Including Meng Enyuan and Chen Guangyuan.
There are many reasons why they chose to be loyal to Zhao Dongyun. They believe that Zhao Dongyun is the best choice to lead China’s reunification and rise, and that Zhao Dongyun can lead them to gain power and glory. However, there is little personal loyalty here, and an equally outstanding person has been replaced as the leader of Beiyang Soviet Union. They will also choose to be loyal to that person.
Today, however, Chun Li looked at Zhao Dongyun and remembered that he had followed Zhao Dongyun from a middle-ranking officer who had never heard of him over the years. Today, a teacher would not have been grateful if Zhao Dongyun didn’t appreciate and cultivate him. Combined with his admiration for Zhao Dongyun, he finally became a little loyal!
After seeing Chun Li off, Zhao Dong Yun continued to stay in Zhonghai, and then he met with the graduates of the 19-year advanced class.
Due to the tension of the war situation and the urgent need for a large number of middle-level officers for the expansion of the army, the graduates of the two advanced students in 1997 and 19 were all ahead of schedule.
The original education system for advanced students was two years, but it increased during the advanced training period of Fengtian Military Academy. As a result, students often finished their studies one or two months ago and then entered the army service. After the establishment of the Army University last year, the education system continued the advanced training period of Fengtian Military Academy, and the teaching time was also shortened. For example, the 19-year graduates were scheduled to graduate in July this summer, but like the 1997 graduates who served in June last year, the 19-year graduates served earlier and were affected by the upcoming crossing of the river.
This year’s graduates walked out of school five months before!
Today, these former graduates were invited to Xiyuan Zhonghai to attend the graduation ceremony personally supported by Zhao Dongyun.
Zhao Dongyun, looking at the broad platform, found it hard to feel emotion in the hearts of the physiognomists. These 46 advanced students are sitting on the platform, but the top military talents can be trained in the contemporary Fengjun. They were the best grass-roots officers in Fengjun before they entered school. They have outstanding graduates from Fengtian Military Academy and overseas students who came to Germany and Japan to return to work. These people all have the same feature, that is, they are good enough for senior generals to personally recommend themselves, so that they can obtain the entrance examination qualification, and then hundreds of people recommend candidates every year to fight their way out to win their own entrance qualification.
Zhao Dongyun is also very interested in teaching them. At present, there are not many teachers in the Army University, but most of them are hired from Germany and France to retire. In addition, those officers who came from the Berlin Military Academy usually hold the position of instructor in the Army University no matter what position they take after returning home. Some outstanding senior generals, such as Gu Lanyu, are also well-known soldiers in the Army University. If they want to be in the capital, they usually take time to teach at the Army University.
Not to mention Zhao Dongyun himself, he takes time to teach in person every month.
At present, although the size of the Army University is very small, there are only a few hundred students, which is far less than the size of the current’ Central Army Military Academy’ Fengtian Military Academy, but the scale is small, but all the five zang-organs courses are modeled after Berlin Military Academy and Japan’s Luda University. Although limited by the shortage of teachers, the gold content of teaching is lower than that of these famous military schools, but it is not comparable to those elementary military students.
And these advanced students are the top military talents that can be cultivated by the contemporary Fengjun. Although many advanced students are still half-hanged, they are far less than Yang De and Li Xiang, the Berlin Military Academy, who were born in decent elites, but looking at China can be regarded as high-end military talents.
Is Zhao Dongyun watching these people in the heart is reminded of a question, how many of these people can live to see the reunification of China?
The total number of advanced students is not many students, not including the 19-year-old graduates, but the total number of advanced students serving in the military is more than 200. However, most of the newly graduated advanced students are often assigned to the front line to take on the post of battalion commander, and the advanced students have a sense of honor and loyalty far beyond that of ordinary officers, which makes the advanced students brave in their achievements and keeps the casualty rate of advanced students high.
Just after graduating last year, I joined the army and participated in many battles in the south of Tangshan. There were 30 graduate photos among the 197 advanced students. However, so far, seven people have been killed in battle, and more than half of them have been injured. This casualty ratio far exceeds that of officers in Fengjun.
