Back to the Republic of China as a commander

The real reason why Wang Zhenyu is unwilling to send troops to the north is because China is too weak, and the national defense force lacking sufficient military industry as the foundation to support is illusory and unreliable.At this time, it is not difficult to go north to defeat the Beiyang army, but let alone the opposition of the big powers, just a Japanese army is enough for Wang Zhenyu to drink a pot.The invincible propaganda slogan of the youth army is that the officers and soldiers of the middle and lower classes are immune to Wang Zhenyu himself.

So Wang Zhenyu thought about it again and again, and still felt that he should not go to the Northern Expedition. When the strength is insufficient, it is better not to rashly stimulate the Japanese-led powers.Moreover, at this time, the appetite of the Japanese was not as great as later, and their government was still in power with a group of normal people, so they were content with running amok in the north of China to obtain benefits.As for the south, that was not originally within the scope of the Great Japanese Empire.

Under such an external environment, Wang Zhenyu plans to develop the economy and industry in the south first, and then talk about other things.In his view, Japan is not as large as Hunan. If he can integrate the resources of the entire southern China, then the next step is to integrate the resources of the entire southern China, and he may not be able to fight Japan.We must know that Chiang Kai-shek in history only integrated the resources of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. He could defeat Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang if he went north, and he could force Chen Jitang and Li Zongren to go to the south.After the end, relying on Sichuan Province, they can still fight the Japanese for so long.How powerful would it be if he could integrate the whole of South China into one, Wang Zhenyu thought maliciously?

Since Lao Jiang didn't do it, Wang Zhenyu might as well try it out. No, Wang Zhenyu called Yang Du and Yang Yongtai, two of his advisers, to his side, and the three of them closed the door to discuss a solution.

"Committee, I think it is indeed a very good time to unify the Southwest now, especially those letters from General Cai E are of great use to us." Yang Yongtai is now basically the nominal governor of Hubei Province, Hubei Province Tang Xiangming, the director of the provincial government affairs department and former governor of Hunan Province, is fully in charge of the government affairs.This man is more able to see the direction of the wind than his elder brother. After resigning from the Governor of Hunan, he immediately applied to join the National Socialist Party, and rushed to Wuhan overnight to ask Wang Zhenyu to vote for him.However, Wang Zhenyu happened to lack Tang Xiangming, who had a social reputation, so he hit it off and appointed the director of the Hubei Provincial Government Affairs Department.Now the provincial government is also set up differently from the Beiyang government. Following the old system in western Hunan, three departments were established, the Government Affairs Department, the Finance Department and the Legal Department.The Government Affairs Department is in charge of various departments. In this way, even if the governor Yang Yongtai doesn't care about anything, the Hubei provincial government will continue to operate as usual.It doesn't matter if you can't find the governor's signature. The provincial council can also implement the bill, but it still needs to be signed by the governor before it can be considered officially effective.

"What brother Changqing said is true, but the committee, Tang Jiyao and others are absolutely kind. Even with the support of Cai E's direct lineage, it may take some trouble for us to win the three southwestern provinces without bloodshed. It is not difficult to set up a province in Xikang. That’s difficult in Tibet. And the biggest problem, please sit down and look into it, the big powers are now busy with the European war, it doesn’t matter, but Duan Qirui in Beijing has been eyeing us all the time, if we move, he may also move.” Yang Although Du has no official status now, Li Yuanhong's amnesty order has been issued, and Yang Du's wanted arrest has been cancelled. It is estimated that Yang Du will be released in a year or so. This is what he has been looking forward to, so now he will make a plan Nature spared no effort.

Wang Zhenyu nodded and said: "This Duan Qirui is indeed a problem. We will not only unify the southwest, but also send hundreds of thousands of troops to expedition to Europe. It is not good to have such a wolf behind us."

Hearing this, Yang Du laughed and said: "But I have a solution here. Their direct lineage is not unique, and Beijing is not his family, Duan Qirui. We just need to make good use of Li Yuanhong's righteous name to find the If veterans like Cao Kun come out to fight Duan Qirui, he probably doesn't have the energy to go south."

Wang Zhenyu rejoiced and said: "Mr. Xizi, I am really like a tiger with wings!"

