Years of the Republic of China 1913

Half an hour later, the headquarters of the 78th regiment.

Bai Chongxi, head of the regiment, Cao Wenlian, deputy head of the regiment, Zhang Zhizhong, chief of staff, Ye Ting, commander of the first battalion, Gu Zhutong, commander of the second battalion, and Deng Yanda, commander of the third battalion, sat in a conference room with simple decoration.

Among these people, except Cao Wenlian, the other five graduated from the Central Military Academy. Among them, Bai Chongxi, Ye Ting and Gu Zhutong all participated in the European Expeditionary Force. Zhang Zhizhong and Deng Yanda graduated early after the Sino-Japanese Jiaozhou Bay War in Shandong and stayed in Wu Peifu. Under his command, he was transferred from Shandong to the 78th Regiment of the Mongolian Military Region with Cao Wenlian.

Normally, officers above the battalion level of the 78th Regiment often hold regular meetings, but the content of these meetings is mainly to discuss the training and tactical interpretation of each unit. Everyone knows that Bai Chongxi went to the headquarters early this morning after being notified by the military region, and hurried back to call everyone for a meeting. Something big must have happened.

Deng Yanda's temper was the most impatient. He couldn't wait to ask Ye Ting next to him about the content of the meeting as soon as his buttocks sat on the chair. , quietly waiting for the head of the group, Bai Chongxi, to announce the start of the meeting. [

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Bai Chongxi signaled the guards to close the door and keep it outside so that no one could come near. Then he coughed lightly and said, "Everyone! It has been half a year since our 78th Regiment was established. During this half year, I will thank you all for your hard work. Great progress has been made in both soldier training and tactical interpretation. It can be said that in the entire national defense force sequence, our 78th Regiment is a well-deserved elite, and we are also proud of being officers of the 78th Regiment at all levels!"

Following Bai Chongxi's words, everyone showed complacency on their faces.Indeed, as Bai Chongxi said, after more than half a year of continuous training and tactical interpretation, there is no unit in the National Defense Forces that can compare with the 78th Regiment, not to mention that the 78th Regiment far surpasses ordinary troops in terms of training, tactics, and equipment configuration. force.Among the officers sitting here, some came from the old Eighth Division, which is known as the strongest KMT army.Some have personally experienced the local war between China and Japan, and some have fought against elite German troops in the European battlefield, but compared with these troops, they can proudly say that under the same strength, no matter the Neither of those troops was an opponent of the 78th regiment, which is enough to show how powerful the 78th regiment is.

Just when some people felt proud of their troops and felt complacent, Bai Chongxi's tone suddenly changed.He also said: "But! The so-called elites are not spoken out, nor are they produced by practice! What is an elite? An elite is produced in a sea of ​​corpses! Heaps of mud, everything is useless! Some troops in the military region laughed at our 78th Regiment as the Imperial Forest Army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but it was nothing more than that in reality. Could it be that our 78th Regiment is satisfied with this superficial number one in the world? No! This It is definitely not the wish of the 78 officers and soldiers of our 6000th Regiment, let alone what I, Bai Chongxi, want!"

"Who refuses to accept it! Those who refuse to accept it will come out to compete with us! Not to mention a regiment, even my battalion can beat them all over the ground!" Deng Yanda was the first to jump up when he heard this.Shouting red-faced, followed by Ye Ting.Then even Gu Zhutong couldn't help standing up.

Seeing the indignant expressions of the three battalion commanders, instead of being angry, Bai Chongxi smiled.The leader of the army must have this kind of unconvinced spirit. Only when the commander is like this, the soldiers below will be like screaming little tigers. Only such an army can be worthy of great responsibility.

"What's the use of shouting a few times? Shouting a few words can scare people into submission? What a joke!" He restrained his smile.Bai Chongxi glanced at everyone with sharp eyes, and said with a sneer: "Military exercises don't explain anything? Only real swords and real guns are real guys on the battlefield! Besides, our 78th regiment is the army of the country, the elite of the national defense force, isn't it? Can you still point your weapons at your brother troops to compete?"

"This..." Bai Chongxi's words made Deng Yanda and the others speechless.They looked at each other and didn't know how to tell the difference.

Seeing that Huohou was almost done, Bai Chongxi finally revealed the mystery: "If you want to prove that you are number one in the world, you have to prove it with your military exploits. Now! There is such an opportunity, whether it is a mule or a horse, why don't you take it out for a walk?" , It’s bad, our 78th regiment is not worthy of the name, if we fight well, it means that our 78th regiment is the real number one army of the national defense force!”

"Want to fight?!"

As soon as Bai Chongxi finished speaking, this thought immediately flashed through everyone's minds. For more than half a year, they have been training troops day and night, racking their brains to rehearse various tactics for what?Isn't it just to prove yourself and your troops?The head of the regiment is right, it is the mule or the horse that goes out for a stroll, whether the 78th regiment is the best in the world, this answer will be proved by the battlefield.

