Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Wang Zhenyu also felt that it seemed a bit harsh. This is not the selection of officers, but the selection of special forces.However, Wang Zhenyu didn't plan to make any changes. He also wanted to see what level the soldiers under him were, and maybe there would be some surprises waiting for him!

The next day's big competition, each team is pulling the soldiers to the training ground to cheer for the soldiers recommended by them. The girls stopped teaching the five idiots to sing, but let the five idiots lead the way and guide them. Come and watch the contest.This scene is rare, and Miss Ye is almost the most excited one, pulling the sisters and yelling non-stop, attracting the attention of the audience before the game starts.

As the chief referee, Xu Yuanquan was announcing the content and rules of the competition loudly to the fifty contestants. There was no need to say anything else, but Xu Yuanquan only emphasized one point: "Anyone who violates the rules will be automatically disqualified from the competition. Understand. Yet?"

Everyone replied in unison: "Understood."

Xu Yuanquan immediately showed his true colors as an instructor, and shouted at the soldiers: "I haven't eaten, speak up, I can't hear you."

"I understand"

"Okay, go draw lots."

After the lottery was drawn, it was natural that the number was in place. Wang Zhenyu had already asked the guards to use the low benches used by everyone in the cultural class to divide the playground into a circular runway. The total length of the run was about 400 meters, and all the cheerleaders were running in the middle. .

The first item is fighting, in short, fighting.And it's one-on-one, which is a bit violent, but isn't the army itself a violent group, if it's not violent, it's gentle like a scholar, so is it still a soldier?

Chapter 035 Winter Training ([-])

In the blink of an eye, it was already mid-February in 1912. Great news came from Beijing. The wise and mighty Emperor Xuantong officially announced his abdication, and the North and South were finally reconciled.Immediately, the sound of firecrackers, gongs and drums rang out, and the whole city of Nanjing became extremely lively. Hundreds of thousands of militiamen and Nanjing citizens chose to temporarily forget the recent difficult life, and everyone was celebrating this good news from the bottom of their hearts. (It is indeed good news. The emperor has fallen, and everyone is no longer a chaotic party, and their lives are guaranteed)

In the eyes of most people, all the sufferings in this country come from the damned Qing Empire. Now that the emperor has abdicated, he should have a better life in the future.At the Ninth Brigade's resident, Wang Zhenyu was on the balcony looking coldly at his subordinates who were having a carnival on the playground.Although I know that the abdication of the Qing emperor is not the end of the suffering, but the beginning of a new round of suffering, but he is not stupid enough to come out at this time to pour cold water on everyone. Dinner to celebrate this huge victory.

Now that the emperor was gone, the plan of the Northern Expedition was also cancelled. Wang Zhenyu immediately became idle, and he was happy to pay attention to the situation in Hunan province.

Strictly speaking, the situation in Hunan faced by Tan Yankai after he became the governor of Hunan is very complicated, and various forces are eager to try. In this situation where fish and dragons are always mixed, the most fatal point is that Tan Yankai himself does not have armed force. To put it simply It is the lack of reliable armed protection.

But it was in such an extremely unfavorable situation that Tan Yankai's extraordinary ability was revealed.

Don't look at Granny Tan who is only in her early 30s, she has a skillful wrist and a deep city, which is really rare in China.He first reached a mutual understanding with the Tongmenghui, and sent people to comfort the families of the two governors, Jiao and Chen, who were killed.At the same time, he also thanked Mei Xin for supporting his superior, and appointed him as the commander of the Fifth Division of the Hunan Army and the guardian of Changbao.Tan Yankai naturally has ways to deal with the troops left by Jiao Dafeng and Chen Zuoxin.First of all, in the name of aiding the revolution in Hubei, these troops were successively transferred to the front line in Hubei.Before leaving, he also asked the ministries to sacrifice for the revolution without looking back.

In layman's terms, you should all die in Hubei, and don't come back.

