Back to the Republic of China as a commander

But these are not important. The most exciting achievement for Wang Zhenyu is a telegrapher named Wang Huaishi, who is a native of Hongjiang and passed the telecommunications school in the late Qing Dynasty.After graduation, he was assigned to work in the Tianjin General Administration of Communications. After the revolution, he went south and went home to participate in the recruitment of public officials in the guarding embassy, ​​and was subsequently admitted.Because he knew the telegraph, Wang Zhenyu swiped his pen and fell directly to the third room of the attendant office as a telegraph operator, responsible for operating a telegraph machine made by Siemens in Germany.Wang Zhenyu still attaches great importance to the transmission of this information. He talked alone with Wang Huaishi, a tall and thin young man, for more than ten minutes, and asked him to train a group of communication talents. In the future, if conditions permit, they will go down to the battalion level.

Then came a series of military regulations and promulgation of military regulations. In fact, Wang Zhenyu didn't pay much attention to these things, but he also knew that without these rules, the army would be in trouble.So for the document jointly drafted by the three giants Yang Wangui, Xu Yuanquan, and Wan Yaohuang, he carefully read it, and then signed it into effect.In fact, he really doesn't worry about the military affairs. The agencies at all levels are independent systems. The military director is appointed by the staff system, the staff officer is appointed by the combat system, and more importantly, the quartermaster who involves money is appointed by the armament system.In this situation of mutual non-affiliation, it is very troublesome for anyone who wants to mess around and drink soldiers' blood, not to mention that the treatment itself is not low, and one must be content.

What really made him think about it was the question of the new military uniform.

Since it is not in the establishment of the provincial army, the military uniform naturally does not have to be the same as others.Wang Zhenyu's instructions to the Armament Department are very clear, and each soldier has five sets of military uniforms a year.Divided into two categories:

The first is dresses, which are divided into three sets of long-sleeved spring and autumn clothes, short-sleeved summer clothes and cotton-padded winter clothes.Compared with the original style, the changes are not small:

The first is to add epaulets, which are used to divide military ranks, and the original collar insignia for this purpose is simplified to distinguish arms, infantry is red, other arms are blue, and officers are added with a small five-star;

The second is to increase the cufflinks and cuff lines to make it more beautiful and generous.The uniforms of the field troops are all blue-gray, and the trousers are all lined with white, and the officers are equipped with a blue woolen overcoat.Wang Zhenyu still understands the truth that military appearance is morale, and he will not save this little money.

Then there are military shoes, all of which are distributed with German-style big-toed shoes, which cost a lot of money, but Wang Zhenyu agreed without hesitation at all.

The military uniforms of the security forces are all black and gray. Specifically, the jackets are gray and the trousers are black, which are similar to the uniforms of later generations of special police forces.

The military caps are all large caps, which are bigger and wider than the original caps of the new army. Of course, they are not as big as those of the Soviet Union. They just fit the head shape of the Chinese and look very beautiful. The second is the training uniform, which is all distributed. There are two sets of yellow-green training uniforms, which are easy to change and wash.A soldier's training uniform has two pockets, while an officer's has four pockets. There is a cloth patch embroidered on the chest, and the ranks are all distinguished by collar badges. There are no shoulder badges or the like.This is also to avoid the occurrence of one's own officers being easily recognized by the opponent's sharpshooter on the battlefield, and to take care of them.

The military caps are all uniform flat canvas caps, and the shoes are all rubber-soled shoes.Compared with the dress, the training uniform is very rustic.Steel helmets are what Wang Zhenyu plans to equip the troops. If possible, it is best to have body armor. Unfortunately, these two things are a bit ahead of the curve now, and the armies of the great powers don't have these things anymore.

The military flag that was finally decided, everyone researched more than a dozen styles of military flags, all of which were rejected by Wang Zhenyu, and finally Wang Zhenyu designed a white tiger flag by himself.The majestic white tiger head was embroidered on the blue military flag, and the numbers of various ministries were embroidered on the white border. This was the white tiger flag that shocked the world later.

Xu Yuanquan was very dissatisfied with this idea: "Commander, this white tiger is unlucky. If someone's wife is a white tiger, it will be a disaster."

