Chapter 61 The Ambition of the Mixed Association

Chapter 61 Ambition of the Mixed Association

The situation of the Third Association that is different from the ordinary Infantry Association will naturally be seen by many people, but what can be seen, because there are two reasons for this situation of the Third Association:

The first is the competition for the position of the right town wing commander of the Beiyang Standing Army. For this position, in addition to Wang Yingkai, other people such as Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Wang Shizhen, Liu Yongqing, Wu Changchun and others have personally fought in an attempt to control the second standing army in the Beiyang New Army. Who wants to defeat everyone to reach the top The position of right wing chief is not an easy thing.

The second is the problem of money. If Yuan Shikai is rich, he will not only compile a third association. People will directly compile and practice the whole right town. The third association and the fourth association are all on the horse together, but Yuan Shikai has a little money now, but he spends money everywhere, making Yuan Shikai want to do it again. A fourth association is difficult.

And the Fourth Association didn't come out, how to establish the right town of the Beiyang Standing Army!

Therefore, before the Fourth Association is compiled, it is impossible for the right town of the Beiyang Standing Army to appear. Before the right town of the Beiyang Standing Army becomes an army, the Third Association will continue to maintain its current state. In addition to undertaking its own training tasks, it also has to undertake many tasks of the right town commander of the Beiyang Standing Army. Including the second battalion of machine guns, the right standard of the horse team, and it is estimated that artillery, engineering, heavyweight and other troops will gradually join the control of the Third Association.

For this situation, although Zhao Dongyun was tired to death, and the responsibility on his shoulders was almost overwhelmed, he was extremely excited in his heart. He even hoped that the more troops under the jurisdiction of the Third Association, the better. It was best if he could be upgraded to the right town of the Beiyang Standing Army on the spot and become the wing commander of this right town. That would be better.

It's just that the possibility of the Third Association being directly upgraded to Beiyang Standing Military Right Town is too small. Zhao Dongyun hardly expect anything from this, but it is impossible to directly upgrade to the Right Town, but it is estimated that there is still a little possibility!

If you compare the establishment of the Beiyang Standing Army with the modern military establishment of later generations, it can be generally considered that the division is similar to the town, the brigade is equivalent to the association, and the regiment is equivalent to the standard. The battalion does not need to change. It is also called the 'camp'. In the late Qing Dynasty, it is a team, and the platoon is the same as the battalion, with the same name, and the following class is Shed.

This mixed association is what later generations call the mixed brigade.

In the current system of Beiyang, although the possibility of establishing a mixed association is also very small, it is not impossible, because considering that the internal factions of Beiyang are too fierce for the position of wing leader, and also considering that Yuan Shikai can't afford more money to establish the fourth association and the right target of the artillery team in a short period of time.

In this case, once there is a need for defense, it is possible to take the first-trained third coordination to the front line and let the Third Association undertake the task of independent operations. In order to let the Third Association undertake the task of combat in one direction, it must be assigned to various auxiliary forces, including artillery, cavalry and machine guns. , engineering, weight, etc.

However, it is interesting that now the Third Association has cavalry and machine gun troops, and even has informal establishment, small-scale projects and heavy troops within the Third Association. That is to say, Yuan Shikai only needs to give Zhao Dongyun another artillery battalion, then his Third Association is a solid mixed association.

Of course, the above can only be regarded as Zhao Dongyun's own ambition, which is purely a wishful imagination. In fact, even if Beiyang is poor, the right town of Beiyang's standing army will have to be established, at most a few months.

This can be seen from the establishment of Zhao Dongyun's Third Association. Last winter, Yuan Shikai was as poor as death, but he moved left and right. There were tens of thousands of taels here, and tens of thousands of taels there were asked him to raise the training funds for the Third Association.

So don't doubt a warlord's determination to make money in order to expand his army.

But then again, the current Beiyang Standing Army Right Town has not been established, and Zhao Dongyun expects that it will take at least half a year to change.

During this period, both the right of the horse team and the second battalion of the machine gun team are under the management of the Third Association. If Yuan Shikai wants to practice another artillery battalion in these months, it is estimated that it will also be directly under the temporary management of Zhao Dongyun. Then the Third Association will become the actual mixed association. As for this situation How long it can last depends entirely on when Yuan Shikai's wallet can be loosened.

"In my opinion, it is estimated that the fourth association will be built by the end of this year!" As the second person under Zhao Dongyun, the staff officer of the Third Association and the general manager of the new barracks, Lin Yongquan is equally concerned about the future of the Third Association.

"But didn't you say that the situation in the three eastern provinces is starting to be tense again? I heard that we are going to expand the scale of our standing army! In this case, I guess the Fourth Association will be soon!" Pei Lianying said, "In fact, it's good to establish a right town. At that time, our leader may not be able to compete for the position of wing leader of the right town."

Hearing that Pei Lianying directly said that he also had a chance to compete for the position of right wing leader, Zhao Dongyun couldn't help laughing. Could it be that he had become a boss who could compete with Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang and others in the hearts of these subordinates?

