"Welcome to Peiping, distinguished guest!"
Zhang Zuolin entertained Mainz and others grandly. He even learned a broken German sentence from the translator and said it himself.
Mainz smiled, shook hands with Zhang Zuolin friendly, and then said a standard Chinese said:"Thank you for your hospitality, Mr. President!"
When these words came out, Zhang Zuolin, Marshal Zhang and others were shocked!
There are many foreigners in China these days, and there are even Mao Zi who ran away from Mao Xiong in the Qilu area in the south. These Mao Zi were captured by Zhang Zongchang. The boy recruited him and became his private army, and he was very famous in the land of Qilu.
As for foreigners from traditional Western powers such as Sun Never Set and Gaul, they were not uncommon in China, at least in the capital of China, Peiping. There are still a lot of people!
However, Zhang Zuolin has never seen any foreigner who can speak Chinese so well!
Among the foreigners he has come into contact with, almost all of them complain that Chinese is very difficult to learn. Some tones of Chinese do not exist in foreign countries, so the Chinese spoken by foreigners sounds very strange.
However, this did not happen to Major General Mainz!
The other party's Chinese language made him unable to distinguish it at all. It was said by a foreigner. If Mainz's face was covered, he would even think that he was an authentic Chinese person!
Mainz looked at the surprised Zhang Zuolin with a smile. He had already expected the other person. This is the expression.
When I met Sun Guofu on a warship, the other party was also shocked when he spoke authentic Chinese!
"Um, do you speak Chinese?"
This sentence was subconsciously said in Chinese. Mainz nodded, but did not answer in Chinese. Instead, he said in German:"I have studied a little, and I can understand it, but I can't speak it well. I heard that Chinese is The most difficult language in the world, so I tried to learn it!"
Mainz praised the Chinese language in a timely manner, which made Zhang Zuolin and others present feel proud. After all, it is certainly something to be proud of that one's language can be recognized by other countries in the world!
"Your Majesty the Major General is indeed very knowledgeable and talented, but I can't. I only learned one sentence of German, and it took me more than half a month. Haha, I'm getting older. From now on, the world will be dominated by young people like you!"
"Father, how can you be considered old when you are in the prime of life?"
Before Mainz had time to speak, Marshal Zhang on the side immediately started to answer, and he also flattered his father.
Mainz frowned slightly. What Zhang Zuolin said just now was actually suspected of relying on his elders. , his sentence"From now on it will be your young people's world", he obviously said it from the perspective of the elders giving guidance to the younger generations, and if this sentence was only aimed at Shaoshuai Zhang, then it would not be a big problem, but his words are very Obviously, Mainz was also included, which made Mainz a little unhappy! However
, Marshal Zhang's timely intervention diverted Mainz's power and resolved the possible unhappiness caused by this incident.
Inz had a slightly higher opinion of Shaoshuai Zhang. This guy was not an embroidered pillow as he had imagined before. Although Shaoshuai Zhang had many of the shortcomings of a second-generation official from a wealthy family, the man himself was still somewhat capable, at least with his eyesight. Strength and quick wit are both lacking!
"Haha, silly boy, of course your father will grow old, so you should learn more from Major General Levinsky. You are 21 this year, and the Major General is only 23. Look at others, and then look at yourself, I feel ashamed for you.!"
This sentence is half serious and half joking. Zhang Zuolin does care about his son very much, but in his heart I am afraid he may not think that his son is worse than Mainz. Such words are just to praise Mainz.
See through Without telling the truth, Mainz pretended not to understand. Before he could figure out the other party's intentions, Mainz decided to remain silent.
"Your Excellency, Major General, I heard that your country's military academy is very famous and has trained many outstanding talents.
You know, our Northeast Army is all from the Caotai team.
Many of them are like me and have been bandits.
We people have no culture.
, he is a rough guy, but we envy you educated and knowledgeable people.
No, those airplanes and tanks that your country assisted us before, we wouldn't even be able to use them at the beginning, if we hadn't hired a few in the end.
If retired military officers from your country can help, I'm afraid this thing won't be of use until now!
"
Seeing that Mainz didn't answer, Zhang Zuolin had no choice but to bite the bullet and take the initiative to speak.
Mainz nodded slightly, and the other party seemed to have something to ask of him.
And it seemed to be related to Marshal Zhang and the army, probably Is it because he hopes to send Marshal Zhang to the Hans Kingdom for further study, and at the same time introduce a group of outstanding talents from the Hans Kingdom to help him train the army, and teach them new tactics?
Mainz was not wrong, that was what Zhang Zuolin had in mind.
The advanced weapons that the German army had assisted them in the past played a huge role in this battle with the Zhili warlords, which made him realize that advanced weapons and equipment improved the combat effectiveness of the army.
However, Zhang Zuolin himself lacked knowledge and understanding of these weapons. The Northeast Army also lacks professional personnel. If they are allowed to fiddle with these weapons by themselves, then they are really not good at it. They must hire European professionals!
This situation made Zhang Zuolin realize that they old people are almost falling behind. With their age and the speed at which they learn new knowledge, it is impossible for them to keep up with the development of science and technology and military technology in this era.
If they cannot keep up, they can only place their hopes on their children.!
As Zhang Zuolin's eldest son, although Marshal Zhang has the problem of being a playboy, the child himself is very smart, which makes Zhang Zuolin very proud and worried!
He is worried that his child will use this intelligence in a wrong way! , so he has always cared about the education of his children, and Shaoshuai Zhang has been by Zhang Zuolin's side almost all year round.
However, facing the impact of new equipment and new tactics, Zhang Zuolin realized that if he kept Shaoshuai Zhang by his side like this. , then he may be abandoned by this era like himself!
By then, Marshal Zhang will not understand anything, and he will not know anything about new tactics and new equipment. How can he defend the country in this situation
, even if he is very doting on himself ? Son, he also hopes to send Marshal Zhang out so that he can broaden his horizons and learn new things. After he completes his studies and returns to the country, he will be handed the position of president to him, so that he can sit more firmly. After he retires, he will Don't worry!
In this era, there are not many countries that can be called advanced, and there are only a few traditional powers in Europe and the United States: The Sun Never Sets, Yingjiang, Gaul and Hans.
Among them, Yingjiang and the Sun Never Set. The navy is more powerful, the army is said to be average, and the Gallic army has always been very powerful, but in World War I and in the battles with Hans in the past few years, the Gauls won less and lost more, and suffered many defeats. This greatly damaged their good reputation.
On the contrary, it was Hans. Their glorious tradition inherited from the Prussian era made their army a world-famous existence. Although Hans failed in World War I, Hans failed. Si can withstand the siege of so many powerful countries on his own and last for four years, which is enough to show the strength of their army!
Moreover, there are not many countries on the line that the Northeast Army can support at this time. Gao Lu and Ying Jiang didn't have to count on it. Originally, there was a footbath in Dongyang, but Zhang Zuolin was very wary of the ambition of the footbath and was unwilling to send her child into the tiger's mouth, so after much deliberation, the most suitable and only place to go was found. , only Hans!