Wang Zhenyu stood up angrily and amusedly: "Do you dare to sleep with the woman who will bring disaster and bad luck?"

This group of feudal superstitious elements who were ignorant and did not accept materialism immediately shook their heads and expressed their fear.

Wang Zhenyu shouted loudly: "That's right, our White Tiger Army is an army that brings disaster and bad luck to the enemy. If the enemy is afraid to do it, then we will do it openly. Remember, we must Your happiness is based on the pain of your enemy."

The problem of the military flag was solved in this way. After this series of actions, the Xiangxi Military Group began to take shape.

Fellaini, a Belgian, is a bit annoying recently. Two months ago, he was summoned by his cousin, Frankie from Belgian Bank, to this damn place in Jingxi, Hunan, by a telegram. states and counties.

Can you imagine walking for hours without seeing people?Can you imagine only sleeping after dark?Where the hell is the light, where is the beautiful Chinese girl?

This is not the worst part, there are no toilets or bathtubs here, and going to the toilet has to be done in a wooden house in the wild.And this wooden house is directly connected to a piece of farmland in the countryside. Oh God, his excrement had such close contact with these foods in the end, he couldn't eat when he thought of it.

In fact, the food was not up to par, there was no dessert, it was all chilli and it was all sour.

The sanitation is also terrible, there are flies everywhere, and you have to shake your furry buttocks when you go to the toilet, so it is very likely that your buttocks will swell when you get up.A more serious incident happened the day before yesterday. Fellaini's little brother was stung as he didn't pay attention, so he completely collapsed and didn't sleep all night.

Most of the fellow Belgians complained about it, they felt like they were in damn Africa.But as time went by, their complaints gradually decreased, because the Chinese people who traveled with them were really friendly.Although the conditions are not good, they still give priority to taking care of foreigners like themselves.On rainy days, they would rather stand outside in the rain by themselves, and give them shelter from the rain.Over time, we formed a deep friendship.

Especially Fellaini, when he was walking on a mountain road close to a cliff, he accidentally slipped his foot due to his unstable center of gravity, and fell towards the cliff. It was a very brave Chinese soldier named Shi Yong who followed behind him. hugged his leg.Then persisted for three or four minutes before someone rushed to work together to pull Fellaini up.Looking at Shi Yong's bloody forearms, Fellaini, who was in his early thirties, actually started to cry, and then even said and gestured that he must become good friends with Shi Yong.

Many years later, Shi Yong has become the director of the Central South Bureau of the Ministry of Railways. He was sentenced to death by the court for corruption. Belgian Fellaini traveled thousands of miles to China to see Wang Zhenyu, hoping to pardon Shi Yong.Although it was not successful, the personal friendship between the two has also become a good story in the history of exchanges between China and Belgium.

But now, in the eyes of these Belgian engineers, Frankie is a demon who cannibalize people without spit out bones.Under the guise of a high salary, people like myself have been tricked into this desolate place. I really can't see the real significance of building a railway in such a sparsely populated place.Occasionally, I can see a few wolves around, but I don’t know why when these wolves see people, their first reaction is not to call friends to attack, but to turn around and run with their tails between their legs, as if they are very scared.

The exploration work is progressing very smoothly. One reason is that although this area is a mountainous area, the mountains are generally not high, and the mileage of the construction itself is only [-] kilometers, which is not too long; With cooperation, the five exploration teams all successfully completed the task.Ding Wenjiang, Weng Wenhao, the Chinese directors of the exploration team, Fellaini, Xifu and others successfully met in Hongjiang.We integrated the survey data of the five teams and designed a railway map that saves the most cost and manpower.

"Fortunately, the tunnels that need to be opened are not too many, and they are not too long; there are only six railway bridges that need to be erected. If there are enough people, it is really not a big problem for this railway to open to traffic in three or even two and a half years. .” Fellaini’s deputy, Schiff, was the first to speak and made a very optimistic speech.

Fellaini shook his head and said: "If the manpower can be guaranteed to exceed [-], the construction will be carried out in three stages at the same time, and the raw materials can be delivered immediately, it may not take as long as three years, dear Xifu."