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help their blood boiling, scrambling to echo loudly, while Chief of Staff Zhang Zhizhong remained sober despite his excitement, because peace has been restored in most parts of the world since the end of the European War. The truce between the two countries still continues, and the two sides have not had any conflicts recently.Where is this battle going to be fought?Thinking of this, Zhang Zhizhong suddenly remembered that not far from the north, China's neighbor Russia was undergoing a civil war. Could it be that the target of the 78th regiment was Russia?

"Jiansheng, you mean... the north?" Zhang Zhizhong couldn't help asking, with a [-]% guess and [-]% certainty.

"Brother Wen Bai is indeed the chief of staff, hehe." Bai Chongxi smiled and nodded.

"Old man?"

It was confirmed who Bai Chongxi fought against, and the people present were both surprised and happy.Speaking of Lao Maozi, everyone here does not have a good impression, whether it is the Czarist Russia that invaded China and cut off a large amount of territory, or the current Soviet government or the Russian Empire in the Far East. It was not a good thing for those present.

Needless to say, Tsarist Russia has continuously invaded Chinese territory since the Kangxi period of the former Qing Dynasty. In the past century, it has taken advantage of China's weakness to cut off millions of square kilometers of land and blackmail huge indemnities.Until the beginning of the European War, under the attack of the Allies, the unsupported Tsarist Russia asked China for help, and the central government lived up to expectations and took advantage of this golden opportunity to take back part of the previously cut territory.

After the revolution in Tsarist Russia, the orthodox "government" of the Russian Empire established in the Far East nominally took over Tsarist Russia's position in the world, but it had already lost its central power and became a local power.Today, if it were not for the support and assistance of the Chinese "government", I am afraid that this nominally orthodox "government" would have been destroyed long ago, but even so, according to the Sino-Russian agreement, it is temporarily impossible to return all ceded territories in the agreement. It means that the old Russian Maozi still occupies a large amount of Chinese territory.

As for the Soviet "government", let alone.The Mongolian Military Region borders Russia. Under the revolutionary storm in Russia, there are many Russians who fled into China through the border areas. These people fled under the bloody and brutal means of the Soviet "government". The military officers have witnessed the tragic situation of these refugees, and even heard from some Chinese-speaking Russian nobles how the Soviet "government" disregarded the lives of the people in order to collect food, and even confiscated all their property in the name of revolution. They were kicked out of the house, and even fabricated charges were shot at will to suppress those who were suppressed.

The geographical particularity of the Mongolian Military Region was also at the forefront of the rescue of the Great Famine in Russia some time ago.The tragic experience of the Russian people made everyone cry. Although these people are also "old men" in the eyes of the Chinese, the culprits of this terrible situation, whether it is the steady Zhang Wenbai or the radical Deng Yanda, etc. They were all indignant. [

Therefore, none of them have any psychological burden to fight Lao Maozi.Don't look at the bluffing of the Soviet Red Army in the north, it seems that I am the best in the world, but their combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of the 78th regiment, even the ordinary Chinese National Defense Army.To put it bluntly, with the current firepower configuration and tactical training of the 78th Regiment, it is enough to compete with the Red Army of an army, and there is even a high possibility of defeating the opponent.

"Is this an order from the military region?" Zhang Zhizhong struck a match, lit a cigarette, and took a puff. He asked a little hesitantly, "Although the orthodox "government" of the Russian Empire established diplomatic relations with us in the Republic of China, to some extent it is different from the Soviet "government" A strategic opponent. But after all, the central government has not formally broken up with the opponent, if our 78th regiment goes north into Russia to fight the opponent, will it cause unnecessary diplomatic troubles?"

"Wen Bai's concerns are right, but I can tell you with certainty that this is not only an order from the military region, but also an order from the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff, and it has been approved by the State Council." Bai Chongxi understood Zhang Zhizhong's concerns, and immediately He took out a telegram and read it. The telegram was not long, and there were only a few short orders on it. The most important one was to let the Mongolian Military Region cooperate with the 78th Regiment to prepare for combat as soon as possible, and go north to enter Russia to fight at any time.

After listening to the telegram, Zhang Zhizhong was completely relieved. With this order, the 78th regiment is also a well-known teacher, and it is a matter of course.However, regarding the battle with the Soviet Red Army, he still thought of a problem that had not been resolved, and that was the specific implementation.

In this regard, Bai Chongxi explained: "In this battle, the main task of our 78th regiment is to cooperate with the orthodox "government" "government" forces of the Russian Empire to block the attack of the Soviet Red Army and destroy the most enemies with the least cost. In addition, considering the diplomatic On the one hand, this time we will participate in the war in the name of the "government" army of the orthodox "government" of the Russian Empire, which means that externally we are no longer the No. At that time, the military region will send a batch of old Maozi's military uniforms, and everyone, including me, will change into their uniforms before departure." (To be continued...)

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