The next day, Wang Yongan went to work at the War Department as usual, and the atmosphere inside the War Department was rather strange, and the Beiyang Department and the Jiangbei Department clearly did not interact with each other, which made people feel extremely awkward when they saw it. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info want to change this atmosphere, unless Wang Yongan leaves, or Duan Qirui leaves, but Wang Yongan leaves, the Jiangbei Department will be chaotic, Duan Qirui leaves, then Beiyang will be chaotic, so both sides can not go, but they must work awkwardly together.

Wang Yongan also felt a little awkward, he usually does not ask about miscellaneous matters, only concentrate on the work of the Military Academy Department and the Military Law Department, in recent days, some local officers have been transferred to the Beijing Division, some people are spoiled in the local area, so there are often troubles in the capital, Wang Yongan's request to these people is, as long as you don't make too much noise, I will not blame the past.

In the afternoon, Duan Qirui announced at a meeting of the War Department that the War Department was preparing to set up an Army Aviation Department, which would be subordinate to the General Staff Headquarters.

In addition to training and observing balloon soldiers, the Army Aviation Division also has an aircraft project, so it will take a year to prepare, and today we are discussing who is in charge of this project.

Wang Yongan and the other Jiangbei officers did not know about this issue in advance, so as soon as the meeting was held, they did not understand anything, but the officers of the Beiyang department were eager to try. Obviously, Duan Qirui had secretly ruled the Beiyang officers over this project before, Wang Yongxin sneered, I have no objection to you engaging in army aviation, but don't blame me for squeezing out and isolating us in the War Department.

The Jiangbei officers have always guarded their own one-third of an acre, so they remained silent throughout the meeting.

The establishment of the Army Aviation Department is obviously not a whim of Duan Qirui, he was ready to set up an aviation yamen in the former Qing Dynasty, but it was delayed because of the war and revolution and other reasons, and today Duan Qirui took out this topic again, obviously he has made a preliminary plan. However, when Duan Qirui proposed that the Army Aviation Department invest 300,000 silver in three years to build the most powerful reconnaissance aircraft group in Asia, everyone was still deeply shocked, especially when it came to the purchase of observation balloons and foreign aircraft, which could involve procurement. The procurement of Lu Airlines must be the procurement of Lu Airlines' own people, which involves more oil and water, and everyone's eyes lit up.

Next, Duan Qirui asked everyone to recommend the talents in charge of the army aviation, and the Beiyang officers looked at each other, at first they were embarrassed to recommend themselves, but after the first person recommended their own people, everyone competed and hoped to take charge of the army aviation.

At the beginning, Wang Yongan had observation balloons and planes in St. Lucas, but now the planes cannot be used as fighters, at most as reconnaissance use, and today's reconnaissance planes have an observation radius of only about 50 kilometers, so it is obvious that he needs to improve a lot if he wants to become a fighter, especially the improvement of science and technology. Wang Yongan was reluctant to mix with this kind of field that he was not good at, so he kept his head down and didn't speak. Everyone talked about it, and the Jiangbei officer looked at Wang Yongan, Wang Yongan shook his head, and signaled not to grab this persimmon in someone else's hand, let them eat the dog.

Sure enough, the recommendation turned into a scramble, and the scramble turned into abuse, and then everyone cut off each other, so that Duan Qirui was not embarrassed. In the end, Duan Qirui slapped the table and said angrily: "What is the noise, what is the noise?" Look at you, you are still not officers, what kind of system have you become? Xu Shuzheng, you say, you are the chief of staff, what do you suggest? ”

Xu Shuzheng stood up, looked at everyone, especially at Wang Yongan, and saw that Wang Yongan had no objection, so he cleared his throat and said, "Chief Duan, Deputy Chief Wang, colleagues, let me tell you what I think." I think that what our War Department lacks most now is not the Army Aviation Department, but the Aviation School, and we don't even have an Aviation School. A large number of officers are paid military salaries, but there are no planes, no soldiers, no pilots, and no trainees. Therefore, I think that the Army Aviation Department should not be in a hurry to build it first, and we should first establish aviation schools, purchase aircraft, and train pilots. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and they all thought that Xu Shuzheng's words were reasonable, Wang Yongan applauded and said, "Chief of Staff Xu's words are very reasonable, and I support your suggestion." ”

Xu Shuzheng smiled and nodded, wondering in his heart Wang Yongan, why don't you dismantle the stage, I have prepared a lot of words to refute you, but I didn't expect to smash a fist on the cotton.

Duan Qirui approvingly: "Youzheng is right, but when it comes to this aviation school, who knows what to do?" Who knows the talent in land aviation? ”

Xu Shuzheng said: "Six years ago, the French conducted a test flight of the aircraft in the Nanyuan school parade, two years ago the Qing government was preparing to build an aviation yamen, but it was miscarried for various reasons. Three years ago, Li Ruyan, a native of Zhejiang, successfully flew a test flight in Shanghi, and went to Beijing to call on the imperial court to establish an aviation yamen; last year he personally funded the purchase of two pigeon monoplanes to return to China and join the Southern Revolutionary Party, but everyone knows that the Southern Revolutionary Party is fighting endlessly, and he who wants to do practical things is not reused. So he flew to Beijing in the hope of joining me in Beiyang...... Our National Defense Force, now his two planes are parked in the Nanyuan School Parade Field. Li Ruyan repeatedly hoped to find the General Staff and put forward the hope of establishing China's aviation department. Therefore, his subordinates thought that if an aviation school was established, it should be run by a person like Li Ruyan who was familiar with aircraft and aviation, so his subordinates recommended Li Ruyan to be the principal of the aviation school. ”

The rest of the Beiyang officials were dumbfounded, what does Xu Shuzheng mean by this, and letting a revolutionary party take charge of the aviation department, wouldn't it be to flow fertilizer water into the fields of outsiders?

"Isn't he a revolutionary?"

"Yes, this man's mind is not with us."

"Actually, the revolutionary party is nothing. It's just that this person is just a rich businessman, can he lead a good aviation school? ”

"If you have no experience, won't you waste those 300,000 taels of silver?"

"Now the War Department is a clear water yamen, and if he wastes more silver, everyone can only drink the northwest wind."

Wang Yongxin thought that although Xu Shuzheng was narrow-minded and jealous, he did not lose proportion in the country's righteousness, and he knew that many Beiyang officials were staring at the aviation department not for the development of aviation, but just wanted to reap benefits from it by purchasing aircraft, but still supported Li Ruyan, who understood aviation, instead of winning over Beiyang officials, from this point of view, Wang Yongan was very admired.

Everyone talked about it, because Li Ruyan was not an official, but had joined the revolutionary party, and many people opposed Li Ruyan taking charge of the aviation department, and finally Duan Qirui suddenly asked: "Vice Minister Wang, what do you think?" ”