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In Fang Zida's view, the military institutions of the Republic of China are extremely primitive. Although Yuan Shikai established the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Navy after taking office as the interim president, and carried out standardization, town restructuring and military rank restructuring of the Beiyang armies. On the surface, the country

The army (actually just the Beiyang Army) has transformed from the old-style army to the advanced army of Western countries, but in fact it has only been superficially learned, and it is simply a change of the soup without changing the medicine.

In Fang Zida's heart, the two countries that China's national army should learn from most are the two countries. This does not include France, which is known as the world's largest army, nor does it include Great Britain, which is known as the empire on which the sun never sets, but the European army powers Germany and Oceania.

The future hegemon on the other side - the United States.

Fang Zida has witnessed with his own eyes what the world's police will look like a hundred years from now, and the strength of the American soldiers has attracted worldwide attention. However, the United States is still an emerging country today, and its military strength is far inferior to that of the future. Its greatest advantage is just its strong industrial base.

and a complete political structure. In view of the limitations of military equipment and technology, it is outdated today to learn from the future United States, so Fang Zida proposed using Germany as the learning target. Referring to the defense institutions of today's Germany and future powerful countries, he proposed to abolish the Department of the Army.

The Navy Department established a new Ministry of National Defense (Ministry of War) and General Staff, and stepped up the transformation of the old army.

From Fang Zida's point of view, the General Staff is particularly important. It is the department that will play the largest role in the country's military structure in the future, and its military role is even higher than that of the Ministry of National Defense. The Ministry of National Defense must also change the current practice of being led by military personnel and use

Civilians are in charge and use it as an institution to check the General Staff, forming a mutual restraint method.

"Like the Privy Council of the Song Dynasty?" Yuan Shikai thought thoughtfully.

"Father-in-law, congratulations!" Fang Zida nodded repeatedly. The example given by Yuan Shikai was accurate. The Privy Council in the Song Dynasty was actually the prototype of the modern Ministry of National Defense or the Ministry of War. Compared with the Ministry of War in the following dynasties, the composition of the Privy Council was different.

In many ways more similar.

Nodding, Yuan Shikai motioned for Fang Zida to continue. Fang Zida was not polite and directly said everything that was on his mind.

Increase military construction, completely restructure the existing military structure, especially accelerate the training of basic officers, re-establish a new Central Military Academy based on the original Baoding Military Academy, now the Army University, and recruit outstanding military instructors from various countries, especially Germany.

, train a large number of middle and lower-level officers according to advanced military ideas to replace the old-fashioned officers in the army as fresh blood.

"Isn't Army University running it? Is it necessary?" Yuan Keding was somewhat disapproving.

"Of course it is necessary!" Fang Zida said resolutely: "I have done a survey and found that there are only about 500 graduates of Army University next year. The number of these graduates seems to be quite large at first glance, but in fact it is far from enough. In the past,

The trainees trained by military academies are mainly from the Beiyang Army system. If we only focus on the Beiyang Army system, these people are enough. But don’t forget that now we are talking about the military construction of the entire country. A mere 500 people in the country is simply a drop in the bucket.

!”

Yuan Shikai frowned and nodded slightly. When he was training at the small station, he relied on the officers he trained to control the entire Beiyang, and then he achieved his current status. President Yuan deeply believed in the training of basic officers, otherwise he would also

He would not attach so much importance to Baoding Military Academy, which is now the Army University. But it was not until Fang Zida said these words that Yuan Shikai suddenly realized that he had entered a misunderstanding before, because he was now not only the commander-in-chief of Beiyang's first army, but also the entire army.

Head of state.

"In addition to the shortage of students in the military academy, there is also a big problem with the subjects of the military academy." Fang Zida continued: "I have also done research on this matter. Now the military academy only has five subjects: infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineering, and baggage.

Moreover, the syllabus is outdated, the instructors are of low standard, and the teaching methods are outdated and ineffective. They are far from qualified for the ever-changing military development in the world. In my opinion, not only do we need a large number of capable instructors to enrich the strength of the military academy, but we also need to establish new command, staff, and

Mechanical, blasting, engineering, logistics management, equipment and other new subjects to meet the various needs of the military."

After talking about the military academy, Fang Zida turned to the reorganization of the army, which is also the most important point of Yuan Shikai. In Fang Zida's view, when there are a large number of qualified middle and lower-level officers in hand, the national army can be comprehensively reorganized and readjusted.

The structure of the army will be gradually improved to improve the quality of the army, thereby achieving the purpose of transforming from a series of armies to the national defense force.

Of course, most of what Fang Zida talks about is just his own thoughts. After all, Fang Zida is not a formal soldier. Many aspects are just based on his knowledge, which is inevitably a bit too imaginative. But these are enough for Yuan Shikai, old Yuan Rongma

Having spent most of his life, his military vision is definitely one of the best in China. After Fang Zida said this, many things suddenly enlightened him and he smiled.

