Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Ceremony of Forming the Army

The Japanese left with their front feet and yelled at Puna and rushed over, saying, "Those bastards at the police station have detained our convoy." ”

"Give them some money." Wang Maoru said.

Puna said: "I gave it, but they didn't take it. ”

Wang Maoru sneered: "Then let them keep them and detain them for no reason, I want to see how many days they can be held." You send twenty yuan to each of the locked families, appease them, and tell them that they are okay, and their families will release them in a few days. ”

"Yes." Puna said, and said suspiciously: "That short man just now seems to be Xiao Dongyang?" ”

"It's really raining and the wind is full of buildings." Wang Maoru nodded with his head, rubbed his temples and said. Later, the War Department's purchase of Japan's Japanese-Japanese and foreign arms was also announced, and Xu Shuzheng came forward to order 3 million yen worth of arms from Japan to equip the Beiyang Army's new 10 divisions, and then ordered 2 million yen worth of bullets and shells from Japan. On the Japanese side, the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group smoothly transported all the equipment of the Golden Hook rifle to Japan's New Kanto Prefecture (China's Japanese-occupied Dalian Lushun area) to set up the Japanese Kanto Prefecture Arsenal, which was responsible for providing arms production and ammunition production to China. The Japanese arms business seemed to start out as if it was cheap and losing money, but their business was long-term, and the repair and maintenance of the Golden Hook rifle and the ammunition had to rely on the Kanto Prefecture Arsenal. And what the Japanese hate the most is that this gold construction rifle is a rifle used in the Russo-Japanese War 20 years ago, and Japan not only disposed of all the retired guns, but also used the old rifles to feed the workers, and the money earned provided funds for their own production of the Type 38 rifle.

Wang Maoru went to the War Department to make a statement, but was coldly rejected by Xu Shuzheng, so he had to sigh, the War Department may not see the harm of this move, but Japanese guns are cheaper than domestic Hanyang-made, compared with Japanese rifles with excellent performance and domestic rifles with small production and rough cut prices, it is not an exaggeration for the people of the War Department to choose Japanese guns. Maybe choosing an American gun was a trap in the first place, but I didn't expect that I had such a huge financial resource behind me, and I didn't kill myself with a stick.

At 9 a.m. on June 28, 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince Archduke Ferdinand took part in a military exercise, after which 17-year-old Princip, a member of a secret Serbian organization, opened fire on Ferdinand and his wife, killing Ferdinand and arresting Princip.

This event became known as the Sarajevo Incident and is considered the trigger for the First World War. The Sarajevo assassination of Ferdinand was used by Austria-Hungary as a pretext for waging war against Serbia. On July 23, 1914, Austria, with the unconditional support of Germany, issued an ultimatum to Serbia, including the arrest of the murderers, the suppression of anti-Austrian activities, and the dismissal of anti-Austrian officials. However, Austria still escalated its actions. At the same time, Germany was aware of Russia's military mobilization, and the Kaiser demanded that Russia cease and prepare for war quickly. Given the tough diplomacy of States and their arrogance over their military might, war is inevitable

At the same time, Wang Maoru returned to Huairou and began to prepare for the formation ceremony of the 11th Side Defense Brigade.

The 11th Defensive Reserve Brigade was formed in mid-April 1914 and consisted of three infantry battalions, one cavalry battalion, one special service brigade, one engineer brigade, one gendarmerie brigade, one baggage brigade, one machine gun brigade, and one brigade commander's personal guard. As a garrison brigade of the border army, the 11th Garrison Brigade has 3,000 E1 rifles, 20 German Maxim machine guns, 20 Hatch Chase machine guns, 300 Mauser pistols, 300 horses, 500 sabers, 200 pack horses, and 120 carriages.

The individual infantry of the individual garrison brigade is an E1 rifle, a bayonet, 120 standard spare bullets, a marching quilt, a water bottle, a cross belt, a backpack, a raincoat, a black military dress, an old-fashioned Beiyang military uniform, leather shoes and large caps, and even the special brigade and the guards are equipped with French Adrian helmets.

The cavalry's personal equipment was a fire bead, a sabre, 120 rounds of ammunition, a marching blanket, a water bottle, a cross belt, a backpack, a raincoat, a black military dress and an old Beiyang military uniform.

