Zhao Dongping showed a look of shame on his face: "I only know a little bit of four books, and I didn't get famous!" ”

Zhao Dongyun disagreed: "Have you ever studied Western studies, what errands have you done at home?" ”

Zhao Dongping said: "I haven't studied Western studies, but two years ago, I started to work in a foreign bank to learn to do bookkeeping, I can do Western-style account books, and I also know a little French!" ”

Zhao Dongyun nodded, although the cousin in front of him is still young, he can do accounts and speak French with a little literacy, and he can be regarded as a talent in this era of ultra-high illiteracy.

Besides, if Zhao Dongping wasn't a little confident in himself, I'm afraid he wouldn't have run from his hometown in Xuzhou to Baoding to seek development, after all, his ability is average, and it is better to stay in his hometown in Xuzhou for a lifetime.

Then the two said a few other gossips, most of which were asked by Zhao Dongyun and answered by Zhao Dongping.

After a while, Zhao Dongyun said: "In this way, you stay first, and I will help you see if you can find an errand in the army in the next few days!" ”

After Zhao Dongping went out, naturally someone in the family led him to settle down.

The next day, after Zhao Dongyun took a class in the Suiying Academy, he just wanted to visit a few more people in the afternoon to see if there was any hope for his transfer to the standing army, but before he left, a person came over to him and said, "Brother Ziyang, congratulations!" ”

"Congratulations? Congratulations to me on what? Zhao Dongyun heard a little vaguely, the person in front of him was also a teacher of the Suiying Academy, called Gong Huantian, the word Chenlong, several years older than Zhao Dongyun, and he was the predecessor of the Tianjin Wubei Academy.

That Gong Huantian looked with a strong look of envy: "You are going to be transferred to the second battalion of the right wing as the commander, this matter has spread, Ziyang, you are not authentic, and you won't tell us about such a big thing!" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Dongyun was even more stunned, the commander of the second battalion of the right wing? What I wanted to fight for at the beginning was on the side of the newly established standing army, how did it become the position of the right army of Wuwei!

From the very beginning, Zhao Dongyun just wanted to take the opportunity of the new formation of the standing army to see if he could get a real position, after all, the standing army was newly built, and almost all the officers and officers of all sizes had to be transferred from the side of the Wuwei Right Army, so it also gave Zhao Dongyun a chance.

But what he didn't expect was that he couldn't succeed in seeking a real position in the standing army, but the boss directly gave him a real power position on the side of the Wuwei Right Army, so that it would become the sun not going out of the east and going out of the west.

Although things are very different from what he imagined at the beginning, it is always good to be promoted, and Zhao Dongyun immediately showed a surprised smile: "If there is such a thing, I don't know yet!" ”

Zhao Dongyun was telling the truth, but Gong Huantian next to him thought that Zhao Dongyun was being modest or something, and continued to say in an envious tone: "It's still your luck, it's only been less than a year, so I'll be a battalion officer, and it is estimated that it won't take a few years to become a commander!" ”

It is impossible not to be envious, he Gong Huantian graduated from the Tianjin Wubei Academy, and he has been staying in the Suiying Academy as a teacher for several years, and even the grade is slightly lower than Zhao Dongyun.

In the evening, a few more people who got the news came to Zhao Dongyun to say hello, Zhao Dongyun naturally did not open his mouth to say anything big, on the contrary, he humbly denied it one by one, after all, what everyone said now is still internal news, as long as the official appointment does not come down, it is full of too much uncertainty, and it is naturally not enough to say too much.

However, the boss did not let Zhao Dongyun worry for too long, and the next morning, Shangfeng sent an order to Zhao Dongyun, asking him to temporarily sign the post of commander of the second battalion of the right wing.

After receiving the letter of appointment, Zhao Dongyun invited many colleagues from the camp school to set up two tables at noon that day, and in the afternoon, he went straight to Duan Qirui's mansion non-stop, why? Because the inside information has come out, his appointment as the commander of the second battalion of the right wing is the result of Duan Qirui's strong recommendation.

So it was necessary for him to go to Duan Qirui's side in person to thank him!

After arriving at Duan Qirui's mansion, Duan Qirui did not put on the attitude of a Shangguan this time, but said in the tone of a senior in the school: "Lord Duxian is also optimistic about you, otherwise he will not agree to my recommendation, so you go to the second camp, you have to make some achievements, don't let others look down on you!" ”

Speaking of this, Duan Qirui said again: "Next month, our Wuwei Right Army will conduct a drill with the vanguard side, which was originally transferred to the first battalion of the right flank, but the first battalion has drawn too many people to the left town of the standing army, and the shortage is too great, so I will change to your second battalion!" Many people are watching this exercise, so you have to do your best to get things done, and when the time comes, I will help you remove the two words of temporary signature in front of Lord Duxian! ”

Hearing this, Zhao Dongyun also showed a solemn look on his face, because what Duan Qirui said was very clear, whether he could really sit in the position of a real camp officer, and whether he could really enter the sight of the upper-level bosses, was above that exercise.