Xifu was a little unconvinced: "Hey, Mr. Fellaini, it takes a lot of time to send the steel rails from the river to the mountain."

Fellaini nodded and said: "Don't underestimate the efficiency of the Chinese, Xifu. And I have made observations in the Jingzhou area. The trees in these places are very strong and suitable for sleepers. The transportation of sleepers can be changed. The material has been successfully collected, and once the railway enters the laying stage, it will be very fast."

Ding Wenjiang nodded in agreement and said: "Not only in Jingzhou, but also the trees in Huitong and Passage are also very good, fully qualified. The rest of Qiancheng and Luyang are all accessible by water, and the terrain is better than the three just now. The county should be more level."

Everyone summed it up and felt that if the scheduling is reasonable, it is not impossible to complete the opening of the whole line to traffic in the fastest two years.The premise is that about [-] workers can be deployed, and a plan for the simultaneous start of multiple stages of construction can be formulated.

Since everyone knows each other very close, the plan and budget were quickly drawn up and submitted to the guarding envoy and the headquarters of Xiangxi Development Company. Wang Zhenyu is not thinking about it now. Recently, he has expanded so many troops at once. The problem of military industry has given him a headache. , He threw the drawings aside and asked Fellaini seriously: "How much speed can this kind of railway reach? How much can the transport capacity reach?"

Chapter 115 Great Development ([-])

Wang Zhenyu promoted seven major generals in one go, and recognized the generals for the people of Qi in public. Many people were envious of this.There are also people who are very depressed, especially Li Zongren, who is already a brigade commander, but still holds the rank of colonel, and he is inevitably a little bit disappointed.

But these are not important. The most exciting achievement for Wang Zhenyu is a telegrapher named Wang Huaishi, who is a native of Hongjiang and passed the telecommunications school in the late Qing Dynasty.After graduation, he was assigned to work in the Tianjin General Administration of Communications. After the revolution, he went south and went home to participate in the recruitment of public officials in the guarding embassy, ​​and was subsequently admitted.Because he knew the telegraph, Wang Zhenyu swiped his pen and fell directly to the third room of the attendant office as a telegraph operator, responsible for operating a telegraph machine made by Siemens in Germany.Wang Zhenyu still attaches great importance to the transmission of this information. He talked alone with Wang Huaishi, a tall and thin young man, for more than ten minutes, and asked him to train a group of communication talents. In the future, if conditions permit, they will go down to the battalion level.

Then came a series of military regulations and promulgation of military regulations. In fact, Wang Zhenyu didn't pay much attention to these things, but he also knew that without these rules, the army would be in trouble.So for the document jointly drafted by the three giants Yang Wangui, Xu Yuanquan, and Wan Yaohuang, he carefully read it, and then signed it into effect.In fact, he really doesn't worry about the military affairs. The agencies at all levels are independent systems. The military director is appointed by the staff system, the staff officer is appointed by the combat system, and more importantly, the quartermaster who involves money is appointed by the armament system.In this situation of mutual non-affiliation, it is very troublesome for anyone who wants to mess around and drink soldiers' blood, not to mention that the treatment itself is not low, and one must be content.

What really made him think about it was the question of the new military uniform.

Since it is not in the establishment of the provincial army, the military uniform naturally does not have to be the same as others.Wang Zhenyu's instructions to the Armament Department are very clear, and each soldier has five sets of military uniforms a year.Divided into two categories:

The first is dresses, which are divided into three sets of long-sleeved spring and autumn clothes, short-sleeved summer clothes and cotton-padded winter clothes.Compared with the original style, the changes are not small:

The first is to add epaulets, which are used to divide military ranks, and the original collar insignia for this purpose is simplified to distinguish arms, infantry is red, other arms are blue, and officers are added with a small five-star;

The second is to increase the cufflinks and cuff lines to make it more beautiful and generous.The uniforms of the field troops are all blue-gray, and the trousers are all lined with white, and the officers are equipped with a blue woolen overcoat.Wang Zhenyu still understands the truth that military appearance is morale, and he will not save this little money.

