Chapter 168 The Correct Way to Handle Soldiers
Vladivostok’s emphasis on education is in line with the Chinese tradition of respecting teachers.
Chinese tradition is that all things are of inferior quality, but reading is the only way to be good. The book has its own beauty like jade, and the book has its own house of gold.
So after learning about Jiang Xi’s living conditions in Vladivostok, Jiang Haiyang’s thoughts became stronger and stronger.
Go to Vladivostok.
You must go to Vladivostok!
Even if you leave your hometown and live under someone else’s roof, you still have to go to Vladivostok! ! !
Look at Jiang Xi’s children, and then think about his own children. Jiang Haiyang hopes that his children can grow up healthily like Jiang Xi’s children.
Originally Jiang Haiyang decided to dare to return to the Qing Empire years ago.
Now Jiang Haiyang wants to stay in Vladivostok for a while.
What George wants to solve is the living problems of new immigrants in Vladivostok.
People in different regions have different living habits.
The Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival, and the Europeans celebrate Christmas.
The poor want to eat meat, the rich want to listen to the opera.
The elderly want to enjoy family happiness, and children want to go to school and receive education.
George had to do all these things personally and leave them to others, and George was worried.
For someone like Mikhail, it would be great if he could be a good businessman.
Dalia is slightly better, but not to the extent that George is amazed. George has to fix the frame first before Dalia can play a role within the frame. Subjective initiative is always an issue.
George had too many things to do, and it was impossible to focus all his energy on immigration. Although the Tsar strictly ordered George to keep to himself, George was still secretly accumulating strength and preparing for future wars.
After nearly five months of running-in, Fu Tuan has gradually stabilized.
Officers and soldiers who did not meet the requirements of the Fu Tuan were gradually cleared out of the army, and those who were left behind were all promising talents who abided by discipline.
The biggest problem with the Cossacks is discipline. If this problem is not solved, the Cossacks will end up being just a mob and cannot meet George's expectations.
George has only one request for the officers and soldiers of Fu Tuan.
Discipline!
Discipline!
Still very disciplined!
The Cossacks' personal technical and tactical abilities are no problem. Those who are qualified to join the Guards are the best in terms of personal technical and tactical abilities. Not to mention the per capita precision shooters, they are at least the per capita elite light cavalry.
George implemented a policy of elite troops in the Fu Tuan. Even the private with the lowest rank can get an annual salary of 100 rubles in the Fu Tuan.
This salary is not low. The annual salary of a skilled technician at the Vladivostok Machinery Factory is only about 100 rubles.
George opened a night school to Fu Tuan, requiring the officers and soldiers of Fu Tuan to receive cultural knowledge training in addition to training, and to train every soldier in Fu Tuan according to the standards of an officer.
"Is this necessary?" Ye Luoxin didn't understand. The Russian army had never done this.
The goal of the Russian army is to train soldiers into fighting machines that only know how to obey orders. It is best not to even have thoughts and know nothing but fighting.
In fact, it makes sense. When soldiers have independent thinking, their thoughts are no longer simple, which is extremely detrimental to management.
"You should regard Fu Tuan as an officer training group. When necessary, Fu Tuan, even an ordinary private, can immediately become an officer when arriving in other units." George cannot expand the army, so he can only work on quality.
Now that George's "wolf ambition" has been fully exposed, St. Petersburg is tightly guarded for fear of George provoking. Vladivostok will not be able to expand its army for a long time. One legion is probably the limit.
After one winter, two-thirds of the recruits that Fu Tuan added last year were eliminated. Now there are only more than 800 people in Fu Tuan, which is two battalions.
This small amount of troops is not enough to defend the entire Amur, and there is no way to go south.
Those eliminated soldiers were not repatriated to St. Petersburg. Instead, they were received by the Siberian Fleet, and some of them were taken away by the Vladivostok Police Department.
The requirements of the Vladivostok Police Station are not as strict as Fu Tuan. As long as you do not make any principled mistakes, it is acceptable to drink wine and fight occasionally.
The concept of principled errors here is very broad. Eating cards, which is very common in St. Petersburg, is a principled error in Vladivostok.
As for knowing the law and breaking the law, that is even more unacceptable. Vladivostok Iron Mine and Coal Mine welcome you.
"Duke, St. Petersburg's attitude must still be considered-" Ye Luoxin was euphemistic, and she probably regarded George as a militant deep down in her heart.
The key point is that George's behavior is indeed very suspicious.
George is a super duke. He doesn’t like watching dramas or hunting. When he was in St. Petersburg, he lived between the military camp and Gatchel every day. For four years, George’s life was similar to that of an ascetic. Like a pampered super duke?
Oh, it’s been five years.
George's interest in the military has reached a worrying level.
Ye Luoxin once discussed with Dalia privately whether George simply didn't know about other top-notch pleasures, so he had a special preference for military affairs.
