Black paper on the note: Master Du Guan, proposed that the champion team representatives and the instructor representatives came to shoot, fight and tactical comparison test, let me wait for the vision!

What kind of meddlesome person is shouting? What nonsense!

Li Cunzhi muttered, and was about to close his palms, crumple up the note and throw it away.

"Oh, Lord Junmen, who wrote the note? It's so eloquent. What's the content?"

The governor next to him, Zhang Zengyang, seemed to be unfinished about the commendation matter in the morning. He just invited him to come and just issued the commendation order and that was it?

He was Zhang Zhidong's great-nephew, so naturally he adopted a strategy of wooing him, and he relied heavily on Admiral Li Cunzhi.

"Commander, I don't know who wrote it. It's pure nonsense!" Li Cunzhi arched his hands, unfolded the note he was about to knead into a ball, and presented it to Zhang Zengyang with both hands.

During the Qing Dynasty, in the officialdom, officials at the level of governors and governors were called marshals, and admirals were called military gates.

Zhang Zengyang took the note and looked at it. He couldn't help but burst out laughing. "It's interesting. I don't know whose proposal it is. It's a high-level competition. Since it's public opinion, let's invite both parties to come over and discuss it to see what they agree on."

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He just had something to say, and this note was exactly what he wanted.

Li Cunzhi couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this. He didn't expect that the governor was just watching the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal.

The instructors here are all Japanese, and many of them are classmates, seniors or juniors of their sons. They have superb military qualities. If they are allowed to compete with the student team, wouldn't they make their own sergeants look embarrassed?

This proposer has ulterior motives?!

Li Cunzhi admired the military literacy and combat capabilities of the Japanese people, but did not like their arrogant appearance. He looked down on the Qing people from the bottom of his heart. The word he kept on his lips all day long was "Baga, the sick man of East Asia".

But now that the governor had spoken, Li Cunzhi still called Chen Tianhua and the base's chief instructor Osamu Kurata.

Osamu Kurata, an early graduate of the Tokyo Army Military Academy, was Li Pinzhang's senior. He used to be an instructor at the Tianjin Armed Forces Academy. It was Li Sangong who asked him to come over and serve as the deputy chief instructor of the Zhejiang Armed Forces Academy and the chief instructor of the Flagship Training Base.

Chen Tianhua and Osamu Kurata were actually on the viewing platform. Chen Tianhua was on the left side of the viewing platform with his wife, son, and other senior generals of the New Army such as Sun Yong and Li Xinghong.

Osamu Kurata was teaching with a group of Japanese instructors, and was on the right side of the viewing platform with Mr. Li San and others.

"I don't have any objections. Competition is actually a daily duty of soldiers. It depends on what Chen Sang wants."

Osamu Kurata has been teaching in the Qing Dynasty for nine years. He is half a master of China and his language expression is very fluent.

He bowed slightly to Li Cunzhi and agreed happily. Feeling quite proud in his heart, he kicked the ball to Chen Tianhua.

The proposal on the note caught Chen Tianhua, Li Xinghong and others off guard.

There is nothing wrong with the content of this proposal. Competitions within the army are very common.

But the question is about competing with Japanese instructors. Is it obvious that someone wants their team members to make a fool of themselves?

Who among them can stand up and challenge the shooting, fighting and tactics of the Japanese elite soldiers?

He still doesn’t know how much each person weighs?

Chen Tianhua glanced at Li Xinghong and saw that the other person shook his head slightly to express his objection.

But this is not easy to say. In full view of the public, retreating without a fight would be a disgrace to the people of the country.

The seeds in his head were spinning at high speed.

"Officer Chen Xietong, what do you think?" Li Cunzhi saw Chen Tianhua frowning and thinking for a long time, so he had no choice but to ask. He also understood that his son-in-law was very confused at this time.

"Admiral, let the students compete with the instructors. This is obviously disrespectful. I suggest that it be more appropriate for the leader and commander of the student team to compete with the instructors instead!"

Chen Tianhua stood upright in a military posture and replied in a serious manner.

As soon as his words came out, many people on the auditorium were shocked, especially Li Cunzhi.

Aren't the leaders and commanders of the Third Association Student Team Chen Tianhua and Li Xinghong?

Li Cunzhi's face turned pale and he refused:

"No, this matter does not comply with the rules of our Zhejiang Qing army's martial arts competition..."

"Oh, I think this is feasible, a fair duel between well-matched people. Besides, I have long heard that Major General Chen Tianhua has superb martial arts skills, accurate marksmanship, and likes to charge into battle. Martial arts competition is not a problem. I am lucky enough to witness it this time, haha

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Before Li Cunzhi finished speaking, he was interrupted by Governor Zhang Zengyang. He was so angry that he rolled his eyes, but he couldn't express his anger on the spot.

"Commander, if you want to set a precedent for this kind of thing, you must first seek the approval of the Japanese instructors. If there are casualties during the process, it must not be involved in inter-state disputes."

Tang Jixun, the chief envoy from the left, also came to smooth things over. Seeing that Zhang Zengyang insisted on watching the competition, he kicked the ball to the Japanese side to see what their attitude was.

"Well... Then ask the other party about his attitude. If you want to compete, both parties must sign a life and death certificate!"

Zhang Zengyang was right when he thought about it. If soldiers of different nationalities compete in martial arts, it would be troublesome to avoid creating a diplomatic dispute. The life and death certificates used in ancient martial arts competitions are effective.

When everyone looked at the Japanese personnel, Osamu Kurata held his head high and said to Li Cunzhi:

"Your Majesty, Admiral, I have no objection to this matter. You can sign a life and death certificate and start the martial arts competition immediately. First, you will compete in marksmanship, then in combat, and finally in tactical offense and defense."

The conversation here was heard by the Japanese instructors and senior officials of the new army who were surrounded.

Originally, the martial arts competition at the Grand Campus in the first month was to test the strength of the Qing troops, but instead they were defeated!

Now some people are openly challenging the instructors. On the surface, they are distrustful of the instructors' abilities. In fact, they are provoking a confrontation between the Third Association and the Japanese instructors. Some people hope that the Japanese soldiers will teach the soldiers of the Third Association a lesson and let them

Make a fool of yourself.

Sima Zhao's thoughts are known to everyone, and most of the people present think so.

Because the co-organizers of the Third Association are Chen Tianhua and Li Xinghong, the sergeants under his command are all trained by themselves and are self-contained.

They are equivalent to the chief instructors of the Third Association.

Now, they took the initiative to stand up and have a competition with the Japanese instructors. It was of profound significance and turned into a military teaching competition between the Japanese department and the local department.

Li Cunzhi glanced at Chen Tianhua with a frown, worried about his little son-in-law, and felt very uneasy.

He knew that Chen Tianhua proposed that he and others compete with the Japanese instructors in the name of unequal status in order to save the face of the Third Association.

Because sergeants are trained as amateurs, no matter how outstanding they are, who can compare to instructors who graduated from the military academy? There are experts here who specialize in teaching shooting, fighting, mounted archery, tactical offense and defense, infantry and artillery coordination and other classified subjects.
Chapter completed!