Chapter 16 Elite?

Just as the seeds of the Red Revolution took root and sprouted in ancient China.

In the Nanyuan Military Camp, the training of the Model Battalion of the 13th Division of the Army was underway.

"Raise your feet! Stand straight, don't shake it!"

The tall and burly Chang Ruiqing walked around in front of the recruits with his hands behind his back, still wearing his coarse cloth uniform that was washed a little bit colored, wearing leggings, and cloth shoes to show off his "same joys and sorrows". A cold gaze appeared under the big-brimmed hat, sweeping through the team over and over again, making every recruit dare not move around and try his best to maintain a steering forward posture.

After about ten minutes, someone couldn't help but start shaking left and right.

These new recruits have been repeatedly tempered by more than 30 graduates of Baoding Military Academy for nearly two months! And they are supplied with white flour and fat. Not only have they completely removed the habits of farmers, but they have become much stronger with the heroic posture of soldiers! Although there are only a few hundred people, after forming a perfect battalion formation, they also give people the feeling of a mighty army. Not only is it majestic, but also a thriving feeling, which is very different from the twilight Beiyang soldiers. Even those Beiyang soldiers stationed in Nanyuan Camp with the Model Battalion occasionally saw the training and military appearance of the Model Battalion, they couldn't help but praise Brother Big Thumbs up.

Although the warlord and bureaucratic system in Beiyang is a bit corrupt, it is a chaotic world after all, and there is no reason why each party and sect dislikes the elite soldiers. The news of Nanyuan's elite soldiers naturally spread in the Beiyang system in Beijing. The deputy commander of the army, Xu Shuzheng, who was busy with official duties, also heard the news quickly. Today, he took some time out of his busy schedule and did not say hello to the 13th Division. He ran from Nanyuan's barracks to inspect in a light clothes.

When they arrived at the military camp, they did not disturb Li Jincai (actually not in the military camp) and Chang Ruiqing. They just stood on a high place with a few followers and watched from a distance with telescopes.

As soon as the queue training was over, the new recruits from the model battalion began to form in groups, put on protective suits and started practicing stings with wooden guns. Chang Ruiqing, Wu Shi, Bai Chongxi and others also wore protective suits that seemed to be armored, patrolling the playground with a wooden gun, and from time to time they would come out to show the new recruits.

Xu Shuzheng was also a Japanese non-commissioned officer. He was considered an expert in bayonets, so he could naturally see the depth at a glance. The new recruits in front of him were incomparable to the infantry of the Japanese Army. However, the one who was better than their bayonets in Beiyang was probably the third division of the direct army, and they became elite troops like the 16th Brigade. As for the Anhui team, it was probably the fourth division that had been in the army for many years. But they were all elite soldiers who had been in the army for many years! The new recruits who had just been practicing for two months actually had such a performance, which was really impressive.

Xu Shuzheng put down the telescope in his hand and kept saying to himself: "No, good, really good. In less than three months, the elite soldiers of the first battalion were trained. Chang Yaoru still has real skills."

"That's not the second-generation master, you have a keen eye for talent. If you don't have an adult, he wouldn't know where he was cat."

A somewhat flattering voice sounded in Xu Shuzheng's ear. He looked back and found that he was a regiment commander of the 13th Division, with a smoky face, and his calves were trembling when he stood there. The man was also surnamed Li, and he was the nephew of Li Jincai's family. When Li Jincai was not in the barracks, he was responsible for keeping the house. However, when Xu Shuzheng came, he did not see him. He probably smoked his smoke in the house in Fengtai County. Nowadays, Beiyang is just like this. Except for those real elite troops, ordinary troops, few middle and senior officers rarely enter the barracks, and no one cares about training.

Xu Shuzheng glanced at the Commander Li. To be honest, he really wanted to get him home and eat rice. However, the 13th Army Division of the Army was already a private soldier of the Li family, so he, the deputy commander of the Army, really didn't care much.

