Congratulations to all the newly promoted captains, whether they were promoted through the disciplinary examination or stood out through the competition, you are all captains promoted on your own merit, you are all the elites of my Zhejiang army, congratulations to you all.”
Zhu Pingan summoned all the captains who came out of the disciplinary examination as well as those who came out of the competition to the high platform that had been erected, and in front of the entire battalion announced the appointment of their captains and congratulated them.
“Thank you for giving us the opportunity, thank you for your appreciation, we will swear to serve you to the death, fight bravely to kill the enemy, and live up to your trust.”A group of newly promoted captains excitedly came forward to hear the seal, especially the newly recruited Yiwu recruits captains, they were even more excited beyond words, they all knelt down and swore to serve Zhu Pingan to the death.
“Please rise, this is what you have obtained with your own skills, there is no need to thank this official. Being a captain is both an honour and a responsibility, the burden on your shoulders is not light. In short, lead your soldiers well, fight well, and don’t let this official down.”
Zhu Pingan pulled the three nearest captains up, signalling all the newly promoted captains to rise and encouragingly said.
“We will not let Your Excellency down.”The crowd of Wu Changs shouted. ,
“Very good.”Zhu Pingan nodded, and then faced all the generals, encouragingly said “All of you who have failed to be selected should not be discouraged, drill well, strictly abide by the military discipline, and fight bravely to kill the enemy, and in the future, there will be plenty of opportunities to be rewarded with a higher rank and a higher title.”
“Drill well and kill the enemy.”The unsuccessful generals, inspired by Zhu Pingan, were filled with fighting spirit again.
After the selection of the captains was over, there was also the selection of the post captains. This time, there were 1,200 recruits, a total of 120 units, with 30 post commanders.
Sentry Commander selection is the same as the selection of the Captain, first through the disciplinary assessment promotion, the upper class then the Captain promoted to the Sentry Commander. Recently, there were eighteen captains who had passed the disciplinary examination, and all of them were promoted to the rank of post commander.
After being promoted through the disciplinary examination, there were still twelve post commanders left.
Zhu Pingan announced that these twelve posts of sentry chiefs, like those of captains, would also be created through a competition, and that all captains, whether they were old or new, would be treated equally and could compete in the sentry chief competition.
All of the chiefs were eager to try their hand at the competition.
With Zhu Pingan’s order, the Sentry Commander Competition began, and a sea of cheering voices rose and fell in the schoolyard of Peach Blossom Village.
After a fierce competition, twelve sentry chiefs came out, four of which were veteran captains, six new Yiwu captains, and two new veteran captains.
The Yiwu people were worthy of their natural breed of soldiers, Zhu Pingan could not help but sigh in admiration in his heart when he saw Chen Dacheng and the other six new Yiwu sentry chiefs.
Of the twelve sentry chiefs, Yiwu people took up half of them, and the veteran captains plus the veteran new captains together only took up half. The veteran captains only took up four places, the veteran captains were the ones who won the competition months ago, they are the best among the veterans, and after they became the captains, the Zheijiang army tilted its resources towards them and cultivated them for several months, and they are not a match for the Yiwu people; the veteran new captains only took up two places……
Zhu Pingan publicly congratulated and announced their post commander appointments.
Since twelve of their captains were promoted to post commander, twelve more captains were left vacant, and after some competition, twelve more lucky new captains were born.
The next step was the selection of the generalissimo.
The Zhejiang Army previously had six generals, Wang Xiong, Xia Laogou, Liu Bo, Hu Laosan, Qian Bao, and Zhang Heizi, but now with the addition of 1,200 new recruits, there were seven additional generals, which meant that there were still seven more vacancies for generals.
As with the selection of captains and sentry chiefs, the selection of generals is also the first to pass the disciplinary examination, and the sentry chiefs of the six upper classes are promoted to the rank of generals. There is only one remaining place for a general, and this place is created through a competition.
All post commanders could participate in the selection.
The competition was extremely fierce.
In the end, Yiwu Chen Dacheng, more and more courageous, all the way through the generals, became the last laugh, became the newly promoted general.
This is the real fight out of the general, all the way from the pawn to the chief, then to the post chief, then to the general.
Especially in the generalship competition, he was at a disadvantage, having just finished the post commander selection, he started the generalship selection, and there was no rest time in between, compared to the old post commander who was in good shape, his physical strength and condition were not in his favour.
