Chapter 26: Huai'an Military Academy

  At the ceremony, Jiang Yu delivered a stirring speech.

  "Although the powerful countries are ahead of us on the road to industrialization, and Japan is ahead of us in military terms, I want to tell my fellow students that China has opportunities. When Japan defeated Russia, young people with aspirations flocked to study in Japan, but I thought at the time that Japan was nothing special. That year, I traveled across the ocean to study and observe in Europe. During my studies in Europe, I discovered that European industry is not complicated, and each country's industry is still in its early stages, nor is it difficult to learn. My Chinese compatriots number 400 million, which is roughly equivalent to the total population of England, France, Germany, America, Japan, and Russia combined. Moreover, we have a deep cultural foundation, our people are hardworking and resilient, and even if each person can only produce one-third or one-quarter of what the powerful countries do, China can still become one of the world's new powers."

  "So, as soldiers, what should we do?" Jiang Yu threw out a proposition, and everyone started thinking, what should soldiers do?

  Jiang Yu's loud and clear voice rang out again, "In the past, Wu Sheng Yue Fei said a sentence, civil officials do not covet wealth, military officers are not afraid of death, the world is at peace. With my Chinese 40 million compatriots, as long as the military officers are not afraid of death, who dares to rub against the whiskers of the Chinese tiger? If 100,000 people can't beat us, we have a million; if one million can't beat us, we have ten million; if ten million is not enough, we have twenty million, thirty million, or even forty million!"

  "Of course, modern warfare is no longer just about having more people to win. Modern warfare is about large laboratories, large factories, and large armies. We in China can assemble the world's largest army, but our only weakness is that we lack large laboratories and large factories. Without large laboratories, we cannot produce advanced artillery, and without large factories, we cannot produce a large quantity of artillery. But as I said before, Western industrial technology is not difficult to learn. As long as you are not afraid to die and dare to fight, I can provide you with enough guns and ammunition, and they will be more advanced than those of the great powers. If I fail to do so, I am willing to die to apologize to the world."

  "Still the same old saying, 'Those who fear death should not enter the Revival Army.' As long as you all put life and death aside, at most it will take only twenty years for China to become a new world power. At that time, the Chinese nation will gain new life; we will recover our tariffs, territory; we will recover the vassal states of the Chinese nation; we will stand on an equal footing with the powers and compete with them; we will once again restore the grandeur of the great Han."

  When Jiang Yu's speech ended, the applause was thunderous and unending, all the passionate young people's emotions were fully mobilized.

  On the same day, 'Huai'an Military Academy' was formally established, with Jiang Yu as the principal and Chiang Fangzhen as the vice-principal.

  The exam was also held on the same day, first written test, followed by physical examination and interview.

  The terrifying number of scholars participating in this exam is as many as 8,000 people, but only 300 people were recruited in the first period, that is to say, only 1 person was admitted among 26.6 people, and the elimination rate is frighteningly high.

  In this era, scholars can no longer take the imperial examination route. With the rise of military status, joining the army has become a good career path for scholars.

  A large number of literati joined the army, bringing cultural foundation to the troops.

  The Revival Army defeated the Imperial Guard and the Revolutionary Army in one fell swoop, and its good military discipline and style made the Revival Army famous, with many literati hoping to join the Revival Army.

  The exam lasted for three days, with written tests on various aspects of targeted questions, and then selected excellent candidates based on these targeted questions.

  It's not necessarily the case that a high score guarantees admission, compared to those who are more biased, it's actually less likely to be admitted.

  Those who know a little about everything but are not very good at anything are more likely to be eliminated, while those with specialized knowledge that is relatively precise are more likely to be admitted.

  After passing the written test, it was an interview. Jiang Yu invited a fortune teller to look at his appearance and calculate his eight characters during the interview process, and those treacherous people were all rejected.

