108981908 Far East Maniac Chapter 417 on the army

This is Nanyuan, a southern suburb of Beijing, where a small-scale military exercise was held, and now that the military exercise has ended, the troops participating in the exercise have assembled from various positions and are marching through the venue to the sound of military music to be inspected by the chief magistrate of the military exercise.

The chief magistrate is Zhao Bei, and now, he is standing on the review stand in military uniform, looking at the queues that have passed under the review stand, raising his right hand and saluting the officers and soldiers.

Behind the president of the Republic of China, in addition to his guards, there are also many officers, some wearing gray military uniforms, some wearing yellow military uniforms, but no matter what kind of military uniform, now. They were all officers of the National Defense Forces of the Republic of China.

In addition to these lieutenants, there are also some blonde and blue-eyed foreign officers, all wearing German army uniforms, although the scenery of Nanyuan in early autumn is good, but their attention is also like the lieutenant officers, they are all focused on the unit that is being reviewed.

Nanyuan is a royal garden of the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the Ming Dynasty, this place is called Nanhaizi, a generation of male lord Ming Chengzu used here as a royal hunting garden, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Nanyuan became a place to place redundant eunuchs, the emperor rarely patronized here, the Ming and Qing dynasties, the eight banners into the Central Plains. Fancy the geographical situation of Nanyuan, so it was restored here again as a royal hunting garden, if the Qing Dynasty emperor intends to hunt nearby, usually take Nanyuan as the first choice, but like the Ming Dynasty, to the end of the dynasty, the Qing Dynasty emperor does not often go to Nanyuan, occasionally come, not hunting, and then simply use Nanyuan as an army station, the Huai Army, the training army, the Wuwei army and even the Beiyang New Army at the end of the Qing Dynasty, have been stationed in Nanyuan, until now, here is still an important base of the Beiyang Army, Many of the Beiyang troops that were destroyed in the Henan Campaign set out from Nanyuan.

At present, there are still two infantry brigades of Beiyang troops stationed in Nanyuan, and two regiments of the two infantry brigades brought by Zhao Bei to Zhili are also stationed here, and they are mixed with the two infantry brigades in Beiyang.

Theoretically speaking, this is a model division, the division commander is Zhang Yukun of the United Front, the deputy division commander is Duan Zhigui of Beiyang, and the chief of staff of the division is Tian Yingzhao of the United Front, but because Zhang Yukun and Tian Tuozhao are still on their way to Beijing, the division is now under the command of Duan Zhigui.

According to the intention of Duan Qirui and other senior Beiyang generals, they did not want to mix with the troops of the United Front at all, they still wanted to maintain the independence of the Beiyang troops, but this idea conflicted with Zhao Bei's plan on the issue of the mixing of troops. The two sides were at a stalemate, but later Duan Zhigui took the initiative to ask the War Department to first reorganize his unit, and at the same time proposed that he be the deputy division commander, and the division commander would be appointed by the president.

Duan Zhigui did this for a reason, since Yuan Shikai's death, Duan Zhigui has lost one of the most powerful backers, and later Xu Shichang succeeded to the president, Duan Zhigui also briefly threw himself over Xu Shichang, but with Xu Shichang's downfall, this backer also fell, Duan Zhigui originally wanted to take refuge in Duan Qirui, but he soon found that the situation in Beiyang was not good, and it was better to take refuge in Duan Qirui directly to join the United Front, so he decided to tie up Zhao Bei, a few days ago when Zhao Bei entered Beijing, The main purpose of Duan Zhigui to recommend himself to Changxin Store to greet President Zhao was to give Zhao Bei a good impression.

Of course, Zhao Bei will not have a good impression of Duan Zhigui, a sycophant who has no real talent and learning, but considering the current situation in Beiyang and the practical need to stabilize people's hearts, he still gave a considerable return to Duan Zhigui's initiative to take refuge, not only appointed him as a senior military adviser to the president, but also planned to let him serve as the commander of the fourth division of the National Defense Force, but Duan Zhigui is also a smart person, he knows the truth of moderation, and took the initiative to resign from this appointment, and is willing to be Zhang Yukun's future junior as a deputy.

