Years of the Republic of China 1913

"It's not impossible to withdraw people, but as the deputy chief of staff, don't you have the right to withdraw and replace a few combat staff? You don't need to come to me for such trivial matters? As for important people, this is even more out of my control. This is the job that your General Staff is responsible for!" Fang Zida replied in surprise, spreading his hands.

"Come on, Zhang Ming, don't be careless with me anymore, you know what I want." Wu Peifu rolled his eyes and snorted. He didn't believe that Fang Zida couldn't understand what he just said. This Fang Zida was purely intentional. How about revenge for my previous attitude?

"Hehe..." Fang Zida laughed, shook his head and said, "Don't think I'm being sloppy, what I said was wrong? You, the deputy chief of the general staff, are now in charge of the general staff department on behalf of the chief of staff. You are the one who replaced the staff. What’s more, even if you’re worried that there will be more reaction to the replacement, you can temporarily replace it with a new department. Could it be that without Butcher Zhang, you Wu Ziyu will eat hairy pigs?”

"Hey! Why did I forget this trick!" After being reminded by Fang Zida, Wu Peifu patted his head and suddenly realized that, indeed, the current general staff is overstaffed, and those combat staff are useless at all. Since it is difficult to replace them immediately, they can simply save the country , it would be a breeze to set up a new department in his present authority to take over the job.As for those old men with overseas education, they will be kept temporarily, and they will be adopted one size fits all when the time is right.

To talk about this method, Wu Peifu couldn't think of it. The key is that he was pissed off by those "gentlemen" before, so he didn't turn his head around for a while.When Fang Zida reminded him, Wu Peifu was immediately happy, and sat there with his mouth open, laughing.

"This method is good! This method is good! No wonder you, Fang Zhangming, can take the position of prime minister. I, Lao Wu, will only be able to lead soldiers if I practice for another 100 years. People who engage in politics have their own way. Submit! Completely submit!"

"I said Wu Ziyu, are you complimenting me or hurting me? Why do I sound a bit wrong?" Fang Zida suppressed his smile and stared at his eyes and asked back.

"Boast! It was a boast at the time! Hehe. Zhang Ming, Prime Minister Fang, how can I, Wu Ziyu, dare to hurt you?" Wu Peifu hurriedly distinguished.

Fang Zida, dumbfounded, pointed at Wu Peifu, shook his head and smiled wryly.Seeing the appearance of these two, Jiang Fangzhen who was sitting by the side couldn't help laughing, and almost laughed out loud.

I have always heard that the relationship between Fang Zida and Wu Peifu is very good.I saw it with my own eyes today.There was no strict concept of superiors and subordinates in the two people's conversations, as if they were as relaxed as two friends.

"Brother Baili, Zida wants to ask you something, can you?" Just as Jiang Fangzhen was secretly sighing, Fang Zida suddenly spoke to him, Jiang Fangzhen didn't react for a while, and looked at Fang Zida in a daze.

"The Prime Minister is blunt when he has something to say, so why talk about asking for words? Fang Zhen is just a teacher who teaches and educates people. The Prime Minister just asks for orders."

"Good!" Fang Zida praised.Pointing to Wu Peifu, he said, "Brother Baili also heard what General Ziyu said just now. He cares about me. Although I am the Prime Minister, I can't change this person to be honest, but Brother Baili is different. Now, how about asking Brother Baili to help General Ziyu out of trouble for the country's national defense?"

"That's right! How could I have forgotten this?" Fang Zida just finished speaking.Wu Peifu grabbed Jiang Fangzhen who was sitting next to him: "Brother Baili, my old Wu has always admired your great talent. The General Staff is short of people. As the principal of the Central Army Academy, you can't stand idly by! The Army Academy is talented. Jiji, you have to give me a hand no matter what, or I'll just come to your principal's office today."

"You..." Jiang Fangzhen didn't expect that the fire of watching the fire from the other side would burn himself inexplicably. The Central Army Academy has been developing rapidly since Baoding Military Academy was reorganized, especially in the past two years.Every year, nearly a thousand outstanding grassroots officers are exported to the National Defense Forces, plus some middle and senior officer training classes. It can be said that according to this trend, within a few years, they will be replaced by officers and non-commissioned officers who graduated from the Central Army Academy. The original old military.Thus becoming the backbone of the national defense force.

In addition, after the end of the European War, a large number of excellent instructors, staff officers, and non-commissioned officers from Europe have enriched the teaching staff of the Central Army Academy. With the development, the original hardware configuration and development plan of the academy has come to expand and adjust. This is also one of the reasons why Jiang Fangzhen came to find Fang Zida today.Who would have thought that Wu Peifu and Fang Zida would immediately talk about him, and Jiang Fangzhen thought for a moment that Fang Zida planned to transfer capable personnel from the Central Army Academy to enrich the General Staff, wouldn't this mean that he was stealing his heart?Now Jiang Fangzhen regrets it too late, he should not have stayed before he knew this.

