Beiyang 1917

For all political forces in China in August 1917, the speed and scale of the Chinese model army participating in the war was a miracle. The Prime Minister and the Anhui faction seemed united and stronger than ever. If Feng Guozhang can accept the facts in front of him, then Beiyang under the sincere unity of Zhiwan will be stronger than ever!

Within the Anhui Clique, such a consensus has apparently been reached. Wang Geng and his participating troops did not have so many ideas about power struggles and politics. The establishment of the Air Force is the basic guarantee for his participating army air force, mechanized logistics support, and the development and operation of China Airlines' civil routes.

For example, the Beijing-Suiyuan Railway Company’s railway and highway projects around Beijing and the line from Zhangjiakou to Guisui Baotou were not only the channel he called for the participating troops to open up land to aid Europe, but also his duty as the place where the Suiyuan capital was built.

Not to mention that the China Charity Foundation established by this guy has taken a solid step in the development of domestic medical care, people's livelihood and philanthropy under the management of the former Prime Minister. No one knows how much Wang Geng's net worth is. But he invested a full 3500 million yuan in the China Charity Foundation alone.

From the outside world, the source of these funds is a mystery, but it is obviously not embezzled or withheld from loans to Japan and the United States, not to mention that the establishment of this China Charity Foundation has been handed over to Xiong Xiling for management. Donors looking for something in return, for this alone, no one can attack Wang Geng's character and integrity.

Not to mention the conditions he earned for the country during his participation in the war, what efforts he has made to successfully recycle and liquidate the old Beijing banknotes, and issue the new Zhongyuan banknotes smoothly. Everyone is suffering when using the new banknotes with extremely strong credit Participating in the War Supervision has created benefits for everyone.

Of course, although Wang Geng’s reputation of marrying five concubines in one go is good or bad, but his behavior of never stepping into Bada Hutong has made more people feel that he is a man who values ​​affection. The diamond tycoon Wang Lao Wu Wang Geng, who has no courtship, is the most eye-catching topic in the social circles of the entire capital.

There have never been people who came to the palace on Shifuma Avenue to propose relatives for the war supervisor, but the private life of the war supervisor still seemed so mysterious and regular. As long as he didn't go out to socialize at night from Monday to Friday, he must be at home with him woman.

On weekends, they must be in the mansion of the Deputy Finance Minister Lu Ding and the mansion of the Prime Minister Duan Qirui. Half of them are business affairs, and the other half are private affairs. It was this beautiful, generous, youthful and beautiful private secretary.

At the same time, the relationship between Lu Mei and Duan Hongbing's girlfriends is getting deeper and deeper. The three of them spend more time together than the two of them. Lu Mei seems to be Duan Hongbing's shadow, and Duan Hongbing Fing unknowingly became Wang Geng's shadow on weekends.

The two girls knew that Wang Geng was not married yet, and knew that he had no shortage of women to warm his bed, and knew that there was an uninterrupted stream of matchmakers coming to his door every day, and they both knew that the other party liked this young war supervisor.

Lu Mei and Duan Hongbin received a blend of Chinese and Western education. On the one hand, the system of monogamy and equality between men and women in Western countries made them yearn for it. It is a matter of course for father and brother.

Lu Mei's father had two concubines, while Duan Hongbing's own father had five concubines, even Xu Shuzheng had one wife and three concubines, and Duan Hongbing's elder brother, Duan Gongzi, had nine wives and concubines!Zhang Zuolin, the governor of Fengtian in the Northeast, heard that he also had six wives and concubines. In such a social environment, if Wang Geng had no concubines, he would be regarded as a monster of this era!

There are by no means few bigwigs from various factions who want to marry Wang Geng. Zhili Governor Cao Kun is one of them. Wang Geng replaced his Wu Peifu with the American equipment of a mixed brigade. This guy feels that he is similar to Wang Geng and the participating army It was a family, and happily sent someone to be a matchmaker for their daughter. When they entered the door, they bumped into the beauty sent by Fengtian Warlord Zhang Zuolin.

While waiting to go out, coincidentally, they bumped into the matchmaker sent by Feng Guozhang again. Although they greeted each other with a haha ​​and then dispersed, the vigilance and suspicion of each other behind them spontaneously arose.

Wang Geng was not in a hurry about his marriage. Although the Prime Minister was surprised, he secretly praised this guy for his determination, loyalty and honesty. The old Duan didn't take it to heart, but Wang Geng was busy every weekend, and he didn't care about it. He will spare time to come to Duan Mansion to pay his respects, and chat and laugh with Duan Hongbing and Lu Mei for a while. Since Wang Geng asked Erya to be his personal secretary, he has already expressed his attitude and just waited for the old man. sense.

