"Damn it, how did you walk in line? The officer leading the line sloppily should be caned."
An Italian officer roared at the Qing officers and soldiers who were not even lined up neatly in front of them, making the other party's eyes confused. Although they could not understand the officer's Italian, they knew by looking at the furious look on the foreign man's face that he would definitely fail.
That's great. And there is a fake foreign devil next to him to convey his words.
However, this foreign officer also flirted with the blind man. These Qing officers and soldiers looked like they were watching a Western scene, and some people in the queue murmured in a low voice. "We have done a good job, but this foreign officer is too harsh."
"Even so, this foreigner is too difficult to take care of."
"What are you two talking about when you come out?"
Well, the private murmurings of the two soldiers were discovered by the sharp-eyed foreign officer, who reluctantly stood up.
"Tell me, what are you two talking about and why are you talking in the team?"
The foreign officer's angry question made the two rookies turn pale with fright. However, this did not arouse sympathy, but instead caused them to roar louder.
"Tell me if you are dissatisfied with me, tell me."
Seeing the two noobs shivering in response to his yelling, he suddenly lost interest.
"You two, run around the playground ten times and go there immediately."
Under the scolding of the foreign officer, the two rookies started running, but no one in the queue dared to speak. It takes nearly thirty miles to run ten laps on this playground. I hope these two short-sighted guys have the strength to finish it.
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At the far end of the playground, someone was watching everything happening here.
"Lieutenant Colonel Yuan, you soldiers don't understand anything at all. This is very bad. The officers under my command have a lot of resentment. And we have also seen that in this situation where the language is different, the training methods of our Guards are directly used.
Your army doesn’t have much use at all.”
Cosentz looked at the scene in the distance and spoke calmly to Yuan beside him, while a translator beside Yuan was translating Cosentz's words to him.
Yes, Yuan Weiting's Italian was not very good either, and he had to practice it beforehand to leave a good enough impression on Cossenz.
No, after getting along with him for a few days, his ability to speak only simple Italian became apparent. So in order to prevent Cosentz from saying that he didn't understand, it was inevitable to have a translator with him.
"Then according to your ideas, what should we do?"
Mr. Yuan's words made Cosentz angry.
"Yuan, this is the third time you have asked me this today, do you need to pay my consulting fees first?"
Upon hearing Cosentz's complaint, Mr. Yuan immediately laughed.
"Hahaha, no problem. I can give you whatever you want, Lieutenant Colonel Cosentz. How about a thousand pounds? As long as you ask, I will send you the reward tonight. Don't worry, I will do it quietly and won't let anyone else know."
Know."
Yuan Weiting's words made Cosentz swallow his saliva. He knew very well how much a thousand pounds was. It can be said that his pension will not be much higher than that in the future. Moreover, the Cosentz family is not a wealthy family, so
To say that it is not attractive is a fool's errand.
However, the temptation offered by Mr. Yuan can only go so far. Cossenz shook his head and said, "Yuan, if you want to give money, then I won't say anything. If we are friends, then I can
Let’s talk about it.”
Cosentz's words made Mr. Yuan feel a little ashamed, and then he immediately corrected his attitude and said, "Lieutenant Colonel Cosentz, Yuan was abrupt, and I hope he will forgive his mistakes."
As soon as he finished speaking, Mr. Yuan bowed to him respectfully.
Cosentz still knew some Chinese etiquette, at least he knew that this was a great gift, and he quickly reached out to help him up.
"Lieutenant Colonel Yuan, you are an upright person. I am very happy to meet you as my friend."
Yuan Weiting held Cosenz's hand with equal joy and said, "Yuan is also very willing to have a friend of such high moral character as you. I hope our friendship will last forever."
After a heart-to-heart conversation, the two became friends.
In fact, this conversation that promoted the rapid development of friendship was also the deliberate result of the two of them.
Master Yuan's purpose is very clear. He wants to get Cosentz's method of training troops. In addition, it is even more desirable to have a good relationship with a middle-level Italian officer.
