Chapter 140 Practical exercise

Because the area of ​​the large schoolyard in the western suburbs was not enough for the entire army of the 24 towns to start the drill at the same time, according to the original plan, they were dispersed into units of the marks to practice one by one. After the official order was issued, the second one retreated to the runway and waited, and the artillery mark and the baggage battalion were temporarily moved to the east gate of the large schoolyard to wait. As for the cavalry mark, they directly retreated from the large schoolyard and waited outside the field.

The morning was very short, and the officers' regiment only inspected the first target stance.

During lunch break, the officers and the foreign missions had dinner together, and the topic was focused on the performance of the first target of the twenty-four towns.

Among the entire twenty-four towns, the performance of the first target stands out so well that it even made other troops a foil.

Shortly after discussing this topic, it gradually turned to the person who was the first target of training. The military officer of the German Consulate in Guangzhou immediately emphasized that the officer who was in charge of the first target of training graduated from the Munich School in Germany and seriously attributed the achievements of the first target of the German Army's superior quality.

Military officers from other European countries have to admit that the development speed of the German army over the years is shocking, and it is necessary to raise their own military standards.

Although the contradictions in Europe are not so obvious, the general direction is still competing for the interests of the Far East, but the competition in secret is becoming more and more frequent.

Interests are contradictory reactions, and this sentence is always correct!

However, there is still some discord. When some Chinese military officials questioned why the German instructor personally guided the Chinese military team and could not achieve the effect of a foreign student's guidance, the German military officers immediately changed their faces. In fact, the German military officers were very clear that Wu Shaoting's way of training the army did not come from the German army's procedures. He just said this deliberately in order to highlight the strength of his country in front of military officers from various countries.

Everyone rested until 1:30 pm, and then continued to return to the university to watch the afternoon pedal training.

There was nothing commendable in the afternoon. The performance of other targets in the Twenty-Four Towns was just right. Except for the cavalry standards and artillery standards that some soldiers made mistakes during the drills, they could generally be considered to meet the standards.

That night, the reviewing officers' regiment summarized the results of the inspection of the bucao and submitted them to General Fuqi.

According to the procedures, if the stairs fail, the officers' regiment will not waste the rest of their time to observe the actual combat drills. They will directly submit the submission in the report and require the application for retraining of the army. However, today it seems that the twenty-four towns have obviously met the standards in the stairs. If the whole town can perform as well as the first standard, they may receive higher evaluations.

In the next few days, the reviewing officers' corps and the Army Yamen became really busy. They traveled around Guangzhou every day to survey suitable practical exercise venues. Although the Army Yamen had planned several selected areas before this, the reviewing officers' corps obviously felt that these places were too unchallenging and rejected them all on the same day.

After three days of twists and turns, at the suggestion of the military adviser, we finally decided on the place where we exercised.

The entire exercise area is very extensive, extending from the eastern and western suburbs of Guangzhou to the northern suburbs of Foshan, and crossing the Lijiang and Jiaojiang River in the middle.

The background of the battle is designed as a crossing river offensive and defensive battle, divided into two armies. The North Army General Base is Liwan Lake in the western suburbs. The combat mission is to break through Tanwei Island, then break through Jiaokou, and finally reach the South Army General Base located in Wuxiuqiao. The combat mission of the South Army General Base is to stick to the two defense lines of Tanwei Island and Jiaokou, and try its best to ensure that the rear base is not broken through.

Because this exercise plan is very difficult for the attacking side, the Northern Army must first cross Lijiang to attack Tanwei Island. After conquering Tanwei Island, they must cross Jiaojiang and then attack Jiaokou. Therefore, the officers' regiment and the Army Office have always believed that the Southern Army only sent one standard force, another artillery squad and a cavalry reconnaissance team, and all the remaining forces belong to the Northern Army.

The South is the main force, while the Northern Army takes the Second and Artillery Standards as the main force, and the exercise time is from 6 am to 8 pm. All the soldiers are air-firing and guns, and use imaginary firepower as the main casualties to judge, focusing on the tactical behavior of each army. As for the details of the combat, they rely on the strategic awareness of the generals of each army to freely exert their freedom.

The inspectors' regiment, foreign missions, and army yamen had a total of 85 senior officers, divided into three groups. One group was stationed at the headquarters of the Southern Army, one group was stationed at the headquarters of the Northern Army, and the other group was wandering and observing on the front battlefield.

For the formal evaluation of the exercise, three groups of people will summarize their respective evaluations.

