"Pick..."?

The match streaked across the surface of the lunar face, and after igniting the match head, a white officer lit the cigarette in his hand with the burning match.

"Rodro, are you smoking the inferior cigarettes provided by the Chinese again?"

Watching his companion smoking there, a white man standing by the window watching outside complain.

"Don't you know how bad the smoke smells?"

The officer named Rodro did not stop smoking because of his companions' complaints, but instead walked to him.

"Dance, don't complain so much. The Chinese only have this kind of "cloud and smoke produced by the Chinese themselves." Moreover, some people smoke in such places are already very good.

As he said that, Rodro and his companion named Dance looked out the window together. Outside the window, a group of Guoshe soldiers in gray uniforms had just walked past.

However, when a middle-aged official in a pure black military uniform walked by, Rodro smiled at Dance.

"No matter what, these Chinese uniforms are really beautiful..." As he said that, Rodro sucked a big mouthful of cigarettes in his hand. After spitting out all the smoke from his lungs, Rodro told Dans. "The war has ended and the city is about to calm down. I hope those vendors can come back soon, otherwise I will be unable to stand these Chinese cigarettes."

After hearing Rodro say this, Dance's face changed and snatched the cigarette from his hand, and then crushed it into the ashtray beside him.

"If you can't, don't suck!"

Seeing the two people, the other white people and several yellow people in the room laughed.

After a while, after the two of them had enough trouble, a man who seemed to be the leader stood up and said.

"Okay, Dance, Rodro, don't make trouble again."

Dance and Rodro heard the person who stood up very much. After seeing him stand up, they answered one after another.

"Yes" Colonel Mutter."

Dance, Rodro, and Colonel Mut who later appeared, and even everyone in the room were all members of the foreign military observation group. Of course, the so-called foreign military observation group was just composed of Britain, France and Japan. Moreover, the foreign military observation group is only British and Japanese. After the ban was lifted, the French had already gone to the French consulate in Hankou to attend the dance...

The Foreign Military Observation Group was an organization that appeared in the late stage of the Second Revolution. In addition to observing whether there had been "inhumanitarian" phenomena on the Chinese battlefield, its mission was to observe the combat capabilities of the Beiyang Army. Although European observers all believed that wars between the Allies and the Allies would not happen at least about 0 years, it was necessary to prepare for this to help. In the eyes of the British, Yuan Shikai's Beiyang was one of the forces that could be used.

After all, Yuan Shikai himself had a very good personal relationship with British minister Zhu Erdian, and his relationship with the Japanese was also good. After the outbreak of the European War, Yuan Shikai was very likely to stand on the side of the Allies.

However, the British could not easily win Yuan Shikai over to their side. After all, the combat effectiveness of the Beiyang Army is also a question worth considering. You must know that in history, the Chinese team did not leave a good impression on the British. If the Chinese team's quality is too low, wouldn't it cause trouble to bring them to Europe?

That is why the Allies sent an observation team to China. I want to examine the combat strength of the Chinese team. If I really don’t look at the use, then let China join the Allies as a country that does not send troops to provide resources or manpower assistance to the Allies.

To be honest, after the foreign military observation groups of the Allied Powers integrated into the Beiyang Army, the officers of these Allied Powers had a good impression of the Beiyang Army.

In the eyes of the Allied Officers, although the strength of the Beiyang Army is not as strong as that of the European army, it is at least much stronger than the colonial army. If you have to say it, it is even close to the level of the second-rate European army.

The only regret is that there are very few such second-rate troops in China that are close to the second-rate level in Europe, only about 100,000. There are many third-rate or inequality troops, about one million. Of course, this refers to the entire Chinese army...

After observing the battle against the Northern Expedition Army during the Second Revolution, the members of the Observatory Group had even made a report.

"It is recommended to provide certain military assistance to China. When the European War breaks out, it may provide 500,000 military support..."

In the eyes of the members of the Observation Team, since Beiyang can train 100,000 troops close to the second-rate level in Europe, it will not be difficult to train another 500,000 as long as it provides some assistance. After all, Beiyang already has a foundation in this regard.

As for the Kuomintang Northern Expedition Army that the Beiyang Army had to face at that time? In the eyes of the observer, except for the 8th Division in Nanjing, which might be able to compete with the Beiyang Army, the rest were just some third-rate troops that were slightly stronger than the colonial army.

The facts also proved the view of the Observatory Corps. Except for the Beiyang Army that took a certain amount of time in the Nanjing Battle, the battles in other regions were like being pushed and destroyed. Many places only persisted in extraordinary time. The Ninth Division of Lengtong's troops was even beaten back on the same day as they headed north, and finally had to retreat to Nanjing under the cover of the Eighth Division Cavalry Regiment.