For the dissidents who stayed in the province, Tan Yankai even used his strength to instigate Mei Xin's troops to kill them.Through secret deception and public suppression, a two-pronged approach quickly settled down local forces such as the Baoqing military government branch.

As for Wang Longzhong returning with his troops to settle accounts, that would be even better.Tan Yankai first took advantage of Wang Longzhong's power to scare away Mei Xin who was entrenched in Changsha and controlled him.Then he appointed Huang Luanming, the old chief of No. 49, who was not in Changsha during the revolution, as the director of military affairs of the military government because he participated in the autumn exercises.After Huang Luanming ran to Wang Longzhong relying on his former prestige to convene the old department for a while, he said that everyone dared not act rashly again, and Wang Longzhong finally lost the chance to become the governor.

Tan Yankai took advantage of the relationship with all parties to resolve a huge crisis invisible.Later, Tan Yankai brought in the supervisor of the second battalion of the original 49th bid who also participated in the autumn exercises, that is, Chen Qiang, Wang Zhenyu's predecessor.He was appointed as the commander of the Eighth Brigade of the Fourth Division of the Hunan Army, and took over half of Wang Longzhong's forces.

Tan Yankai is still looking for contacts, looking for acquaintances, and preparing to form a more reliable army. . .

All these were written by Lu Diping to tell himself. Lu Diping was quite a character, and he told himself very straightforwardly that he also accepted Tan Yankai's solicitation, and most of the officers under Master Wang had already been solicited.

Damn, this Granny Tan is really good at building relationships!After reading the letter, Wang Zhenyu couldn't help sighing.

There is a saying in later generations that is very in line with the national conditions, that is, how high a person can achieve has little to do with ability, the most important thing is to see what level of people you can recognize.

Isn't it just for relationship, and I will do it too.

With this in mind, Wang Zhenyu immediately asked Ma Xicheng and Zhao Dongsheng to send invitations everywhere. Now that he is a major general in the army anyway, he still has the face of inviting people to dinner.

If someone invites someone, someone will eat it. In addition, Wang Zhenyu is generous in his actions and speaks decently.

There are two people who come here often, and they are very familiar with Wang Zhenyu.

One is Wang Zhixiang, commander of the Third Army, from Zhili, in his 50s.Before the revolution, he was the chief political envoy of Guangxi, and he was in charge of the Six Battalions in Guilin. After being persuaded by his brother-in-law Liu Renjun from Hunan, he joined the revolution and became the deputy governor of Guangxi.However, he had a quarrel with another deputy governor, Lu Rongting, and had to take his own troops to Nanjing to prepare for the Northern Expedition. He didn't want the Qing Emperor to abdicate, and the Northern Expedition was cancelled.Now Lu Rongting refuses to let him go back to Guangxi, and stays in Nanjing, and the Liushou Mansion will not give him a penny of military pay.Facing the [-] mouths that want to eat under his hands, Wang Zhixiang feels helpless now, no, he drinks with Wang Zhenyu here every day.

The other is Tian Yingzhao, the brigade commander of the 35th Brigade, Wang Zhenyu's fellow Hunanese, [-] years old, and he is a general.Speaking of the bandits in western Hunan, everyone may know, but in fact these people were not bandits at first. They were formed for historical reasons. When the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was suppressed, Tian Xingshu, a Phoenix man in western Hunan, was the father of Tian Yingzhao.He led the team into the Hunan Army, and then followed Zuo Zongtang to Xinjiang to fight the Russians.After fighting all the way, he became the governor of Guizhou.Just like Feng Zicai had the Cui army, Tian Xingshu had the army under his command. These troops were not disbanded by the court, but continued to exist as volunteers.It then became a local armed group.The famous Gansu Majiajun (not the track and field team) was also formed in such a model.Therefore, the origin of the banditry in Xiangxi is not bandits, but the volunteers (temporary workers without establishment) left over from the Qing Dynasty.Just because they resisted the rough reorganization of cadres who went south after liberation, they embarked on the "wrong path" against the people's government. Naturally, according to their political orientation and propaganda needs, they became bandits who ate human flesh and drank human blood.By the way, there was also a great literati named Shen Congwen in Ganjun, but I won't mention it here.