  Physiognomy, Eight Characters, and Purple Star Astrology are traditional Chinese techniques that can easily reveal a person's temperament. Determining someone's temperament is relatively elementary and even skilled fortune tellers won't get it wrong.

  From the perspective of the eight characters and five elements, water represents wisdom. People with a strong water element may be intelligent, but they often lack courtesy and sincerity.

  From the perspective of the Ten Gods in BaZi, there are many more doors and paths. The distance between the Day Master and the other elements forms a person's overall personality.

  The application of this traditional national art can first exclude those who are not morally upright, and military schools naturally want people with a strong sense of national spirit. Those with a strong sense of national spirit tend to be more straightforward and able to follow rules and regulations, making them the least afraid of death on the battlefield.

  In addition, there is another destiny pattern called "Food God Control Killing", people with this destiny pattern are more likely to become military officers.

  Seven killings dominate violence, and the food god controls the killing, which means it's easy to become a leader in the army. In modern times, among the warlords of the Republic of China, Yan Xishan was such a fate.

  After layers of screening, finally selected 300 elites from more than 8,000 people. These 300 people are all outstanding in various requirements, whether it is culture, special skills or fate, etc., which generally meet the requirements. It can be said that the quality of the first batch of students at Huai'an Military School is very high.

  Apart from 300 students and scholars recruited, Jiang Yu also selected 300 soldiers to enter the Huai'an Military Academy for further study.

  The first session finally settled on a quota of six hundred, with three accelerated classes added. The term for these accelerated classes was from three months to one year and were mainly used to cultivate grassroots military officers.

  In the war, grassroots officers are actually the most important and need a large number of grassroots officers. In the case of war mobilization, men who have received only a little military training will go to the battlefield, but they will not fight when they go to the battlefield. At this time, grassroots officers are needed to guide them hand in hand in the war.

  A country's ability to rapidly expand its military scale to millions in the event of war depends on whether it has enough grassroots officers.

  Three accelerated classes were trained separately for platoon leaders, company commanders and battalion commanders. The first phase of the accelerated class had a scale of 1,200 people. For the training of grassroots military officers, it was still relatively simple. After all, grassroots military officers do not need to consider any strategic issues, they only need to learn tactical issues well.

  These junior officers are groomed and after they reach their term of service will retire to become reserve officers, warrant officers.

  Non-commissioned officers are without military rank, that is, at the level of squad leader. After non-commissioned officers retire from active duty, they will be assigned to work, and ordinary soldiers also have job assignments.

  After demobilization, they will also receive technical training and be directly assigned to some technical positions.

  This is also one of the benefits of joining the army, which greatly improves the status and level of soldiers, guarantees the purity of their thoughts, and prevents them from having crooked ideas due to livelihood issues, allowing them to focus on training and combat.

  Huai'an Military Academy is also very strong in terms of faculty, and German Emperor Wilhelm II dispatched a group of instructors from the Munich Army University.

  At the same time, Jiang Yu often stayed in Huai'an. Although the administrative center was moved to Suzhou, Jiang Yu usually didn't manage any administration and only took charge of controlling the direction.

  He was usually in Huai'an, attending military school on one hand and developing industry on the other.

  In business, Zhou Ziyue was in charge and proved to be doing a great job. Under his management, the commercial sector of Huadong Group began to flourish comprehensively.

  The financial industry was operated by Chen Guangfu, who was still in his element in the fiercely competitive Shanghai financial circle, and the deposits of Huadong Bank rose linearly.

  Jiang Yu only needs to grasp industrial technology and the direction of commerce, administration, and finance.

  Of course, military power must be firmly grasped, so he must personally take on this principal role.

  However, Jiang Yu is not one who occupies the toilet without doing his business. At Huaian Military School, he often teaches students and has a high level of expertise.

  No one can surpass Jiang Yu in terms of theory.

  Moreover, Jiang Yu has new military theories, such as special warfare courses, armored warfare courses, and air force warfare courses, which are also his responsibility.

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