Rebirth of the Four Seas Emperor

Hou Yao waved his hand to signal the crowd to quiet down:

"I know you have a lot of questions in your mind, don't worry, I will answer them one by one. First of all, I would like to welcome everyone to join Starfish Island.

You are the first residents of Haixing Island. After the military training is over, you will also become the people of Haixing Island.

In the days to come, Haixing Island will also have its own official system, legal, educational, medical, agricultural, industrial systems, etc.

Starfish Island will become a dream country that will be envied by everyone in the outside world.

Here, everyone is equal and all children can enjoy free medical and educational services... "

At this point, Hou Yao found that no one below showed excited eyes.

And most people had a look of confusion in their eyes, and they suddenly changed their tone and shouted:

“In the future, everyone on the island will have enough to eat, warm clothes, a house to live in, and even two taels of meat every day.

If you are sick, there are doctors who will treat you and give you medicine for free. Your children can also go to school to read and read for free.

Do you want this kind of life?answer me. "

Now people's eyes are shining with golden light. If they can really live such a life, it will be no different from the fairyland.

The crowd immediately erupted into a roaring response like a tsunami:

"Want, want..."

Hou Yao waved his hand for everyone to stop. After the crowd quieted down, he continued:

"Okay, as long as you want such a life, then I can responsibly tell you that soon everyone will be able to live such a life.

In just three years, I can make everyone on the island live such a life, or even a more comfortable life than these.

But if we really live like this, pirates will come to the island in droves to burn, kill and loot.

Even Daxia's navy will come to attack us. What do you think we should do then? "

At this time, most of the people had a look of fear on their faces. Only the dozens of members of the Squid Gang shouted sparsely:

"Fight them."

Hou Yao was slightly disappointed when he saw this posture.

But after thinking about it for a while, I finally understood.

Most of these people are refugees who can be easily manipulated by wealthy businessmen.

They are the so-called honest people. If it were not for their honesty, they would not have been sent to the island easily by wealthy businessmen.

Therefore, the older ones among them have long been blunted by the hardships of life.

Most of the young people live in an environment that suppresses their low self-esteem, and their bloody nature is naturally suppressed.

Now they have basically developed a submissive character.

In a sense, these people are the best obedient people,

But it takes considerable effort to train them into the best soldiers.

After figuring this out, Hou Yao suddenly lost his passion for ideological mobilization work.

With the current state of this group of people, it is too early to talk to them about fighting and defending.

So he changed the subject and said:

"Well, some things may be too early for you, so let's not talk about them.

Now I announce that starting from today, I will personally train you,

In the next half month, I will eat, live and train together with you all.

Today’s task is class numbering:

Everyone will have a numerical number, which will replace your name.

From now on, everyone should get used to only looking at the number and not asking for the name.

Let me talk about the class division rules below:

A squad of nine has a squad leader; a squad of three has a platoon and a platoon leader;

Three platoons form a company with a company commander, and five companies form a battalion with a battalion commander.

All the positions of squad leader, platoon leader, and company commander appointed today are temporary assignments.

Ten days later, based on your training results, I will work with you to re-select suitable officers at all levels.

Let me talk about the salary issue that everyone is most concerned about:

A soldier's normal training salary is one tael of silver per month; a squad leader's normal training salary is one or two taels of silver per month;

The platoon leader's salary is two taels of silver per month; the company commander's salary is thirty taels, and the battalion commander's salary is as high as five taels of silver per month.

If you want to get a high salary, then you have to strive for good performance.

Ten days later, when the chief executive is re-elected, you will have the opportunity to get a higher salary. "

As soon as Hou Yao finished speaking, the crowd was in an uproar. It must be said that this salary is indeed very high.

Not to mention the officers at all levels, even the salaries of soldiers are beyond everyone’s imagination.

It's better to live up to the reality than to say anything. With such a high salary as a base, the expressions on the faces of these young men changed.

If it felt lifeless before, now it feels a little more alive.

Hou Yao announced the official class numbering, and the crowd immediately became confused.

A simple number has become a big problem,

Almost no one here was literate, and it was almost impossible to number numbers using Chinese characters.

So Hou Yao simply took the opportunity to popularize Arabic numerals.

Most people can quickly accept such simple and easy-to-remember numbers.

There are very few idiots who can't learn it, and it won't affect the progress of numbering.

After the numbering is completed, the classes are divided into classes, and then the commanders at each level are designated.

After finishing this series of work, the sun has already set to the west.

Originally, Hou Yao thought he could do a cross-country run of several kilometers on the first day.

Unexpectedly, I could only barely complete the team formation twice, and the sky was already completely dark.

Most people at this time are night-blind, and training at night, especially in the wild, is too dangerous and not cost-effective.

