In the early morning, before the sky was covered with morning glow, the air was still a little cool.

On the official road with dust, several military green painted Mustang F02 cars are driving on the rammed earth official road, this kind of square-headed and square-headed car, which is specially developed by Tianma Automobile Company for the Liberation Army, the design absorbs the experience of the Yanjing to Paris off-road rally, the crate-shaped body is simple and the hardware is Lang, which is stamped with vanadium-containing thin steel plate produced by Ma'anshan Iron and Steel Company, equipped with a folding windshield and canvas roof.

The biggest feature of this car is the simplified and practical design, the chassis borrows the chassis of the Tianma F01, but he is simpler, and the power is more powerful, due to the use of air-cooled engines, the F02 is extremely reliable and easy to maintain, although this simple and light car, from the beginning was developed for the Liberation Army, but the current production is not high, compared to the battlefield, but more common in Nanjing.

At this time, there are so many five F02 on the official road in Henan, which is very rare, after all, this car has been used since the factory, mainly used with the Nanjing Army and Navy Department and the General Staff Headquarters, and one of the F02 The star flag fluttering at the front of the car reminds people that this car is a big man.

Indeed, in this car sat a big man, the former deputy minister of the War Department and the current commander of the North China Command - Niu Yongjian.

Niu Yongjian, who was ordered to go north to Beiping, sat in the car, and despite the bumpy roads, he still looked at the materials of the divisional and battalion commanders of the 18 divisions in North China from time to time so that he could get to know these commanders before going to work.

In order to prevent officers from giving favors through promotion, the Liberation Army now implements a system of skipping promotions, with battalion commanders responsible for the promotion of soldiers and platoon commanders, while regiment commanders are responsible for the promotion of company commanders, and division commanders are responsible for the promotion of battalion commanders. As for the promotion of regimental commanders, they need to be directly appointed by the War Department.

As the commander of the North China Command, Niu Yongjian must know the information of every regiment commander and even the battalion commander, so that when they get a field promotion, they can be sure that there are no personal factors in the process.

The jeep was bumping on it, and although he had never been on the battlefield, he had been on the train for an afternoon and had been sitting in the car all night, but he was used to the difficulty of this kind of journey.

As he was looking at the information in his hand, he saw the young staff officer sitting in front of him, his hand tightly grasping the handrail, but it was difficult to stabilize the shaking of his body, and his face was pale, obviously a little motion sickness, so he gently commanded the driver.

"Private private, slow down!"

The driver let go of the throttle and shifted the gear to a low gear, slowing down, and the car was still stumbling and struggling on the Gobi Desert. Only the ten-year-old staff officer's face looks better.

After transferring several divisions, artillery brigades, and other logistical units, the General Staff Department will send a general officer with dozens of staff officers to form a headquarters, and after arriving at the station, staff officers will be transferred from various divisions, brigades, and logistics units, and a wartime corps-level unit will be organized.

The external explanation is that there are not a few qualified senior commanders in the Guangfu Army who can assume the operational command of military-level units, but Niu Yongjian knows the reason why the original ruling design of this kind of division as the largest unit, although the Guangfu Army seems simple on the surface, it can still be mixed, and the division as the largest unit is to prevent the rebellion of some non-descendant officers, although the transfer order of the Guangfu Army's garrison is cumbersome, but now is a time of war, and the commander can completely mobilize the army and get involved in the rebellion.

If it weren't for the tense situation in the north, I'm afraid it would be impossible for the ruling party to set up a North China Command in charge of the 18 divisions, and Niu Yongjian also understood that the reason why he went to Beiping was to control the 18 divisions for the ruling party and prevent the 18 divisions from being used by others.

"Fight a good battle, look after the family, you are the first hero!"

"It's difficult!"

In his heart, he counted the information of the nearly 600 divisions, regiments, and battalion-level commanders and staff officers in the data, and Niu Yongjian's old square plate face was full of confusion.

