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Speaking of this general Jiang Fangzhen (Jiang Baili's word Fang Zhen) among the older generation in Japan, his reputation is even greater than in China.The Japanese remember his "National Defense Theory" and his anti-Japanese strategic theory - after eight years of bloody battles, looking at General Jiang Baili's anti-Japanese war theory, the Japanese army seemed to follow the general's command and honestly advanced from east to west to Hunan , and then fell into the protracted war of China's quagmire and couldn't extricate itself until it was defeated.

He is also an extremely embarrassing figure in the history of the Japanese Army.The scene of his graduation award is quite legendary, because the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy announced the ranking of graduates from front to back, and the first name read was "Jiang Fang Zhen".

At that time, there were more than 1 Japanese graduates and four Chinese students who graduated from the ninth batch of infantry department.In this way, No.2 was taken by Jiang Fangzhen, a Chinese student studying abroad, that is, Jiang Baili. Of course, the sword bestowed by the emperor also belongs to China.The Japanese Academy of Non-commissioned Officers felt unbearable in face, but then announced that No. 2 was still Chinese. This No. 3 was Cai E, the romantic general who later rebelled against Yuan from Yunnan.This caused more commotion.So the Japanese checked it first before announcing No.3,---unfortunately, No.3 is still Chinese, named Zhang Xiaohuai!The graduation announcement officer of the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy is Prince Fushimi. In fear, he felt that he could not explain to the emperor. He temporarily changed a Japanese student to be No.4. Thinking about the embarrassment of the first four Japanese students, he added another one. The Japanese students were ranked No.[-], and Zhang Xiaohuai was ranked fifth.

Who are the two people added?One was Sadao Araki, later a general of the Japanese army, Prime Minister Lu, a Class-A war criminal;In addition, the Japanese graduates in this issue also include the following characters: Koiso Kuniaki (later prime minister), Honjo Shigeru (commander of the Kwantung Army), Matsui Iwane (culprit of the Nanjing Massacre), Abe Nobuyuki, etc. A generation of elites in the army were all defeated by Jiang Baili.Since then, the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy has stipulated that Chinese students must be taught separately from Japanese students to avoid the same situation from happening.It can be said that the ambition of the Chinese people has been greatly improved.

Of course, whether this is a rumor or not is open to debate.According to tradition, Japan's Lu Shi graduates with excellent students (the top few) get silver pocket watches, and the top five graduates of Lu University are the saber group, but Lu University must be recommended by the captain to study, and foreign students are not eligible (of course North Korea) Except, it was already a colony at that time).

Let's leave him alone, anyway, this person is capable, there is no doubt about it.

In 1906, Jiang returned to China and served as the Chief Counselor of the Supervisory Office under Zhao Erxun, but he was excluded by old army figures such as Zhang Zuolin. In the same year, he went to Europe as the battalion commander of the Seventh Army of the German Wehrmacht for military inspections.In Germany, his outstanding military talent was highly praised by Marshal Hindenburg, the veteran of the German military. Returning to China in 1910, he was promoted by his classmate Liang Bi, a non-commissioned officer, and became the commander of the Imperial Army.

In the second half of 1912, Jiang Baili, then the principal of the Baoding Military Academy, expressed strong dissatisfaction with the Beiyang warlord government's arrears and misappropriation of Army University education funds. He committed suicide in front of all the students on the playground. But since then, he has been disheartened by the Beiyang government and resolutely left the military.Later, he met and married the Japanese nurse Sato Yako, who changed her name to Zuomei after marriage.The daughter of the two, Jiang Ying, is a famous musician and the wife of Qian Xuesen, the father of Chinese missiles.

After Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor, Jiang Boli attached himself to his classmate Cai E to challenge Yuan. Later, Cai E died, and Jiang lost his political support. In 1917, he was appointed as an adviser to Li Yuanhong's presidential palace.In the few years after Li Yuanhong's downfall, Jiang's public office was idle, writing books and speaking, serving as the editor of some magazines, organizing poetry clubs, etc.He is full of enthusiasm and economics, but he has no chance to stretch.After the Zhiwan War, he was still living in Beijing. Because of the old rift with Zhang Zuolin, he was preparing to join Wu Peifu, waiting for the opportunity to attack Zhang Zuolin and avenge his past grievances.

How could Zhang Hanqing miss such an outstanding talent?On the one hand, he instructed Gao Jiyi of the "Fengqing Bureau" to closely monitor Jiang Baili's residence in Beijing, and personally visit him when Beijing was still in chaos, in an attempt to drag him under his tent.

Two days ago, when the Anhui Clan was defeated, Jiang Baili keenly realized that he had been spied on by unknown persons.When I hurriedly packed up my essential belongings and wanted to leave the dangerous place, I was stopped by some strong men at the entrance of the alley.However, although these people have vicious looks and have guys strapped to their waists, they don't show any disrespect to themselves. The leader only said that he was ordered to keep him and so on.

Jiang Baili was restless at the moment, and he sensitively judged that his old enemy Zhang Zuolin had sent someone to claim his life again.During the Wuchang Uprising, he was forced to flee from the northeast because Zhang Zuolin was at odds with him.Zhang Zuolin sent people to hunt him down on the train.Due to internal urgency, Jiang's staff on the train opened the toilet for his use and locked it from the outside (originally the train would not allow people to use the toilet before departure), so he was spared.Unexpectedly, after many years, I still can't escape Zhang Zuolin's clutches, and Zhang Zuolin has such a grudge!

What surprised him was that this time it was not a disaster but a blessing. The famous young marshal came to invite him to join Fengjun.Zhang Hanqing praised his ability with unprecedented praise, and begged him to use what he had learned in his life for the prosperity of the country and the rejuvenation of the nation.

In order to appease Jiang Baili's fear of Zhang Zuolin and express his sincerity in recruiting talented people, Zhang Hanqing even stole a poem with a "miraculous pen" to express his feelings:

"The dream of the fine bird is still holding the stone, and the fighter is sincere and firm to fight against the tide. The brothers are here, and the grudges will be wiped out with a smile when we meet."

This song "Ti Sanyi Pagoda" written by Mr. Lu Xun in 1933 was also interviewed in advance, but only the second half was used.

Faith will move mountains to open.Feeling Zhang Hanqing's kindness, Jiang Baili readily agreed to join the Feng Faction, and finally turned his plan on paper into reality.Zhang Hanqing knew people well, so he directly entrusted Jiang Baili as the lieutenant general of the general headquarters of the Northwest Army.

Although Zhang Hanqing paid three visits to the thatched cottage, he certainly won the reputation of being eager for talents, but the military and political leaders of the Feng Faction did not think that Jiang Baili deserved such respect.Quite a few veterans of the Feng dynasty saw the young marshal so enthusiastically admiring the unremarkable and unknown people, some were cynic and some were cold-eyed bystanders.Jiang Baili remained unmoved, and was still actively planning strategies for the Feng Clique.

In order to ensure that Jiang Boli's strategic vision could be recognized and implemented by Feng's military and government officials, Zhang Hanqing recommended Jiang Boli to meet with Zhang Zuolin and describe the Sino-Japanese situation and national defense strategy.Taking the German-French War and the First World War as examples, Jiang Baili described in detail his unique insights into national defense strategy. His theories of mobilization and concentration, protracted war, and all-out war (that is, all-people war in later generations) closely coincided with Zhang Hanqing's.However, Zhang Hanqing is just a wild idea, but Jiang Baili's theory can turn all kinds of strategic ideas into reality.Originally, Zhang Zuolin had to listen patiently to express his intention of reconciliation because Naizi and his former enemies were reconciled, but the more he listened, the more he felt that this person had amazing talents.What was supposed to be a short meeting turned into a long talk all night.