Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Ship A No. [-] was the ship closest to Wenjiaping in the entire fleet. A Beiyang soldier wrapped in winter clothes was shivering in the cold river wind.From time to time, the smell of dog meat mixed with the smell of wine drifted past his nose, and the tall Beiyang soldier was so angry that he cursed angrily: "These grandsons know how to bully me to be honest, and they actually forced me to stay and guard the boat. You just can’t eat a single bite, you’re all bastards.” After speaking, the soldier couldn’t help but look up at the starry sky, he was homesick, and it’s been two years since he came out of his hometown in Hubei with Zeng Shuai. good.

Just as he was thinking about it, two black shadows tiptoed towards him, and finally stretched out a big hand to cover the soldier's mouth, exposing his neck from the back.And the other hand held a small knife and wiped the soldier's neck like killing a chicken. The soldier struggled a few times, stopped moving, and then fell to the ground with a crooked body. The same situation happened in almost all ships. It happened, and more than 100 Beiyang soldiers died.

"Hurry up, pour oil, let the other brothers leave in small boats, and give them all the foreign money. Whether they can run or not is their own luck. If anyone doesn't listen to the call, he will be killed directly, don't I missed Brother Mei's important matter," a burly man ordered in a low voice in Xiangtan dialect, and the fleet suddenly panicked. . .

In the cabin, Battalion Commander Hou, who was greedy for drinking, was drunk, and the situation on the other four boats was similar, but instead of drinking too much, he was given sweat medicine, and he turned over when he drank.Let's just say next, Wu Junmei glanced at the drunk commander Hou and said to the brothers: "The business that we have done today is overwhelming, so there is no room for any personal affair. The people on these five boats must die, so as not to die in the future. Someone is looking for us to avenge, let's do it."

However, Wu Junmei still missed one point, that is, besides herself and others, there are many boatmen who rely on boats for food.Therefore, on some ships, the boatmen resisted, which also prevented more than 30 ships from being burned in the end.

And because of this delay, about half of the more than 100 brothers who followed Wu Junmei were killed and captured by the Beiyang soldiers who came to inquire. . .

Ma Jizeng stared blankly at the burning fleet, and the raging flames reflected on his face, which turned blue and purple.Ma Baochen, who was firmly opposed to the retreat before, also believed that Ma Jizeng's judgment was correct, so he stood behind and dared not speak again.

After a long time, Ma Ji sighed: "Go, send someone to give a death order to the Sixth Regiment, and let Zhang Songbai blow up all the cannons for me. Let's hurry up and escape."

Ma Baochen hesitated for a moment and said: "Commander, if we, Brother Wanbahao, stand firm here, the youth army may not be able to do anything to us."

Ma Jizeng was really not in the mood to mock Ma Baochen: "Little Ma, if it is Li County now, we can't stick to it, and we can follow your way of thinking. But now look at the terrain, surrounded by water on both sides, and the youth army You don't need to attack us, just repair the position and block us in this wild field. In half a month, we will run out of ammunition and food, and finally we can only fight the white flag. This time, the old man was careless and underestimated the strength of the youth army Strength, even sending out troops rashly without guaranteeing logistics and supplies, this is killing you. Withdraw quickly, I will take the division headquarters on board now, and we will talk after crossing the Yuanjiang River. In addition, I will send a telegram to Changsha Laotang and let him Send troops to rescue. As for your immediate responsibility to organize the blocking line, how many brothers can escape, it depends on God's fortune..."

On the same night in Anjiang, Wang Zhenyu's private residence.Wang Zhenyu is taking an exam on Shen Quan's homework. The nine-year-old Shen Quan is currently in the third grade of Anjiang National Elementary School. Although this kid is usually very obedient, the manly taste in his bones has also become stronger.Wang Zhenyu was very concerned about his adopted son's homework, and this incident also caused the education authorities to pay close attention to the teaching of elementary schools. This is probably a domino effect.

