Expedition to Europe

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Just when the First World War had just begun, the Japanese took advantage of the fact that the great powers had no time to look east and forced the Beiyang government to sign the "Twenty-One Demands".

Yuan Shikai and the diplomats of the Beiyang government tried every means to turn the "Twenty-One Demands" into the "Treaty of the Fourth Year of the Republic of China".

No matter whether Yuan Shikai sold out the country by signing the "Treaty of the Fourth Year of the Republic of China", the Japanese hated Yuan Shikai from then on. Japanese Foreign Minister Kato Takaaki resigned after signing the treaty, and then Cai E went to Japan for medical treatment and returned to China to organize the National Protection Movement and launch the National Protection War.

No one knows where Cai E's military funds came from. The Yunnan Army was equipped with Japanese equipment at the time and was the first to change into Japanese uniforms.

The Japanese did more than that. Before the war, they signed secret agreements with members of the Allied Powers such as Britain, France, Italy, and Russia. These countries unanimously agreed to transfer the Germans' rights in Shandong to the Japanese after the war. These situations combined led to China, as a victorious country, gaining nothing at the Paris Peace Conference.

The Beiyang government at that time had not yet declared war on Germany. Uh... So far, the Beiyang government has not declared war on Germany, so Qin Zhiyuan and his men can only join the war as foreign legions.

I believe that as Qin Zhiyuan's influence grows, the Beiyang government will declare war on Germany, and it will not be delayed for too long.

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On the parade ground, Zhang Jingzong was still chattering in Qin Zhiyuan's ear: "The current domestic situation is not very good. Cai Songpo declared independence in Yunnan, Zhang Yuting dominated the three northeastern provinces, the southern governors supported President Li, and our old Beiyang supported Premier Duan, and the Premier was also struggling."

Qin Zhiyuan was a northerner, and Zhang Jingzong classified Qin Zhiyuan as one of his own in his words, which was quite artistic.

"Alas... national affairs are difficult, and disputes are endless..." Qin Zhiyuan knew that he only said a few words to people, but he still sighed.

"Isn't it? Take our observation group for example. There are 22 people from 13 provinces. There are so many twists and turns..." Speaking of national affairs, Zhang Jingzong also lamented.

In fact, the First World War was a good opportunity for China. At this time, the Western powers were busy with the war and had no time to look east. If the Beiyang government could take advantage of the opportunity to vigorously develop its own strength, it might not have no chance to turn things around. Unfortunately, since the death of Yuan Shikai, the country immediately fell apart, and no strong central government was formed, so it remained poor and weak for decades.

Just as Qin Zhiyuan and Zhang Jingzong were lamenting the fate of the country, a fierce quarrel came from a corner of the parade ground.

"You are commanding blindly. There is no need to prepare firepower for ten minutes to attack a position defended by more than a hundred people. You use ten cannons for ten minutes. Each cannon can fire 15 shells per minute. Have you calculated the consumption of shells?" A very young voice asked loudly.

"It seems to be Major Li Fayun. This is Li Du's nephew. He just graduated from the Army University. It seems that he studied artillery." Zhang Jingzong quickly followed Qin Zhiyuan and introduced in a low voice.

"I don't care how much shells are consumed. Anyway, there are a lot of shells. If you can use shells to kill all the enemies, you don't have to risk the lives of your brothers. Why not fight?" Zheng Dali's voice is very distinctive, rough and generous, just like the artillery he commanded.

"Now that the French supply shells, you can naturally waste them. When you return to China in the future, there will not be so many shells for you to use. How should you fight?" Li Fayun insisted on his own opinion. It seems that he was used to living a poor life in China and couldn't stand Zheng Dali's extravagance.

"The commander will naturally worry about the shells. I will only fire the shells, and I will not be in charge of making shells. Besides, even if there are not so many shells, our brothers have all practiced the artillery skills, and that will not be wasted." Zheng Dali argued confidently, and what he said made sense.

"You are making up your mind. If you want to practice artillery skills, you must work hard from now on. How can you be careless just because there are enough shells?" Li Fayun seemed to be arguing, and he kept chasing after him.

"Nonsense! How careless? Even when firing, I asked the brothers to aim before firing. Which eye of yours saw me being careless?" Zheng Dali was a rough man, and he called me "I" all the time, and he didn't care about his image at all.

"You! You are too presumptuous. You are a small lieutenant, and you talk to the major like this?" Li Fayun had just graduated, and he looked down on Zheng Dali, a soldier.

"What's wrong with the major? I talk to the regiment commander the same way." Zheng Dali had killed several generals in the tunnel attack and defense battle, and he really didn't take a major seriously.

Just then, Qin Zhiyuan and Zhang Jingzong came to the crowd of onlookers.

When the onlookers saw Qin Zhiyuan coming, they immediately stood at attention and saluted, and then returned to their positions in disgrace, no longer interested in watching the excitement.

Seeing Qin Zhiyuan coming, Zheng Dali and Li Fayun also stood at attention and saluted, especially Zheng Dali, who saluted very standardly, perhaps because he was afraid that Qin Zhiyuan would hear what he said just now.

Qin Zhiyuan glanced at Zheng Dali, and although he didn't blame him, it made Zheng Dali tremble.

"What's going on? Why are you making so much noise?" Qin Zhiyuan's voice was not loud, but he had his own dignity.

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"Report to the commander, Li Fayun, a major staff officer of the General Staff, is discussing the enemy strategy with Zheng Dali, the lieutenant commander of the artillery battalion." Li Fayun responded loudly, and it sounded like a complaint.

"Please continue. When discussing, pay attention to your attitude and do not affect the normal training order. Otherwise, you will be prosecuted by the military court." Qin Zhiyuan said, feeling that this account was not deterrent, so he added: "After the training, you will go to the military court by yourself. The behavior just now will be dealt with according to the second-level violation of orders."

It is hard to say who is right or wrong between Li Fayun and Zheng Dali. Qin Zhiyuan can tolerate different voices, but cannot tolerate quarrels affecting work, so he gave each of them 50 big boards to set an example. As for the issue that Li Fayun and Zheng Dali were arguing about, Qin Zhiyuan was going to lock them up next door, so they had plenty of time to argue slowly.

"Second level?" Li Fayun had just arrived at the Sixth Regiment and did not understand what the second-level violation of orders meant, but Zheng Dali exclaimed.

Qin Zhiyuan formulated different punishment standards for different degrees of violation of military secrets. The second level corresponds to two days of confinement. Soon after this regulation was implemented, it aroused strong hatred among the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Regiment. The officers and soldiers unanimously agreed that it was better to run ten 400-meter laps than to be confined for a day. Before that, the popular saying was: I would rather run 10,000 meters than 400 meters.

"As an officer, you know the law and break it, do you have any objection?" Qin Zhiyuan scolded.

"Report to the superior, no!" Zheng Dali raised his head and raised his chest, his voice loud.

Just kidding, questioning the superior's order, another two days of confinement, Zheng Dali is not stupid.

Compared with the officers under Qin Zhiyuan, the officers sent by the Beiyang government can be regarded as academics. If these two groups want to merge into one, they need more running-in.