Chapter 1: Join the war to save the country?

When Xu Shuzheng raised these two questions, his expression became serious, and his eyebrows gradually frowned, as if he was thinking hard. Although the history books wrote the question of whether China would participate in World War I as a topic of the "Prince and Courtyard Struggle", Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng, the two parties involved, had never considered it from the standpoint of the country and the nation. However, Lieutenant General Xu, the deputy chief of the army, must have not read it before, so his ideas inevitably deviated from the main tone of history.

Baoding Principal Yang Zude also had a serious expression, as if he was considering the issue of participating in the war. Due to the incitement and advocacy of Chang Ruiqing, the "student leader" and a group of iron-blooded comrades backbones, the most popular topic in Baoding Military Academy is probably participating in the war. After all, everyone has chosen the path of professional officers, so they naturally have a natural interest in such topics.

Chang Ruiqing seemed to have expected Xu Shuzheng to raise such a question. He smiled slightly and thought for a moment and said, "Chief Xu, your two questions are actually the same thing. To put it bluntly, China is the largest foreigner at the moment. The key to whether the central government can send troops to Europe is whether the local government obeys and whether the central government has sufficient financial resources. These two points are the most important, because the current army of China is actually mercenary, not conscripts like Europe and Japan. All those who serve in the army are hired, so if you have money, there will be an army. As long as the central government has sufficient military strength, the local government will naturally not dare to disobey."

Speaking of this, his thick eyebrows tightened, showed a hint of solemnity, sighed, and said, "The money of the central government is now controlled by foreigners. Since the Republic of China, the country's situation has been turbulent, and most provinces have intercepted taxes, so that the central government's finances have gradually dried up and mainly rely on tariff maintenance. However, China's tariffs are controlled by the great powers. Not only are the tax rates extremely low, but a huge amount of money is deducted from it every year to repay various external compensations, so that the central government's finances are not enough to make ends meet and there is almost no money to support soldiers. The central government has no money to support soldiers, and the local government has no money to support soldiers.

Of course, the control of the side of the country has also decreased... If the British and French powers really want us to send troops to help the war, of course, we cannot let the central government have no money or soldiers. As long as they can agree to suspend payment of Boxer indemnities and impose several times the tariffs, the central government can earn at least 10 million silver dollars a year, right? If it is used to support soldiers, there will be almost 20 to 30 divisions! There will be no soldiers participating in the war, and perhaps the local government can be subject to this, and the national power of our Republic of China will be saved."

After hearing what Chang Ruiqing said, Xu Shuzheng frowned again for a while, and finally nodded silently: "The truth is right, but this wishful thinking is not easy to fight. You will not be able to see through the key points in the local area, especially in the south? Even in the center, there may be people who oppose us."

Chang Ruiqing smiled faintly and replied: "The thing is because of humans. The key is how determined Mr. Zhi (Duan Qirui) and the deputy chief can make. The students heard that the current European war has become a sea of ​​corpses and blood. After more than two years of hard fighting, Britain, France and Russia have all reached the brink of exhaustion, especially the personnel losses have reached the extreme. The ongoing Battle of Verdun has been fought for six months, causing millions of casualties, but the winner has not yet been decided. In July, Britain and France launched a new offensive in the Somme region in northern France, and Russia also launched a summer offensive on the Eastern Front. Three major battles were held at the same time. Each battle may cost millions of lives! But theirs

How many countries have only a few people? Russia has more, Britain and France are only about 40 million, less than a fraction of our China, so how can we withstand such consumption? Now Britain and France have sent teenage children and half-aged men to the front line! Russia has heard that it is still preparing to mobilize female soldiers! It can be seen that they are extremely short of soldiers. If we can take the initiative to send hundreds of thousands or millions of troops to the war at this time, how can Britain and France not be moved? That is to exchange our lives for their lives! Now Japan supports Mr. Zhi, and they have declared war on Germany. If Britain and France support Mr. Zhi, no one dares to object, whether it is the local or the central government."

