New Warlords 1909

"You are still alive! You still have teeth, you still have hands, and you still have blood! Do you know the heroes of the second regiment? They keep their guns in their hearts, they are fearless, they are worthy of real soldiers, they A true hero."

With the gun in the heart, this may be a little difficult to understand.But after the publication of this novel, all the debates and disputes gradually subsided.Smart people understand that the so-called ground gun is not a weapon, but the will and courage to fight.A soldier is not a man who is holding a gun, he can be called a soldier.

After this big debate, the mood of the entire Jagged Military Academy has changed.There seemed to be a kind of soul injection, which dispelled the tense but dazed feeling of the Jagged Military Academy on weekdays.Blood for blood, tooth for tooth.Country, duty, honor!These big characters engraved in every classroom, in the eyes of every student, are no longer so distant and empty.Everyone seems to be able to touch that responsibility, everyone seems to feel that throbbing.And this is the beginning of a tradition!

Hua Fei didn't know that the Jagged Military Academy would undergo a qualitative change because of this incident.Since the establishment of his army, except for the extremely fierce battle in Nanjing City, it has hardly suffered any major setbacks.This time, the soldiers of the Second Regiment of the New Army used their lives and blood to wake up everyone including Hua Fei.It is foreseeable that when these students of the Jagged Military Academy graduate, they will bring this budding military spirit into their troops.With the army soul, this army can be regarded as a real army. It was covered with the iron-blooded nineteen-star army flag and buried in a coffin. The cemetery was set halfway from Hua's house to the iron-blooded military academy.Hua Fei used this method to remind himself that he was no longer the Watson of his previous life, and he was no longer the period when he could conquer Anqing with 2000 people.Everything has changed, he can't just rely on gambling, just rely on blood to solve problems.Because the price of failure is indeed too heavy.

After handling the funerals of the heroes of the Second Regiment of the New Army, Hua Fei returned to Sanhe Hua's house and closed the door to refuse anyone's request to see him.Guo Tong, the battalion commander of the guard battalion, understood the young master the most, even though he kept cheering up the depressed New Army Second Regiment along the way, even though he told everyone that a man would not shed tears lightly.However, Guo Tong secretly saw the young master lying on the table by himself several times, shrugging his shoulders non-stop.

Guo Tong understands, the young master is blaming himself! Among the more than 100 people, many of them were old family members of the Hua family back then!They were all trained by Hua Fei himself!

But this is not enough, you Hua Fei, as the commander of an army, is actually in charge of half of Anhui's military affairs.Now you close the door and don't care about anything, who will take care of this stall!Things in the army are okay, everyone performs their duties.But now that almost all the revolutionary army is gathered in Sanhe, Hefei, they must be rescheduled!The construction along the Yangtze River has started in an all-round way. When will the bidding and procurement start?How will the required funds be raised?In addition, there are a lot of telegrams from various provinces, how to reply?

Hua Zhong, Hua Yan (Hua San), Heber, Bart, Cao Yuan, Mo Haiyu, Bai Kaijun, Yu Chengping, Li Qianyu and other senior military officers and staff came to Sanhe one after another to persuade Hua Fei collectively.

Just when they were about to knock on the door, the door of Huazhai opened creakingly.Hua Fei looked tired. Seeing these many people standing outside the house, he was a little surprised and said, "Hey, you are all here, I was just looking for you! Come in!"

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, standing still.

Hua Fei had already walked a few steps, but when he heard no sound from behind, he immediately turned around and asked strangely, "What's going on? Are you all okay?"

"Ah, what...it's okay, it's okay! What are you doing standing there, go in!" Mo Haiyu was the first to react, he gave Cao Yuan a hand, and walked in first.

When everyone entered the room, Guo Tong quietly approached and whispered, "Young master...haven't slept for two days and two nights!"

"What?" Hua Da was startled when he heard the words, and immediately annoyed, "Guo Tong, what are you doing as a battalion commander of the guards? Can the young master be able to bear it if this continues?"

"Leader Zhong, I have no choice!" Guo Tong lowered his head aggrievedly, "Can I persuade the young master? The young master doesn't listen to me at all! I dare not persuade him!"

"You, hum!" Hua Da turned around and left with his hands behind his back. After a few steps, he suddenly turned around and said, "Let the young master be taken care of by a man, the mother can't rest assured! Everyone look around, the young master is so old, It's time to get married!"

Bart was at the end, just in time to hear this sentence, took down the cigar in his mouth, and said in doubt, "Huh? Didn't I hear that Ms. Wang from the Jagged Military Academy is the fiancee of Commander Hua? Could it be that Mr. Commander, there are other lover?"

puff!Mo Haiyu couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud.But Huada and Huasan looked at each other with a tacit understanding, and they immediately understood each other's meaning.

"What are you guys talking about? Is there anything interesting?" Hua Fei had already entered the room, and when he looked back, he saw that everyone was still standing in the aisle chatting, so he asked loudly in confusion.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Mo Haiyu replied, and whispered to the people around him, "At this moment, it's not suitable to talk about such things. Don't mention it to anyone."