Then Ye Luoxin was scolded by Dalia.
Ye Luoxin is George's assistant at work.
George's life is basically arranged by Dalia. So Dalia knows George's situation better than anyone else.
"The people in St. Petersburg are too conservative. The Tsar was deceived by them and did not understand the situation in the Far East at all." George complained loudly and was unhappy.
“In what way is Vladivostok inferior to St. Petersburg? There are coal mines, iron mines, gold mines, countless mineral resources, and inexhaustible forests. There is so much fertile land that we cannot fully exploit it. The fish here is enough to feed half the people of the empire, and the wood here can be used to heat the people of the entire empire. We have only been here for a few years, and Vladivostok is already We can produce rifles and develop cars. If we give Vladivostok another ten years, I am confident that we can build Vladivostok into the most prosperous city in the world.”
George! He rarely reveals his feelings to others because most people don't understand George's thinking.
Most of them are wrong.
It should be everyone.
If George told people now that if we don't make changes, the empire will perish in 30 years, they would probably be regarded as crazy.
“Yes, before I came to Vladivostok, I didn’t know that Vladivostok was so wonderful!” Ye Luoxin agreed very much, Vladivostok is indeed very rich.
To be precise, Russia’s land has great potential.
What George did in Vladivostok was actually nothing special. He just spent his money in the right places, and Vladivostok experienced amazing changes.
The empire also allocates a lot of money to other governorates every year.
In comparison, the newly established Governor-General of Amur is even the least.
But compared with the changes in Vladivostok, other governors of the empire really need to reflect.
"Britain is not our biggest threat in the Far East, because Britain's interests are global. Even if it loses its interests in the Far East, it will not be a big deal for Britain."
"Empire The biggest enemy in the Far East is Japan. Don’t underestimate this country. The Japanese are very dangerous and have potential, because the Japanese have nothing to lose. They have nothing to begin with.”
When George first mentioned Japan, Ye Luoxin's expression was disapproving.
But after George finished speaking, Ye Luoxin's expression turned thoughtful.
Youdao is a person who is barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. The richer his wealth is, the more worries he has and the more cautious he becomes in doing things.
Japan is like a pauper who has nothing. If he works hard, his bicycle may become a motorcycle.
If you don’t fight, you will starve to death.
"It's hard to say whether Japan has potential. With Japan's strength, it will take many years to pose a threat to us." Ye Luoxin's views on Japan are in line with the perceptions of most Russians.
In the eyes of the vast majority of Russians, Japan is even less of a threat to Russia than Central Asians.
Not to mention the Ottomans, who are Russia's mortal enemies.
Compared with the Ottomans, even the British can be considered weak.
"By the time Japan has the ability to threaten us, it will be too late for us to do anything." George did not expect to change Ye Luoxin's view of Japan in a short time.
Fortunately, there were still many years before the Sino-Japanese War.
George's most important task now is to cultivate an officer corps that is loyal to him, so that when the army needs to be expanded, George will not have no one available.
So learning culture has become the top priority for the officers and soldiers of Fu Tuan.
Yes, the top priority.
The top priority is more important than training.
The Sino-Japanese War was nothing without Russia.
When the Russo-Japanese War breaks out, young men like Fu Tuan, who are around 25 years old, are already 4 or 5 years old. Do we still expect the old guys to fight for the empire?
The soldiers who will fight for the empire when the time comes are just born now.
Or maybe not born yet.
“Do we also need to learn?” De Yang, the commander of the first battalion, looked worried. He ranked first in the regiment in shooting, his riding skills were unrivaled in the Fu regiment, and he could challenge four in close combat. He only learned this thing. Actually, Dejan is more stupid than a donkey.
The requirements for the Talisman Tuan are not high. It is enough for the officers and soldiers to memorize five words every day.
Deyang didn't memorize anything for five whole days. George didn't believe in evil and personally supervised Deyang's study.
"If you don't want to learn, then you have to come and be a guard by my side." George threatened Deyang, saying that if he didn't study hard, he would beat him to the end.
"Okay, okay, I do!" Dejan was overjoyed. He was originally a member of George's guard.
"Okay, you warm up with me first--" George Radjan went to practice boxing.
George has never given up boxing and running over the years. Now George's boxing skills have been completely perfected. Beating DeYoung is like me beating my son.
“Duke, I’d better study——” Deyang didn’t want to get beaten, so warming up and everything was just an excuse.
"You must memorize this sentence today and keep it in your mind. If you dare to forget it, go to the toilet and clean it." George finally found the right way to deal with these soldiers.
The rank of Fu Tuan officers is relatively high, and the battalion commander is a major.
Let the major clean the toilet. I really can’t afford to embarrass this person.
I didn’t say I would reply yesterday, but I still came back late today! ~
(End of this chapter)