This afternoon, Wang Zhenyu had already talked with Frankie for an hour.It turned out that the British and the French had great interest in Wang Zhenyu's rise.Ah, what kind of rhythm is this? This is obviously the rhythm of looking for an agent.

Wang Zhenyu is not a fool. There is nothing wrong with cooperating with foreigners, but there must be benefits, and the benefits are too low. It is even more insensitive to verbally support such a waste of money.

But according to Frankie, apart from diplomatic contact this time, there is still business to be negotiated.

It seems that from the third year of the Republic of China to the present, the two major iron and steel factories in Anjiang and Liuzhou have not sold a ton of steel except for their own use.In Luyang and Laibin, Wang Zhenyu even set up two large warehouses to store the 300 million tons of unsold steel.

Of course, the inability to sell is not because of poor quality, but because Wang Zhenyu has no plans to compete with the Japanese who control the Asian steel market.Not only steel, textiles, oil, and various strategic materials such as pig temples have been hoarded by Wang Zhenyu, but the Xiangxi Development Corporation is under huge pressure of losses to forcibly hoard the goods, which has caused the prices of various materials on the market to soar.Since the War to Protect the Nation broke out at this time, everyone naturally attributed this to the war rather than Wang Zhenyu's speculation.

But you can hide it from the Chinese, can you hide it from the British and French powers who value data investigation?So they came to the door.

Wang Zhenyu knew in his heart that when he hoarded these supplies, he didn't plan to use them in the war to protect the country. The Beiyang Army that fought against Yuan Shikai would not be able to use so many supplies.From the very beginning, he planned to sell these supplies to white people in Europe so that they would work harder to kill each other.Of course, even if you want to sell it, you have to sell it for a good price. Is it easy for the painstaking efforts that Brother has accumulated since four years ago?If I don't get some money from you, I will be sorry for myself.

Chapter 223 Chasing and fleeing ([-])

"Marshal, Mr. Frankie is here with guests." Huang Shaohong, who has been the head of the attendant for more than two years, is now very trusted by Wang Zhenyu, especially his performance in this battle plan drafting meeting impressed Wang Zhenyu, It is worthy of being the person who put forward the theory of protracted war with Jiang Baili in history.

Speaking of Jiang Baili, Wang Zhenyu gently touched Shen Quan's little head and said: "Quan'er, I have something to do for my father, you should go to the study to read first, don't be lazy."

Shen Quan nodded sensiblely and left. Every winter and summer vacation, Wang Zhenyu would allow him to go home and be with his parents. He was very gentle with him and rarely scolded him, so he was very close to Wang Zhenyu.

After Shen Quan got up and left, Wang Zhenyu asked Huang Shaohong again: "Ji Kuan (Huang Shaohong's character), I asked you to check the whereabouts of Jiang Fangzhen, Mr. Jiang, how did you check?"

Huang Shaohong nodded and said: "The Military Intelligence Bureau has already paid back. Mr. Baili has already entered Sichuan and served as the chief of staff of General Cai Songpo's guards."

Wang Zhenyu sighed regretfully and said: "I am also entangled in many things, this time I am a step late, by the way, you have to keep an eye on Zhang Xiaozhun, tell the Military Intelligence Bureau, and bring people here if necessary. In the future, we will fight for the world , What do you rely on? It depends on talent. Okay, let Mr. Frankie come in, let Chenhao make a pot of good tea, alas, I am going to reassign the secretary, Yuting is taking care of the children every day now No time either."

Huang Shaohong made notes one by one in his heart, then turned and left. . .

"Dear Wang, my friend, I am so lucky to meet you. Come on, let me introduce you to the guests I brought today." Frankie is also a talent. During three years in Anjiang, he has learned Chinese, although it is a bit raw, but it does save the translation.

Wang Zhenyu gave Frankie a warm hug without hesitation, although the two of them only met in the afternoon.

"Wang, this is Mr. Henry, Consul of the Consulate of the French Republic in Wuhan. He not only represents France today, but also brings greetings from the English." .

