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The guys are high and cool, and their eyes are empty. This is the northern suburb of Changxindian, the barracks of the 1st Wounded Concubine Division of the National Defense Army, and the North School Field.

In the last Sino-Northern War, this infantry division has been stationed in the Beijing-Tianjin area, although it was briefly transferred to Henan, but it soon returned to the Beijing-Tianjin area, and did not encounter major battles in the course of the entire war, and the unit structure was basically intact. The strength has not been damaged, and has been under the direct control of the Beiyang general Duan Qirui, this army after Zhao Bei took over as the president of the Republic of China, it was also ordered to be reorganized and incorporated into the national defense force sequence, called "mortar"

However, unlike the 14th Division of the National Defense Force, the 1st Provisional Division of the National Defense Force is not a newly formed unit formed by the combination of the northern and southern forces, and the 1st Temporary Division has not changed much in the personnel in the unit except for changing its number, although Duan Qirui no longer holds the post of division commander, but the current division commander is Wu Guangxin, a rising star in Beiyang, who is not only a non-commissioned officer born in Japan, but also Duan Qirui's younger brother and brother-in-law.

In the entire 1st Qiao Infantry Division, except for one "cultural instructor" sent from each company, the United Front did not send any military commanders, so this unit was actually still a Beiyang unit, although it nominally carried the banner of the "National Defense Force", but in fact the center could not directly command, but could only give orders to it through Duan Qirui.

In fact, this is also a "gentleman's agreement" reached between Duan Qirui and Zhao Bei. Zhao Bei promised to give Duan Qirui the number of the two infantry divisions. These two infantry divisions were returned to the direct command of Duan Qirui as the widows of the Beiyang Army. On behalf of the Beiyang generals, Duan Qirui expressed his sincerity to the United Front, and fully cooperated with the Central Committee and the War Department to rectify other Beiyang Army units, complete the formation of the National Defense Force, and ensure the unity of military orders.

The one who enjoyed the same treatment as the old division was still the 1st wounded infantryman, which was also the legacy that Duan Qirui kept for the Beiyang Army, and the officers were all from Beiyang.

In other words, the two infantry divisions of the 1st Qiao and Xin Infantry Divisions of the Wehrmacht are the last army forces of the Beiyang Group, and these two infantry divisions are insignificant compared to the military strength of the entire Wehrmacht. This should be remembered forever by the people. As a military and political group that has fallen apart, the Beiyang Group has also written a strong and colorful stroke in history, even if it cannot be compared with the vigor and vigor of the revolutionaries in the south. At least it was not buried for the Manchu Dynasty, and it should not be forgotten by the world.

After a few Eastern generations, later generations of Chinese mentioned this period of Chinese history, perhaps they would also mention this Beiyang group, and perhaps they would also mention Yuan Shikai, the provisional president of the Republic of China, who had become ancient, and perhaps the only thing Duan Qirui and his Beiyang veterans could do now. No matter what future generations will say about the role played by the Beiyang Group and Yuan Shikai in this republican revolution. At the very least, there will be a record in the history books.

It was under the guidance of this sentiment that Duan Qirui devoted himself with great enthusiasm to the reorganization of the Provisional Infantry Division of the National Defense Force, not only personally presiding over the evaluation of officers and the counting of the number of soldiers, but also risking the anger of the United Front.1 Asking the War Department for guns and cannons, trying to arm the two infantry divisions with the most sophisticated weapons, to Duan Qirui's gratitude, as the leader of the United Front, Zhao Bei gave considerable support to his requests, and ordered the War Department to meet Duan Qirui's requirements as much as possible. Many of the Japanese-made guns captured in the war were handed over to the Yu "wounded infantry division". As a result, both infantry divisions were Japanese divisions, which stood out from the Wehrmacht units that had been identified as the main armament with German-style weapons.

At present, the 1st Tooth Heart Infantry Division of the Provisional Defense Force has been reorganized, and the wounded division is stationed in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, and the temporary division is stationed in Changxindian, Zhili, and today, the 1st Provisional Division of the National Defense Force will officially present the flag, and the place of awarding the flag is in the north campus of this barracks.

For this flag-awarding ceremony, all the officers and men of the 1st Qiao Division had already assembled at the school before dawn, and division commander Wu Guangxin led a group of high-ranking military security officers to Beijing by train to greet the president of the Republic of China, who personally presided over the flag-awarding ceremony.

According to President Zhao's schedule, he will rush to Changxindian at nine o'clock in the morning, enter the north campus of the barracks at half past nine, and personally present a military flag to Wu Guangxin, commander of the 1st Qiao Division, and then he will give a speech on the school field to see off all the officers and men of the 1st Provisional Division of the National Defense Force. Not many people know.

Therefore, the old division of the Wehrmacht, which had assembled at the school grounds, had already loaded the insert weights into the wagons in advance, and some of the heavy radial weights had even been transported to the railway station, and they could drive them just after the president's order

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There are two kinds of flags fluttering on the school ground, one is the five-color flag, which is the national flag, and the other is the red flag, on which are written the four golden characters of "iron-blooded republic", which is the military flag of the National Defense Army, but this is not the military flag of the old 6th Infantry Division. And today, the banner that Zhao Bei is about to hand over to Wu Guangxin is this kind of military flag.

When the net arrived at nine o'clock, an order came from the division headquarters that all the officers and men should sort out the appearance of the army and assemble in formation according to the formation, because the president's special train had already arrived at the Changxindian Railway Station, and Duan Qirui, the chief of the army, and Cai Guo, the deputy commander of the army, also rushed over, and some reporters also arrived with the car and would use their cameras to record this moment.

Nine twenty o'clock. Duan Qirui and Cai Pin rushed to the school first, five minutes later, the president of the Republic of China, Zhao Bei also rushed to the school with the guards, and Duan Qirui and Cai Feng were different, Zhao Bei did not enter the school on foot, but came on horseback, a snow-white German war horse, which was a gift from the German minister to Mr. President, and as a symbol of friendship between China and Germany and the two armies, he accompanied the president to review the provisional composition of the Wehrmacht