As the trainees whom Zhang Hanqing got acquainted with and understood, especially a group of trainee officers with a high level of education, joined the Guards Brigade in their spare time, the new-style army that was different from the general army at that time gradually took shape, and also made Zhang Zuolin's Guards Brigade the only "cultural soldier" in the Republic of China army at that time. In particular, after Zhang Hanqing served as a part-time regiment commander and then deputy brigade commander as a student of the Lecture Martial Arts Hall, and Guo Songling served as a part-time chief of staff of the Guards Brigade as an instructor and a senior staff officer of the General's Mansion, they were almost all "student officers" from top to bottom.

There is a lot of slander from the outside world about the fact that so many student officers hold important positions in the Guards Brigade. Recruits are not scary, but when the top and bottom are "showmen" who have never fought in a war and lead recruits, this is a lot of fun. Some of them were secretly cold-eyed, ready to see the jokes of the Guards Brigade. Also, among the three regiment commanders, only Han Linchun is a full-fledged military personnel, but he has never directly led troops; The young marshal is purely the son and the father, and the stage by relationship; Guo Songling is a teacher who talks "on paper". These three people don't understand that the military commander steals a high position, and they don't know what they will lead the Guards Brigade into? Anyway, "the cub doesn't feel distressed when he sells Yetian", let him toss!

However, facts speak louder than words, and the Guards Brigade led by the four regimental commanders Zhang, Han, Guo, and Wang not only did not become chaotic as some people believe, but also changed three times a day, and their morale was high, which shocked the eyeballs.

In Zhang Hanqing, he mainly uses crisis awareness. The student army served as an officer, and although the positions were greatly promoted, they were almost always acting. At the beginning of the appointment, it was very clear: if the assessment is suitable for use after half a year, the word "generation" will naturally be removed, and Zhang Hanqing will propose a formal appointment at that time, and he will come out; If it is not suitable, then there is no need to substitute it, and go back to the martial arts hall to start over and further study. It's such a simple decision, so that these aspiring student officers have to work hard, not to mention the realization of the ideal of a strong country, just being driven back is shameful enough, and the soldiers can be killed but not humiliated!

In order to make up for the difference between middle- and lower-ranking officers, Zhang Hanqing resolutely promoted outstanding grass-roots officers who were still studying to the positions of battalion and company-level officers, and also specially stipulated that all officers at and above the platoon level in the future of the Guards Brigade must know 1,000 basic Chinese characters, so as to transform the original officers. These people are different from ordinary soldiers, they do not join the army for clothing and food, but really take it as their duty to serve the country. They have a close relationship with the student officers, and they also recognize Zhang Hanqing's ideas and are willing to follow them, plus they are constantly seeking progress, so the innate conditions of the grassroots cadres of the Guards Brigade are excellent.

Guo Songling was originally an instructor in the martial arts hall, and his mastery of military knowledge, training skills and hard work really made Zhang Hanqing, a half-man, embarrassed, so he also obeyed his words, so that Guo Songling felt the grace of knowing and worked harder. His training requirements for officers are to conduct cadre training once a day in the morning and in the evening, and in particular, officers below the company commander level must conscientiously carry out it, and the main thing is to train them in bayonet skills and standardize the movements of the instructors. Guo Songling was rigorous, so most of his officers gradually inherited his style.

Military training is a proper meaning, but Zhang Hanqing believes that the cultivation of spirit is far beyond military training. He doesn't like warlord-style officers, in his plan, the integration of officers and soldiers is a must, this is really the magic weapon to win the respect of soldiers and build an invincible army, and it is unforgivable for veterans to bully new recruits and officers and soldiers.

He strongly advocated the establishment of a soldiers' committee in each company in order to gain the voice of the soldiers at the grassroots level. The battalion has a political section, and the regiment has a political department, which is under the military and political cadres training regiment directly under the brigade headquarters. This regiment is a nominal regiment, and it has no establishment itself, but only conducts military training or ideological education, and several cadres are officers who do not fight. But this is Zhang Hanqing's greatest concern, the seed of the new-style Fengjun in his mind, and the cradle of future political cadres.

If officers and men can really be united, orders must be carried out, and they are carried out from the bottom of their hearts, what difficulties cannot be overcome? Imagine why the armies of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party fought in history, and the GCD army was able to defeat the weak and the strong, and finally unify Chinese mainland? Political and economic factors aside, it can be seen from some films reflecting the war: during the battle, the Kuomintang officer waved his pistol: "Brothers, rush me!" The GCD officer jumped out of the trench and shouted, "Brothers, follow me!" ”

This "giving" is between one and "and", and the superiority is immediate.

For the education of soldiers, the staff office of the headquarters of the guards brigade shall draw up an annual education plan and send it to all regiments and battalions directly under it, and then each regiment and battalion shall draw up a weekly academic education plan implementation table, which shall be printed and distributed to all battalions and companies for implementation. The general principle is to treat training as if it were a real battle, and each company platoon often holds group meetings to discuss the gains and losses of training. Some officers and men come from veterans, and it is difficult for them to accept the management style of the young marshal, who "deprives veterans and officers of all kinds of privileges and treats soldiers as human beings," and they cannot help but mumble in private. And the recruits, who have not been tested by war for a long time, cannot help but think that it is a little unbearable when they are subjected to such inhuman "torture" at first glance. Zhang Hanqing has a famous saying in this regard: "Only by sweating more in peacetime can there be less bloodshed in wartime." ”

In addition, because the junior officers trained with the soldiers, ate the same meals, and received all kinds of "literacy" education in the evenings, they suffered more than the soldiers, so even though the training of the Guards Brigade was more intense than that of the 27th Division, the grievances of the soldiers were always within the scope of guidance, and the kind of "mutiny" of the soldiers that were privately speculated by the veterans became more and more difficult to appear as the training took root in the hearts of the people.

