Chapter 68 The men behind Yuan Shikai

A year has passed by in a hurry. On this day, Yuan Shikai's direct leader, Ronglu, the new minister of the Ministry of War, decided to test Yuan Shikai's achievements. Ronglu knew that China has always had the tradition of "villages cheating townships, townships cheating counties, and cheating all the way to the State Council." The real situation, so I came to Tianjin Station without saying hello. Rong Lu saw the new army on the training ground. The military appearance is neat, the morale is high, the military is excellent, and the equipment is distinctive. It feels so shocking!Lord Rong has been a soldier all his life, and he has never seen such an excellent and modern new army.Rong Lu couldn't help sighing secretly: This is what a real teacher of might and civilization should be like!So the heart of love for talent can not help but arise spontaneously.

It happened that Yuan Shikai also wanted to find a backer, so Yuan Shikai became Rong Lu's confidant after a lot of pushing and drinking at the dinner table. So far, Yuan Shikai already has two backers: Li Hongzhang and Rong Lu.One is the first person among the Han ministers, and the other is the powerful minister of the Manchu nobles who is favored by Empress Dowager Cixi. It can be described as double insurance. Although Yuan Shikai's new army is very powerful, the fly in the ointment is that the number of people is relatively small, with only more than 7,000 people, and the deterrence is not strong enough.But in any case, the history books will always record this way: the founder of China's first truly modern army, the new army, is Yuan Shikai.

Starting from "small station training", our Chinese army has gradually moved from the era of cold weapons to the era of hot weapons. This change of era is by no means a simple update of weapons, but also a change in combat theory, training methods, and military organization. Progress across the board. The ability to train such an army cannot but be attributed to the hard work of Yuan Shikai, a general who is familiar with military affairs!But behind a successful person, there is always a silent dedication. The person standing behind Yuan Shikai is Xu Shichang who is silently dedicated.

Xu Shichang gave up his status as a senior cadre in the imperial capital and came to such a place like Tianjin Xiaozhan, purely to help his brother Yuan Shikai, what a show of loyalty! At the Tianjin station, Xu Shichang drafted a large number of regulations about the army, various systems, including the memorials reported to the court, uploaded and distributed, and engaged in interpersonal relationships.In short, all the achievements of the Tianjin Xiaozhan military training are inseparable from Xu Shichang's advice and painstaking efforts. Yuan Shikai should be proud of his discerning eyes eighteen years ago!

Of course, the contributions of Wang Shizhen, Duan Qirui, and Feng Guozhang are obvious to all.More importantly, as front-line technicians, they also learned a lot from the Germans. In the future, the Chinese will no longer have to rely on the Germans for military training.This precious experience has forged them into generals capable of training and fighting. At this time, I believe that no one can realize the energy of the Tianjin Xiaozhan Military Group. In the years that followed, thirty-four of these military officers who followed Yuan Shikai’s military training at the small station climbed to the position of commander of the provincial military region, and among them there were four presidents of the Republic of China and nine prime ministers of the Republic of China.

These achievements of the "Tianjin Xiaozhan Team" are incredible, and history will always remember their names!