readsfreenovel Chapter 125 Yue Shan's Eye-Opening Experience
Chapter 125 Yue Shan's Eye-Opening Experience
On the other side, Yue Shan curiously followed the group to visit the military camp.
"General Yue, my name is Hu Weiguo, and I am the General Manager of the First Military Region. I am very pleased..."
Yue Pingzhi suddenly interrupted: "Aren't you called Hu Laosan?"
Manager Hu rolled her eyes at him: "You talk too much..."
Yue Pingzhi gave an awkward laugh.
Yue Shan didn't care about his name and asked casually, "What aspects are Manager Hu responsible for?"
He was also curious about how Xu Tianyi's military camp was managed. He didn't think that this somewhat mercenary businessman could be a good general, after all, his cultivation level was so low, it would be difficult for him to win over the troops.
Manager Hu stroked his mustache and said, "I am in charge of the management of the entire military camp. Except for training programs, combat plans, and military law, I am responsible for all other aspects."
Yue Shan was immediately shocked. Didn't this mean that the lifeline of the army was in his hands?
You should know that an army has a lot of power.
Simply put, it all comes down to food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and work.
He took charge of most of it?
He turned to look at Yue Pingzhi, puzzled.
Yue Pingzhi immediately nodded and said, "Manager Hu is fair in his work, and everyone trusts him. He handles everything from daily food supplies and worn-out military equipment to soldiers' rewards and various conflicts within the army."
Yue Shan immediately looked at him with newfound respect, but still didn't believe him and spoke up.
"Then please have Manager Hu explain."
Manager Hu immediately began to lead the way.
"General Yue, please look, this is the soldiers' mess hall. Each soldier receives food according to their own tag and is required to finish eating within 15 minutes, and must not waste any food."
Fish and meat are provided daily, and the fish and meat are specially bred. The main meats include chicken, duck, pork, dog, and rabbit. Various vegetables are also delivered daily, and rice is unlimited.
To maintain the army, the leader mobilized at least 100,000 people to serve it and ensure its logistical support. The food alone cost at least 50,000 taels of silver per month.
Yue Shan was shocked when he saw the dishes in front of him.
"Such a lavish meal, and it only costs fifty thousand taels a month?"
Manager Hu smiled slightly: "All civilians who serve the army are paid extremely low wages. Of course, the leader promised that there would be compensation after one year. These are managed by the government departments."
Yue Shan was silent for a moment, then said, "Isn't this exploiting the common people and merchants?"
“The initial exploitation is necessary. Their lives were given to them by the cult leader, so it’s only right that they suffer for a year or two. Otherwise, if the army can’t get going and problems arise, everyone will be doomed.”
Yue Shan nodded silently. He had studied with Xu Tianyi for a while and understood these things.
"And who are these soldiers?"
He pointed to the soldiers lined up in the distance, waiting to be beaten.
Some of those who had been beaten were divided into three groups.
Manager Hu explained, "These soldiers have violated military law. Some of them have instigated disturbances, shirked their duties, been lazy, or disrupted morale."
They would carry out different punishments according to military regulations, the minimum being three strokes of the cane. This usually applies to those who are slow to assemble, greedy for food, or disrupt the formation.
Three or five strokes are usually carried out directly, and those brought here are mostly people who have repeatedly violated military regulations.
After a minor violation is punished, the individual will enter a probationary period.
Moderate violations will result in immediate entry into the renovation phase.
Those who commit serious violations or attempt to withdraw will be penalized and permanently banned from employment.
Yue Shan frowned: "How about I take a look at the military regulations?"
Manager Hu gestured to Yue Pingzhi.
Yue Pingzhi immediately pulled out a military regulation from his chest.
It mainly contains management systems.
The Five Prohibitions and Seventeen Executions are basically non-existent in the general military.
Yue Shan became increasingly puzzled as he looked at it.
"With such military regulations, how could the soldiers be afraid?"
The military regulations listed above are numerous, with many new additions.
For example, a child howling in the middle of the night, crying and wanting to go home.
Such people are usually killed because the military is under a lot of pressure and prone to mutinies, which can easily lead to the annihilation of entire units. If someone shouts "Enemy attack!" in the middle of the night and everyone can't see who is friend or foe, they can easily start fighting each other, resulting in a large number of casualties.
But the punishment here is just five lashes, followed by a talk with the so-called group leader.
He pointed to this one, which he didn't understand at all.
Manager Hu immediately laughed: "General Yue is overthinking it. There is no such thing as a riot in our camp management system."
Putting aside the fact that there are people taking turns on night duty, our military orders are also given by whistles and gongs. If he shouts, he will be stopped by his squad leader or commander immediately. Without a special bugle call, no one would care about this.
Most importantly, most of my recruits are new recruits, and even the veterans haven't been in combat for a long time, so they don't have any psychological pressure.
Finally, our soldiers were well-nourished and none suffered from night blindness.
His explanation made Yue Shan nod, and Yue Shan immediately pointed out another point.
This refers to inciting unrest and disrupting morale within the army, and it usually involves showing the situation to the public.
Manager Hu explained that each group has a group leader who keeps an eye on things every day. Anyone who dares to disrupt morale will be dragged out and severely punished, and may even be placed under observation to prevent internal spies.
Besides, every squad leader has to boost morale and maintain the troops' morale every day. Who would listen to a soldier with no authority like you?
Yue Shan was still somewhat puzzled, but he thought the explanation was acceptable.
He immediately started asking about other things.
Manager Hu and Yue Pingzhi led him on a tour and began to explain.
From the layout of military camps, the size and allocation of each area, the training arrangements, daily commendations and rewards, soldiers' patrols, rotations, and logistics distribution and storage, the management of auxiliary troops, the allocation of retired soldiers, the distribution of military pay and wages, the assignment of demobilized personnel, and death benefits, etc.
In short, this place is less like a military camp and more like a factory, continuously producing qualified soldiers.
Manager Hu also told him that Xu Tianyi had prepared two months' worth of money and supplies, and now half a month had passed.
We must send troops in two months, or we will run out of money.
After listening, Yue Shan decided to leave the next day and watch the training for one more day.
So he settled in the military camp and began to observe the camp management regulations.
There's training at night too; it's fucking two shifts.
Yue Shan then joined the training and also found Yue Pojun, who had trained for a day, to observe and learn together.
There were surprise assemblies in the middle of the night, and some people even deliberately shouted that the enemy was attacking, causing harassment everywhere.
This is called habit training.
Yue Shan watched with great interest.
The next morning, after having breakfast at the military camp, Yue Shan found a group to watch their morning meeting, where the group leader boosted morale.
The series of brainwashing slogans made Yue Shan quite amused.
For example, something like, "If we can endure two more months, we can build another house."
For example, if I defeat our own side, I'll be the best.
For example, if you're going to win, win first place; if you're a veteran, you get a 300-square-meter house.
Kill those filthy rich bastards, and you can have your beautiful wives and concubines as you please!
To succeed, you must first go crazy and charge forward without regard for anything else!
. . .
At noon, Yue Shan reviewed all the training sessions and then met with Manager Hu and Yue Pingzhi to discuss the robbery plan.
But Yue Pingzhi felt that they should make a big move, completely crush Xue Mantian, and drive him out of Leizhou.
Yue Shan was somewhat taken aback. "Are you really that brave?"
(Let's try four chapters; it should give me some traffic.)