However, Chen Dacheng deserves to be the one who can even claim the title in Yiwu, with a tired body, stood at the end.
At this point, the selection of the bottom and middle officers of the Zhejiang army was completed, and after announcing the appointment of Chen Dacheng as the Generalissimo, Zhu Pingan also grandly introduced Ou Zhi Ge, Zhang Hong and other smiths and apprentices to all the generals of the Zhejiang army, announcing the establishment of an equipment battalion on top of the original establishment.
After announcing the establishment of the Equipment Battalion, Zhu Pingan went on to publicly announce: “The main duties of the Equipment Battalion are to produce cotton armour, cold weapons and firearms: Ou Zhi Ge, Zhang Hong, two craftsmen and their apprentices are in charge of the development of firearms, while the rest of the craftsmen and their apprentices are in charge of the development of cotton armour, cold weapons, and the main task at present is the production of cotton armour. The equipment battalion personnel is temporarily Ou Zhi Ge and other five smiths and their apprentices and other eighteen people, Ou Zhi Ge, Zhang Hong and other five smiths enjoy the treatment of battalion commander, and the rest of the apprentices enjoy the treatment of post commander.”
“Ah? The smiths are actually enjoying battalion commander treatment, and the apprentices are enjoying sentry commander treatment?This is too high, isn’t it?”
“They’re just burning fire and making iron, and they enjoy such high treatment as soon as they arrive?”
“Aren’t they assisting us? They can’t rely on us to kill the enemy in battle. They burn the fire and make iron at the back, and we kill the enemy on the front line in a sea of fire, so how come their treatment is even higher than ours?”
The generals have no opinion on the establishment of equipment battalion, but the high treatment of equipment battalion smiths and apprentices have opinions, think the smiths and apprentices are just blacksmiths, how the treatment is also beyond them.
“The generals and soldiers should not be unbalanced, think this official preferential treatment equipment battalion craftsmen, the ancient cloud: equipment is not favourable to its pawns to the enemy also; equipment firm, indestructible, a hundred battles are not perilous. Although the equipment battalion does not go into battle to kill the enemy, but their role is no less important. The armour and protective gear made by the Equipment Battalion will be our second life on the battlefield as we charge into battle, and the weapons they make, especially firearms, will be the best tools for us to fight and kill the enemy on the battlefield.”
Zhu Pingan explained to the crowd.
After listening to Zhu Pingan’s explanation, the injustice in the hearts of the generals of the Zhejiang army gradually dissipated, and they began to understand Zhu Pingan’s good intentions, in the battlefield, the role of armour and weapons and blades is indeed very big, if there is a set of sturdy armour it is not as if they have one more life, and sharp weapons can greatly improve their combat power, so they thought about this and then they also figured it out.
Then Zhu Pingan stressed to the craftsmen and apprentices “of course, your equipment battalion generous treatment, but also a great responsibility. Equipment battalion in addition to the implementation of disciplinary assessment, the development of weapons and equipment must ensure the quality, I ZheJun follow the example of the former dynasty to implement the object of LeWangName, that is to say, the craftsmen to put their own name engraved in the weaponry, this is the honour, but also the responsibility. Your hand-made weapons and equipment will be with my zhejiang army soldiers to fight the enemy, build a career, of course, if the weapons and equipment have quality problems, to pursue the craftsmen senior, according to the situation of lightness, and will be severely punished.”
“Will not disappoint the adults.”Ou Zhi Ge, Zhang Hong and other craftsmen as well as apprentices answered in a loud voice.
Hearing that the smiths not only implemented the same disciplinary assessment, but also engraved their names on the weapons and equipment, taking joint responsibility to ensure the quality of the weapons and equipment, the trace of injustice in the hearts of a group of generals, completely dissipated.
In view of the equipment battalion only eighteen people, Zhu Pingan and logistics battalion to fully cooperate with the equipment battalion, to give people, to give things, to ensure that the equipment battalion needs to speed up the production of cotton armour and other equipment, as soon as possible to equip the army.
Now the Japanese situation is serious, the Zhejiang army may go to the battlefield at any time, armour and other equipment is too important.
A soldier in full armour, the survival rate on the battlefield is several times higher than a soldier without armour!