Xu Shuzheng pondered for a while and finally said slowly: "Yaoru, right?" Chang Ruiqing hurriedly stepped forward and said with a humble look: "Student is here." Xu Shuzheng nodded: "I know you are talented and can plan for the country. The central government needs a young talent like you. Now it is the time to graduate from the third phase of Baoding. Yaoru, do you have any plans for your future? Do you want to study in the Japanese non-commissioned officer school?"

With Chang Ruiqing's historical knowledge, of course, I know that the Japanese non-commissioned officer school mentioned by Xu Shuzheng was the cradle of senior Chinese generals in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China! Including Xu Shuzheng in front of him, Yang Zude, the principal of Baoding Military Academy, Yan Xishan in Shanxi, Tang Jiyao in Yunnan, Li Liejun in Jiangxi, Sun Yat-sen's confidant general Xu Chongzhi, etc., a large number of warlords who rose up in the early Republic of China, all graduated from Japanese non-commissioned officers. Even the number one villain Jiang JShi, who was the first villain in the future, was claimed to be from Japanese non-commissioned officers. Therefore, Xu Shuzheng proposed to let Chang Ruiqing go to Japanese non-commissioned officers to gilt, which obviously meant to support him. But now it is not the early Republic of China! The golden signboard of Japanese non-commissioned officers has obviously lowered, which is limited even better than his third phase of Baoding. Moreover, if you want to study for this Japanese non-commissioned officer, you will not be able to return to the country without three years, and you will miss a lot of opportunities at that time!

"Student, thank you for your cultivation!" Chang Ruiqing stood at attention and saluted Xu Shuzheng again. The title he spoke changed from the second-generation to the closer "Zhenggong". He looked at Xu Shuzheng with a serious face and said word by word: "Students don't want to go to Japan."

"Don't want to go to Japan?" Hearing this answer, Xu Shuzheng and Yang Zude were both stunned. The two looked at each other, and Yang Zude asked in a deep voice: "Yaoru, why?"

Chang Ruiqing bowed respectfully to the two of them: "Zhenggong, principal, the student knows that you two are interested in cultivating students, but the students also have some of their own ideas." As he said that, he glanced at the two Beiyang generals and said sincerely: "This time the student united some classmates and friends, rashly wrote a letter to Duan Zhi and Zheng Gong, advocating to participate in the war and save the country. If this move is successful, the country will certainly be expected, but the price is to push hundreds of thousands of our great young people in China into the sea of ​​fire in the European war! As the leader, students and those classmates who participated in the letter are naturally obliged to take the lead in going to the European battlefield as a Chinese man, even if they are wrapped in a horse and a corpse, they will do whatever they want!"

The Beiyang soldiers in the room were secretly surprised when they heard this! There were more complicated expressions in their eyes, some regretful, some admirable, some disdainful, and some doubtful eyes. Is this person here to be true or is he telling lies? Looking at this righteous look, if he tells the truth, he is a fool who is not worth mentioning! If he tells lies, he will definitely be a hero in troubled times! That is worth making friends with...

"Yaoru, are you saying that the twelve third-year non-commissioned officers of Baoding who signed in "Theory of Participating in the War and Saving the Country" have all made up their minds to fight in the sea of ​​fire in the European War?" Xu Shuzheng said calmly.

"That's right!" Chang Ruiqing calmly took out a "letter of request for battle" from his pocket, took it with both hands and handed it to Xu Shuzheng.

"Okay! OK! It's true that the Yangtze River is pushing the front waves! It's not easy to pinch the twelve people together." Xu Shuzheng glanced at the "Letter of War" as if he was looking at it, then he smiled and put it away. "Yaoru, since you can do this, I might as well support you again." As he said, he paused a little again, "There is no sign of the battle, let alone the training of the war army. However, during this period, the Gyeonggi Guards are expanding into the 13th Division, and the company commander and platoon leader are still in large numbers. How about it? It's not a pity, right?"
Chapter completed!