Ye Yanbing didn't come to the Dragon Mansion, but he used modern communication tools to call the Dragon Mansion from the headquarters in the front yard, saying that he had to rush back to the military academy tonight. It's raining heavily, so Chen Xian won't leave, just go to the garment factory tomorrow morning. He didn't know that Chen Chao was there, so it wasn't rude.

Soldiers are not allowed to leave the barracks and stay outside without permission. Therefore, Ye Yanbing braved the heavy rain to cross the Yi River and rushed back to the Suiying Military Academy at the foot of the mountain.

The military school was officially established last spring. bought a manor house backed by Liu Fengze, a wealthy family in Yizhou, and rebuilt it. Liu Fengze was involved in the case of Longqian, Zhang Lianfen, and Wu Yong, who were assassinated in Yizhou in the spring of the previous year, and was investigated to have close contacts with the missing Zheng Du, and sold the stolen goods for Tao San, the leader of the gangsters, so he naturally became the target of the Mengshan Army that took over Yizhou. Liu Fengze saw the opportunity quickly, and after paying a large fine, he saved his head. Of course, he did not dare to refuse Meng Shanjun's request to purchase his villa, and handed over the manor covering an area of 1,000 acres to Meng Shanjun at a very low price. Of course, the conditions of this manor satisfied Long Qian, for a time Long Qian wanted to build the military academy in Baoqinggu, where there were houses and secluded, but it was too far away from the headquarters.

Meng Shanjun took great pains to build this secluded and spacious manor, and the first facilities to be built were the teaching building and the expert building, both of which used German designers and the main German building materials, and were completely European style. Of course, a sum of money was spent. After the cement plant was put into operation, the subsequent construction costs were reduced.

Ye Yanbing's dormitory is in an independent courtyard, where the leaders of the military academy live. They did not live in the instructor building built later, but cramped in this small courtyard in the style of the courtyard of the capital, Situ Jun lived in the west house, he lived in the north house, and the deputy education chief Qu Hongxiang lived in the south house, and the verandah connected the houses on three sides, leaving the east side empty. The gate was opened on the east side, and only one gatehouse was added for the use of the guards.

Ye Yanbing walked into the courtyard with an umbrella, and was seen by Qu Hongxiang, who was standing at the door watching the rain, "Old Ye, come in and have a cup of tea." I thought you weren't coming back. ”

"How dare you! I don't want to make Du Sanli's mistakes. Ye Yanbing smiled. I went back and changed my clothes first, and I was soaking wet. He put away his umbrella and went down the verandah to the north house where he lived.

After the establishment of the military academy, Long Qian divided the cadets into advanced classes and ordinary classes. Officers above the rank of company commander take turns to study at military academies. below the company commander. Including the outstanding soldiers who are selected for the ordinary class, the school duration is half a year. After the first batch of trainees graduated, according to the state of study. Since last fall, the semester for the second batch of advanced students has been extended to one year.

Du Sanli, the commander of the second standard and the third battalion, was a student in the senior class of the school, married a wife and started a family during his studies, and once went home to see his daughter-in-law encounter a rain, he did not return to the school to sell his leave without asking for leave.

There are more and more rules, and there are clear regulations for medals, meritorious service, medals, and various punishments, and those who receive punishments will affect promotion, and in turn, those who receive meritorious service awards will be given priority for promotion.

"Hehe, go. Then come over and play a game of chess. Qu Hongxiang said with a smile.

Ye Yanbing went back to his room to change his clothes, took his teacup and went to the South House. The lights were still on in the West House, the curtains were not closed, and the figure of Situ Jun working at his desk was reflected under the lamp.

He doesn't need to sell his leave to Situ Jun. Although Situ Jun is his superior, and both are vice principals (the principal is concurrently served by Long Qian), Situ Jun is the executive vice president in charge of school affairs, which is clearly stipulated by Long Qian. After getting along for more than a year, Ye Yanbing admired Situ Jun's business ability, but he was very estranged in his personal relationship, and it was far better to talk to Qu Hongxiang, the deputy education director.

Qu Hongxiang had already set up the chessboard, and when he saw Ye Yanbing coming in, he got up and made him tea, and then the two of them played against each other.

They play chess.

After walking a few steps, I heard footsteps, and Situ Jun came over.

