Harbin Institute of Technology, Advanced Class of the Eastern Anti-Japanese Army Command College. (Baidu Sou Literature Museum)

"The Japanese Army has first-class individual quality, and its weapons and equipment can only be said to be between second-rate and third-rate. The quality of officers is also good, but most generals have conservative thoughts, rigid combat, copy dogmas, and lack flexibility, so the Japanese Army can only be considered second-rate!" Lu Shan said.

"but!"

"The combat effectiveness of an army does not rely on advanced equipment and flashy war theory, as well as the spirit of this army. The combat effectiveness of the Japanese Army, which was armed by Bushido, can definitely reach a quasi-first-class level!"

"So, we should not underestimate ourselves. The Chinese team is not as good as the ones, but not as good as the ones there. In fact, we are on the same starting line as the Japanese Army. The quality of their soldiers is not necessarily higher than that of us. Of course, the quality of their officers is stronger than that of us. We have to admit that there is no way. Our country has been in turmoil and oppressed by the great powers for nearly a hundred years. There is no decent military academy, let alone the systematic training of our officers. Japanese officers basically started to go to the young military academy since they were young, and then promoted step by step to the Army University. We have not all these!"

"Students, what do we have?"

"We have some people, who are strong in seeking knowledge, we want to become stronger ourselves, and we also have the precious legacy left by our ancestors!"

"Look, these are the crystallizations of our ancestors' wisdom for thousands of years. If you have learned everything in it and integrated it, you don't have to be afraid of the Japanese!"

"Of course, learning alone is useless. You have to practice in practice. Only by applying what you have learned into practice can you truly become your thing!"

"Students, what I want to talk about today is not the Army, but the Navy!" Lu Shan suddenly changed his subject, "I won't talk about the contents of these books, because you can understand these things completely. If you can't understand them, you can also ask others, and the teacher can do it."

"Some students said that the Kwantung Army has been defeated by us, and the Japanese Navy is probably not much more powerful?" Lu Shan said.

"Report!"

"Student, please speak!"

"Our navy died in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895!"

"This classmate, it seems that you have studied the navy. Yes, the Beiyang Navy was the strongest navy in Asia at that time, but in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, it was defeated by the slightly weak Japanese Navy, and most of the warships were lost. Why is this?"

"I heard that the shells on our warships are useless at all. Some are covered with sand and the caliber of the shells is wrong. Facing the fierce attack from the Japanese Navy, we have no strength to fight back!"

"This is just one aspect. In fact, the root is still in the upper class. Why does this happen? Is it because our navy soldiers are not brave?" Lu Shan said. "No, our soldiers are very brave, but the incompetence of the Qing government!"

"Japan devoted his whole country to build a powerful navy in thirty years. Although we had powerful warships, we could not exert combat effectiveness, had no ammunition, insufficient training, and even had to be harsh in the food and salary of officers and soldiers. By the Republic of China, we were even more unable to develop the navy, so that the rivers were declining, and the huge China was arbitrarily bullied by a small country. This was a shame for the Chinese navy and a shame for every Chinese!" Lu Shan said excitedly.

"Why do I want to tell the Navy to my classmates here? Everyone may think that this is too far away from us. We are the army, and the Navy has nothing to do with us!" Lu Shan said.

"Wrong, classmates, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 is not over yet, and we are still being bullied by the Japanese!"

"This is the telegram I just received. A large number of Japanese fleets gathered in Shanghai and headed north along the Yangtze River to Hankou. What does this mean? Students?" Lu Shan took out the telegram I just received and slapped it on the podium in anger.

All the students below changed their faces. It was obvious that the Japanese ZF deliberately used a powerful fleet to put pressure on the government!

"Report!"

"speak!"

"Report to Commander-in-Chief Lu, if we cannot defeat the Japanese navy, we will not be able to truly defeat Japan and wash away this humiliation!"

"What's your name, this student!"

"Report to Commander-in-Chief Lu, the student's surname is Guan, his name is Jing, his name is Pingchao!" Guan Pingchao said loudly.

"Okay, the name Guan Pingchao is good. The ebb and flow of the sea has made you Guan Ping, which is very meaningful!" Lu Shan said with a smile.

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief Lu for your compliment!" Guan Pingchao smiled embarrassedly.

"This student Guan said very well. Defeating the Japanese Army is nothing. It is just a second-rate army. The Japanese Navy is our biggest enemy in the future!" Lu Shan shouted, "I decided to select a group of students to study the navy abroad. In the next thirty years, we will also build a powerful navy. You may become the naval commander or captain, and fleet commander!"

There was a silence below, as if the classroom was suddenly vacuumed, and many students in advanced classes were unable to digest the news that caught them off guard.

