Since the Fengtai camp was renovated by the second master, it was sealed by the second master. Today's arrival of Zhang Muzhi's team in Hanzhong has reopened the closed door of the camp.

The modern barracks, which was completely renovated for a while, ushered in his first batch of soldiers. A group of soldiers who are tired and tired, a group of real soldiers who have been on the battlefield and seen blood.

The second master was a soldier in his previous life, and as soon as he saw the condition of this team, he knew that it was the result of a long and continuous rapid march.

He hurriedly instructed the adjutant in charge of logistics in the battalion to do a good job in receiving the troops into the camp. Bathing, quarantine, drinking the "epidemic prevention water" supervised by Zhang San, and allocating barracks. New uniforms and bedding were distributed, as well as personal toiletries for soldiers.

The second master had already prepared a full set of personal belongings for the army in later generations. It's just that the military uniforms issued at this time are not formal German military uniforms, but just training uniforms made of sturdy twill canvas that the second master asked Chen Shouting to make.

(Twill canvas is boat canvas, and it's also modern denim.) ）

"Brother Makino! Great work! This is a hurried march all the way? ”

In the instructor's office in the big camp, the second master handed Zhang Mazi a cup of strong tea with ingredients. This is a real patriotic soldier, and the second master has always been unstingy when it comes to patriotic soldiers who really have a view of the overall situation in this era.

He hadn't even given his own small amount of energy liquid, and his spatial energy pool was now only in and out. He had to cherish the use carefully.

"It's nothing! Didn't you say that Chinese soldiers must have a pair of iron feet that can't run or drag over! I think so. In the lofty mountains of the Qinling Mountains, if it weren't for the iron feet of these Sichuan and Chongqing disciples, we might really suffer a big loss. ”

Where are these words of his Second Master Zhang! This is a summary of the experience of the revolutionary old-timers in the previous life. It's just that he plagiarized and borrowed it.

"Brother Makino! In the future, we must pay close attention to the selection of officers! Although we now have only one army number, we must train officers according to the allocation of grassroots officers in 100 divisions. ”

"Why do you want so many troops? Can we raise it? ”

Zhang Muzhi looked at this his righteous brother in surprise, he didn't understand where did his righteous brother get so much money? One division is nearly 20,000 people, and 100 divisions are 2 million troops!

During the Republic of China, it was established according to the regular establishment; There are 57,500 men in an integrated regiment, 17,500 in integrated divisions, 5,000 in integrated brigades, 1,550 in integrated regimental headquarters, 435 in integrated battalions, 128 in integrated companies, 38 in integrated platoons, and 12 in integrated squads.

The German divisions during World War II were fully equipped according to the wartime establishment, with 18,000 men each. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union with the Barbarossa Plan, it used 190 divisions and 500,000 air forces, for a total of 5.5 million troops.

If the second master wanted to fish in troubled waters during the chaotic period of Tsarist Russia of the October Revolution, in this era when there were no tanks and planes, why would he have an army of more than 1.5 million people. Because the territory of Tsarist Russia is so large, hundreds of thousands of people will not work at all.

"Brother Makino! Don't worry! You just need to train a lot of officers, and you don't have to worry about raising soldiers. When you enter Xinjiang, you will see your brother's ability to hold money!

Now, don't think about anything, you will stay with me for the next five months, and watch how your brother and I train the team, so that you can learn from your own strengths and weaknesses in the future. Let's build the team into the strongest army in the world! ”

The second master reproduced all the combat skills and military theories learned in the army in his previous life in this era. We should train a group of cultural officers who are technically and theoretically competent in order to make preliminary preparations for the establishment of military academies in Xinjiang.

There is no way, the military theory teaching of the Republic of China in this era has completely lagged behind the needs of actual war.

The second master must train his team into a new type of modern soldier who keeps pace with the times. Only in this way will his team be able to stand firm in this era with a minority.

"Yes! Warlord! Zhang Muzhi is absolutely obedient to the orders of the Overseers! ”

After listening to the words of the second master, Zhang Muzhi immediately stood up.

Loudly answer the second master's entrustment. In the past, the second master had no official position, and he could still be called at will. But at this time, after listening to the second master's plan, he immediately returned to the true nature of the soldier to obey the order.