Zhang Hanqing personally compiled the "Guards Brigade Military Training" and "Twelve Questions and Answers for Soldiers" and printed them to all battalions, companies, and platoons; It is posted in the military hall and lecture hall as an educational subject that must be carried out during the morning and evening roll call. The full text of "Guards Brigade Military Training" is as follows:

"Our nation is oppressed by its powerful neighbors and is in danger at present. All the officers, non-commissioned officers, soldiers, and husbands of our guards will do what they want, sacrifice everything, work hard, and in the spirit of mutual assistance, sincerely unite, obey orders, and go to the national disaster together. ”

12 Questions and Answers for Soldiers:

Q: Who are our parents? A: It's the common people.

Q: Who are our brothers, sisters, relatives? A: It's the common people.

Q: Where do the clothes we wear come from? A: It's from the common people.

Q: Where does the food we eat come from? A: It's from the common people.

Q, who were we? A: It's also ordinary people.

Question: We have such a relationship with the people, how should we treat the people? Answer: We should love them, help them, protect them, and not take a stitch from the masses.

Q: What should I do if the enemy is strong and I am weak? Answer: When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins.

Q: What should I do if there is a rain of bullets? Answer: It is also calm to die for the country, and twenty years later, he is a good man.

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At that time, there was no talk of ideological education or political ideological education in military education. It's such a simple "soldier Q&A", and it's still unique. If it weren't for the fact that the new army's comprehension ability was a little worse, Zhang Hanqing would still want to do "three disciplines and eight points of attention" in advance.

In this way, it still caused many people to slander. Many veterans of the Fengjun Army were deeply puzzled by the young marshal's new military training method, and they believed that the duty of a soldier was to carry a gun to fight, and what to do when they spent energy and time learning to write and paint? Could it be that if you write well and know a few more words, the enemy will be scared away by you?

Feng Delin, who was an official in the same city, also said sarcastically when he heard the movement of this Zhang Shaoshuai: "If there is really a son, there must be a father, if Fengtian does not drive Zhang Zuolin away, heaven will not tolerate it!" ”

The improvement of military ability and political quality was a slow process, and the change of the Guards Brigade was ridiculed by the ordinary warlords of the time. Even within the Feng army, there are mixed reviews. Of course, the diehards led by Tang Yulin have scruples about the young marshal's entire army on the surface, but he has not taken Guo Songling, who is the chief of staff, into account. Regarding Guo Songling's ideological mobilization and training mode, Tang Yulin once said sarcastically: "Guo Devil is as foreign as he looks. ”

I was really shot while hiding. If you don't like seeing people, everything will be problematic. Originally, Guo Songling's daily life was a model of strict self-discipline, and the style and discipline buckle was upright at all times, quite a bit of the style of a Western devil (Japanese), which can also be used as a matter.

Some political cadres gradually emerged, slowly turned from deputy officers to regulars, and officially entered the command system of the Guards Brigade; The other part, attracted by the policy program dominated by the young marshal, changed from cadres to political work instructors and began to train new people, thus laying the foundation for the future political team of the future young marshal.

The difference in ideological realm determines the quality of the person. With the help of Guo Songling, the young marshal will have the opportunity to train his own people from within the old Fengjun who are full of gangs, at this point, Zhang Zuolin basically has no opinion and is happy to see him become the descendant of the ---- successor, in fact, it is also his own descendant.

But no one expected that the energy of this group of "student officers" would be so great in the future.

The opposition also disagreed with the statement of the "Guards Brigade Military Training": Isn't the oppression of strong neighbors referring to Japan? Now the relationship between the Fengji Department and the Japanese army in Mukden is acceptable, so don't cause any demon moths to come!

The Japanese army in Mukden was not without movement. With the degree of infiltration of the little devil into the Northeast, it is not unheard of what Zhang Hanqing did in the Guards Brigade. Kenji Dohihara, head of the Japanese secret service in Mukden, also half-truthfully expressed his exploration of the young marshal's so-called "strong neighbor oppression," while Zhang Hanqing talked a lot about the friendship between Mukden and Japan, and at the same time said that this "strong neighbor" did not refer to Japan.

But Tu Fei didn't give up, he asked directly: "In China, there should be no closer neighbor than Japan." ”

Zhang Hanqing replied: "We have an ancient Chinese poem, 'There is a confidant in the sea, if the end of the world is next to each other', if there is a heart of cooperation, although it is far away, it must be near, and if there is a heart of evil, although it is near, it must be far away." Recently, Britain has been restless on the Tibetan and Burmese side of China, but the central government of our country has said this because it is beyond the reach of the whip. ”

Soil fertilizer is helpless, but it is not easy to interfere openly.