Compared with last year, which was Hong De's eight years of work, Shen Yi's work this year is definitely much easier than last year.
Because last year it was something from scratch, this year the basic strength of the anti-Japanese army has been built, and Shen Yi had almost completed a series of preparations for the suppression of the Japanese last year.
For example, early stage intelligence work.
Starting from the second half of last year, Shen Yi sent many undercover agents through the Di Reporting Department to sneak into the Japanese pirates. It happened that starting from the second half of last year, all the Japanese pirate groups were beaten by the anti-Japanese army, and they were in a state of overall lack of personnel. This Indirectly assisting the work of the Di Newspaper Division, most of the undercover agents of the Di Newspaper Division successfully penetrated into the Japanese pirates.
And these undercover agents, after becoming familiar with the Japanese pirates, successfully instigated a group of people to rebel.
Although Shen Yi has been in Jiankang in the past few months and has basically not paid much attention to the anti-Japanese army, Shen Yi has never stopped controlling the Di Newspaper Division. He also communicated with several Di Newspaper Division branches along the coast. It's never been interrupted.
By now, the intelligence preparations are almost complete.
Just waiting for the anti-Japanese army to become familiar with naval warfare and the artillery from the firearms workshop can be successfully loaded on the big ship, Mr. Shen will sail out to hunt Japanese pirates.
But before that, we must first solve the problem of slack within the anti-Japanese army.
In fact, to be honest, the anti-Japanese army has already seen the combat effectiveness of Japanese pirates last year, or the combat effectiveness of Japanese pirates in front of professional soldiers. With the current combat effectiveness of the anti-Japanese army, even if they do not train, they rely on artillery and crossbows for long range and close combat with Langzhen can also easily deal with Japanese pirates along the coast.
This is also one of the fundamental reasons for the slack within the anti-Japanese army.
However, the word "anti-Japanese" in the name of the anti-Japanese army is actually just a cover.
Neither Shen Yi nor His Majesty the Emperor, especially His Majesty the Emperor in Jiankang City, could be willing to spend two years of their efforts on the anti-Japanese army. In the end, it was just a local security force along the coast.
What they want is that this army can truly become a powerful armed force that can at least "replace" the Huaihe Navy, and even the army that can one day make the Northern Expedition in the future!
Therefore, Shen Yi would never tolerate the slackness of the anti-Japanese army.
On the first day after arriving in Yueqing, Shen Yi went to bed early because of drinking.
Early the next morning, Shen Yi got up early, put on clean clothes, and left in person to visit the anti-Japanese army camp.
At this time, the entire Anti-Japanese Army had already heard the news that Shen Yi had returned to Yueqing. Shen Yi had gone around the Anti-Japanese Army. The soldiers were training very seriously and hard, showing no signs of slacking off.
However, Shen Yi also knew in his heart that this was all just for show.
After walking around the anti-Japanese army, Shen Yi came to the yard where Ling Su worked.
It is worth mentioning that because it was not an outdoor march, the anti-Japanese army camp in Yueqing had houses, and they were blue brick houses, not those mud houses.
Not only does it have a house, but it also occupies a very large area. It was built with the help of craftsmen from the Ministry of Works last year.
Because the quality of the houses was very good, the soldiers liked to live in the camp. Some Yueqing local anti-Japanese army soldiers did not go home even if they were on vacation, but stayed in the camp.
After sitting down in the yard, Ling Su quickly called over all the officers of the Hundred Households of the Anti-Japanese Army. There are currently five thousand people in the Anti-Japanese Army. In theory, there should be fifty hundred households, but in reality The number of hundreds of households fighting against the Japanese army is far from full. So far, there are only more than 20 hundred households, and most of these more than 20 people are "trial hundred households". A hundred households will lead A manpower of two hundred or even three hundred people.
The reason for this situation is mainly because the anti-Japanese army is too "young".
So far, it has been less than a year since its establishment.
Because they are young and there are no "airborne" officials, they are promoted based on their ability, so until now, many general officer positions are still vacant.
Because no one has enough military merit or qualifications to hold a better position.
Soon, these anti-Japanese generals gathered in the courtyard of Ling Qianhu. Many people were still laughing and chatting with each other. It was not until Shen Yi walked in front of everyone that these more than twenty people looked at me. I looked at you and didn't dare to speak anymore.
For a moment, there was total silence.
Mr. Shen made a fist with one hand and put it to his mouth, coughed, and then walked to the front with his hands behind his back.
He glanced at everyone, and no one dared to look at him.
This is the benefit of starting a business by one's own. This benefit makes Shen Yi even though he is young, no one dares to look down upon him. He still has a deep prestige among the anti-Japanese army.
After Master Shen looked at these hundreds of households, he was silent for a while, and then said calmly: "I just returned to Yueqing yesterday."
"I heard from Ling Qianhu and Xue Qianhu, two Qianhus, that when I returned to Jiankang, our anti-Japanese army training was very slack. Some people took advantage of their seniority to sleep in the military camp every day, and even drank too much."
Having said this, Shen Yi took a deep breath and said solemnly: "Last night, I was going to fire out all those who did not abide by the records of the Anti-Japanese Army."
"It was the two Qianhu who persuaded me not to be too harsh in view of our old friendship last year."
Having said this, seeing everyone's eyes turned towards him, Shen Yi continued expressionlessly: "Last night, I thought about it for a long time and felt that what the two Qianhu said was quite reasonable. After all, for most of last year, the military My brothers have gone through life and death, and they have also worked hard to die."
"But our fight against the Japanese army cannot continue to be so bad."
Shen Yi said coldly: "It was so easy for us to form an army and gain an advantage over the Japanese pirates. Do you want to be like Linhaiwei, where a thousand people were defeated by two hundred Japanese pirates?"
When Linhaiwei was mentioned, Ling Su's face became a little uneasy and turned slightly red.
More than 20 households stood up one after another and said in unison: "I don't want to!"
"Since you don't want to, you might as well listen to my solution."
Mr. Shen put his hands behind his back and said slowly: "Last night, I thought about it for half the night and came up with a way."
This sentence is nonsense, because Mr. Shen slept soundly yesterday and went to bed very early.
Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows and said calmly: "From today on, the anti-Japanese army will hold a monthly competition within the army to test fists, feet, weapons, and archery."
"There will be a competition on land and on the ship, six games in total."
"Competition between one hundred households and other hundreds of camps."
Having said this, Shen Yi looked at everyone present and said: "Our anti-Japanese army currently does not have enough people from one hundred households. There are only twenty-four of you, so we will only divide it into twenty-four one-hundred-household camps for the time being."
Having said this, Shen Yi took a deep breath and continued: "Now, I will explain the rewards and punishments to you."
"Twenty-four hundred-household camps compete, and the top three hundred-household camps will have their monthly salary increased by 50%."
Having said this, he glanced at everyone and continued: "The trial of 100 households can be promoted to 100 households as appropriate."
"The top twelve will increase by 20%."
"The bottom five."
Mr. Shen continued expressionlessly: "For the bottom five hundred-household camps, 20 men will be fired and the remaining soldiers will have their pay reduced by 20%."
"One hundred households are demoted to one hundred households as a trial."
Mr. Shen looked around at the crowd and spoke in an extremely tough tone.
"Try to demote one hundred households to the general banner."