This Tian Yingzhao is the third eldest child. He likes to wear a mustache and is nicknamed Tian Huzi.Lao Tzu died within a few years of his birth, spoiled by his mother and daughter, and belonged to a master who had never learned well since childhood.Later, he entrusted his connections to enter the Hunan Army Academy, but was expelled from the school for beating foreign instructors. He failed to recruit and had to go abroad to study in Japan, but was assimilated by the Revolutionary Party.After returning to China, Tian Yingzhao actually served as Wang Zhenyu's teacher and was the general manager of the Army Primary School. However, Wang Zhenyu didn't remember that he had such a teacher. Anyway, the two have become friends now.

When attacking Yuhuatai in Nanjing, Tian Sanshao asked himself to be a death squad and made his first contribution. Huang Xing appreciated it and appointed him as the commander of the [-]th Brigade.

Tian Yingzhao liked Wang Zhenyu, a generous and straightforward little fellow, and even warmly invited Wang Zhenyu to smoke opium with him, saying that it was the finest Yunnan tobacco, which was so rare.Wang Zhenyu was so scared that he was taken aback for a while, this revolutionary is also taking drugs?

But thinking about it makes me feel relieved, just like the second generation of officials and the second generation of rich people like to take drugs to seek excitement. In the late Qing Dynasty, the rich and powerful class smoked opium. afford.The more famous one is Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang. This adult was a tiger general when he was young, but he was a smoker when he was old.During the First Sino-Japanese War, he was ordered to command [-] Hunan troops to the Northeast to fight against Japan, but he was addicted to cigarettes, and he was drunk all day long, and the time he could sit up and do business was only a few hours.This is really a lion who was once the leader of a lion and later became a pig. He came to command the Hunan Army. The result can be imagined.With such an old man on the stall, the Hunan Army naturally showed no aggressive performance in the battle of Liaodong.In the end, Liaodong fell, and the Hunanese had no choice but to cry bitterly and regret that the Hunanese had wronged the country.

This Young Master Tian San will be a serious second-generation official and second-generation army in later generations. It is normal for him to like to take drugs.It's a pity that Wang Zhenyu doesn't want to be Zhang Xueliang, and he doesn't plan to live to be as long as 105 years old. Naturally, I am grateful for this.

Staying in Nanjing was a little boring, and the training was handed over to his subordinates. Wang Zhenyu, who had nothing to do, thought that since he came to the Yangtze River Delta, the most affluent place in China, he must do some business.

If I want to make a name for myself in the future, talent and money are both indispensable.

In Wuhan, I have Ye Zuwen as a comprador, and this old boy is dedicated to his work.But if a person wants to stand firm, it is absolutely impossible to rely on only one leg.

I still need to have a leg, but Ye Zuwen will come to Nanjing soon, maybe he can find another leg for himself!

ps: Character brief introduction: Wan Yaohuang (1891-1977), named Wanqi, styled Wuqiao, Dicky, in his later years he called himself Yanshan Old Man.The second general of the Kuomintang Army. At the age of 17, he did not study at the Primary School Attached to the Lianghu Normal School, and joined the army. He was admitted to the Hubei Army Primary School, the Army No. 1926 Middle School, the Army Military Academy, and the Army University to receive a complete new military education.During his studies, he participated in the Rizhi Association, the Tongmenghui, and the Kuomintang, and participated in the Revolution of [-], the Anti-Yuan Movement, and the Jingxiang Independence Campaign.After graduation, he served as chief of staff of the Hunan and Hubei Army. After [-], he participated in the Northern Expedition, the Rebellion, and the War of Resistance Against Japan. The deputy division commander, division commander, army commander, and regiment commander accumulated meritorious service and became generals.During the Anti-Japanese War, he was transferred to be the director of education of the Army University and the Central Military Academy. After the victory, he became the chairman of the Hubei Provincial Government and was transferred to the director of education of the Central Training Corps.

