Algiers, the port city of Algeria, is at least the most prosperous city in North Africa as one of the most important French colonial cities in North Africa. The streets are full of people and pedestrians.

Near the headquarters of the French army in Algiers, a 'Liulan' car was driving in the direction of the headquarters, driven by a young man in his early 20s, and in the back seat was Yan Shao's future father-in-law, Bertrand.

With a cigar in his mouth and sitting in the back row with his legs crossed, Bertrand looked very freehand.

In fact, his current life is indeed very freehand.

Since the 'political donation' provided by Yan Shao, Bertrand, who already had a certain influence in the French military circles, quickly rose to the top, first from colonel to brigadier general, and then to major general and lieutenant general, and it is absolutely amazing that he can have such a speed in just a few years.

Because of this relationship, Bertrand has now almost become the emperor of Algeria.

Now, Bertrand has to admit that he can have today, and he is indeed benefiting from his future son-in-law. And he had to admit that he did look away at the beginning, although he still didn't feel that his original judgment was wrong, but at least none of the young people he selected at the beginning could match Yan Shao.

"It's a pity, that bastard kid is a little too careful, otherwise..."Thinking of Caterina beside Yan Shao, Bertrand was both a little envious and a little jealous, after all, men have two shoulders, which are used to hug left and right.

Yan Shao's kind of treatment. Almost every man feels envy and jealousy.

It's just that if he knew that there was another Lu Ying by Yan Shao's side in addition to Katarina, I am afraid that he would have been furious, carrying a pistol and preparing to go to China to find Yan Shao to duel.

After all, he is a man in addition to that. At the same time, he is also a father.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, the command has arrived..."

Just as Bertrand was smoking a cigar with a freehand on his face, the 20-year-old man sitting in the driver's seat had already looked up and said.

"Really—" Beltrand nodded after looking out the window and seeing the headquarters not far away. Okay, let's just drive to the parking lot..."

"It's good..."

Turn the steering wheel. The car quickly headed for the parking lot next to the headquarters.

Since the car began to enter thousands of households, parking lots have also appeared in Europe and the United States. And in the parking lot near the headquarters building, dozens of cars are already parked at this moment.

Several of them are made in Europe. However, most of them are 'raindrop' cars produced by Yushi Automobile Company. After all, military salaries are not very high, and in Algeria, there is a risk of losing one's life at any time—————— a place where ambiguity often occurs.

Even the soldiers stationed in Algeria have developed the habit of drinking and getting drunk today, and they can't save money one by one. In this case, this civilian car produced by the Yushi company is naturally very popular.

However, both in the raindrop car. Or among other European cars, Liulan is the most beautiful one, and in Bertrand's opinion, his car is also the most suitable for his identity.

After the driver parked the car, Bertrand opened the door and slowly stepped out of the car. On the way to the building, many of the officers and soldiers I met were also managers after meeting Bertrand.

As a general with the rank of lieutenant general, Bertrand was the Emperor of the Soil in this part of Algeria. Naturally, no one in the command wanted to offend him.

But just as Bertrand walked in the direction of his office, he found his secretary hurrying here.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General. Here is your telegram! ”

The secretary seemed pleased to see Bertrand, too, and had already raised his voice from afar.

"My telegram?" Bertrand was stunned, wondering how he could have his own telegram early in the morning. However, he quickly collected his emotions, and then took the telegram from the secretary's hand and opened it for reading.

It was only after a half-ring that Beltrand shook his head. "This bastard boy knows that he will make trouble for me..."

"Sir, what does Mr. Yan have to ask you for?"

As Bertrand's secretary, he naturally knows the relationship between Bertrand and Yan Shao very well, and he also knows very well that Bertrand will only call him this when he is called Yan Shao, especially when the other party has caused him a lot of trouble.

For Yan Shao, the secretary still likes it very much—————— even though he is a man.

It's not because of some sexual orientations, it's just that when Yan Shao usually gave Bertrand gifts, he didn't forget to give some to the people around Bertrand, and these people naturally thought about Yan Shao's benefits.

Usually, he would always say some good things about Yan Shao in front of Bertrand, and if there was anything on Bertrand's side, he would also notify Yan Shao by telegram, so Yan Shao could be said to know everything that happened on Bertrand's side, as if he knew what was happening in Nanjing.

"It's that bastard boy, yes." Not knowing that even the secretary beside him was bribed by Yan Shao, Bertrand sighed and said. "That bastard boy asked me to get him some officers, preferably at the rank of colonel or general, saying that he was going to set up a large military academy..."

Asking Bertrand to help find some officers and even generals to come over, this is what Yan Shao asked him in the telegram.