"Brother Makino! Now it's just the two of us, don't be like this! ”

The second master was still very happy about Zhang Muzhi's attitude towards him. He really didn't pick the wrong person, and a selfless unit commander was exactly what he needed.

"That's not going to work! An army cannot be without a commander, and a pack of wolves cannot be without a wolf! ”

Zhang Muzhi was still upright, and roared in a serious voice with a soldier's voice.

From this moment on, he, Zhang Muzhi, can only regard this righteous brother as his only commander, but not his brother. He Zhang Muzhi is a veteran, and he knows the stakes ~~~

The so-called upward and downward effect, he Zhang Muzhi can't have a bad influence on the people below because of his misbehavior. It's true that he's a veteran, but he's a participant in this great cause, so he's well aware of his place!

"Oh well! Big Brother Makino! In the past few days, you should take a good rest and familiarize yourself with the situation in the camp. When the people from Ulanqab arrive, we will officially start the class! ”

"Yes!"

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On the dirt road from Inner Mongolia to the capital, a strange procession marched. Herdsmen and some Han people drove several sturdy herds of horses running in front, followed by a rapid march in four columns, and at the end of the procession were more than 500 trucks carrying fodder and provisions.

The road was so difficult that the logisticians on the trucks had to stop and repair the road from time to time, so there was this strange scene, and the convoy was behind the horses.

That's right, this is the team of the Ulanqab displaced people who went south to Beijing. The leader of the team is Zhang Muzhi's old comrade-in-arms, a regimental-level officer who graduated from the martial arts hall ~ Liu Dingchen, and the adjutant who manages logistics is ~ Macheng. (Mazi among the four bodyguards of the second master, after entering the army, resumed his real name.) ）

It turned out that the reason why the team participating in the training near Ulanqab pulled behind the team in Hanzhong was because of the large number of horses accompanying it, which slowed down the pace.

Horses are not the same as people, and they have to eat and drink at a fixed time, and they have to stay and rest at night.

In the past, some books wrote that the new horse purchased could drag its own team for hundreds of miles a day, which was all nonsense! Xiao Baiwen, who has no cavalry common sense at all.

It takes at least half a year to train a qualified military horse in the era of cold weapons. As for the military horses in the era of hot weapons, it was even longer.

These are not well-trained military horses, but free-range Mongolian horses recently purchased from the Mongolian steppe by the Ulanqab homeless settlement.

So they are different from Zhang Muzhi's team, Zhang Muzhi sometimes marches overnight in order to train the team!

This is no joke. During the War of Liberation, the PLA was able to defeat the well-equipped Kuomintang army because of its iron footing, which turned quickly and could march forcibly day and night. Therefore, although Zhang Muzhi walked all the way, his speed was several times that of the southbound team in Ulanqab.

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At 8 o'clock in the morning of January 22, 1915, the first officer training course of the New First Army taught by the second master began in the newly built large classroom that could accommodate 60 cadets.

The reason why a large classroom can only accommodate 60 people is because there is no amplification equipment in this era, and no matter how large the classroom is, the people behind it cannot hear the voice of the podium clearly.

Therefore, the second master had to adopt this teaching mode of dividing the class time and repeating the lecture in batches. After all, he only gave lessons to officers.

The ordinary soldiers were trained by the former Zhang Muzhi's comrades-in-arms as instructors, and were re-trained according to the new unified military training program (the training program of the army of the People's Republic of China) issued by the second master.

And the most popular among the officers and soldiers is the second master's military theory class. Because the second master not only talks about military theory but also world history in class, what is more excessive is that he also carries a lot of "private goods".

what infantry artillery synergy; the establishment of triangular blocking positions; mine warfare; tunnel warfare; The 16-character principle of guerrilla warfare is "the enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and I disturb, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I pursue" and so on~~~

All the experience summed up by the revolutionary predecessors in the previous life made these two goods all plagiarized, and these are the essence of the summary of the secrets of the Chinese army at that time!

Therefore, listening to the lectures of the chief instructor is always so novel and never tired of listening, and you can always learn new tactics and new theories that make people want to stop.

Even Zhang Muzhi and his group of instructors who graduated from the martial arts hall tried their best to take time to go to the second master's classroom to skip the class.

