Three days later, according to the results of the training, the first batch of 230 elite soldiers left the Fengtai camp and moved into the campus specially expanded for them by the military academy. The external number is the establishment of the reconnaissance force directly under the central government. At different times, the guards of this new campus were no longer the soldiers on duty in the new army, but all replaced by cold palace guards, and the guards in yellow coats on the high sentry tower looked around. A red cordon was drawn 20 meters from the outside of the fence, and there was no grass in the cordon. Inside the line, four huge red letters of "no entry" were as bright red as blood, and the high wall also had blood-red characters written in blood-red letters: "If you enter the cordon, you will be shot directly without warning." This is the most incredible thing about this new campus, except for the main entrance, anyone who enters the police cordon for any reason can be shot without warning. No one knows why. But Guangxu knew in his heart that the world's first professional special forces were established. Guangxu gave them a look back, hoping that they could change the outcome of the First Sino-Japanese War.

At the same time, Michael was ordered to transfer to the military academy to begin the formation of the Qing General Staff, and Guangxu, the first Qing intern chief of the General Staff, was appointed Wang Shizhen. According to Michael's intention, he wanted to set up a deputy chief of general staff and suggested that Duan Qirui should be appointed, but Guangxu refused. The reason is that let Duan Qirui lead the troops to fight a battle first.

What Guangxu didn't expect was that because Guangxu transferred away 230 elite soldiers, he summoned Horst's dissatisfaction. Horst's reasoning was that Guangxu transferred almost all the middle and low-level officers of the New Army, which made the formation of his army encounter unprecedented difficulties.

"Your Majesty, a company and platoon-level officer in any unit is the true fighting soul of a unit. As long as all the company and platoon officers can charge bravely, then the army they lead is invincible. ”

"Mr. Chief Instructor, these 230 people have other uses, and there is no change in this. I had to start anew. ”

"Your Majesty, what I also want to know is that you have arranged for political commissars in the army to teach the soldiers to read. However, soldiers at the grassroots level are not required to attend study every night, which seriously affects normal training. ”

As early as the establishment of the New Army, Guangxu arranged for a group of literati to enter the army in accordance with the political commissar system of later generations. Unlike later political commissars, all political commissars had no right to interfere with command, and their main task was to teach the soldiers cultural knowledge such as literacy, map recognition, and history. Moreover, Guangxu requires cultural study every night, with a small test every half a month and a big test every two months. If you want to become an officer, you must not only have excellent military qualities, but also meet the cultural test. Under the instruction of Guangxu and the secret selection of Zhou Qin, a group of loyal literati were organized to secretly brainwash the soldiers and instill the ideology of loyalty. Guangxu must firmly hold this new army in his hands and become a political bargaining chip.

Hearing Horst's words, Guangxu laughed: "Chief Instructor, I believe that you must have known about Qingguo before coming to Qingguo. I really don't want to hide that the Qing army is no longer usable, so this new army will be the hope of the country in the future. The new army you are leading is not only an army, but also an officer unit of the Qing Dynasty. I hope that all of them will grow into qualified officers, and let them go out and lead more soldiers, just like a seed sprouts. Guangxu said with a serious expression: "I have handed over the seeds of national hope to you, so I hope you can teach them according to the requirements of the officers." As I imagined, there would be countless generals in this army in the future. Mr. Chief Instructor, just think about it. In the future, when you come here again after you retire, countless Qing generals salute you. That would be the highest honor for a soldier. ”

Guangxu's words made Horst feel very excited: "Your Majesty, please believe me, you will get your wish." ”

Since then, Guangxu has never been to Fengtai Camp. Every day, the sound of artillery from the Fengtai camp can be heard more densely than before. Although he used all the training bullets, every time Guangxu heard the sound of the cannon, he would mutter: A dozen taels of silver are gone. Every day, it is still up and down, and Cining Palace asks for peace. It's just that I have more time to go to the military school, and I will go every three or five times.