After a while, Wang Zhenyu said: "It's just that it's not appropriate for you to go, Mr. Xizi. The old Beiyang generals have all blamed Mr. Yuan for restoration. I think it is most appropriate for Changqing to go. As for Mr. Xizi You, I'd better leave the southwestern affairs to you, I will order now to appoint Mr. as the director of the Southwest Operation and Battalion of the Military Commission to coordinate the southwestern affairs."

Yang Du was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Xiaozhi is willing to calm down the Southwest for the committee."

Chapter 309

"Mr. Xizi, this time the Southwest is equal, three points are military and seven points are politics. Your focus is to win over Xiong Kewu and Liu Xianshi and use them to attack Tang Jiyao. The ultimate goal of the Nationalist Government in the Southwest is to bring this place into the Nationalist Government At the same time, all armed forces in the region are included in the youth army system. Those who are unwilling to be reorganized can leave, otherwise I will arrange for troops to enter the southwest region to attack these reactionary troops with force," Wang Zhenyu said very domineeringly.

Yang Du thought for a long time and asked: "Committee, there are two questions here. The first question is how many troops we dispatched into the southwest region, and where is the first stop? The second question is this operation. How much is the funding? After all, whether it is to win over, divide or buy, money is needed!"

Wang Zhenyu nodded and said: "This has been considered for a long time. This time the Southwest dispatched troops is more about precision than quantity, and we can't keep up with more logistical support, so after much deliberation, at most three divisions will be transferred to the Southwest, each from Sichuan. Entering with Guizhou. Specifically, I am considering Li Zhenkui of the first division and Li Pinxian of the seventh division. They will go to Sichuan, and Deng Keng of the No.14 division will go to Guizhou. So Mr. Xizi, your work is very important, you must do it Convince Xiong Kewu and Liu Xianshi to join us. As for the army under their command, I agree to give the designation of the four divisions, but like my army, the officers of these armies must have graduated from the mainland, and the management system is also under the leadership of the Military Commission. The important thing is that they will be transferred to other provinces. As for Xiong Kewu and Liu Xianshi personally, my opinion is to respect personal opinions. Liu Xianshi can stay as the governor of Guizhou Province, and Xiong Kewu can be transferred to the Military Commission as a member. The specific position can be assigned to a certain department Minister, anyway, our Military Commission is still putting on airs and needs high-level talents. As for Tang Jiyao, anyway, I will give the designation of the second division of the Yunnan Army. Here I might as well reveal some information to you, these six divisions In the end, they will all be transferred out of the Southwest, and if conditions permit, they will go to Europe as the second echelon of the expeditionary force."

Yang Du and Yang Yongtai couldn't help but gasp when they heard this, they were so cruel, it showed that they still didn't trust these non-direct descendants.

Naturally, Wang Zhenyu knew what his two advisers were thinking, just kidding, he is not a saint, why should he treat direct line and non-direct line equally in this troubled world?Didn't the great man treat the Kuomintang's uprising troops and throw them directly to North Korea?It is understandable for me to do so, and I have another idea, as long as these six divisions of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan can survive the cruel European war, then they will be my direct descendants in the future.If they are accidentally wiped out, then he will not revoke the designations of these six divisions. Wang Zhenyu will not do the method of revoking the designations of non-directed descendants at will, because in his opinion, this It is a desecration of military honor.

Yang Yongtai is different from Yang Du, he has done this kind of internal communication work more than once, so he doesn't need to ask Wang Zhenyu's request in detail about going to Henan, anyway, he is sure that he will submit an answer that satisfies Wang Zhenyu.However, the later development of the situation obviously greatly exceeded Wang Zhenyu's plan, which also made Yang Yongtai more and more important to Wang Zhenyu.

After seeing off the two great advisors, the next thing Wang Zhenyu wanted to care about was another issue.

