Back to the Republic of China as a commander

In fact, if the industrial capacity permits, Wang Zhenyu hopes to be slower and more stable, so that he can have more troops under his command, instead of focusing on the offensive as he is doing now, and if he misses, he will lose everything.

This is something Wang Zhenyu can't bear, so he can only keep paying attention to the details, and then pray for God to favor him.

"Marshal, tomorrow is the start of the Xiangxi regional football finals. Are you going to kick off and watch the game?" The current head of the attendant Huang Shaohong has already taken the guard brigade on the train to Guangdong to take the defense, so the current Wang Zhenyu's second aunt, Zhao Yuting, took charge of the itinerary. This woman is also very interesting, imitating other people's address, and directly calling her man Marshal.

"Football game?" Wang Zhenyu just remembered that this was something he created the year before last. After the Xiangxi Military Academy was closed and merged into the newly-built Youth Army University, this game was created according to his own ideas.The original intention is to exercise everyone's physical fitness and teamwork ability through football games. Unexpectedly, in this era of poor after-school cultural life, this sport has become the favorite of young people. Students in military schools even fight for the football field.For this reason, Wan Yaohuang had to build three football fields outside the military academy.

According to Wang Zhenyu, the two universities in Anjiang, Xiangxi University and Army University, have many departments. These departments will form a football team, and then start with this system. The season is from September to next year every year. In February of that year, the final champion team competed for the championship in Xiangxi.

So the football game became popular. Last year's game was won by the Army University's championship team, the Artillery Academy.This year, Xiangxi University is said to be determined to regain the championship, and it will be shameful.Yuanjiang Daily is also very interesting. It has specially opened up a sports section to continuously report on the progress of the competition.I don't know where they found the masters, but they insisted on reporting the good league games into chapter-style novels like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The tea that went down was sprayed out.

The result of such publicity is that residents outside the two schools began to pay attention to the game.This time the finals will be held at the Anjiang Mountain Stadium, which can only accommodate 3000 people. It is said that the tickets have been sold to Wuhua Yuan, but the supply is still in short supply.

"Well, let's go, okay, I want to relax too." Wang Zhenyu's answer made Zhao Yuting unconsciously relieved, her man was really tired these days.

Chapter 230 Blue Light ([-])

The final combat mobilization plan was issued to division-level combat units on February 2. Song Xianfu, the commander of the newly formed Railway Corps, had already arrived in Zhuzhou from Guangxi on February 6. The plan for Bright Action, although this plan only involves the deployment of materials and the transportation of troops, it also makes Song Xianfu feel that he has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, and he knows that there is really not much time left for him.

Along with Song Xianfu, there were [-] carefully selected railway soldiers who arrived in Zhuzhou. Their task was to restore the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway from Yuezhou to Guangzhou.Song Xianfu carefully looked at the task list in his hand: the Ninth Division in Shaoguan will be transferred back to Hengyang to participate in the Fourth Assault Group fighting in the direction of Jiangxi, which is the lightest task; the Third and Seventh Divisions in Guangzhou will Transferred to Changsha to garrison around the [-]th, preparing to participate in the second phase of the tough battle. The three assault clusters all need to replenish a large amount of strategic materials.So far, three-quarters of these materials are still piled up on the wharf in Anjiang.

Minister of Armaments Ma Xicheng appointed his younger brother Ma Xiren as the commander of the temporary base in Yuezhou, who was fully responsible for the management of the material reception and deployment of Wan Yaohuang's second assault group.The materials from Changsha and Hengyang were transported by water to Zhuzhou Wharf, received and allocated by Song Xianfu, and distributed to Changsha and Hengyang by railway.

Song Xianfu has been working on the railway for so many years, and now he has become a half-expert. Among other things, he is now busy shuffling wagons.Fortunately, when Ni Sichong retreated, he chose to take the waterway instead of the railway, otherwise the whole province of Hunan would not have been able to search for half of the wagons.At this time, the Third Army in Guangzhou also cooperated very well. They reasonably pulled Bai Chongxi's Seventh Division to Zhuzhou in one go with 350 wagons, and then the soldiers went to Changsha on foot, and the heavy equipment continued to be transported to Changsha by rail.