It is foreseeable that the 19-year-old advanced students will be assigned to the southern team, which is in urgent need of a large number of outstanding middle-level officers, to take up the positions of battalion commander and deputy head, and then participate in the wars in the southern provinces following the crossing of the river. In this process, it is very likely that the tragedy of the 197 graduates will be repeated.
How many of these advanced students in Taiwan today lived after the war? Forty people? Thirty people? Twenty people are very few?
Zhao Dongyun doesn’t know!
When the first three outstanding graduates were awarded the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Zhao Dong smiled with encouragement and said, "I look forward to bringing glory to your country and nation!"
Look at that few people excited but forced to calm expression Zhao Dongyun turned out to be a little sad for a while!
It’s not easy to send students who have been taught for many years to the battlefield and then wait for the news that they died in the battlefield!
After the ceremony, Zhao Dong Yun left with a slightly heavy heart. One by one, the advanced students with a straight face smiled and cheered for their graduation, and they were about to leave for the South War.
"Brother Quan Yang, you are lucky to be assigned to the third division, a strong army. Don’t forget our brothers!" A tall young lieutenant colonel in a small circle of four people said so.
"You still have to envy me. You are the second in our class. This time, South is going to be the chief of staff of the fifteenth brigade. In the future, you will be promoted or reduced. I am afraid we will still be circling in the camp!"
"Hehe, the chief of staff is like the division is located in Henan for a long time and wants to get promoted!" That tall lieutenant colonel ha ha smiled. To tell the truth, he was not satisfied with his life. He was the second advanced student. Unlike other ordinary graduates, he was awarded the rank of major. After graduation, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel. He knew very well that he had entered the high-level sight. This time, the fifteenth brigade of the South Division was the chief of staff. At best, he was a transitional leader. He was willing to let him experience for a few months and then he was transferred to the war department. Maybe he would be promoted to the head of an infantry regiment in the future.
It’s a career, but it’s not what he wants. If he wants to go to the front line now, he’ll take charge of it!
At this time, another young major also said, "In the next two days, both of you will be in the south, and I will also work in the tenth brigade in Fengtian, and Brother Haoyuan will also go to Baoding. I don’t know when we can get together today. Let’s go if we are drunk today!"
Chen Haoyuan, who is slightly low next to each other, said, "There’s no hurry to drink. Let’s go to the photo studio to take pictures as a souvenir before we get drunk!"
"good!" More than a few people should answer one after another.
In a short time, the four newly graduated young people in Xiangfu photo studio were all dressed in uniform winter officers’ shoulders with the rank of major or lieutenant colonel, with white gloves on their sides and an army knife in their hands.
At this time, Chen Haoyuan suddenly said, "Today may be our last gathering day!"
On the side, Li Quanyang looked the same. "What are you afraid of? We’ll meet again at Yingling Pavilion another day!"
With these words, the photographer in front shouted, "Get ready to shoot!"
The four people immediately stopped talking and turned their eyes to the camera, but no one laughed. Most of their expressions were heavy and serious.
With the flashing of the spotlight, these four young officers remain forever in this black-and-white photo.
Chapter three hundred and sixteen Qian Fan race
Chapter three hundred and sixteen Qian Fan race
With the end of February and the arrival of March, the plan of Fengjun’s crossing the river has reached the final stage of preparation. The ninth division and the fourteenth division have secretly gone to Hezhou to transfer the commander of the fourth army, Meng Enyuan, and it was not long before Chaohu led the fourth army to go to Hezhou with the ninth division and enjoy the internet.
In order to cover the operation of the Fourth Army, various ministries of Fengjun have successively exhibited a series of early-stage cover-and-attack operations.
On March 2, the first division of the first army officially launched a face-to-face attack on Anqing. Although Anqing attacked in the direction of Fengjun, it was a companion attack in the plan to cross the river, but it attracted enough attention from the Anhui army. The first division launched a very fierce offensive, and on the same day it invested a regiment to attack the Anhui army
The first division launched the first large-scale attack of Fengjun this year, which naturally attracted great attention from the Anhui army across the street!