"No! The instructors in our college can't even teach the students. How can someone give it to you." Jiang Fangzhen refused immediately, but he was not like other people. Jiang Fangzhen, who was more literary than military, could not even fool a fool. You can see that his words are not right.

"Brother Baili, everyone is for the country. You don't have to guard your own three-thirds of an acre of land and don't give any benefits to your brothers? Besides, I won't ask you for people for nothing. I will lend a few people to my brothers first. In the future, brothers will be rewarded generously!" Seeing Jiang Fangzhen's refusal, Wu Peifu hastily persuaded him with nice words.

"No, no, this is not negotiable!" Jiang Fangzhen's temper suddenly came up, and he dropped this sentence coldly, stood up and looked at Fang Zida and said: "Prime Minister, I have something to do at the school, so I will leave first... .”

"You Jiang Baili, why are you..."

Wu Peifu jumped up all of a sudden, Fang Zida hurriedly stopped him, fearing that he would anger Jiang Fangzhen by saying something wrong again.Don't look at Jiang Fangzhen, who has the lowest status among the three, and the smallest military rank, but he is a soft-tempered person, and he has a bad temper. If he is really angry, even Fang Zida will dare to point his nose and scold him.

"Brother Baili, of course I understand your difficulties. In fact, brother Ziyu also knows. However, as the deputy chief of the general staff, Ziyu has encountered difficulties and asked me to come here. I can't help. The General Staff Department is an important part of the country. The military organization shoulders the great responsibility of national defense. What is the purpose of our military academy? Isn’t it to cultivate military talents, so as to build national defense and defend the country? If the General Staff is unable to perform its duties normally, then I, the Prime Minister of the State, will become a living example of a blind man riding a horse? It’s fine in normal times, but once a big war breaks out, who will be responsible for it? Anyway, I can’t afford it. I think you, Jiang Baili, can't shoulder this responsibility even more."

Jiang Fangzhen was taken aback by what Fang Zida said, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment. Before he could react, Fang Zida continued, "As for your consideration, Brother Baili, I certainly understand. With so much money to run a military academy, how could you dismantle yourself? If this happens, let alone you, Brother Baili, I, Fang Zida, will be the first to refuse, not even General Ziyu!"

"Yes! Never agree!" Seeing Fang Zida's wink at him, Wu Peifu nodded knowingly.

"This... But our school has a plan for teaching, and we really can't find teachers!" Jiang Fangzhen hesitated for a while, then said in a slow tone.

"No need to smoke!" Fang Zida hurriedly said with these words: "Actually, there is a better way, which will not affect the school's teaching, but also solve General Ziyu's problem."

"What way?" Wu Peifu and Jiang Fangzhen asked in unison.

"I came up with this method temporarily. I just think it is possible. As for whether it will work or not, the two of you need to discuss it." Fang Zida said a few words modestly, and then said: "General Ziyu also said just now that the General Staff Put aside the existing staff and reorganize an organization to replace these unqualified staff. If this is the case, I suggest that this organization can be carried out by the nature of cooperation between the General Staff and the Central Army Academy, that is to say, jointly established by both parties. The main personnel structure is arranged according to the configuration of the two sides, and the specific work can be carried out by excellent instructors and even trainees of the Army Academy. Of course, this also involves confidentiality, as for how to do it, it has to be communicated by the two individually.”

Jiang Fangzhen raised his eyebrows slightly after hearing this, and it was not impossible for Fang Zida to make this suggestion.You must know that the Central Army Academy already has a staff department, and the students must pass a strict assessment when they graduate. If the assessment can be transferred from virtual to reality with the help of the General Staff, it will be of great benefit to the future growth of the students. The good thing is that even the instructors will benefit a lot from it, and further provide their military vision and experience.

Wu Peifu was also thoughtful at the same time. He felt that doing so would be beneficial to him as well. The problem lies in how to implement the confidentiality work.After all, the strategic deployment and some planning of the General Staff are state secrets, and if leaked out, it will lead to the failure of national defense deployment.But in the same way, Wu Peifu also thought of his own identity and the two major intelligence agencies under Fang Zida. If he can get the support of the intelligence agencies, the possibility of such leaks will be suppressed to the minimum. As for these students, it is also easy to arrange, as long as they prove With their capabilities, he Wu Peifu can take over all of them in the future and use them to replace these personnel in the current General Staff, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Both sides thought about it carefully and felt that this proposal was feasible.Then the three of them exchanged glances and laughed at the same time.The slight unhappiness before disappeared, and then Jiang Fangzhen and Wu Peifu didn't care about Fang Zida's presence, and immediately discussed the details of how to cooperate with each other. You talked lively, and Fang Zida on the side smiled wryly as if he was an outsider. (To be continued..)