Chapter 2: The Iron Comrades Association

On this day in August 1916, in the small forest next to the Nanguan Pass in Baoding, a group of young people in military uniforms were sitting in a circle on the ground, as if talking about something. These young people are all the members of the Iron and Blood Comrades Association who are known and known to everyone among the graduates of the third phase of Baoding! It's also a shame to say, this Comrade Chang Ruiqing, who has crossed over from the 21st century, has been trying to build his own team that will dominate the world in the future since the days of Nanjing Army Primary School and Army Middle School! After about ten years of hard work, there is such a twelve-person iron-blooded comrade association! It seems that the most difficult thing in the world to grasp is the human heart, especially when there is no reward and punishment for minions, only relying on three inches to fool others...... Looking at the eleven classmates and friends in front of him, who can probably be regarded as confidants, Chang Ruiqing couldn't help but admire that Zhou Dashen in his heart, the ability to pull people into the development organization, I am afraid that he will not be able to learn it in his life.

Since we can't just rely on empty words to build a team, it is natural that the brothers who follow us can see and feel the benefits! In fact, some time ago, Chang Ruiqing and his ordinary brothers took advantage of the fact that after Yuan Shikai's death, the people's hearts in the Baoding Military Academy were fluctuating, and the main purpose of writing and advocating the "theory of participating in the war to save the country" was also to find a better position for the members of this small group and themselves. Only in this way will this "iron-blooded comrade association" that was finally organized, not break up after the big guys go their separate ways. Judging by the results so far, it seems that this goal has been fully achieved.

Before Xu Shuzheng left Baoding and returned to Beijing a few days ago, he specially summoned 12 members of the Iron and Blood Comrades Association, and promised on the spot that there were vacancies of three company commanders and nine platoon commanders, and he also said a lot of encouraging nonsense. Don't think that these company commanders and platoon commanders are all sesame mung bean officers, but now it is not the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression or the War of Liberation, when there are millions of troops, and even division commanders and brigade commanders are not great figures.

Now it is 1916 when the Beiyang Anhui system controls the central government in Beijing, and the troubled times of the Republic of China have just begun, and the commander of a mixed brigade is already a big man who has reached the sky! It's only seven or eight battalions of soldiers! Ordinary graduates of the Baoding Military Academy, even if they go to the local army, can only start from the platoon commander and company commander, if they are in the Central Army in Beiyang, even a second lieutenant without soldiers has to be trained for a while before he can become a soldier! This time, relying on a book and a few empty words, he actually deceived the company commander and platoon commander from Xu Shuzheng, and this group of young non-commissioned officers and students were of course excited, laughing and laughing in the woods, and discussions began one after another.

"Three companies and nine platoons, almost the same battalion of soldiers, and they are still in the same division. Looking at this posture, Brother Yaoru is not too far from the throne of the battalion leader, right? ”

"That is, with the help of our brothers from the Iron and Blood Comrades Association, isn't a small battalion commander still in hand? If you really participate in the European War, you will have to train the army to participate in the war, and when the time comes, Brother Yaoru will have to be promoted, and the regiment commander and brigade commander will not be a problem! ”

"Playing in Europe? I heard that Europe has become a sea of corpses and blood, and millions of people die in every major war! If we really participate in China, I'm afraid we will ......."

"Hey! Aren't they dead people? Seeking wealth and danger, since we have entered this industry, there is no reason to be afraid of death! Besides, China's current situation, internal and external troubles are persecuting together, and if there is no strong reinforcement, we will not be able to turn over at all, and sooner or later our generation will become slaves of the country! And participating in the European war may be the only chance to turn the fortunes of the country, we are willing to die in battle! ”

"Humph! Don't think about dying in battle! Do you really think that the Guilds in Beijing sent the war-fighting troops that had been trained with great difficulty to Europe? Hehe, I'm leaving the words here for nothing, and when the participating army is trained, it will either go to fight the south, or use it in the internal fighting of the Beiyang system...... If you go outside, you must first settle inside! This is an eternal truth. ”

