Teachers? This veteran is the world-famous Changsheng general, Beiyang Army Lieutenant General, and Fuwei General Wu Peifu, Chen Zikun's waist is straighter, and he is full of expectations that Wu Peifu will talk to him.

Unexpectedly, Wu Peifu just glanced at him, nodded and said, "Not bad." Then he walked away with his hands behind his back, walked ten steps away, and suddenly turned around and said, "There is still a shortage of cooking class, go back and take him to the camp office to register his name." ”

Cooking class ...... Chen Zikun was greatly disappointed, but Zhao Yufeng was happy: "Boy, our division commander can never boast about people, from today onwards, you will officially eat food and become a soldier." ”

After throwing the pork into the room, Chen Zikun followed Zhao Yufeng to the camp office to register his name on the roster, and then found a head shaver in the division to shave all his hair and beard. ”

Zhao Junjian found a set of large gray cloth military uniforms from the warehouse for Chen Zikun to change into, and found a pair of cloth shoes and a pair of gray cloth leggings and a cowhide belt, Chen Zikun put on military pants, and quickly tied up the leggings.

Zhao Junxuan was dumbfounded, came over and touched the leggings, they were neatly tied, there were plates and eyes, and the tightness was just right, just enough to insert a finger, and he asked in disbelief: "Big man Chen, who did you learn this from?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "I learned from Wang Degui, I saw him pierce once. ”

Zhao Yufeng raised his thumb: "You kid, you were born to be a soldier." ”

Back in the room, Wang Degui was also startled when he saw such a neat young man coming in, but soon he recognized it as Chen Zikun, and said with a smile: "Okay, put on two and a half feet, follow Lao Tzu well in the future, and carry the shoulder card sooner or later." ”

From this day on, Chen Zikun officially became a gang leader of the third division of the Beiyang Army, the days of joining the army were completely different from what he imagined, although the third division was known as the winning army, the soldiers were trained hard, but there was nothing to do in the cooking class, his task was the same as before, it was still to sweep the floor and sprinkle water every day, wash rice, pick vegetables and cook, and take out to help the horseman Lao Li brush the horse and feed the horse, the only change was to put on a military uniform and live in the barracks.

At noon that day, Chen Zikun was wearing an apron to pick vegetables in the room, when suddenly Zhao Junshu came in with two chickens, two fish and one piece of meat and said: "Lao Wang, today is a small stove, and the division commander wants to feast guests." ”

Wang Degui stepped forward to pick up the chicken fish and said, "Invite General Zhao to dinner again?" ”

Zhao Yufeng said: "It's none of your business, what do you care about so much." With that, he turned around and went out.

Wang Degui scolded: "What a big deal, it's the same as a military secret, big man Chen, go out and take a look, is there someone from the Hunan army?" ”

Chen Zikun ran out of the room and came to the entrance of the division to see that more than a dozen friendly officers wearing riding boots were saluting each other with the commanders of the third division.

Chen Zikun's heart was pounding, now that the north and the south are facing each other, and the third division is stationed on the front line, why did Wu Peifu openly go together with Tan Haoming, and returned to the room with suspicions, Lao Wang was stir-frying, and asked with a big grin: "Is Zhao Hengti here?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "I don't know, it's a person wearing a blue uniform." ”

Wang Degui said: "Damn, it's the Guangxi monkey here." ”

Chen Zikun asked knowingly: "What Guangxi monkey?" ”

Wang Degui said: "It is the Guangxi soldiers, the soldiers and horses of the provinces, the strongest is of course our Beiyang Third Division, and then the lower row can be ranked on the Gui Army, these goods are all bandits, they don't want to die in battle, it is our Third Division that takes the lead, if Zhang Jingyao's soldiers are replaced, they will be defeated eight hundred times." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Then what is Guijun doing here with us?" ”

Wang Degui said: "Then who knows, we soldiers only have to listen to the orders of the commander, let us fight whoever we want, and strategize, that is the matter of the division commander and the chief of staff." ”

As he spoke, a plate of dishes was ready, and he put it on the stove: "Go, bring it to the officer's canteen at the division headquarters." ”

Chen Zikun made a difficulty, and he was embarrassed to meet Tan Haoming, but he had to go hard, but fortunately, when he arrived at the door of the canteen, a soldier from the division headquarters took the plate.

It wasn't until the evening that these Gui officers left, Wu Peifu personally sent them to the camp gate, with a friendly attitude like a friendly army, Chen Zikun saw it in his eyes, and calculated in his heart that the Gui army and the generals of the Hunan army came to Wu Peifu's division headquarters together as guests, and the two sides were so close that some kind of agreement might have been reached.

From this point of view, the possibility of the Third Division continuing to move south is almost zero, and if it does not respect Beijing's orders, the military salary will definitely be stuck in the neck, and the 30,000 guns of the Fourth Brigade of the First Division under Wu Peifu are not supported by a small Hengyang, so if it is not to the south, it is to the north.

If you go north, the first thing you will encounter is the seventh division of the army of Zhang Jingyao, the seventh division of the army after entering Changsha, there are 70,000 guns, although the combat effectiveness is almost, but it is definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp, even if the seventh division is solved, there are countless troops entrenched on the road back to Hebei, after a lot of hardships to fight under the city of Beijing, facing the army that Xu Shuzheng organized and trained, that is a strong army, from the strength to the equipment are far superior to the third division.

