Chapter 3 Second Battalion of the Right

Zhao Dongping showed a look of shame: "I only read four books, and I didn't get the exam!"

Zhao Dongyun didn't think so: "Have you ever studied Western studies and done anything at home?"

Zhao Dongping said, "I haven't studied Western learning, but since two years ago, I have been learning to do accounting in a foreign bank. I can make Western-style ledgers, and I also have a little French and Western language!"

Zhao Dongyun nodded. Although the cousin in front of him is still young, he can do accounting and speak French. In this era of high illiteracy rate, he is also a talent.

Besides, if Zhao Dongping is not a little confident in himself, he may not have run from his hometown in Xuzhou to Baoding for development. After all, his ability is generally better than to stay in his hometown in Xuzhou for a lifetime.

Then the two said a few other gossips, most of which were asked by Zhao Dongyun, and Zhao Dongping answered.

After a while, Zhao Dongyun said, "Well, you stay first. I'll help you find a job in the army these days!"

After Zhao Dongping went out, naturally some servants led him to settle down.

The next day, after Zhao Dongyun had a class in the camp school, he just wanted to visit a few more people to see if there was any hope for him to be transferred to the standing army, but before he left, a person came to him and said, "Congratulations, Brother Ziyang!"

Congratulations? Congratulations to me for what?" Zhao Dongyun listened a little vaguely. The man in front of him was also a teacher of Suiying School. His name was Gong Huantian, and his name was Chenlong. He was several years older than Zhao Dongyun. He was the predecessor of Tianjin Wubei School.

Gong Huantian said with a strong envious look: "The matter has spread that you want to be transferred to the second battalion of the right wing. Ziyang, you don't talk to us about such a big thing!"

Hearing this, Zhao Dongyun was even more stunned. The leader of the second battalion of the right wing? What I wanted to fight for at the beginning was the newly established standing army. How did it become the position of the right military guard army?

From the beginning, Zhao Dongyun wanted to take the opportunity of the new establishment of the Standing Army to see if he could get a real position. After all, the standing army was newly built, and almost all the officers of all sizes had to be transferred from the right army of the Wuwei, which gave Zhao Dongyun a chance.

But what he didn't expect was that he couldn't find the real position of the standing army. Instead, he directly gave him a real-power position on the side of the right side of the Wuwei Army. In this, it became that the sun would not come out of the west.

Although things are very different from what they thought at the beginning, it is always a good thing to be promoted. Zhao Dongyun immediately showed a surprised smile: "I really don't know about this!"

Zhao Dongyun is telling the truth, but Gong Huantian next to him thinks that Zhao Dongyun is modest and so on, and continues to say with envy, "You are still lucky. It's only been less than a year, so I will be a battalion officer. I guess it won't take a few years to become a division!"

It is impossible not to envy him. After graduating from Tianjin Wubei School, Gong Huantian has been teaching in Suiying School for several years, and even his grade is slightly lower than Zhao Dongyun.

In the evening, several people who got the news came to say to Zhao Dongyun. Naturally, Zhao Dongyun would not open his mouth and say anything. On the contrary, he humbly denied it one by one. After all, what everyone said is still internal information now. As long as the official appointment has not come down, it is full of too much uncertainty. Naturally, it is difficult to say. Too full.

However, the superior did not make Zhao Dongyun worry for too long. The next morning, Shangfeng sent an order to Zhao Dongyun to temporarily sign the position of the second battalion of the right wing. Although his name was still temporarily signed, if nothing unexpected, his leader was stable. .

After receiving the appointment letter, Zhao Dongyun set up two tables for many colleagues in the camp school at noon that day, and in the afternoon, he went straight to Duan Qirui's house. Why? Because internal information has come out, he was the result of Duan Qirui's strong recommendation as the leader of the second right-wing battalion.

So it is necessary for him to go to Duan Qirui to thank him in person!

After arriving at Duan Qirui's house, Duan Qirui did not show his official attitude this time, but said in the tone of his predecessors of the school, "Lord Jian is also optimistic about you, otherwise he will not agree to my recommendation, so you went to the second battalion to make some results. Don't let others underestimate it!"

Speaking of this, Duan Qirui said again, "Next month, our Wuwei Right Army will have a drill with the vanguard. Originally, it was to transfer the right wing battalion, but the first battalion drew too many people to the left town of the standing army. The shortage is too large, so we will change to your second battalion! Many people are watching this exercise, so you have to do your best to get things done, so that I can help you remove the word temporary signature in front of Lordxian!"

Hearing this, Zhao Dongyun also showed a solemn look on his face, because what Duan Qirui said was very clear. Whether he could really take the position as a camp officer and whether he could really enter the sight of the upper-ranking boss was above that drill.

Immediately said, "I don't know if there are any other people besides my camp?"