So the evening time was used to hold a bonfire party to bring the relationship closer.

It was not until the end of the first watch that the disbandment was announced and everyone went back to their barracks to rest.

The barracks are simple temporary tents made of cloth.

The barracks where Hou Yao lived was the same, except that his was a single room. Even so, he had a really uncomfortable night.

Early the next morning.

Just after the fifth watch, we have to get up and gather together.

In fact, for others, this is just the basic time to wake up, but for Hou Yao, it is indeed an unprecedented first time.

However, he persisted, and the next step was a five-kilometer cross-country run with weights.

This project was hell for Hou Yao, but most of the other people didn't take it seriously at all, and basically completed it easily.

As a refugee, no one has ever had the experience of being chased and escaping. Even daily work is the most painful and tiring job.

If it was the time when they first arrived on the island, there might not be many people who could persevere.

Because at that time, most people were malnourished and overworked for a long time.

My body has long been overwhelmed, but after arriving on the island, I am not tired from work and eat well. It is like I have been recuperating on the island for several months.

My body has basically returned to its best condition, so naturally I won't take this little amount of exercise seriously.

Only Hou Yao is completely destroying himself,

But he still gritted his teeth and persisted,

Everyone had already reached the finish line, only Hou Yao fell far behind.

But he still insisted on completing the training program meticulously.

Seeing Hou Yao working so hard, everyone couldn't help but be confused.

He obviously doesn't need to work so hard, so why do he persist?

……

The training content during the day is mainly queue training.

Queue training is not a training method unique to modern armies. The Chinese army was already conducting queue training before the pre-Qin period.

Ancient queue training is mainly divided into the requirements and changes of basic combat movements such as forward and backward, left and right, vertical and horizontal, opening and closing, rising, sitting, kneeling, lying, etc.

The key is to master the rhythm of fast and slow steps, be able to distinguish the sound of the golden drum, and understand the command flag.

This kind of training is simply to position people, to make the ranks orderly, to advance and retreat left and right, to form a line, to sit up and kneel down, and to obey orders.

To put it bluntly, we only focus on the overall offensive and defensive rhythm.

The formation training of the modern army adds some other factors to this basis.

The content of shaping the unique temperament of soldiers and establishing a mighty military image has been added, which improves the soldiers' awareness of obedience and strengthens the concept of organizational discipline.

The most important thing is to increase the formal awareness of soldiers and promote the formalization of the army.

This is a remarkable transformation, a major change in the transformation from amateur soldiers to professional soldiers.

There was never such a thing as a professional soldier in the ancient army, and even a standing army could not be considered a professional soldier.

Why is it said that ancient soldiers were amateurs?Because at least half of their minds are thinking about how to get promoted and make a fortune.

For them, war is a shortcut to gain wealth, and victory is a plunder.

Therefore, most of the time, the military discipline of the ancient army was quite bad.

Therefore, there is a saying among the people that soldiers are inferior to bandits and that soldiers and bandits belong to the same family.

The reason is that ordinary soldiers can only get high returns by plundering in war.

For example, in Daxia, there was a strict household registration system, and those with military registration were hereditary soldiers. They garrisoned and farmed in peacetime, and went out to fight in wartime.

In other words, when war comes, you will be dragged to the battlefield whether you are willing or not, or whether you have the ability or not.

The soldiers' daily income depended entirely on the harvest in the fields, and the salary subsidies issued by the court during the war could not make up for the losses caused by the delay in farming.

If they don't find a way to make amends during the war, the days after the war will be difficult.

Soldiers all have this mentality. How can they fight every battle wholeheartedly?

Victory means that you can plunder and make up for losses, and your morale will be high. This is why the victorious army becomes stronger and stronger as it fights.

Defeat means heavy losses. Everyone will worry about their future life and naturally have no desire to fight anymore, so there is a collapse.

Modern professional soldiers are different. They only have victory in the war in their eyes, and there is no need to consider anything else.

Because the modern currency system prevents soldiers from obtaining direct property from the battlefield,

All trophies must be exchanged into circulating currency at relevant institutions before they can be used, which greatly increases the risk of soldiers hiding trophies.

And compared with the spoils obtained on the battlefield, the rewards after victory in the war are the key to a soldier's wealth.

Because only by winning the war can personal interests be maximized.

Money, reputation, and status can only be obtained by winning the war.

This is how everyone can twist people's hearts into a rope, so that everyone only has victory in their eyes.

The wealth obtained by winning a war is much higher than the three melons and two dates plundered with great effort on the battlefield.

This is the most important reason why the current army is different from the ancient army.

Hou Yao wants to build the troops of Haixing Island into a modern professional army. There is still a lot of work to be done.

Queue training is just the beginning... .