Chapter 084 The Footman is a Soldier

Nie Shicheng and Zhou Charter came to the school military field with Naha's five and other relatives. According to Ye Zhichao's order, a battalion of 500 soldiers were lining up in the school's military field, waiting for Nie Shicheng to be transferred.

The soldiers were listless and the team was sparse. The soldiers stared intently at the soldiers who packed up outside the school's military field. They looked envious and frustrated and didn't notice the arrival of Nie Shicheng at all - they couldn't follow Ye Zhichao to Tian'an, and they were unlucky for eight lifetimes!

Zhou Charter glanced at Hawu, and then Hawu was conscious and shouted, "Mr. Nie is there!"

Those soldiers with epilesia came to their senses and hurriedly stood in line, but no one came to report to Nie Shicheng.

"Where are your battalion officers?" Then Hawu asked.

The team was rustling. Soldiers, look at me and see you. Finally, a small soldier came out of the team, dragging a Luther gun, and the soldiers were actually as tall as a maser rifle.

The little soldier said, "Your Excellency, our battalion officer has run away."

"Run away? Where did you go?" Then Hawu shouted.

"I don't know. I didn't see him this morning."

Obviously, the battalion officer was scared and oiled on the soles of his feet when he heard the news of the Battle of Toyoshima.

"Are you the sentry chief?" Then Hawu asked.

The little soldier said, "No, our sentry chief also ran away!"

Naha's five angers: "Damn it, you've all run away!"

The little soldier said hurriedly, "We can't speak North Korean!" The implication is that if the soldiers in this school's military field could speak North Korean, they would have changed into the clothes of the North Korean people and dispersed.

Nie Shicheng's face turned blue with anger, but Zhou Charter was surprised and inexplicably.

When he was in Tianjin Military Academy, he knew that the morale of the Qing army was lax and weak, but he never expected that the morale had fallen to this level! Before the war, the official ran away first! Such an army is worse than bandits. When something happens, the bandit leader knows how to rise up for his brothers, but the officers of the Qing Dynasty lost their brothers and ran away first!

Returned to anger and surprise. After all, these 500 soldiers have not run yet.

Nie Shicheng suppressed his anger and said, "From now on, Zhou Charter is your battalion officer. The official title of Zhou Charter is General Qian of the Foreign Affairs Commission. No, General Qian. According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, all troops are named after officers. From now on, your battalion will be called 'Zhang' camp."

According to the regulations of the Qing army, the battalion officer is a seven-grade military officer. Zhou Charter is now the general manager of Qian, who is the eighth grade. Nie Shicheng simply promoted him to the president of Qian. Qian is always from the sixth grade and is an intermediate general, which is higher than Feng Guozhang's grade.

Zhou Charter took office, but he was extremely disappointed. These 500 soldiers were listless and still happy. They had already gone to Tian'an and even Pyongyang to serve as battalion officers for these soldiers. The future is uncertain.

But in any case, within a day, Zhou Charter changed from a general manager to a thousand president. This is also what Nie Shicheng valued him very much. Zhou Charter can't live up to Nie Shicheng's high expectations.

Zhou Charterqiang asked the little soldier, "Report your name, age and origin."

"The little man Zhao Xiaoman, 15 years old, was a footman when he crossed the Yalu River, and now he is training the army as a soldier."

The morale of the army was low. After entering the dynasty, there were a lot of deserters, and the shortage of each battalion was serious. Ye Zhichao recruited the soldiers into the camp to fill the number.

"How many of you are footsmans?" Zhou Charter asked.

"I don't know. There should be fifty or sixty people."

Zhou Charter shouted: "The foot man is from the list!"

Unexpectedly, 180 soldiers came out of the team. These soldiers were strong, holding various rifles such as Winchester, Schneider, Mauser, Carthrew and so on. They were all good guns, and the army of the Qing Dynasty did not lack guns. But these footmen moved strangely, procrastined, and held good guns in their hands, just like holding a fire stick.

Zhou Charter scolded in his heart that Ye Zhichao, who was a bitch, really dared to stuff so many footmen into the team to count!

Zhou Charter said, "From now on, the footman will become an independent sentry. You are not the footman, but the regular army of our Qing Dynasty. This sentry is newly established, so it is simply called a new sentry! Zhao Xiaoman, I appoint you as the sentry commander of the new military sentry!"

Zhao Xiaoman suddenly became an official and didn't react for a long time. Then Hawu kicked him in the thigh: "Why don't you kneel down and thank him!"

Zhao Xiaoman was about to kneel when Zhou Charter shouted, "My camp can't kneel down and worship! Then Hawu, you and Yao Xi stay and teach them to salute. After teaching, take the team to Niu Xieli and be responsible for the defense of the artillery position.

"Hit!" Ha Wu saluted and said, "But the master, the villain has a sentence that I don't know whether to say it or not."

"Stop talking nonsense, say it!"

"Zhao Xiaoman is a footman, and he has been a sentry chief. Yao and I have fought a battle with the Japanese with real guns and bullets, and they don't have a future, and they don't accept us..."