It is very difficult to develop a navy. Firstly, Japan, a bad neighbor, has the third largest navy in the world, with a tonnage of 10,000+. Now I can’t even get a fraction of that. It is not easy to catch up with them in this tonnage ( Shipbuilding is not made of construction steel, but military steel).More importantly, according to Wang Zhenyu's observations of the naval system in the past few months, it is an existence that cannot be inserted into a needle or splashed with water.It was hard to get back the navy's personnel rights this time by borrowing one billion Chinese yuan, but it is impossible to really control the navy in less than a year.And the navy is an offensive service. After a few years, even if the tonnage finally reaches the standard, the combat level may not be comparable to that of Japan. Don't spend a lot of money to train a Beiyang navy. It's a joke.Wang Zhenyu didn't want to be a paper papermaker like Li Hongzhang, he was so worried about the Qing Dynasty, he was scolded all the time, and in the end he had to wear the hat of a national thief.Therefore, the navy was positioned by Wang Zhenyu as a diplomatic or pirate type, and the important task of China's rise was not placed on the navy.

Wang Zhenyu felt that in order to really raise China's national defense power, the most reliable way is to make great efforts to develop the air force.There are two reasons:

First, Wang Zhenyu's awe and love, or admiration, for the Air Force in later generations.This is still the credit of the US emperor. The army of the US emperor in later generations is not as large as that of North Korea, but he can control the order of the entire world. What is the reason?It is their aircraft that is a whole generation ahead of other countries.There is no more extravagant army than the U.S. Air Force. A large number of aircraft that have been ahead of the world for decades have been left in warehouses, and they have gone to war with aircraft that are only one generation ahead of other countries.In all American war movies, the one thing American soldiers who are beaten by the enemy often do is pick up the phone and ask for air support, and then the enemy is in tragedy.World War II was the most glorious era of the Air Force. Tanks and artillery, known as the king of land warfare, were just a decoration in front of the plane.After the end of World War II, airplanes became even more terrifying conventional weapons. To deal with airplanes, they could only rely on airplanes, because the technical work of flying airplanes has become a luxury for the army.However, when the First World War is currently going on, the Air Force has just entered the stage of history, and in many countries they are not even an independent service.Even in World War II, Japan did not have an independent air force, they only had army aviation and naval aviation.The indifference to emerging military services can also be said to be an important reason why Japan was more like playing suicide in World War II.It’s no wonder that the army at that time didn’t pay much attention to the air force. The performance of the aircraft at that time was really unimportant. They couldn’t even bomb the army. The biggest role was to conduct aerial reconnaissance. Not sure what to hit.That kind of trembling biplane really hit people's expectations of them, so they were naturally ignored.Historically, China paid the most attention to the air force. When the founding father, Mr. Sun Yat-sen, was still in charge of the military government in Guangzhou, he set up a separate air force system, although there were only three or two planes at that time.However, it is useless to pay attention to it. Because of the lack of a strong industrial base to support it, the performance of the Chinese Air Force during the entire War of Resistance can only be described as tragic.In addition, they also did a bad thing. In Bailonggang, Shanghai in 1937, a Chinese pilot named Shen Chonghui drove a Northrop 2e fighter jet and chose to use an airplane A Japanese warship was crashed and sank, and this tragic scene inspired the Japanese to set up a kamikaze special attack team, so the American boys began to tremble.

The second point is a very practical issue. At present, the air force is a new arm for the world. In this arm, China and the big powers are on the same starting line.Although the industrial base is not as good as others, it does not seem to need a strong industrial base to have an absolute advantage in a certain military branch. The Brazilian Football Association's management is so backward, does it not prevent Brazilian football from producing excellent forwards?Wang Zhenyu firmly believes that if he grasps well and persists, it will not be difficult to build the Chinese Air Force into a first-class air force, and a world-class air force will be the greatest capital for the rise of the Chinese nation.

Thinking of taking action, Wang Zhenyu immediately asked the attendants to find someone.

At present, there is a unit under the General Staff Headquarters called the Flight Department. This organization was established before and after the War to Protect the Nation. It has not many members and insufficient funds, so the effect is naturally not obvious.Most of its main members are friends of Feng Ru, the father of Chinese aviation: Tan Gen, Zhu Zhuquan, Zhu Zhaohuai and Situ Biru.

The China Aviation Corporation in Wuhan is currently being organized by this flight office. Among the four, Tan Gen will serve as the general manager, and Zhu Zhuquan, Zhu Zhaohuai, and Situ Biru will serve as engineers. Their main task is not to form an air force, but to aircraft development.