When he was talking lively, he suddenly heard someone say this, and he said it so affirmatively, and everyone turned their eyes to it. But the man didn't care, and was still calm. His figure is also tall, his complexion is tanned, his cheekbones are slightly prominent, he has a lion nose, and a pair of faint eyebrows, which is Bai Chongxi of the third phase of Baoding, and he is also the second person in the iron-blooded comrade association after Chang Ruiren, and there are several classmates from Guangxi under his hands, all of whom are the backbone of the comrade association. Chang Ruiqing naturally put a lot of thought into this famous general in history, and as early as the Second Army Preparatory School in Wuhan, he changed posts with him and became friends for eight worships! However, this famous general is not so easy to "accept", and from time to time he will sing against Chang Ruiqing! For example, this time, Bai Chongxi did not agree with hugging the thighs of the Anhui system in the name of participating in the war to save the country, and was even more opposed to staying in Beijing and waiting for opportunities. His idea is to go to Xinjiang for development! I don't know if there is something wrong with this young Bai Chongxi's brain?

In this regard, Chang Ruiqing of course strongly opposes it, not to mention that there is no money in Xinjiang, there is no one to ask for people, and he still lives in a corner, that is the bullshit policy of Yang Zengxin, the overseer of Xinjiang, "there are no good people in Yangguan in the west", and he can't take his brothers to take refuge! There is no reason to talk about it, even if Yang Zengxin's people are slaughtered, there is no place to cry out for injustice! In the end, Chang Ruiqing tried his best to spit on Xingzi before saying that Bai Chongxi gave up the idea of going to Xinjiang to find his own way (historically, because of the Shaanxi Civil War, Bai Chongxi's road to Xinjiang was cut off, otherwise the Kuomintang would have one less reactionary warlord). However, Bai Chongxi did not particularly approve of Chang Ruiqing's idea of developing in Beijing, in his opinion, Beiyang has been divided since Yuan Shikai's death, and the large and small soldiers in the Beiyang group have supported the army and divided the territory, and the collapse is only a matter of time, and it is not worth dying for them.

Chang Ruiqing's voice rang out at this time: "Brother Jiansheng's opinion, brother, I also agree. Beiyang's work efficiency is there, and the matter of participating in the war cannot be done at all without a year and a half of open and secret fighting. When war is declared, you have to train the army to participate in the war, not to mention the last year, and by then the European war will probably be over! However, this is also the last chance for China to save the country's fortunes in the hands of Beiyang, if Beiyang can train the troops participating in the war, the central government can really have a reliable force, and it can also be used to secure the outside and the inside after the end of the European war...... Why don't we stay in the Beiyang system? No matter how we say it, we have already climbed the big tree of the Anhui system, and in the future, even if we have the qualifications, we will always become a division commander and brigade commander one day.

If Beiyang can't seize this opportunity and finally mess up the matter of participating in the war, then I'm afraid this troubled world has just begun! We need to take advantage of the opportunity to train the army to master a force! Even if there is a mixed brigade of troops, whether it is to settle down or save the country and the people in the future, it will have the capital! ”

His voice fell, and the buzz below rang out again.

"That is, now this opportunity to participate in the war and save the country is in front of Beiyang, if they can firmly grasp it. If you can't even grasp this, then the future will really be troubled! When the time comes, if there is a gun, it will be the king of grass, if our iron-blooded comrades can have a force, of course, they can also fight a piece of territory, Brother Yaoru is the overseer, and we can also get a brigade commander and regiment commander to have a good time. As for the matter of saving the country, if Beiyang really can't do it, isn't there still Sun Cannon? We're going to ...... if it's a big deal."

"In my opinion, Sun Cannon is also difficult, after so many years of life, he doesn't even have a decent territory, and he doesn't have a reliable army in his hands, so it won't work at all, if Beiyang is really not good, I'm afraid that I will become like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in the future, I don't know when it will be a head?"

"If we really miss the opportunity to compete in Europe, I am afraid that our life in China will not be easy in the future. There is Tsarist Russia in the north, Japan in the east, and the British and French powers in the south...... The country is divided again, and there are a lot of treaties that bind us to death! Such a situation, even if you have great ability, I am afraid that you will not be able to reverse it, and it will really be a disaster for the destruction of the country! ”

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