The matching of positions and military ranks in the New Army of the Tang Dynasty is quite strict. Each position has a corresponding matching of military ranks.
For example, the lowest-level platoon leader is a second lieutenant as standard, and may also be a warrant officer. However, generally speaking, students from the martial arts school are warrant officers. After they enter the army and serve, they are usually awarded the rank of second lieutenant. In reality, there are very few warrant officers.
Actual officer duties.
The deputy captains are lieutenants and second lieutenants.
The captain is matched with a captain or a lieutenant. This depends on the type of service and the officer's own situation. Generally speaking, most of them are captains, especially the captains of the musketeers in the main force. They are basically all captains, and there are also some senior lieutenants.
Officers who were promoted to captain but lacked some merit in battle served as captains.
The deputy battalion commanders are captains and majors, but majors are rarely held in this position. At least currently, all deputy battalion commanders in the New Army of the Tang Dynasty are captains. The reason why the restriction of major is set is because of temporary promotion in the future, but
Prepared for situations where there will be no transfer of duties.
Battalion commanders are majors and lieutenant colonels. Most of them are standard majors. The establishment of lieutenant colonels is also prepared for temporary promotion without transferring duties.
The deputy regimental commander is a standard major or lieutenant colonel. The position of the deputy regimental commander is similar to that of the battalion commander in terms of military ranks. Basically, they are all majors and a few lieutenant colonels.
Regiment leaders are either colonels or lieutenant colonels, but many lieutenant colonel leaders are often transitional and will be promoted to colonels after a month or two of transition.
Regiment chief of staff, standard positions are major and captain.
The deputy brigade commander is a standard colonel, lieutenant colonel,
The brigade chief of staff is the standard lieutenant colonel or major.
As for the brigade commander, the standard configuration is major general and lieutenant general. However, the situation of lieutenant general is unlikely to happen. It is just to prevent accidents.
Although Song Tianbiao and Chen Keqiao are both lieutenant colonel commanders, and they are both transitional officers who may be promoted to colonel in a short time, in fact the difference between the two people is still very big.
Chen Keqiao was a lieutenant colonel who rose directly from the position of battalion commander, and served as the commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment.
The special nature of the First Infantry Regiment also determines that Chen Keqiao has become the candidate for the next brigade commander in His Majesty Li Xuan's mind. It is estimated that he will be promoted to colonel soon, and when the position of major general becomes available,
, such as the third brigade, he will rise to the top directly and become the major general brigade commander.
This kind of promotion speed is quite rare even in the new army of the Tang Dynasty in the era of great military expansion. It is estimated that if it were not for the purpose of avoiding gossip, Chen Keqiao would have been promoted to two levels in a row, directly from major to colonel.
Compared with Chen Keqiao Jian in the Emperor's Heart, Song Tianbiao believed that he was still slightly worse. Although he had briefly served as a battalion commander in the army before serving as deputy director of the Operations Department, his tenure was too short and he was
It's only been a little over a month, and I haven't made any major contributions during this period.
He was transferred to the Operations Department. Because he put a lot of effort into formulating the relevant combat plans for the march to Liping Mansion and the Battle of Tonggu Acropolis a few days ago, he can be considered a credit. However, this credit is different from that of several main infantry battalions.
Compared with the battalion commanders, they seem to be inferior.
If he had not previously held the position of deputy director of the Operations Department, had excellent grades in the Royal Academy, had excellent military theoretical qualities, and was recommended by Zeng Ziwen, he would not have been able to get along with a group of main battalion battalions.
He stood out from the competition among the commanders and became the second commander of the third infantry regiment.
In this process, his old boss Zeng Ziwen made great efforts!
Because Zeng Ziwen has always served in the Operations Department, and it seems that His Majesty has no intention of putting him in the field army. Although Zeng Ziwen has been promoted continuously and is deeply trusted by His Majesty, he still feels insecure without troops under his command.
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That's why he promoted some of his old subordinates to higher positions in an attempt to establish greater influence in the field troops.
Otherwise, given time, Zeng Ziwen might be left far behind by Hao Bainian, Li Chunjing, Fang Xi and them.
Whether it was in terms of his own future, Zeng Ziwen's recommendation, or His Majesty's appreciation, these all made him feel great pressure.
Now that I have the opportunity to act as the vanguard of the entire army, this combat opportunity is definitely indispensable. What I have to do is to fight the subsequent battle beautifully so that no one can find fault, especially when I competed with myself before.
The battalion commanders of the main battalions of the 3rd Infantry Regiment must not let them find trouble, otherwise, I am afraid that I, the commander of the regiment, will be pulled down in a short time.
Under a lot of pressure, he was extremely cautious even when looking at military maps. Now he already knew that there were at least a thousand Ming troops in Liping City ahead.
But to be honest, he didn't pay much attention to the mere thousand Ming troops in Liping Prefecture. Although his Third Infantry Regiment was not as good as the First Infantry Regiment and the Second Infantry Regiment, it still had more than 2,000 troops.
Moreover, they had experienced bloody battles on the battlefield of Bronze Drum Acropolis before. Even though they lacked guns and artillery, they still had combat effectiveness.
What he is more concerned about is the main force of the Ming army behind the forward of the Ming army!
