However, if these problems are not big, Lin Zhe will not transfer Shi Qingxuan back from the front line, and then let him serve as the commander of the Sixth Army.

After Shi Qingxuan returned to Beijing and was appointed commander of the Sixth Army, several other high-ranking generals of the Chinese Army also returned to Nanjing one after another to report on their work, and without exception they were all transferred to different positions.

First of all, Lin Anfei, the commander of the Second Army, was transferred to the Fifth Army as a commander, and he will be in charge of military affairs in North China together with Shen Chiyun.

The post of commander of the Second Army was taken over by Xu Yanqing, the former commander of the Fourth Army, and the vacant commander of the Fourth Army was held by Shi Langyi, chief of the Joint Staff.

Chen Yuntao, who had led the Fifth Army in Fujian, was transferred back to the General Headquarters as chief of the Joint Staff, and Qu Panyun, former commander of the Seventh Division, took over the post of commander of the Third Army.

At the same time, there were also many rotations of division-level generals, with Major General Bing Qusong, former chief of staff of the First Army, taking over as commander of the Seventh Division, and Song Xiangtang, chief of staff of the Fifth Army, taking over as commander of the First Division.

The commander of the 1st Division was transferred to the 4th Division as the division commander.

Basically, Lin Zhe has changed all the senior generals above the division level who can be replaced.

One of the most noteworthy is the chief of the military training department, Hunter? William's unexpected transfer to the post of Chief of Staff of the First Army can be said to have made many military generals not quite understand, why?

Because of Hunter? William was a foreigner, and although he had officially renounced his British citizenship and joined the Chinese Empire, his blonde appearance still made him subject to a certain amount of criticism in the Chinese army.

Lin Zhe continues to reuse Khanty? William, naturally, because he trusts him.

Since 1853, this Englishman has helped Lin Zhe train Yu Shengjun because of money. To put it mildly, this foreigner single-handedly trained the original Yu Shengjun, if there is no Hunter? William's words. The current Chinese army will not have such a strong British Army style.

And in order to gain Lin Zhe's trust, this person did not let other Chinese army generals reject him. not only gave up his British nationality and joined the Chinese Imperial Empire, but also specially married a Chinese woman as his wife, and even imitated the Chinese and gave himself the name: Chen Ting.

If it is not absolutely necessary to talk on weekdays, it is absolutely not English, but a slightly awkward Chinese, and even invited a few old masters to teach traditional scriptures.

Whenever you see Hunter? When Wei wrote a fold in slightly awkward Chinese, Lin Zhe was always amused by his plausible words. This foreigner didn't know when it started, but he also learned from those old masters who were full of mouths.

Hunter? In order to better integrate himself into the high-level of the Chinese Empire, William can be said to have made a lot of efforts, and Lin Zhe also appreciates his efforts and mentality.

Otherwise, he would not have been rejected by many civil and military dignitaries, so he directly appointed Hunter? William was the deputy director of the military training department, and he was directly promoted to the position of the chief of the military training department in the future.

As long as this person is talented and willing to serve him Lin Zhe, then Lin Zhe will not mind his skin color and language.

This time put Hunter? William's reassignment to the field unit as Chief of Staff of the First Army was also motivated by this mentality!

When Hunter? When William received Lin Zhe's holy decree appointment, the whole person couldn't help but be extremely excited. Even happier than when Lin Zhe knighted him, because Hunter? William could only serve in the High Command, and this kind of civilian position was actually not good for his military career, and he was still a foreigner. It is extremely difficult to go further in the Chinese army.

Excited Hunter? William even bowed in front of everyone in the direction of the China Palace, saying things like long live the emperor in broken Chinese, and he was still busy when he knelt down. I almost didn't stand and fell.

Hunter? William used to be just a low-class person in England, and after joining the British army, he fought for Britain for more than ten years. In the end, he was forced to retire because he offended his boss and had to go to the Far East to seek a life.

When he only had the last few pounds left in his pocket. But when he was impoverished in Shanghai and was about to be unable to uncover the pot, he was reused by Lin Zhe, thus beginning his magnificent military career in China.

The case of this man, whether later or contemporary, is enough to arouse the amazement of countless people, in the Shanghai business zone, those foreigners may not know who the British consul in Shanghai is, but they will definitely not know Hunter? William's name.

Hunter? William is the best idol of countless down-and-out foreigners who came to China to seek wealth and life opportunities!

His existence, to a certain extent, stimulated a large number of unsatisfactory British, French and other retired officers to join the ranks of the Chinese army as instructors, and now many foreign instructors in the Royal Army Military Academy and the Naval Military Academy want to become the second Hunter? William, win the pinnacle of life in a foreign land!

Maybe a hundred years from now, Hunter? William's name is even more prominent than the Wall of the Wall Guns in historical time and space!

Hunter? William's gaffe was seen in the eyes of several civil and military officials accompanying him, and one by one he despised Hunter in his heart? William's gaffe, but at the same time he was extremely envious of this guy's luck.