In the newly established Railway Transportation Headquarters, Song Xianfu, who heard the news, personally hung up a long-line phone call to Li Zongren, the commander of the Third Army, "Brother Delin, your great kindness, I, Song Xianfu, have written it down. There are still a few more here." I would like to trouble you with this matter. Doesn’t the military headquarters of your third army stay in Guangzhou until around the 15th? . . . Yes, friends from Luxembourg have helped us produce more than 30 locomotives, more than 300 carriages, and some skilled ones Train driver, it will be transported to Guangzhou by sea soon... Yes, you will receive it at that time, I am more worried about the interference of the British... Yes, yes, these wagons will be transported directly to your third division. Arrived in Zhuzhou , I invite you brother Delin to drink, drink good wine, hahahaha..."

Zhuzhou Railway Station is brightly lit these days, all obstacles around the platform of the station have been forcibly removed, and the road to the platform has also been poured with thick cement. The 2000 workers are divided into three shifts, each shift lasts four hours, and people stop working non-stop. All arriving materials will be loaded onto a train, and loaded according to the distance and time constraints.The dispatching staff of Song Xianfu's Railway Transportation Headquarters stayed up all night and all night, all of them were making precise calculations, how to avoid time waste, and ensure that there were trains at the station at any time.

The security force also cooperated very well. The chief of staff of the security command, ***, put aside the expansion of the security force, and personally led a detachment of troops to Zhuzhou. Horse-drawn carts, donkey carts, and wheelbarrows were forcibly confiscated for transporting supplies. *** also divided the narrow road into two to prevent traffic jams.At this time, in Anjiang, the Armament Department also transferred newly imported trucks, which had a much larger transport capacity than horse-drawn carts and trolleys.But every time you use it, you need to take an iron rod and turn it around the mouth of the car several times. On the 2th, the car was halfway down.I was so angry that I almost kicked the iron lump with my foot.

In this way, thanks to the day and night efforts of tens of thousands of migrant workers, on February 2, all the combat supplies were delivered to the combat troops, and the dark cannons of the Youth Army took off their coats again, and they were about to shine brightly. . .

At this time, in Nanjing, on February 2, a guest from Beijing hurriedly got out of the car and walked into the Jiangsu Governor's Mansion.

Feng Guozhang, the governor of Jiangsu, was a unparalleled figure in the history of the early Republic of China, and a figure who terrified the revolutionaries.But it happened to be such a character, but he was short-sighted and had no political sense.History has mercilessly proved this point. Even with heavy soldiers in his hands, he was still played by Duan Qirui, and finally died in depression.

Of course, there is also a possibility, not that Feng Guozhang is incompetent but Duan Qirui is too cunning.But the fact in front of us is that Duan Qirui publicly sang an opera with Lao Yuan in Beijing, and Feng Guozhang, who holds a heavy army, did not know why he sang an opera with Duan Qirui, sitting in Nanjing, watching the Beiyang army Sichuan and Hunan lost successively.

After Hunan and Guangdong were lost one after another, Yuan Shikai finally lost his composure. He felt that this time he was put together by the big powers led by Japan, by his son and his subordinates.

He was not reconciled to failure, and the only thing he could do was to call Wang Shizhen: "Brother Pinqing, I regret that I didn't listen to you at the beginning, and was instigated by these children and grandchildren to become the emperor. Centrifugal. But Brother Pinqing, the situation has developed to this day. It is not that I, Yuan, can end it with the death. We all underestimated Wang Zhenyu, a Hunan native. Look at their actions in Hunan, that is the strength to seize a province Is it? This wolf is ambitious and has been planning for a long time. If my judgment is correct, he will attack the southern provinces next."

Wang Shizhen nodded and said: "I have also read the latest bulletin, 20 people, if we are not united in Beiyang, let alone the southern territory, I am afraid that the next crisis will be our entire Beiyang. The powers under the name will not accept the letter of credence, and can only continue to be called the President of the Republic of China to the outside world), so we must guard against it!"

Yuan Shikai nodded. This Wang Shizhen is worthy of being the Dragon of Beiyang, and he hit the point in a few words: "Who says it's not, the situation has reached this point. If we Beiyang are still busy with internal friction, the future of this world will be Wang Zhenyu, a sinister villain." That's right. I really underestimated this kid that day, Bing San misunderstood me!"

At this point, Yuan Shikai seemed to have suddenly made up his mind and said: "Pin Qing, you go, you go on my behalf, go to Nanjing. Find Hua Fu and tell him, don't follow Zhiquan here to mess around here, and quickly clean up your hands. I will block the rebel Wang Zhenyu in Hubei and Jiangxi, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with the situation when it becomes corrupt. I will send the first division, No.15 division, and No.16 division to him, as long as He cleaned up Wang Zhenyu, and Beiyang will be handed over to him after I die."