Then there are military shoes, all of which are distributed with German-style big-toed shoes, which cost a lot of money, but Wang Zhenyu agreed without hesitation at all.

The military uniforms of the security forces are all black and gray. Specifically, the jackets are gray and the trousers are black, which are similar to the uniforms of later generations of special police forces.

The military caps are all large caps, which are bigger and wider than the original caps of the new army. Of course, they are not as big as those of the Soviet Union. They just fit the head shape of the Chinese and look very beautiful. The second is the training uniform, which is all distributed. There are two sets of yellow-green training uniforms, which are easy to change and wash.A soldier's training uniform has two pockets, while an officer's has four pockets. There is a cloth patch embroidered on the chest, and the ranks are all distinguished by collar badges. There are no shoulder badges or the like.This is also to avoid the occurrence of one's own officers being easily recognized by the opponent's sharpshooter on the battlefield, and to take care of them.

The military caps are all uniform flat canvas caps, and the shoes are all rubber-soled shoes.Compared with the dress, the training uniform is very rustic.Steel helmets are what Wang Zhenyu plans to equip the troops. If possible, it is best to have body armor. Unfortunately, these two things are a bit ahead of the curve now, and the armies of the great powers don't have these things anymore.

The military flag that was finally decided, everyone researched more than a dozen styles of military flags, all of which were rejected by Wang Zhenyu, and finally Wang Zhenyu designed a white tiger flag by himself.The majestic white tiger head was embroidered on the blue military flag, and the numbers of various ministries were embroidered on the white border. This was the white tiger flag that shocked the world later.

Xu Yuanquan was very dissatisfied with this idea: "Commander, this white tiger is unlucky. If someone's wife is a white tiger, it will be a disaster."

Wang Zhenyu stood up angrily and amusedly: "Do you dare to sleep with the woman who will bring disaster and bad luck?"

This group of feudal superstitious elements who were ignorant and did not accept materialism immediately shook their heads and expressed their fear.

Wang Zhenyu shouted loudly: "That's right, our White Tiger Army is an army that brings disaster and bad luck to the enemy. If the enemy is afraid to do it, then we will do it openly. Remember, we must Your happiness is based on the pain of your enemy."

The problem of the military flag was solved in this way. After this series of actions, the Xiangxi Military Group began to take shape.

Fellaini, a Belgian, is a bit annoying recently. Two months ago, he was summoned by his cousin, Frankie from Belgian Bank, to this damn place in Jingxi, Hunan, by a telegram. states and counties.

Can you imagine walking for hours without seeing people?Can you imagine only sleeping after dark?Where the hell is the light, where is the beautiful Chinese girl?

This is not the worst part, there are no toilets or bathtubs here, and going to the toilet has to be done in a wooden house in the wild.And this wooden house is directly connected to a piece of farmland in the countryside. Oh God, his excrement had such close contact with these foods in the end, he couldn't eat when he thought of it.

In fact, the food was not up to par, there was no dessert, it was all chilli and it was all sour.

The sanitation is also terrible, there are flies everywhere, and you have to shake your furry buttocks when you go to the toilet, so it is very likely that your buttocks will swell when you get up.A more serious incident happened the day before yesterday. Fellaini's little brother was stung as he didn't pay attention, so he completely collapsed and didn't sleep all night.

Most of the fellow Belgians complained about it, they felt like they were in damn Africa.But as time went by, their complaints gradually decreased, because the Chinese people who traveled with them were really friendly.Although the conditions are not good, they still give priority to taking care of foreigners like themselves.On rainy days, they would rather stand outside in the rain by themselves, and give them shelter from the rain.Over time, we formed a deep friendship.

Especially Fellaini, when he was walking on a mountain road close to a cliff, he accidentally slipped his foot due to his unstable center of gravity, and fell towards the cliff. It was a very brave Chinese soldier named Shi Yong who followed behind him. hugged his leg.Then persisted for three or four minutes before someone rushed to work together to pull Fellaini up.Looking at Shi Yong's bloody forearms, Fellaini, who was in his early thirties, actually started to cry, and then even said and gestured that he must become good friends with Shi Yong.