In the remaining days before the formal exercise, the Army Office was mainly responsible for notifying the governments in the exercise area to clean up the site as necessary, and appropriately adjust the geographical environment of the battlefield. In order to distinguish the camps of the Southern Army and the Northern Army as soon as possible, after the exercise plan was decided, the troops of both sides were completely stationed separately, and the two sides were not allowed to have any further contact.

The afternoon before the exercise, the two camps received the war zone map and also received the order to immediately form a list of senior commanding generals. After all, this exercise was to break up the twenty-four towns into two camps, and there were many generals of the same level in each camp. If the positions during the exercise cannot be established in advance, I am afraid that both sides will be in chaos before the exercise can be performed.

Zhao Sheng was naturally the commander-in-chief of the Southern Army, and Xu Haiying and He Fuguang continued to serve as staff officers. This was possible, but the officers believed that Wu Shaoting had strong military capabilities and elected him as deputy commander.

Faced with such a cry, Zhao Sheng looked very bad, because from this incident, he clearly saw Wu Shaoting's influence in the hearts of the officers. However, under the expectations of the public, he was not easy to object. In that case, he would reveal his intention to target Wu Shaoting, so he had to agree.

In fact, Wu Shaoting was not willing to serve as any deputy commander. This means that he gave up the direct command of the first battalion and his performance on the battlefield was greatly restricted. But at this point, he had to accept everyone's kindness happily.

The situation on the Northern Army is more complicated than the Southern Army. In addition to the second Counter-Bulle Commander Mo Qingyu, there is also the Artillery Chief Staff Wei Rucon, and the Cavalry General Manager Guo Renzhang. Theoretically, Mo Qingyu should be the commander-in-chief of the Northern Army. Wei Rucon is very open to this and has no scruples. However, the Cavalry General Guo Renzhang is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He is ambitious and is looking forward to standing out in this exercise and being valued by the above.

Guo Renzhang, whose courtesy name is Baosheng, was from Xiangtan, Hunan. When he was young, he was known as the "Three Heroes of Hunan" together with Yang Dusheng and Chen Jiading.

He was born in a family of officials and was able to revise the Taoist ranks in the world when he was young. He served as the commander of the Shanxi Daotai, Jiangxi and Guangdong and Guangxi patrols.

Because he was corrupt when he was a Taoist in Shanxi, he was reported by his subordinates and was dismissed. When he was helpless, he had contacted revolutionaries Huang Xing, Liu Kuiyi and others. In 1904, when Wan Fuhua planned to assassinate Wang Zhichun, he happened to be in the Yuqingli government office in Shanghai, so he was suspected and arrested at the same time and later released on bail.

In 1907, Guo Renzhang went to Guangdong to serve as the commander of the patrol battalion through the relationship between his father and old friends. In the same year, he was ordered to suppress the anti-tax struggle between farmers in Qin and Lian Prefectures. The revolutionaries took this opportunity to launch the Qin Lian Shangsi Uprising, and Huang Xing was the leader of the uprising. He asked Guo Renzhang to turn against him in front of the battle to respond to the uprising. However, Guo Renzhang agreed on the surface and broke the contract in the face of the matter, which eventually led to the failure of the uprising.

It was precisely because of his contribution to suppressing this revolutionary uprising that he was transferred to the 24 towns by Guangzhou General Fuqi the following year as the cavalry standard.

Although Guo Renzhang had a bad reputation in history, he had a strong relationship with the famous painter Qi Baishi. Guo Renzhang lived in Beijing in his later years, and Qi Baishi lived in Kyoto and lived in the Guo family. Even during the Zhifeng War, Qi Baishi stayed at Guo Renzhang's home to avoid chaos.

When Guo Renzhang died, Qi Baishi wrote an elegiac couplet himself, and the two children were not distinguished from each other.

Before Guo Renzhang was transferred to the cavalry standard, he had a gap with Mo Qingyu. Therefore, when he elected the commander-in-chief of the Northern Army this time, Guo Renzhang sang a counter-in-chief and refused to let Mo Qingyu be the commander-in-chief easily. For a time, it caused a stalemate within the Northern Army, and soon a factional battle formed. The officers of the second target supported their superiors, while the officers of the cavalry standard supported Guo Renzhang.

Faced with such a farce, even Wei Rucon couldn't stand it anymore.

In the end, Wei Rucon showed his majesty and withdrew Guo Renzhangxun in a few words.

Wei Rucon is considering things based on the interests of the Northern Army. The total cavalry standard is less than 1,000 people, mainly responsible for rapid communication and strategic reconnaissance tasks. How could such a spy force be the main force of the offensive? In addition, he knew very well that although Guo Renzhang was old, it was not a material for leading troops at all. If he was asked to command the Northern Army, it would be a death sentence.
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