"I heard you coming back. At dinner, I received a call from the commander, and I was just in time to discuss. ”

Ye Yanbing put down the chess pieces he was holding in his hand, "What does the commander command?" ”

"It's a matter of river defense. There has been too much rain this year, and the commander is worried that there will be problems with the river. In the afternoon, he had already pointed this out to Governor Zhou. ”

"Will there be a problem with Yihe?" Ye Yanbing was puzzled.

"It's not the Yi River, it's the Yellow River." Situ Jun pulled a chair, "The Yellow River was broken the year before last, and we must not make the same mistake again this year." The commander instructed us to be ready and ready to go at any time. ”

"What's the matter with us?" Ye Yanbing froze.

Situ Jun sighed in his heart. Most of the officers still can't keep up with the commander's footsteps, including the commander's extremely important Vice President Ye......

"We must regard the whole of Shandong as our own territory, not just Lunan alone. Got it? If something happens, the commander is ready to send out the whole army to protect the river defense. Battalion Commander Liang will lead the advance team to set off ahead of schedule, and the logistics office has also begun to prepare supplies. ”

"Oh, are we all out there?"

"Yes. Except for a platoon that left the guards. ”

"Then, I have to make a plan right away." Ye Yanbing said subconsciously. The plan has become the most familiar topic for officers above the company commander, what signs appear, what information is received, make a plan, this is definitely Long Qian's first reaction.

"Yes, please make a plan with Deputy Education Director Qu, the sooner the better." Situ Jun glanced at the chessboard.

"Yes, I'll do it right away." Ye Yanbing wiped out the chess pieces that had just started, "By the way, is it the same for the advanced class?" ”

"Of course. What is it not? Situ Jun felt strange.

"Okay, I'll do it." Ye Yanbing was the first to leave Qu Hongxiang's house.

Situ Jun returned to the West Chamber, where he lived, and continued the work at hand. Although most of the military academies are officers on active duty, the intensity of training is not weaker than that of field troops, and the quality is relatively high, and they constantly carry out emergency training in peacetime. Situ Jun believed that as long as he ordered the bell to be sounded for the emergency assembly, even on such a rainy night, within ten minutes, all the instructors and students could gather in full gear on the school grounds.

Situ Jun was troubled by two other things. The first is the study of the situation in Northeast China, which is the subject given to him by Long Qian: the geography and climate of Northeast China. The population and economic situation of Northeast China, the foreign troops and hidden foreign forces in Northeast China, the contradictions between Japan and Russia, the attitude of Britain, France, Germany, and the United States, especially Britain, toward Northeast China, if a war breaks out in Northeast China, will our military intervene, and in what form is it appropriate to intervene?

This is an overwhelming article. Moreover, Situ Jun had never set foot in the Northeast, which seems to be more common than Manchuria.

That's a vast land! In the past 100 years, due to the ignorance and weakness of the Manchu government, Rao has lost 3 million square kilometers, but it is still a vast land. With Situ Jun's military literacy. Of course, realize the extreme importance of the Northeast for national defense.

But it's also one of the most complex areas. The strength of foreign power is not comparable to that of any other region in Guannai, and it is even more complicated than Tibet, where the situation is even more confusing. Long Qian's attitude was very clear, he planned to intervene in that land, so he had to do his homework in advance.

But this article is not something that Situ Jun can do alone. What's more, Long Qian has to keep it absolutely confidential. In the Mengshan Army. It is not himself, the deputy chief of staff and executive vice president of the military academy, who has the most secrets. It was not Ning Shijun, chief of staff in charge of the operational operations of the whole army's staff officers, but Jiang Yun, director of the intelligence department. The acquisition of such information would not have been conceivable without the assistance of the Intelligence Service. Long Qian agreed to cooperate with the General Staff Office and the Intelligence Department in the study and assessment of the situation in Northeast China. Jiang Yun was appointed to assist him fully. Entering the work, Fang Zhi knew that the Intelligence Department had already laid out the northeast last year, and had already established two stations, the Fengtian Station and the Harbin Station, while Tian Shubang, deputy director of the Intelligence Department, who had graduated from the military academy ahead of schedule, had already arrived in Mukden. No wonder Long Qian ordered Tian Shubang to finish his course early, and the officers of the intelligence department were really tight-lipped.

After the intelligence service joined, a large stream of information was transferred to him, which became a report that was about to be finalized. However, the report at hand is not yet final, and it needs to be fleshed out and improved.

Moreover, according to Long Qian's order, even Ye Yanbing was not informed of this matter. It's just that he fights alone.