On Cosenz's side, Yuan is the most enterprising Qing official he has ever seen (and there are not many of them), and being able to associate with him will be very beneficial to his future development.
So this can be regarded as each having needs. Of course, if they can continue to benefit from each other, then their friendship will be stronger.
So there is no such thing as meeting too late. Everyone has their own needs. It just depends on the urgency of the needs. Judging from the current needs of the two, Mr. Yuan's needs are more urgent.
Now that the two have become friends, Cosentz will analyze it from the perspective of a friend.
"My friend, to be honest, I think your country's military development has fallen into a misunderstanding. You believe too much in the power of weapons and do not understand where the true power of the military lies."
Yuan immediately took out a pen and paper and started recording. It can be seen that a lot has been recorded on it. This is what Lieutenant Colonel Yuan and Cosentz gained from spending several days together.
Cosentz pretended not to see it and continued. "In fact, after understanding these days, I think what your country needs most urgently is officers, officers who have received modern system training."
Having said this, Cossenz pointed to the playground and said, "It is actually not advisable to let our officers directly train your soldiers. First of all, our officers do not only know your country's language, and your soldiers do not understand our country's language. Everything
All need to be conveyed through translation, which is very likely
This results in poor training for inexpressive words. In addition, there are cognitive problems between the two. I think you have seen it in the past few days. So in fact, the best ones to train them are the officers of your country, the officers who have received systematic training.
Rather than an old-fashioned officer mixed with a lot of old thinking."
Yuan Weiting understood Cosenz's words. This was a clear message to him that these armies were simply not good enough now and needed to be rebuilt.
"So in your opinion, what should be done to build a new type of army?"
"In my words, we first need to restructure the entire military organizational system. Your country's simple division cannot adapt to the modern army at all. The army is a sophisticated war machine, and every component has its role. And your country's war
The machine is too crude, so it is easily knocked apart on the battlefield."
Having said this, Cosentz glanced at him and said, "First of all, we need to improve its command system. The new army cannot actually be commanded by one person. In addition to the chief officer, in addition to the professional departments responsible for training and combat,
The distribution of weapons and equipment, material management, horse management, etc. all require management and supervision by professional departments."
Cosentz's words opened a new door for Yuan Weiting. He didn't expect that the new army would ask for so much.
"So what happens after the chain of command is established?"
"This needs to talk about troop organization. Currently, all our countries in Europe adopt a seven-level organization of divisions, brigade, regiment, battalion and company. This is the result of full consideration. I need to explain here that the most important one is the company.
The company-level organization is generally the smallest independent combat organization, so the company-level chief officer must be a soldier who has gone through systematic study."
What Cosenz said is absolutely correct. The company level is very important in Europe, and the structure of the company has always been one of the focuses of European military research.
"In other words, if you want to build a new type of army, you must have a general level or above to study the system?"
Yuan Weiting is still very good at grasping the key points.
"Yes."
"This requires too many officers."
"It's not too many. According to the standards of our country's army divisions, there are probably more than 300 officers among the 10,000 people."
"What about your teacher?"
"Our First Guards Division has more than 14,000 people and 619 officers."
Now Yuan Weiting understood that the combination of officers and weapons and equipment was the way to strengthen the army. However, it was difficult to find officers who knew new tactics. They were as hard to find as a three-legged toad.
As if he understood Yuan Weiting's thoughts, Cosenz immediately said, "Actually, the issue of officers is not a big deal. We can build military academies and hire excellent European teachers, and we can also send people to study in European military academies."
Well, neither of the two methods Cosentz mentioned is something Master Yuan can do.
Of course, Cosentz couldn't share his worries, so he continued. "In addition, the ordnance used by soldiers also needs to be considered comprehensively. For example, our soldiers are not as tall as German and Austrian soldiers, so our country uses 7 mm caliber rifles, and their recoil
