The Kunming and Changbaishan ships were also returning to Tianjin with Qin Zheng. Because the negotiations have ended, it can be basically confirmed that Shanghai is safe, so there is no need for these two warships to remain in Shanghai. Moreover, this time, there are important events that need to be negotiated and dealt with when going back. Not only Qin Zheng is required, but also Zhang Weining, the political commissar of the Kunming ship who accompanied Shanghai, and Lu Kai, the captain of the Changbaishan ship, are also important military leaders and need to participate in the discussion together.

As a result, as soon as the fleet arrived at Dagukou, Qin Zheng, Zhang Weining and Lu Kai were picked up by a van that had been waiting here and headed straight for Tianjin.

There are two major things in the Time Travel Group now, and we are eager to determine them as soon as possible. One is that the investigation report of Li Zhuangyong's defection has been released, and the final decision is now needed to deal with the intersecting personnel; the other is a topic of old growth talks, what kind of land policy does the Time Travel Group plan to adopt. Although these two incidents are military affairs and government affairs, they seem to be unrelated, but in fact they are closely connected.

After Qin Zheng and others got on the car, the staff who came to greet them immediately gave them a printed investigation report on Li Zhuangyong's defection. After a detailed investigation and interrogation, the investigation team finally determined that this time, Li Zhuangyong's defection was a premeditated, organized and planned escape operation. A total of 8 people successfully escaped successfully, three of them failed to escape and two others also joined Li Zhuangyong's defection plan, but this time they did not receive a notice from Li Zhuangyong and did not participate in this defection operation. But they were very clear about the defection plan.

There are also as many as 14 people who know Li Zhuangyong's defection plan, because Li Zhuangyong has persuaded them to defect together. Although these people refused to defect with Li Zhuangyong, they did not report it like their superiors, and they kept their mouths tight. Another person was that after Li Zhuangyong defected, they did not stop Li Zhuangyong, but asked Li Zhuangyong to escape, and did not report to their superiors as soon as possible, that is, Jiang Haidong.

These people conceal or indulge Li Zhuangyong's reasons for defection are all in the same way. In their opinion, Li Zhuangyong told himself such a confidential matter, just treating himself as a brother, and of course he could not betray Li Zhuangyong. Many soldiers even thought that their actions were not wrong. Not following Li Zhuangyong was loyal to the People's Army, while not betraying Li Zhuangyong was doing his best to his friends. It can be said that he was loyal and righteous, both in all aspects. They did not even think that they would be punished, because they did not escape with Li Zhuangyong, which means that they were loyal to the People's Army, and loyal people would definitely not be punished.

There were 28 people in this defection incident, of which 18 had joined the Boxer Rebellion. Although the other 7 people did not officially join the Boxer Rebellion, they could also have some connection with the Boxer Rebellion. In the People's Army, three regiments, 7 battalions and 16 companies were involved, which was indeed a major event. Now, except for the 8 people who successfully escaped, the other 2o people were imprisoned, lost their personal freedom, and were waiting to be dealt with.

When Qin Zheng saw this, he smiled bitterly. If one of the 14 people reported Li Zhuangyong's defection to his superiors, it would not be so troublesome. Although loyalty in the world is not necessarily a bad thing, for the People's Army, loyalty in the world does not need.

Although the Military Commission did not expect to train the People's Army into a People's Liberation Army in the old time and space, after all, although the background of the times is similar, the subjective and objective conditions are different. However, building the People's Army into a modern and modern army is the minimum goal. The combat effectiveness and cohesion of the modern and modern army is supported by the nationalist spirit, patriotism and belief in the sense of honor, rather than relying on the so-called loyalty or loyalty to the People's Army. Otherwise, it would be no different from the feudal army.

For example, the Beiyang New Army, which was now trained by Yuan Shikai, introduced a complete set of German-style 6th Army organization and training methods and hired a large number of German instructors, but the Qing court itself was a feudal dynasty. Yuan Shikai, the chief general of the Beiyang New Army, was determined to build the Beiyang New Army into his own private army and strive to strengthen his personal loyalty to himself in the army. Even every time he had a full salary, he had to instill in the soldiers that it was "a bowl of Yuan Gongbao and a meal of Yuan Guanbao". Therefore, no matter how much like a modern army on the outside, it was still a feudal army in its bones. In the old time and space, the trajectory of the Beiyang New Army was like the previous Hunan Army and Huai Army. It did form a certain combat power at the beginning of its establishment, but with the passage of time and the expansion of the army's scale, it inevitably embarked on the old path of corruption and falling.

