Back to the Republic of China as a commander

With the departure of the fourth batch of military observation missions to Europe, the number of officers sent by the Youth Army to Europe has reached an astonishing 1000.These officers will study in France for half a year and eventually become regimental, battalion and company-level officers of the future expeditionary force, which is an important guarantee for the combat effectiveness of the future expeditionary force.

At the same time, according to the order of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, the 48 recruits in the 24 recruit training bases established by the Armed Mobilization Department in all twelve provinces and cities have all been recruited.Most of these recruits come from rural areas in the three provinces of Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi. They don't know how dangerous it is to choose to join the army.At the moment, they are secretly thankful for getting free military uniforms and eating good canned fish.And they didn't feel the harshness of the training. It seemed that they were more tired than this when the village was busy with farming.

The equipment promised by the British and the French was finally transported from Australia to Guangzhou, China in early July, a full set of equipment for 20 infantry, and weapons including heavy artillery of various calibers.

The British and the French are also gambling. The bet is that these damn Chinese will obediently go to Europe to join the war after receiving so many benefits.Their initial request was to send the Chinese to Europe for training in order to prevent the Chinese from breaching the contract, but this was quickly rejected by Wang Zhenyu.In the end, everyone can only negotiate a low-interest loan of 300 million pounds ([-] billion Chinese yuan) secured by the national government with the customs and salt tax in the jurisdiction as a guarantee. If the Chinese army reaches Europe, then the money will be paid. If it goes to the account of the Chinese, otherwise it will be gone.And the British also threatened that not only the loan was gone, but all the previous agreements signed with the National Government would be invalidated.That means that when the British settle the affairs of Europe, they will still settle accounts later.

Wang Zhenyu laughed at this. You, the United Kingdom, are so bullish now that you lent out [-] million pounds without blinking an eye.Waiting for the last drop of white blood to be shed in this European war, the British will start to live a thrifty life.At that time, British diplomats will change from the most arrogant people in the world to the most grandchildren, and they will be polite to everyone, because Britain will not be able to send any troops to interfere in affairs outside the country.It is not how many people died in the United Kingdom in World War I, but that Britain wiped out all the wealth accumulated over hundreds of years in World War I, and the empty treasury can run away with mice.

However, Wang Zhenyu does not intend to break the contract. His plan is huge. He relies on Britain and France to help him arm, train, and support 40 troops. This huge army will reach its peak after the European War. At that time, the United States will also participate in the war. The Germans will undoubtedly lose. .And when the European War is over, this huge army with all British equipment will return to China. At that time, not only the Beiyang warlords in the north, but even Japan itself will not be afraid.

Secondly, according to Wang Zhenyu's thinking, his plan to achieve local unification first in the south and lay the foundation for economic development and industrial construction is definitely not enough to rely on the seigniorage of 100 billion Chinese yuan in exchange for printing money by himself.He needs a large amount of foreign capital loans and a stable external environment so that the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia will come back to invest, otherwise the overseas Chinese will not come back just relying on Sun Wen's words.And all of this requires the consent and support of the veteran powers such as Britain and France. This is the national condition. Although it is uncomfortable, there is nothing to do.

Finally, there is the problem of Japan. Out of his understanding of history, Wang Zhenyu clearly remembers that Japan did not launch a full-scale war of aggression against China until 1937.The reason why it was delayed until 1937 is mainly due to the following reasons:

First, China’s economy was still relatively strong at that time. Although it was in a state of division, [-]% of the world’s total economic output was not built. Japan could obtain huge benefits from China through trade. At this time, it is not in line with scientific laws to start looting;

Second, the great powers have relatively strong control over Asia. Although Britain and France are on the decline during this period, they are still the hegemony of Asia, not Japan.Although Japan can be mischievous, it is limited to this.At the same time, in Asia, the pace of American expansion has never stopped, and the Japanese are indeed not too aggressive.

The third is Japan's own problems. Everyone knows that Japan made a fortune in the Sino-Japanese War of 1905-[-] ([-] million taels of silver, Japan's first pot of gold).However, history textbooks did not tell us that Japan did not live a happy life because of this. On the contrary, in the Russo-Japanese War in [-], Japan wiped out all the money they had earned before, and owed a lot of foreign debts to Britain and France .In the end, under the intervention of Britain and France, they accepted the victory without paying a penny (is this different from failure?).It can be said that the so-called victory in the Russo-Japanese War is more like Japan being put together by Britain and France, and it has half a dime relationship with the victory?