After everyone entered the room and sat down, Hua Fei took a sip of tea before he cleared his throat and said, "Thank you for your hard work these past few days. It took me two days to formulate a detailed development strategy The plan, let everyone see it now, give more comments, so that it can be revised and improved!"

Guo Tong quickly sent out the prepared plans one after another. As soon as he got the plan and took a look, everyone was stunned.For nothing else, the first topic of the plan is the proposal to augment and adapt the existing army.

92 Expansion of the Army

Augmenting existing armies?Read that right?Not long after the President's disarmament order was announced, all provinces in the south of the Yangtze River were disarmament in full swing, but at this moment, we expanded

Hua Fei turned a blind eye to everyone's suspicious eyes, but said hoarsely, "The military department has been established for a long time, but our team organization is still at the regiment level. Whether it is for combat or command, It’s a lot of inconvenience. I plan to set up the first and second divisions of the new army. The first, second, and third regiments of the new army and the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth regiments of the defense army will be mobilized. A total of nine regiments will be incorporated. The first division of the new army. At the same time, the division was formed under the heavy artillery regiment, the engineering regiment, and the logistics support regiment. The division belonged to the first sniper battalion and the first reconnaissance communication battalion. In addition, under the establishment of the regiment, two additional Machine gun companies, one for light machine guns and one for heavy machine guns."

"Organize the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth regiments of the Defense Army into the second division of the new army. There are vacancies in the establishment, because the Jiangnan Revolutionary Army has recently cut its troops, and many new troops with great combat experience have been abolished and have nowhere to stay. We You can take advantage of this opportunity to secretly send people to recruit. The only thing to note is that the recruitment is mainly for soldiers and grassroots officers, and it is anti-recruitment for new troops. Regardless of their seniority and position, they all need to undergo a three-month training for new troops. Can be incorporated into the Second Division of the New Army!"

"With regard to the heavy artillery regiment and sniper battalion, due to the lack of equipment and training, construction needs to be stepped up. Light machine guns, heavy machine guns and Springfield M1903 rifles are given priority to the first division. The new weapons and equipment procurement plan will be formulated by the Weapons and Equipment Office. I need Within half a year, the first and second divisions will be fully unified and armed!"

"In the newly reorganized army, there will definitely be a shortage of middle and low-level officers, and the officers who are lacking can be temporarily vacant. In addition, the cadets of the Jagged Military Academy will be tested and reviewed, and outstanding students will be selected as reserve officers and assigned to the vacant positions. Let They’re learning and practicing practical leadership experience at the same time.”

Hua Fei briefly explained the military expansion plan.Just these few words.It has already made all the officers present have not been relieved for a long time.Hua Feidi's military organization is similar to Yuan Shikai's recent military system reform, but there are differences.The Revolutionary New Army adopts the three-three system commonly used in the world, and each grassroots combat squad is composed of 12 people.In other words, there are about a thousand combatants in a regiment, not counting the engineers and scouts belonging to the regiment.

Now Hua Fei has added two machine gun companies to the regiment organization, equivalent to a regiment with more than 5000 fighters.The First Division of the New Army has nine main combat regiments under its jurisdiction, and its combat strength will reach more than [-] people.Plus the Artillery Regiment, Engineer Regiment, and Logistics Regiment.The sniper battalion and the reconnaissance battalion, the staff of a division will reach [-] people.

Forget it, Hua Fei has to form the second division of the new army.That is to say, under the situation of the whole tide of domestic disarmament.Not only did Hua Fei not disarm the army, but he also reorganized the army recklessly, almost doubling its military strength.What does Hua Fei want to do?It's obvious!

"Commander!" Hua Zhong said, in public.He has always kept his respect for Hua Fei, "We know that the commander has hatred in his heart, and we also understand that the second regiment's hatred will one day be avenged! But at this sensitive moment, if we expand the army so aggressively, I am afraid that we will be punished." To a lot of pressure!"

"Did I say openly expand the army?" Hua Fei said calmly. "No one of you is allowed to take this report out! This reorganization and expansion of the army is only known to the upper-level officers, and no one is allowed to disclose it! The recruiting of the second division's new army can use the name of the Construction Corps, the Land Reclamation Corps, etc. to hide the eyes and ears. Even if some people know it well, we don’t need to be afraid! One of the fundamental reasons why the Jiangnan Revolutionary Army had to disarm is that they couldn’t afford to support this huge army, so that there were frequent mutinies!”

"We don't take Beijing for a share, our military expansion. Who can stop it? Who can stop it?"

Bai Kaijun, the staff officer of the combat staff department, stood up and said. "Commander, the procurement plan for weapons and equipment is not a problem. We have not only established a good cooperative relationship with the Americans. We have also established a line with the Germans. And the machines moved back from Anqing. Nanjing Machinery Manufacturing Bureau. In addition to the original ****Repair the machine. Now every month. We have been able to produce about 1903 imitation Springfield M98 rifles and [-] Mauser rifles. One or two Maxim heavy machine guns. In addition, the research and technical personnel of the arsenal .We are trying to imitate the Mattson light machine gun!"