His family knows his own affairs. Although Zhao Dongyun is now one of the senior officers of Beiyang, he is only one of the top officers. He is not one of the few Beiyang bosses. In fact, his overall status is not much different from Chen Guangyuan. He belongs to the role of the second echelon of Beiyang, but he is better than Chen Guang. Far more trusted and reused by Yuan Shikai, so he can be regarded as one of the top officers in the second echelon.

In fact, it is still far away from these Beiyang bosses of the first echelon such as Duan Qirui, Wang Yingkai, Feng Guozhang, Wang Shizhen, Liu Yongqing, Wu Changchun and so on!

It would be better for Zhao Dongyun to be the leader of the association, but if he didn't know that he would directly fight with Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang and others to compete for the position of wing leader of the right town, it would be purely a long life.

From the end of last year to the current competition for the position of the right wing commander of the Beiyang Standing Army, this is a war between Beiyang bosses, and Zhao Dongyun is only a forward general in this war. Duan Qirui behind him is a strong contender for the right wing commander of the Beiyang Standing Army.

Unfortunately, Duan Qirui has not been able to take down the position of right-wing chief since last year. This is not that he is not qualified or Yuan Shikai doesn't trust him, but Duan Qirui's position in the Beiyang system is already the first person in the first echelon. If he is allowed to control a right town of the Beiyang Standing Army, then Wang Yingkai, Feng Guozhang and Wang Shizhen still have to look at Duan Qirui's face every day.

So in this war for the position of the right wing leader of the Beiyang Standing Army, Wang Yingkai, Feng Guozhang and Wang Shizhen all joined together to oppose Duan Qirui. For them, Duan Qirui was a big enemy. They first overturned Duan Qirui, and then divided them up. Beiyang Standing Army Right Town.

This can be seen from their support for Chen Guangyuan to serve in the fifth standard belt. This Chen Guangyuan does not only belong to a certain faction. He can be regarded as a middle school, and has no bad relationship with Wang Yingkai, Feng Guozhang, Wang Shizhen and even Wu Changchun. He came to the Third Association to serve in the fifth standard belt. He came to fight with Zhao Dongyun of Duan Qirui's faction.

However, Chen Guangyuan is limited by the fact that the official is not as high as Zhao Dongyun, and the position is not as high as Zhao Dongyun, so he can't take much advantage of the third association and Zhao Dongyun in the ring, and even be called being suppressed.

However, he still blocked Zhao Dongyun's attempt to control the Third Association. In the two infantry standards of the Third Association, it goes without saying that Zhao Dongyun is also the sixth standard of the leader. In addition to the third battalion with Sun Hanchen as Wang Yingkai, the other two management belts, three gangs and Zhao Dongyun's direct line of large and small team officials. Sun Hanchen can be regarded as being completely empty.

However, although the fifth bid was also brought in by Zhao Dongyun by various means, Zhao Dongyun failed to completely control the fifth bid under Chen Guangyuan's strong counterattack. At best, Liu Fu's first battalion still belonged to Duan Qirui and Zhao Dongyun's faction, but the other two battalions were people from both factions. Yes, Zhao Dongyun and Chen Guangyuan failed to completely control the second and third battalions of the fifth target.

Zhao Dongyun and Chen Guangyuan are very happy in the third cooperation. What is it for? Isn't it just to create opportunities for the bigwigs behind them?

Therefore, even if Zhao Dongyun has been in the limelight in the past two years, he is not qualified to compete with Duan Qirui and others for the position of right wing leader. To put it rudely, he has not reached that level!

Zhao Dongyun has always thought that he is self-aknowledgeable, so he has never expected that he will become a great man to save the country and the people, let alone think that after he comes to this era, he will casually use his mouth to build China into a superpower.

What he thinks and does is a rational goal set by him, and in the next few years or more than a decade, Zhao Dongyun's goal is to climb higher and control more power and power in the Beiyang system.

Now it is the same. It is a waste of brain cells to think that the position of wing leader is a waste. On the contrary, he hopes that the battle for the position of wing leader in the right town of the Beiyang Standing Army will continue to stalemate.

In this way, his Third Association can continue to maintain a detached independence. After all, no one wants anyone to ride on his head and point fingers!

"There is no shadow on the Fourth Association. Don't worry about those things. Now our top priority is to train our own soldiers first. At that time, whether it is the establishment of the Fourth Association or the right town, everyone here will not have to worry about what they say!" As Zhao Dongyun spoke, he picked up the teacup, took a sip of hot tea and continued:

"Now there are many things to do in the consolidation of the Baoyang Horse Team and Huaijun Yuanzi Camp, and many people outside are watching us, so I hope you don't neglect it!"

"Now the right logo of the horse team rectified from the training army and the Huai army has almost set up a shelf, but I don't know why the superiors may not be the commander-in-chief?" Hua Zhenji, who has been transferred to the first battalion of the horse team, is puzzled.

After listening to this, Zhao Dongyun said, "At this time, they have decided that we don't have to worry about it!"

Although he said so, he was also puzzled in his heart. It has been so many days. Why hasn't the superior decided on the right leader of the horse team?