Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Liang Qichao: Knowing the evil is worse than the dead; who is not the wife's grief?

Kang Youwei: The bow of the humble monarch is now the age of Hong Xian; because of thinking about children, I am afraid to hear the sound of drums!

Tang Jiyao: So the main purpose is to consolidate the army and protect the people. The general's kindness Cao Wuhui is the result of public opinion; usually he only reads books to serve his minister Dunxu, and his public words are not dead, and the scholar is worried about Fan Xiwen.Ding Huaijin: Success does not take the first place, failure does not lead to death, swearing to the teacher second words, how bright it is, so a brigade suddenly rises and rebuilds the republic; the subordinates have no opinions, and the superiors have no rights and interests. The suicide note is so profound. Heroic Spirit?

At this moment, Yang Du, who is in Chongqing, heard the bad news about Cai E. He couldn't speak for a long time, but he was lamenting the vicissitudes of the world. Half a year ago, Cai E was full of energy, Wei Wu waved his whip, and pointed out the country, while he was in a hurry like a bereaved dog, and went east to Fusang , panic all day long.Half a year later, Cai E's soul passed through the kingdom of heaven, while he himself was sitting in Chongqing, pacifying the southwest for Wang Zhenyu. Life is so unpredictable.

Thinking of this, Yang Du personally wrote a pair of elegiac couplets for Cai E:

The soul returns from a foreign land, now the heroes are gods, and the rivers and mountains of thousands of miles are weeping with rain;

The people in the southwest were exhausted, and Taixi was full of scars. At that time, success or failure had changed.

Looking at this elegiac couplet at the time, it seemed a bit disrespectful to the deceased, but just the day before, the Southwest Camp of the Nationalist Government was listed in Chongqing, and Yang Du was appointed as the director of the camp, so although everyone felt that this couplet was not good, they did not dare Make irresponsible remarks.

Then Yang Du approached Li Zongren and suggested to Chengdu that the Sichuan Army cease fighting for seven days and the whole army pay tribute to Cai E.

Although Xiong Kewu couldn't understand this order, he still followed it. As soon as this move was made, the Dian army was in chaos.The officers and soldiers at the lower level immediately carried forward the tradition of the Yunnan Army's daring to defeat the superior, and flocked to the commander Luo Peijin's garrison to ask for an explanation. Why did they fight against the brothers of the Sichuan Army on the opposite side?

At the same time, Gu Pinzhen and others also rejected Luo Peijin's request to fight back across the board. They also wanted to hold a public sacrifice for Marshal Cai. Anyway, the first seven would not be over, and the battle would not be over.

The Second Yunnan Army sent by Tang Jiyao to support Sichuan is still marching hard on the Sichuan-Yunnan border, heading towards Sichuan, and the news of Cai E's death has not yet reached them.

While in Wuhan, Wang Zhenyu felt a burst of sadness unconsciously when he heard the news of Cai E's death. In history, Cai E didn't die so early. What would the Republic of China look like?Wang Zhenyu didn't dare to assume anymore, but he knew that Cai E won the dignity of [-] million people for all the people in terms of the war to protect the country.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhenyu quoted the elegiac couplet sent by a great god of later generations to a handsome man, and sent it to the whole country in the form of a telegram: "Unfortunately, you passed away early, who can you ask for questions about state affairs?"

President Li Yuanhong of Beijing issued an order posthumously conferring Cai E as General of the Army and holding a state funeral for him at the same time. . .

After Cai E's death, the war in the southwest will continue after the mourning.

The Beijing side was very concerned about this. Li Yuanhong didn't know that the president was not easy until he arrived in Beijing.On the local level, the Japanese suddenly increased their support, and Zhang Zuolin's power in Fengtian swelled up like a balloon. In just half a year, he expelled Duan Zhigui, the governor of Fengtian, and Meng Yuanen, the governor of Jilin, and became the governor of Fengtian himself.Although Duan Qirui was very angry about this, he had to hold his nose and acquiesce.Seeing this, the direct line in Henan immediately got in touch with Li Yuanhong and Xiong Xiling, expressing their firm obedience to the central government, so Beijing suddenly became a crater.At this time, the news of the outbreak of the Southwest War was naturally regarded as a symbol of the stability of the external environment in the north, so the struggle began. On November 11, under the oppression of all parties, Xiong Xiling had to resign as Prime Minister of the State and went south to take office.The conflict between Li Yuanhong and Duan Qirui, who took over as prime minister, intensified in an instant. The Beijing government has once again returned to the track of disputes between the government and court, and this time it seems that the government still has some strength.