Chief of Staff of the First Army, many colonel-level officers of the Chinese Army are staring at this position, especially the senior commanders of several main infantry regiments, which one does not want to be the chief of staff of the First Army, so that not only can he be promoted to the rank of major general of the army, but more importantly, the First Army is the main force of the North China operation, and the strategic center of gravity of the Chinese Army next year will still be in the north, which means that the officers serving in the First Army will encounter many opportunities to fight, and what does the battle represent? It represents the merits of the war and the qualifications.

The chief of staff of the First Army is so important, not to mention those senior colonels who are looking forward to it, even some generals at the level of major generals are itching in their hearts, and they are transferred to the army chief of staff with the rank of major general.

After accumulating enough military merits, he will be transferred to serve as the commander of a certain main division in the future, and if he wins a few more battles. The rank of lieutenant general is not a dream.

Under the envious and jealous gaze of many people, Hunter? William hurriedly handed over the affairs of the military training department. Then he took the steam battleship of the Navy and began to go north.

Hunter? William was transferred to the post of chief of staff of the First Army, but the vacant chief of the military training department was not promoted from the military training department itself. Instead, he was transferred to Fei Qunyang, who was born as a baggage officer.

The commanders of the remaining divisions, some main infantry regiments and other units, as well as the directors of the various divisions of the high command, have also made their own adjustments, but these adjustments will not be completed in a short period of time, and in fact the entire rotation will last for nearly two months or so.

The basic principle of transfer is to transfer some officers of field units who have accumulated sufficient combat merits to civilian posts in the general headquarters or to serve as deputies, so as to make a transition and promote the rank of military officer according to the trend.

At the same time, some civilian or adjutant officers who have accumulated sufficient qualifications will be transferred to field units to serve as commanders.

It can also be seen from this that the Chinese Army's promotion system for middle-level officers is that after serving as the chief officer of the field unit and having made meritorious contributions, they are transferred to civilian or deputy posts, and when they have accumulated sufficient seniority in civilian or deputy positions, they will be transferred back to the field unit as chief officers after they have become senior. In addition to avoiding the situation in which a junior major general serves as the commander of a main division, or a junior lieutenant colonel serves as the commander of the main regiment, this cycle is more important to train officers on active duty in more aspects. makes them more adapted to modern warfare.

A qualified general is definitely not enough to rush into battle in the front-line troops, he needs to be able to coordinate the entire army in addition to the necessary tactical skills.

A high-ranking general like Wang Luyun who only knows how to rush is not the norm, but a special case, and Wang Luyun is the only one in the entire Chinese army.

Even Qian Niubei, the former head of the First Cavalry Regiment who was born in the same green forest as Wang Luyun and was born in the nursing academy, started to study hard, studied some military works translated by military schools, and has now been transferred to the General Staff Department as the director of the Cavalry Department. Temporarily out of the scope of the commander-in-chief of the field troops, he embarked on the same path of promotion as other officers.

If he can maintain this state, Qian Niubei's military career is estimated to go further than Wang Luyun in the future!

Wang Luyun can't read big characters, and he can't read books. The commander of this cavalry regiment has been a few years, and he has not been promoted at all, and Lin Zhe was promoted to the rank of major general in order to give him. He was even given a titular title: Director of the Cavalry.

In the future, if Wang Luyun wants to continue to climb up, he can only wait for the Chinese army to establish a cavalry brigade or even a cavalry division before he has the opportunity to peek at the lieutenant general.

The Chinese army carried out a large-scale rotation of middle and senior generals. To a certain extent, it also affected the actions of the front-line troops, such as the First Army and the Fifth Army after taking Pizhou. Although it has entered the territory of Shandong, it is very slow, and there is no possibility of penetrating into the hinterland of Shandong or even entering Jinan in a short period of time.

However, the slowdown is not only due to the rotation of middle and high-ranking generals, but also due to logistical supply difficulties.

As the First and Fifth Armies continued to move northward, the supply lines became longer and longer, and in this era without railways, large-scale logistical supply transportation relied heavily on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

However, although there are more and more ships on the navy, it is becoming more and more difficult to meet the actual needs of the number of ships that have to undertake the logistical transportation and escort tasks of the wars in Jiujiang, Anqing, and the north of Fujian at the same time.

You must know that most of these routes need to sail against the wind, and the speed of those sailing ships trying to go up the river is quite slow, and the steam ships are reluctantly acceptable to be equipped with steam power because of the high cost, but if the inland river ships want to be equipped with steam power, this cost is unacceptable to the navy.

At present, the navy has about 20 steam-powered ships, but it is simply not enough to disperse them over a huge area, and the main force of transportation has to rely on those traditional hard-sail Chinese-style inland river ships.

After the First Army and the Fifth Army and the Qing Army experienced a series of major battles, the consumption of military supplies was very serious, especially the stock of artillery shells had reached a very dangerous critical point. (To be continued......)