Rebirth: Romania Rising

When marching and fighting in Romania, except for weapons and military uniforms, which were distributed by local arsenals, soldiers had to bring their own change of clothes, summer and winter clothes from home, and bedding was no exception.

Because everyone brings their own from home, or buys it at the market when they are stationed, the things used to fill quilts are also all kinds of strange.The bedding used by royal families like Mihai in the army was not only sewn with the best silk, but also lined with a layer of soft deerskin and stuffed with duck and goose down. It was light, warm, and Only nobles can afford it.

Officers like Victor spent money to buy better cloth and asked tailors to sew it. It felt relatively soft and was warm enough to cover the body.

Ordinary soldiers who are poorer can only use burlap as a quilt, stuffing some withered grass and wheat straw into it in autumn and cold winter. This kind of quilt feels hard and can barely keep out the cold...

But in this small tent that can accommodate ten people, Mihai found that bedding, no matter what shape it was, was carefully folded and placed at the end of the bed.Although due to material problems, it was impossible to stack them into the standard "tofu cubes" of later generations, but in the eyes of Mihai, who likes neatness and uniformity, it looks very pleasing to the eye.

You know, let alone the Third Legion, even the most elite soldiers, the quilts in the tents are laid out in random directions, and no one has ever folded them subconsciously.

Apart from being surprised when he first came in, he was speechless after that. Then he walked out of the small tent of ten people and looked at several other tents in Victor's camp with thousands of people.But without exception, I saw that the bedding was neatly stacked. In addition, items, cups, and boxes were all placed in their own places, which was in sharp contrast to the mess in other camps...

Mihai casually picked up a form on the door. On it was a work and rest schedule written by Victor. Get up at sunrise and fold the quilt, eat on time, and then go out for training... There is a corresponding schedule for almost every time period.

"Who asked you to make this quilt?"

It couldn't be the soldier's consciousness, it must be the officer's order.Victor, who was following behind, immediately agreed: "That's exactly what I ordered my soldiers to do."

"Why do you do this?" Mihai asked.

Victor said: "It is to unite our comrades and improve morale."

"Improving morale?" Mihai became interested and asked Victor to answer seriously.

Victor looked at the officers of all levels standing in a circle outside the camp tent, feeling a little embarrassed.Mihai shook his hand and said, "Just tell me in detail."

Victor lowered his head and said: "The soldiers come from all over the world. Some are Moldavia, some are Carpathians, some are Dacian people, and some are Turkic people. They didn't know each other before. And everyone has never known each other. After being drafted to go south this year, I was away from home for three months. It is inevitable to feel homesick. This is what is called the disunity of hearts. If there is a battle, they will hesitate to look at each other and cannot move forward according to orders."

"When I first joined the army, I participated in recruit training. Just like now, we must first march in line to restrain the recruits, so that the recruits march in a consistent, orderly and orderly manner. In the occupied areas, the requirements will only become more stringent. , even if soldiers are going to buy supplies, herding, etc., they must not go out alone, they must be with many people, and they are not allowed to pass without forming a small team."

This is just like in the army of later generations, three people must line up when traveling. It is all to enable soldiers to develop good discipline in their lives.Military housework such as folding quilts also plays the same role.This kind of "formalism" of the army was often criticized in later generations, but its original intention was good and it greatly promoted the uniformity of the army.

If you can't even fold a small quilt neatly every day, you don't have to expect the soldiers of this army to obey more stringent orders when marching, stationed, and fighting.

Looking back, even though he cursed every day during military training in his previous life, now it has become a habit that Victor cannot give up.Uniformity is an important way for collective strength to gather and gradually develop and accumulate.Both ancient military strategists and modern armies of various countries are doing similar things subconsciously.

The military is the country's violent machine, an extremely ferocious armed organization that serves political purposes.It is the main component of state power.

After several months of military life, Victor had a new understanding of this sentence.He believes that the so-called ferocity and violence are not the invincible morale, nor the tragedy of the mountains of corpses and blood, but the indifference to human life and the suppression of human nature!

Military discipline and military regulations are based on the premise of eliminating personal character. This discipline must be deeply rooted in the bone marrow and become a part of their lives, so that everyone has a strong sense of belonging.When you join the army, you forget about your family; when you go abroad to fight, you forget about your parents and fellow countrymen; when you fight against the enemy in battle, you forget about yourself.

Of course, it is not to forget the results of their training, but to forget their previous identities as farmers, workers, businessmen, husbands, sons, brothers, and fathers, and gain a new identity, the only identity - warrior!

This principle is the same in all countries in the world.Therefore, when Victor was in Bucharest, he asked his officers and soldiers to insist on folding quilts every day to cultivate their obedience and discipline. When he arrived in Dobrich, when new subordinates joined, he asked the old subordinates to teach the new arrivals to fold quilts. The quilt has also become a good way to quickly integrate them into this large group.

Of course, the main reason is that Victor wants to attract Mihai's attention in this way.Under the shaping of military regulations, many Romanian officers have become obsessive-compulsive. Military merit awards require one hundred acres of land, and cultivated land must be neatly divided. Not to mention the army, the queue must be neat. , height and weight are more demanding, Victor just gives the right medicine...

After two months of strictly demanding his subordinates day after day, the opportunity really came. How could he miss it?So he talked eloquently:

"So I think that in addition to military training, soldiers can also start with some simple little things on weekdays to eliminate their daily selfish desires, forget those lazy habits, and make the army of thousands of people uniform, just like one person!"

Victor smiled and said, "I am a young colonel, with very little knowledge. If there are any flaws, I will make my superiors laugh."

Mihai did not sneer, but rather admired the officer in front of him. He asked Victor about his origins, and learned that three generations of his family were from a military family. They also graduated with honors from the military academy and then served as soldiers in the Third Army Corps. An officer, after joining the army, he performed a little meritorious service before getting the position of colonel, and he was secretly amazed.

Originally, Mihai thought that he would have another painful and torturous life in the Third Army. He looked down on this miscellaneous army, and his subordinates also looked down on him for being dictating and demanding.But today's experience allowed Mihai to refresh his understanding of the Third Army.

"It seems that my inspection today was not in vain." He stood up with satisfaction, and when he walked out of the camp, he said to the wide-eyed officers waiting outside: "Victor's military management is a model for Romanian soldiers. Today we must Reward him and his subordinates with heavy rewards."

Victor thanked him, and his subordinates who were standing in several rows outside also looked happy after hearing this, thinking that the quilts had not been folded in vain this month.

Unexpectedly, Mihai turned around and said: "I just don't know if all the people under Victor's command can really be one hundred people and maintain a solemn military appearance during the drill? I will try it tomorrow. !”

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Mihai didn't seem to care much, but in fact he acted in a hurry. The day after arriving at the military camp for inspection, he asked all the officers to lead their soldiers to demonstrate again in the suburbs.

Arrange in formation on the flat ground in the countryside and conduct a queue demonstration.During the drill, three wooden large watches are set up, one for every [-] steps.The troops were arrayed, and according to Michael's order, they practiced their formations separately.

After repeating the drill three times, the army will fully master all the essentials, and then rewards and punishments will be given based on the performance of the drill.In this drill, as expected by Mihai, the third legion's formation control was average and far inferior to that of the elite legion.Only Victor, who had not slackened his training in the queue for a month, once again attracted Mihai's attention...

Everything was done well.Being able to get the general to notice once may be luck, but being able to notice twice in a row is strength.

So after the day's drill, Mihai rewarded Victor and others with a bounty, and made a decision that surprised the entire division.Victor and his men were all transferred to the guard flag force directly under Mihai!