Like Qi Shoulin, he served as the commander of the main infantry battalion right after graduation, and then was not long transferred to the Staff Department of the Operations Department, which is the most desirable place for mid-level officers, as a senior combat staff officer. After the transition, he was directly transferred to the main infantry regiment as the commander.
, I dare not say that this is the only one, but after a year, there are really not many.
Every step here seems to be just a promotion, but you have to look at the position of the person. The several positions he has held are all the most important and promising positions in the Datang Army, especially those in the Staff Department of the Operation Department.
Senior combat staff officer, for school-level officers, this should be the most important step in their lives.
Because in recent years, as the Privy Council has become more and more important, the War Department under the Privy Council has also become more and more important.
At the same time, because the Army of the Tang Dynasty has become more and more regular, especially after the installation of flintlock muskets, the main force of the Army of the Tang Dynasty has gradually withdrawn from the spearmen. The cold weapon troops in the follow-up infantry will not be unexpected.
If so, only the assault battalion should be left.
The Tang Army, which was equipped with guns and artillery on a large scale, was already moving towards modernization and regularization, and its requirements for officers were getting higher and higher.
It is already difficult for officers who have not undergone systematic study and training to undertake their increasingly complex command tasks!
This is why the Tang Army is now more inclined to promote officers who have undergone systematic study and training, and why it is increasingly willing to promote mid- and low-level officers who have experience as combat staff officers in the operations department.
Because the combat staff in the combat department, regardless of whether they are senior combat staff or mid-level combat staff, the officers who can hold such positions have basically been systematically trained. They can serve as staff officers and lead the army in combat. They are the most important people in the Tang Army.
A group of people with the highest overall quality.
This has led to the position of combat staff in the combat department becoming more and more important. A large group of middle and low-level officers are trying to get in, because being able to get in means that your ability has been recognized. Basically,
No need to worry about subsequent promotions.
However, for Qi Shoulin, the combat department that so many people want to join is actually just for his promotion to the military rank. The position and training direction of Qi Shoulin from above have never been just a staff talent.
Not even just the commander of an infantry regiment or the deputy division commander.
Such a person was trained directly on the spot by the division commander of the main infantry division and even the future army commander!
Treating this golden and precious position as a transitional position, only young heroes like Qi Shoulin can get this kind of treatment. Others, no matter they are the children of powerful people in the court, such as Hao Bainian's brother.
Or a relative of the emperor, for example, the nephew of Empress Dowager Bai’s mother’s family!
They don’t all get this treatment!
Qi Shoulin, who received such favorable treatment and regarded the senior combat staff of the Operation Department as a transitional position, would inevitably be questioned by many people as to why everyone was just an ordinary scholar and was admitted to a martial arts school.
,Why were you, Qi Shoulin, able to enter the Royal Academy later?
Why do everyone graduate from the Royal Academy, and why can you take the position of commander of the main infantry regiment in less than seven months after graduation?
There are many more officers who have served in the army for many years and are still struggling at the rank of captain, major, etc., when they see Qi Shoulin, who has been in the army for a shorter period of time than them, but can get up much faster than them, then
Not convinced either.
We also fought for His Majesty, and participated in countless battles for the rise of the Tang Dynasty. Many of us were even injured and bled. We all fought to the death. Why can you climb so fast, but I have to suffer so much?
Difficult to get qualifications?
There are many people who are dissatisfied with Qi Shoulin!
Today, Qi Shoulin will lead his 7th Infantry Regiment and 3rd Assault Battalion to declare to those who question his excessive speed in promotion and those who are envious and jealous: I am climbing so fast not because I am lucky, but because I am lucky.
I am more awesome than you!
Not to mention after graduation, before entering the Royal Academy, he had led an infantry team to wipe out more than 1,500 Ming troops, and was awarded the Red Dragon Sword Medal for this.
After entering the Royal Academy, all courses were top-notch and theoretical studies were completed ahead of schedule. During his internship, he served as the deputy battalion commander of the 3rd Infantry Battalion in the 5th Mixed Regiment of the Second Army. When his superior battalion commander was injured and unable to continue commanding operations, he
When he took over the command of the 3rd Infantry Battalion, he led the troops to fight four battles in just half a month, annihilating more than 3,000 enemies, capturing more than 4,000 people, and conquering three county towns.
After the Battle of Jiangnan, he basically became the actual battalion commander of the 3rd Infantry Battalion. There was a delay of more than two months from above. When he returned to the Royal Academy after his internship, a new battalion commander was sent over.
Otherwise, why did he win first place in the fourth period? Why was he trained as the future commander of the main infantry division, and why was he trained as the future army commander?
