Beiyang 1917

"The supervisor's words are eye-opening. If the scope of recruitment is broadened to urban and rural refugees, it will be much easier to recruit 8000 people, but the proportion of elimination in the future may not be small." Jiang Hongyu obviously quickly agreed Wang Geng put forward the ideas and pointed out the potential hidden dangers.

"It's not just refugees from cities and towns. I think veterans who have served in other armies are a better choice. These people basically don't have to learn military skills from scratch after re-enlisting. Of course, the potential hidden dangers are lax discipline and the old army. There are many veterans in other troops who don’t smoke opium these days, but it’s not easy to not gamble in their spare time.” Zhang Zhijiang couldn’t help but said.

"Gambling is easy. You can gamble if you have money. If you don't have money, you can gamble! But the opium smoker will never quit. Such soldiers cannot be recruited!" Shi Jingting, the former chief of the military law department, said coldly.

"According to the intention of the supervisor, why don't we... just pull people over from other sources? They are all veterans, and we can just clean up the military discipline!" Li Mingzhong finally said impatiently.

"Xiaodong's remarks are inappropriate. The supervisor has just returned from abroad and has suddenly ascended to a high position. In my opinion, we should keep a low profile. Don't let people sue to the Ministry of War before things are done. When the time comes It must be difficult to speak in front of Prime Minister Duan!" Liu Yufen shook her head and said.

"I'm afraid he's a fool. If he leads good soldiers, how can we pull the troops away with just a few words? One general is incompetent and exhausts the whole army. It's better for a person with lofty ideals to come to supervise and work hard together!" Li Mingzhong couldn't help it convinced.

Looking at the words of the generals, Wang Geng smiled inwardly. The generals of the 16th Mixed Brigade, whom Feng Yuxiang pulled together, had unknowingly started to think like the masters under his guidance. This was a good start. They say that recruiting good soldiers now is the starting point for them to become division commanders and brigade commanders in the future. It will be strange if they are not willing to work hard!

"Eight Immortals cross the sea, each show their magical powers, say a thousand words and ten thousand, the key is to recruit people with good qualities, even if they are temporarily misguided, as long as they are not fugitives who have committed heinous crimes, as long as you dare to recruit, I will dare to use them!" Wang Geng laughed. on the road,

"Of course, as the saying goes, father and son soldiers, and brothers who fight tigers. I know that there are many fellow villagers and relatives in the 16th mixed brigade. This style must be maintained and carried forward, but please also remember that in my Wang Geng's eyes There is no distinction between qualifications and regions, what is required is that you have real skills and you are willing to contribute to the country!"

When Wang Geng said this, he didn't forget to knock, and repeatedly emphasized that he treated the officers of the 16th mixed brigade equally in his eyes!

Everyone was silent for a while, thinking that this brigade commander and supervisor is new, while talking about father and son fighting against tiger brothers, and at the same time saying that they treat everyone equally, if they really want to treat them equally, why did they directly appoint Jiang Hongyu as the staff of their own staff headquarters? Long instead of Qiu Bin or Liu Yufen?

Seeing that everyone didn't seem to believe that he could really treat people equally, Wang Geng made it clear.

"I know that even though you are all trusted officers who were picked up by Boss Feng, your qualifications and feelings are not exactly the same. Qiu Bin, Shi Jingting, Zhang Zhijiang, and Lu Zhonglin, the second battalion commander of the artillery regiment, can be regarded as Boss Feng in Fengtian. Classmates from the Armed Forces Academy, brothers who have been together in the First Mixed Association, participated in the Luanzhou Uprising together again!"

Wang Geng revealed everyone's background one by one like a few treasures, which surprised all the officers present. Everyone turned their attention to Qiu Bin, the chief of staff, because the first thing Wang Geng saw after he arrived in Langfang was Qiu Bin. After shutting the door and talking for a long time, could it be that that guy Qiu Bin revealed all the details of the big guy when they met for the first time?

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Qiu Bin blushed and waved his hands in a hurry, "Heaven and earth conscience, the supervisor can pinch and count, but I didn't even have time to say a word to the brigade commander!"

Wang Geng's two identities, brigade commander and supervisor, are often misplaced by this young officer, and this guy doesn't care.

It's okay if Qiu Bin doesn't say anything, it's even more unclear after such an explanation, and there's no time?That is to say, if you have time, you plan to reveal the details of the big guy to the supervisor?

In the end, it was Wang Geng who rescued Qiu Bin. The brigade commander and supervisor smiled and said, "Don't guess, there is everything I want to know. I can tell you about the experiences of all the gentlemen here Eighty-nine are inseparable from ten."