Six divisions were directly recruited by the headquarters in Anhui, Jiangsu, Henan, and Shandong, seven divisions were reorganized from the three towns of Beiyang mixed with sand, two divisions were reorganized from Hubei, one division was reorganized from Fujian, and two divisions were recovered from Guangdong and Guangxi.

There are Beiyang and Hubei, and even if the Huangpu department is the mainstream, it is divided into the school and the branch, and there are still those who come from the Hui Party in the Guangfu Division, and there are probably no 18 infantry divisions, three artillery brigades, one cavalry brigade, three engineer brigades, and five baggage regiments under the jurisdiction of the North China Command.

The sun shone on Niu Yongjian's face through the car window, and next to him was the chief of staff Chen Mo, the former Qing Dynasty in the 26th year of Guangxu official sent to the German Danzig Royal Officer Candidate School to study military affairs, and then entered the Prussian Royal Senior Officer School to study, and finally entered the Prussian Army to serve for a year.

In a fit of rage, Chen Mo seriously left the capital, went to Nanjing, took the excellent transcript of the Dreston Infantry School, the principal's recommendation letter and graduation certificate, and entered the staff headquarters that was being formed.

As a rare few officers with a complete systematic and modern military education, they were naturally left in the staff headquarters for reuse, and in the general staff, the composition of the German army staff was imitated, and it was proposed that the staff be reorganized, and he was also promoted to major general and appointed as the first quartermaster of the General Staff Headquarters.

And the formation of the North China Command this time naturally became the indispensable candidate for chief of staff in Niu Yongjian's heart, and he almost forcibly pulled him Jiang Fangzhen over.

Chen Mo looked at the commander's helpless sad face, he knew what he was worried about, the dozens of troops in the north were already mixed, and Cai Yida, who was the commander-in-chief of the northern troops, took up that position, and most of his thoughts were entangled in how to reorganize the three divisions in Beiyang, as well as the personnel problems of adjusting the tourism of each division, but even so, the reorganization of these divisions was still somewhat unsatisfactory.

Fade away localization, eliminate privatization, and build a central army!

This is the core content of the Liberation Army's reorganization, with officers being transferred and non-commissioned officers interspersed, and the goal of all this is to build an army that absolutely obeys the ruling axe or the ruling power.

Seeing Chen Mo sighing there, Niu Yongjian's square face showed that you have to help me.

"Shao Yan, don't sigh, now you and I are grasshoppers on a rope, you have to beat the side drum for me next to you, whether this northern defense can be stabilized depends on whether we can organize the personnel of these eighteen divisions."

"There are twelve, and the other six were built by the headquarters and the War Department, and most of the officers are from the Whampoa School!"

Chen Mo said with a smile, then lowered his head and thought for a while.

"Commander-in-Chief Cai has been adjusting these divisions in the past few months, working slowly and meticulously, and when he gets there, the commander only needs to keep an eye on the old Beiyang side, which is a serious private army, and it is not easy to reorganize it to the point where it is now."

Nodding, Niu Yongjian rolled up the window, to take advantage of the cool morning breeze to help himself clear up his chaotic thoughts, and carefully think about how to train those troops after arriving in Beiping.

"It's a pity that Weiyang is in Xi'an now, if Weiyang is in Beiping, this work will be much easier!"

sighed in his heart, Niu Yongjian knew that he was completely different from Xiao Xinren, he was born as the director of Professor Whampoa, and some of the officers of the Liberation Army were called Director Sheng when they saw him, and several of the principals of those branches were not from the school, and even the principal had to respect him, not to mention the students below.

With this premise in it, it is natural to organize the troops, and it will be handy, sorting out the troops in Shaanxi, and against the Shaanxi Han saber and elders, he shot more than 160 officers at a time, and the troops still did not make any waves, thanks to this kind of teacher-student love to help him stabilize there.

But what do you have compared to him? Sighing helplessly in his heart.