So Japan can only nibble away at China. Until 1937, China dropped from 9% of the world's total economic output to 4.5% through decades of civil war. After recovering from the trauma of the earthquake (the country's small recovery ability will naturally be slow), they dared to invade China in an all-round way.So the Japanese finally invaded China, not so much because of Japan's greed, as it is because the Chinese themselves did not fight for it, and they were too disunited.

Since no matter how you look at it now, Japan has no decisive force to intervene in itself, and it has completely surpassed the scope of history and completed the partial unification of the southern region in 1916, so what are you waiting for?It is the kingly way to seize the time to develop heavy industry, so that the war that brought great disasters to the Chinese nation and has continued into the 21st century will never have a chance to happen again.

On July 7, Wang Zhenyu visited the Army University in East Lake, Wuhan, and gave lectures to the first batch of enlisted students.The Army University enlisted 5000 students in the first batch, but only 3000 actually studied at the school. This will also be the standard enrollment scale of the Army University in the future.In the end, Wang Zhenyu served as the principal of the Army University himself. After all, where is the history, and the disciples of the Son of Heaven are also a kind of honor to these enlisted students. Today they will meet their principal.

"Dear enlisted students, please allow me, on behalf of the Army University of the Youth Army, and the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, to pay the highest respect to you young people who have thrown their pens and joined the army."

The applause was thunderous, and the students were very excited, it should be said that they were extremely excited. At this moment, they felt that they were really the most glorious group in this country.

"Since the Opium War, our great Chinese nation has been bullied by foreign powers. As the capital, Beijing has been trampled by the iron hooves of foreign powers many times. Our great rivers and mountains were torn to pieces. So as soldiers, we overthrew the decadent Manchu Qing Dynasty and established the Republic of China. But after the Republic of China, the great powers still stuck our necks, and the corrupt Beiyang government continued to be weak externally and internally **, so we soldiers rose up again and defeated them. But is our country strong? Has our nation risen? No, why? Because the great powers are still there, and our country has not yet been unified."

All the enlisted students held their breath and listened carefully to every word Wang Zhenyu said.

"The Nationalist Government has been established, and the country is about to start on the right track. Industrial construction, economic construction, and social construction have all started. So what can we soldiers do? We can only hold our weapons tightly, but we don't know how to build? Now Let me, the principal, tell you that your greatest role is to provide a stable and safe environment for our industrial construction, economic construction, and social construction. Use the weapons in your hands to protect every citizen and safeguard the sovereignty of the country and honor, to defend the independence and dignity of the nation. As we all know, our country has declared war on Germany, the same Germany that brought the Eight-Nation Allied Forces into Beijing. I want to tell you here that by March next year at the latest, we will have no The victorious Youth Expeditionary Army will set foot on the land of the great powers to eliminate these Germans. Many intellectuals do not understand, do not understand why we have to fight and shed blood for the whites? I want to correct here, we are not fighting for the whites, we It is for oneself, for one's own country and nation, for hope and glory to fight. And you are the hope and glory of this country..."

The enlisted students applauded frantically, their chests were full of pride at the moment, and they shouted loudly: "Long live the Republic of China, long live the Chinese nation, long live the National Government".

After leaving the Army University, Wang Zhenyu visited the 801 Recruit Base not far from the military academy and watched their training.The current officers of the British and French are also very nervous, but they still dispatched a large number of officers to China to train the Chinese Expeditionary Force that is said to help them defeat the damned Germans.

The 801 base belongs to the artillery base. Naturally, the French assigned the artillery of the expeditionary force not the latest French 1915 artillery, but the Schneider 1909 mountain artillery, with calibers of 76.2mm and 105mm.Among them, the range of 76.2mm is only 8550m, and the range of 105mm is even worse, 6000m.If this is really a cannon battle with the Germans, it is estimated that it will make people feel uncomfortable after a few shots.

The youth army immediately protested to the French side, but the French and the British were very taboo about this. The 1915 artillery in their hands was a new technology, and they did not want the Chinese to master this weapon.

Wang Zhenyu also lost his temper. Is this what allies should do?Pull it down if you don't give it, play by yourself!

No way, the final result was a compromise. The French took out the 152.4mm 1910 howitzer, which is no worse than the 1915 type in power and range, reaching 12400 meters. kg, it is very inconvenient to transfer the position after shooting, but considering the range, Wang Zhenyu accepted it, and the use of this gun has also become a key subject in the training of the 1915 base.