Although Yan Shao had already established a small military school during the group period, the scale of that school was too small, and he could not train enough officers to go his own way. And if more instructors are brought in, the manpower on the side of the Ministry of Military Affairs will become insufficient—————— and the Ministry of Military Affairs will already need a lot of manpower to support it, after all, it is impossible to find a group of people who do not know a single word to fight the Ministry of Military Affairs.

Moreover, after the debate, the size of the Anhui Army was also expanded from more than 12,000 to nearly 40,000. The number of officers is as scarce as in the past. Yan Shao really can't spare extra manpower, so he can only take other routes, that is, the legendary foreign aid route...

Words of foreign aid. As once said, Yan Shao actually prefers the German Army.

The problem is that Yan Shao had already sent two or three hundred people to France for training earlier, and when they came back, they taught the same way as the French Army. If he was looking for a group of Germans to come back, the two would definitely clash with each other, and it would be impossible for Yan Shao to put the officers of the original French department into the cold palace and instead cultivate a new German department, which would be too stupid.

The most important thing is that although the French Army at this time was not an opponent of the German Army, after all, the gap between them was not very large. At most, it's the difference between the first and the second. Moreover, in this era, the French Army is not inferior to the army of any country, be it Great Britain or the United States or Russia, let alone Italy.

Except for Germany. The French Army is arguably the second strongest in the world.

At this time, following the French Army may not be much worse than Germany.

And by the time more than 20 years later, when planes and tanks began to be put into real mass use, France began to lag behind Germany across the board. Yan Shao is also sure that China's own army can already find a path of its own.

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Since Yan Shao began to send people to France. Two or three hundred people have already been sent.

Theoretically speaking, it is not impossible to select some people from here to be instructors, after all, they also receive pure French military training, and they also have actual combat experience, and they are even better than many students who graduated from French military academies.

However, they were serving in the Foreign Legion, which was only the size of a division. That is to say. No matter how much they pay attention to their studies, what they see and hear is the way of operation at the division level. There is not much understanding of the more advanced corps and corps levels.

To put it bluntly, I don't know at all.

After all, they had only spent a year in France, and a third or even half of them had been spent on the battlefield, and their theoretical knowledge was inevitably somewhat incomplete.

Many people's knowledge even stays at the battalion and company level, so that they are absolutely competent to be a battalion commander or company commander, but even if they are regimental commanders, they may not be able to do it.

Therefore, Yan Shao needs to build a large military academy again to help him train the officers under him. It's just that the officers under him don't know how to command troops at the division level, and naturally they can't know how to teach.

As a result, Yan Shao had no choice but to trouble the future father-in-law.

Anyway, his old man is now a lieutenant general, and he has a wide range of contacts in the French military circles, and even if the two of them look at each other unpleasantly, after all, there is Elanon, and Yan Shao is not afraid that the other party will pit him.

"What a trouble," Bertran sighed, and put the telegram away, and at the same time counted in his heart which officers were now retired, and at the same time were relatively short of money, and were willing to make a trip to China.

He still knows a lot about his future son-in-law, Bertrand, and he is very generous, so he doesn't have to worry that the price he offers will not be accepted by the person he found.

Soon, Bertrand found a few more suitable candidates in his heart, and it is not surprising that the French are romantic, and the price of romance is a lot of daily expenses.

In order to earn some money for the romance, Bertrand thinks that there will be a few guys willing to make a trip to China.

But before that, he has to check for his future son-in-law, so as not to make a few useless past plain and shame himself.

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Now that he had decided to help, Bertrand was still very efficient, and soon the list of selections had been made, and Bertrand had already started to contact them according to their contact information.

It's just that this group of people is not so easy to contact after all, so Bertrand can't give Yan Shao an accurate time.

On the other hand, the delegates from the provinces of Hankow and Shanghai have also arrived in Nanjing, and at the same time, the selection of the president has also entered a white-hot stage.

Because of what happened in Wuchang at the beginning, the Wuchang First Department almost became close to Huang Xing, and for the Wuchang First Department, no matter who is the president, it is okay, but Huang Xing can't do it, and vice versa is the same for Huang Xing.

It is also because of this relationship that the two sides are constantly seeking the support of various provinces in Nanjing. Among them, in addition to Huang Xing and Li Yuanhong. Yan Shao, who can be said to be the strongest and most prestigious, naturally became the object of contention between the two sides, and even the doorrail of Zongwu's residence in Nanjing was almost broken by these guys.

Although Zong Wu really wanted to choose one quickly, and then let himself be freed earlier. It's a pity that he doesn't have this right at all, so he had to shirk it while transferring the matter to Yan Shao, who was far away in Anqing.

Outside the Governor's Mansion in Anqing, Yan Shao had just returned from the manor in Dahu.

After more than a month of construction, the main body of the mansion has been almost completed, and now there are many workers putting the finishing touches on it, and there are also many workers in the mansion who are carrying out the final decoration.