The second master gave this lecture for a full four months before he completed the rotation training of the officers and men participating in the training. The 80,000 trainees in the Fengtai camp have also begun to take shape according to the new training program.

(Of the 80,000 people, in addition to the 40,000 sent from the two camps.) It also includes 15,000 children of the Zhang family; 5,000 newly recruited student soldiers; 20,000 logistics car troops. ）

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On April 15, 1915, the old city of Beijing had faded away from the gloom of winter and was dressed in a light green spring coat.

On this day, the second master finally waited for the telegram he had been waiting for for a long time. Chen Shouting, who stayed in Shanghai, and Bertrand Berman, a master of weapon modification, pulled a large number of military supplies and docked at the wharf of Tianjin Port.

The second master hurriedly dispatched 500 logistics car troops, led by the head of the family caravan who was familiar with port affairs, and went straight to Tianjin Port.

The second master knew that there was not much time left in Beijing, and there was no need for the second master to worry about the remaining time for live ammunition target shooting, and it was enough to have Zhang Muzhi and their instructors who lectured on martial arts. The second master wanted to spend more time with his family before leaving Beijing.

Because three little ones in the Zhang family were born.

Before leaving the barracks, the second master took Zhang Muzhi to a small and heavily guarded munitions warehouse. Zhang Muzhi was very curious, because in the past few months, he had inspected all the large warehouses in the camp, but this small warehouse like an iron bucket guarded by the Zhang family's bodyguards day and night prevented him from approaching.

"Overseer! This is? ”

I saw that the warehouse was full of ammunition crates, and boxes that were much larger than normal guns. Zhang Muzhi was even more curious, and couldn't help but ask.

"Brother Makino! Calm down. Tom! ~~~”

"Here!"

"Drive over, load up your ammunition, and follow me to the shooting range!"

"Yes! Sir! ”

The group took a truck and pulled half a cart of ammunition to a live-fire range 3 kilometers away from the camp.

Zhang Muzhi looked curiously at this weird machine gun that Zhang San could pick up without a water cooler. Enduring his growing curiosity, he watched Zhang San and his assistant operate the tripod and set up the machine gun. After the assistant pulled out the bullet chain from the ammunition box and installed it, according to the operating procedure, he patted Zhang San, who was acting as the main shooter, on the shoulder.

Then Zhang Muzhi heard a piercing sound of tearing cloth.

When Zhang Muzhi hadn't come back to his senses, a bullet with a chain of 250 rounds had been exhausted in just a dozen seconds.

"This ?!!!"

Zhang Muzhi, a veteran, watched in surprise as Zhang San and his assistant quickly replaced the barrel in two seconds. Then the shrill sound of tearing cloth rang out again.

There were 1,200 rounds in one ammunition box, and they were all fired in a continuous fire of more than 1 minute. This rate of fire is amazing! Zhang Muzhi, who saw the terrifying rate of fire of the "Hitler Chainsaw" for the first time, was already so surprised that he couldn't speak.

"Brother Makino! This is the secret weapon I have equipped our troops, the general-purpose machine gun. ”

The second master saw this veteran's rare surprised expression, and was a little proud. After all, Hitler's chainsaw was an epoch-making machine gun of the Second World War.

"This! This! Which country produced this machine gun? What is your name? ”

"It's called 'Xinjiang Cloth Tearing Machine', which we produce ourselves, and at present, only the First Army of Xinjiang has this kind of machine gun in the world, and there are only 200 of them."

"Our own? You're not kidding? ”

Zhang Muzhi pulled his eyes out of the observation of the machine gun in disbelief and looked at the second master behind him who was picking his ears. It's been too long since I've been on the battlefield, and the second master's ears are no longer used to the roar of the machine gun.

"Hehe, Brother Muzhi! It's really our own unique machine gun, which I designed. In the past few days, you have organized people to learn how to operate this machine gun, and asked Zhang San to teach them one by one, and it is important to ensure that there are people in each squad and platoon who can skillfully operate this machine gun. This is the only heavy firepower on our way into Xinjiang. ”

"Yes! Mission completion guaranteed! ”

Zhang San and Zhang Muzhi replied loudly at the same time.

After the second master arranged the specific details of the final live-fire training, he left the Fengtai camp in a Ford car driven by Xiao Dezi, and went home to see his son!