Situ Jun already believed that there would be a war between Japan and Russia in the northeast. When and how to fight, it's hard to judge for yourself. Situ was inclined to a Russian victory because of its strong military presence in the northeast. Gengzi Nian and the Russian troops that were subsequently transferred in large numbers from the Far East are still entrenched in the northeast and have not been evacuated. Port Arthur has been built as one of the largest military ports in the Far East, stationed with the powerful Pacific Fleet, and it is said that Port Arthur's fortifications are also the strongest in the Far East, almost becoming a fortress city.

The experience and strength of European armies in building fortresses and defending fortresses far surpass those of Asia, and even Japan, which has the strongest military strength in Asia, is afraid that it is not the opponent of the Russian army, right?

This manuscript is Situ Jun's favorite recently. But there is no hope of a deadline yet. Long Qian didn't talk to him about the Northeast in detail, and completely let him study, without time limit.

The second thing is the graduation assessment of the current batch of students, which is his basic duty, but the focus is on the students of the advanced class. The first senior class was not very successful, and Long Qian was obviously aware of this, so the second batch not only made adjustments in the semester, but also stipulated that the performance of the military academy would be used as the main basis for job arrangement. 70% of the usual grades and 30% of the final exam scores.

Originally, the battalion and company commanders of these battalions were dissatisfied with leaving the unit to study "off duty", and they were worried that they would lose their positions when they returned. But the list was drawn up by Long Qian himself, and they had no choice but to obey. I hope to return to the old army after a year and continue to do my old job. Situ Jun's announcement of the regulations was tantamount to hanging a big bomb over their heads. They didn't dare to confront Situ Jun anymore, of course they remembered the lessons of the first senior class, and that issue was all big shots, Lu Shan and Zhou Yi, who were originally at the level of deputy commanders, Wang Mingyuan was the oldest battalion commander in the army, and one of the three squad leaders of the old eighth team in Mengshan, all of whom were punished for violating Situ Jun's rules. These people think that they can't be tough with Lu, Zhou, Wang and others, who would dare to shout at Situ Jun? Who still doesn't know that Situ Jun has the commander standing behind him? Therefore, the obedience of the students of the second advanced class is much better than that of the first class. In order to be able to return to their old posts, these battalion and company commanders studied very hard and seriously.

But the posts were those positions, and as soon as they were drawn out, successors were appointed. Not a deputy to the office, but a direct appointment. A few special cadets of the first advanced class, such as Lu Shan and Zhou Yi, were transferred to the military academy to study, and Long Qian appointed Feng Lun and Feng Guozhu as the acting standard. The word agent calmed Lu and Zhou's hearts, and they knew that the commander had reserved a seat for them. But the rest of the people, except for Song Jinguo, the director of logistics, did not have this treatment. Lao Song was the only battalion-level officer who was transferred to the military academy and was represented by someone else in his original position. The positions of other people are immediately taken over by others.

This is especially true of the second installment.

Although Situ Jun has been in the army for a long time (even the days of his German military academy), he has never served as a chief officer in the front-line troops, and does not understand the feelings of the officers for the troops he manages, training, fighting, including life and entertainment, and condensing them into a whole with sweat and blood. The transfer of officers to new units, especially the transfer of commanders, requires great effort to integrate into the new units. Win the love and true obedience of your subordinates. It's not just sweat that is paid during this period. There was even blood! Therefore, almost every company commander, every battalion commander, is reluctant to leave his unit.

But this harmonious relationship between superiors and subordinates has obvious side effects. Warlords in history. It is achieved by relying on a force with strong internal cohesion. With a strong relationship between superiors and subordinates, I add nostalgia. An army loyal to a private has been created.

Long Qian held a military academy. And leaving no way out, whether it is to prevent the emergence of warlord tendencies, Situ Jun has thought about it. Think so. Long Qian must have noticed this, so he used the reason for learning to change his unit and break the barrier of his interests. We should guard against the slightest problem, so that this army, which is becoming more and more regular and modernized, will not have internal problems.

But someone also pointed out to Long Qian in front of Situ Jun the problem brought about by this method, that is, the decline in combat effectiveness. The combat effectiveness of a unit is determined not only by training and equipment, but also by the trust between superiors and subordinates. Frequent transfers of commanders will reduce this trust, which will lead to a decrease in combat effectiveness.