"Chief of Staff Jiang, you and Liu Yufen are classmates who graduated from the Army's Accelerated School, but they are not considered to be part of Boss Feng's starting team. Boss Feng's first starting point is the brother from the Luanzhou Uprising. Of course, some of them, such as Han Fuqu, have less seniority. , the second closest to Boss Feng is the brothers from the Bizen Front Battalion, and the third is the brothers from when the 16th Mixed Brigade became an army!"

Wang Geng stopped Li Mingzhong, who still wanted to explain, and said with a smile,

"I'm not saying that Boss Feng's method of employing people is wrong, but it is an objective fact that our 16th mixed brigade academy is not as well developed as the guards and model companies. What's the difference?"

"Boss Feng loves soldiers like sons, our 16th mixed brigade is not the same as those warlords who drink soldiers' blood!" Zhang Zhijiang said with a red face.

"I know Boss Feng is good to the soldiers, but it's not uncommon for senior generals to kneel down and slap their own mouths at every turn? The way of war has changed significantly, and the future will be an era for professional soldiers to fight in a professional way!"

Wang Gengyu's earnest enlightenment, although he knows that there will be no obvious effect in a short time, but he really wants to build a more professional army, not a division commander or brigade commander who can pull the chief officer away at any time private army.

What would such an army look like?At least when the division commander ordered the soldiers to shoot at unarmed civilians or captives, he would not easily follow his orders. Wang Geng needed killing machines, but he didn't want his troops to be mindless killing machines. It's a double-edged sword that can hurt yourself at any time.

Wang Geng will choose a period of dictatorship, which does not mean that he believes that dictatorship is the only result and direction.

"Supervisor, what exactly is the professional army you're talking about?" Xue Dubi, the new Chief of the Military Judiciary, who has been silent all this time, couldn't help but ask. Like all the generals, he thought Wang Geng was a bit idealistic, but it counted. Xue Dubi, who was an intellectual before, really liked Wang Geng's style and views, and felt as if a heavy curtain had been lifted in front of him, and a fresh wind was blowing in.

"A professional army fights for its own ideals, not for a certain division commander or prime minister. A professional army is first of all a thoughtful army that knows what is right to do, even if it bleeds and sacrifices. Don't give up even if you know what is wrong, even a high-ranking official and rich salary can't be tempted!"

Wang Geng said with a firm tone, and his frank eyes radiated a sacred light in front of everyone.

"Supervisor, can you be more specific about the ideal you are talking about, I am afraid that the brothers will not be able to understand such an illusory...ideal for a while!"

Zhang Shusheng was very surprised and novel by Wang Geng's point of view. As Zhang Shusheng, who was four or five years older than Feng Yuxiang, he could actually be regarded as the big brother of this team, and he was the same hard-working one as Jiang Hongyu.

In fact, Zhang Shusheng has a kind of chivalrous spirit. He fled south to Shanghai after the failure of the Luanzhou Uprising in [-], and joined the Qing Gang and Hong Gang in Shanghai.As the senior member of the Qing Gang and the owner of Taiji Mountain and Changbai Mountain of the Hong Gang, he recruited apprentices of the Qing Hong Gang in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Zhenjiang, Nanjing, Bengbu, Xuzhou, Kaifeng, Hankou and other places.

So when Wang Geng talked about fighting for his ideals, Lao Zhang felt that it was a bit illusory and difficult to figure out.

"If you want to talk about ideals, doesn't your Boss Feng have a catchphrase called "serve the country with death"?" Wang Geng pondered for a moment, then smiled.

"That's right! You really know what it is to be the supervisor. Just now, the word "protecting the country" is embroidered on the sleeves of our military uniform last year!" Qiu Bin couldn't help but said, since this guy has the heart to take refuge in Wang Geng, So I thought about helping to show one or two.

"Serving the country to the death is the most basic ideal that every soldier should have. Of course, slogans are far from enough. Premier Duan and I have the same ideal at the moment, that is to unify Beiyang, unify the whole country, and separate the old Maozi and the young Drive the devils out of China, let China stand in the forest of nations in the world, and co-exist peacefully with the big powers in friendship, mutual benefit, and never let the Chinese be oppressed!"

Seeing that the generals looked at him suspiciously, Wang Geng said solemnly, "Of course the ideal must be lofty. This is my ideal and the highest ideal of our team in the future. Of course, for soldiers, it can be simplified as just letting yourself and your family Live with dignity in this society, so that our relatives can live a good life! On the basis of defending justice!"