However, just when the people of the observation mission were about to submit a report to the consulate and then return to Shanghai to enjoy a "civilized" life, the two provinces of Yunnan, controlled by the National Society Army, declared that they had ** and sent tens of thousands of troops to carry out the Northern Expedition.

The most important thing I know about the strength of the Guoshe Army is the British and Germans. After all, most of the weapons and equipment owned by the Guoshe Army are provided by the British and Germans, and only a small number are French, Belgium and American goods. So when Sichuan and Yunnan provinces announced the **, the observation group that was originally planning to return to Shanghai by boat was told to stay in Hubei for a longer time and also observe the Guoshe Army that announced the Northern Expedition.

Although the officers of the Observatory's decision were cursed many times, they had to nod and accept their fate in the end. After all, they were all members of the Shanghai Consulate General.

Then the members of the observation team of these foreign troops did not go to the battlefield directly. After all, they had received information from the consulate and had a certain understanding of the Guoshe Army that announced the Northern Expedition. However, when they were ready to go to the front line, the farthest Badong had already lost.

They didn't care much at that time. After all, there were only two regiments of Beiyang Army in Badong, and the remaining Hubei military advisor might not be even a third-rate. Moreover, there was a reason at that time. If it weren't for the commander of the Hubei army, Ma Bonde, who escaped at the last minute, the Guoshe Army might not have won so easily.

But by the time they started working, the Kuomintang army had already attacked Qianjiang...

In addition to Qianjiang, the remaining Hanyang, Hankou and even the Wuchang battle some time ago gave a deep impression on the members of these foreign military observation groups.

What impressed me the most was the powerful firepower of the National Social Army, and this powerful firepower was not only heavy on equipment, but also on individual equipment.

"If you have to say it, perhaps the individual quality of the Guoshe Army is not as good as that of the Beiyang Army, but it is also close to the second-rate level in Europe. However, in terms of firepower, this Chinese team is an absolute European standard, especially in terms of individual firepower, which is far beyond the European level."...

These Allied observers never thought that in Asia, on the land of China, there were thousands of artillery bombings. Especially Japanese observers, the most shocking one was the Japanese observer, because among the artillery troops of the KMT army, there were definitely no fewer 120mm and 150mm caliber heavy artillery, even 210mm heavy howitzers were in the form of twenty or thirty. You should know that the current Japanese army only had more than ten 240mm heavy howitzers. (In the 45th year of Meiji, that is, in 1912, when the Japanese and German Qingdao War in 1914, Japan attacked Qingdao Fortress only to send the Second Field Heavy Artillery Regiment to carry 12 240mm heavy howitzers to participate in the war. It can be imagined how rare these heavy artillery were in Japan, but this is also related to Japan's attention to the navy, which led to poor firepower and equipment in the army.)

In Japan, the largest heavy gun caliber is a 280mm howitzer that was copied from Italy. It once participated in the Russo-Japanese War. This gun played a decisive role whether it was occupied by the Japanese army in the 203 Highlands of Lushun Fortress or the destruction of Russian ships in the port. However, this howitzer uses a bronze gun body, and its design has been too long, so it has great defects in performance. It is no longer very practical now. It is precisely because of this that the Japanese designed the Meiji 45-year-old 240mm heavy howitzer.

However, unlike other armies, the Japanese did not design the 210mm caliber except for the 240mm heavy artillery. If they go down, they only had 150mm howitzers and no cannons of the same caliber. At this time, the largest field cannon in the Japanese army was only 105mm. In terms of heavy firepower, the Japanese army had serious shortages...

This lack may not be a big deal in normal times. The Japanese officers in the Observation Mission did not think that the Japanese army was inferior to the British and French in heavy firepower. But now even the Chinese have surpassed themselves in heavy firepower, which made the Japanese fragile hearts unable to bear it...

(In fact, Japan also has a heavy cannon with a caliber of 150mm, but the weight of this cannon reached an astonishing 26 tons in the field. You should know that the 150mm howitzer with the same caliber in the same caliber was only more than 2 tons, and that was only 90 kilograms more. Considering this weight and the field transportation capacity of countries around the world at that time, this Japanese cannon could basically be ignored during field wars...)

Of course, unlike the Japanese, the British and French were not concerned about the heavy firepower equipment of the National Society Army, but their individual soldiers.

"Dermauser G98, Maderson of Denmark, Browning of the United States 1911..."

