Republic of China: My great warlord, many children, many blessings.

After Zhang Mazi and the others left, Shen Hao thought about how to deal with this Brigade Commander Guo.

Shen Hao currently only has one regiment, but he's really not good at fighting.

After all, just because you've seen war doesn't mean you know how to fight.

Fortunately, Shen Hao's weaponry was quite effective, including mortars, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and sniper rifles.

If we take out Brigade Commander Guo with one shot, wouldn't the other side be thrown into chaos?

With this in mind, Shen Hao decided to communicate with his superiors.

This time, Shen Hao sent a telegram to Cao Yuanzheng, and also sent telegrams to Bai Xiuzhu and Jin Yanxi.

The implication was that they should let them talk up there and see if they could eliminate this Brigade Commander Guo.

Cao Yuanzheng is currently the mayor of Beijing, and his superior is Zhao Bingjun, the general manager, so his words still carry weight.

They quickly gave Shen Hao a response.

The meaning is simple: if you're capable, you can take down Brigade Commander Guo without any consequences. If you succeed, you'll be promoted to Major General and Brigade Commander.

If you can't beat them, or if you don't have the ability, then run away, or find another place to be an official.

After reading the telegram, Shen Hao was quite satisfied; having connections in the court made it easier to become an official.

Moreover, in the telegram, Cao Yuanzheng also revealed an inside story to Shen Hao.

Governor Hu and Deputy Governor Liu of Guangdong Province were both members of the Tongmenghui (Revolutionary Alliance), as was Brigade Commander Guo.

Since they weren't one of our own, we might as well kill them.

Two division commanders under Governor Hu, one of whom, Commander Su and the other Commander Long, were Yuan Shikai's men.

Moreover, as long as Shen Hao eliminates Brigade Commander Guo, he can become a major general brigade commander.

Moreover, just then, Yuan Shikai ordered the Beiyang government to formally reorganize the Beiyang Army's divisions, brigades, and regiments into divisions, brigades, and regiments, and to greatly expand the army, adding 12 divisions.

Moreover, the Beiyang government has now formally reorganized the units of town, brigade, battalion, platoon, squad into division, brigade, regiment, battalion, company, platoon, and squad.

Yuan Shikai had already established a military rank system, with the standard rank for a division commander being lieutenant general and the standard rank for a brigade commander being major general…

Shen Hao also caught a good time.

If he can become a brigade commander, then he will be a major general brigade commander.

Of course, Shen Hao paid for this military expenditure himself.

Being able to control a brigade is already quite an achievement.

Yuan Shikai's meaning was simple: nowadays, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and other provinces south of the Yangtze River, except for remote areas, are not under the control of the Beiyang Army. As long as Shen Hao is happy to conquer them, he can become a lieutenant general and division commander.

It depends on your personal abilities.

Currently, there are only 12 divisions and 16 mixed brigades nationwide.

The lieutenant general and division commander of the Beiyang Army today wielded immense power.

Take Zhang Zuolin, the "King of Northeast China," for example. He was originally a bandit king, but was later recruited by Yuan Shikai.

At present, Zhang Zuolin only holds the title of lieutenant general and division commander of the 27th Division.

This laid a solid foundation for Zhang Zuolin's later rule over Northeast China.

In reality, once Zhang Zuolin became a lieutenant general and division commander, he was practically half the king of Northeast China.

Zhang Zuolin's 27th Division, a top-tier Class A division with 3 brigades and 9 regiments, had a strength of over 3 men.

At this point, Zhang Zuolin was already capable of appointing high-ranking officials such as provincial governors.

For example, there was a brigade commander named Wu Junsheng who was appointed as the chairman (governor) of Heilongjiang Province by Zhang Zuolin, who was also the division commander.

However, Zhang Zuolin still has one opponent.

That's his sworn brother, Feng Delin.

He is currently a genuine lieutenant general and division commander, with a troop strength roughly equivalent to that of Zhang Zuolin.

At this time, Feng Delin was the commander of the 28th Division, and Zhang Zuolin was the commander of the 27th Division.

Therefore, the two sworn brothers became rivals. At that time, the two of them practically controlled the entire Northeast, and their power was unimaginable.

Even Yuan Shikai had to give them some leeway.

The rank of lieutenant general division commander is equivalent to military governor (general commander-in-chief).

Currently, both men are vying for the title of Military Governor of Fengtian. Whoever obtains this title will be the true King of Northeast China.

This demonstrates the high quality of the teachers.

A lieutenant general division commander wielded immense power.

Zhang Zuolin and Feng Delin are prime examples; how could they not be powerful? The military forces they commanded could control one or even several provinces, making them more influential than those regional governors.

Many division commanders also served as provincial governors, and some faction commanders-in-chief also served as division commanders...

A brigade commander can control a city.

Having received a positive response, Shen Hao felt a surge of excitement.

This Brigade Commander Guo must be captured.

73. Ren Tingting has so many awards.

After dealing with Huang Silang, his manor would naturally belong to Shen Hao.

Fortunately, the estate is large enough.

The entire security force now consists of 1000 people.

However, the military supplies were limited, amounting to only one battalion as a system reward.

Everyone else was still wearing coarse linen clothes, and there was pudding everywhere, which gave Shen Hao a headache.

You'd think he was a beggar if you didn't know better.

The next day, Shen Hao ordered everyone to begin a grand martial arts competition to select talent.

In terms of martial arts, Shen Hao discovered that there were quite a few people practicing martial arts in Goose City, and several of them could take on four or five opponents at once, which was really impressive.

The two sides competed, scoring 10 points.

Obstacle course: 10 points.

Three kilometers of physical exertion: 10.

10 points for literacy.

10 points for accurate marksmanship.

Soon, fewer than 100 out of 1000 people stood out.

What pleased Shen Hao was that all the assassins rewarded by the system were included, along with Zhang Mazi and his seven men.

The rest of the people were a headache for Shen Hao.

He can't turn left or right, and his body is completely uncoordinated during obstacle courses. It's not that he's physically weak; he's just too clumsy.

These stupid guys can only handle rifles.

Among the 13 clever ones, a dozen or so were selected and kept to operate the mortars.

And operating the melon grenade.

Currently, Shen Haogang has 6 heavy machine guns, standard heavy machine guns, and 30 light machine guns.

Two 80mm mortars and six 60mm mortars.

This is the equipment from the battalion that was awarded as a system reward.

This equipment is already extremely luxurious.

Moreover, Shen Hao also had six Maxim MG08 heavy machine guns before.

In total, there were 12 heavy machine guns.

With that kind of firepower, Shen Hao felt he could hold out against not just a brigade, but even a division.

It took Shen Hao an entire afternoon to teach these people how to use a mortar to throw grenades, which seemed incredibly stupid.

It still needs to be cultivated gradually.

Now it doesn't matter whether the shot is accurate or not, it's good enough if it can even get out of the way.

On the battlefield, no one will wait for you to practice slowly.

Brigade Commander Guo is about to attack.

Time was of the essence, and Shen Hao could not afford to wait.

Shen Hao brought Ren Tingting and Xing'er to Huang Silang's residence.

Now, the county magistrate has another task: to marry five concubines.

We've already secured Hua Jie, Xing Er, and Dong Xiaoyu. Once we acquire Daiyu, Qingwenzi, and Ren Tingting, we'll be done.

Shen Hao wasn't in a hurry to enjoy it slowly, since the novelty of Sister Hua and Xing'er hadn't worn off yet.