It was Chief of Staff Ning Shijun who pointed out this problem. He was a senior officer who was not admitted to the first and second senior classes. The reason is, of course, that Long Qian can't do without Ning, in the past two years, half of Long Qian's energy has been on running industries in the two states, and he needs a person who is careful and reliable and has the ability to coordinate the relationship between the troops and the government to preside over the work of the headquarters, so Chief of Staff Ning has not been given the opportunity to learn, and it seems that the third senior class does not seem to have his share.

When Ning Shijun asked Long Qian this question, it happened that Situ Jun was also in the headquarters. Long Qian smiled, "I asked you to learn philosophy and the dialectics proposed by the Germans, but you always said that you were too busy to take care of it." There is nothing in the world that has only good and no harm. All we have to do is compare, compare the pros and cons. The combat effectiveness of the troops can be compensated for by improved training methods and a better corps of officers, not to mention improvements in weapons. ”

Obviously, Long Qian was aware of what Ning Shijun was talking about, but he firmly believed that it was the right thing to do.

This army is not a nationalized army. Situ Jun knew it well. The problem is that China's concept of the state is extremely vague. What is the country? Nine and a half out of ten people were confused, and the other half were unreliable. This army received the government's salary, but it was not loyal to the court. Long Qian, the principal, has come to the military academy to give lectures quite a few times, both in terms of tactics and more in terms of ideology. He demanded that officers be upright, loyal, have a sense of honor, and a sense of belonging. There is nothing wrong with these things, but when you think about it, there is no clear direction to the loyalty and destination he is talking about. There is no explicit statement about the court, or the emperor, or the queen mother. Since the Meiji Restoration, Japan's military has found a sense of belonging, that is, the so-called emperor of the eternal lineage. The Japanese army also called itself the Imperial Army.

But who is the object of the loyalty of the right wing of the Wasion Army? Situ Jun thinks it is Long Qian. Although Long Qian never promoted himself himself, most of the officers were clearly aware of it and did so. Isn't it the work of a warlord to forbid a faction in the army, but to induce the army to obey him? But what can be done in the current situation? Situ Jun can be regarded as a person who has seen the growth and growth of the Mengshan Army with his own eyes, and he admits that if there was no Long Qian, there would definitely be no current elite, let alone the good situation of Lunan. Almost all the major policy decisions made by the troops and even the localities were made by Long Qian, and at present they all seem to be correct, and doubts about those decisions are dissipating, and there are concerns about the expansion of the army; now it seems that the army that basically maintains its current establishment but has a first-class officer corps and non-commissioned officer corps in the country is more clever than simply expanding the numbers, especially since the construction of the reserve force is on the right track, and 2,500 veterans have already retired from active duty and transferred to the reserve force. Relying on those veterans, the reserve forces, including a large number of squad leaders, can expand another brigade at any time.

Situ Jun studied the list of trainees drawn up by Long Qian and found that the period was quite profound. In the first phase, Lu Shan, Zhou Yi, and Wang Mingyuan were transferred in, which can be regarded as the highest level of officers taking the lead. It is also logical that the people who preside over the troops are their deputies. But the officers at the lower levels are very learned. Long Qian obviously studied the personality traits of the officers above the company commander level under his command in depth, and selected cadets according to the needs of the troops. The first is to assign officers who are suitable for enriching the artillery, engineers, and other special arms into the battalions directly under them, and the second is to assign officers with complementary personalities to reduce friction. Thinking of this, Situ Jun's admiration for Long Qian increased a little.

In terms of industry, Situ Jun did not know much. It is known that a large amount of money was spent on the ordnance and ammunition that the military cared about, but so many civilian factories were established, mother-in-law's. This kind of complaint is dissipating, and there is really no distinction between civilian and military. Let's not talk about power plants and steel plants. Even factories that were thought to be purely civilian, such as garment factories, also have a close relationship with the military. If it weren't for this factory, which introduced American equipment and technology, would the military uniforms of the troops be so beautiful? Become a beautiful local scenery (Long Qianyu)? Troop bedding. Will the military blanket be equipped to a level that is not inferior to the German army? And those military artifacts. From cutlery to all kinds of tools. It's all the credit of civilian factories, and these achievements are in front of you, and you can say that civilian factories are useless? Let alone. Those factories are said to be very profitable, and they are hens that lay golden eggs.

