Chapter 298 The establishment of the Whampoa Officer Club

He Yingqin showed a gratifying smile. After waiting for a while, he stretched out his left hand without any injuries to signal everyone to calm down. He sighed a little and said in a pertinent tone: "Take this classmate, I want to tell you an idea. I have talked to Brother Jingran just now. Brother Jingran thinks it is very good. I think our Huangpu Military Academy should hold a class reunion every year, and there is no need to be a ***. For all students in Huangpu, each regiment and battalion holds a regular gathering. There are two purposes: one is to commemorate the students who sacrificed for the great cause of the country, and the other is to firmly and clarify our Huangpu spirit."

"I agree."

"I agree, too. It's great!"

"Yes, we must regularly pay homage to the martyrs, review and reflect on our beliefs."

"It's very right, we must ensure the purity of each of our Huangpu students."

The passionate young people were deeply infected, and everyone almost didn't think much about it, and immediately shouted for approval. At this moment, they all believed that the Whampoa Military Academy should ensure differences from other military academies of the same level. They were not rigid, not war machinery, nor those warlords who were in vain.

At this time, Jiang Guangnai took a step forward and said, "I agree with He Jingzhi's proposal. Our Whampoa Military Academy Instructors Office had such ideas, but it was not implemented in detail for various reasons. This time, He Jingzhi specially called me to discuss it. I think it is time to implement this idea. After returning, I will further join the Instructors Office, the Training Office and the Principal Office to strive to make our classmates more scale and more formal."

He paused and then said: "If necessary, we can even establish a general affairs office of the alumni association. The general affairs office will formulate some simple charters to play a role in publicity and education. Once there is an opportunity and conditions, the general affairs office can organize large gatherings, which will make it easier to bring the feelings of our previous Huangpu students closer."

“Very good!”

"I agree, maybe He Jingzhi, Lao Tang and Brother Jingran, you three are responsible for forming the General Affairs Office!"

"Yes, this time our class reunion is called by the three of you, and the leader class reunion will take the initiative."

"Everyone is grateful for the kindness," Jiang Guangnai said with a smile, "I think it is best for us to decide the list of General Affairs Offices through elections when we have time."

After He Yingqin and Jiang Guangnai finished their speeches, everyone talked about the constitution of the alumni association and even decided to give the alumni association a better name. It just so happened that Jiangjing Villa was called the Officer's Club, and the word "club" is a trendy and fashionable word. At Chen Mingshu's suggestion, everyone agreed to name the alumni association "Whampoa Officer's Club". Shang Zhen, who knows English, also translated this name into the English "whampoaofficerclub".

This group of passionate young officers established this officer organization based on a beautiful starting point. However, almost no one today expected that in just a few years, the Whampoa Officer Club was no longer an alumni organization that upholds the "remembering the martyrs and purifies the Huangpu spirit", but developed into a military interest party with the most members, the deepest influence and the longest history of the Republic of China. Even for a period of time, the "whampoaofficerclub" frequently appeared in Western newspapers, simplifying it into "woc", and the WOC reports were usually closely linked to World War I and World War II.

When Deng Keng walked into the governor's office, Wu Shaoting was staring at a letter full of German. He knew that the letter came from Chandler, general manager of Sino-German Zhang Shengting Ordnance Company, because the letter was handed over by himself yesterday afternoon. It has been more than half a year since the company's full-German mechanical steel plant was established, the Ordnance Company has officially started to develop and produce automatic rifles.

For Wu Shaoting, this should have been a good thing, but unfortunately, due to the influence of the Guangdong-Guangxi War, the supply of metal raw materials was intermittent, which led to the seven test models of automatic rifles developed by the Ordnance Company, which only conducted three models of tests. Needless to think about it, the tests of these three models were unsuccessful, and each had different shortcomings and could not be put into mass production.

The letter from Chandler sent to Wu Shaoting yesterday was informing Wu Shaoting that the Ordnance Company continued to start the test of automatic rifles. At the same time, the Ordnance Company and the Guangdong Arsenal jointly developed a new small howitzer with a caliber of 65 mm and a weight of only 40 kilograms. It uses front-mounted pressure shooting.

Chandler also explained in the letter that the reason why the automatic rifle was developed before it was successfully developed was mainly because the ordnance company was still in a state of no loss in product and it was necessary to produce a batch of new arms to maintain revenue and expenditure.

"This is still a new type of arms, isn't it just a mortar? The foreign devils are fooling people." Wu Shaoting murmured.