When Wang Zhenyu was in Anjiang, he promised to allocate [-] million Chinese yuan to them for research and development, but Wang Zhenyu has changed his mind now, and Wang Zhenyu has new ideas about the construction of the Air Force.

Wang Zhenyu talked to the four flight experts sitting on the sofa: "In my opinion, there are three things that are very important in an airplane. The first is speed, the second is flight mileage, and the third is carrying capacity. And these three The same comes from the engine, fuel tank and volume. Our future Chinese Air Force needs faster, farther and more destructive aircraft, and the quality of these aircraft must be qualified, so that they don’t fall off before they go into battle. This It requires the products we develop to be more standardized in production and assembly.”

The four agreed with this, and Tan Gen stood up on behalf of the four and said, "Then, Mr. Chairman, have you read the airline development plan we formulated?"

Wang Zhenyu immediately picked up a document from his desk, which was the plan drafted by the four of them.

Wang Zhenyu said: "I've read the proposal, it's very good, but it still doesn't meet my requirements. Your positioning of the air force is wrong. I think I need to emphasize here that the air force should not be a reconnaissance auxiliary force. , They should be the masters of the entire battlefield, they can bomb the enemy's artillery positions, they can destroy the enemy's solid buildings, and they can attack the fleets of the great powers that are showing off their power in our country's territorial waters."

Tang Gen was a little dissatisfied and said: "But the plane is not so powerful, what will they use to fulfill your request?"

Wang Zhenyu was not angry because of Tan Gen's contradictory, he waved his hand and said: "I know what you said, the current aircraft are not that powerful at all, but what is the purpose of our establishment of China Airlines, not to build some aircraft immediately Mass production, but to turn my idea or dream into reality. So our current direction needs to change, the flight team needs to be established, and the factory area needs to be established, but the scale must be reduced, and the production type must be transformed into a research and development type. In the future The Chinese Air Force must have two institutions of higher learning, one is the Air Force University, which trains qualified Air Force soldiers; the other is the Air Force Engineering University, which trains Air Force technicians."

Chapter 310 Reorganizing the Army ([-])

Wang Zhenyu danced and talked about the vision of the air force in the future, and several engineers seemed very interested in it. They never thought that such an ordinary aircraft could be developed into an independent service or even a system.

"Yes, the Chinese Air Force in the future will definitely not be a subsidiary of a certain army. The army can have its own army aviation regiment, and the navy can have its own naval aviation. But our air force is also a large system. You not only have fighter jets, The bomber fleet, the reconnaissance fleet, and your own air transport fleet. More importantly, you must also have your own airborne division... the kind of infantry that falls from the sky, and they can directly enter behind the enemy's solid defense line Combat. I have already considered the candidates for the military director of the Air Force, and it was personally recommended by Vice Chairman Sun. Set up relevant colleges and universities, and I will organize you to study in Europe in the sixth year of the Republic of China. The Air Force is different from other military services. My plan is to see results in ten to twenty years, so don’t worry, take every step steadily , This is the key. As for the issue of funds, we are not afraid to spend money, but to spend it in the right place, I will increase the investment year by year, you can rest assured..."

Here Wang Zhenyu is worrying about how to spend the money. In Baoding, a guy named Cao Kun is worrying about how to find money to spend with Wu Peifu, the most reactionary classmate among the Beiyang warlords.

When Yuan Shikai was still alive, Cao Kun was a popular man under the old Yuan's hands, and the Beiyang Third Division was also the trump card among Beiyang's many trump cards.At that time, other armies only paid [-]% of the salary, while the third division paid [-]%.When Lao Yuan wanted to send troops to fight, the first thing he thought of was the people from the Third Division.After all, it's not just bragging that the third division can fight, and no one in Beiyang dares to refuse to accept it.

However, the law of who will fight for the front when the three divisions come out has been shattered by Cai E in Sichuan. The guards are facing the Beiyang Army that is four times their own. In order to win big, he insisted on equalizing the advantages of Cao Kun and others bit by bit.Cao Kun was almost killed by Cai E, and was once besieged in a desperate situation. Wu Peifu also became famous in this battle. He did not follow Feng Yuxiang's advice and personally organized a death squad to enter the siege. Snatched out of the encirclement.Cao Kun was naturally grateful for this, and afterwards sworn brothers with Wu Peifu as life and death brothers.

