The Qing court's power in the north was still very strong, and Liaoning was able to mobilize a lot of soldiers and horses.Li Hongzhang's 15,000 army, plus the 5,000 iron cavalry in the hands of General Sheng Jing, plus the local green battalion soldiers in the northeast, the total number is more than 25,000, and if you count the defense soldiers and horses in the entire northeast, there are more than 30,000.Moreover, General Jilin's army can support at any time, and the Huai army in the pass can also be defended at any time.Li Hongzhang contacted the consulate of the East Hawaii Kingdom in the American Concession of Tianjin, and Timothy Li was in charge of Tianjin, and Timothy Li had already received the news from Danzhou, and his attitude was very tough, saying that he would not withdraw from Caohekou and Benxi, on the grounds that bandits in these two places had entered Danzhou and burned and killed, and the local officials were not well governed, so the East Hawaiian Kingdom had to defend its rights.The reason for the murder of bandits and the poor management of the local area is very far-fetched, but at this time, the war in the colonies is basically this reason, and saying it is equivalent to not saying it.The ministers of Britain, France, Germany, and the United States also completely sided with the Qing court and jointly issued a document asking the Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom not to start a war.The news of Li Hongzhang's mobilization of the army, and the joint document issued by Britain, France, Germany, and the United States and other seven countries, almost arrived in the hands of President Meng at the same time, this time, Li Hongzhang's actions were very fast, Li Hongzhang actually had a murderous intention towards Xuan Yuemeng, and the Empress Dowager Cixi was angry this time, and her attitude was tough, Li Hongzhang wanted to express his loyalty even more, the external environment was very bad, President Meng looked at these two unfavorable news, and fell into thinking."
Keep the news secret first, don't spread it in Danzhou, and don't let anyone know, especially the old man."
President Meng said to Wang Zhankui.Wang Zhankui stood upright, "I'm afraid I can't hide it, but the old man lives in the president's residence, and it's okay to hide the old man." ”President Meng nodded and said, "I just don't want him to know, otherwise he will come to trouble me again, you can do it." ”"Yes" Wang Zhankui is also a upright, straight body, Wang Zhankui has also received formal militarized training, more and more like a professional soldier, and he can't tell that he is the son of the martial arts master Wang Wu.Although the Qing court's coalition army will reach more than 25,000 people, although Britain, France, Germany, the United States and other seven countries jointly issued a diplomatic document to let him withdraw from Caohekou and Benxi, however, President Meng is not afraid.The fortifications on the first line of Benxi and Caohekou are being built more intensely, and the training of the army is also speeding up, so President Meng can only start from himself.Gunners and loaders have to learn some passwords, battlefield defenses, passwords, etc.Members with good performance may be promoted to the rank of First Soldier, and those who are particularly good may be promoted to Non-commissioned Officers.The Germans also have a set of pre-officer training, at this time, not only President Moe, but also Japan, and many rising countries, are learning from the German Army and the British Navy, President Meng looks down on the British and French in his bones, so he does not plan to study like two paper tigers in the military, in order to inspire German officers such as Albert Kirschbach the Big and Albert Kirchbach Jr. to work harder, President Meng will find American officers to stimulate them.The reality is that the effect is very good, otherwise, if just a country's officers guide the Danzhou army, it is very likely that they will be arrogant, just thinking about it little by little, squeezing toothpaste, because after all, it is a foreign monk, and it will definitely not be in unison.Now the situation is different, not only are the officers of the two countries competing to teach, learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses, but also having the catalytic effect of war, teaching almost unreservedly, even more advanced than the German military training of this era.Members who have received higher education and have performed exceptionally well may enter the training of candidates for pre-officer officers, with special training in addition to general training and special training in their sense of responsibility.The integrated use of combat weapons, battlefield judgment, etc. are all training subjects, which are fueled by Bao Miao, but there is no way, they are all forced by war, a group of military instructors also know that if Danzhou loses this time, they will not have a good life, you know, President Meng's salary is four times that of them in the country, many of them, or selected from the unemployed army, originally in the country can not even eat, now, have to be with the Danzhou army of one heart, have fought a battle, it is easy to come together, A soldier is such a simple, the most borderless profession, it may be regarded as a soldier, it is easy to hate, but also easy to let go, a soldier is sometimes like a child, and like the strongest man.President Meng is also constantly giving advice, although he has no experience as a soldier, but he has watched a lot of documentaries in modern times, and he probably knows a little bit.The training of non-appointed officers is also important, and when members become non-appointed officers, they undergo a series of trainings, which are basically similar to pre-officer training.Non-appointees are selected to train enlisted students or war commanders, etc.Senior non-appointed officers will be trained as platoon commanders, or become commanders of engineer groups, or commanders of specific positions in the battalion, such as communications platoons, engineer platoons, etc.The training subjects of Hongpu Military Academy also have subsequent specialty development, and after two years of service, all members of the military academy are normally required to receive secondary specialty training, such as loader training, gunner infantry training, etc., and some members will be selected to serve as conductors, training assistants, musicians, etc.Of course, for the time being, such a requirement cannot be met, and an army is absolutely inseparable from training and actual combat, both of which are guarantees for the progress of the army.Due to the tight war, the current training could not be so surplus, so President Meng ordered the training company to be changed to a streamlined training.Gunner training focuses on mastery of the use of weapons, with a small amount of ammunition to good effect, and classroom training must not interfere with combat training.In this way, the class training is shortened to 4 weeks, 3 weeks for platoon, and 1 week for consecutive grades.All kinds of training must be carried out in multiple ways, and priority should be given to the weak defensive line.Germany's army building, both in military theory and in the practice of war, occupies a place in the world's military history.With the change of mission and task, the German army has embarked on a road of actual combat training with its own characteristics.The relationship between Albert Kirchbach and Rob Cleus, the chief of the general staff, has also improved a lot and created many new training methods.They emphasized the "mission command method," and the commander only made clear to his subordinates "the time limit, purpose, and effect to be achieved," and did not interfere too much in how subordinates organized forces and how to organize troop movements.Officers and men carrying out tasks are trained in adaptation according to the nature of the mission and the purpose of the operation, including language and customs, township conventions and civil regulations, and military training in response to the geographical environment of the mission area.t1706231537: