Chapter 250: Explanation 4

Act Three: Tavern Turmoil·Befriending the Future "Desert Fox"

(Scene: Near the Berlin university district, a typical Studentenkneipe (student tavern), wooden tables and chairs, beer foam, a noisy crowd. The young Li Yuxuan often reads here or debates with classmates.)

Narration: Military Academy life is not everything. Li Yuxuan also moves in Berlin's international student and young officer social circles. The tavern was an important social venue at the time. It was there that he met two individuals who would later become famous.

The first: Aierwen Longmei'er. At this time, Longmei'er was still a young Second Lieutenant who had just graduated from the Danshe Houbu Junguan Xuexiao, pursuing further studies or short-term service in Berlin. He was equally passionate about the military, full of energy, and his personality also carried a certain stubbornness and ambition.

(Animation/Scene: Longmei'er and his companions speak loudly about mountain warfare or tactical raids. Li Yuxuan is drawn to the topic, perhaps offering a different view or supplement on a tactical detail, speaking German with an Eastern accent but accurately. Longmei'er is initially surprised, then becomes interested, and the two discuss over beer and the tabletop (treated as a Sand Table).)

Narration: According to limited sources (mainly fragments of Li Yuxuan's diary and early recollections of Longmei'er's comrades), the two likely met due to a shared obsession with tactical details. Longmei'er admired the Eastern trainee's calm analysis and unique perspective (Li Yuxuan combined Eastern battle cases with German theory), while Li Yuxuan was impressed by Longmei'er's tactical imagination and enterprising spirit. Their interaction was a relatively equal exchange based on professional resonance. Later, Longmei'er gave him a signed photograph, and during the war sent an extremely brief greeting through neutral-country channels (Li Yuxuan's diary mentions receiving "old friend E. R.'s greetings from Beifei," at a time when Longmei'er was famed on the Beifei battlefield), all stemming from this.

Act Four: Seniors and Mentors— The 'Blitzkrieg' Father and the Shadow of the General Staff

(Scene: Military Academy instructor's office, an older, composed officer appears.)

Narration: Besides peers and younger companions, Li Yuxuan also interacted with higher‑ranking "senior" mentors and military theorists.

Haiyinzi Gudelian: At that time he was already an officer or junior staff officer, serving or studying at the General Staff or related military academies, and already had preliminary ideas on armored units and mobile warfare theory. Li Yuxuan met him in the instructor's office because of an exam. Guderian was surprised and appreciative that Li Yuxuan could understand and probe his concept of "troop motorization combined with deep breakthrough," and the two had several discussions about the future form of warfare. This was a mutual appreciation between a "senior" and an "excellent junior."

Narration (analysis): In his dealings with these people, the core bond remained military expertise. Li Yuxuan was like a greedy sponge, absorbing the essence of German military thought, and his Eastern cultural background and unique perspective allowed him to pose questions that German officers found fresh and even inspiring. He was not a passive recipient but an active interlocutor. This trait elevated him beyond the status of an ordinary foreign student.

Preliminary Analysis of the "Méi Mo" Mystery

(Scene returns to a historic study or minimalist background, he faces the camera to summarize.)

Narration: All right, that's roughly the key interpersonal network of the German period. Now we look back and try to unravel part of the "Méi Mo" mystery.

First, the high 'concentration' of era and location. Germany from 1908 to 1914, under the rule of Weilian Ershi, was at the height of militarist thought, with vibrant Military Theory and technological innovation, while social contradictions intensified and various political currents surged. Central cities such as Berlin and Vienna gathered the era's smartest, most ambitious, and most restless minds of Deutschland and even Europe. Li Yuxuan happened to be studying abroad at that time and place, placing himself in a 'high‑density incubator of historical figures.'

Second, Li Yuxuan's personal traits are the key catalyst.

1. Solid professional competence and thirst for knowledge: this is his ticket into the core circle. Without genuine skill, career officers like Longmei'er and Guderian, who are proud and ambitious, would not spare him a glance.

2. A composure and observational ability beyond his years: he rarely boasts, is good at listening and analyzing, can grasp the core of others' thoughts, and pose substantive questions or insights. This 'listening‑style wisdom' easily earns goodwill and willingness for deeper dialogue.

3. 'Exotic mystique' and civilizational depth: a youth from the distant East who can fluently discuss Kelaoseweizi in German is inherently attractive. His occasional citations of Chinese military classics or historical anecdotes provide a different frame of reference, stimulating the other's thinking.

4. Low posture and sincerity: whether facing the down‑and‑out Er Zhan Touzi, the young Longmei'er, or the higher‑ranking Guderian, he mostly maintains a balanced, inquisitive and communicative attitude. This sincere quest for knowledge is hard to offend.

Third, the later‑era perspective of 'deification' and 'CP‑ification'. When the historical positions of Er Zhan Touzi, Longmei'er, Guderian and others were later cemented, their early‑year ordinary interactions with a Chinese youth were given huge dramatic and symbolic significance. Netizens' talk of a 'Méi Mo' and their 'CP' shipping are such playful readings and emotional projections caused by the sense of historical distance. Li Yuxuan himself probably never imagined 'befriending future giants'; he was simply, in that specific time and space, diligently learning, observing, and communicating, and history happened to place some future giants on his list of contacts.

Narration (smiling): So, rather than calling Li Yuxuan a 'Méi Mo', it is better to say he is an extremely rare Chinese who, at the right time, in the right place, with the right attitude, deeply participated in the era's dialogue. His 'network' is essentially a reflection of that grand era on a keen individual.

Epilogue: The Calm Before the Storm and the Return Home

(Scene: Berlin in the summer of 1914, streets restless, war clouds looming. Li Yuxuan packs his belongings, preparing to return home. He bids farewell to his German friends.)

Narration: The summer of 1914, the gunfire in Sarajevo is about to ignite the world. Li Yuxuan's German studies have also concluded. He boarded the ship back to his country carrying thick notebooks, advanced military knowledge, deep observations of the European situation, and that intangible yet priceless 'network'. He did not know that a larger catastrophe belonging to his own nation was brewing not far away. He also did not know that the friends and acquaintances he met in Germany would, in the future, on the world's battlefields, intersect with him and his motherland in a cruel way.

(Scene: Next episode preview appears: "Huangpu Stirs, Northern Expedition Rides Together— Li Yuxuan's Reunion and Co‑creation with the Young Master." A side‑by‑side photo shows Li Yuxuan and the Young Master in military uniform.)

Narration: The German years forged Li Yuxuan's military thought and international outlook. Next, he will return to China and reunite with the Young Master who is in Japan. Under the Flag of the Huangpu Military Academy, how will their relationship evolve? How will those German insights and networks affect the course of the Chinese Revolution? And what further unbelievable chapters will the 'Méi Mo' legend add?

(End‑credit music starts, subtitles scroll: "Li Yuxuan: I'm just a normal exchange student. Netizens: No, you're collecting historical figure cards! 'No novel dares write this!'")

Historical conclusion: The marvel of history often lies in those ordinary intersections unnoticed by contemporaries. Li Yuxuan's German story reminds us that beneath grand narratives, an individual's learning, observation, and sincere exchange are themselves participation in weaving history. Next episode, we return to China to see how the overseas‑returning Li Yuxuan will wield the European‑forged 'Wu Hook' against the storms of the Middle Kingdom.