My Italian: Chapter 571 57th Infantry Division

The Valtellina Valley is located in the mountains of northern Lombardy. The Adda River, a tributary of the Po River that originates from Lake Cancano in the Rhaetian Alps, flows through this valley, bringing Sondrio, Morbegno and Coco to it. There are three small towns in Lico, where the fertile land is very conducive to the development of agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry.

It is precisely because this place is relatively rich, and the terrain is also similar, so the 57th Division, which is currently the focus of the Army, was arranged to be formed and reorganized here.

The headquarters of the 57th Division was arranged next to the small town of Morbegno in the middle of the valley.

"Squeak~"

There was a sound of brakes, and a dusty Fiat A-type car stopped at the gate of the 57th Division.

Cosenz got out of the car and stretched his tingling buttocks.

That's right, Cosenz accepted the transfer order of Admiral Simeone, and became the commander of the new 57th Infantry Division from the deputy commander of the 1st Guards Division.

The transfer of Cosenz also caused a lot of fluctuations in the guard system. Many Guards officers saw a slight change in Cosenz's transfer, so many officers who were promoted slowly felt turmoil in their hearts. Of course, the Ministry of War is willing to see the changes in Guards officers.

Then the Ministry of War tried to send out invitations to transfer to more than a dozen officers of the Guards. Of course, these officers were basically difficult to be promoted, and most of the officers readily accepted. Of course, these officers are all middle and low-level officers, and the highest is only a lieutenant colonel, which is incomparable with Cosenz's major general rank.

On Cosenz's side, he has taken over as the commander of the 57th Infantry Division for half a month. During these two weeks, Cosenz did not make any major moves against the division, mainly to inspect the units below.

Moreover, the Cosenz inspection is not like other officers, who basically do not say hello, and suddenly come to the camps of the troops, and do not call the officers for questioning, but like to ask the soldiers everywhere.

This is Cosenz's method of knowing the real situation, because the situation obtained from the mouth of the soldiers is definitely more reliable than the officers' reports.

It's not that the officers at the grassroots level will lie, but the situation reported layer by layer will add some subjective ideas to each officer, which is not conducive to Cosenz's understanding of the real situation of the division in a short time.

After half a month of understanding, the situation of the 57th Infantry Division is not good. The training progress of the soldiers is slow, the running-in time of grass-roots officers and soldiers is too long, there are many problems such as the lack of experience of grass-roots officers, the poor ability of middle-level officers to handle affairs, and the lack of technical officers.

Cosenz also knew the reason for these problems, which was caused by the poor technical and tactical level of the officers.

For this, Cosenz already has an idea.

"Bring the deputy division commander and the chief of staff and say that I have something important to discuss."

"Yes, sir."

Cosenz, who had just returned to his office, asked his adjutant to call the other two chief officers of the division.

Not long after, Ezio, the deputy division commander, and Colonel Wagner, the chief of staff, came to Cosenz's office.

Cosenz also knows something about his two colleagues. The deputy division commander, Major General Ezio, was previously the chief of staff of the 19th Infantry Division, and had just completed his promotion to major general before he came to serve as the deputy division commander.

The chief of staff, Colonel Wagner, previously served as the head of the 6th Infantry Division, and this time he was sent to the 57th Division as the chief of staff, which can be regarded as a step up.

Moreover, these two took office a little earlier than him. The deputy commander, Major General Ezio, took office half a month earlier than him, and the chief of staff, Colonel Wagner, took the longest time, nearly two months.

"Master, are you looking for us?"

Facing the inquiries from the two colleagues, Cosenz nodded and answered. "Yes, I have something to ask you. I spent some time going to the various troops below to understand the situation. It is not optimistic. Although there is no shortage of weapons in the troops, they lack sufficient training. I won't talk about tactics first. Many soldiers can't even do basic tactical actions properly. The low-level officers lack experience, and the same is true for middle-level officers, which makes me very worried."

The two also agree with Cosenz's words.

Colonel Wagner, the chief of staff who stayed the longest, spoke. "The teacher is right, and I know this situation. At present, the grassroots officers in our division are basically fresh graduates. They have good theoretical knowledge, but lack practical experience. I want to give them a period of time to familiarize themselves with it, and they should be familiar with it." much better."

"I have also learned about this situation. Not only our division, but also other newly formed divisions are basically the same. Moreover, some division companies still have a shortage of officers, and they are still waiting for the Ministry of the Army to continue to assign officers."

These two are right. Although the 57th Division is a key unit formed by the Ministry of the Army, although it can provide sufficient supplements in weapons and equipment, it is also very difficult to supplement qualified officers.

A qualified officer must not only have sufficient knowledge of military theory, but also have sufficient technical and tactical skills, as well as the cognition and application of new weapons and new tactics, as well as other aspects of the situation.

Therefore, it is not so easy to cultivate a qualified military officer. It not only takes time and energy, but also requires him to have this understanding.

In addition, the army is now in a period of large-scale military expansion. This year, six divisions need to be formed. Officers are needed everywhere, and qualified officers are naturally in demand.

And the Ministry of the Army should not be too partial to one another. It is enough to attract attention if it can give more to the 57th Division.

Seeing the words of the two colleagues saying that everyone is like this, and I can't help it, Cosenz felt that he was under more pressure.

"Actually, I have an idea that can remedy the current problem of basic officer experience."

"any solution?"

These two also knew about their teachers. Knowing that this resume is very good, and is stronger than them in terms of experience and ability, so I am looking forward to the method he said.

"That is to retrain these low-level officers, focusing on the company level that is currently the most serious problem. Let the company commanders of each company come to the training, and the three of us will teach. The theory is enough for them, and we will teach them some practical experience. Come once every other day, each time in addition to training, give them time to speak, and talk about some problems in their own troops. First, they, the company commanders, will discuss by themselves and give solutions, and then we will judge applicability of the approach.

The training will be carried out for one month first, and then the deputy company commander will come. I think that after these two months of training, at least the basic officers will know what to do. If the effect is good, then the battalion-level officers can also be trained next. "

Cosenz's method was actually born out of his experience in the Far East. Of course, when training his troops with that General Yuan, he used this method to train his officers.

However, what he said surprised the two colleagues. This man is too courageous. What should he do if the Ministry of War is held accountable?

Don't blame these two for their ignorance. This kind of method, which is very common in later generations, is very rare in this era. On the one hand, due to their duties, these military chiefs train officers in private, at least to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops, at worst, this is a serious interference with the army regulations, which will be punished.

On the other hand, doing so may affect the training of troops. Their newly formed division, UU Kanshu www.uukanshu. Com needs to strengthen training. Although there are manpower in the middle, it will be affected to some extent.

"It's not good to do this, let's say, there will be criticism from above, and it may affect the progress of training."

In the face of these two named suggestions, they actually objected. At this time, Cosenz showed why he was favored by Simeone.

"If there is any criticism from the superiors, let me say it. It does affect the training, but it is a good side. This allows the training officers to listen to our training while conducting training in light of the actual situation. Otherwise, I would not choose to train the next day. For once, it's about giving them a day to put what we've said into practice."

"Okay then, just listen to your teacher"

Now that their own division commander insisted, these two no longer insisted, let's see the effect first, so the task of the grassroots officers of the 57th Division was even heavier.

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