Duan Qirui said, "Although the scale of this drill is not large, we are a new army. Naturally, this battle is full of artillerymen. In addition to your second battalion, there is also a cavalry team. The artillery team under me will also send a team, and half of the engineering battalion will also be sent to fight!"

Zhao Dongyun was also slightly surprised when he heard this. In this way, it was about 2,000 people, and all the arms were complete, which could be called the scale of a mixed regiment. Such a large-scale force is nothing in the eyes of the great powers or future generations, but it is extremely rare in today's China.

You know, there are many armies in China now, not millions or hundreds of thousands, but most of these armies are old-style armies, such as the Eight Banners, the Green Camp, the Huai Army, etc. The combat effectiveness of these armies is infinitely close to zero, not to mention using them for war, even if they are used to raise numbers.

Around the year of Gengzi, the domestic combative army was actually only the Wuwei Army, the self-improvement Army and the vanguard of the Wuwei Right Army. However, in the Gengzi Incident, four of the five armies of the Wuwei Army were destroyed, leaving only one Yuan Shikai's Wuwei Right Army.

Therefore, after the year of Xinchou, the new army with combat effectiveness is actually left only the Wuwei Right Army, the vanguard of the Wuwei Right Army, and the self-improvement Army. The total number of people is only more than 20,000. As for the Beiyang Standing Army is still in the early stage of training, and does not even have an official name for the time being, and it will not be able to become an army one after another next year at the earliest.

In such a big back scene, the new army of only more than 2,000 people is also worth paying attention to.

"I don't know how many soldiers and horses are sent by the vanguard?" Zhao Dongyun continued to ask.

Duan Qirui said, "A mixed wing will be sent over there. At that time, they will attack and you will guard!"

"A mixed wing?" Hearing this, Zhao Dongyun couldn't help thinking about it. Although the vanguard of the Wuwei Right Army was said to imitate the formation of the Wuwei Right Army, it was actually very different. For example, the Wuwei Right Army adopts a large battalion, an infantry battalion plus soldiers and the eldest husband, so there are more than 1,500 people.

However, the vanguard of the Wuwei Right Army adopts a small battalion system. There are only about 700 infantry battalion soldiers and the chief husband. One of their wings has two roads and four battalions under the road. If you simply calculate one wing, the soldiers and the captain are about 6,000.

Since the other party sends mixed wings, there must be artillery, cavalry, engineers and other troops. This part adds up to at least more than 1,000. In this way, the total strength of the other party will reach more than 7,000 or even 8,000.

Duan Qirui saw Zhao Dongyun's frown and thought he was afraid. He immediately said, "It doesn't matter if there are more people on the opposite side. It's just a group of old troops in the coat of the new army!"

When Zhao Dongyun heard Duan Qirui's words, he could only show a wry smile. Duan Qirui's words were not false. The right army of Wuwei and the vanguard of the Wuwei right army sounded to be similar in name. People who didn't know thought that the vanguard of the right army of Wuwei belonged to the subordinates of the right army of Wuwei, but in fact, the two were quite independent relations, and they were compiled The system is also different.

The predecessor of the Wuwei Right Army is the new army trained by Yu Xiaozhan. It is the only new army in China that is fully trained in accordance with Western France. From drills to equipment and even clothing tactics, it has a strong German style. Specifically, it is composed of two wings under the jurisdiction, two wings under the jurisdiction of the wing, three battalions and four battalions. The team has jurisdiction over three posts and six posts.

The vanguard of the Right Army of Wuwei was before the Gengzi Incident. Yuan Shikai was sent to Shandong to suppress the mob and reorganized the old army in Shandong. Although the formation imitated the Right Wuwei Right Army to a certain extent, it still has a strong style of the Huai Army. Their organization is divided into two wings, four wings, four battalions and battalions. Four sentries, nine sheds.

The establishment of the Wuwei Right Army has a strong smell of the old army, and the personnel are also old army personnel, so the status in the Beiyang system is much lower than that of the Wuwei Right Army. It is normal for Duan Qirui and other people in the Wuwei Right Army system to look down on the vanguard of the Right Wuwei Army.

Of course, although there are some differences between the two, one thing you must know is that whether it is the Wuwei Right Army or the vanguard of the Wuwei Right Army, they are all direct troops under Yuan Shikai.

Duan Qirui is full of confidence in the right army of Wuwei, but Zhao Dongyun is a little worried. After all, even if the right army of Wuwei is stronger, the number of people on the opposite side is several times higher than his own. This exercise is not easy to fight!

And just a month after the exercise, there is not much time left for Zhao Dongyun to rectify the second battalion. Maybe he will encounter some dissatisfied subordinates or various other problems, which are the problems that Zhao Dongyun needs to worry about most.

Although there were many worries in his heart, Zhao Dongyun still did not hesitate to go to the second battalion to take office the next day. Even if there was a problem, Zhao Dongyun planned to come to the future.