Chapter 036

There was a strong sense of decadence between the lines in the uncle's letter. It seemed that the uncle had suffered a severe blow.As for the letter itself, Wang Zhenyu didn't really care much about it, because he had already received a letter from Lu Diping before, so he knew roughly what happened.Looking at the content of the uncle's letter, it is true that for the sake of the overall situation, he had to give up the matter of revenge.

However, he also knew from this letter what kind of person Tan Yankai was. Although he was only in his early thirties, he was a young man. When he became a "heartist", Wang Longzhong was still studying in a military academy in Japan.Such a character, seeing Wang Longzhong approaching menacingly, and that cunning Mei Xin fled to Hengyang with her troops when she saw that the situation was not right.But in this extremely unfavorable situation where there were enemies of tigers and wolves outside, but no soldiers to use inside, Tan Yankai successfully turned the situation around.

On the one hand, Tan Yankai publicly declared that he was willing to give up the position of governor to Wang Longzhong to avoid the civil war in Hunan; Please, Huang Luanming, as an old officer, appeases the coveted First Association outside Changsha City.Huang Luanming is the old standard of the 49th standard, and his prestige is usually high. The officers of the First Association, including Wang Longzhong, are still his old troops.So when he went to the First Association, he was reprimanded, angrily scolding Wang Longzhong and the others for committing crimes above, disregarding the overall situation, and ruining the situation.

Finally, Tan Yankai promised to recognize Jiao Dafeng and Chen Zuoxin as revolutionary martyrs, and each family would give 4 yuan in pensions.Under such circumstances, the barbaric Wang Longzhong, who usually handles things with ease, gave up and accepted the leadership of Dudu Tan.Wang Zhenyu looked at the letter from the clan uncle and knew that he, a careless clan uncle, would not be far away from completely withdrawing from the political stage.

Don't look at Tan Yankai's trying to win over him now, when Lao Tan has his own direct line, it is estimated that the uncle of the clan will either be killed or go to the wild, and there is no other way out.The clan uncle was extremely brave on the battlefield, but he was short-sighted and naive in politics. Wang Zhenyu gave this clan uncle a very accurate position, the benevolence of a woman.

After experiencing the turmoil of the Wang Longzhong incident, Tan Yankai's pace of grasping military power has obviously accelerated.At the end of December, the Hunan military government reported to Huang Xing the preliminary reorganization plan of the Hunan Army: the Hunan Army had established a total of five infantry divisions, of which Wang Longzhong's troops were organized into the fourth division. This order itself was an obvious omen.The commander of the fourth division is naturally Wang Longzhong, who has the seventh and eighth brigades under his jurisdiction. , Head of the Sixteenth Regiment.And according to Lu Diping's hint in the second letter, the situation in the division is also very complicated recently. Many people flirt with the military government. There is obviously a problem with the control of the various departments by the clan uncle Wang Longzhong.

Wang Zhenyu shook his head, and kept these letters, which was a habit of his.

Wang Zhenyu suddenly remembered one more thing, he and his troops seemed to be left alone.

Wang Zhenyu, the battalion that was left in Hubei and has not been withdrawn, and the governor Tan Yankai who is busy with everything, really didn't pay attention.Not only did he not pay attention, Huang Luanming, the Minister of Military and Political Affairs of Hunan Province, who was in charge of the reorganization plan, did not pay attention or deliberately did not pay attention; ask.He treats guests and drinks all day long, and he is so drunk that he doesn't know if he is really stupid or if he is pretending to be stupid to save his life.Therefore, because of various citations that can be explained and reasons that cannot be explained, the Second Battalion, which made illustrious military exploits at Yudaimen, was forgotten by everyone in such a bunch of intentional or unintentional inattention, and became a wild child.