Wang Shizhen thought for a while, nodded and agreed, so the previous scene happened.

"Brother Pinqing, brother, I didn't know it was you who came, so I couldn't go out to welcome you, I'm so rude!" Feng Guozhang had a very comfortable life in Jiangsu recently, and his complexion was much better than that in Beijing.

Of course Wang Shizhen knew that this was a polite remark, but he didn't point it out. He smiled lightly and said, "Hua Fu, we've been friends for decades, so I'll just say something straight. I'm here this time for Lao Yuan has a word for you."

Seeing that Feng Guozhang deliberately refused to answer, Wang Shizhen didn't think too much, and continued: "The President said that this time the rebellion in the south has developed into a very dangerous situation. It is no longer against him as emperor, but against us. In the whole of Beiyang, we in Beiyang are afraid that we can no longer fight among ourselves, we have to let go of our prejudices and deal with the current situation together."

After hearing this, Feng Guozhang still didn't speak, but put his hand on the teacup unconsciously.

Wang Shizhen smiled indifferently: "It seems that Brother Huafu has been holding a heavy soldier for a long time, and he doesn't pay attention to me as a commoner. In this case, you serve tea, and I will just go away."

As soon as this remark came out, Feng Guozhang, who really wanted to serve tea to see off guests, was not willing to serve tea to see off guests.

I saw Feng Guozhang smiled awkwardly and said: "Brother Pinqing misunderstood, I'm just a little habit. Don't you know me yet? Besides, it's rare for you to come here. Naturally, you live in my house. What kind of guest are you sending me?" Come on, prepare the meal, I want to have a few drinks with my old friend..."

Anyway, the Chinese are still suitable for talking about things at the dinner table.

After a few cups of hot wine, Feng Guozhang's tongue grew louder: "Brother Pinqing, I also have my own difficulties. The President didn't trust me back then, so beware of me. I fought well in Hubei, but he sent Duan Zhiquan to come Replace me; the Aixinjueluo family is orphaned and widowed, the president is not kind, and the brothers below are not convinced about it when he replaces him; in the end he is going to be the emperor, and he plans to pass this world down from generation to generation in his own Yuan family , Then what about us old brothers who have followed him for many years? The descendants will be ministers and slaves from generation to generation?"

Wang Shizhen shook his head and said, "There is no need to talk about it now, Hua Fu, the situation in Sichuan and Hunan has already made the President realize one thing, that is, this emperor will not be able to be the emperor no matter what. You haven't seen it yet, In the past two months, the president has been in poor health, isn’t it 01:30? He said that the biggest problem now is to keep our Beiyang. As long as you can put down the rebellion in the south, after he retires, the banner of Beiyang will be handed over I'll carry it for you, as for Duan Zhiquan, he will take care of it."

Speaking of this, it would be a lie to say that Feng Guozhang is not moved, but if he believes it immediately, then his life is in vain: "Pin Qing, it's not that I don't want to contribute, I have my own difficulties, don't look at it. Of the three ground divisions in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, except for the fourth division, Zhang Huaizhi and Lu Yongxiang all listened to the old saying. For Hubei and Jiangxi, I, a little Jiangsu governor, have more than enough heart but not enough power."

Wang Shizhen knew that Feng Guozhang was looking for something, so he nodded and said, "I brought the latest order from the President, appointing you as the patrol envoy of the five provinces of the Yangtze River (Su, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Hubei) and the commander-in-chief of the Crusade Army." Commander, you have the authority to control all the troops south of the Huaihe River. In addition, Cai Chengxun's first division, as well as the newly reorganized No.15 and No.16 divisions are also under your command. Beijing will also allocate it to you in one go Fifteen million oceans, as long as we can win this battle, we can say anything."

Speaking of this, it would be unkind for Feng Guozhang to refuse again. He got up excitedly and said, "Well, for our Beiyang, I, Old Feng, will fight this time..."

Chapter 231

In the middle of the night on February 20th, [-]th year of the Republic of China, in Lixian County, Changde, more than [-] staff officers of the First Assault Group Command and the First Army Military Headquarters stopped working, got up and stood at their posts, and all their eyes were on Xu Yuanquan, Commander of the First Assault Group.

Xu Yuanquan's gaze was fixed on the map, motionless, and the part of the whole Blue Light operation involving the first assault group went through his mind over and over again, as if he was still thinking hard about the flaws in the battle plan.