But a defeat is a defeat. After the death of Lao Yuan, the mortally wounded Third Division obediently withdrew from Sichuan and returned to Baoding via Shaanxi.At this time, it was Duan Qirui's turn for Beiyang to be in charge. Cao Kun had no friendship with Duan Qirui, but his relationship with Feng Guozhang was very good.But it happened that Lao Feng was defeated and captured in the south, and the 30 army was wiped out.Although he was released by Wang Zhenyu later, he had lost his strength and prestige.

Originally, according to Lao Cao's character, it was nothing more than being soft on Duan Qirui, and then he just lived and lived under the leadership of Comrade Duan Qirui, but history also arranged for someone like Lu Jianzhang to appear on the stage. . .

Counting it, Lu Jianzhang was also popular in front of Yuan Shikai for a while.In the words of the play, the Lord was once a horse runner in the Forbidden City.Historically, Lu Jianzhang had made great contributions in escorting the Beijing mutiny, and then he organized and trained the new army for Yuan Shikai.You can see the name of this Lu Jianzhang in many major events in Yuan Shikai's era, and Lu Jianzhang was also Feng Yuxiang's uncle, who saved Feng Yuxiang's political life several times.

After successfully suppressing the Bailang Uprising Army, Lu Jianzhang finally came to see his government and served as the Governor of Shaanxi. If he had been in the former Qing Dynasty, he would have been a feudal official in Xinjiang, and he had been in this position for more than two years.

The affairs of the world are destined to be constantly changing. In the fifth year of the Republic of China, the War to Protect the Nation broke out, and Feng Yuxiang, the No.16 mixed brigade under Lu Jianzhang, was ordered to go to Sichuan under Cao Kun to fight.But only Lu Chengwu's brigade was left beside him, so the tragedy happened after Lao Yuan's death.

Chen Shufan, the leader of the warlord in Shaanxi, united various forces and launched a mutiny with the support of Duan Qirui. In fact, not much blood was shed, but he rushed straight to the headquarters of Lu Jianzhang's son Lu Chengwu with a group of swordsmen Lu Chengwu was captured alive.Then he forced Lu Jianzhang, who loved his son, to resign from the position of the governor of Shaanxi. Lu Jianzhang had to agree to this condition, but the humiliation did not end. The wife and daughter were pushed into a ditch by the side of the road.Beating people without slapping them in the face set a bad precedent for the whole country. The warlords who went to the field must be looted. In the words of later generations, they do not respect the old leaders at all!

Who is Lu Jianzhang, a well-known think tank and fierce man in Beiyang, who can play the role of a three-foot wolf without wind, how could he be willing to give up when Duan Qirui made such a move.

After being humiliated and humiliated, Lu Jianzhang sent his wife and daughter to Tianjin, and he stayed in Henan to plan a counterattack against Duan Qirui.Together with Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, the Beiyang giant, was disheartened after losing all his strength and prestige in the south. No matter how Lu Jianzhang tried to persuade him, he was unmoved.In desperation, Lu Jianzhang and his son Lu Chengwu had no choice but to nest in Luoyang and wait for the army led by Cao Kun to pass by.

Hard work pays off. Lu Jianzhang not only met Cao Kun and others, but also successfully persuaded Cao Kun and others to reject Duan Qirui's reorganization of the entire Beiyang army. Another person who rejected Duan Qirui's proposal was Tufei from the Northeast. Warlord Zhang Zuolin.Not only that, relying on Feng Yuxiang and Wu Peifu's army, Cao Kun immediately expelled Duan Qirui's Henan governor Zhao Ti, and took over the entire Henan territory.And the consequences of being so blatant and confronting Duan Qirui are very serious. The first thing to bear the brunt is that the third division, which was originally proud of Beiyang, became the stepmother's child overnight.

From military pay to weapons and ammunition, all in all, all the resources that could be obtained from Beijing have basically disappeared, not to mention [-]% of the military pay, and the third division has lost a dime of military pay from now on.If it weren't for the fact that Cao Kun and his army were now at the forefront of facing the Southern Nationalist Government, Duan Qirui would have even wished to mobilize the army to attack Cao Kun immediately.But Duan Qirui is not a child after all, the reality made him finally calm down and appoint Cao Kun as the governor of Henan.In order to deal with the national government in the south, Beiyang must maintain a harmonious situation of stability and unity, even if this situation is fake!

