Zhang Tinglan's words are not bragging. Since the battle with the Russians, Fengjun's combat effectiveness has been greatly improved. The most important thing is that his mental outlook has undergone a radical change, which is different from that of the domestic army.
Moreover, Beijing and Fengtian are close at hand. If Fengjun suddenly launches an attack, Lao Duan really has no way to end it. But Zhang Tinglan also knows that it is easy to destroy, but there is no way to clean up the mess. This unfortunate job is still left to Duan Qirui.
Come on.
"My humble opinion is that if I agree to the request for military expansion, Duan will still sell Northeast China to Japan. How should we prevent it?"
"There is no way to prevent it. As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves, you are afraid of being noticed. We have been noticed. The only thing we can do now is to sharpen the knife. If the thief dares to come, we will chop him up!"
Yang Yuting also knew very well that what Zhang Tinglan said was not wrong at all. At the critical moment, he relied on his own strength and nothing else mattered.
"It is easy to expand the army. Hundreds of thousands and millions of people from the customs go to the Northeast to make a living every year. There is no problem in selecting tens of thousands of young men. The only problem is that the army of officers seriously cannot keep up. The first batch of Jiangwu Hall
Students have graduated, and now the second batch has been recruited, but there are only more than 100 people, which is a drop in the bucket and not enough at all!"
When Zhang Tinglan heard Yang Yuting's complaints, he was also deeply touched. Not only did the three eastern provinces lack military talents, but they also had a serious shortage of talents in all other aspects. This has become a problem for Zhang Tinglan.
"Officer training is cyclical, and we cannot encourage it, but just pointing to the talents from the three northeastern provinces is definitely not enough. We also need to recruit talents from within the customs, especially Baoding Military Academy, which has been in operation for a long time and has accumulated a large number of students.
Let’s recruit as many as possible!”
Relying on your own training alone can no longer meet the needs of Fengjun. Recruiting some talents from within the pass has become the best option.
"I have thought about this idea, but after all, the three northeastern provinces are outside the customs, and the climate conditions are not good. Moreover, the relationship between the military academies is also intricate, and everyone is a hot potato. After graduation, they can directly enter the Beiyang Army. How many people are willing to do so?
Run outside the customs and suffer."
Zhang Tinglan is also aware of this problem. After all, the three eastern provinces only started to be developed in the late Qing Dynasty. In the eyes of many people, it is still a bitter and cold place. If it were not impossible to survive, there would not be so many people entering Guandong.
"If you want to attract talents, you have to change people's impression of Fengtian. Linge, what do you think we pay to make a movie?"
Although Yang Yuting was resourceful, he was completely unexpected when he heard Zhang Tinglan's idea.
"My humble opinion is that the movie is all about talented people, beauties, princes and generals. Let's film Fengtian. What are you going to film?"
"You can take pictures of everything, the vast black land, the newly built factories, the railway, and the North Market. In short, you need to show the richness of the Northeast, and secondly, you need to show the achievements in construction. Let everyone in the world know that as long as you go to the three northeastern provinces, you can
To realize my dream, I don’t believe I can’t attract talents.”
In later generations, it is very common to make city promotional videos, national documentaries and the like, and many governments are willing to invest a lot of money to promote the image of the city. But in this era, let alone China, even the Western world does not do this.
Moreover, movies are still a new thing, and few politicians are aware of the propaganda role of movies.
However, Zhang Tinglan is quite clear that movies can be illustrated with both pictures and text, and are much more interesting than dry newspapers. Moreover, the common people have never seen it before, and they will definitely get unexpected effects when they see it for the first time.
The more Zhang Tinglan thought about it, the more he felt that it was feasible. At least it could create a good impression in front of the people and change the image of Fengjun.
"That's it. Now I'll arrange my manpower to go to Shanghai and find a few film makers to come over and shoot a documentary for Northeast China. I'm sure it will be an instant hit!"
Yang Yuting is still a little skeptical about this too advanced method, but Zhang Tinglan is willing to go to the trouble and he will not stop him. If he can really attract a group of talents, this will be a rare good thing.
The two of them discussed how to deal with Lao Duan and Xiao Xu, and then Yang Yuting reported the situation to Zhang Zuolin. Lao Zhang also agreed with this idea. Originally, Fengtian's power was not enough, so he had to stick to the big tree, so he had to express his position as soon as possible.
The earlier you place your bet, the more benefits you will get.
But now that Fengjun's status continues to expand, it is really humiliating to be in the vanguard. Lao Zhang admires Zhang Tinglan's statement very much. Fengjun's lack of objection is the greatest support for Duan Qirui. Soon
Fengjun unified his views, and then revealed this attitude to Xu Shuzheng.
When Xiao Xu saw this situation, he had no choice but to return to Beijing and quickly found Duan Qirui. The two discussed it carefully. The main task now is to use the opportunity of participating in the war to expand military power.
Only with a strong army can the princes of the world be subdued.
Especially after the War of Protecting the Country, the princes in the southwest have become de facto independent. This is Lao Duan's heartache, so it is best to make some compromises with Fengjun.