At this time, the wall clock hanging on the wall suddenly rang twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, and the crisp cuckoo sound seemed to cut through the silence in the early morning of the [-]th.Xu Yuanquan simply stopped thinking about it, threw the pencil on the map, and said to the staff around him contentedly: "Don't think about it, pass on my military order, and the blue light operation will begin."

Following Xu Yuanquan's voice, the staff officers who had been motionless suddenly started to move, and one order after another was extremely accurate to all participating troops.

Zhao Dongsheng of the Fifth Division, which originally belonged to the battle order of the First Army, attacked from Li County, and Li Hongkui of the Sixth Division attacked from Jin City. The ships shipped by the Yuanjiang River happened to be out of cargo in Anjiang because of the closure of the Yangtze River (so the cargo was all Take the railway to Guangxi to load the ship, and Youjiang Shipping has grown from this), and after completing the transportation of materials to Zhuzhou, half of the ships were transferred to participate in the first assault group's assault on Jingzhou.All combat troops will move towards Jingzhou along the waterway, and before the large troops attack, the small troops have already completed the infiltration work.

The garrison in Jingzhou at the moment is the Fifth Brigade of the Hubei Army, and the brigade commander is still an acquaintance of Wang Zhenyu. It is none other than Xia Douyin who was beaten up by Wang Zhenyu when he failed to molest Ye Ziwen at the wharf of the Hankou Concession.

Speaking of this Xia Douyin is indeed a character, he followed Sun Wu and others in the Hubei army at the earliest.Later, during the internal struggle in Hubei, he accurately sided with Li Yuanhong. Although Fatty Li didn't like such a rambunctious person, he still had to use such a person if he bought a horse bone with a lot of money. Xia Douyin became the commander of the Hubei army.The situation in Hubei that followed Zhang Zhenwu's murder became repeated, Li Yuanhong was forced to resign as the governor of Hubei, and Beiyang forces entered Wuhan.Unlike other Hubei forces who do not cooperate and do not depend on each other, Xia Douyin is very good at dealing with affairs. First, he linked Duan Zhigui, and then followed Wang Zhanyuan, serving Wang Zhanyuan very comfortably.Wang Zhanyuan was also a real person, he reciprocated and promoted Xia Douyin to brigade commander.

After the war to protect the country started, Wang Zhanyuan paid close attention to the progress of the Hunan war almost every day. With the continuous expansion of the youth army's achievements, Wang Zhanyuan's displayed strength has already made Wang Zhanyuan feel fear instinctively. The analysis report on the strength of the youth army, He had already reported to the Ministry of Army and Feng Guozhang.And after Feng Guozhang took up the post of patrol envoy to the five provinces of the Yangtze River, Wang Zhanyuan, who regarded himself as Feng Guozhang's direct lineage, unceremoniously applied for redeployment and left Wuhan in order to avoid the edge of the youth army.

But Feng Guozhang, who was far away in Nanjing, received the telegram and did not reply for six or seven days. He didn't know what the idea was.However, Wang Zhanyuan is not a fuel-efficient lamp. While forcing the four main brigades of the Hubei Army to assemble in Wuhan and cooperate with the defense of Wuhan; at the same time, he secretly ordered the second division to start packing up and prepare for oiling the soles of the feet at critical moments; The commander of the garrison and the commander of the fifth brigade handed over the defense of Yichang, Jingzhou and Enshi to this boy.In order to strengthen Xia Douyin's determination to fight to the end with the youth army, Wang Zhanyuan also allocated 300 guns and 5000 million oceans to Xia Douyin with great pride.So although Xia Douyin's army only had the designation of one brigade, the actual number of men and guns had already exceeded [-].And this Xia Douyin is actually a foolish and bold person who doesn't read books or newspapers, and he doesn't ask how fierce the youth army is. As long as his habit is to get benefits from others, he dares to cause disaster even if it is a big disaster.In fact, he was such a person in history. After being bought by Lao Jiang for a favor, he dared to lead the team to fight Wang Jingwei in Wuhan.In fact, there are quite a few people of this type in reality, but their fate is like a shooting star, passing by as soon as they pass. Xia Douyin's final ending is to be reduced to a fortune-telling stall on the streets of Hong Kong, which is another story.

Although Wang Zhanyuan planned to run away, he also did some things to guard Hubei, such as transferring two local brigades from Henan to Xiangyang for garrison.However, these materials are clearly placed on the desks of the Supreme Command of the Youth Army and the combat commander in the Hubei direction, and there is no secret at all.