"Zhang Ming, what if some armies are unwilling to accept the central government's adaptation?"

Looking at Yuan Shikai, Fang Zida smiled and said: "The army is the country's army. If they don't accept the adaptation, do they want to rebel? Haha, father-in-law, I'm afraid you have countless ways to deal with the rebellion?"

Yuan Shikai laughed loudly, nodded and asked again: "In your opinion, apart from the Beiyang Army, among the other armies that need to be reorganized, who is more suitable to be the first?"

"This..." Fang Zida thought for a moment and said, "The Eighth Division of the Army!"

"What! The Eighth Division?" Yuan Shikai and Yuan Keding were both stunned, especially Lao Yuan, who was even more shocked. In his mind, he had planned that since Fang Zida made this suggestion, once the central government took action to resolve the local forces and complete the reorganization of the national army,

Fang Zida will definitely target Zhang Xun first, because no matter what the reason is, Zhang Xun's braided army will bear the brunt. What's more, Fang Zida also fought with Zhang Xun in Nanjing, and the two sides almost came close.

We fought hard and we all died together.

Who would have thought that what Fang Zida proposed was not Zhang Xun, but KMT's housekeeping force, and even Fang Zida's ace Army 8th Division. This result shocked Yuan Shikai, and he hesitated for a moment.

"Father-in-law, I have some considerations when proposing the Eighth Division." Seeing Yuan Shikai's uneasy expression, as if he was wondering if he had any other intentions in proposing the Eighth Division, Fang Zida said seriously: "Although the Eighth Division is based on

The composition of the new army controlled by KMT at that time, but after all, the Eighth Division is the country's army. Zida has always supported constitutionalism and believes that the party, military and government should be separated. The current provincial governor system must be changed, so the local army must not become a breeding ground for warlords. Moreover,

, the Eighth Division is now in the hands of Zida, and the middle and lower-level officers are all mine, so we can get twice the result with half the effort. As the initial stage of the construction of the national army, we must set an example for all provinces and forces across the country. From this, with the first

The Eighth Division is the most suitable as the vanguard of reorganization!"

"Aren't you afraid of losing control of the Eighth Division after reorganization? You know, without the barrel of a gun in your hand, you won't be able to speak straight!" Yuan Shikai asked with narrowed eyes.

"Why am I worried about this?" Fang Zida asked strangely: "In the future, all armies will belong to the state. It is impossible for individuals to own an army. As the head of state, my father-in-law, you are the commander-in-chief without any doubt in law. My son-in-law only needs to

Just concentrate on your own business and help you with economic construction. The Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff are naturally responsible for the military, so why should I worry about it?"

"Okay! Okay! Zhang Ming! You are still considerate of me!" Before Lao Yuan could speak, Yuan Keding beside him became excited and took Fang Zida's hand to be very affectionate.

"Haha, my father-in-law said that when we are in our position, family affairs are also state affairs, and state affairs are also family affairs. What's more, if we don't complete the separation of military and political affairs as soon as possible, reorganize the entire army, and complete the transformation of the national defense army, these warlords will inevitably be left behind in the future. Father-in-law

Although the Spring and Autumn Period is at its peak, and its prestige in the military is unparalleled, people's hearts are unpredictable after all! If in the future... your heir takes over, the people with guns below will do their own thing, divide and even fight for power.

Isn’t this country in chaos?”

"That's right! Father, what Zhang Ming said is absolutely correct!" Yuan Keding danced with joy and his face turned red with excitement. In his opinion, who else could be the "heir" mentioned in Fang Zida's words besides him, Mr. Yuan? Although the old man

Yuan is the president, but little Yuan, regardless of his qualifications or ability, can't hold down the big guys in Beiyang, let alone the military chiefs in other provinces who don't even sell out to old Yuan. Once he succeeds to the throne and becomes the president in the future, or

As for the emperor, what should he do? Can't he just be a puppet?

"Small sample! It jumped out after just a little trial, hehe..." Seeing Yuan Keding's impatient look, Fang Zida was secretly amused.

"Zhang Ming is interested..." Yuan Shikai smiled calmly, and then the two sides chatted for some time. It was not until after dinner that Zida took Yuan Sizhen away. When he went out, Yuan Sizhen couldn't help but asked curiously: "

Zida, I am very happy to see my father and eldest brother today, what on earth were you talking about?"

"Haha, haven't you asked me something about last night? Didn't my mother-in-law ask you?" Fang Zida looked at Yuan Sizhen with a smile, making her face turn red and pinching his arm in anger and annoyance.

He had already made a move, and it was up to him to see what Yuan Shikai would do next. Fang Zida was not confident that Yuan Shikai, who was as cunning as a fox, could really follow his ideas, but he was absolutely confident that his brother-in-law, who had high vision but low hand, wanted to be the prince.

Falling into his hands, Fang Zida still doesn't know whether Yuan Keding can really persuade Yuan Shikai, but at least he has got what he needs. Next, it depends on the ability of Mr. Yuan.
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