The main reason why he was appointed by Yuan Shikai as the assistant of the Coaching Office of the Military and Political Department, supervising the machine gun matter, and the commander of the new machine gun battalion was that Yuan Shikai was determined to train the machine gun unit on a large scale at that time, and now the machine gun unit is barely small, so Zhao Dongyun's mission is almost completed.

At this time, the next step for Zhao Dongyun has become a problem for Yuan Shikai to consider!

According to the normal promotion path, the next step is to transfer Zhao Dongyun to the training department is the best choice, as long as Zhao Dongyun holds an important position in the training department for one or two years, then Zhao Dongyun will also obtain extremely important qualifications, and there will be no problem to directly ascend to the sky to serve as the commander of a town at that time.

It's just that this kind of promotion is fast, but Yuan Shikai feels that Zhao Dongyun's strength lies not in the staff of the agency, but in the training, if Zhao Dongyun stays in the training office for a year or two, it is equivalent to him losing a training general, you must know that now in the large-scale expansion of the Beiyang Army, the demand for middle and high-level generals, especially those who are good at training, is very high.

So he couldn't make a decision for a while, so he called Zhao Dongyun over to hear Zhao Dongyun's own thoughts!

"Training office?" Zhao Dongyun was silent, and went to the training department to serve for a few years, and it should not be a big problem for him to serve as the commander of a town, but now that the pace of Beiyang army expansion is so fast, if he does not serve in the army for two years, but in the training office, I am afraid that he will disengage from many middle and lower-level officers in the army, which is not a good thing for Zhao Dongyun, who has always wanted to control a unit, want to win people's hearts, and cultivate the team.

It's just that if you don't go to the training office, where is Yuan Shikai going to transfer himself? Wuwei Right Army or Wuwei Right Army Vanguard? Or is it the left town of the standing army?

The first two troops are okay, although the combat power is not strong, but they can be regarded as Beiyang descendant troops, but if they are transferred to the standing army Zuozhen, it will not be good, why? Because the Standing Army Zuozhen is the base camp of Wang Yingkai's faction, as a hospital of Duan Qirui's faction, he will definitely be ostracized if he goes there.

When it comes to his own future, Zhao Dongyun is also not a reckless decision, so he immediately asked cautiously: "I don't know if the adults want me to go there for military training?" ”

Zhao Dongyun's mind was that if he didn't go to Zuozhen of the Standing Army, then he would go to serve in the army. If Yuan Shikai plans to let himself go to the Standing Army Zuozhen, then he will have to choose to continue to stay in the Military and Political Department, and then go to the training department in a few months, in short, he will not get involved with Wang Yingkai and others.

Yuan Shikai didn't hide too much when he heard him say this: "If you still want to continue training, I plan to let you go to the right town of the Standing Army!" ”

It is not the left town of the standing army, it is not the right army of Wuwei or the vanguard of the right army of Wuwei, and it is not a self-improvement army or a superintendent standard, but the right town of the standing army! This was a big surprise to Zhao Dongyun.

"I heard that the right town has not officially formed an army yet, right?" Zhao Dongyun asked.

Yuan Shikai smiled: "If they all become an army, what else will I let you do, let you go to train the army!" ”

Zhao Dongyun immediately said: "Although the adults command, the department will definitely train a strong army for the adults!" ”

Yuan Shikai said: "That's good, you go back and arrange the machine gun team of the newly built machine gun battalion first, and I will give you the official appointment letter in a few days." ”

Coming out of Yuan Shikai's governor's mansion, Zhao Dongyun still had some gains and losses, and he himself was a little unsure whether his choice was right or wrong. If you just want to climb up, then continue to stay in the Military and Political Division, and then go to the training department to serve for two years, and after coming out, it is not a problem to serve as the commander of a town.

Because according to his rank and qualifications, it is impossible to serve as a pipe band like those grassroots officers, and if he goes to the army to take up a position, he must at least have a standard command, and if he is lucky, it is also possible to be a co-commander, as for the higher level of a town wing commander or commander, it is unlikely.

And whether he is going to be a commander or a commander, he has to start from scratch, because now the right town of the standing army is an empty shelf, and there is not a single infantry!

In addition, Zhao Dongyun didn't know that his appearance had changed the history of the Beiyang New Army!

First of all, the machine gun unit, the history of the Beiyang New Army did not begin to be equipped with machine guns on a large scale until after the Russo-Japanese War, and now due to the appearance of Zhao Dongyun, it began to be equipped with machine guns in the winter of 1901, and after the summer of 1902, it began to be equipped on a large scale, and now it has been organized into three battalions.

In addition, the expansion of the standing army is also much faster, the historical standing army Zuozhen actually did not fully become an army until the beginning of 1903, but the current standing army Zuozhen has become an army, but there is still a lack of a cavalry standard, and the rest of the infantry and artillery workers and baggage have been prepared, and the overall time is a few months earlier than the historical time.

The right town of the standing army only began to be organized and trained at the end of 1903 because of the tense situation in the northeast, but now, Yuan Shikai is ready to start training the right town of the standing army.

It's just that Zhao Dongyun doesn't know these historical details, the only thing he can be sure of is that he let Beiyang equip Beiyang with machine guns on a large scale in advance, as for other details, he really can't figure it out, and even he thinks that the expansion of the Beiyang New Army in history should be like this.

After coming out of the Governor's Palace, Zhao Dongyun, who had some gains and losses, felt that it was still necessary to meet Duan Qirui, although Duan Qirui and Zhao Dongyun had never said anything like throwing themselves into action, but it was not without reason for outsiders to regard them as a faction, and now that Zhao Dongyun was facing a heavy choice in his military career, he naturally wanted to ask Duan Qirui's opinion.