After graduation, he served as the battalion commander of the main infantry battalion, and then served as the senior combat staff officer in the Privy Council. After the transition, the Privy Council Quanxu Department prepared to assign him a new position. The position was easy to determine, and it must be the commander of the main infantry regiment, but
Going to serve in that army caused controversy, because almost all the army chiefs wanted him to serve in their own army.
That general doesn't want to have such a little monster under his command!
You must know that a leader of a main infantry regiment with outstanding abilities can change the situation of the battle. A main infantry regiment with more than 3,000 troops can play a huge role even in a decisive battle of 20,000 to 30,000 people.
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Lieutenant General Wang Chaohong, commander of the Second Army, even personally wrote to Sheng Tianzi, saying that his army still lacks a regiment commander who can fight hard and hopes to send a regiment commander who can fight hard.
Although it was impossible for Wang Chaohong to say the name Qi Shoulin in person due to various unspoken rules, everyone knew who he was talking about: it was Qi Shoulin.
In the end, Wang Chaohong got his wish and got Qi Shoulin over. He served as the commander of the 7th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division under his command. After a short period of time, Wang Chaohong personally helped Qi Shoulin and said that Qi Shoulin was appointed as the commander of the 7th Infantry Regiment.
For a long time, he has been loyal to the emperor, worked hard and had outstanding abilities. In various training competitions within the Second Army, the 7th Infantry Regiment under his command won consecutive battles and won the first place!
Because, he was petitioned to be officially awarded the rank of Army Colonel!
Although it is said that after serving as the commander of the main infantry regiment with the rank of lieutenant colonel, in most cases, he will be successfully promoted to colonel within half a month or a month, but like Qi Shoulin, a military commander and an army lieutenant general can personally report
There are really not many people invited.
This kind of thing is not that easy, because you have to avoid suspicion.
Wang Chaohong is not stupid. If Qi Shoulin is slightly less capable, he will not take any risk to recommend him. Otherwise, he will easily be told lies. Maybe Qi Shoulin is his Wang Chaohong who has been missing for many years.
It's possible for my brother to say something like this.
Qi Shoulin knew very well about the above-mentioned things that few people who could climb so fast were fools.
He is also aware that he has been burdened with the expectations of many people. He has succeeded. Those who recommended him, especially the big bosses in the military, will smile very happily.
But if he fails, then I am afraid these people will be the most angry, because this will make the big bosses in the military feel that they have made a mistake and become angry.
As for those who are envious and jealous, they will all smile happily, thankful that they have one less competitor.
After Qi Shoulin pulled out the command knife that everyone envied, his face was expressionless, and then he swung the knife forward and pointed diagonally: "Send the order, the whole army attacks!"
He had thoroughly studied various assault tactics in the past few days, and before the battle he personally explained them to the officers at all levels below. Now, he wanted to verify whether his tactics were feasible and successful.
The next moment, the soldiers of the 7th Infantry Regiment behind him surged towards the Susong City Wall in front like a tide, and the center point of the attack was the ruins of that section of the city wall that was only a few dozen meters long!
However, it is different from the previous large-scale sieges by the Tang Army. In the past, when the Datang Army carried out large-scale sieges, it was still the era of matchlocks. In addition to the assault battalion, most of the troops, such as the 7th Infantry Regiment, were the main force.
, or matchlock shooters and spearmen are paired with each other, while some spearmen will temporarily abandon their spears and fight directly with waist knives and shields.
But now Qi Shoulin's 7th Infantry Regiment is composed entirely of fusiliers. There is not a single spearman, not a single sword and shield hand, they are all musketeers!
They launched a charge, but they still maintained the most basic formation during the charge!
To be honest, using simple musketeers to attack a city has never happened before in the Tang Army!
Because although the Army of the Tang Dynasty began to equip flintlock muskets last year, it knew that this summer, it would only equip a few divisions. It participated in the war on a large scale for the first time in the Northern Expedition. However, the fusiliary musket troops actually participated in the war.
The relatively large-scale battles fought were all against the Tatar cavalry.
Or to be more precise, resist the charge of the Tatar cavalry!
In the Battle of Liangshanji, the Fifth Infantry Division resisted the charge of tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry!
The Guards arrayed themselves against the Tatar cavalry in the Battle of Anping!
It’s all like this!
However, to use musketeers fully equipped with flintlocks to fight large-scale frontal decisive battles and siege battles, to be honest, the Tang Army has never done such a thing.
There have been cases of hundreds of people and thousands of people, but this kind of small and medium-sized battles does not mean that pure flintlock troops are suitable for frontal decisive battles and sieges, because small and medium-sized battles are affected by outside influences.
It's really too big, and the commander's flash of inspiration may have a major impact.
Today's Susong attack is the time to test whether the pure musketeers, all equipped with flintlocks, can withstand the attack!