The tour of Jinling Two Rivers brought together Duan Qirui and a large number of Anhui officers!
"Yesterday, the first division of the enemy launched a large-scale offensive against Anqing, and the enemy put in no less than 5,000 offensive troops. There was a lot of pressure on the sixth division!"
The Anhui Army in charge of defending Anqing has the Sixth Division of Liangjiang River, and the total number of his two brigades and provincial troops is about 20,000. Although the defensive forces of Anhui Army are more than those of attacking Fengjun, there is a big gap in weapons and equipment between the two sides. Although the combat effectiveness of this first division brought out by Lu Yongxiang is not as good as that of the three main divisions of Fengjun, it has been fully staffed after this year’s supplementary rest. Only in terms of personnel and equipment, the first division is the same as the three main divisions of the third division, the ninth division and the tenth division, and its combat experience is quite rich, but it is not as good as the three main
Opposite the main force of the Anhui Army, that is, the Sixth Division of the Liangjiang River, although the Anhui Army is also the main force, it is normal for a provincial army to struggle against the attack of the first division of the old Beiyang Army.
However, the difficulties of the Sixth Division did not attract much attention from Duan Qirui!
"Although Anqing is a little difficult, it is still not a problem to rely on the Sixth Division to defend Anqing. Moreover, the enemy’s attack on Anqing is only a companion attack. Now we should pay attention to where the enemy’s main force crossing the river is?" As soon as Duan Qirui grasped the core of the problem, the war in Anqing direction was just a war in this important direction, and he could also guess that the Fengjun attack on Anqing was a cover for the real main force crossing the river
Otherwise, it would not be a first division, but two divisions, even three divisions, but more troops.
"Where is the enemy Lin Yongbu now?" Compared with the war in Anqing, Duan Qirui was more concerned that Lin Yong’s ninth division went there.
Because of the current situation, the direction of the ninth division is often the direction of the army crossing the river!
"According to our information, the ninth division has left Chaohu Lake at the end of the month, and there is no current trend. In addition, there is intelligence reality. It is preliminarily determined that the number of enemy troops leaving Chaohu Lake for Wuhu is 10,000. This department is most likely the enemy ninth division, but it may also be the enemy fourth composite or the first division!"
Duan Qirui listened and frowned. "So they may have decided the direction of crossing the river to Wuhu?"
"This possibility is quite large. In addition, there is intelligence that the enemy appears in Hanshan area and the scale is not small. Although we haven’t checked their serial number, it is very likely that the enemy has been in the limelight recently. The fourteenth division has left Hanshan and may go to Wuhu in the southwest. In addition, we don’t rule out the possibility that the enemy will land in Dangtu area nearby!"
The Anhui generals’ speculation about the direction of Fengjun crossing the river still has a relatively high accuracy
Although limited by the lack of information and other factors, the Anhui generals still judged that the main direction of crossing the river was not Subei nor Anqing, but Wuhu, Tongling and Nanjing. Considering that Tongling had a limited number of troops face to face and Anqing launched a large-scale offensive, the possibility of crossing the river in Tongling direction was greatly reduced
At present, it can be concluded that the Anhui army is a hundred kilometers from Anqing to Jinling, but the problem is to determine the specific location by the Anhui military law
Because the terrain is not much different from this distance, the difficulty of crossing the river is similar. Considering the recent frequent mobilization of Fengjun, it is possible that Wuhu may also be in the west of Jinling.
In order to cope with this situation, the Anhui army not only stationed the second Huncheng Brigade in Wuhu, but also sent a division to Dangtu, and also transferred the fourth division and a brigade to the west to prepare for the protection of Dangtu and Jinling Central Zone.
When the time comes, when Feng Jun has found a place to cross the river, these troops will quickly rush to the place where Feng Jun crossed the river and strive to reach the crossing area in one day at most in two days. Before Feng Jun successfully erected the pontoon bridge, they will drive Feng Jun’s early troops across the Yangtze River.
This cautious attitude of Anhui army also makes it impossible for Fengjun to sneak across the river!