Because of the Henan issue, Beiyang suddenly entered a state of substantive division. The Anhui faction headed by Duan Qirui and the direct lineage headed by Cao Kun appeared on the stage. With the strong support of the Japanese, Zhang Zuolin's Feng faction also began to show its glory. China entered the Three Kingdoms era.

But relatively speaking, Duan Qirui's Anhui faction is currently the most powerful. On the one hand, Duan Qirui relies on the new transportation system to continuously suppress the political alliance formed by President Li Yuanhong and Prime Minister Xiong Xiling. Afterwards, he was exhausted, and after his student Cai E went to Japan, he lost the throne of the chief financial officer and went down to serve the people.On the other hand, Duan Qirui began to train five divisions of participating troops through loans from Japan. These 12 troops will be Duan Qirui's important political capital. Wu and Zhao Ti and Liu Zhenhua's Henan army.The Anhui army will reach a staggering 30.Due to Feng Guozhang's failure, the small military group directly related to Feng Guozhang currently only has Wu Peifu's Department of the Third Division, Feng Yuxiang's Department of the No.16 Mixed Brigade, and Li Chun's Department of the Sixth Division. The total number of people is only 6.In the Northeast, Zhang Zuolin has not even become the Fengtian Governor, and the current Fengtian Governor is Duan Zhigui.In Jilin, the army of Governor Meng Enyuan is still loyal to the Beiyang government, and has nothing to do with Zhang Zuolin.Although the number of troops of the Feng faction has reached a huge scale of 15, the threat to the Anhui faction is basically limited.

So Duan Qirui has shown signs of unifying the north. Not only Wang Zhenyu is unwilling to see this, Cao Kun's direct line is even more unwilling to see it, but Cao Kun has no money now, so facing Duan Qirui's step by step Pressing, he didn't know what to do.The arrival of Yang Yongtai undoubtedly opened a window for them: "Mr. Zhongshan and General Ziyu, I have heard for a long time that the two are patriotic generals. Seeing them today is enough to comfort my whole life."

Wu Ziyu looked coldly at Yang Yongtai, the lobbyist, and said nothing, while Cao Kun was still thinking about the reason for sending such a scholar from the south to find him, a big bastard.

"Mr. Changqing, Ziyu and I can't afford the word patriotism. We are still sinners in the Republic of China. Not long ago, we fought against General Cai Songpo in Sichuan for the sake of the imperial system. Now thinking about it, I feel burned. !"

Yang Yongtai waved his hands and said with a smile: "That's just a matter of eating the emperor's salary and loyalty to the emperor. Besides, no matter how much we quarrel with Yuan Gong, it's just our own family affairs. Now Duan Zhiquan has involved all the Japanese. I'm afraid this is not a brother. Fight with the attitude you should have!"

Wu Ziyu still didn't speak, Cao Kun couldn't help but glanced at him before he said: "Isn't it just to organize and train an army to join the war? Isn't your national government also organizing and training? Although I don't know much about the inside story, I want to come to the great powers. No less sponsorship."

Yang Yongtai clasped his hands and said: "This is the reason why I came to see you two today. Our national government organized and trained the participating army, which was to go to Europe to show our country's prestige, and Duan Zhiquan formed the participating army, I am afraid it is to expand our own power. strength, and then integrate the Beiyang factions and then go south to unify by force. Although this is not betraying the country, it is harming the country. Looking at it carefully, it is no different from betraying the country. The two generals are on the occasion of the rise and fall of the country. There is reason to sit idly by."

Chapter 311 Reorganizing the Army ([-])

Wu Peifu lowered his head to look at the upper of his shoe, and then turned his attention to Cao Kun, and Cao Kun obviously regarded him as the backbone: "Ziyu, what Mr. Yang said is very good, but you tell us Can something be done?"

Wu Peifu shook his head and said, "Cao Shuai, it's a big problem for us to feed the brothers in the support department. What can we do?"