The gas is good and the visibility is excellent.

There was a green sè balloon floating in the blue sky, the balloon slowly drifted to the northeast at an altitude of 500 meters, and gradually rose to 500 meters, and then, two small black dots jumped out of the embroidery basket hanging under the balloon, and fell straight to the ground, two seconds later, two white sè "flowers" bloomed from the two small black dots, carrying the small black dots, fluttering and slowly falling to the ground, under the action of the breeze, and finally landed behind a mountain bag.

There was a burst of applause on the school grounds, and most of the people who had just looked up at the sky exchanged heads with their companions, most of them looked very excited, these people were wearing the uniforms of the Republican Army, and wore the boat-shaped hats of the Jīng Rui troops, but unlike the soldiers of other troops, they all wore a brass eagle-shaped armband on their left arm, which shone in gold in the sun, which was very dazzling.

In the applause, Zhao Bei put down the binoculars, sighed, and said to Lan Tianwei and Jiang Fangzhen who were standing beside him: "There is no stage fright, very good, the two soldiers should be awarded medals, this is the first time we have parachuted with a real person." ”

"It's a pity that they don't have a high level of education and can't be pilots." Lan Tianwei said.

"It's really good for flying, and if the plane gets out of control, the pilot can land safely by parachute." Jiang Fangzhen nodded approvingly.

"Parachutes are not only available to pilots, but also to infantry, but the current aviation technology is not up to the mark, imagine using hundreds of large planes to transport thousands of paratroopers at a time, carry out air assaults on enemy targets in depth, occupy strategic points, control the lifeline of communications, what a spectacular war picture it will be."

Zhao Bei sighed for a while, because the current aircraft is really unable to undertake the task of transporting soldiers over long distances, and the airship is inconvenient to use, so the dream of the airborne troops can only be a dream, as long as every pilot can learn to parachute, he will be satisfied.

The world's first practical parachute was invented at the end of the ninth century to equip hot air balloons and balloon pilots, but it was not widely used because it was too bulky, and even in Europe, few people jumped the parachute.

The last time the Republican Army flew to Chengdu and almost lost its life because of an engine fire on one side of the plane, Zhao Bei decided to design a lightweight and practical parachute to equip balloons and aircraft pilots to avoid unnecessary casualties.

Actually. The IRA ground balloon team has several parachutes. That's the incidental ground when the balloon was imported. But I haven't used it much. Not even opened. It wasn't until Zhao Bei decided to design the pilot's parachute that the parachutes of the balloons were transferred over for study.

As a pseudo-military fan. Zhao Bei had carefully studied the parachutes that World War II pilots were equipped with, although some details were not well remembered. But while pondering, he revised a group of weavers. Using Sichuan silk as raw materials for half a year, several samples were manufactured at the end of the month. As for whether it can be used. It's up to the experiment.

As a matter of fact. When I was in Chengdu, I experimented with a parachute with a dummy. After that, Zhao Bei made some small improvements to the parachute. It was planned to still conduct a real-life skydiving experiment in Sichuan. But because he was in a hurry to return to Hubei. Therefore, it was not until today that I personally presided over the first real skydiving experiment. The location is in the northwest suburbs outside Hanyang City. There were not many people participating in the experiment. In addition to all the cadets of the flight team. There were only a few officers in the staff headquarters and officers and men in the balloon balloon.

The test site is served as two guards. Originally, there were quite a few people in the flying team who were willing to carry out this mission. But considering that pilot training is not easy. Zhao Bei still decided to draw volunteers from his own camp. The reward was to approve the experimenter to serve as an officer in the grassroots unit after completing the parachute experiment. At least a platoon commander.

There will be brave men under the great reward. There are more than 50 people in the Jǐng Wei Camp registration site. Even the battalion commander Tian Jinfu also signed up. As a result, two soldiers had to be drawn out by drawing lots. For security reasons. Both paratroopers carried two umbrella bags. Behind the buttocks is the main umbrella. On the chest is a spare umbrella. In case the main umbrella cannot be opened. The spare parachute must be opened immediately.

Thankfully. Both landlords' umbrellas were successfully opened. And it landed smoothly. This is very helpful for morale boosting. Especially for those who fly as students. The quality of this parachute land is directly related to their vital interests. And this. It was also an important reason why Zhao Bei ordered them to come to observe the place.

Before this jump, the two volunteers had only received extremely simple training, and if they were placed in the next generation, they would never be qualified to skydive.

In addition to pilots to be equipped with parachutes, hydrogen balloon pilots must also be equipped, and the size of the balloon balloon must also be expanded, five German-made hydrogen balloons have been transported from East Africa to Wuhan, before the popularization of aircraft, they will further improve the reconnaissance and school capabilities of the Republican artillery, especially long-range shelling jīng degree―――――― as part of the "Huangzhou yīn scheme", the twenty long-range howitzers that Germany promised to sell are already on their way to China, and it will not take long, The Republican Army will have heavy equipment that surpasses the artillery of the Beiyang Army.

As a traverser, Zhao Bei was well aware of the important position of artillery firepower in this era, and he invested too much jīng power in the artillery construction of the Republican Army, and he was crazy

The equipment is upgraded, not only is it planned to eliminate all the old racks and prepare to eliminate some of the insufficient barrel artillery, but at present, due to financial difficulties and the technical level of the Hanyang Arsenal, the construction of artillery is not smooth sailing, which takes time, but Zhao Bei also knows that history does not leave him much time, and in a few years, after the outbreak of the European war, the European powers will no longer be able to distract from Asian affairs, and at that time, it will be the time when the small powers of the Far East will do what they do. Given the relationship between himself and Rìmoto, he did not dare to take it lightly.