Of course, this investigation was not completely unfavorable. When the investigation did not have any reason for the soldiers who defected with Li Zhuangyong, the result was that the People's Army did not deduct the soldiers' pay. The officers' attitude was gentle, approachable, and treated soldiers as humans. The middle and lower-level officers even shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, and there were few actions to beat, scold and punish soldiers. Some soldiers also felt that overseas Chinese could accomplish great things and stay in the People's Army. Maybe they could get a hero in the future. This also shows that the People's Army has indeed had success.

In addition, this investigation also revealed many problems in the People's Army. First, grassroots officers are generally lacking experience and do not know how to manage the army. Nowadays, the first-level officers of the People's Army are all time-travel soldiers, while most of the company-level officers were just ordinary soldiers half a year ago. They were suddenly promoted to company commander and were in charge of about 15o people. They did not know how to manage people. It was better to fight. In normal management and training, they were prone to two extremes. One was to use tough and high-pressure methods, and even beat and scold soldiers and corporal punishment of soldiers to ensure the management of the army. The other was to relax in some non-principle disciplines, such as being late, asking for leave, not returning home at night, etc., and to hold on to major matters, and turn a blind eye to small matters. Some officers even called brothers and sisters to the soldiers, and also used the kind of loyal things to manage the army.

Another important problem is that there are many shortcomings in the political work of the People's Army. At present, the organization of the People's Army has reached the regiment level, and can be carried out to the division level, and imitate the old time and space model, set up instructors at the company level, instructors at the battalion level, and political commissars at the regiment level, and be in charge of the ideological and political work of soldiers. Although ideological and political work has indeed achieved certain results so far and has played a significant role in the construction of the army, there are also many problems.

Since there were not many political workers who had traveled through the army, because the sixth team had only two battalions and seven companies, and there were only nine officers who were truly political workers. Therefore, now even the battalion-level political officers are basically ordinary time travel soldiers. They had no experience in political and ideological work before, and since the founding of the People's Army, they have been constantly fighting and have no time to train grassroots political and industrial officers. As a result, the political work of each department varies greatly. Some people copy the experience of old time and space; some talk about some empty theoretical summary; some simply turn political and ideological education into cultural literacy education.

At the same time, a political officer also reported that it was not that he did not want to do political work well, but that he was sure that it was difficult to do it. Part of the reason was that it was related to the Time Travel Group's political goals and political programs for this reason. Although the ultimate goal of the Time Travel Group was to overthrow the Qingting and establish a republic, and it was not prohibited to overthrow the Qingting in private. After all, it was not officially announced. At present, the Qing court is still the orthodox dynasty of China. The Time Travel Group is in a strict sense. It is nothing. This not only caused ideological division within the People's Army, but some soldiers hoped that the time travel group would ascend the throne as soon as possible to be a hero; some soldiers hoped that the court would recruit wives and children, and in this case, political and military officers were indeed not easy to do ideological and political work. After the imperial envoy from the Qing court came to Tianjin, the number of people looking forward to recruiting increased. Many soldiers began to calculate how big the official position they could entrust after recruiting.

Some political and industrial officers said that even if the Time Travel Group has not announced its political goals, at least it should be formally determined. Whether it is divided into land or not, if the policy of land is adopted, then political work will be easier. After all, this is a matter that concerns the personal interests of most soldiers, and it is easier to use.

However, although there are so many problems, overall, the People's Army is much stronger in terms of military discipline, morale, and combat effectiveness than the Qing army of this era. Compared with the armies of various countries, there are still some gaps, but they are not far from each other and are basically in the same level. This is mainly because the grassroots of the People's Army are still controlled by time travel soldiers, and there are at least three time travel soldiers in a company. Therefore, although they are not doing well in some non-principle disciplines, they rarely make mistakes such as looting the people, disregarding human lives, and forcing them to buy and sell. In addition, since the establishment of the People's Army, they have been winning consecutively and have made outstanding achievements. Victory not only helps the growth of the army, but also makes the local soldiers feel great awe and convincing about the time travel group.

After reading the investigation report, Qin Zheng also began to think in his mind. During this period, he was mainly responsible for foreign negotiations and had less control over the army. He did not expect that the People's Army would have so many problems.
Chapter completed!