Chapter 32 Xu Shuzheng

Wang Maoru came to the Ministry of Communications to report as usual, but he was eaten behind closed doors, and no one paid attention to him after he was registered, and because the flight department was newly added, there was not even an office, even the people watching the gate at the gate sniffed at him, looking high.

Seeing them so coldly, Wang Mao Ruxin said why the War Department was still fighting with the Ministry of Communications, and it was obviously not taken seriously, so he left the Ministry of Communications and came to the War Department by car. In addition to serving as the deputy chief of the flight section of the Ministry of Communications, he also served as the rank of lieutenant in the Central Army, so reporting to the War Department was also a formality. However, the War Department was not like the Ministry of Communications, and after the report was completed, someone led Wang Maoru to the office of the deputy minister of the War Department.

Now the army chief of the Beijing government of the Republic of China is Zhou Ziqi, the former army chief Duan Qirui is concurrently the governor of Hubei, and Zhou Ziqi, who was born in the Department of Communications, serves as the army commander. However, Zhou Ziqi was born as a literati, a jinshi of the former Qing Dynasty, although he admired Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang and other talented generals, but he did not have that ability, and the War Department was in a mess under his command.

This time it was Xu Shuzheng who called him, Xu Shuzheng, the word is Zheng, and he is called "Little Fan". A native of Liquan Village, Guanqiao Town, Xiao County, Jiangsu Province, he has been brilliant and talented since he was a child. Literate at the age of 3, able to poetry at the age of 7, talented at the age of 13, and born at the age of 17, he is known as a prodigy.

In 1901, Xu Shuzheng abandoned literature and martial arts, and went to Jinan to write to Yuan Shikai, the governor of Shandong, to state the way of martial arts, but was not appreciated. Later, he was recommended as Duan Qirui's room. In 1905, he was sent to the Infantry Department of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School. In 1910, he returned to China after completing his studies. After returning to China, he served as the military counselor of the sixth town of the Qing Dynasty in Duan Qirui's army, and in 1911, he served as the general staff of the First Army. From 1912 to 1914, during the period when Duan Qirui was the chief of the army, Xu Shuzheng successively served as the director of the Department of Military Studies, the director of the Department of Military Horses, and the director of the General's Office Affairs, and the presidential office had just appointed Xu Shuzheng as the deputy minister of the army, and he was only 34 years old this year, the youngest of all the deputy ministers.

His most remembered contribution was the reconquest of Outer Mongolia and the unification of China by force, of which the unification of Outer Mongolia by force created the first contribution to the reconquest of territory in modern times. However, because he became famous early, he was deeply appointed by Duan Qirui, and he also had a rigid personality and did not know how to get along with others, especially within the Beijing government, various factional struggles continued, which made him very unpopular, but he had to rely on his talents.

After the secretary brought Wang Maoru in, Xu Shuzheng stared at Wang Maoru and didn't say a word, putting pressure on Wang Maoru psychologically. Wang Maoru was also very curious about how Xu Cichang was such a noble person, looking for himself, if he had any tasks or requirements, he would just give a direct order, and he also looked at him curiously. The two of them thought about mung beans for a long time, and Xu Shuzheng said: "There are no rules, I don't know if I want to salute, don't skip words."

"Huh? Oh, salute, second best. Wang Maoru hurriedly saluted a military salute, but he really forgot that he still had the rank of lieutenant.

"Hmph" Xu Shuzheng said, "It's not very good, why do you want to join the Department of Transportation?" ”

Your old man's question is really direct, but your War Department did not send someone to win it over, what does this have to do with me, Wang Maoru smiled bitterly: "I don't have any defection, I am just a businessman, this soldier is still conscripted by the presidential palace, and the lieutenant is not what I think." ”

Wang Maoru's hard answer, on the contrary, made Xu Shuzheng look at him a few more times, and said: "It's okay, now that I am serving in the Central Army, I will have to serve the War Department and the front line in the future, I heard that your plane is well built and can fly ten kilometers?" ”

"Occasionally it flies 10 kilometers, but our staff and technicians are improving, and it is estimated that 10 kilometers is no problem, but the aircraft needs to be improved in terms of practicality." Wang Maoru replied.

"Can you go on a reconnaissance mission?"

"Yes."

"Well, in the future, when you fight, your flight section must cooperate well with the army."

"Yes."

"Go down." Xu Shuzheng said.

Wang Maoru said: "Vice Chief Xu, I have something I want to ask. ”

"Speak."

"Since the flight section is going to carry out reconnaissance missions, which can be regarded as a combat sequence, then I think can I change the factory protection team in my factory to a garrison team and join the army sequence? It is not justified to play the role of protecting aircraft, and only with the establishment of the War Department can we better protect aircraft and airfields. What worries me is that those Kuomintang people take the opportunity to make trouble. Wang Maoru said.

Today's planes are at most reconnaissance in Europe, and the militaries of all European countries despise the combat role of aircraft. And they are only willing to use the aircraft as the eyes of the army, for which European countries and even Japan have listed the air force as army aviation and naval aviation for reconnaissance of the army and navy. Until before World War I, pilots from the two countries greeted each other when they met in the air.

The earliest air battles also took place during World War I, when French pilot André flew a biplane to the Belgian area of Liège on a reconnaissance mission. At the same time, the German pilot Hans also flew his plane to the Marne River to carry out the same mission. After the two planes met in the air, Hans waved at André gentlemanly as a pilot, but André refused to do so, and held out his little finger at Hans as if he were mocking. Enraged by this action, Hans quickly turned around and flew towards André, who turned around and circled him, once again holding out his little finger at Hans in an insult. Hans angrily pulled out his pistol and fired, André also drew his pistol, and the two shot each other in the air, but due to the slow rate of fire of the pistol and the short effective shooting distance, the two men were shot without harming anyone, and even the plane was unscathed. However, this also prompted the birth and development of the Air Force, and after learning the news, military scientists suddenly opened their mouths and urgently rebuilt the aircraft, thus promoting the transformation of the aircraft from a supporting role on the battlefield to a protagonist on the battlefield.

Xu Shuzheng, who returned from studying in Japan, like Duan Qirui, who studied in Germany, did not take the plane seriously, but as a reconnaissance use, he still fought with the Department of Communications, and obtained the promise of the Department of Transportation that in the event of war, the Flight Section of the Department of Transportation would fully assist the army.

Seeing Xu Shuzheng think for a while, Wang Maoru hurriedly said: "I just want my factory protection team to have a name, after all, the factory protection team is my personal and belongs to the militia group. After all, there are now ten planes. ”

"Hmph, Xiao Wang, don't fool me, ten planes, you only have four planes." Xu Shuzheng said.

Wang Maoru opened his mouth wide, how did he know the number of planes, and said honestly: "Alas, since the second elder knows, but we also have to develop, and after the flight team develops strongly, it will also be good for the army." ”

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