Chapter 2 Beiyang Standing Army

In November 1901, Yuan Shikai has not officially reported to the court to request the establishment of the Beiyang Standing Army, but I don't know who revealed the wind. The court has a lot of debate about this. Some people oppose or support it, and some say that it is okay to train the Beiyang Standing Army, but they also need to practice a Beijing flag standing army. In short, all kinds of There are voices.

However, no matter how the court argues, Yuan Shikai's pace of army expansion has not stopped at all. Even before its official name, the preparation of the Beiyang Standing Army has embarked on the pace of rapid development. On the one hand, it recruits a large number of good family members as soldiers, and on the other hand, it is also transferred from various troops. Officers enrich the standing army.

As a unit starting from Yuan Shikai, the Wuwei Right Army is also the only new army in China that fully imitates Western France. Of course, it has become the cradle of the Beiyang Standing Army. Not only does the military system imitate the Wuwei Right Army, but most of the officers of the Standing Army are also transferred from the Wuwei Right Army. In this way, the Wuwei Right Army Some important positions have been vacant.

Duan Qirui looked at the dozen names in his hand and thought for a while before focusing on the three words Zhao Dongyun on the list.

At this time, after several other vacancies have been confirmed, Yuan Shikai took a sip of tea and continued, "Now there is still a lack of a unified belt in the second battalion of the right wing. Tell me who is suitable!"

At this time, Duan Qirui said, "I recommend Zhao Dongyun to teach in the camp school!"

Zhao Dongyun? This person has just returned from Germany for less than a year. This year, he is only 23 years old, and has no experience as an official. How can he take on the responsibility of leading the whole battalion? The person next to him immediately objected.

Duan Qirui did not expect that his recommendation of Zhao Dongyun would be opposed as soon as he finished speaking. He looked at Yuan Shikai with a bad face and saw that Yuan Shikai had no obvious look, so he said, "Zhao Dongyun once studied at the Berlin Military Academy in Germany, but now he has returned home and has recognized the Western style. Zhiyuan is better than others, and many foreigners in the camp school also said that this person is as proficient in Western methods as a foreigner. If you don't need to do such a talent, why spend a lot of money to study?

Duan Qirui's words are very simple, that is, since they have spent a lot of money to send people out to study abroad, and they don't use it when they return to China. Why did they have to spend this money at the beginning?

These days, it costs about 300 pounds per person per year to send official foreign students to Germany, and it is about 2,000 taels if converted into Kuping silver. Moreover, international students are generally sent abroad in batches, which adds up to a lot of overall cost.

You have to see the results when you spend this money!

Seeing that the man still wanted to speak and refute, Duan Qirui did not give him a chance to speak, but continued: "As for qualifications and experience, everyone has a first time, and I haven't heard that anyone has experience as soon as he comes up!"

Seeing that Duan Qirui strongly recommended Zhao Dongyun, the few people next to him naturally understood. They all know that Zhao Dongyun also came back from Liude. This and Duan Qirui can be regarded as a relationship with Duan Qirui, which can also be called a relationship between the ancestors and descendants. If this relationship is placed elsewhere, it is not worth mentioning. For example, the classmates in Tianjin Wubei School, no one pays much attention to it, because they are all classmates and talk about classmates. Most of the generals in the New Army system talked about their classmates.

However, there are only a handful of German students in the Chinese military, and fewer people enter the Wuwei right army system after returning to China. Duan Qirui and Zhao Dongyun are well known.

So Duan Qirui strongly recommends Zhao Dongyun for no reason!

Of course, Duan Qirui did not care about helping Zhao Dongyun to take office. In fact, in the past half a month, he had not recommended Zhao Dongyun to serve in the standing army, because the standing army was stared by too many people, and his ability to promote Zhao Dongyun to take office was still lacking. Today, he didn't have this plan, but when he saw Zhao Dongyun's list on the candidate list, he temporarily decided to help Zhao Dongyun.

In fact, even if Duan Qirui does not help Zhao Dongyun, since Zhao Dongyun's name has been included in today's candidate list by Yuan Shikai, it means that Zhao Dongyun has entered Yuan Shikai's sight. Even if he is not recommended by Duan Qirui today, he will be recommended by others. After all, there are so many vacancies, but There are only a few people who use it. No matter what, Zhao Dongyun will be reused. The question is what position he holds!

Today, Duan Qirui is just pushing the boat. If he can successfully help Zhao Dongyun find a position in the command of the infantry battalion, he must be able to bring him a lot of help in the future!

Feng Guozhang next to him also looked at Duan Qirui. After seeing that there was no other change in Yuan Shikai's face, he immediately said, "Now that our army is making great strides, and it urgently needs talents to work. Since Zhao Dongyun has the ability, I think he can temporarily replace the second battalion and become a regular member after practicing!"