In addition to these, there are 40mm wheel grenade launchers and 18.5mm shotguns that only appeared during the Wuchang Campaign...

After several sets of grenade launchers and mortars were brought from Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui, Mutter had to admit that the design ideas of these weapons were indeed quite unique. In particular, grenade launchers and mortars could play a very outstanding role in trench warfare that everyone had a headache.

"With such equipment, and the quality of individual soldiers is not much worse than that of the Beiyang Army, I believe that the final winner of the battle will be the young man named Yan Guang, not Yuan Shikai in Beijing..."

Thinking of those uniquely designed weapons and the large number of heavy artillery in the National Society Army, Mute and Rodro had to think so.

But the facts proved that Mut and his friends were not wrong. Although the progress of the Chinese social army did not always go smoothly during the battle, the final winners of each battle were young national social army, while the Beiyang army, which had a long history, was defeated again and again...

By the time a while ago, the Beiyang Army even lost its important Hankou Town.

At this time, Mut and the others were able to determine the outcome of the Beiyang Army. So every day, in addition to going to the battlefield to observe the battle situation of the Guoshe Army, they just stayed honestly in the air-raid shelter in the city, "not to be killed by shells falling from the sky when they go out one day, and even if they die, they will die in vain...

Of course, while avoiding shells and bombs, this group of people also saw another weapon of the National Society Army, the Air Force...

In the past, people in the observation group have always regarded aircraft as a toy, which is useful at most during reconnaissance. However, after being bombed by the Air Force, many people have improved their roles, especially when facing 100 kilograms of bombs, Feng Guozhang may conceal others about this matter, but he will never conceal the people in the observation group.

When the defeat of Beiyang was decided, Duan Qiduan and Feng Guozhang all abandoned the city and fled, the members of this group of observation team stayed in the city. While contacting the Hankou Consulate by telegram, they suggested to them that the goal of the alliance would be changed to the Guoshe Army." While staying in the residence arranged by Feng Guozhang, waiting for the Guoshe Army to come to their door.

The consulates naturally disagree with the advice of the observation team. After all, the situation is quite clear at the moment. It is impossible for Beiyang to hold on for much time. When China has a force of the Kuomintang and Social Military, it is impossible for them to form an alliance with others.

However, even so, they forwarded the advice of the observation group to the Consulate General in Shanghai. After all, the people in the observation group were all from the Consulate General, and the Hankou Consulate, like the Nanjing Consulate, are just subordinates of the Consulate General in Shanghai.

Of course, the Shanghai Consulate General is also under the jurisdiction of the Beijing Embassy...

After asking the Hankou Consulate to forward its suggestion, observers from Britain, France and Japan stayed in the residence arranged by Feng Guozhang for them, waiting for the people of the Guoshe Army to come to him. The Guoshe Army did not disappoint them. Shortly after Feng Guozhang abandoned the city, the Guoshe Army had already entered Wuchang and began to capture the Beiyang Army that had not had time to leave Wuchang.

During the search, the people from the Guoshe Army naturally searched the observation group.

When the people of the Guoshe Army saw more than a dozen foreign devils living in the room, the people of the Guoshe Army were also shocked. Fortunately, the officer who led the team was proficient in foreign languages, so after seeing the foreign devils inside, the officer communicated with the foreign devils in foreign languages. However, just as the officer was stared at by the soldiers behind him with admiration, the more than a dozen foreign devils opposite him were full of black lines. The officer was proficient in foreign languages, but he was proficient in German. The well-known thing is that the Japanese were okay, but the relationship between the British and French and Germans was quite bad.

So when he heard the official in front of him ask him in German, the leader Colonel Mut first had a black line full of his head and then he showed his identity in quite frowning Chinese.

When the leading officer learned that the foreign devils in front of him were all from the observation group, the officer was also stunned, not knowing what the foreign devils ran to the battlefield to observe. However, he still told his soldiers to guard the gate and not let other troops harass the place, and then ran out to find his superiors.

When the officer's superior learned that there were a group of foreigners in the city, he was stunned like his subordinates. He didn't know what the group of foreigners ran to the battlefield to observe. However, in the end he reported the matter to his superiors, but his superiors Wang Yaowu, Zhu Qinglan and others were busy with the military discipline of the Beiyang army at that time, so they didn't have time to pay attention to this matter. After learning about this matter, they just sent someone to visit, and then let the group of foreign military observation groups pass by at will.