Find them and look for opportunities to win the battle, so that you can be worthy of your title as a forward general!
I analyzed this simple hand-drawn map for a long time, trying to analyze where the main force of the Ming army was based on the situation obtained so far.
But after analyzing it for a long time, I still have no clue!
Song Tianbiao frowned and said: "Let the reconnaissance troops increase their investigation efforts, especially the reconnaissance cavalry troops, expand the scope of investigation, and be sure to find the main force of the Ming army as soon as possible. In addition, let the troops maintain their state of mind during the march and be ready to go into battle at any time.
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If the main force of the Ming army was not found for a day, he would not be able to relax at all. He would even worry that the main force of the Ming army was ambushing him somewhere ahead.
The closer you get to Liping City, the more dangerous it is!
As a forward, he had to be cautious. After all, there were no friendly forces nearby that could support him in time.
The closest friendly force is the 4th Infantry Regiment, but today's 4th Infantry Regiment is actually empty. There is only one 10th Infantry Battalion that can fight, and the other 11th Infantry Battalion and 12th Infantry Battalion are newly established.
They are all newly established units. Now there are only about a hundred recruits, and they have no combat effectiveness at all.
Further behind is the Seventh Infantry Regiment. This Sixth Infantry Regiment does have some regular troops, but there are only more than a hundred people. The remaining five infantry battalions are all garrison battalions with pure cold weapons, and
It was still the Ming Army captive infantry camp that had just been established a few days ago. These soldiers were still Ming soldiers a few days ago, so that many of them are still wearing Ming army uniforms, but in order to distinguish their identities, these soldiers are tied on their arms.
With a strip of white cloth.
Because the nature of the garrison troops of the 6th, 7th and 8th Infantry Regiments is not quite consistent with the existing five main infantry regiments, in order to unify the names, the Operations Department has suggested that Your Majesty rename these three infantry regiments as the 3rd Infantry Regiment.
The first garrison regiment, the second garrison regiment, and the third garrison regiment.
But it’s not confirmed yet!
But this also illustrates one point, that is, the high-level generals do not actually trust the troops composed of the Ming army's surrender, even if the middle and senior officers in these surrender troops are officers transferred from the main force of the Tang Dynasty's new army.
Therefore, in Song Tianbiao's mind, the reinforcements behind him were actually only the 10th Infantry Battalion, and the other two new infantry battalions and the 7th Infantry Regiment were actually useless.
"We are going deep alone, how can we not be cautious!" This is Song Tianbiao's true thoughts.
While Song Tianbiao and the others continued to advance, the main force of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty in the rear did not stop. However, because the main force had a large number of troops and also brought a large amount of baggage and artillery units, the march speed could not be accelerated.
, the Third Infantry Regiment was more than ten miles behind the vanguard.
This time going south, Li Xuan brought all the main troops of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty. Even a regular infantry battalion that was originally chasing the Ming army was now chasing after them.
The troops that took over the main force to garrison the Tonggu Acropolis and then defended the Ming Army on the North Road belonged to the 1st garrison battalion of the 6th Infantry Regiment, but there was only one garrison battalion.
This first garrison battalion is also an old Ming army that has surrendered for a long time, and most of the soldiers were locals from Xingquan Prefecture before. There is no need to worry too much about them turning to the Ming army, but if it is replaced by those who just surrendered a few days ago
Those Ming troops might rebel the next day.
However, even if there is a first garrison battalion stationed at Tonggu Acropolis, it will be very dangerous if the Ming army in the north gathers thousands of people to counterattack.
However, at this time, Li Xuan no longer cared about the success or failure of the Tonggu Acropolis. He wanted to mobilize all the troops he could to fight against the Ming army of the Western Route. How could he care about whether the Tonggu Acropolis would fall or not.
Besides, the Tonggu Acropolis is now a place where ordinary people have fled. It has become a purely military town, and it is not a traffic artery. It is a place where the Ming army must pass. Whether it is lost or not is not a problem.
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The reason why the New Army of the Tang Dynasty still left 500 men to garrison in the Tonggu Acropolis was that they wanted the Tonggu Acropolis to serve as an outpost to prevent the Ming army from going south. It did not require them to resist for a long time, but it should at least serve as a warning. If
It would be better if it could delay the Ming army's move south for a few days.
Otherwise, Li Xuan would not have put more than 500 precious troops in Tonggu Acropolis.
"Your Majesty, we are traveling too slowly now. The speed of the artillery battalion has seriously slowed down our march!" On the march, Hao Bainian looked at the slowly advancing artillery troops behind him with a hint of worry.
"Previously, the forward reconnaissance force has sent news, indicating that the forward army has captured Liping City. If nothing else happens, I am afraid that the main force of the Ming Army is not far from Liping City now. If these main forces of the Ming Army are also stationed in Liping City, by then
We are afraid that if we launch a strong attack, the casualties will be relatively high!
Moreover, if these Ming troops rely on Liping City to fight a long-term war of attrition with us, it will be even more detrimental to our army’s follow-up strategy!”
After hearing this, Li Xuan also revealed a trace of thought: It would be troublesome if these Ming troops fought a protracted war of attrition with him!