Give up your current military post and turn to a strange field. It is like a land duck falling into a river and not knowing how to swim, so you can only be drowned.

"Is anyone signing up?" Lu Shan said, "It's okay to recommend yourself. I don't want to be the commander of the navy, captain, fleet commander, or are you all a group of cowards, one by one on land, and one by one when you get to the sea?"

"I count to three. If none of you are willing to sign up, all your tactical theory classes fail!"

“One, two…”

"Report, I'm willing!" Guan Jing, who answered Lu Shan's question just now, blushed and stood up.

"Okay, who else? I have three places here, one in Britain, the United States and France!" Lu Shan asked loudly.

"I'll go!" A tall and dark-skinned young man stood up.

"Report your name!"

"Report to Commander-in-Chief Lu, my name is Liu Hong, Liu Lao Lao's Liu, Hong Shui's Hong!" Liu Hong raised his head and said loudly.

"Okay, Liu Hong has one. There is another one, who wants to?"

"Report!"

Lu Shan looked at him and couldn't find the person who shouted this.

"Who called the report, stand up!"

"Report to Mr. Lu, it's me!" A short, chubby young man stood up from the row at the end of the class.

"May I have your name?"

"My name is Wu Song!" Wu Song lowered his head, his face turned red.

"Haha..." A burst of laughter came from below.

"Wu Song, a good name!" Lu Shan couldn't help but smile when he heard this. Anyone named this name?

When everyone laughed, Wu Song became even more embarrassed, and his head was almost on the desk in front of him.

"Stop laughing, what's ridiculous about the name Wu Song? Did the predecessors use it and the descendants can't use it?" Lu Shan put away his smile and drank seriously.

"Wu Song, please raise your head and don't feel embarrassed. The name is just a person's code name. Even if you are the same as the tiger-beating hero in Water Margin, what's the point? He can fight tigers. Can't you?" Lu Shan said.

Wu Song slowly raised his head and clenched his fists tightly. Although his face was still red, his eyes became firmer!

"Wu Song. Tell me, have you decided to go to the Navy?"

Wu Song hesitated for a moment. Perhaps he was ridiculed and lost his confidence, so he was still uneasy.

"Wu Song. Answer me, do you want to learn from the Navy?"

"Report to Mr. Lu. I'm going!" Wu Song pulled his neck and shouted loudly with encouragement from Lu Shan's eyes.

"Okay, Wu Song, this third place is yours!" Lu Shan announced loudly.

All the other students were shocked. They thought Wu Song could not get this opportunity because Wu Song did not meet the standards in many conditions, and his performance in the advanced class was not very good. He often ranked at the bottom of the test, and was basically the target of being attacked and ridiculed by everyone!

Now this short and fat guy has actually got a precious opportunity to study abroad.

It's really crazy to be jealous.

Many people regret it. Why didn’t they stand up? Join themselves and stand up. Wouldn’t the last chance fall on them!

"I know, many of you hope that I will deny Wu Song's qualifications, but I still gave it to you, not to go against you, the opportunity to study abroad is not used to fight, and I don't have the leisure to do it!" Lu Shan said, "This is a cost of money, we don't waste so much money!"

"Wu Song has the courage to stand up, which shows that he wants to become a real soldier. Not bad. He is not tall, not good-looking, and has a very fat figure. He passes the physical fitness every time and is at the bottom of the target shooting. You get four or five points in the theoretical test scores, and he always scores three points, just passing the exam. In your eyes, he is a useless fat man. You look down on him and even deliberately give him a nickname, Wu Dalang, right?"

"His name is Wu Song, you call him Wu Dalang, hehe, you are so bad!" Lu Shan asked sternly, "He is your classmate and comrade-in-arms. Are you treating your comrade-in-arms like this?"

Many people lowered their heads in shame.

"Do you know, he is compared with many of you? How much did he pay to stay here? Before joining the army, he couldn't read a word. Now, he is sitting in the university class with you. Do you think that three-pointer is easy, right?"

"You laugh at him. What kind of military command is a horse-raising groom who comes over to learn? Isn't that playing the piano against a cow?"

"Don't be dissatisfied. Some of you can manage a huge military horse farm in an orderly manner and treat the horse's pulse. I really accept you if you take over the sick and pregnant horses!"

"I specially approved Wu Song to register for the senior command class. No one knows this. The facts prove that I was right in my special approval. He did not disappoint me!" Lu Shan expressed a doubt in his heart. How could Wu Song, the director of the military horse farm, come to the senior command class to be classmates with them? This senior command class must at least be at the deputy regiment level.

Wu Song was very excited. He didn't know that he could enter the school, but it was specially approved by Lu Shan.
Chapter completed!