My Italy

"Damn it, how did you walk in line? The officer leading the line sloppily should be caned."

An Italian officer roared angrily at the Qing soldiers who were not even lined up neatly in front of him, making the other party's eyes confused. Although they couldn't understand the officer's Italian, they knew by looking at the furious look on the foreign man's face that he was definitely in trouble. And there was a fake foreign devil next to him to convey his words.

However, this foreign officer also flirted with the blind man. These Qing officers and soldiers looked like they were watching a Western scene, and some people in the queue were muttering quietly. "We have done a good job, but this foreign officer is too harsh."

"Yes, this foreigner is too difficult to take care of."

"What are you two talking about when you come out?"

Well, the private mutterings of the two soldiers were discovered by the sharp-eyed foreign officer, and they could only reluctantly stand up.

"Tell me, what are you two talking about and why are you talking in the team?"

The foreign officer's angry question made the two rookies turn pale with fright. However, this did not arouse sympathy, but instead caused them to roar louder.

"Tell me, are you dissatisfied with me? Tell me."

Looking at the two noobs shivering at him, he suddenly lost interest.

"You two, run around the playground ten times and go immediately."

The two rookies started running under the scolding of the foreign officers, but no one in the queue dared to speak. It takes nearly thirty miles to run ten laps on this playground. I hope these two short-sighted guys have the strength to finish it.

At the far end of the playground, someone was watching everything happening here.

"Lieutenant Colonel Yuan, you soldiers don't understand anything at all. This is very bad. The officers under my command have a lot of resentment. And we have also seen that in this situation where the language is different, the training methods of our Guards are directly adopted. Your army doesn’t have much use at all.”

Cosentz looked at the scene in the distance and spoke calmly to Yuan beside him, while a translator next to Yuan was translating Cosentz's words to him.

Yes, Yuan Weiting's Italian was not very good either. He had to practice in advance to leave a good enough impression on Cossenz.

No, after getting along with him for a few days, his nature of speaking simple Italian was fully revealed. Therefore, in order to prevent Cosentz from saying that he did not understand, it was inevitable to have an interpreter with him.

"Then according to your ideas, what should we do?"

Mr. Yuan's words made Cosentz angry.

"Yuan, this is the third time you have asked me this today. Do you need to pay my consulting fees first?"

Upon hearing Cosentz's complaint, Mr. Yuan immediately laughed.

"Hahaha, no problem. I can give you whatever you want, Lieutenant Colonel Cosentz. How about a thousand pounds? As long as you ask, I will send you the reward tonight. Don't worry, I will do it quietly and won't let anyone else know." Know."

Yuan Weiting's words made Cosentz swallow his saliva. He knew very well how much a thousand pounds was. It can be said that his pension will not be much higher in the future. Moreover, the Cosentz family is not a wealthy family, so it would be foolish to say that it is not attractive to them.

However, the temptation given by Master Yuan can only go so far, Cossenz shook his head and said. "Yuan, if you want to give money, then I won't talk about it. If we are friends, then I can talk about it."

Cosentz's words made Mr. Yuan feel a little ashamed, and then he immediately corrected his attitude and said. "Lieutenant Colonel Cosenz, Yuan was abrupt, and I hope you will forgive him for his blunder."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mr. Yuan bowed to him respectfully.

Cosentz still knew some Chinese etiquette, at least he knew that this was a great gift, and he quickly reached out to help him up.

"Lieutenant Colonel Yuan, you are an upright person. I am very happy to meet your friend."

Yuan Weiting also held Cosenz's hand with joy and said, "Yuan is also very willing to have a friend with such high moral character as your Excellency. I hope our friendship will last forever."

After a heart-to-heart conversation, the two became friends.

In fact, this conversation that promoted the rapid development of friendship was also the deliberate result of the two.

Master Yuan's purpose is very clear. He wants to get Cosentz's method of training troops. In addition, it is even more desirable to have a good relationship with a middle-level Italian officer.