Duan Zhigui is now a role model, Zhao Bei believes that under the drive of this example, there will be more senior Beiyang generals and Duan Qirui's group of Beiyang veterans to draw a clear line, there are indeed a group of young generals in Beiyang with real talent and learning, but in the past, they were suppressed by the Beiyang veterans, these young generals are Zhao Bei's real goal, he never really planned to hand over military power to Duan Zhigui, a veteran who relied on his qualifications, and now this era is the era of war. These Beiyang veterans are not only rigid in their thinking, but also very unreliable, Zhao Bei cannot expect them to die for this country, but for now, these people must still be united.

Although with the assistance of Duan Zhigui, the provisional division of the National Defense Force has been formed, at present, this unit is not yet able to really go to the front line to fight, and this aspect is a problem of combat effectiveness. Duan Zhigui's troops were originally improvised patchwork, and many soldiers couldn't even tell the difference between left and right. On the other hand, it also takes time for the officers and men of the unit to grind and reconcile, and military uniforms and weapons and equipment must also be uniformly deployed as soon as possible. According to Zhao Bei's optimistic view, the temporary division of the Wehrmacht may be able to form initial combat effectiveness before the end of the year, but it can only be used for domestic operations, and if it wants to fight the Japanese army in the northeast region, this unit will need at least a year of rearmament, and it cannot guarantee one-on-one operations.

Therefore, as far as the current situation is concerned, Zhao Bei does not want to start a war with foreign countries, fortunately, the First World War will not break out in five years, this time is still relatively abundant for Zhao Bei, the key is to solve the problem of military spending, as well as the initial localization of weapons and equipment.

Most of the German officers rushed all the way from Pailin to China to inspect the actual combat effectiveness of the planes, so in this military exercise, the aviation units of the United Front also participated in the battle, and at the end of the military exercise and the participating troops were being reviewed, the four planes of the United Front flew at a low altitude near the review stand.

When the plane flew over the review stand. Almost all of the German officers turned their attention to the sky, and the planes circled low in the sky, and their eyes followed the planes, until the four planes landed on a meadow in the Nanyuan campus in turn, and the German officers retracted

Light.

"With all due respect, Mr. President, this infantry division of yours is not at all combat-ready right now, in comparison. Your flying team has done an excellent job in this military exercise, and I strongly recommend that you bring those four pilots to the reviewing stand, and you should meet them personally. ”

The suggestion of Major von Dinkermann, the head of the guard of the German Legation in China, was not excessive, and Zhao Bei readily agreed, so he sent an adjutant. The pilots of the four planes were brought on review

Above.

But when people got closer, Zhao Bei found out. Among the four pilots, one was a blonde foreigner, and he was just as surprised as the German officer, because they knew the foreigner.

"Allow me to introduce you to Mr. President, this is Second Lieutenant Max Inmaimann, a cadet from the Saxon non-commissioned officer school, who is interested in flying, and who has taught himself to fly since the German newspapers reported that Mr. President's flying squad was participating in military operations. He also signed up for a military expedition to the German Far East. ”

Major Dinkman proudly introduced the German pilot to Zhao Bei, and the German pilot's name Li Xuan aroused Zhao Bei's great interest.

In the history of air warfare in the world, there is a famous aerial combat action, called "Yinmaiman somersault" is a German pilot named Yinmaiman created in the First World War, this vertical maneuver is quite powerful, many ace pilots of the Entente are planted in this catty, vertical maneuver action, Yinmaiman also ranks among the first batch of ace pilots in Germany with this fighting action, but whether this Yinmaiman is the historical celebrity, Zhao Bei is not clear.