This battle is not easy to fight.

Chen Zikun was lying on the Chase bunk, looking at the roof with his eyes and unable to sleep, surrounded by the sound of snoring, grinding teeth and dreams, and the smell of stinky feet filled his nostrils, which reminded him of the days when he was a horse thief in Kanto, and his brothers also slept on the kang like this.

"Big man Chen, what are you thinking about when you can't sleep, don't you miss your daughter-in-law?" Wang Degui asked beside him.

Chen Zikun smiled: "Lao Wang, I don't have a daughter-in-law, what about you?" ”

The old king put his hands under his head, looked at the roof blankly and said: "If you eat food and become a soldier, it's not a dream to marry a daughter-in-law, even if you marry a relative, it will make the family stay alive and widowed, what does it mean." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Won't you go home and marry your daughter-in-law after the war?" ”

Wang Degui sighed: "This battle can't be fought, in the past, the Qing Dynasty fought to the Republic of China, and the more it fought, the more chaotic it became, go to sleep, Ming'er's cooking class also has to go to the school field to exercise." ”

Chen Zikun's heart was cold, the old king was sharper than him, and he had realized that the big war was imminent.

Sure enough, the next morning, an adjutant from the division headquarters came to convey the order, and the cooking squad followed the division headquarters guard battalion to go out for exercises, and was not allowed to ask for leave except for the sick number.

The atmosphere in the barracks was also tense, even the cooking squad was fired, Chen Zikun received an old Hanyang-made sleeve, the blue on the barrel was gone, the mottled metal parts and the wooden butt soaked in sweat and dirt were dull, Chen Zikun opened the bolt and looked at it, it was all rust.

"Lao Wang, this gun is older than me, and it can't be used." Chan complained.

Wang Degui glared: "You can't shoot a gun, and it's a waste to give you a good gun." ”

Chen Zikun said that when it comes to the shooting range, I will show you another hand.

Shooting training did not take place until seven days later, and before that it was all queue drills, in Lao Wang's words, marching and fighting are the most disciplined, and only soldiers who have practiced foot drills are real soldiers, otherwise they are no different from bandits.

Chen Zikun's face was hot when he said this, he was used to being free and casual, and he was really not used to this kind of training, so he was reprimanded by the officers a lot, but he learned quickly, and he was already a pacesetter in the cooking class in a few days.

On the seventh day, the cooking squad and the guard battalion went to the shooting range together, and the soldiers of the quartermaster department brought several large wooden boxes, on which were impressively printed the words "Guangdong Arsenal", and the boxes were full of oil-paper bags, which were opened to be yellow, orange, and orange 79 caliber bullets.

The soldiers of Beiyang actually used bullets from Guangdong, it seems that this battle will definitely be fought with the north, Chen Zikun knows that he has guessed correctly.

Each person received five bullets, Wang Degui personally taught Chen Zikun to operate the gun, Chen Zikun pretended to follow the learning, his heart itched like a cat scratching, and finally waited for him to end, lying on the ground with full momentum, aiming at the target in the distance and shooting.

After five shots in a row, the soldiers who reported the target in the distance raised a small red flag and shook it, signaling that all of them had fallen to the target.

Chen Zikun was dumbfounded, he wanted to show his hand, but he lost someone.

However, Wang Degui didn't laugh at him, just kicked his ass and said, "Okay, get up, the posture is not bad." ”

Chen Zikun scratched his head: "What's the matter, it's all off target." ”

Wang Degui pouted: "The rifling is smoothed, and the bullet can fly sideways out of the muzzle, if it really hits the target, it will be amazing." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Isn't this gun just a burning stick, what should I do when the enemy comes?" ”

Wang Degui said: "It's really time for the division headquarters cooking class to go into battle, the battle has already been fucking lost, okay, don't lie on your stomach and dry your buttocks." ”

Chen Zikun hurriedly got up, and it happened that the soldiers of the guard battalion dragged a large wooden box with foreign characters printed on it, smashed it open with an axe, and peeled away the unkempt shavings, revealing a majestic water machine gun, with longitudinal ribs on the thick water-cooled sleeve, which looked not quite the same as the common water machine guns in the army.

The soldiers on the shooting range came over to watch the excitement when they had nothing to do, and the Qiu Ba of the machine gun company of the guard battalion were triumphant, and quickly assembled the gun barrel tripod and loaded the bullet belt, but there was still a pipe and an iron box left in the box, and they didn't know where to put it.

This heavy machine gun is a British product bought by the brothers of the third division with their frugal savings, and the price is so expensive that it is scared to death, if you can't install it, how to explain it to the commander, the company commanders and platoon commanders of the machine gun company also went into battle, and after tinkering for a long time, they still haven't figured out what is going on with this thing, and they are all sweating in a hurry.

The soldiers were all illiterate people who couldn't read a single word, and the company commanders and platoon commanders were only officers from the cadet company, and even if they were students from the Baoding Lecture Martial Arts Hall, they had never learned how to assemble heavy machine guns.

Just as everyone was blind, one of the recruits in the cooking class raised a hand high: "Report sir, that pipe is with a sleeve, and the box is filled with water." ”

Chan Tze Kun hid his other hand behind his back, holding an English instruction manual full of shoe prints