According to the battle plan, at noon on February 2, all the attacking troops would appear around Jingzhou City, and if Xia Douyin didn't get his feet oiled in time, he would be completely surrounded.In this kind of battle of knowing ourselves and the enemy, victory is a must.After the order was issued, Xu Yuanquan felt that he should go to sleep well now, and then wake up to hear the good news. . .

Almost at the same time, the third and fourth assault groups were dispatched, and their guns were directed at Jiangxi Province, which was wide open.

In Nanchang, Jiangxi, Li Chun, who was the pacifier of Jiangxi and general of Jiangxi at the time, was sleeping. He has not been idle these days.Ever since Hunan declared its independence, Li Chun knew that the situation had collapsed. From that day on, he kept holding military affairs meetings, preparing to defend the territory.

Speaking of Li Chun, this person was born in a poor family, and he has taken refuge with his relatives for a living since he was a child.Moreover, his reputation in the history of the Republic of China is very strange. Some people say that he is a corrupt official who only knows how to search for land; One thing is beyond doubt, that is, the founding of Tianjin Nankai University, the source of funding for the then principal Zhang Boling was Li Chun.So no matter what Li Chunfeng's comments are, he is a good comrade who is enthusiastic about education. It is a pity that Wang Zhenyu's guns are now aimed at him.

Jiangxi's military strength is much worse than that of Hubei. At least there are field troops like the Second Beiyang Division in Hubei, but what about Jiangxi?Looking around, there is no such army to be found.The Jiangxi Army has three divisions, but these troops were all recruited after the suppression of the Second Revolution that year, and they are politically unreliable troops.And with such a small number of troops, they are stationed in Jiujiang, Nanchang and Ganzhou respectively.

In fact, not only did Li Chun himself despise these troops, but the youth army did not take them seriously either.Firstly, these troops belong to the non-Beiyang lineage politically, and are inextricably linked with the Revolutionary Party. Focusing on the direct line, the so-called treatment or equipment cannot meet the standards of field troops.It is usually used to bluff the common people, and it is okay to arrest the rebels, but in a real fight, it can only be used to defend the city. If it is really pulled out, the team may disperse before seeing the enemy.

It is precisely based on such an actual situation that the requirement for the entire Jiangxi operation is not to wipe out the number of enemies, but to quickly take the whole territory of Jiangxi before the revolutionaries in Fujian take action, and then attack Zhejiang in the Shangrao and Leping areas. preparation.To this end, the staff also specially transferred a detachment of cavalry from the security system with cavalry troops, about 3000 people, to form an independent cavalry brigade, with Long Yunfei as the brigade commander, as the vanguard of the third assault group.

At the military meeting that ended on the 4th during the daytime, Li Chun set the tone of standing firm and waiting for reinforcements. He originally thought that the Jiangxi army with three divisions had nearly [-] horses. bit.

Unfortunately, what he didn't know was that in Guangzhou, Sun Yat-sen's representative, Hu Hanmin, had reached a deal with Wang Zhenyu's representative, Yang Yongtai.That is Li Liejun, the original boss of the Gan army, entered Jiangxi to fight against the Jiangxi army, and then the Gan army entered Fujian to help Xu Chongzhi defeat Fujian patrol envoy and Fujian general Li Houji.Having said that, the combat effectiveness of Fujian's revolutionary army is indeed worrying. The three brigades expanded by Li Houji, relying on the foundation of one Beiyang brigade, actually overwhelmed the Fujian and Guangdong guards who were several times his own.In order to end the war in Fujian as soon as possible and then march into Zhejiang, Sun Wen and others made the decision to abandon Jiangxi.Of course, Sun Wen and others are not without their own wishful thinking. From their point of view, even if Wang Zhenyu is given over to Jiangxi's territory, he will not be able to keep it. People like him occupy Fujian and Zhejiang and develop well. Just come out and clean up the mess.

Naturally, Wang Zhenyu knew the wishful thinking of Sun Wen and others, and he had no objection. He just assigned Wang Yaqiao, who was in charge of the Yangtze River intelligence network, to get in touch with Li Houji, the actual owner of Fujian, and then not only supported him with 200 million oceans, but also supported the second Ten mountain cannons and equipment for one regiment.This little aid is not much, but it has caused the revolutionaries to suffer a lot. The blood of countless revolutionary martyrs is just like this. . .