These are Wang Maoru's painstaking efforts, spending his own money to build an army, just the weapons and equipment of the whole brigade, Wang Maoru spent 500,000 yuan, this money is enough to form four if it is an ordinary border brigade.

On July 11, the third year of the Republic of China, 13 days after the European powder keg was ignited, the first military parade in the history of Huairou County was held at the gate of the Huairou County Government of Zhili Province and on the south square of the former Yamen of Huairou County. Hulunbuir escort Wang Maoru commanded the five battalions and four companies of the 11th Garrison Brigade of the Frontier Army and all the people in the Eighth Division, standing on the platform set up in front of the county yamen and calling the people of Huairou County to watch, which was very swaggering.

Because of Wang Maoru's willingness to spend money, the whole brigade wore handsome black military uniforms, and when they looked at it, they had the feeling of seeing the German SS.

Each soldier was uniformly black, with a cross belt, a bayonet of fire, and all individual equipment was on his body, weighing thirty pounds. If they usually carry 30 pounds of individual equipment, each soldier would be tired after standing for two hours, but in the eyes of the county's fathers and elders, these soldiers are very coquettish with their chests up and their stomachs closed, and they are inclined 45 degrees upward, with a majestic and proud appearance. In the eyes of the gentry of the county, how can there be a more powerful army than this army, an old gentry couldn't help but sigh: "The heavenly soldiers and generals are just like this, the heavenly soldiers and fields are just like this, the division of the tiger." ”

The five battalion commanders stood in front of their respective units in turn, and the three independent company commanders were also lined up in turn, only the gendarmerie company was very depressed and could only maintain order. The gendarmes were also depressed.

On the rostrum, Wang Maoru was dressed in a blue general uniform, wearing a red tasseled cap, wearing the rank of major general with epaulettes, four golden tassels on his chest, a command knife at his waist, breeches and boots on his lower body, and a white cloak tied behind him. It looked majestic, but in fact, this cloak had made him hot, and his head was sweating all the time, and after a while, he couldn't stand it, so he had to take off the cloak and hand it to the adjutant Ren Yuanxing. Seeing Ren Yuanxing and Li Pinxian's smiling faces, Wang Mao was so angry that he couldn't wait to kick them off the stage directly.

On the left side of the rostrum is the five-color flag of the Republic of China, and on the right is the red flag of the 11th Frontier Garrison Brigade with the words "11th Frontier Garrison Brigade". Xu Shuzheng also wanted to include the 11th Garrison Brigade in his Anhui system, swept away the previous rejection, and instead accepted it, and also gave them two 75mm Krupp field guns rarely, and also let Wang Maoru pull them out and put them in the machine gun company.

The host of today's Chengjun was originally Li Pinxian, the deputy brigade commander, but Li Pinxian is from Guangxi, and the official language is usually okay, and when he shouts at the top of his voice, he always runs away from the sound, and it is good to choose a loud voice in this kind of singing occasion. It just so happens that He Rufei is a big voice, and he is still a northerner, although his accent has a local accent, he can understand it in Zhili.

At this time, He Rufei, director of general affairs, looked at Wang Maoru, Wang Maoru looked at his watch, it was 10:58 in the morning, nodded, He Rufei walked to the loudspeaker, cleared his throat and shouted: "Today, the official formation of our 11th Frontier Garrison Brigade is our great day, and it is the day when we officially enter the national army."

There was no reaction below, it should have been applauded, the soldiers below occupied the front and back for an hour, and they were so tired that they were going to die, looking at He Rufei on the stage, and the heart said hurry up. It was still Ren Yuanxing who was clever and clapped on the side, and the soldiers below reacted and hurriedly applauded.

He Rufei said again: "Brothers, what is the responsibility of our 11th Frontier Garrison Brigade? We are an army that protects the homeland and the country, and our responsibility is to protect the territory and the people, and to fight against a rebel, we ...... "This He Rufei gushed endlessly, three days ago Wang Maoru told him to let him be the master of ceremonies, and He Rufei wrote a speech of tens of thousands of words. It was still Wang Maoru's dizziness to see, so he deleted most of it, and it seems that he deleted less. After speaking for half an hour, the soldiers below were angry, and the people yawned when they heard it, He Rufei concluded: "Okay, next, we invite General Wang Maoru, commander of the 11th Garrison Brigade, to speak." ”

Seeing that the chief had spoken, everyone applauded vigorously.

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