Beiyang reactionaries

Xiong Kewu nodded in agreement, but quickly asked, "Then what do the generals of the First Mixed Brigade of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army think about?"

"Since it is a mixed brigade, it must be larger than an ordinary brigade. I think it should have three infantry regiments, one guard regiment, one artillery regiment, one logistics regiment, and one cavalry regiment, with an establishment of 8000 people. It can be added slowly. .”

"can."

Because of Xiong Kewu's straightforward temper, Duan Xun still respects Xiong Kewu very much in this regard, and discusses everything with Xiong Kewu.Xiong Kewu, the Minister of Military Affairs, was not emptied.

Xiong Kewu's ability is still outstanding.

One of the most powerful skills is a very good memory.He had an impression of many of the officers he had met.He is very familiar with the officer information of Duan Xun's Ministry.He is a very qualified Minister of Military Affairs.

"However, General. In the past year, our army has expanded too much, and there is a shortage of officers. Many grassroots officers can only be selected from some veterans. Although these veterans have rich combat experience, I think this is very important for the regularization of the army. Not good. The general still needs to solve this problem quickly."

In fact, the promotion of officers among soldiers is also a feature of many troops, especially in China now.But Duan Xun has always emphasized that the army needs to be regularized. Even if officers are promoted from among the soldiers, these officers must be trained in rotation at the military academy.However, due to the rapid expansion of the army during this period, many promoted grassroots officers did not have time for rotation training at all.Xiong Kewu, as the Minister of Military Affairs who is in charge of the fate of all officers in the army, is very familiar with the current situation.

"You guys are really..."

Duan Xun originally wanted to talk about you elm heads, but he didn't say anything.If it is Xu Yongchang, or Yang Jie, Chen Guodong, Duan Xun will not stop.But Xiong Kewu is here, Duan Xun can't say that Xiong Kewu is a Yumu head, so he swallowed his words.

However, although he stopped, he immediately said: "Think of a way, don't just focus on our military academy in Chengdu. We are only a military academy. Even if there are long-term classes, mid-term classes, and short-term classes, how many students can we train in a year?" Officer. Not to mention the current number of graduates, even if it is doubled or several times, it is impossible to meet the needs of our troops. So we must take a longer view."

"We have Yunnan and Guizhou around Sichuan. Yunnan has the Yunnan Lecture Hall, and Guizhou has the Guizhou Lecture Hall. A little farther away there is Wuchang Army Middle School, Jiangnan Army Middle School, and Baoding and Baoding Military Academy. Send people out and actively No matter what I say now, I am the governor of Sichuan, and there should be no problem in attracting some military school students. The graduates of the army middle school are all trainee platoon leaders. The graduates of Baoding Military Academy are the deputy Company commander. As long as they have been in my army for three months, they will all have real jobs. I don’t believe that they can’t attract talents.”

Lack of officers?

Definitely.All Chinese armies have expanded very rapidly in the past few years, and each of them is desperately expanding their armies.As long as the army is expanded, a large number of officers will definitely be needed.But that doesn't mean there's really no way.

Because many of the large-scale military expansions are local warlords.

who are they.

It's a warlord.

For warlords, the first thing they consider is definitely not the combat effectiveness of the army, but the loyalty of the army.Just look at what happened to Wang Wenhua and Tan Yankai.Wang Wenhua can be regarded as the founder of the Guizhou New Army, but those people usually admire Wang Wenhua, but that doesn't mean they completely obey Wang Wenhua.This time Tan Yankai was dismissed by Duan Qirui, and those Hunan troops did not fight to the death for Tan Yankai.Because although they are direct descendants of Tan Yankai, that's all.

To be honest, although Wang Wenhua and Tan Yankai belong to warlords, they are definitely not qualified warlords.

A truly qualified warlord, what they consider is the loyalty of the army.In order to ensure this, the promotion of officers by warlord troops is to promote the most reliable people.Teachers and students, fellow villagers, classmates, clan members, these are the people promoted by the warlords.

In fact, you don't need to talk about others, just look at Duan Qirui.

Duan Qirui's Anhui army mainly relied on the teacher-student relationship.In the early years of the various military academies of the Beiyang Army, Duan Qirui was the general manager most of the time at that time, so many senior officers of the Beiyang Army can be regarded as Duan Qirui's students.Relying on this relationship, Duan Qirui attracted a large number of people.In addition, Duan Qirui had successively served as the commander of the third, fourth, and sixth towns of the Beiyang Army, so many of them were Duan Qirui's subordinates for many years.These are the backbone members of the Anhui Department of the Beiyang Army.

But Duan Qirui didn't just rely on these.

Duan Qirui's brothers-in-law, Wu Guangxin and Chen Yuzhang, have more brothers-in-law because Duan Qirui has remarried many times.Among them, many brother-in-laws are currently senior generals of the Beiyang Army and hold great power.There is also Duan Zhigui, although there is no exact relationship, but the two also belong to the same ancestor, because they are both from the Yingshan Duan family.Whether it is true or not, everyone believes that the two people are from the same family.

