Beiyang reactionaries

Gu Pinzhen was very angry.

As a member of the military affairs department, you can take care of the promotion of officers in the army.Always make trouble with our mobilization department.And can a recruit train for three months compare to training for one month?

The recruits trained for three months can basically learn simple things in the army.Even in China's current situation, the recruits trained by Duan Xun's three-month training here are already a very qualified source of soldiers.What these people lack is actual combat, and they are veterans who have fought two battles.

But what about a month?

What can I learn in a month of training.Except for the simplest things and military discipline, the real things can't be learned at all.

"Special matters."

Duan Xun thought about it, and there was indeed only one way.So he looked at Han Linchun, who nodded slightly at Duan Xun.So Duan Xun said: "Minister Gu (Gu Pinzhen), there is no other way. This time, we will deal with it as a special matter. First, we will draw weapons from the two mixed brigades from the mobilization department, and that's it."

Seeing what Gu Pinzhen wanted to say, Duan Xun didn't give him a chance to speak.

"Fangchen (Han Linchun), tell Lu Yongxiang's people that I don't have many weapons on hand now, so I can only give him rifles. A rifle from a mixed brigade will be sent over in a month, and a batch of rifles from a mixed brigade will be sent after two months. Cannons and machine guns tell them to wait, and it will take four months at the earliest. If they can’t wait, the deal won’t be done.”

"Yes."

Duan Xun turned his head to Xiong Kewu and said, "How was the talk with Qin Guoyong?"

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"How was the talk with Qin Guoyong?"

"General, it's settled. He is willing to accept our appointment."

"went well?"

"It went well without any problems. General, you may not be clear. Since the second batch of students from Nanyuan Aviation School graduated in the sixth year of the Republic of China (1917), this aviation school has been ignored by the Ministry of the Army. It has been several years without a penny The funds were not allocated. So the second batch of students graduated almost three years ago, but Nanyuan Aviation School was not able to recruit again because there was no money to open courses. Even when the first two batches of students went to school, the Ministry of the Army did not provide funds. Not much, so many of them are subsidized by Qin Guoyong himself, so that they can graduate smoothly. In recent years, Nanyuan Aviation School has been unable to continue because of lack of money, and no one knows when it will reopen. Therefore, our people contacted Qin Guoyong , saying that we are going to set up an aviation school and invite him and his students to come, and he is very willing."

"Understandable."

Duan Xun nodded.

Qin Guoyong.

China's first Chinese pilot to fly a fighter jet into the air in China, and also the first Chinese pilot to fly an aircraft for a long-distance flight.He is also the principal of Nanyuan Aviation School, the only aviation school in China.

When it comes to the history of China's aviation in later generations, the name Qin Guoyong is well-known, and the history of China's aviation can never get around him.He is definitely a name that must be mentioned in the history of Chinese aviation.Because although the number of students Qin Guoyong trained at Nanyuan Aviation School was not large, there were only 150 or eight students who graduated from the fourth phase.But these people have influenced the development of China's aviation industry.Zhang Zuolin's air force, the air force of other warlords, and even the air force of the Kuomintang later, and even the air force of New China, all had students trained by Qin Guoyong Nanyuan Aviation School.Most of China's air force in the early days were built by Qin Guoyong's students.Later, many Kuomintang air force pilots were students of Qin Guoyong's students.

But that's when we look at history.

In fact, Qin Guoyong's reputation is not very good now, and the warlords don't take him seriously. Many people don't even know Qin Guoyong.Because it is only a dozen years since the birth of the aircraft, and it has only been a few years since the aircraft participated in the battle.In the whole world, aircraft is also a new thing, and the Air Force has a new thing even more.Even Japan, a neighboring country, only established its first aviation school this year, and it has only been a few months since its establishment.This speed is not as fast as China's, because China's first aviation school, Nanyuan Aviation School, was established as early as the second year of the Republic of China, six years earlier than Japan.

But still the same.

Although the aviation school was established, from Yuan Shikai to Duan Qirui, they didn't pay much attention to the aviation school, and the aviation school was more like a decoration.There are only 50 students in the first batch of Nanyuan Aviation School, and only 42 students in the second batch.

Because the government allocation is too small.

So much so that in order to maintain the expenses of the aviation school, Qin Guoyong himself subsidized the school's funds, so that two batches of students could graduate.

But more troublesome things are behind.

