Volume 1 Teacher Chapter 18 Chief of Staff
"Brother Zhizhang, do you think the leader has called us all together for some big event?"
Because the former Governor of Jiangxi, Li Liejun, was dissatisfied with Yuan Shikai's dismissal order and suspected Yuan Shikai mastermind role in the "Song Case", he led his troops back to Hukou, Jiangxi on July 8 of that year under the instructions of Sun Yat-sen to establish the so-called anti-Yuan army and arbitrarily declared Jiangxi independent.
On the 12th of the same month, the Gan Army took the lead in attacking the Beiyang Sixth Division stationed in Jiujiang, officially firing the first shot of the civil war.
On July 15, Huang Xing declared the independence of Jiangsu in Nanjing. Subsequently, Anhui, Shanghai, Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan, Chongqing and other places also declared independence and joined the anti-Yuan ranks. The civil war had quickly spread to the entire south, so Ma Kang's words were well-targeted.
"Brother Xiaoyou, did you feel itchy when you heard the gunshots?"
E Tao didn't want to leave the Imperial City and fight for Yuan Shikai, the thief who stole the country.
"It's a pity that our guards will not be deployed to the battlefield for the time being. As for why the regiment commander wants to hold this meeting, I heard that there is a new chief of staff. I guess he will be introduced to us all today."
"chief of staff?"
According to the Beiyang system, a chief of staff was required at the regimental level. However, the previous guard army was not fully organized and had always been neglected. Therefore, for a period of time, except for a few staff officers who ran errands and were not successful in Lu Jianzhang's guard army headquarters, each regiment and battalion had no full-time staff officers, let alone a chief of staff.
"Where does this person come from? Does your elder brother know?"
The question asked by Ma Kang, deputy battalion commander of the third battalion, was strange. E Tao was only at the same level as him. How could E Tao know everything that he didn't know?
But E Tao really knew it, because E Tao's family and Dai Jiliang's mistress's family were neighbors, so the one who is close to the water gets the moon first.
"I heard that it was Major General Jiang Fangzhen, the principal of the Baoding Army Officers School, who personally introduced him."
E Tao blinked and spoke mysteriously.
"Principal Jiang is an old senior of our regiment commander, Mr. Lu. It is said that the regiment commander studied in Germany under the influence of Major General Jiang, so this chief of staff must not be offended easily!"
"Is that the principal Jiang who committed suicide?"
Chu Gan is a guy with a foul mouth. He insists on bringing out things that others are reluctant to mention.
"I heard that this guy got into this situation because he dealt with General Duan's trusted military science chief Wei Zonghan and section chief Ding Jin. The regiment commander has such a good relationship with General Duan, why would he use someone recommended by him?"
"You ask me this, who should I ask?"
E Tao shook his head. The struggle on this level was not something a young major like him could understand.
"However, Principal Jiang is a capable person, and the people he recommends will definitely not be too bad."
"Chiang Bai-li is Chiang Bai-li, and the new chief of staff is the new chief of staff."
Ma Kang, who graduated from the Crash Course School, disagrees.
"It's true that Zhao Litai is a fool, but is Jiang Baili good at anything? Not necessarily! I still need to see if the person he recommends is the right material."
"You just won't accept it."
E Tao pointed at Ma Kang and cursed with a smile.
"I used the same tone towards the team leader at the beginning, and now I'm saying it again. You think you are the best in the world, and you have to judge everything before you know whether it's good or bad!"
"stand at attention!"
As everyone was chatting , they heard the officer on duty shouting loudly, and the regiment commander Dai Jiliang, the deputy regiment commander and commander of the first battalion Zhang Binnan, and an unfamiliar officer walked in together. Obviously, that should be the new chief of staff that E Tao mentioned.
"Please take a seat!"
Dai Jiliang signaled to several battalion and company commanders to sit down.
"I called everyone together today because I have two things to announce."
Dai Jiliang pointed at the strange officer and said.
"The first is to introduce to you the new regimental chief of staff, Major Zhang Zili Zhang Puchu."
Zhang Zilii stood up and saluted everyone. He was dark and thin, with a pair of sweeping eyebrows and bright eyes. It was obvious at first glance that he was not a easy person to get along with.
"Major Zhang is from Hubei and graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in the United States. Principal Jiang from Baoding recommended him to me from his sickbed. From now on, all staff affairs of the regiment will be handled by Chief of Staff Zhang."
Dai Jiliang glanced at the crowd who were disapproving and sneered slightly. It was deeply rooted that the Beiyang Army did not attach importance to the role of staff. This problem was absolutely intolerable for him, a student studying abroad who was deeply influenced by the German staff system.
"Each battalion must also gradually establish a corresponding chief staff system. I will also leave the personnel transfer and training to you, Major Zhang."
"I will definitely complete the mission entrusted to me by the leader!"
Zhang Zilii stood up and answered in a thick Hubei accent.
"There is a nine-headed bird in the sky and a Hubei guy on the ground."
Chu Gan, who was present, whispered strange things.
"Chu Zixiong, stand up, what are you talking about?"
Dai Jiliang slammed the table and scolded.
"Believe it or not, I will peel off your skin right now."
Although Dai Jiliang hit Chu Gan with the stick, his eyes were fixed on the faces of the battalion commanders, including Zhang Binnan.
"Don't think I'm just talking. If a battalion's staff system doesn't meet the standards, don't blame me for being ruthless."
"Everything is up to the leader's arrangement."
Several battalion commanders hurriedly expressed their opinions. Just kidding, Dai Jiliang really does what he says. If he is really called out by name, Dai will definitely not recognize anyone.
