Later, I learned that the man with the mustache was actually Wang Xiding, the former deputy commander of the 38th Division.
It's said that Wang Xiding wasn't very educated, but he was a veteran of the Northern Expedition and the Central Plains War, a hardened general who fought his way up to the position of deputy division commander.
So I understood why he looked down on us student soldiers. Someone who rose to power through sheer force couldn't possibly understand the importance of strategy for an army.
Speaking of which, it seems there were many like Wang Xiding these days. Wasn't there some kind of warlord conflict? Today it's the Zhili-Anhui War, tomorrow it's the Zhili-Fengtian War, and then there's some Central Plains War… Those warlord leaders fought each other like mountain band
