Chapter 385 Black and White Photos

Since he defected to Zhao Dongyun, Lu Yongxiang has always been very low-key. There are several reasons. First of all, he led the troops to die in Tangshan, Beijing and Feng army. There are many Feng army generals and soldiers who died under him, which has led many Feng army generals to have a personal hatred towards Lu Yongxiang.

The second is that although he was not surrounded and annihilated on the battlefield and forced to surrender, but Wang Yingkai took the initiative to lead his troops to surrender, but he still can't get rid of his identity as a surrendering general. In the eyes of many people, he was forced to surrender after being defeated by the Feng army. Naturally, he was naturally not seen by many people in the Feng army.

Third, in order to avoid Zhao Dongyun's suspicion, Lu Yongxiang has always kept a low profile due to the embarrassment of his identity. He basically did not speak in the military meeting of the First Army and would not take the initiative to propose any combat plans. At the same time, he also held a disrespectful attitude towards Zhao Dongyun's placement of many old Soviet officers in the first division, and even no longer contacted many old subordinates in the direct army at the beginning. What he wanted was nothing more than to sit safely in the position of the first division. After a few years, he may unload his armor and return to the field after unifying himself, so as to engage in politics or business. Of.

Although he also thought about continuing to hang out in the Feng army and possibly get to the position of general, he believes that he should have no chance to enter the core power system of the Feng army in the future.

However, Zhao Dongyun's appointment broke him and even the thoughts of many people. Zhao Dongyun did not worry about his status as a surrendered general, but reused him as the new commander of the First Army.

This matter was almost unexpected by many people, including Lu Yongxiang himself.

Lu Yongxiang was appointed as the commander of the First Army, and the empty position of division commander of the first division was taken over by Li Chun. Compared with Lu Yongxiang's unexpected appointment, Li Chun's appointment is much more normal. Li Chun was originally a senior Soviet backbone general, and Tangshan also performed well in the war. Now he has entered one It is not surprising that he was promoted to division.

Before he left Beijing to go south to serve, he was summoned by Zhao Dongyun like other generals before taking office. Zhao Dongyun, who was walking on the gravel road in Zhonghai, suddenly stopped and said to him with a solemn face: "I hope you don't live up to my expectations. Don't Live up to the expectations of the country and the nation!"

When Zhao Dongyun looked at him with sincere eyes, Li Chun had an unspeakable feeling in his heart, with a sense of joy of being valued, a heavy sense of pressure, and a feeling of death for a confidant.

Like many Soviet literary ministers and generals, Li Chun did not say too much personal loyalty to Zhao Dongyun. Although he is loyal to Zhao Dongyun, it has nothing to do with personal loyalty. What he is loyal to is not Zhao Dongyun, but to the Soviet system, and Zhao Dongyun is only the leader of this system.

Except for Lin Yongquan, a special exception, most of the senior military and political dignitaries of the Soviet system are relatively rational. They will not say that like those students, they regard Zhao Dongyun as the world and take loyalty to Zhao Dongyun as the most basic principle.

Most of them, including Meng Enyuan and Chen Guangyuan.

There are many reasons why they chose to be loyal to Zhao Dongyun. Some people think that Zhao Dongyun is the best choice to lead China's unification and rise, while others think that Zhao Dongyun can lead them to gain power and glory, but it is rarely mixed with private loyalty. An equally outstanding person becomes the leader of the Beiyang Soviet system, and they will also choose to be loyal to that person.

However, today, Li Chun looked at Zhao Dongyun and remembered that he had followed Zhao Dongyun from an unknown middle and lower-level officer to the head of today's division. Without Zhao Dongyun's appreciation and cultivation, there would be no Li Chun today. When gratitude combined with his admiration for Zhao Dongyun, it finally turned into A trace of loyalty!

After sending Li Chun away, Zhao Dongyun continued to stay in Zhonghai, and then he received the graduates of the 1908 training class.

During the tension of the war, the expansion of the Feng army was in urgent need of a large number of middle-level officers, and the graduation time of the two classes of advanced students in 1907 and 1908 was advanced to a certain extent.

Originally, the student education system of the advanced training class was two years, but during the Fengtian Military Academy period, the daily teaching time was increased, resulting in students often complete their studies a month or two earlier, and then enter the army in advance. After the establishment of the Army University last year, the academic system and teaching content were all continuing the time of the Fengtian Military Academy The system of the period also continued to shorten the teaching time. For example, this year's 1908 graduates were originally scheduled to graduate in July this summer, but just like last year's 1907 graduates advanced their service to June, this year's 1908 graduates' service time was also advanced, and they were about to be subject to the battle of crossing the river. The impact of expansion.

This year's graduates left the school five months ahead of schedule!

Today, these students who graduated early were invited to Xiyuan Zhonghai to participate in the graduation ceremony supported by Zhao Dongyun.

Standing on the open platform, Zhao Dongyun looked at the students below, and it was rare to feel emotion in his heart. The 46 trainees sitting under the stage were the top military talents that could be cultivated in the contemporary Feng army. Before they entered school, they were the best grassroots officers in the Feng army. Some of them came from Some of the outstanding graduates of Fengtian Military Academy come from military students studying in Germany and returning from Japan, and these people have the same characteristics, that is, they are good enough to be recommended by those senior generals in person, because in this way can qualify for the entrance examination, and then kill a bloody road after hundreds of candidates every year. Come on, get your own admission qualification.