"Oh, it's Captain Li." Xu Shuzheng raised his hand and said lightly: "I just walk around casually, and it's not a big inspection. There's nothing you can do here. Just send someone to call Chang Ruiqing over."

The Captain Li breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly saluted Xu Shuzheng. He sent someone to find Chang Ruiqing, and then arranged a reception banquet... Although Xu Shuzheng would definitely not leave a meal.

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"Zheng Gong!" When he heard that Xu Shuzheng had actually come to Nanyuan Camp, Chang Ruiqing naturally did not dare to neglect. He hurriedly took off his protective suit and trotted to Chief Xu Da.

"Well, I have lost weight. Is it hard for the past two months to train troops?" Xu Shuzheng glanced at Chang Ruiqing in front of him and found that the other party had actually reduced a little. It seemed that he had really practiced ruthlessly and had made himself lose weight.

"If you don't have to work hard, how can you be afraid of hard work?" Chang Ruiqing smiled, looked at Xu Shuzheng, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zheng, I think you are a little slimmer too. Could it be because of the student's "On the War and Save the Country"?"

Xu Shuzheng smiled bitterly and waved to Chang Ruiqing: "Let's take a walk with me." As he said that, he put his hands behind his back and slowly walked slowly. After walking for a while, he saw that several officers accompanying the 13th Division were still standing there and not following him. He sighed and said to Chang Ruiqing: "Yaoru, you really guessed it. I've been so worried about participating in the war in the past two months. Li Bodhisattva disagreed and refused to agree, and the Congress could not pass it. It's really annoying!"

"That was expected." Chang Ruiqing smiled and said: "It is normal for President Li to be against the Prime Minister in everything. It is normal for him to disagree. As for the members of Congress, most of them are from the Kuomintang, and it is normal to oppose our Beiyang bill. However, these members are not loyal people. As long as the Prime Minister gives them both kindness and power, it is not difficult to take it for themselves. As long as the Congress can pass the bill to participate in the war, the president will not be able to object."

Xu Shuzheng sighed, shook his head, and said nothing. Chang Ruiqing's eyes rolled, then took two steps forward, walked to Xu Shuzheng, and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Zheng, do you have any different opinions within the Beiyang group?"

Xu Shuzheng gritted his teeth and said angrily: "I don't even care about the interests of the group. If this continues, I'm afraid it will fall apart!"

"The Supervisor's Army does not agree to send troops to participate in the war?" Chang Ruiqing was slightly stunned and asked back. In his memory of his previous life, most of the members of the Supervisor's Army agreed to participate in the war. After all, Duan Qirui is still the co-leader of the Beiyang army, so it is not easy for them to be too embarrassed.

"It's not that I don't agree to participate in the war, but that I have different opinions on the scale of the troops sent." Xu Shuzheng sighed again, and roughly talked about the series of behind-the-scenes transactions and struggles that have been carried out over the past two months. It turned out that most of the soldiers in the Beiyang system expressed different opinions on participating in the European War. It was not that I didn't agree to participate in the war, but that I didn't agree to form a large-scale war army! I also disagree to send troops from the troops I controlled to participate in the European War.

After hearing this, Chang Ruiqing sighed in disappointment and frowned: "It's easy to deal with the president and the parliamentarians, but if the generals of the Beiyang system also object, Zheng Gong, it seems that he has to give in."

"What do you think?" Xu Shuzheng looked unwilling. He was silent for a moment, and then said, "If we send fewer troops, our value will be lower."

Chang Ruiqing knew that the other party was asking for advice from him, or it might be examining him, or it might be trying to improve himself in the future. The center is still in the hands of the Anhui clan, and he also wants to expand his strength, so Xu Shuzheng still needs to hold on to the big tree. He thought quietly and said slowly: "The current situation is that the weak trunk is strong, and the severity is reversed. The generals leading the local troops naturally do not want the central government to control a large number of strong soldiers, because in that case, the central government will sooner or later reduce the vassals. If the central government wants them to support the formation of a larger-scale war army, the only way is to let the supervisors of the Beiyang system get a share of the war army."

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