Firstly, Lao Duan has nothing to worry about Wang Geng. He is not afraid that he will abduct Erya and elope. Secondly, he does not want to recruit the war supervisor as a son-in-law so quickly. Why do you need to engage in dramas such as the marriage between the prime minister and the war supervisor Weng and his son-in-law?

So Wang Geng's lifelong event has been dragged on. Of course, it has only been four months since he set foot on Chinese soil.

The establishment of the Fourth Division of the participating army on August 1917, 8 meant that the training of the participating army had entered a new stage. The Princess Mary on board the advance detachment had already arrived in the Mediterranean Sea. The requirements of Zhang Zizhong, the commander of the advance detachment, and Zhang Zhizhong, the chief of staff, are to learn to observe, to preserve themselves, and never to be cannon fodder indiscriminately!

The Third Division’s work of suppressing bandits in Suiyuan was carried out impressively. The Zhang Zhijiang Department of the Sixth Brigade of the Second Division stationed in Tianjin Machang even wiped out the bandits in Nanzhili. Afterwards, he was shot directly, but the crime was not as good as his family members!

With the three major disciplines and nine points of attention as the basic guarantee, the military discipline and morale of the participating troops have always been maintained at a high level, and the food and logistics are the first-class treatment. In the first week of August 1917, the unified arrangement of the Ministry of War Next, the first and fourth divisions of the participating army stationed in Nanyuan, together with the first, third, and No.8 divisions of the Beiyang Army, held a grand confrontation exercise between the Red and Blue Army in Beiyang Autumn Exercise!

More than 22 people, including representatives of 800 provinces, military governors of [-] provinces, ministers of five countries, and Chinese and foreign journalists, were invited to observe this exercise. The Ministry of the Army and the Ministry of the Army sent personnel to participate, and both parties participating in the exercise used blank bullets and shells.

The area for the Autumn Exercise Exercise was designated in Bazhou, north of Hejianfu, one step away from the Beiyang Hejian Autumn Exercise in 1905. The Beiyang First Division, Third Division and No.16 Division had 9 brigades with a total strength of 6 troops. For the blue army, the base camp is located in Baoding. The first and second divisions of the participating army have six brigades with a total strength of [-]. The red army has its base camp in Langfang.

The Blue Army is in fact the main force of the Zhili Gyeonggi. Among them, Cao Kun, the commander of the Third Division of the Zhili Governor Army, is the commander-in-chief of the Blue Army, and the commander-in-chief of the Red Army is Wang Geng, the commander-in-chief of the participating army. The reason why only the first and second divisions are used , because one division of the participating army is a diamond-shaped division composed of three mixed brigades, and the number of artillery pieces of one brigade exceeds that of one division of the Beiyang Army.

The field exercise is limited to 20 days. Whoever finally occupies Bazhou and can maintain the front line and ensure that the base camp is not lost will be the winner.

In this exercise, the Beiyang Blue Army has the upper hand in terms of force comparison. The Blue Army is 7 vs. 6, but it is not an order of magnitude at all in terms of firepower comparison. A division of the Blue Army has 75 54mm mountain artillery pieces, and the combined size of 9 brigades There are less than 200 artillery pieces.

The Red Army has 54 artillery pieces in one mixed brigade, two divisions and six brigades plus their respective heavy artillery regiments, 75 324mm caliber mountain field artillery pieces, and 150 72mm field artillery pieces.

至于机枪就更没法比，蓝军一边是9个旅加起来的马克沁重机枪不到400挺，红军这边六个旅光m1917a1勃朗宁水冷式重机枪就有1026挺，更不要说3000挺勃朗宁班用机枪！

The logistical support of the blue army still relies on people carrying horse-drawn loads. The artillery is all horse-drawn, and the brigade and battalion commanders also ride horses. Not only the logistics and ammunition of the red army are Dodge trucks and Ford TT utility vehicles. , The artillery was all pulled by Dodge trucks, and the brigade and battalion commanders all sat in Ford T-type command vehicles!

Moreover, the 108 wheeled armored vehicles converted from Ford TT multi-purpose vehicles in the armored car regiment of the first division are like little steel monsters when charging in open areas with snow chains.

The Red Army's m1903 Springfield rifle has a relatively small lead over the Blue Army's Mauser 98, but the Red Army's extra two M1 Garands and one squad machine gun completely overwhelmed the Blue Army's squad firepower. , not to mention that each platoon has a water-cooled Browning heavy machine gun.