However, after meeting Duan Qirui, Duan Qirui said: "Originally, Lord Duxian was going to let you continue to stay in the Military and Political Department, and then naturally serve in the military training department, but I think that will not be good for your development, so I proposed to let you preside over the formation of Youzhen!" ”

"Right Town is a blank space right now, and it's time for us to lay the groundwork!" Duan Qirui's words were equivalent to directly saying that Zhao Dongyun should go to Youzhen and establish the foundation of their faction.

Zhao Dongyun didn't know what Duan Qirui meant at this time, he wanted to make himself the same as the Guangzong Mintuan, and act as a forward general for him, but the last time the Guangzong Mininian was to suppress the rebellion, and this time he wanted to go to the right town of the Standing Army to create a direct force belonging to Duan Qirui's faction.

He also has a little understanding of Duan Qirui's thoughts, and Duan Qirui's influence in the Beiyang system has begun to decline since the beginning of this year, with Wang Yingkai and others competing in the past, and Wang Shizhen and Feng Guozhang and others chasing after him, which makes Duan Qirui's life very uncomfortable.

Now seeing that the Standing Army Zuo Zhen has become an army, and the officers and officers in it are either Wang Yingkai's descendants or Feng Guozhang's men, how can Duan Qirui be embarrassed!

At the same time, he was limited to the General Office of the General Staff Office of the Military and Political Division, which sounded very good, but after a long time, the influence of Duan Qirui, who failed to control the troops directly under him, was afraid that it would further decline, and it was impossible for him to personally serve in the army, so he could only elect other people from his own faction.

Among the many officers of Duan Qirui's faction, Zhao Dongyun is a very suitable candidate, first of all, he has been in the limelight in recent years, and he is deeply appreciated by Yuan Shikai, and at the same time, because Zhao Dongyun's machine gun unit is almost trained, he has also been reassigned and appointed at this time.

In addition, Zhao Dongyun's grade qualifications are also more suitable, if it is high, it is estimated that he will be able to go directly to the right town as a wing commander, and then he will not be Duan Qirui's subordinate, but on an equal footing with Duan Qirui.

After he has trained the infantry of the First Association, then his position in the training department is almost complete, and he will be able to jump directly to the right town as a wing commander.

To put it bluntly, he was going to let Zhao Dongyun go to the front station!

For Duan Qirui's many ideas, Zhao Dongyun can also guess one or two, and he can guess eight or nine.

When Duan Qirui promoted, and Yuan Shikai himself also wanted to train the right town of the standing army as soon as possible, the preparatory work for the right town of the standing army was carried out very quickly, and it was soon announced that several old armies of the Huai Army would be reorganized into the third association. and appointed Zhao Dongyun as the third co-commander, and at the same time, he was also removed from the posts of assistant to the military and political department, supervising machine gun affairs, and concurrently leading the new machine gun battalion.

At the same time, the number of the newly built machine gun battalion was also officially abolished, and the first battalion of the machine gun team of the original three battalions was transferred to the left town of the standing army. The second battalion was transferred to the third association of the standing army, which was temporarily under the management of Zhao Dongyun, and the third battalion was divided into two teams to form a small battalion, and went to Shandong to join the vanguard of the Wuwei Right Army, and the remaining two teams together with the two newly recruited teams set up a new battalion, which was under the jurisdiction of the governor and Fubiao, that is, under the direct jurisdiction of Yuan Shikai.

With the disbandment of the newly built machine gun battalion, the officers that Zhao Dongyun had spent a lot of effort training were also scattered everywhere, but several core officers were still left by him and brought to the Third Association, including Lin Yongquan, Pei Lianying, and Zhao Dongping.

Although the Third Association was preparing to reorganize from several old armies, this reorganization was actually to dismantle the old army in order to free up funds for the training of the new army, and it did not mean that it directly accepted those old army units into the new army.

Cavalry units like the Baoyang Horse Corps are fine, except that the officers of the old army have been eliminated, but most of the cavalry will be retained.

But for those old-style infantry battalions, it is different, basically only in the name of reorganization, but in fact, there will be no large number of these smoking and ineffective soldiers and officers, only a very small number of soldiers will be left to be incorporated into the new army. At the same time, the new army will recruit a large number of good sons as soldiers, and call a large number of new-style officers to serve.

After the nominal reorganization is completed, the officers and soldiers of the old army will basically be kicked out, and less than one in ten will be retained.

When Zhao Dongyun began to reorganize the old army and train the third association of the new army, the situation in Beiyang once again surged because of him!

Yuan Shikai made up his mind to organize and train the right town of the standing army, not to mention whether his funds were enough and the armament was insufficient, just this rumor was released, especially when Yuan Shikai appointed Zhao Dongyun as the third assistant commander of the Beiyang Standing Army, everyone knew that Yuan Shikai was preparing to organize and train the right town of the Beiyang Standing Army on a large scale.

At this time, everyone is very concerned about the position of the wing commander of the right town of the Beiyang Standing Army in the future, although Yuan Shikai only let Zhao Dongyun make up a third association, but it can be expected that in the future, the fourth association, horse standard, artillery standard, baggage, engineering battalion and other troops will also be organized and trained one after another, and when these troops are gathered, then it will be the time when the right town of the Beiyang Standing Army will become an army.

And at that time, who will fall into the hands of the post of the right wing commander of the Beiyang Standing Army? ――

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