"The second thing to announce next."
Dai Jiliang didn't let Chu Gan sit down, and just announced the next decision directly.
"Starting today, the regiment will form two non-staff teams. One is the sergeant training team, which will mainly train sergeants at all levels and serve as a training team for candidate officers. I will be the captain of this team, and all battalion and company commanders, including Brother Binnan, will take turns giving lectures."
“Wow!”
The conference room suddenly became chaotic. What a joke! You have to know that more than half of the battalion and company commanders of the Second Regiment are from the military. It's okay to let them fight, but it would be very difficult for them to give lectures.
“Bang!”
The new chief of staff Zhang Zilii slammed the table with his hand.
"Should I listen to you or the leader? Everyone, keep quiet!"
Everyone looked at him in astonishment, and only a few people noticed that Dai Jiliang nodded slightly.
"It doesn't matter if you can't speak. You can come and sit in on the first few classes of this teaching team. Brother Park Chu and I will quickly make the textbooks for each of you."
Now only Dai Jiliang's voice was echoing in the conference room.
"It doesn't matter if you can't speak well, practice makes perfect, but I won't tell you what the consequences will be if you don't speak."
Everyone looked at each other, and then Dai Jiliang burst out laughing.
"You're not afraid of losing your head, but a real man is afraid of going on stage and chatting with people. Raise your f*cking heads. I'm telling you, don't be so sad. One of me and Brother Park Chu will stay at the regiment headquarters. Come and ask me if you don't understand."
"yes!"
Now everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but then Dai Jiliang gave them another heavy blow.
“The second team is called the literacy team.
We cannot let our brothers below remain blind, so we must teach them to read.
From now on I will establish a rule that those who are illiterate cannot be promoted to sergeant, let alone officer.
If an officer does not learn to read and write within the prescribed time, he will not be promoted. "
Dai Jiliang stood up and walked around the long conference table while talking. He walked to Chuxiong, patted his shoulder and motioned him to sit down.
"You need to teach the brothers three words every day, and within six months, they need to be able to write letters home.
The company commander will go to the class to teach on this matter, the battalion commander will go to the platoon to supervise, and my brother Binnan and I will also take turns to inspect each company.
Anyone who fails to complete the task or engages in fraud will be severely punished, ranging from salary reduction to demotion, so you should take care of yourself."
Dai Jiliang returned to his seat and stood still.
"As for the fact that a company commander can't read or write, I'll teach you a lesson. If you can't learn, I'll pay you half of your salary. How about that? Are you confident?"
"have!"
An uneven sound was heard.
"Say it again, did you?"
"have!"
This time it was relatively neat.
"Okay, I'm waiting for your good news."
Dai Jiliang sat down.
"In addition, there is good news from the south. On the Jiangsu front, our Beiyang Second Army and Zhang Xun's troops severely damaged the so-called anti-Yuan army in Xuzhou. Now the gate to Nanjing has been opened."
Everyone cheered, and Dai Jiliang understood this quite well. After all, everything about these people was closely related to the giant Beiyang. Although they could not go to the battlefield in person, the victory of their peers was also their victory.
"Shanghai has also secured the Manufacturing Bureau. Chen Yingshi, the Yangmei Governor, only picks up the rotten ones when playing with women, and he is even worse at fighting."
"The commander is right. The Southern Army is not good at fighting."
Everyone was laughing, and Li Dali, a general under Ma Kang, even shouted out.
"It's a pity that we, the guards, can only watch others eat meat and drink soup. It hurts us."
"Forget it, it's just our new army."
Dai Jiliang looked at everyone seriously.
"Let's train the team first. You haven't even seen blood yet, and you still have the nerve to be jealous of others. Don't let your legs go weak when you hear the cannon go off."
Everyone laughed dryly again.
"Okay, everyone, go back and train these soldiers well. In a month, there will be company-level confrontations, in three months, there will be battalion-level confrontations, and within half a year, the entire regiment will conduct joint training. Give your all, and then you will be rewarded where you deserve and punished where you deserve. Don't let the other brothers point fingers at you and call you cowards for leading the troops recklessly.
Get out, get back now.
Chief of Staff, please stay for a moment."
Everyone dispersed. Deputy regiment commander Zhang Binnan, who was also the battalion commander of the first battalion, also rushed back to the first battalion. Only Zhang Zilii was left waiting in front of Dai Jiliang.
"Brother Park Chu, let's not waste time on gossip. The Minister's handling of the Baoding incident was indeed biased, but fortunately the President can distinguish right from wrong."
Dai Jiliang looked into Zhang Zili's eyes. Eyes are the windows to the soul. No matter how Zhang Zili disguises himself, he cannot disguise his eyes.
"Let's not talk about this. Since you have come to my Second Regiment, we are comrades in the same trench, sharing honor and disgrace. I will hand over all the staff work of the Second Regiment to you. I hope you can give me a good answer."
"Don't worry, Captain. Since you think so highly of me, Park Chu will definitely not let you down."
Major Zhang responded cautiously, without any of the arrogance he had just shown when he slammed the table.
"But I can't do it alone. I need people, even ordinary officers."
"I'm also short of officers."
Dai Jiliang thought about it and was finally persuaded to compromise by the temptation of the elites of the German General Staff.
"I'll try to recruit people for you, but I can only give you three second lieutenants and one sergeant. And you have to find a way to set up the regiment staff for me first."
“It was a bit difficult, but I did it.”
"Then I'll leave everything to you."
Note: ① An old bureaucrat, the first president of Baoding Army Officers School.