These graduates cannot find jobs at all.Where there is an air force in China today, there are aircraft.There are not many warlords who even know about airplanes and the air force.Even Yuan Shikai and Duan Qirui didn't pay much attention to it. One can imagine the attitude of other warlords.Nanyuan Aviation School recruited 92 people in two phases, and finally 83 people graduated successfully.Except for the students who can stay in school, these people basically cannot find jobs related to aircraft after graduation.

Fortunately, although these people are learning airplanes, they were all graduates of military schools before entering aviation school.Many of them were still students of the first and second phases of Baoding Military Academy, and some even had students taught by Duan Xun himself.Therefore, these people can only serve in the army by relying on their classmates.

This is the current status of the aviation school.

After the second batch of students graduated in March of the sixth year of the Republic of China (1917), Qin Guoyong applied to the Ministry of the Army several times for funding, and wanted to recruit students for the third batch.But the War Department rejected him.

At that time, when Duan Qirui wanted to unify China by force, there was no time to allocate funds to the aviation school.

The flight school needs a lot of money.

Because those French planes bought a few years ago need to be repaired and parts need to be purchased.Moreover, the development of aircraft in World War I was very fast, and Qin Guoyong also hoped to purchase some advanced aircraft for teaching.Especially the aircraft participated in the battle for the first time, so Qin Guoyong wanted to buy some aircraft for war.

But where does the War Department have money for him.

So I ignored him all the time.It has been three years now, and no one cares about Nanyuan Aviation School.Moreover, after Duan Qirui resigned during the Zhiwan War this year, three cabinet premiers left one after another, all because the Beijing government had no money.The Ministry of the Army can't even pay for the army troops under its command, so there is no time to take care of the aviation school.If Duan Qirui was around, Duan Qirui at least paid the teachers of the aviation school.Well, since the defeat in the Zhiwan War and Duan Qirui's resignation, the Ministry of the Army has not paid the aviation school teachers salaries for several months.

Therefore, Qin Guoyong has been very depressed these years.

Duan Xun can understand this.Airplanes have just come out. No one can say that the development of airplanes is not good, and no one can say that airplanes are useful things. No one even knows how the Air Force will develop and whether the Air Force is useful.Even European and American countries are confused about aircraft and the direction of the development of the air force, and this is especially true for China.In history, it was not until after the war that people discovered that airplanes were still very useful.Bombers, in particular, play a big role in wars.

So the warlords of all parties began to build air forces.

Now?

Who has ever seen a plane go to war.Even in World War I, airplanes were of little use.This has created the current embarrassing situation between Qin Guoyong and Nanyuan Aviation School.

If Cao Kun knew the importance of the Air Force in the future, then Cao Kun would still run the Air Force and leave Nanyuan Aviation School even if he tried to sell everything.But now Cao Kun doesn't know the role of the air force, and how does he understand the benefits of air supremacy.

So busy fighting for the control of the Beijing government, there is no time to deal with Nanyuan Aviation School.

"How many people can Qin Guoyong and the others come?"

"Qin Guoyong said he could bring more than 140 people."

"Who are they?"

"He plans to bring the teachers from Nanyuan Aviation School, some students who graduated from the two semesters, and the technicians who repaired the aircraft. If you count the families of these people, it is estimated that there are more than 400 people. But he has one request, I hope the general can resettle the families of these people.”

There are more than 140 people, including more than 400 family members.

Duan Xun nodded slowly.

Zhengchou didn't know how to start this aviation school, Qin Guoyong seemed to be ready.There are teachers, and those graduates can also serve as teachers, plus the technicians who repair the aircraft, then the preparation work of the aviation school is basically no problem.

As for the family?

That's even simpler.

Duan Xun said directly: "Tell Qin Guoyong that I am fully responsible for the resettlement of family members. I will build a special family building next to the aviation school."

"Yes."

"Also, I asked Qin Guoyong not only to let him be the principal of the aviation school. I plan to set up an aviation department under the Ministry of Military Affairs and let Qin Guoyong come over to serve as the director. The aviation department consists of the aviation school, the aviation team, the aircraft repair shop, and the aviation department. Manufacturing plant. By the way, how are the preparations for this?"

air force.

Now the whole world is actually hesitant about the development of the Air Force.Even the powerful countries in Europe and America cannot be said to be very active in developing their air forces, or they actually don't know how to develop their air forces.

But Duan Xun knew.

The Air Force will play an increasingly important role in future wars.And decades later, the Air Force has developed a lot of different types of early warning aircraft, fighter jets, bombers, transport aircraft, and anti-submarine aircraft.