which is analogous to a main division of the Japanese army. Currently, we are short of 20,000 recruits. Therefore, we

The pressure of recruiting new soldiers is very high. Before officially recruiting new soldiers, I also plan to adjust the military pay distribution of our division. In principle, I will establish a fourth-class soldier system. Those who have just joined the army will be fourth-class soldiers, that is, probationary soldiers.

, the monthly salary is three silver yuan, and those who pass the training for three months will be classified as third-class soldiers, and their monthly salary will be increased to five silver yuan, and those who fail will be eliminated; those who have joined the army for one year, completed four periods of training, and those who pass the assessment will be classified as second-class soldiers, and their monthly salary will be increased.

It is eight silver dollars. The promotion conditions for a first-class soldier are two years of service in the army, one year of service as a second-class soldier, and after passing the assessment, he is officially promoted to a first-class soldier, and his monthly salary is increased to ten silver dollars."

Zhao Tingzhu immediately suggested: "Commander, the current military salary of our department is thirty foreign dollars per month. If we follow this assessment system, the military salary of most of our soldiers will be reduced to eight foreign dollars per month. The gap is too big, brother

I’m afraid it will be difficult for us to accept it?”

Song Biao said: "In addition, a special soldier level will be established, which will be awarded to veterans who have participated in many wars and have certain tactical command qualifications, and will be given a military salary of twenty silver dollars per month. Former soldiers who participated in Qiandongling and Nandian Tun

All the brothers who participated in the two wars, as well as those who participated in the Battle of Heigoutai and the Battle of Jiangjiayao, were separately designated as special soldiers. Now that they have left the front line, they are not as dangerous as before, and the monthly salary of twenty silver dollars is almost enough.

The monthly salary of the Eight Banners Battalion of the Qing Dynasty is only seven or eight taels of silver. After deducting it and giving it to everyone, it is only five or six taels of silver. The monthly salary of the newly organized and trained new army is less than four taels of silver. Our income is theirs.

This is indeed very high. Think about it, the Russians cannot always pay our military salaries. In the future, they may have to rely on the Manchu and Qing court to pay us. Can they give us such a high military salary expenditure? Obviously not.

Although we have some savings in our hands, there are many ways to spend money, so we still have to try our best to save a little."

The brothers nodded one after another.

Song Biao said: "After setting up this military pay classification system, we can formally recruit new soldiers. My idea is to recruit new soldiers openly in six places: Hunjiang, Tonghua, Fushun, Shenyang, Huinan, and Huichun.

A special recruitment team was sent to this place, and the requirements were relatively stricter than the last recruitment in Shenyang. They are generally divided into two categories. The first category is those with a relatively high level of education, those who have attended private schools for more than five years, and are familiar with classics and history.

In this part, people are required to be under 22 years old, in good health, and to participate in the special training class for non-commissioned officers directly after joining the army; the second type is for people with low education level, who can basically read, and those who have attended a private school for one or two years are also acceptable, and the requirement is 25

Under 25 years old, in good health; the third category is those who are completely illiterate, but are in particularly good physical condition, have very quick reactions, have even practiced martial arts, have excellent equestrian skills, or have good marksmanship. This category is for those under 25 years old.

You can also recruit separately. In general, the height must not be less than 165 centimeters, and factors such as bayonet fighting should be considered. The first category and the following two categories must be recruited separately, directly in the name of the Kanto Non-commissioned Officer Special Training Class

Recruitment, the duration of the schooling is one year. You will first study in the army for three months, and then you will be transferred in batches to study intensively. I am personally responsible for the recruitment work. Zhuzi and Tiesheng have certain experience in this area. You and I

Let’s take charge of this together.”

Everyone nodded in unison. They had just been trained so badly that no one dared to say no at this time.

Song Biao continued: "One more thing, all of you here, including all the company commanders and platoon commanders below, will be sent out in turns to participate in special training classes. You must be mentally prepared. Those who are illiterate should seize the time to study.

We may have to start with a cultural class for you, which will take a year and a half, but you will eventually have to participate in special training, or even long-term training. Just remember my words here today, I am not one of those wimps from the imperial court, and I am not afraid of foreign devils.

Troops, you must not be afraid. I am stronger than the troops of the foreign devils, and you must be stronger than the generals of the foreign devils. In your words, I am very ambitious. If you dare to follow me, then you must

Try your best, and one day, I will make your ancestors proud and your name will last forever."

Zhao Tingzhu and everyone were both excited and nervous after listening to these words. Among the people sitting here, Zhao Tingzhu and Yang Tiesheng were basically the only ones who were not too worried. Their educational level was acceptable, especially Zhao Tingzhu. The others were really

It's embarrassing. Zhang Yahu barely attended a private school for a few years in Shandong when he was a teenager. Chen Wu and Hu Dalin are typical examples of people who can't read a few characters.

Song Biao thought for a while and determined that he had nothing else to emphasize for the time being. Finally, he remembered one thing and stood up first. "If there is nothing else, today's meeting will be held here for the time being. The next weekly military meeting will be in the morning."

It starts at 9 o'clock and will arrive at 8:45. In addition, in this army, the seat is the honorific title. The division commander is respectfully called the division commander. This title should be unified among the top and bottom. From now on, this will be the rule. The division commander and above are called the seat, and the rest are

They are all addressed as "Chief".

"yes!"

Everyone nodded at the same time, a little surprised in their hearts. They didn't know what "zuo" meant as an honorific.

Song Biao actually didn't know about this.
Chapter completed!