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Chen Xingui is only a small person in history, and the reason why he can leave a name in history is because he has a promising son Chen Youren, Chen Youren was educated in a foreign country since he was a child, and after the Xinhai Revolution, he gave up his job as a lawyer in Britain and returned to China to serve, and later met Sun Yat-sen and became a famous diplomat in the Republic of China.

Chen Youren was born in 1875, and his father, Chen Xingui, is still wandering around the Caribbean, two or three years before marrying Liang Xing's daughter.

Chen Xingui escaped from the country, kept a low profile, and made a living by using the carpenter's skills and shaving skills he had learned in the kingdom of heaven, so that although his right leg was amputated, he could not be a coolie laborer, and he would not be left without food by relying on the two trades in his hands.

Soon after Chen Xingui came to Jamaica, he met Liang Xing, who had become a plantation owner, and after several contacts, the two became like-minded and became good friends, so Chen Xingui often helped Liang Xing deal with some business affairs.

The old friends of the Kingdom of Heaven re-sewed, and Hou Taiyuan and Chen Xingui set up a table outside the wooden house to eat and catch up.

On the wooden table, after listening to Chen Xingui's wandering process overseas, Hou Taiyuan felt the same way and felt happy for him.

Chen Xingui has a skill, and there is Liang Xing to help him, although life is hard, but at least he survived safely, unlike other Chinese workers who went to sea, worked hard for several years, and finally ended up in a situation where no one was able to collect the corpse.

"Brother Chen, I heard that you became famous in the battle to conquer the Battle of Wuchang?" After chatting for a while, Chen Sen suddenly asked.

"The Battle of Wuchang was led by His Royal Highness the King of the East and led the brothers to fight, and I only helped the brothers who attacked the city in the battle, which is not a credit."

Chen Xingui said humbly.

"Brother Chen is too modest, I heard that you were still the personal guard of the East King at that time, before attacking Wuchang, you took the initiative to ask Ying to go on an expedition to the front line, and relied on the carpenter's skills trained since childhood to supervise the army to build a pontoon bridge, and then the army landed on the city wall through the pontoon bridge, and finally captured Wuchang. Therefore, the capture of Wuchang has a lot of credit to Brother Chen. ”

"Building bridges and paving roads is a small skill, and it can't compare to the brothers of Heaven killing the enemy on the front line."

Field troops are the main force and undertake the task of overcoming the enemy's defensive line, while logistics, engineers, and troops provide all kinds of support for the whole army, so that the entire army can exert its efficient combat effectiveness.

The present war is not a matter of fighting hard with swords and guns on the mainland, and we are not afraid of any unit that is afraid of death to win, but we are fighting a war with muskets, artillery, and ironclad ships, and without good weapons and equipment and perfect ammunition replenishment, we cannot win a victory by relying on the superiority in the number of troops alone. ”

Peru, Brazil, and several South American countries are inferior to the European powers in terms of weaponry and soldiers, but the weapons used and the military received by their officers are learned from the West, and the Chinese troops fought against them, and while constantly winning victories, they were also learning from their advantages, and then, in accordance with the war concepts of later generations and in combination with the actual combat experience of the troops, they organized technical arms suited to the current situation and perfected the overall structure of the troops.

Chen Sen's didactic retort was not to embarrass Chen Xingui, but to find a position suitable for him.

The National Defense Army has an engineer regiment, and since the establishment of the engineer regiment, the post of commander of the engineer regiment has been vacant, and Chen Xingui is familiar with timber manufacturing and has experience in building pontoon bridges to command battles, so it is very suitable to arrange him to be the commander of the engineer regiment.

After Chen Sen finished speaking, he whispered a few words to Hou Taiyuan, and the other party immediately understood: "Brother Chen, when I first heard of your name, it was during the Battle of Wuchang, at that time, many brothers knew that there was a brave and resourceful figure in the kingdom of heaven, not only with high military strength, but also with the first place to build bridges and pave roads. ”

"Hou Wu, you want me to continue to do the work of building bridges and paving roads."

Chen Xingui said with some understanding.

"Brother Chen, it's not for you to do manual work, there is an engineer regiment under the prince, and the main task is to open the way for the troops to march, solve the problems of crossing rivers, crossing rugged mountains, building defenses, etc., you have experience in this area when you were in the kingdom of heaven, and it is just right to be the head of the engineer regiment."

"Hou Wu, I heard you say that a regiment has seven or eight hundred people (the number after reduction), and now your position is only equal to the commander of the regiment, if I go to Rio Grande do Sul, the prince will hand over a regiment to me to command?"

The engineer regiment belongs to a non-field army, and in Chen Xingui's impression, the military commander of a non-field unit cannot compare with the commander of a field unit of the same size, but Hou Taiyuan led seven or eight hundred subordinates to join Li Mingyuan and only obtained an order equivalent to that of the regiment commander.

"Conferment according to merit is a military rule set by the prince for the National Defense Army, and Brother Chen's new entry into the National Defense Army, and being awarded the position of head of a regiment without military merits will cause dissatisfaction among other brothers." Chen Sen objectively explained the laws of the Wehrmacht, and continued: "When Brother Chen arrives in Rio Grande do Sul, he will not immediately assume the position of head of the Engineer Corps, but His Royal Highness the Prince of the World is wise, and may arrange a slightly lower position, and then let Brother Chen manage the Engineer Corps as the acting director, and wait until the results are made, and then make a regular." ”

Chen Xingui has promised to return to Rio Gran do Sul with Hou Taiyuan, and he will not regret his promise after making it, and he can command a troop when he returns to Rio Gran do Sul, even if it is not a field army, he feels much more relieved in his heart.

Helping the army train soldiers is also continuing to use his abilities, but he still prefers the latter to command the troops.

Regiment-level officers are already senior generals in the National Defense Force, and they do not need to go to the front line to fight in person, and the engineer regiment is a technical unit and rarely performs combat missions, so the amputation of Chen Sen's right leg does not affect his command of the engineer regiment.

The three of them discussed Chen Xingui's later job arrangement, Liang Xing never said it, and after the three of them discussed, Chen Xingui felt a little snubbed to his friend.

Apologetically: "I only cared about discussing the problems of the army, and snubbed Brother Liang, is it the younger brother's." ”

"Brother Gui Xin is polite, you and I have known each other for a few years, you understand my temperament, I am not an unreasonable person, you are talking about military affairs, even if you tell me, I can't understand it."

Chen Xingui is Hou Taiyuan's confidant brother, he has a respectful attitude towards Liang Xing, and Hou Taiyuan will naturally not slack off.

"Brother Ah Chen is overseas thanks to Brother Liang's care, Lao Hou respects Brother Liang's personality and toasts you."

"General Hou is serious, Brother Gui Xin and I have a similar temper, we interact with each other, and we can't talk about taking care of them."

Liang Xing hurriedly waved his hand and did not accept the wine that Tai Yuan had toasted.

"Brother Liang, don't say much about the brothers, your care for me, Ah Chen remembers it in his heart."

Chen Xingui abides by the traditional righteousness of the Han people, and will not forget those who are kind to him, otherwise he would not have carried out the task of covering the young king of heaven when the kingdom of heaven was about to perish.

"Wait five, bring the wine, I will personally salute Brother Liang!"

Hou Xingui took the wine and respectfully poured two glasses, handed one bowl to Liang Xing, and raised the other bowl with both hands.

Zhengse said: "The brother's kindness is in the wine, and the younger brother will do it first as a respect!" ”

Chen Xingui raised his head and put a large bowl of wine into his mouth, while Liang Xing did not speak and drank all the wine in the bowl.