So is Duan Xun.

Although Duan Xun and Duan Qirui are not from the same clan, they are married to Duan Qirui's niece and are also relatives of Duan Qirui.

This is warlord.

Relying on the relationship between teachers and students, fellow villagers, and relatives to maintain their troops.

Liu Xianshi's Guizhou guerrilla army, Wang Wenhua didn't like it at all, thinking it was a backward form of composition.In terms of combat effectiveness, Liu Xianshi's Guizhou guerrilla army was no match for Wang Wenhua's army.But at the critical moment, when it comes to the loyalty of the army, Liu Xianshi's Guizhou guerrilla army completely destroyed Wang Wenhua's army.Because the Guizhou guerrilla army was staffed by the children of the Liu family from top to bottom.

Because of this, many military school graduates, although many troops are in demand, many people in the warlord army are suppressed.And after they graduated from the military academy, they only wanted to return to their own provinces.Because when they go to troops in other provinces, their officers will treat these military students differently.

This is the opportunity.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty established military academies in every province, most of which were army primary schools.After the Revolution of [-], in order to compete for talents, many provinces still retained Army Primary Schools.

Therefore, there are still many military school graduates.

As long as you give them a chance, you can still attract many military students.

"I will pay attention to this."

Yang Jie spoke.

Duan Xun looked at Yang Jie and said: "Brother Geng Guang (Yang Jie), you also have many classmates and friends in the military. We must make full use of this relationship and help us attract talents. Also, our military academy needs to expand. It's better to ask yourself."

"I know."

"Brother Jinfan (Xiong Kewu), I will arrange for people to bring in many students from the Yunnan Lecture Hall to our army. You should be prepared and arrange them well."

"it is good."

Xiong Kewu didn't ask what method Duan Xun used to attract students from Yunnan Lecture Hall.But since Duan Xun said so, it shows that Duan Xun has channels and methods.The teaching quality of the Yunnan Lecture Hall is still very high, and it is definitely a good thing for the troops to be able to introduce their students.So Xiong Kewu nodded.

"Yiting (Chen Guodong), the weapons and ammunition assigned by Premier Duan have already left Yichang and will arrive in Chongqing within a few days. I have already telegraphed Fang Chen (Han Linchun) to ask the Armament Department to leave half of the ammunition in Wanxian. Tian Songyao's troops have separated from the Fourth Division, so the Fourth Division needs to be replenished, and this batch of munitions is used for the Fourth Division's re-establishment of troops. Your mobilization department prepares to replenish the Fourth Division with new recruits."

"Yes."

"Brother Jinfan, the Ministry of Military Affairs must also cooperate with the Fourth Division at all times to determine the reorganization plan of the Fourth Division."

"it is good."

The territory is increasing and the army is expanding, which puts great financial pressure on Duan Xun.But even so, Duan Xun gritted his teeth and persisted.Money can be earned in the future, but there must be no military problems now.

While expanding the army, Duan Xun also understood the warlord wars of the Republic of China.

Reading books say how warlord wars brought disasters to the country, but in fact it is beyond comprehension just by imagination.But when he really became a warlord, Duan Xun realized the harm of warlords to China.In order to fight, we can only continue to expand the army, and in order to expand the army, we can only increase military expenditures.But where did the military expenditure come from?

There are people who sell national sovereignty and borrow from foreign powers, but this is not so easy.Because the support of a warlord by the great powers also depends on whether you have the strength and whether you can bring benefits to yourself.Therefore, some small warlords, or warlords in closed provinces, can only keep raising taxes in order to raise military expenses.The oppression that this brings to the people of one side is very serious.

"Report."

"Come in."

"General, the latest news."

"read."

"Fu Liangzuo, the governor of Hunan, and Zhou Zhaoxiang, the interim governor of Hunan, left Changsha. Prime Minister Duan investigated and dealt with the dismissal of Fu Liangzuo and Zhou Zhaoxiang, and appointed Wang Ruxian as the commander-in-chief to act as the governor of the army."

Duan Xun frowned.

I don't know who to blame.

When Fu Liangzuo entered Hunan this time, he did not have his own troops in his direct line.The only ones to rely on are Wang Ruxian's Eighth Division and Fan Guozhang's No.20 Division.However, Wang Ruxian and Fan Guozhang suddenly proposed a peace agreement before the battle, and Fu Liangzuo's departure from Changsha was justifiable.What can I do if I stay in Changsha.

And Duan Qirui's thoughts can also be understood.

Fu Liangzuo, a direct descendant, has run away, so things in Hunan cannot be left alone.At present, Wang Ruxian and Fan Guozhang still have an army in their hands. It is a helpless way to promote them and let them take charge of Hunan.

The situation in Hunan is about to deteriorate.