"I hope Songpa can help me again when I leave!"

Fengtai camp, in the forty-nine city of Yanjing, almost everyone knows about Fengtai camp, which has been the barracks of the palace nurse army for hundreds of years, and now although the Manchu Qing Dynasty is dead, the Fengtai camp with good facilities has been retained, and the current use is naturally still a barracks.

Fengtai camp operated by the Manchu Qing Dynasty for hundreds of years, east, west, north and south are all boxy high-walled villages, and the corner of the village is set up with battlements, so as to look, and every short distance on the wall, a lantern is hung. Under the lamp, a column of soldiers could be seen standing with loaded guns like nails. There were also two groups of soldiers, carrying rifles and carrying military dogs, patrolling back and forth on the edge of the barracks.

The current Fengtai battalion is the station of the 29th and 32nd divisions of the Guangfu Army; these two units have been called "Lao Guang" since the day they came to Beiping; the officers and men in the battalion have always been learning to speak Chinese, but the strong flavor of Liangguang in the words is not March, and the Chinese class can be covered in two months.

Fengtai Daying, now it has become the old Guangying in the population of Sijiu City, and the Liangguang people in Beiping City come to the vicinity of Daying, and they will always feel more cordial when they listen to the local sound. Although it was already dark, the "Cantonese password" that made the old Guang people in Beiping feel close to it was constantly heard in the old Guang camp, and the sound of the Chinese password with two Cantonese tones echoed over the big camp.

Standing by the window, listening to the sound of passwords outside, the young man standing by the window still couldn't help but let out a long sigh, he turned his head, looked at the paper on the table, and shook his head helplessly.

"Raise your voice, when will you go!"

Walking to the window, Mi Xipeng took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Li Muyang.

"Tomorrow! After meeting with Commander New, he went south with the commander-in-chief! ”

After taking the cigarette, Li Muyang replied lightly, and while lighting the cigarette, his eyes were still looking at the officers and soldiers who were training on the training ground, the 29th Division was the unit he had built single-handedly, and most of the officers of the battalion and company were out of the Dezheng School.

"To tell the truth, the old man probably didn't expect that the second son of the Li family, who came out next to the concubine's room, would have a day when he was a major general of the Guangfu Army, a twenty-four-year-old major general, the old man is proud now, the Li family has been a big official for decades!"

"Raise your voice, why do you think the commander-in-chief did this? You came out of the first phase of Whampoa, and you are closer to the principal than the commander-in-chief, but why did he propose to transfer you away? ”

Mi Xipeng did not give Li Muyang a chance to mix up, but directly asked a question, a question that he had to care about, from the order to establish the North China Command was issued, the commander-in-chief took advantage of the last opportunity to make the last adjustment to the commander of the unit.

"Lao Guang, Lao Guang ......"

Li Muyang smiled bitterly, then shook his head and said.

"Peng Jie, you know, our commander-in-chief is cautious, careful to do things, two and eleven divisions, basically recruited by him, he wants to show that these eleven divisions are not his private army, the principal once said that the biggest taboo in the army is the privatization of the army, if the army develops towards this, then the country is not far from the end! So, the commander-in-chief must use this to show his attitude to the principal! You and I are protégés of the Son of Heaven, but the commander-in-chief is not! ”

Although the principal had warned them countless times that soldiers must stay away from politics, Li Muyang found that he was still accidentally involved in politics, and even fell victim to politics.

"Yes...... But we're ......."

Liao Xipeng was a little unable to accept this answer, he also received an order, but compared to Li Muyang, who went to serve in the 18th Division in Sichuan, he was better, and he served in Zhang Heng's 21st Division.

That's why we have to be considerate! This disruption of the establishment and the exchange of officers is necessary to achieve the unity of military orders and prevent the privatization of the troops. ”

Li Muyang's face was slightly disappointed, and he put on a look that he had already wanted to open.

"Founding ...... You and I both know that after the referendum will be the empire and the ......."

