readsfreenovel Chapter 318: Attacking Jiao County Again
Chapter 318: Attacking Jiao County Again
When he received the telegram, Fang Jian was also very helpless.
Young people are like this, most of the students who graduate from military academies are only in their twenties.
Moreover, many officers who graduated from military academies have been promoted to higher positions. The lowest rank is company commander, and there are also many regiment commanders.
The emergence of problems like today made Fang Jian realize that there are still some loopholes in the management of the army. If a regimental-level military commander can act recklessly today, it is possible that a division-level military commander will do the same tomorrow.
There are now more than 40 division commanders in the entire army. Once the military regions are established and the army expansion is completed, the number will double, making this problem more likely to occur.
After thinking for a while, Fang Jian instructed Zhuang Jiwu: "The establishment of the Military Commission must be taken seriously."
"In the future, the army must have a political commissar, a military commander and a chief of staff. Any military order must be issued by the three together, and must be agreed by two people before the entire army can execute it."
In Franciscan's vision, the staff officers and chief of staff would be under the management of the General Staff, the military supervisors would be under the management of the military headquarters, and the political commissars at all levels of the army would be under the management of the Military Commission.
Of course, the political commissar and the staff only have a regimental level, and the lower combat units are not equipped with them.
With this configuration, the three powers in the army are separated. Even if someone wants to cause trouble, they will be unable to do it alone. Even if two people collude in one army, it can prevent other troops from doing the same.
Currently, this system is only a preliminary concept, and its specific effects and problems will only be known after it is implemented.
The separation of powers is also the biggest factor in the disintegration and division of military leaders. Even if the military commander has some ulterior motives, he cannot lead the entire army.
After all, if it is only the chief military officer who gives the order, the troops below have to execute it even if they feel there is a problem. Otherwise, they will be accused of disobeying orders, and what can you do?
The separation of powers is different. At least two chief officers must agree, and three people must be present at the same time when an order is issued. Although this is a bit troublesome, it can prevent problems in the troops to the greatest extent possible.
"Chairman, how should we deal with this regiment leader?" asked Zhuang Jiwu.
Fang Jian shook his head slightly. "Because the regiment commander acted on impulse, he not only detained his battalion commander, but also caused the loss of more than 200 people. I will record the facts in the file and cancel his position as regiment commander."
"What about his military rank? Will he be assigned a military post?"
"Doesn't he have an official military rank? Ask him what he wants. If he is willing, we can submit his file to the Personnel Department for arrangement."
Upon hearing Fang Jian's response, Zhuang Jiwu's expression froze. At the same time, he thought to himself that this man had no future.
Although the regiment commander's official rank was lieutenant colonel, his official rank was only lieutenant, and it was awarded only years ago.
With this military rank and resume, when he was assigned a position in the personnel department, the most he could be assigned was a platoon leader.
Moreover, even if he wanted to be promoted to company commander, his official rank would not be promoted. He would have to wait until his official military rank was raised before he could be promoted to company commander.
After all, no one dares to promote an officer with a criminal record.
Even with outstanding performance, it still takes a year to be promoted from lieutenant to captain. Last year's promotion was an exception, which is not common.
With Wang Hui's condition, it would be difficult for him to be promoted in rank even if he reached the required age. After all, military rank has to be suspended for a period of time, but that does not mean you can be promoted after the suspension period. You still have to perform well and have military merits to be promoted in rank.
Wang Hui's future was blocked, but Zhuang Jiwu didn't feel sorry for it, as this was more than 200 lives at stake.
"Yes, Chairman." Zhuang Jiwu responded and stepped back.
Francis Xavier’s arrangement not only raised the status and power of the chief of staff, but also added the position of political commissar.
Although there is still only one military commander, there are now three people who can make decisions. There must be a rule to implement it.
On the other side, outside Jiao County, Qingzhou.
After the 202nd Regiment was replaced, they did not attack directly, but sent engineers to explore the minefields laid by the dwarf locusts and mark the heavy firepower points of the dwarf locusts.
"What's going on? Why hasn't the 202nd Regiment launched an attack yet?" Mu Junwen, who was in the rear, was getting very anxious when he saw that the 202nd Regiment was slow to attack.
He had previously assured the army commander that it would take a regiment half a day to capture the dwarf locust position, but this kind of thing happened.
The chief of staff and the regiment commander were at odds, and the regiment commander ignored the lives of the soldiers and forcibly ordered an attack. What did he think of the army? He didn't take the lives of the soldiers seriously, right? This was totally the behavior of a warlord.
The chief of staff on the side made his own suggestion: "Division Commander, why not send the 203rd and 204th Regiments together."
"The Dwarf Locusts are short of troops. We will surround them from all sides and will surely be able to quickly defeat the enemy and seize the position and Jiao County."
"Wait a little longer." Mu Junwen was also a little arrogant at this time, but not to the level of Wang Hui.
Although he was stubborn and self-willed, he would not take the lives of the soldiers lightly. Besides, with Wang Hui in front of him, he did not dare to make the same mistake.
At this time, he still wanted to compete and prove to Han Shaorong and Zhang Wei that he could take down the small locust position with the strength of a regiment.
At the front line, the engineer company commander came to report: "Report to the regiment commander, there are mines in front of the dwarf locust position."
"Is there any way to dismantle it?" Li Lin, head of the 202nd Regiment, asked with a frown.
The engineer company commander couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It can be demolished, but it will take some time. I'm afraid it will be difficult to do it in a short period of time."
"Okay, you go down." Li Lin waved his hand and let the company commander go down.
The Chief of Staff of the 202nd Regiment stepped forward and made the same suggestion as the Chief of Staff of the 201st Regiment, which made Li Lin's eyes light up.
"Okay, let the third battalion launch a feint attack from the front, and the first and second battalions will go around to the rear of the small locusts from the left and right, seize Jiao County, and raid the small locust positions from the rear."
"Yes." A staff officer immediately went down to convey the order.
Li Lin then contacted the division headquarters and requested artillery support. When Mu Junwen learned of Li Lin's request, he immediately asked the artillery regiment to cooperate.
While shelling the Little Locust position, the 202st and nd Battalions of the nd Regiment had already circled to the left and right sides of the Little Locust position, aiming directly at the Jiaoxian County seat.
Half an hour later, the artillery fire stopped. The Nanshan Army set up positions in front of the dwarf locust minefield, set up machine guns to fire at the dwarf locusts, and concentrated snipers to target the dwarf locust positions.
"Damn, these new people are so cunning." Captain Little Locust, who came out of the anti-artillery cave and did not wait for the Nanshan Army's charge, could not help but complain.
The captain at the side couldn't help but echoed: "Yes, these new people are very cunning. If they have the ability, they should not use cannons, but attack our positions with real swords and guns."
Although the dwarf locusts dodged the bombardment in time, more than 200 people were still killed by the sudden attack.
This was an untold loss to their already small force.
"Fire back with heavy machine guns. We must suppress the arrogance of the new people." The captain gave the order without hesitation.
The captain on the side frowned and quickly said to stop him: "Wait a minute, Captain, let the heavy machine guns in the bunker work and hide the heavy machine guns outside the bunker for the time being."
"What?" The captain was very dissatisfied with what the captain said, but he did not get angry immediately. Instead, he wanted to hear what he had to say.