On Cosentz's side, Yuan is the most enterprising Qing official he has ever seen (and there are not many of them), and being able to associate with him will also be very beneficial to his future development.

So this can be considered as each having needs. Of course, if they can continue to benefit from each other, then their friendship will be stronger.

So there is no such thing as meeting too late, everyone has their own needs, it just depends on the urgency of the needs. Judging from the current needs of the two, Master Yuan's needs are more urgent.

Now that the two have become friends, Cosentz will analyze it from the perspective of a friend.

"My friend, to be honest, I think your country's military development has fallen into a misunderstanding. You believe too much in the power of weapons and do not understand where the real power of the military lies."

Yuan immediately took out a pen and paper and started recording. It can be seen that a lot has been recorded on it. This is what Lieutenant Colonel Yuan and Cosentz gained from spending several days together.

Cosentz pretended not to notice and continued. "In fact, after learning these days, I think what your country needs most urgently is officers, officers who have received modern system training."

Speaking of which, Cosentz pointed to the playground. "It is not advisable at all to let our officers directly train your country's soldiers. First of all, our country's officers do not only know your country's language, and your country's soldiers cannot understand our country's words. Everything needs to be conveyed through an interpreter, which is likely to cause confusion Unsatisfactory results of poor training. In addition, there are cognitive issues between the two, which I think you have seen in the past few days. So in fact, the best ones to train them are the officers of your country, the officers who have received systematic training, not An old-fashioned officer mixed with a lot of old-fashioned thinking.”

Yuan Weiting understood what Cosentz said. This was a clear message to him that these armies were not good at all and needed to be rebuilt.

"So in your opinion, what should be done to build a new type of army?"

"In my words, we first need to restructure the entire military organizational system. Your country's simple division cannot adapt to the modern army at all. The army is a sophisticated war machine, and every part has its role. And your country's war The machine is too crude, so it can easily fall apart on the battlefield.”

Speaking of this, Cosentz glanced at him and said. "First of all, we need to improve its command system. In fact, the new army cannot be commanded by one person. In addition to the chief officer, in addition to the professional departments responsible for training and combat, the distribution of weapons and equipment, material management, horse management, etc. , all require professional departments to manage and supervise.”

Cosentz's words opened a new door for Yuan Weiting. He did not expect that the new army would ask for so much.

"What about after building the chain of command?"

"This needs to talk about troop organization. Currently, all our countries in Europe adopt a seven-level organization of divisions, brigade, regiment, battalion and company. This is the result of full consideration. I need to explain here that the most important one is the company. The company-level organization is generally the smallest independent combat organization, so the company-level chief officer must be a soldier who has studied the system. "

What Cosenz said is absolutely correct. The company level is very important in Europe, and the structure of the company has always been one of the focuses of European military research.

"In other words, if you want to build a new type of army, you must have a general level or above to study the system?"

Yuan Weiting is still very good at grasping the key points.

"Yes."

"This requires too many officers."

"It's not too many. According to the standards of our country's army divisions, there are probably more than 300 officers among 10,000 people."

"What about your teacher?"

"Our First Guards Division has more than 14,000 people and 619 officers."

Now Yuan Weiting understood that the combination of officers and weapons and equipment was the way to strengthen the army. However, it is difficult to find officers who need to know new tactics. They are as hard to find as a three-legged toad.

As if he understood Yuan Weiting's thoughts, Cosenz said immediately. "Actually, the issue of military officers is not a big deal. We can build military academies and hire excellent European teachers. We can also send people to apply for European military academies to study."

Well, neither of the two methods Cosentz mentioned is what Mr. Yuan can do.

Of course, Cosentz couldn't share his worries, so he continued. "In addition, the ordnance used by soldiers also needs to be considered comprehensively. For example, Chinese soldiers are not as tall as German and Austrian soldiers, so our country uses 6.5 mm caliber rifles, which have smaller recoil and facilitate the training of soldiers..."