It was still cold in the capital in February, and Wang Shizhen was doing the course arranged by the emperor with a group of staff officers in the staff room - making a sand table. After nearly a year of Zhan Tianyou's exploration in the northeast, a large number of surveyors brought back countless topographic and geomorphological data, which now fill a whole room. Guangxu ordered the production of sand tables centered on Tianzhuangtai, Niucheng, and Fuzhou, and required every staff officer to have a thorough understanding of the terrain in this area. After the German instructor taught the basic method, he no longer bothered with the specific production. Therefore, Wang Shizhen divided the staff into two groups, one group drew a plane map, and the other group made a sand table, which involved so much information that it was too painful for people to see. Wang Shizhen was painstakingly inquiring about the information here, and the door of the staff room over there was pushed open. A cold wind blew in, blowing the information in Wang Shizhen's hand down.

"Brother Shizhen, your sand table has been done for almost ten days, and it hasn't been finished yet." Duan Qirui pushed the door and entered, laughing.

"No one to speak, when you're dumb." Wang Shizhen picked up the blowing materials and put them aside: "If you don't help, forget it, what are you talking about." What are you doing here? Hurry up and leave, you are not welcome here. ”

"No, my brother hasn't even given me hot tea for so many years, and you're too stingy." Duan Qirui said as he walked towards Wang Shizhen's office: "Go and soak the hair tip that the emperor rewarded last time in a pot." I'm still thinking about it. If I give me the tip of the hair, I don't want to come. ”

"No, I've already drunk it. Even if there is, I won't entertain you. Saying so, Wang Shizhen walked towards the office.

A pot of charcoal in the office was burning very strongly, and Duan Qirui was not polite, so he picked up the boiling water and rushed it to the tea bowl in front of him. Under the boiling of boiling water, the turquoise tea leaves brew a whole bowl of turquoise tea soup, exuding bursts of tea fragrance. Duan Qirui put down the teapot, didn't care about the hot tea, and took a sip when he picked it up: "Good tea, I'll bring some when I go back." ”

"It's all in vain, no." Wang Shizhen put down the teacup: "Say it." What's the matter with this visit? ”

"Not yet our new instructor, he's going to do another remote training. Don't send me to ask if you have any opinions on your staff during this exercise. After speaking, he continued: "Don't be too stingy, remember to decorate and take it away for me." ”

"No is nothing." Wang Shizhen glanced at him: "The training of the troops has nothing to do with our staff." I remember that you should have the right to decide for yourself. ”

"That's the chief instructor's vision. According to the plan, one day the movement of the troops will still have to be ordered by the General Staff. Rather than being ordered when the time comes, it is better to practice in advance. This doesn't let me ask if the staff should be involved in this exercise, so it is better to practice first. Why didn't you see the German instructors? After speaking, he still said: "Give as much as you want." ”

"If you don't give it, you won't give it. Coincidentally, the three instructors went to the Fengtai camp, but you came. Didn't touch it on the road? ”

"I didn't touch it. Then I won't ask, anyway, they will discuss. We just do it. Anyway, take some, enough to make a pot. Okay, no. After speaking, Duan Qirui looked at the closed door and whispered, "Brother Shizhen, why did you say that the emperor put the staff headquarters in the military academy?" ”

In order to ensure the smooth flow of military orders and the needs of operational command, according to the emperor's wishes, all officers who have studied in the staff officers will be used as the team members of the general staff headquarters in the future after completing all the training. All other personnel will be sent to each battalion in order to form a relatively complete command system. Since the staff officers of the General Staff Department will belong to the new army in the future, why not directly put them in the new army, so that these future staff officers can better grasp the basic situation of the army. At present, he is deliberately entering the army school. And both Horst and Michael suggested to Guangxu, but they were all rejected. In this regard, Duan Qirui was really a little confused.

"The emperor's thoughts, how can the ministers guess." Wang Shizhen suddenly smiled: "In my opinion, there is only one way for the emperor to do this-to avoid suspicion." If you think about it, after the establishment of the new army, except for the ceremony held by the emperor and Colonel Horst when he first came, he never stepped into the Fengtai camp for such a long time, so as not to arouse unwarranted suspicion. Temporarily placing this staff in the military academy is also to facilitate the emperor to come and inspect from time to time......"