However, the Hunan military government can forget the second battalion, but Huang Xing, the army chief of the Nanjing interim government, will not forget it.At this moment, he is proud of the spring breeze, and he still remembers in his heart the most difficult days in Hanyang, who stood up and turned the situation around for him, it was none other than Wang Zhenyu.After the retreat of the Hubei and Hunan Army, the battalion remained in Hanyang and followed its own command to stabilize the morale of the army.This person has merit, and this army has merit. The Hunan side can forget him, but how can Huang Keqiang, who values ​​love and righteousness, forget him.

So President Huang swiped his pen, and the designation of the Ninth Brigade of the Fourth Division of the Hunan Army was given to Wang Zhenyu's department.In addition, in the name of the Army Department of the Nanjing Provisional Government, Wang Zhenyu was directly appointed as the commander of the Ninth Brigade of the Fourth Division of the Hunan Army and awarded the rank of Major General.Huang Xing also understood the embarrassing situation of this unit very well. In the order, Huang Xing clearly ordered the brigade to be expanded and formed by the original No. 49 Second Battalion. After the expansion is completed, it does not need to be rebuilt. Headquarters, prepare to participate in the Northern Expedition.At the same time, in order to commemorate the victory of the Hankou counterattack, Huang Xing also wrote a special notice to the whole army and awarded the brigade the title of "Tiger Brigade".

In Hunan, Tan Yankai didn't have any objection when he received the order from Nanjing. Now, in order to secure the position of governor, who was stained with the blood of the members of the League, he still needs the support of Huang Xing, the veteran of the League.Therefore, he obeyed all Huang Xing's orders, but it was a small brigade, and after the formation was completed, it had to be directly invested in the Northern Expedition. Tan Yankai was not very concerned about this.As usual, he instructed the military and political department to supply the department as needed, and appended his name to Huang Xing's order. As for whether the military and political department would follow suit, that was out of his control.After more than a month, most of the main officers of Wang Longzhong's two brigades and four regiments have joined him. Even if Wang Longzhong has one more brigade under his name, what troubles can he cause?

No one at that time could have imagined that such an order just out of Huang Xing's personal preference would later affect the historical trend of the entire Republic of China. . .

"Congratulations, general." After getting the news, all the teams rushed to congratulate Wang Zhenyu.You are not stupid. You have been promoted from a battalion to a brigade, and the leader has changed to a general. Now everyone will have a chance to be promoted.

"Tiger Brigade" Wang Zhenyu is still struggling with the name, and it is easy for him to think of the Sri Lankan Tigers in later generations? Does Chief Huang Xing want himself to be a revolutionary terrorist?There was chaos in my mind.

"The official order hasn't come down yet, and no one has come from Changsha. What are you guys doing here, get out of here and go back to training."

Wang Zhenyu drove away the group of sycophants with a haughty face, and Wang Zhenyu sat quietly in a chair alone in a daze.

I have actually become a general. In more than two months since I came to this era, I have changed from a down-and-out college graduate who could not even find a decent job to a major general and brigade commander in the civilian army. This is really the current situation Create a hero.Wang Zhenyu felt the pressure coming to him. He knew that he was not the Wang Zhenyu who received the formal education of the Hunan Army Primary School. His promotion to major general was just an unreasonable gamble in Hankou. He played a night attack and got away with it. up.To be honest, he doesn't think he is a qualified soldier, and the training of the soldiers under him is just a little knowledge he has learned from watching his father's childhood memories of leading soldiers and various military-themed novels and TV dramas.But his father was only a battalion-level cadre all his life, and he is now a major general, and he is the kind who really leads troops, not a general who is a singer.

At the beginning, I only took care of the more than 700 people in my own battalion. Although there was some pressure, I didn't feel anything.