Zhao Dongyun is also very attentive to their teaching. At present, there are not many teachers at the Army University, but most of them are retired generals hired from Germany, France, etc. In addition, there are also officers from the Berlin Military Academy who, no matter what position they hold, generally serve as teachers at the Army University. As an official, some of the same excellent senior generals, such as Gu Lanyu and other recognized famous generals in the army, also hold the title of concurrent instructors at the Army University. As long as they are in Beijing, they usually have to take time to teach at the Army University.

And not to mention Zhao Dongyun himself, he takes time to teach in person every month.

So although the current size of the Army University is very small, there are only about 100 students, which is far from the size of the Fengtian Military Academy, which is now known as the Central Army Officer School, but although the scale is small, it has all the five organs. The courses are all modeled after the Berlin Military Academy and the University of Japan and the University of China, although they are limited by There are not enough teachers, and the gold content of teaching is lower than that of these famous military schools, but it is not equivalent to those junior military cadets.

And these students are the top military talents that can be cultivated by the contemporary Feng army. Although many of them are still half-baked, far less than the decent elites from the Berlin Military Academy such as Yang Deming and Li Xiang, China is also high. Military talents.

It's just that Zhao Dongyun looked at these people under the stage, but remembered a question in his mind. How many of these people can see China's unification alive?

The total number of trainees is not large, and the number of students in school is not counted. The total number of trainees serving in the Feng army, including the graduates in 1908, is only 200, but because most of the newly graduated students are often assigned to the front line as battalion commanders, and the trainees have far more than ordinary soldiers. The sense of honor and loyalty of the officials make the trainees fight bravely and bravely, but also make the casualties rate of the trainees remain high.

In the 1907 trainees who entered the army to participate in the battle of Tangshan and many battles to go south after graduation last year, there are 38 people on the graduation photos. However, so far, seven people have been killed in the battlefield, and more than half of the injured. This casualty ratio is far exceeds that of the officers in the Feng army. The proportion of death.

It is foreseeable that after graduating in 1908 in a hurry, the students will be assigned to serve as battalion commanders, deputy regiment commanders and other positions in the Nanxia troops that are in urgent need of a large number of excellent middle-level officers, and then participate in the battle of crossing the river and the subsequent operations of the provinces to the south. In this process, it is very likely to repeat 19 The tragedy of the heavy casualties of the graduates in 2007.

In such an era, how many of these trainees live after the war today? Forty people? Thirty people? Twenty or even less?

Zhao Dongyun doesn't know!

When awarding the rank of lieutenant colonel to the top three outstanding graduates, Zhao Dongyun smiled with encouragement and said, "I look forward to you bringing glory to the country and the nation!"

Looking at those people's obviously excited, but calm expressions, Zhao Dongyun was actually a little sad for a moment!

It doesn't feel good to send students who have been taught for many years to the battlefield and then wait for the news of their death on the battlefield!

After the ceremony, Zhao Dongyun left with a slightly heavy heart, and the senior officers who were originally straight-faced smiled. They cheered for graduation and looked forward to leaving for the south to fight.

"Brother Quan Yang, you are lucky enough to be assigned to such a strong army as the Third Division. You are lucky to fight under General Gu. Don't forget our brothers!" In a small circle of four, a tall young lieutenant colonel said so.

"You still don't have to envy me. You are the second in our class. This time, you are going south to become the chief of staff of the 15th Brigade. In the future, you will be promoted to major general. I'm afraid we are still spinning in the battalion!"

"Ha, what about the Chief of Staff? The Eighth Division is located in Henan and has not been in war for a long time. It's not easy to accumulate achievements and promote!" The tall lieutenant colonel smiled. To be honest, he was not very satisfied with his appointment. He was the second student of this year. Unlike other ordinary graduates who were awarded a major, the rank he was awarded after graduation was a lieutenant colonel. He knew very well that he had entered the sight of the senior level. This time he went south to the eighth The appointment of the 15th Brigade as Chief of Staff is at most a transition. The superiors have the intention to transfer him to the combat office after several months of training. It may not be long before he can be promoted to the commander of an infantry regiment.

It's just that although his career is worry-free, this is not what he wants. What he wants is to go to the front line as a real officer now!

At this time, another young major also said, "Two of you will go south in the next two days. I will also work in Fengtian's 10th Brigade, and Haoyuan will also go to Baoding. I don't know when we can get together here today. Let's go. We won't get drunk today!"

Chen Haoyuan, who was slightly shorter next to him, said, "Don't be in a hurry to drink. Let's go to the photo studio first to take photos and get drunk after the photo!"

"Good!" The rest of the people answered one after another.

For a long time, in the Xiangfu photo studio, these four newly graduated young people stood in a row, all wearing uniform winter officer dresses, shouldered with the rank of major or lieutenant colonel, slightly sideways, each with white gloves and holding a military knife.

At this time, Chen Haoyuan suddenly said, "I'm afraid today is our last day of reunion!"

Li Quanyang's expression remained unchanged: "What are you afraid of? At worst, we will meet again in the Yingling Pavilion!"

As he said this, the photographer in front of him shouted, "I'm going to shoot!"

The four immediately did not speak any more, but turned their eyes to the camera, but no one was laughing, and most of their expressions were heavy and serious.

As the magnesium lights flashed, the figures of these four young officers remained in this black and white photo forever.