Wang Zhenyu shook hands with Mr. Henry with a smile on his face: "Hello, Mr. Henry."

And Henry, like Frankie, replied in fluent Chinese: "Hi, Your Excellency Wang Dashuai, it's an honor to meet you."

After a while of pleasantries, Wang Zhenyu was not in a hurry to pick up the topic, because today he is the host.

Henry had no choice but to enter the topic by himself. To be honest, this did not conform to the French diplomatic style in China: "Dear Marshal Wang, our French Empire and the British Empire are defending you and your army. We express our deep concern about the war. We hope that the warring parties can end the war as soon as possible, so that your country can return to peace as soon as possible.”

Wang Zhenyu wanted to laugh when he heard this. You western powers really care about peace, so you should first end the World War I that was raging in your hands, and then discuss the issue of world peace with Lao Tzu.

But I want to return to this in my heart, and actually say that I can't do it like this: "Thank the governments of the two countries for their concern for China's peace. The war we are waging is a just war. The war is Yuan Shikai and his Beiyang government. Regardless, it was caused by perverse actions. We very much hope that Britain and France, in the spirit of freedom and international humanitarianism, can condemn the perverse actions of the Yuan Shikai government and at the same time support the vast number of Chinese people. Only in this way can we win the victory and end the war as soon as possible. Only in this way Only then can we achieve peace in China as soon as possible."

Henry froze for a moment, well, the middle-ranking man in front of him was better at diplomatic rhetoric than himself.Condemn Yuan Shikai's government?Is this something you can do right now?Unless you can really defeat Yuan Shikai's army, and what I am here to talk about today is not at all.He quickly changed the subject: "I will definitely report Wang Dashuai's suggestion to the Beijing envoys. Please believe this. I have one more thing to communicate with Wang Dashuai this time."

Wang Zhenyu knew it well a long time ago, he smiled and said: "We are all friends, please tell me directly."

Henry nodded: "I heard from Mr. Frankie that you have two large steel plants with an annual output of one million tons. Is this true? In addition, you have 300 million tons of steel. This is true ?"

Wang Zhenyu smiled and stretched out the two initials: "Mr. Henry, if I heard correctly, this is not one question, but two questions, right? Ha ha, but as I said just now, we are friends, so I I don't mind answering your two questions. My answer is that what Mr. Frankie said is true, and I don't know how I can help you."

Henry thought for a while and said: "That's right, you know that the damned Germans are invading our French Republic, and we are fighting an arduous war for the freedom and freedom of the people of the world. Now the war has ended At the most critical moment, dear Marshal Wang, my friend, are you willing to make a small contribution to the freedom and freedom of the people of the world?"

"Are you talking about those steel products? My friend" Wang Zhenyu asked back.

Henry nodded excitedly, and Wang Zhenyu stood up: "Of course I am, my friend. For the sake of world peace, I am willing to dedicate everything."

"Thank you very much, Marshal Wang. On behalf of the French government, I thank you for your dedication." Ah, is this Chinese really a lover of world peace, and does he support France without compensation?Henry originally planned to rely on a little foreign exchange and a lot of bad checks to get this batch of steel, but now it is a donation, which is too abnormal, but it is a bastard not to take advantage of it. He accepted it with a smile, but Henry almost vomited blood when he heard what happened next.

Wang Zhenyu grabbed Henry's hand and said: "I will give these steel products to British and French friends who are fighting for justice, but we also have our own difficulties. So many steel products have accumulated a lot of funds for me. In Anjiang and Liuzhou, there are countless Hundreds of thousands of industrial workers need to survive and develop, and all of these require the donation of funds and technology from British and French friends. But Henry, we are friends, and you will not refuse to come to this point, right? Friends, It’s about helping each other.”

Speaking of this, Henry was also choked, while the Belgian Frankie sat on the sidelines secretly laughing.Based on his experience in dealing with Wang Zhenyu for many years, he cannot take advantage of this person.