Long Qian's decision was correct, and he was not arrogant because of it. This is something that Situ Jun admires, and he still maintains the same tradition in most respects. Running between the army and industry every day, busy feet do not touch the ground. For everyone's opinions, Long Qian can still listen patiently, and maintain the habit of being kind as a stream, and he will adopt and implement the suggestions as soon as possible. On the construction of the military academy in Suiying, Long Qian adopted most of the opinions put forward by Situ Jun, including the proposal to extend the study system of the senior class.

Back to the construction of the military school. Situ Jun is proud that after nearly a year and a half, it has been proved that the military academy has been completed, and its signs are as follows: First, after the trained officers or non-commissioned officers (who have not yet explicitly put forward this title) have returned to the army, the training level and management level of the army have been significantly enhanced; The second is that the officers who have been trained admit that they have learned a lot of things that they did not know before, and the overall cultural level of the officer corps has greatly improved; Third, in addition to the infantry, breakthroughs have been made in the training of officers of the artillery, cavalry, engineer, and baggage arms, and the training of staff officers has also been included in the subjects of military academies, thus enhancing the overall combat effectiveness of the troops and being very beneficial to the familiar use of the new equipment procured. Fourth, the arrival of a large number of German military instructors has allowed officers at all levels to see the rigor, meticulousness, and science of the strongest army in Europe. At present, there are 17 German instructors in the military academy alone, ranging from infantry to artillery, cavalry, engineers, and baggage, and the rigorous and meticulous style unique to the Germanic people has infected the military academy, making the officers' style unconsciously feel that it has changed...... It is worth mentioning that after the German instructors entered the Mengshan Army for the first time to observe the troops' exercises, they put away their contempt for the Chinese army. The detailed in-depth made the Germans more and more admired the various rules and regulations and training methods established by Long Qian. The Germans were arrogant, especially after they created the General Staff system, but it was these arrogant retired officers who admitted that some of the training methods of the Mengshan Army were more advanced than those of the German army, and the sign of the advanced was that these methods seemed to be more suitable for the Oriental race, and there was a kind of foresight for future military development, for example, Long Qian did not pay enough attention to cavalry, but paid more attention to the construction of artillery, engineers, and logistics troops. Major Wellman agreed with Long Qian's judgment that cavalry, the oldest and most powerful branch of the army, would completely disappear from the stage of history after the appearance of cannons and machine guns. It is a pity that the old men of the German General Staff do not know as well as a Chinese commander who is said to have not studied a day of military school.

Long Qian's knowledge of weapons also impressed the Germans. In particular, he proposed the idea of dividing the area of fire. Rifles, machine guns and artillery make up the current firepower system of the army, but this system is imperfect. The infantry was more dependent on the support of artillery, so Europe vigorously built artillery.

But the pursuit of large-caliber artillery does not solve everything. In Long Qian's view, there is an urgent need for a close-range suppressive weapon, which can be individual or squad-like, but it must be able to follow the company. The current mountain artillery is not a detachment to suppress firearms, and, due to the barrenness of China, it is impossible to build artillery in large numbers like the Germans.

Thus, there was the design of the grenade. With the commissioning of the Yanzhou chemical plant, it became possible to build its own detonators and explosives, and samples of the grenades were said to be available in another month. The Germans looked forward to this, and they learned the magic of Long Qian, and they no longer disdained anything like when they first arrived.

That kind of detachment-type suppression weapon, Long Qian hasn't come up with a design plan yet. But Situ Jun thought that he must have considered it, but he just didn't say it.

Situ Jun admits that although he graduated from the highest military academy on the planet, he did not bring about fundamental changes in the Mengshan army. The basic skeleton of this army was determined after the whole army in Mengshan, and it was only supplemented and perfected in the future. From the initial disdain to the current complicated mood, Situ has experienced a long mental journey. It was Yuan Shikai's disappointment and curiosity about the Mengshan Army that prompted Situ Jun to invest in this bandit army, and now, Situ Jun has regarded himself as a member of this vigorous army, concerned about her growth and changes, and looking forward to her future.

At present, Long Qian has two questions, one is to study the situation in the northeast and the possibility of the Mengshan army intervening in the northeast, which is difficult but not urgent. The second is to preside over the graduation of this batch of students. After Situ Jun realized that Long Qian used the platform of the military academy to recast his officer corps, then the graduation exam must be cautious. It is necessary to consciously push up the excellent officers that Long Qian urgently needs, and use the method of examination and assessment instead of taking advantage of the prestige of the commander. (To be continued......)