088 The three armies have not moved, food and grass go first
He did what he thought of, and An Ning returned to his manor that afternoon and gathered his artillery unit.
As soon as the team was organized, Russell, his personally selected deputy, asked: "Mr. Frost, I heard that you have been promoted to commander of the legion?"
An Ning: "Who said that?"
"This afternoon, an old farmer who went to deliver food to the city came back and told us that you have become the commander of a legion, commanding a large legion."
An Ning was speechless: "The commander of the army gave me less than 2,000 men. I fired almost 500 men, leaving just over a thousand."
Russell: "That's also an army. Now the army under your command has expanded tenfold."
An Ning: "Shut up, don't say it as if it's a good thing. I think this is the Lafayette. He saw that my reputation was too high and deliberately tricked me. He asked me to bring so many troops to suppress Konta."
The rebellion clearly wants me to be defeated."
Russell was shocked: "Is that so?"
The reason why An Ning chose Russell as his deputy was mainly because he valued his honesty and honesty - to put it bluntly, he was a bit of a fool.
This sergeant who was promoted by An Ning himself was originally a mason in Paris, and he was usually a bit honest in his words.
An Ning: "Anyway, this time we went to counter the rebellion, mainly just to show off. Lafayette promised to personally lead the main force of the National Guard to counter the rebellion. We went to set up a front station, reconnoitred the enemy's situation when we got there, and waited for Lafayette.
Special’s main force has arrived.”
We won't fight until the main force comes - An Ning didn't tell this part.
He paused and then changed the subject: "I have gathered you together to do one thing. I am going to divide you into two parts. One part will continue to operate the artillery and be an artilleryman, and the other part will be directly promoted and become a sergeant or a sergeant."
Become a sergeant and take one step forward if you want to be promoted."
Everyone looked at each other, and no one moved forward at first.
An Ning: "Why, don't you want to be promoted? The military salary will increase!"
Someone muttered below: "In my experience, things that generally seem to be very good often turn out to be a trap."
"Okay," An Ning scratched his head, "I'll tell you the truth, the troops assigned to me are a bunch of rabble. They can't even stand in a basic formation. I need you to train them hard. This is not an easy task.
I will give you a raise, so I will raise your salary. If no one volunteers for promotion, I will take the initiative to select people who I think are capable to do the job."
An Ning paused and asked again: "Is there anyone who volunteers for promotion?"
Only a few people took the initiative to step forward.
An Ning: "Okay, you guys are all great! So I decided to directly promote you to sergeants! When you get to the army, as sergeants you will become company commanders."
The company commander should be a second lieutenant, but now that the National Guard is in short supply of officers, it can only be filled by non-commissioned officers.
An Ning paused, then pointed at Russell: "You, Russell! You are still my adjutant, but because the troops under my command have expanded, it is not appropriate for you to still be a sergeant. I promote you to second lieutenant and continue to serve as my
As the adjutant, you are also the second commander of the entire army. If I die, you will be in command of the entire army."
Russell was shocked: "Isn't this... inappropriate? A lieutenant is an officer's master. I'm not used to being called a master."
An Ning: "No! We are the National Guard, and we uphold the principle of equality for all! Officers and soldiers are also equal! From now on, our soldiers will be called combatants, and officers will be called commanders. They are equal. Soldiers only need to perform well.
, you can also become an officer!
"Russell, you are the first soldier in my army to become an officer. You were promoted because I think you have the ability! Don't live up to my expectations!"
Russell was so moved: "Yes! I will definitely perform well!"
Then An Ning named a series of activists who impressed him, promoted them to sergeants, and then asked them to recommend their friends to be promoted to sergeants.
After more than an hour of struggling, An Ning had a team of one hundred non-commissioned officers. He took this team into the city and assigned it to the new troops assigned to him.
**
At the headquarters of the National Guard, Lafayette's deputy entered his office, saluted, and then reported: "Frost promoted the people in his small artillery unit to non-commissioned officers, and then brought them over to join the attachment.
To his troops. He also requested the corresponding number of non-commissioned officer rank insignia from the headquarters."
Lafayette frowned: "What the hell, he doesn't really expect to use those civilians to lead the army, does he? Then his army will collapse after the first round of firing!
"I have already seen it in the New World. At that time, there were a large number of militiamen in the US military troops. These militiamen were simply unreliable. If the red coats charged with bayonets, they would inevitably collapse.
"The militiamen are just a ragtag group of people, even if you put them in uniform blue uniforms.
"Not to mention that this group of militiamen are led by 'non-commissioned officers' who are also civilians. What the army needs are well-trained non-commissioned officers and experienced officers!"
The adjutant shrugged: "Maybe Mr. Frost has another opinion."
"Humph, he is just the son of a cobbler. He knows nothing about war! He was able to obtain the Legion Service Medal only because he saved Tolestel's daughter! There is no gold content at all!" Lafayette said contemptuously, "
This counterinsurgency will completely shatter all his honors and expose his true colors! I've had enough, people always think that this cobbler's son has the same military talent as me!"
In fact, among the drunkards in Paris, Andy Frost's military ability was superior to that of Lafayette.
The adjutant asked: "Then...does his request for promotion to noncommissioned officer need to be approved?"
"How many sergeants is he going to be promoted to?"
"60 corporals, 30 sergeants, 22 staff sergeants and one second lieutenant."
Lafayette frowned: "Where did he come from as a second lieutenant?"
"It seems like his former adjutant was a mason he promoted."
Lafayette was shocked: "Mason! What does he think of the army? He actually made a mason an officer! I can't wait to see the rout of his small army!"
The adjutant asked doubtfully: "Uh... it's not up to us to counter the rebellion..."
"The National Guard is not ready to go out in force. We still have to maintain security in Paris." Lafayette came to the window, "So before we go out, Mr. Frost can only find a way on his own."
**
At this time, An Ning was coming out of the National Guard camp.
He had just put the "non-commissioned officers" he had brought with him for several months into the unit he had just assigned.
He actually had no idea how effective these people could be.
But at this time, he had more pressing things to worry about.
The three armies have to go ahead without using food and grass. Compared with food and grass, An Ning has a more pressing issue to worry about: military pay.
Nowadays, the National Guard's military pay is paid with "vouchers" issued by the National Assembly. Only patriots accept these vouchers. Outside the big cities where patriots are more concentrated, people in the countryside will not recognize them.
Especially in rebel areas like Konta.
An Ning wanted to use copper coins to pay for the military pay of his troops.
At the same time, he also hoped that his troops could obtain some silver coins as military funds so that they could sell food and supplies on the spot in the countryside.
You can't go to a rebel area and forcibly requisition food.
Wouldn't that be equivalent to pushing the people in the rebel areas to oppose themselves?
In order to solve this problem, An Ning decided to go to the Duke of Orleans.