His face changed slightly, and Li Muyang interrupted him softly.

"Xipeng, remember, the military is not political...... Here, we are classmates, no matter what you say, I know that you will not betray the principal, but what if you change places? Sometimes trouble comes from the mouth...... We are soldiers, and we must respect the choices of our people. ”

When the words fell, looking at the moonlit night outside the window, Li Muyang's face was somewhat helpless, as a student of the principal, he believed that the principal, although he did not want to see the imperial system in his heart, he must respect the choice of the people.

"Headmaster, headmaster may not want to practice the imperial system!"

Young people are sometimes like this, and when they believe something, they always think wishfully about things for the good.

The military department street in the inner city of Beiping was named after the location of the military department's yamen, but now the military department yamen is the location of the North China Command of the Guangfu Army, but before yesterday, this name did not match the name, because the office here is only the commander-in-chief, and this is only the North China Defense Headquarters, where the troops are located.

The people of all countries circling in these 49 cities can also see some attitudes in Nanjing from this name and the title of commander-in-chief.

In the defense headquarters in the evening, Cai Ye was handling the handover with Niu Yongjian, who arrived in Beijing by train from Zheng County, and during the handover, Niu Yongjian looked at Cai Ye, who had a great friendship in the past.

“…… The commanders of the 30th and 12th Divisions were transferred, and the commanders of the 20th Division and the 75th Regiment were ......"

When handling the handover, Cai Ye informed Niu Yongjian of the latest personnel adjustments from time to time, for Cai Ye, this may be the last thing he can do, and it can be regarded as a ride for Niu Yongjian, and the infamy is still good for himself, after all, ...... Glancing at Niu Yongjian, Cai Ye knew that he had never been to the army, and there was nothing to rely on in North China, so he could help a little.

Listening to Cai Yi's words, in addition to gratitude, Niu Yongjian admired Cai Songpo in front of him more from the bottom of his heart. He is indeed capable, and he does have eyesight. Originally, what he was most worried about was the personnel problems of the troops in North China, but in the past two days, he has finished the things that he had to do in a few months.

But what I admire even more is his eyesight, as we all know, the Liangguang army can be said to be his old base, and most of the two Liangguang divisions in North China are his old subordinates. Before the last transfer to the north, in order to avoid people's discussions, and perhaps also to avoid suspicion of the administration, he took the initiative to ask the War Department to transfer more than 20 officers to Nanjing, and he was appointed as the commander separately.

"It's not good for trees to die and people to live, all huddled together."

Thinking of the words he heard from others when he was in the War Department, Niu Yongjian still couldn't help but admire Cai Songpo's eyesight. Although the ruling government still trusts Cai Ye, he is still cautious. No matter when or where, he never dared to be ambitious, let alone self-respecting!

Perhaps because of this, he is even more valued by the government, the post of Minister of the Army, and I really don't know how many people are staring at this position.

"Tisheng, that's all I can sit on, those divisions are quite tame, if you can, you should also let them out of the cage, this is always in a circle, it's not a good thing!"

In the end, Cai Ye said seriously, no need to explain, Niu Yongjian also knew that the divisions he said were the seven divisions adapted based on Beiyang, and those seven divisions were undoubtedly trapped in a cage now.

The caliber of the weapons of the Liberation Army is different from that of other countries, and even if there is money, it cannot buy the ammunition of the Liberation Army, and this is precisely the reason why Nanjing is inclined to use new equipment for the reorganized troops.

In the eyes of outsiders, the post of Minister of War is glorious, and it is so glorious to be in the center and command the world, but for soldiers, the real glory of soldiers is on the battlefield, and after serving as Minister of War, will there be a chance to go to the battlefield again?

"Alright, Tisheng, come with me to meet the commander of the army!"

Saying that, Cai Ye walked towards the conference room outside the chief's room, and the loneliness in his heart may only be experienced by himself.

(To be continued)