Zhou Charter said, "It's reasonable! I appointed Naha Wu and Yao Xi as adjutants of Zhang Ziying, grade... this grade..." Zhou Charter looked at Nie Shicheng. He is a thousand presidents and is not qualified to be graded by others.

Nie Shicheng laughed and said, "I think Ha Wu, Yao Xi and Zhao Xiaoman can temporarily be the president of Zhengjiupin, and they will be promoted after meritorious service."

"Thank you for the cultivation of General Nie!" Three people answered in unison.

Nahawu and Yao Xili saluted. The action was standard. Zhao Xiaoman learned to honor a Western-style military salute. Although it was not standard, it was much better than Nahawu's dog style at the beginning.

Zhou Charter picked out the footmen from the camp and set up a new army sentry. In Nie Shicheng's view, Zhou Charter did this for fear that these walkers who had no military training would mix with the team and affect the combat effectiveness of the team.

But in fact, Zhou Charter's idea is exactly the opposite.

The morale of the army is not only low, but also the military discipline is lax. These old soldiers are often self-righteous, do not obey the command, do not get enough, and have more than enough to lose. Moreover, although the veteran oil soldiers who are training the army have some combat experience, their experience is obtained from suppressing peasant uprisings in China. In front of the modern Japanese army, these so-called experiences are worthless. In the face of the Japanese army, the soldiers who are training and those temporary footmen are actually on the same starting line.

More importantly, most of these footmen are honest farmers. They have no military habits, obey the orders of the officers, and are very able to endure hardships. They carried military supplies all the way south from the Yalu River and traveled thousands of miles, but few people escaped.

In Chenghuan, Zhou Charter wants to take on the heavy responsibility of these foot men. Moreover, Zhou Charter also has a long-term plan. If he is lucky enough to break out of the siege of the Japanese army, he intends to use the new military sentry formed by the footman as the foundation to build a new army.

This is Zhou Charter's new army!

Of course, this is just his dream. Chenghuan's situation is critical, and it is a question whether this new sentry can be brought out of Chenghuan. Even if he can take out the new army sentry, it is extremely difficult for him to form a large-scale new army.

To build an army, you need people, guns, cannons, and power. In the final analysis, you need money!

Zhou Charter has no money or power!

1,000 troops of Wuyi's army were deployed in Nanshanli and Yuefeng Mountain, among which Nie Shicheng's headquarters was located on Yuefeng. Zhang Ziying* was deployed in Niu Xie with 8 wild cannons.

It was getting late, and it began to drizzle. In Chenghuan City, it was dark and silent.

Ye Zhichao's training army withdrew from Chenghuan with lightning speed, and the speed of retreat was so fast that Zhou Charter was impressed.

The training army is not a fighting army at all, but a running army!

The people of Chenghuan also ran away and were about to fight, and no one wanted to stay in the city and wait to die.

Chenghuan became a dead city, and even the dogs ran away with the training army.

At 2 a.m., Zhou Charter, with a 24-person team, hurriedly left the Niucheli position and rushed to Ancheng in the northeast of Yuefeng Mountain in the rain.

Just now, Nie Shicheng's headquarters on Yuefeng Mountain sent an alarm to Niu Xili. A squadron of the Japanese leading troops set out from the plain campground and headed for Jialongli. Jialongli is only 20 miles away from Yuefeng Mountain. From Jialongli to Yuefeng Mountain, it has to pass through Anchengdu. There is an unknown river there.

Ancheng is bordered by mountains and water, with dense trees and rain in the sky. Both the time and the place are suitable for ambush.

The only disadvantage is the harmony!

Until now, Zhou Charter does not have a qualified soldier.

However, he doesn't want to lose this opportunity.

The Qing army guarding Chenghuan is at an absolute disadvantage. In Chenghuan's offensive and defensive battle, it will be difficult for the Qing army to take advantage of the Japanese army.

The only possibility of taking advantage is Anchengdu, where the Japanese can be caught off guard with the help of favorable terrain.

However, the terrain of Ancheng Ferry is narrow, which is not conducive to the battle of the army. Zhou Charter also has to take into account the artillery positions in Niu Xieli, and he can't put most of his troops into Anchengdu.

Therefore, Zhou Charter decided to fight a small ambush in Anchengdu, as long as he could give the Japanese a little color. In this way, it can not only dampen the arrogance of the Japanese army, but also improve the morale of the Qing army.

The most lacking thing for the Qing army is morale.

The Japanese army's capture of the capital caused a great shock to the Qing army. I thought that Japan was not worth mentioning, but I didn't expect that the Japanese army captured the capital with only a small price of one person killed in battle. Hundreds of North Korean troops were killed and injured, and all the rest put down their weapons.

The current Qing army has changed its color to talk about the Japanese army.

Zhou Charter will use an ambush to break the shadow that enveloped the Qing soldiers.

Zhou Charter is worried about the candidate for the ambush.

On Songgu Peak, Zhou Charter is surrounded by brothers of Tianjin Military Academy such as Feng Guozhang, Park Yonglie, Li Guoge and Xin Delin, which is easy to fight.

Now, Zhou Charter finds that it is extremely difficult to select more than 20 soldiers who can fight in the Zhangzi camp.