After obtaining the permission to pass at will, the first thing the French did was to go to the consulate in Hankou, and then dance with the French ladies at the banquet held by the French consulate. The British and Japanese were loyal to each other and took this opportunity to observe the strength and equipment of the Guoshe Army. However, the former was ordered by the Consulate General to see if these Chinese people had the strength to go to Europe, while the latter was considering whether the Guoshe Army would have any obstacles to the Japanese's strategy. The Japanese have always been slacking off the territory of China, but the area of ​​Mongolian and Manchuria is too large. No matter Russians, Americans or British people, it is impossible for the Japanese to harm such a large territory in China. So now the Japanese are aiming at Jiaozhou Bay, the territory of the Germans...

After learning about the mission of the observation team, Wang Yaowu did not make any restrictions. Instead, he took the initiative to reveal a lot of things for them to watch, but only made restrictions in some confidential places.

Thanks to Wang Yaowu's cooperation, the members of the observation team quickly obtained the information they needed and also came to a conclusion about the National Socialist Army.

First-class morale, second-class quality, first-class equipment...

The final conclusion is that if the Chinese can provide a military with 500,000 qualities, then the Kuomintang and Social Army are fully qualified to visit Europe...

After asking the Hankou Consulate to transfer the conclusion to the Shanghai Consulate General, Mute and others' mission finally ended. Despite this, Mute and others still had to stay in Wuchang for a while. After all, the order from the Shanghai Consulate General to let them return to Shanghai has not been issued so far.

The French had no advice on this. After all, the Hankou Consulate has beautiful waistbands and many French ladies are wearing powder. They are a little happy there, and they have no intention of returning to Shanghai. However, the British and Japanese are not French after all, so they cannot learn like French. So in their spare time, they can only go around in Wuchang City.

However, due to the war, everyone who could leave had already left was almost gone. Not to mention entertainment in the entire Wuchang city, even ordinary shops were closed. As a result, Mut and the others couldn't even buy the most basic cigarettes, let alone cigars, champagne and wine. In the end, Mut and the others had no choice but to ask for the Guoshe Army.

However, the Guoshe Army had no choice. After all, it was impossible to bring cigars, champagne and wine to the battlefield when marching. Besides, the Guoshe Army had no longer mentioned soldiers. Even the generals above did not develop this habit, at most they would drink two taels of white wine when they were fine. Even Yan Guang, the top, just drank more juice when he was fine, and he had no interest in champagne and wine at all.

As for cigars? Even some generals and officers have only seen this kind of thing in Germans, so it is completely impossible to have such things.

In the end, there is no way to provide some playing cards produced by Sichuan stationery factories and the "Yunyan" produced by Yunnan tobacco factories. Provide them to the observation group.

It’s okay to say that with playing cards, Mute and others can use poker to relieve their depression, but that “cloud and smoke”...

At this time, Yunyan was not an alien tobacco introduced by later generations. It was completely uncomparable to local ordinary tobacco and South American tobacco at that time. Therefore, Mute, who was used to other cigarettes, could hardly bear it. But there was no way. Now, almost all the shops in Wuchang are closed. In the end, there was no way, so he had to just put it aside.

Just as Mut and his friends were still having fun in the residence provided by Feng Guozhang, Wang Yaowu was also puzzled when he saw Yan Guang who arrived in Wuchang by boat.

"It's enough for the governor to let them stay in Wuchang, why should some of the general's equipment be lifted from them?"

Wang Yaowu, like many officers and generals of the Guoshe Army, received German education, and was born with a certain sense of closeness to Germany, so he naturally felt a sense of alienation to Britain, France and other countries. In addition, in the past, Yan Guang was close to Germany and now allowed those British and French foreign devils to visit at will, so Wang Yaowu was naturally a little confused about Yan Guang's actions.

However, when Yan Guang heard Wang Yaowu's question, he shook his head.

Wang Yaowu is Yan Guang's confidant, so Yan Guang did not hide his thoughts.

"If you don't show some strength to the British and French, how can you participate in the European war in the future?"

As he said that, he left Wang Yaowu and walked towards Wang Zhanyuan and Jin Yunpeng's residence. This time he came to Wuchang to reach an agreement with Wang Zhanyuan and the remnants of Beiyang forces behind them, and to solve most of the problems in one fell swoop.

As for Cai E? After being diagnosed with tuberculosis, Cai E stayed in Jingzhou and would take a boat back to Sichuan shortly afterwards to receive recuperation treatment at Sichuan Medical University.

In this era, although tuberculosis is not a mortal disease like AIDS, it is no different for many people. Moreover, if you have at least ten years of life to suffer from AIDS, if you suffer from tuberculosis...

It is always a good thing to receive treatment earlier... (To be continued.
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