Henry babbled for a long time and didn't know what to say, while Wang Zhenyu looked at him enthusiastically. Henry had no choice but to say: "Dear Wang, I think we have reached a consensus. As for how much each other needs to contribute to friends, I think we should wait for my colleagues to come and talk about it.”

After hearing this, Wang Zhenyu smiled with satisfaction. . .

"Boom, boom, boom..." With 24 loud noises, Ma Jizeng finally did the thing of abolishing his martial arts. There was no way, there were less than 3000 boats left, and [-] people could be transported at one time. sent away, and the rest of the troops could not go at all with the artillery.

Not only did he blow up the cannons, but Ma Jizeng also ordered the officers and soldiers to throw away all pots and pans, and only take rifles, bullets and five catties of dry food, not even bedding, and everyone fled desperately towards Changsha!

On January 1th, the first regiment of the Supplementary Brigade of the Sixth Division of Beiyang received the latest order from the division headquarters on the main position of Zhujiaqiao, which he fought hard yesterday, asking them to stand on the spot unconditionally, and then wait for the rendezvous of the outflanking troops (if If this so-called outflanking force really exists).And Ma Jizeng's secrecy work was still in place this time, so everyone in the first regiment believed this unkind order, and they all opened up their postures, preparing to fight the youth army to the death.

But the first attack of the youth army made them stupid. Thirty 75mm mountain cannons were unceremoniously smashed down in the direction of Beishan, which had been ignored by them.Heavy machine guns and mortars rained down on the main position for free.The entire firepower preparation took a full 15 minutes, 3000 rounds of mountain shells, and several mortar shells, which caused very fatal damage to the first regiment in a very short period of time. More than 401 Beiyang troops who were ordered to guard the position lost more than half of the [-]-square-meter area, making the subsequent charge initiated by the [-]st Infantry Regiment of the Fourth Division a mere scene.

Facing the tide of young soldiers, the Beiyang soldiers who were dizzy from the shock of the shells still tried their best to resist according to the requirements of the drill code.But like a stone thrown into the ocean, it just stirs up a little languorous flower and disappears without a trace.

Determined to recover the position himself, Wang Kewen rushed to the front of the regiment with the remaining 400 people from the first battalion. He was the first to rush into the position with a bayonet-mounted rifle. He overthrew a stubborn Beiyang soldier.

Now these Beiyang supplementary soldiers were in a mess immediately. How could they have seen such a fierce and fearless enemy, and they were throwing grenades while rushing, not afraid of blowing themselves up.

In just 10 minutes, more than 1200 officers and soldiers from the first regiment of the Supplementary Brigade of the Sixth Beiyang Division chose to surrender.In less than half an hour of fighting, they were fortunate to become the first batch of people in Beiyang to taste steel tactics, and a total of 800 people were killed and injured.If Ma Ji had known about this situation, he would probably run into Changsha City without not only the equipment, but also the troops.

Wan Yaohuang and Liu Xing issued the order to chase and escape across the board. Yes, Ma Jizeng and his sixth division are fugitives, and now the second division, fourth division, and eighth division of the second army of the youth army are the three divisions. The task is to catch up with them and destroy them.

Ma Ji had fought the battle until now, so he knew how many people there were in the Youth Army, at least [-].Although he didn't want to believe this fact, he no longer dared to stop and compete with the youth army.

A big drama of chasing and fleeing is being staged on the land of Hunan. . .

Chapter 224 Chasing and fleeing ([-])

If one were to select the top ten tragic figures in the War to Protect the Nation, Ma Baochen, chief of staff of the Sixth Beiyang Division, would definitely be elected.As the chief of staff of a major general, he was first ignored by Ma Jizeng, the commander of the First Route Army and the commander of the Sixth Division, and was reprimanded many times.Then on the way of the great escape, Ma Jizeng gave an organization to block the rear mission, and he didn't know if he wanted to take the opportunity to retaliate.