Duan Qirui shook his head, this truth was clear to him, but in his opinion, the problem was by no means so simple, and he just took this opportunity to ask: "Have you heard of the fact that there is an officer corps by Leng Jun's side?" Is the emperor not for military power? ”

When Wang Shizhen heard this, his face changed, and he hurriedly looked around, but fortunately he didn't come in: "Be careful." Misfortune comes from the mouth, and since ancient times, the heart of the monarch is unpredictable, and it is better not to say these words in the future. ”

Of course, Wang Shizhen knew about this, because he was a member of this officer corps. If you want to join the officer corps, the first thing is to be loyal to the emperor, and the officer corps that Leng Jun has in his hands almost covers most of the officers of the new army, and there are many members of the officer corps in the staff department today. It's just that the first person in the officer corps only knows the three or five lists around him, who knows if Duan Qirui has also joined, or if he is just here to test it.

Duan Qirui looked at Wang Shizhen quietly for a while, and then took a sip of tea: "By the way, is it still too peaceful here?" Recently, there have been many people who have been haunted by the Fengtai camp. ”

"How could it not be, but the emperor has repeatedly told us not to be taken advantage of by Xiaoxiao, we have expanded the warning circle externally, and we must be careful with the insiders, so as not to be sold by myself."

Duan Qirui nodded silently.

At this moment, on the way to the military sample, the group protected the sedan chair that Guangxu was sitting in the middle. Originally, Guangxu came on horseback. But this time Kou Liancai disagreed, because Guangxu, who had not been sick for a year, caught a cold.

"Ahh Guangxu, who was sitting in the sedan chair, opened the curtain and stretched out his head to mix his nose, but Guangxu's eyes were attracted by the dense characters written on the road: "Stop the sedan chair." Without waiting for the sedan chair to enter, Guangxu opened the sedan curtain, turned over and jumped down.

In front of everyone's eyes, Guangxu crawled on the ground like this. Maybe no one can understand the meaning of the "U=IR" character, but Guangxu understands that this is the calculation formula for alternating current: "Whose foot is this, md, you stepped on the word." Get out of the way, and don't step on Lao Tzu wherever there are words written on the ground. Take pen and ink to copy all the words on the ground for Lao Tzu as they are, so that Wang Shizhen can come to see me immediately. Guangxu raised his head, his face gloomy: "Hurry up." ”

After talking about business, Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen began to gossip. In the end, Wang Shizhen's half can of tea still couldn't be saved.

Wang Shizhen said with a smile: "Recently, we have a foreigner madman, dressed in tatters and tatters, and clamoring to see the emperor every day, saying that he wants the emperor to fund him for 100,000 US dollars to do experiments." A few days ago, I couldn't get rid of it. When you came, pay attention to the ground, he wrote it. But it didn't come for the past two days. ”

"100,000 beautiful? What a madman. We don't have enough funds for ourselves, how can we give it to him? ”

As soon as Duan Qirui's words fell, the guards knocked on the door: "Report, Emperor Luan stopped on the road outside the military academy, and urgently summoned Lord Wang to see him." ”

When Wang Shizhen and Duan Qirui caught up, they saw Guangxu crawling on the ground with his butt pouting and copying and writing, not only Guangxu, but also many people crawling on the ground like Guangxu.

"Wang Shizhen, who wrote this." Guangxu clapped his hands and stood up.

"Back to the emperor, this was written by a foreigner madman for more than half a month. Please rest assured that the emperor will let Wei Chen clean up immediately. ”

"Fart, whoever dares to clean up me will cut whomever I want. Do you remember what that foreigner madman was called? ”

Wang Shizhen thought about it carefully: "It seems to be called mud and pull, and then something died." Haven't been here in the last few days. ”

"Nikola Tesla?" When Guangxu got Wang Shizhen's affirmative answer, Guangxu almost shouted: "Let everyone put down all the work they are doing, even if they dig three feet into the ground, they must find him out." Brought to me alive. ”

"Please, I'm asking you to please. Do you understand? If you lose a hair, you'll all have to pay me for it. ”

"Everybody look for it, now, now, now, now."

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