"The biggest problem is. Due to the backwardness of the machine and the quality of the steel. The **** performance and accuracy of our production are the same as those purchased from foreigners. There is still a gap. In addition, the second division needs to be completed. Unified allocation of weapons and equipment. That will require a large number of guns. Not to mention the huge amount of funds required. I don’t know if the Americans will sell so many guns to us!”

Bai Kaijun's question is very realistic.Hua Fei also thought about this question when he was making plans.Although he has begun to take over the taxation of Luzhou Mansion and the Yangtze River area.But that's taxing.For Hua Fei's huge military expansion plan.It is simply a drop in the bucket.Although it is possible to continue to borrow from Pacific Bank.But funds are always limited.The big construction plan cannot be delayed!

"Let's do this. Send someone to negotiate with Smith. Get a loan from Citibank to buy arms. Also. Send someone to contact Edsey. See if you can get a loan from the Germans. Buy a batch of Mauser rifles .But what needs to be mentioned is. We need a 7.62 caliber rifle. I hope they can make a transformation!"

"Yes!"

"Even if we can't buy weapons, the guns from the Defenders and the weapons we seized can still be used. It's just that there are all kinds of models. It will make logistical support much more difficult."

Everyone no longer raised any opinions on the expansion of the army. In fact, none of them wanted to expand the army.Everyone understands that since the relationship with Yuan Shikai has been broken, the addition of one person to the army will make Yuan Shikai fear them a bit. Then I will start announcing the list of new personnel appointments."

Snapped!Everyone stands at attention, and the expansion of the army means that someone will be promoted.For many of them, this is not only their affirmation, but also an honor.

"Order to appoint Hua Zhong as the commander of the [-]nd Division of the New Army, Li Qianyu as the deputy commander of the [-]nd Division, Yu Chengping as the chief of staff of the [-]nd Division, Mo Haiyu as the adjutant of the [-]nd Division of the New Army, and Liu Shiyuan as the [-]nd Division The battalion commander of the military police battalion of the division. The other chief officers of the division headquarters shall be appointed by the officers of each regiment on their own initiative and after passing the assessment of the division headquarters."

"Yes!"

"Order, appoint Heber as the deputy commander of the first division, appoint Bai Kaijun as the chief of staff of the first division, appoint Cao Yuan as the commander of the gendarmerie battalion of the first division of the new army, and appoint Guo Tong as the deputy commander of the first division of the new army. As for the new army The commander of the first division will be appointed by myself. The appointment of other chief officers of the division is the same as that of the second division."

"Yes!"

All the orders were not unexpected, except that Guo Tong was transferred to the Second Division as an adjutant, which not only puzzled the others, but also Guo Tong didn't know about it.The battalion commander of the guard battalion is transferred away, so what about the guard battalion?Guo Tong wanted to ask, but finally kept his mouth shut.

"In addition, Zhang Zhizhong and Shen Xian from the Jagged Military Academy were transferred to the combat staff department of the military department. Mr. Bart was hired as a staff consultant of the military department."

Zhang Zhizhong was an intern at the Iron-Blooded Military Academy who made the disarmament plan report last time, and Hua Fei had a deep impression on him.Shen Xian is one of the founders of Iron Blood Military News. Under their hands, Iron Blood Military News has achieved great results. This surprised Hua Fei, and he paid special attention to Shen Xian.

In this appointment, except for Hua San, there was no change, and most of the appointments of senior officers were expected.Because Hua San belongs to the Poisonous Special Forces, and the Poisonous Special Forces is directly under Hua Fei's personal command, so it is not within the scope of the military's establishment.

After announcing the appointment, Hua Fei waved his hand and called everyone to sit down. "This is roughly the case with regard to the expansion of the army. What I need to tell you is that the military training task cannot be relaxed for a day. The second division will go to Wuhu in three days and reorganize and train in Wuhu."

"In addition, take back the industrial construction plan in your hand and look at it. I hope you can make useful suggestions! The top priority is that we still need to build the arsenal as soon as possible!"

Hua Fei sighed, although the current simple arsenal can already produce weapons, but it is still far from Hua Fei's requirements!

"Report to the commander! I request to leave after seven days!" Huada stood up and said loudly.

"Huh? Why?" Hua Fei was surprised. The Seventh and Tenth Regiments of the Second Division's Defense Army were all stationed in Wuhu.So as long as Huada gathers the eighth and ninth regiments, they can rush to Wuhu quickly. There is not much to prepare!

"Report, this is a private matter, can you not answer?" Huada said mysteriously.

personal issue?Hua Fei is even more strange. Hua Da is already in his 30s and married long ago.Is it because of frequent transfers recently, less reunion with family members, wanting to go home and have a look?

"Okay!" Hua Fei said apologetically, "The Eighth Regiment of the Defense Army must go to Wuhu within three days of the ninth day. As for you, the commander, I will give you seven days off!"

"Thank you Commander!"

"In addition, inform Xu Fu of the Pacific Bank to prepare as much money as possible for me. We will need it soon. Inform the chief officials of the Industrial Corps, such as Mao Xun and Zhao Nianxiang in Southern Anhui, and order them to rush to the bank immediately. Hefei, the bidding documents from various countries have been sent, I need them to advise me!"