To decorate this thing. Yan Shao actually didn't care very much. After all, men, as long as they are clean and concise. It's okay to be able to live.

But Yan Shao can deal with it, but Elino and Caterina can't, not to mention that there are Lu Ying and Otsuki Kaoru on the side to help, so the four of them have to spare a little time almost every day during this time. Then run to the manor to see how the renovation is going.

Sometimes Yan Shao also needs to go with him. Then ask him for his opinion or something.

God is pitiful, what opinion can Yan Shao have, and the most embarrassed will make his tired head hurt.

Today's head hurts, and just when Yan Shao was about to go back to the room to rest, he learned from his subordinates that Li Liang was now waiting for him in the living room.

After hearing the news, Yan Shao could only put down the mentality of resting, shifted the direction of his footsteps, and walked in the direction of the living room.

"The Governor..."

I saw Yan Shao come back. Li Liang, who was drinking tea in the living room, hurriedly stood up.

Although Yan Shao himself doesn't like to drink tea, there are many people who like to drink tea in this era. In addition, the Governor's Mansion usually needs to entertain guests, so there are a lot of high-quality tea from other places in the mansion, and some are sent to the door by others, Yan Shao took these out for the guests to taste, and even with some guys who usually like to come to the door to rub tea and drink...

Undoubtedly, Li Liang is one of them...

"What's the matter?" Motioning for Li Liang to sit down first, Yan Shao walked to the main seat and sat down, picked up a glass of juice and asked.

"That's the case, Zong Wu just sent a telegram back, saying that he couldn't stand it anymore, and wanted to ask the governor if he had made a decision, so that his side could be relieved..."

Zong Wu's side really couldn't stand it, so he sent a telegram to ask Li Liang to come over and ask, for which he even promised several meals, which can be said to be quite expensive...

"Is it about the election of the president in Nanjing?"

"Of course..."With a wry smile, Li Liang nodded.

"Is this..."Yan Shao hesitated for a moment, and only spoke after half a sound. Then choose Huang Xing..."

"Huang Xing?"

"That's right." Yan Shao nodded. "The economy of our province depends on foreign trade, and Jiangsu, which is under the jurisdiction of Nanjing, is just outside the Yangtze River, and the Yangtze River is within the reach of the British, but if those guys make us some trouble on the way, the British may not be willing to stand up, although I will not be afraid of them, but more is better than less..."

Of course, there is another reason that Yan Shao will not say, that is, although it seems that Huang Xing and Wuchang are in a stalemate now, it is precisely for this reason that the most descendant people choose Sun Yat-sen.

The reason is also very simple, because now Yuan Shikai has not been right, then Yuan Shikai must not be chosen. And choosing Huang Xing or Li Yuanhong will definitely not satisfy the other party, and Sun Yat-sen, who returned from abroad at this time, has become the only candidate.

First of all, his reputation is high enough, after all, he is one of the leaders of the Alliance, and he will definitely not be inferior to Huang Xing or Song Jiaoren in terms of status. The second is that there is no contradiction between him and the Wuchang family, and the Wuchang family will not oppose him if he is elected, in fact, this is one of the main reasons why Sun Yat-sen can become the president in history.

Naturally, if it's just that, forget it, the problem is that Sun Yat-sen, who has just returned to China, will definitely have many places to rely on Huang Xing. After all, they are well-known practical factions, and their influence in China is very deep, and Sun Yat-sen has just returned to China, and he doesn't know much about the situation in China, so there is always someone who has to stand up and make an introduction.

This person is undoubtedly Huang Xing.

If Huang Xing is offended at this time, then the fate of the Wuchang family in history is a good example.

It was because of the offended Huang Xing in Wuchang that the newly established Nanjing Provisional Military Government, except for one vice president who was Li Yuanhong, and the rest of the positions, the people in Wuchang Shouyi did not even get the position of deputy chief.

Yan Shao is not afraid of Nanjing, although there are many people there, but in Yan Shao's eyes, they are just a rabble. Back then, the Italians were able to surrender because of a group of natives, and Yan Shao didn't think that those people's armies would be much stronger than the Italians.

In fact, in Yan Shao's opinion, such an army can at most fight a tailwind battle, and a little headwind will be crushed for thousands of miles, just like when he was in Hankou.

It's just that now is the most vulnerable time for Yan Shao, although the establishment of the three divisions has been full, but most of the soldiers are still undergoing recruit training, and the weapons purchased from Germany and the United States are still on the way to be shipped.

As long as there are enough machine guns and artillery, and with strict training, a division's regular army can withstand ten times the civilian army, and if there is enough ammunition, it can even launch a counterattack after the opponent's blood has flowed. (To be continued......)