"Hello, Second Lieutenant Inmaiman. You see that the dagger is very young, you flew quite well just now, and you also cooperated with my pilot very tacitly. ”

Zhao Bei praised a few words, this is not all compliments, the performance of the aircraft in this era is really unsatisfactory, and it can cooperate with several Chinese pilots to make relatively consistent low-altitude flight actions. This is already very powerful, as for that line, "Inmaiman somersault" should not risk trying. Zhao Bei has no confidence in the current planes at all, because no one can guarantee that those planes will not fall apart in the air during the somersault.

"Hello, Mr. President. I'm nineteen years old, and this catty, "Second lieutenant, the rank is only courtesy, and I haven't officially graduated from the military academy yet."

Inmaiman is neither humble nor arrogant, a Prussian military salute.

"Ensign, you're being honest."

Zhao Bei nodded with satisfaction, and then glanced at Meng Fei, who was standing on the side.

"Captain Meng, who approved Second Lieutenant Yin Maiman's flight?"

This question was quite unceremonious, which made Meng Fei very uncomfortable, and even his eyelids jumped subconsciously.

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief! Second Lieutenant Yin Maiman took off the plane, which was approved by Director Xie, and this is an approval document, please take a look at it from the commander-in-chief. ”

Meng Fei stubbornly said a few words, then took out a leather bag from the leather armor, and took out a piece of paper from it, which was the government approval that Second Lieutenant Yin Maiman could fly a plane after the military exercise to be reviewed, and the payment was "Xie Zhantai" It was the director of the Aviation Division of the War Department.

In fact, Zhao Bei originally planned to set up a pound and an air force department, but after careful consideration, he decided to keep a low profile, first set up an aviation department in the army department, and at present, he will not set up an independent air force alone, but first establish an army aviation unit, after all, the current air force unit is not yet able to undertake combat missions alone, and it seems to be a wiser choice to assist the army in combat.

Who will be the director of the Aviation Division? Someone suggested Feng Ru, but Zhao Bei disagreed, because Feng Ru is a technical expert, whether it is personal personality or national needs, he is not suitable for politics, but Xie Zhantai is more suitable for the position of director of the aviation department, first, he has deep experience and can deal with some complex political affairs, and secondly, because he is idle now, and at the same time he also has a certain understanding of the aviation industry.

The Aviation Department not only presides over the construction of the Army Aviation, but also presides over the research and development of military aircraft, and is matched by a German-aided internal combustion engine manufacturing plant, Xie Zhantai is also the general office of the internal combustion engine manufacturing plant, Feng Ru as the factory will be the specific presiding officer of the Gong Guige "Zhao Bei hopes that these two people can make China's aviation industry into the fast lane as soon as possible, so they also give the two considerable power, Xie Zhantai has full authority to make the necessary personnel adjustments to the Army Air Force, so, theoretically speaking, Tse was fully qualified to approve the plane for review.

Actually, the reason why Xie Zhantai did this. It was a complete deal, because when Yin Maiman arrived in China from Pailin, he brought a plane with him. It was the plane that Inmaiman learned to fly. Yin Maiman agreed to sell the plane to Xie Zhantai at a low price, and in exchange for letting him fly a plane of the Chinese flying team that had participated in actual combat to participate in the air show after the military exercise, he wanted to learn from the Chinese pilots.

Two points can be seen from this incident: first, Xie Zhantai is eager to be resourceful, but this can't be completely blamed on him, after all, Zhao Bei has been urging in a hurry and wants to quickly expand the scale of the aviation force, but now it is not easy to buy planes, and if you can buy one more, you can buy one more, and it is no wonder that he will make this deal with Second Lieutenant Yin Maiman; Second, Second Lieutenant Yin Maiman is a typical "thorn" He will use every opportunity to realize his ideals, and only such a person can become an ace pilot, such a person. The initiative in the character is very strong, which is somewhat similar to Meng Fei.