Expedition to Europe

Qin Yunpeng came to say goodbye to Qin Zhiyuan.

Europe was in a state of chaos, and the Republic of China was also in turmoil.

At the beginning of the year, Prime Minister Duan Hefei ordered a nationwide military reduction, and the governors of various places made some reductions, and then Sichuan caused chaos.

In early April, Liu Cunhou, the commander of the Second Division of the Sichuan Army, joined forces with Chen Zepei, the commander of the Fourth Division who was reduced, to attack Luo Peijin, the governor of Sichuan, on the pretext of unfair military reduction.

Luo Peijin served as Cai E's chief of staff during the National Protection War. During his tenure as governor of Sichuan, he implemented a policy of strengthening Yunnan and weakening Sichuan, which had long aroused the dissatisfaction of Sichuan generals. This time, the excuse of unfair military reduction was just a major outbreak of contradictions.

This was also the first warlord melee in the Republic of China, which opened up the warlord melee in the Republic of China.

As Duan Zhiquan's confidant and beloved general, Qin Yunpeng was transferred back to the Republic of China by Duan Zhiquan to serve as the governor of Sichuan to quell the rebellion.

This is actually Duan Zhiquan's move to protect Qin Yunpeng. The loss of the Second Brigade has not yet spread in China. If the actual situation of the battle is known in China, and there is Qin Zhiyuan's First Brigade as a comparison, Qin Yunpeng may not be able to turn over in a short time.

Now Duan Zhiquan transferred Qin Yunpeng away, and then entrusted all the military forces of the Republic of China in Europe to Qin Zhiyuan, hoping that Qin Zhiyuan would return the favor and help Qin Yunpeng bear this black pot.

In order to make Qin Zhiyuan bear it willingly, Duan Zhiquan promoted Qin Zhiyuan's major general rank to lieutenant general, and then promised to increase the manpower output to Europe, and gave Qin Zhiyuan the right to mobilize all the manpower of the Republic of China in Europe.

Qin Zhiyuan did not resist this black pot, but when he thought of the 5,000 sons and daughters who died in the battle, Qin Zhiyuan still felt blocked in his heart.

Blocked, people still have to look forward.

After obtaining the personnel power, Qin Zhiyuan immediately went to Hu Wei De to check all the human resources of the Republic of China in Europe.

It was not until this time that Qin Zhiyuan realized what he almost missed.

Although there are less than 10,000 people in Qin Yunpeng's army, there are more than 100 people who have studied in Europe and the United States, and many of them are from top universities at that time. In terms of the proportion of receiving higher education, it is much higher than Qin Zhiyuan's First Brigade.

After the start of the World War, some of these people stayed in Europe because they did not complete their studies, some came to Europe from the United States to fight because they wanted to serve the country, and some stayed in Europe because they had no room to play after returning to China.

After Qin Yunpeng set up his own mountain, unlike Qin Zhiyuan who advocated language learning, Qin Yunpeng focused his main energy on training the soldiers' military skills. Then the army needed a large number of translators, so these top students responded to the call of the country and joined the Second Brigade.

Fortunately, Qin Yunpeng still had some rationality, so when the war was the most tense, Qin Yunpeng did not send these people to the battlefield, otherwise, Qin Zhiyuan would probably fly a plane to catch up with Qin Yunpeng's train and shoot him.

Among these international students, most of them studied literature, and only a dozen studied science and engineering. This is also a common phenomenon at this time. Literature is emphasized over science. According to Chinese traditional customs, literature is the way to become an official, while science is a tricky trick.

Whether it is right or wrong to still insist on this idea, Qin Zhiyuan thinks that studying literature is probably the laziest way, because science and engineering emphasize "knowing this matter must be done in person", while literature, just sit there and talk nonsense.

Of course, no matter whether you study science and engineering or literature, as long as you reach the level of higher education, it is useful.

The schools and research institutes on Corsica are almost completed and need a large number of teachers and researchers. These talents with higher education come at the right time and can alleviate the problem of insufficient manpower in Qin Zhiyuan's hands.

But this is far from enough. After discussing with Hu Weide, Qin Zhiyuan sent a telegram to China, requesting to select more students to go to Europe or the United States to systematically learn theoretical knowledge and advanced technology. If the Beiyang government cannot afford the expenses required by these students, Qin Zhiyuan will bear it alone.

If Qin Zhiyuan took on the responsibility alone, he also had a requirement that all students must study science and engineering and return to China to serve for at least ten years after graduation.

Duan Zhiquan readily agreed to this question. Duan Zhiquan also knew the importance of talent, but the domestic affairs were complicated and had not been sorted out, so he could not take care of this aspect for a while.

Those who can become the prime minister of a country, or in other words, no matter in any era, as long as they can become the best, they will always have their own strengths, not as stupid as pigs as described in some history books, which are mostly biased.

It only took one night for Qin Zhiyuan to complete the adjustment of the First Brigade and the Second Brigade on paper.

The adjusted First Brigade and the Second Brigade will form a division, that is, the First Division of the Foreign Legion.

This division has two infantry brigades and an armored regiment, as well as a divisional artillery regiment, and a logistics department composed of baggage battalions, rescue battalions, engineering troops, and communications battalions. The military chiefs of each department are ready. Chen Kangjian is the head of the armored regiment, Liu Zizheng and Ge Lifu are the brigade commanders of two infantry brigades respectively, and Zheng Dali is still in charge of artillery.

The chief of the logistics department is not Qin Zhisheng, but Huang Fugui who has joined the army. Qin Zhisheng stayed in Corsica and served as the military and political chief of Corsica.

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Zhang Tianshou, who was originally staying on Corsica to train new recruits, was sent to Borneo. He led a training group of about 100 people and opened a training camp in Borneo in the name of "protection umbrella". At the same time, he sent people to protect the industries of Chinese in Borneo.

After the reorganization, the First Division had more than 20,000 troops, and the ratio of veterans to new recruits was about one to one. The old and the new could quickly form combat effectiveness.

After Qin Yunpeng returned to the Republic of China, Qin Zhiyuan resumed the state of monopolizing power. The Chinese workers sent to Europe by the Republic of China, plus the Chinese workers sent by Huang Bohan, added up to almost 20,000 people every month. A quarter of these people would join the army, a quarter would stay in Corsica to strengthen construction, and the remaining half would all be sent to the Renault factory to become industrial workers with certain processing capabilities.

When Qin Zhiyuan sent people to the Renault factory, he did not forget to draw people out. Now on Corsica, in the mountains northeast of Lei Ting City, a secret factory is being built. This will become the first factory in Qin Zhiyuan's hands.

A factory that belongs entirely to Qin Zhiyuan.

The significance of industry does not need to be emphasized. It will undoubtedly occupy the most important position and will remain unchanged. Qin Zhiyuan consciously cultivated various workers when he first started cooperating with Renault. Whether it was lathe operators, fitters, welders, or even loaders, as long as it was related to industry, Qin Zhiyuan would not let it go.

For more than half a year, this kind of training has begun to show results. In the Renault factory, there are workshops composed entirely of Chinese people, which can independently produce almost all military supplies from gunpowder to tanks. As long as Qin Zhiyuan is willing, he can set up a factory composed entirely of Chinese people at any time.

Only with the ability to be self-sufficient can Qin Zhiyuan gain a firm foothold.