Five days passed in a flash, Liao Tian had already led his troops back, and the reorganization of each unit had been completed. Li Fei also built a large number of barracks within these five days to accommodate the newly reorganized troops.
Now the total number of troops under Li Fei's command has exceeded 30,000, including the mercenary regiment stationed in the logistics park, the 358th Regiment guarding the headquarters, the 359th Regiment stationed on the west side of the headquarters, and the newly recruited 360th Regiment. In addition there are four newly reorganized regiments.
Li Fei reorganized these troops into two brigades, commanding Liao Tian and Jerry respectively.
Early in the morning of that day, the auditorium of the headquarters was full of people, and Chen Bo and others also took their seats early with officers of all levels.
The front door opened, Li Fei entered the auditorium, strode towards the podium, and the auditorium instantly became quiet.
Li Fei came to the center of the rostrum and sat down, with Liao Tian and Jack on his left and right.
"Everyone, today is a special day. First of all, the reorganization of all units has been completed, and the strength of our army will be further improved;
Secondly, in the battle 5 days ago, the brothers fought bravely and tenaciously. Today, we will commend the brothers who performed well and announce a series of personnel transfers;
Last but not least, starting today, we will implement a salary system and will announce the specific salary and benefits later. "
Li Fei's words made everyone smile, this was really good news.
Li Fei continued, "Brothers, it has been 35 days since the end of the world. Over the past few days, we have fought side by side, experienced hardships together, and faced life and death together. I thank you all for your trust and support."
As soon as Li Fei finished speaking, there was a burst of discussion below, especially the people from the original city defense army and the central army, who were sighing.
Yeah, a month. A month ago, the world was peaceful and prosperous. In this month, so many brothers and relatives died. What kind of life are those who survived living? How many of them still have relatives alive today?
Li Fei could understand these people's feelings. He was a time traveler and his direct descendants were all recruited, but these people were all natives.
After they calmed down, Li Fei continued, "We will face more challenges in the future, but please believe me, we will be able to completely eliminate the zombies, rebuild social order, and continue our race and civilization. I will definitely lead you to create a better life."
Yes, with our teachers around, we have a future. Look, our lives are getting better and better now. Thinking of this, everyone was full of confidence and yearning for the future.
"Now that the troops have been integrated, I announce the establishment of the 1st and 2nd Brigades. Liao Tian will be the commander of the 1st Brigade, and Jack will be the commander of the 2nd Brigade.
The 1st Brigade is composed of the 358th, 359th and 360th Regiments, as well as units directly under the brigade headquarters. The 113th Regiment (the mercenary group's external designation) is temporarily under the jurisdiction of the 1st Brigade, and the brigade headquarters is temporarily established within the headquarters.
The 2nd Brigade is composed of the newly formed 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Regiments and the brigade headquarters, which is located in the former Central Army Command.
Zhang Xin, deputy commander of the 358th Regiment, was promoted to regiment commander, Xiao Lifeng, commander of the first company, was promoted to first battalion commander, and Wang Baoshan was promoted to first company commander.
Tracy, the chief of staff of the 113th Regiment, was appointed as the regiment commander, Qian Yongjiang, the deputy regiment commander, was appointed as the chief of staff, Jerry, the commander of the first battalion, was appointed as the deputy regiment commander, Zhao Dezhu, the commander of the first company, was appointed as the first battalion commander, Zhang Zhentian, the leader of the second platoon, was appointed as the first company commander, and Hai, the commander of the third platoon, was appointed as the second company commander (the original second company commander Leo was killed in action).
Chen Bo, Zhou Zhenguo, Li Guoyan and Jin Desheng served as the commanders of the newly formed 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Regiments respectively, and Zhou Yong, Thomas, Fred and Dong Ping served as the political commissars of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Regiments respectively.
Liu Dongsheng served as the commander of the tank regiment and was directly under the command of the headquarters. "Li Fei announced a series of personnel changes.
Li Fei did not recruit from the system this time, not because he was reluctant to spend the money, but because my brothers have made contributions, but you won't allow me to promote them? Didn't the system say that you can be appointed if your capabilities meet the requirements?
Why is there no Li Fugui? Because Li Fugui's row was absolutely loyal, they were all disbanded by Li Fei and placed in the 2nd Brigade.
All officers were promoted one level, soldiers were promoted to squad leaders, squad leaders were promoted to platoon leaders, and platoon leader Li Fugui was directly promoted to deputy battalion commander.
Only squad leader Zhao Lin stayed behind to serve as platoon leader and rebuild the platoon. Why is Zhao Lin? This guy couldn't bear to leave his girlfriend and wanted to continue staying in the park, so he came to Li Fei to plead for mercy.
Not just one row, but nearly a thousand veterans that Li Fei transferred to the 2nd Brigade were basically assigned to the positions of squad leaders and platoon leaders.
After announcing the personnel appointments, Liao Tian read out the list of commended personnel. Those whose names were called were beaming with joy, while those whose names were not called clenched their fists and secretly swore that they must rush forward and kill more enemies next time.
"The last thing, I also neglected it. A few days ago, a friend came to me to complain that he wanted to find a partner but had no money. I was indeed negligent in this matter.
Considering that we have not issued currency yet, we will still use the work point system.
I learned that an adult male in the agricultural area can earn about 4-5 work points a day. We brothers all carry guns and risk our lives, so we should earn more than them.
Therefore, I decided that ordinary soldiers would receive 300 work points per month, squad leaders 400, platoon leaders 500, company commanders 600, battalion commanders 800, regiment commanders 1000, and brigade commanders 1500.
In addition, there are rewards for those who have made contributions in battle. Depending on the size of the merit, one can be awarded special merit or first, second, or third class merit. In addition to medals and certificates, they will be rewarded with 30,000, 10,000, 5,000, or 2,000 work points respectively. "Li Fei finally remembered to pay everyone's salary.
What Li Fei said was true. Before, in addition to food and drink, his troops could also get various beverages and snacks. Compared with those survivors, they were already very well off. Moreover, these things are also very tempting to survivors, so many women wanted to find a boyfriend in the army.
But there is no harm without comparison.
Now that everyone has earned work points, they can buy what they want. The women have begun to ignore these attentive soldiers. There are even many men who use their work points to buy things and compete with them for the women. How can this be tolerated?
So, under the instigation of everyone, Guo Dagang ran to Li Fei and cried, saying that the young widow he had set his eyes on was being stolen away by someone else.
After Li Fei announced the treatment at all levels, there was jubilation and everyone shouted "Long live the commander".
You have to know that the purchasing power of work points is still very strong. It usually only takes about 10 work points to buy a new piece of clothing.
Look at us, starting with 300. If we can make some achievements and get a promotion, won't we be able to marry a beautiful, rich woman right away? It makes me excited just thinking about it. I'm going to kill a few more next time.
Li Fei continued, "In principle, work points are paid monthly, but brothers in need can withdraw no more than one month's work points in advance.
In addition, the commendation list just read out by Brigade Commander Liao will also be implemented in accordance with our new reward regulations. "
Now the person being commended became even more agitated. Is this a rich person?
After announcing a series of good news, Li Fei led everyone to the Martyrs Cemetery at the foot of Song Mountain to hold a funeral for the brothers who had fallen in battle.
It was already noon when I finished all these.
After lunch, Li Fei kept a group of officers above the regimental level to continue the small meeting, while everyone else dispersed. At the same time, they also brought the good news from the morning back to their respective departments.