Immediately, Zhengse said: "I don't know if there are any other people besides my infantry battalion?" ”

Duan Qirui said: "Although the scale of this exercise is not large, but we are a new army, this battle is naturally complete with infantry artillery workers, in addition to your second battalion, there is also a team of cavalry, the artillery team below me will also send a team, and the engineering battalion will also send half a team to fight!" ”

Zhao Dongyun was also slightly surprised when he heard this, in this way, it was about 2,000 people, and all arms were complete, which could be called the scale of a mixed regiment. This size of troops is nothing in the eyes of the great powers or future generations, but it is extremely rare in today's China.

You must know that there are quite a few armed forces in China now, not millions but hundreds of thousands, but the vast majority of these armies are old-style armies, such as the Eight Banners, the Green Battalion, the Huai Army, and the like, and the combat effectiveness of these armies is infinitely close to zero.

Around the Gengzi year, the only fighting armies in the country were actually the Wuwei Army, the Ziqiang Army and the vanguard of the Wuwei Right Army, but four of the five armies of the Wuwei Army in the Gengzi Incident were destroyed, and only one Yuan Shikai's Wuwei Right Army remained.

Therefore, after the Xinchou New Year, the new army with combat effectiveness actually left the Wuwei Right Army, the vanguard of the Wuwei Right Army, and the Self-Strengthening Army, adding up to just over 20,000 people, as for the Beiyang Standing Army, which is still in the early stage of training, it does not even have an official name for the time being, and it will not be able to form an army one after another until next year at the earliest.

In such a big backdrop, the new army of more than 2,000 people is also worthy of attention.

"I wonder how many soldiers and horses the vanguard has sent?" Zhao Dongyun continued to ask.

Duan Qirui said: "Over there, we will send a mixed wing over, and when the time comes, they will attack, and you will defend it!" ”

"A mixed wing?" Hearing this, Zhao Dongyun couldn't help but think secretly, although the vanguard of the Wuwei Right Army said that it was imitating the establishment of the Wuwei Right Army, it was actually very different. For example, the Wuwei Right Army is organized by a large battalion, and an infantry battalion plus soldiers and long-term husbands has more than 1,500 people.

However, the vanguard of the right army of Wuwei is a small battalion, and there are only about 700 soldiers in an infantry battalion, and they have two roads under one wing, and four battalions under the road.

Since the other side is sending mixed wings, then there must be artillery, cavalry, engineering troops and other troops, and this part adds up to more than 1,000 at least, so if it is calculated, then the total strength of the other side will reach more than 7,000 or even 8,000 people.

Duan Qirui saw Zhao Dongyun's frowning, and thought he was afraid, so he immediately said: "Even if there are more people on the other side, it doesn't matter, the left and right are just a group of old troops dressed in the coat of the new army!" ”

When Zhao Dongyun heard Duan Qirui's words, he could only smile bitterly, Duan Qirui's words were not false, the Wuwei Right Army and the Wuwei Right Army Vanguard sounded similar, and people who didn't know thought that the Wuwei Right Army Vanguard belonged to the Wuwei Right Army, but in fact, the two were quite independent, and the establishment was different.

The predecessor of the Wuwei Right Army was the newly built army that trained troops in small stations, and it is the only new army in China that is fully organized and trained in accordance with Western law, from drills to equipment and even to clothing and tactics, etc., all have a strong German style, and the specific establishment is that the military has two wings, the wings have two divisions, three battalions, four battalions, three sentry posts, and six sentry posts.

The vanguard of the Wuwei Right Army was before the Gengzi Incident, Yuan Shikai was sent to Shandong to suppress the mob, and the old army in Shandong was reorganized.

Not to mention that the establishment of the Wuwei Right Army has a strong flavor of the old army, and the personnel are also old army personnel, so the status in the Beiyang system is much lower than that of the Wuwei Right Army, and it is normal for Duan Qirui and other people in the Wuwei Right Army system to look down on the vanguard of the Wuwei Right Army.

Of course, although there are differences between the two, there is one thing that must be known, that is, whether it is the Wuwei Right Army or the vanguard of the Wuwei Right Army, it is the descendant troops under Yuan Shikai.

Duan Qirui was full of confidence in the Wuwei Right Army, but Zhao Dongyun was a little apprehensive in his heart, after all, even if the Wuwei Right Army was stronger in combat, but the number of people on the opposite side was several times his own, this exercise was not easy to fight!

Moreover, just a month after the exercise, there was not much time left for Zhao Dongyun to rectify the second battalion, and maybe he would encounter some dissatisfied subordinates or various other problems, and these were the problems that Zhao Dongyun needed to worry about the most.

Although there were a lot of worries in his heart, Zhao Dongyun still did not hesitate to go to the second battalion to take up his post the next day.