Mortars appeared as early as the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, but they were not taken seriously at that time. It was not until later that countries fell into the trench warfare during World War I that the mortars entered a period of development again. The so-called portable small howitzer developed by the Sino-German Ordnance Company was actually the mortars penetrated a vest. Chandler wrote a letter intently hoping that the Guangdong army would become a customer of this "new artillery" and alleviate the financial pressure of the Sino-German Ordnance Company.

After the Guangdong-Guangxi War, Wu Shaoting realized that the widespread use of trench warfare in the future on the Chinese battlefield was necessary to reserve some mortars in advance. While he put down his letter, he also thought of naming this mortar, so he simply designated it as "a 65mm mortar in the 11th year of the Republic of China".

"Shi Yuan, go back and call Lao Qian. I want to order five hundred new howitzers to support him. Remember to let him produce the shells strictly. If there is any mistake, I will let him roll the bed and roll back to Europe." Wu Shaoting ordered slowly.

"I remember," Deng Keng nodded, and then said, "Governor, Li Wenfan just called. He said that the students in Huangpu have set up a small organization in private, called the Huangpu Officer Club. He asked if he wanted to stop it."

"Whampoa Officer Club?" Wu Shaoting looked up at Deng Keng, with a little confused expression on his face, and then felt relieved. "Oh, I understand, let them go. This is the students' ***, and there is no need to interfere. Li Wenfan is also considerate."

"Li Wenfan seems to want to be transferred from the military academy." Deng Keng said tentatively.

Wu Shaoting smiled lukewarmly and sighed, "Li Wenfan is not willing to be lonely. After Long Jiguang's twenty-three towns were gone, he was the most dissatisfied. It has been more than a year since he was about to know the current affairs. The Whampoa Military Academy is a treasure, and I am not at ease to leave him there for too long. Find a suitable opportunity to transfer him out and let Ni Yingdian go to the military academy."

He paused for a while, and Xuan'er asked again: "Is there any news in Fujian?"

Deng Keng replied: "Three days ago, Ma Jinchun sent a telegram. He had already met Xu Chongzhi, but there was no further news yet. I think, according to Xu Chongzhi's willingness to meet Ma Jinchun recently, it can be seen that the situation in Fujian is not so bad that it cannot be saved. As for Li Houji, there is no next step. It seems that the attitude of the *** government has changed."

Wu Shaoting nodded slowly. He did not agree with Deng Keng's view, but was just surprised by the attitude of the *** government. The Guangdong-Guangxi War had just ended, and the Beiyang Army had already waited for the result of both sides' losses and should take large-scale actions against Guangdong. However, since the signing of the Guangdong-Guangxi Armistice Agreement, Hunan has not made any movement. Jiao Dafeng even raised a sum of funds to purchase a new batch of arms from the Guangdong Arsenal.

There was no movement in Hunan and Fujian. What was the Beiyang Army waiting for? Wu Shaoting couldn't figure it out.

"No matter what, this is good for us. Establishing a relationship with Xu Chongzhi as soon as possible. Fujian is always uneasy. In addition, sending a telegram to Wang Changling and Zhu Zhixin so that they don't have to rush back to Guangzhou."

"Well? The Governor asked Lord Wang and Minister Zhu what arrangements would there be?" Deng Keng asked.

Wu Shaoting's mouth showed an undetectable smile and said, "Since the Beiyang Army has not moved, I don't want to use static and control it. Let Wang Changling and Zhu Zhixin go directly to Sichuan from north of Guangxi. In the afternoon, you send another telegram to Chongqing and give a message to Xiong Kewu, the commander-in-chief of the Shu Army, in advance."

Deng Keng was surprised, but soon understood: "Governor, are you going to instigate Xiong Kewu to attack Yuan?"

Wu Shaoting nodded leisurely and said, "That's right. Although the situation in Jiangxi and Jiangsu is unclear, the more we are, the more we need to create a balanced situation. Guangdong fought a tough battle in Wuzhou, and at least it has restored some morale to the Yuan army. Now Yang Ximin and Liu Zhenhuan attacked Guilin under the banner of defeating Yuan, which can be regarded as a second wave of defeating Yuan. As long as Xiong Kewu can be instigated, it may be possible to lead Tang Jiyao and Chen Shufan, and then the Second Revolution will be a storm."

Deng Keng heard Wu Shaoting's tone and always felt that there was a negative meaning, as if the Second Revolution had to be over, and it was destined to end! He didn't know if the end of the Second Revolution was untrue, but it seemed that the General had already made up his plan!
Chapter completed!