After several weighings, Lao Duan agreed to authorize Zhang Zuolin to form the Northeast Frontier Defense Force, and at the same time gave the Border Defense Force a division's establishment, and also agreed to Lao Zhang's expansion of a garrison division.
"Our Prime Minister did a great job. We asked for two new divisions, but he only promised us to expand two divisions, and he gave us a 50% discount all of a sudden!"
"Commander, we have to expand our army step by step. We have just expanded the road protection army, and the other 28th Division has just been rebuilt. Suddenly there are two more divisions, and we are still unable to handle it!"
Zhang Zuolin also agreed with Yang Yuting's view. Lao Zhang was already very satisfied with the expansion of two divisions, especially since he was given the power to form a border defense force, which gave Fengjun great autonomy.
This border guard force has been planned for a long time. It is basically to regain the road protection force of the Middle Road. Zhang Tinglan is the well-deserved commander-in-chief of the border guard force. Sun Anhu was originally in charge of the middle road brigade, which was later expanded into a brigade. Now it is simply upgraded to one level and directly turned into a border guard force.
In addition to the first division, the border defense army also has an artillery brigade and a cavalry brigade.
Guo Songling was transferred to Chifeng and served as a stay-at-home envoy. The original West Road Brigade of the Route Guard Army was also taken away. Jiang Dengxuan took over the vacant position and transferred a garrison brigade originally belonging to Heilongjiang to the name of the Border Guard Army.
The troops Zhang Tinglan holds are one division plus three brigades, with a total strength of more than 25,000. Among the Fengjun troops, they can be called the most powerful fist troops. The main garrison area is the border between Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces.
line to deal with the Russian threat.
Although Feng Jun defeated the Russians, no one knew whether the polar bear would come back. If the Russians came to kill them, no one except Zhang Tinglan would be sure to deal with them.
After the border defense force was formally established, Lao Zhang formally expanded Zhang Jinghui's subordinates and became a main division of Fengjun. In this way, among all the old brothers, except for Tang Yulin who lost power, Zhang Jinghui was the last to take the position. However,
Tofu Zhang is still very satisfied with this arrangement.
This adjustment of the establishment is another big step in the development of Fengjun. Both newcomers and old people have been improved. Zhang Tinglan's work has become even busier. He must replenish the army and fill the gaps in weapons.
to be solved.
Since the war between China and Russia, smuggling routes have been interrupted for a time, and the arms available to Fengjun have dropped sharply. After all, the production capacity of the arsenal is limited. If smuggling is not necessary, it will be a big blow to Fengjun.
Fortunately, Felix finally regained control of the Far East by resolving the crisis on the Eastern Road, and some forces originally loyal to the Tsar surrounded him again.
With Felice as an internal agent, smuggling between China and Russia has flourished again, even better than before, and Zhang Tinglan can easily expand his troops.
At this time, Kuang Rongguang came to visit Zhang Tinglan with a person. Kuang Rongguang always went to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. Zhang Tinglan also hurriedly greeted him. Accompanying Kuang Rongguang was an old man in his fifties with a very tall figure.
Solid, showing loyalty and sincerity.
"I'd like to say that these are my old classmates, Zhan Tianyou and Zhan Dachao. They came to Fengtian to help us plan the railway construction!"
When Zhang Tinglan heard that the famous Zhan Tianyou was coming, she was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Mr. Zhan, I have heard of your name for a long time. I have always wanted to see you, but unfortunately I don't have time. I asked you to come over on your own initiative. It is really rude!"
"Commander Zhang, you are a very busy man, especially since you have regained the Middle Road and greatly increased the prestige of the country. It is appropriate for you to come and pay a visit to this young hero of yours."
"Mr. Zhan, just call me humble, but don't talk about commander. We have no choice but to recover the Middle East Road. There is not a single railway in the millions of square kilometers of land in the three eastern provinces. We have designed and constructed all of them ourselves."
In the hands of Japan and Russia, I can only seize food from the tiger's mouth, otherwise the development hope of the three northeastern provinces will be completely gone!"
When Zhan Tianyou heard this, he gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "I would like to say that it is amazing to be able to see the importance of railways. Transportation is the blood of the human body, and railways are the main arteries. If it is controlled by foreign countries, this country will be destroyed."
That’s it. To win back a road to the east is to win back half of the three eastern provinces.”
"That's right, we must seize all road rights from the big powers, and not only seize the existing railways, but also overhaul our own railways. If you can come here this time, there will be hope for the Northeast railway!"
Zhang Tinglan invited Kuang Rongguang and Zhan Tianyou into his living room. After they were seated, Zhan Tianyou spoke first: "I have thought about it when I came here. Originally, the South Manchuria Railway and the East Railway were integrated, but now they are not
Occupied by the Japanese, the South Manchuria Railway cannot be recovered for the time being, so it is best to build a railway to bypass the South Manchuria Railway and connect the Middle East Road and the Jingfeng Road."
"What you said is true. I have also had this idea for a long time. Bypassing the South Manchuria Railway not only has huge strategic value, but also economic benefits. With two parallel railways competing, the freight earned by the Japanese will increase.
It has been greatly reduced, which is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone. But how to fix it specifically, I am blind, pointing to Mr. Zhan for help!" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!