"Time is running out." Zhao Bei sighed heavily, but Lan Tianwei and Jiang Fangzhen around him were a little inexplicable.

A team of cavalry came in the dust, stopped outside the gate of the school field, the cavalry jumped off their horses, and ran all the way, led by Tian Jinfu, the commander of the Jǐng Wei Battalion, as soon as he arrived in front of Zhao Bei, he "snapped" his legs together, saluted, and shouted loudly: "Report to the commander-in-chief!" The two paratroopers landed safely, and both the man and the parachute were safe and sound! ”

Zhao Bei looked behind Tian Jinfu, a row of guards stood straight, and the two guards who acted as experimental subjects stood with their heads held high in the queue, with a proud face, seeing the commander-in-chief looking at him, the two of them took a step forward one after the other, saluted, and shouted two voices.

"Qi Jinbiao, the commander has ordered the completion of the task, please instruct the commander!"

"Yang Ben, the rank department, has been ordered by the commander to complete the task, please ask the commander to instruct!"

"Take a break!"

Zhao Bei returned the salute and said: "Good job, your merits will be recorded first, now we don't have a suitable airborne medal, and when the medal is made in the future, we will reissue it to you." I won't say much other nonsense, I will never break my promise to you, go back and pack up, and follow Chief of Staff Lan to the army in the afternoon, Qi Jinbiao has been with me for almost half a year, the military rank is second lieutenant, and I have also attended a crash course for officers in the battalion, although I have not graduated now, but it is okay to be a company commander, the military rank is promoted to lieutenant, as for Yang Ben, I will wronged you to be a platoon commander, I recommend you to go to the officer crash course for further study, as for the military rank, you can be promoted to warrant officer, and after graduating from the officer crash course, you will be promoted to second lieutenant. ”

"Commander Xie!" The two men stood upright, saluted, and took a step back into the queue.

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief! The ministry also invites the troops to lead the troops! Tian Jinfu shouted.

"You? It's to take care of my jǐng guard camp first, and then talk about anything else, when the quality of individual soldiers catches up with the special operations battalion, when will I let you lead the troops to fight. Zhao Bei snorted slowly.

"Don't be afraid of not fighting, tell you, follow me, future battles are indispensable, and the current era is an era of war!"

"The special operations battalion is now a special operations regiment, commander-in-chief, my jǐng guard battalion should also be expanded? Anyway, there are enough people, a total of more than 2,000 people, enough to reorganize two regiments, and then pick some soldiers from each unit, that is the Jǐng Guard Brigade. ”

Tian Jinfu had no choice but to settle for the second, anyway, Zhao Bei had long planned to expand the Jǐng Guards, but in comparison, Zhu Daniu's special operations battalion attracted more attention, and it had been officially expanded into a regiment when he was in Sichuan, and the equipment was also the best among all the troops of the Republican Army.

"Do you think those 1,000-odd men are soldiers prepared for you? That's all professional gendarmes who are literate and hyphenation! Under your hands, it is just intensive training, and when the training is qualified, another military police unit will be formed and handed over to Wu Luzhen to command. ”

Zhao Beibai glanced at Tian Jinfu, this jǐng Wei battalion commander is good at everything, but the official addiction is too big, and he thinks that the "battalion commander" is not good, so he always wants to change to the "regiment commander" and "brigade commander". But then again, Tian Jinfu's current military rank is colonel, and the officers who followed him with Zhao Bei Shouyi Anqing are now either regiment commanders or brigade commanders, in comparison, Tian Jinfu is indeed a bit unreasonable to serve as a battalion commander with the rank of colonel, so his prison sāo is also understandable.

Looking at the whole army, there is really only one "colonel and battalion commander".

"Don't worry, when Wu Luzhen's gendarmerie is formed, I will approve you to expand the jǐng guard." Zhao Bei comforted the captain of the guard who felt aggrieved by the way.

Speaking of Wu Luzhen, Zhao Bei remembered something, so he turned his head and said to Lan Tianwei: "Speaking of Wu Luzhen, this senior of yours is an idle person, after returning from Sichuan, he picked his nose and eyes at German tactics in the tactics class of the officer's crash course at every opportunity, and he was not afraid of hearing cocoons in other people's ears. Although he is also the vice-principal of the Officers' Crash School, he is also the commander of the military police, and he is in charge of military appearance and discipline, which is his main job, and the reason why I do not arrange his classes in the military academy now is so that he will not be distracted. Now it's my Jǐng guard battalion helping the gendarmerie maintain military discipline, and when the formation of the professional gendarmerie unit is completed in the future, I don't think he still has the leisure to guide the country in the military academy? You have a good relationship with him, so you have time to talk to him and let him do his own thing and not be nosy. The commander of the military police is not just as simple as killing people, and the maintenance of military discipline cannot be maintained only by broadswords and confinement. ”

The commander-in-chief's words were not very polite, not only Lan Tianwei was a little surprised, but even Jiang Fangzhen, who usually did not have much contact with Wu Luzhen, frowned.

This means something else.