When Yuan Shikai saw that the others didn't say anything, he immediately said, "I originally wanted him to be the assistant of the camp school. Since you think he can manage a battalion, let him take care of the second battalion of the right wing first and wait until it is effective before becoming a regular member!"

For Yuan Shikai, although a battalion is not a small matter, it is not a big deal. In a few words, it took less than ten minutes to determine the other five vacancies. After that, he put down the list in his hand and then said, "Now not only do we plan to set up a standing army, but the court also asked us to help train a standing army of the Beijing flag. There are many troops missing by the two armies. Please tell me what to solve it!"

Let's not talk about Yuan Shikai and others about many military affairs, but Zhao Dongyun's side.

At this time, Zhao Dongyun did not know that he had been booked as the commander of the second battalion of the right wing of the Wuwei Right Army. Now he is staying in his study, holding a pen in his hand.

If you look carefully, you can see that some nouns written on the paper are beyond the understanding of outsiders, such as tanks and airplanes. Therefore, at this moment, Zhao Dongyun is searching for some things in his memory about air-ground coordination, and is trying to combine some limited memories and imaginations about air-ground cooperation to make A summary of the space collaboration.

Zhao Dongyun didn't write these things to mean that he was going to hand it over to Shangfeng for further advancement. In fact, he was just writing a memo.

Since he came to this era, Zhao Dongyun began to record the things in his memory in words. The reason for doing so is that he is afraid that he will forget the things in his previous life after coming to this world for a long time, so he quickly records it in words while his memory is still clear.

Based on this, the content of his memo is quite extensive, basically writing whatever he thinks of, including military, culture, technology and so on. Then according to these limited memories combined with his own imagination, he also made some paradoxical things, such as Butan. Synergy tactical summary, such as a summary of defense tactics combining heavy machine guns and barbed wire, and a summary of open-ground collaborative operations being written.

These things have been written, and the names sound quite false, but only God knows whether they can be used in the future!

After all, it is not very difficult for a pseudo-military fan to write military theories!

Just as Zhao Dongyun was meditating and writing this open space collaborative summary, the door of the study was knocked. Zhao Dongyun couldn't help frowning, but he still said, "Come in!"

Then, a beautiful maid came in outside the door and saw her take two steps closer and said, "Sir, someone from Guangping!"

Zhao Dongyun was a little stunned and then said, "Who is here?"

"It's Master Dongping with three rooms!" The maid replied.

Zhao Dongyun's father has four brothers, and Zhao's father ranks second. The third room in the mouth of this maid refers to Zhao Dongyun's third uncle. This young master Dongping means Zhao Dongping, the second son of Zhao Dongyun's third uncle. Zhao Dongyun vaguely remembers that this man is two years younger than his brother. He should be only 17 years old this year. Why is he young? How about running from my hometown Xuzhou Guangping to Baoding?

In his heart, Zhao Dongyun immediately ordered his servants to bring people in. After a while, he saw this slightly immature cousin in the side hall.

Zhao Dongping was wearing a cotton-shirt and his face was a little tender. After seeing Zhao Dongyun, he immediately came forward to salute: "Third brother!"

Zhao Dongyun ranked third among a group of cousins, which was a relatively large one. He stretched out his hand and said, "Brother, you're welcome. Sit down!"

After Zhao Dongping sat down, he took out a few letters from his arms and handed them over: "This is a letter from my second aunt and my father!"

Although there have been telegrams these days, telegrams are expensive, and usually only send a few words to report that they are safe. If you really want to write something, you still have to write a letter. Zhao Dongyun took the letter and immediately opened it open and read it. The third uncle's letter was a little flattering, and asked himself to help Zhao Dongping find a job. Zhao Dongyun It's not strange to see it.

I am now a man with an official body. Although I am not only a famous school teacher, but also a four-grade official for the people of the old family. It is natural to ask myself to find a livelihood for the children of the family.

What the third uncle said in the letter is also simple, that is, to ask Zhao Dongyun to help find a job for Zhao Dongping.

But what his mother said in her letter made Zhao Dongyun feel a headache, because she said that your son's life's major events could not continue and should be solved as soon as possible. She also said that if you don't have a favorite person in Baoding, then she will exercise the power of her parents and help him find a suitable woman in Xuzhou.

This letter made Zhao Dongyun laugh bitterly!

In his early years, he did not decide on any baby relatives, but during his study in Tianjin Wubei School and studying in Germany, he focused on studying and did not care about these things. However, as soon as he returned from Germany, he was robbed of his body.

And Zhao Dongyun himself, after coming to this era, is full of things like controlling the new army to dominate the world, where he will think about whether he has married or not!

After reading the letter, Zhao Dongyun looked at Zhao Dongping, who was still sitting stiffly, and then said, "Your father asked me to help you find a job, which is not difficult!" Speaking of this, he paused slightly and said, "Have you ever gone to school?"