The war in Sichuan has lasted for 10 days from October 17th to November 11th. Zhang Lan, who is known as a sage in northern Sichuan, took the lead in running between the Yunnan Army and the Sichuan Army, hoping that the armies would cease fighting so that no one would die. The gentleman's face also seems to be very good, at least after General Cai E's first seven days, the war still did not resume.However, the two war criminals, Luo Peijin and Xiong Kewu, did not agree to see each other, so the confrontation continued.

The army commanded by Hu Ruoyu finally arrived in Ya'an, Leshan, and Rongxian on November 20 after more than 11 days of arduous march in three routes, and then, tragedy happened.

Li Zongren arrived in the three places with the Dai Yue Department of the Sixth Division, the Li Pinxian Department of the Seventh Division, and the Deng Keng Department of the No.14 Division. The buddies are going to send fake news, in short, they are waiting for the Dian army to come to die.

Hu Ruoyu can be regarded as a strong general in the Yunnan Army, and he still fulfilled the basic requirements of enemy reconnaissance.But he never expected that the scouts he sent out would be bought by the youth army, and they would report back that only one regiment from each of the Sichuan army was guarding the above-mentioned third brother's place, and they had no combat effectiveness at all.

He immediately said to Li Xuanting and Xie Ruyi with a smile: "Xiong Kewu is really a fool. At this moment, he still has his eyes fixed on Chengdu. Do you think we should go to Chengdu first to deal with Xiong Kewu with Luo Peijin, a dishonorable guy, or just move eastward?" How about taking Chongqing down?"

Several division commanders felt that it would be better to take Chongqing first, so that Xiong Kewu would not return to Chongqing and defend himself from danger. After closing the gate, the key is to prevent the troops of the Nanjing Nationalist Government from entering Sichuan.

Hu Ruoyu's name means great wisdom and Ruoyu. If he knew that almost [-] youth troops had entered Sichuan at this moment, even if Tang Jiyao shot him, he would return from Sichuan to Yunnan without hesitation.Unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world. . .

On the 9th and 10th, the three places started successively. The Dian Army had never seen such a ferocious shelling in its life, and suffered heavy losses immediately.Then the youth army almost stepped on the artillery point and killed them. Machine guns, mortars, grenades, all kinds of light and heavy firepower came out together. The Yunnan army could not even establish a blocking position, and the heavy machine guns often knocked down a few youth soldiers. , I greeted the mortar or the grenadier.

Hu Ruoyu received the report from the front, and immediately took the case and said: "If this old man in the Sichuan army cuts off his head, it is clearly Wang Zhenyu's youth army, his mother's, actually entered Sichuan, Luo Peijin, such an important matter, there is no news at all. receive."

It's too late to blame these things now, Hu Ruoyu's intestines are regretful now, he knew that the youth army had entered Sichuan, and he would not divide his troops into three groups anyway. The distance between the divisions differed by tens of kilometers. If it was tens of kilometers of flat land, it would be fine, but it happened to be a thousand rivers and thousands of mountains.Isn't this waiting to be broken one by one?

Hu Ruoyu immediately ordered Flying Pigeon Legend to order the Second Army of the Dian Army to quickly retreat towards Liangzhou.

It's a pity that Li Zongren didn't intend to give Hu Ruoyu a plan to return to Yunnan. He issued an order to pursue across the board, and the Yunnan army was inexplicably defeated by the youth army.Of the 3000 Yunnan troops, more than [-] were captured alone. Only Hu Ruoyu, Li Xuanting and others managed to escape back to Yunnan with less than [-] people.At this time, Yang Du was very proud to tell Xiong Kewu what his plan was. Without him, he just tried every means to show weakness and trick the main force of the Yunnan Army out of Yunnan.Obviously, the ambitious Tang Jiyao was fooled, and now there is no army in Yunnan that can stop the youth army from entering.

Chapter 318

On November 11th, in Chengdu, Gu Pinzhen and Zhao Youxin jointly launched a mutiny and arrested Luo Peijin, the governor of Sichuan and the commander of the First Army of the Yasukuni Yunnan Army.Then they opened the gates of Chengdu, and the Sichuan army entered Chengdu.

On November 11, Tang Shengzhi, the Ninth Division of the Youth Army, marched into Guizhou, and Liu Xianshi, the governor of Guiyang, announced that Guiyang would belong to the Nationalist Government.

On November 11, Tang Jiyao, the governor of Yunnan, announced his resignation. He was appointed as a member of the National Military Commission by Nanjing and moved his family to Wuhan.

On November 11, Huang Xing, chairman of the Nanjing government, issued Presidential Decree No. 24 and No. 311 in the fifth year of the Republic of China, appointing Zhang Lan as the chairman of Sichuan Province, Li Yuanyuan as the chairman of Yunnan Province, and Liu Xianshi as the chairman of Guizhou Province.At the same time, it is ordered to stop smoking in all areas within a limit of three years.

11月25日，武汉国民政府军事委员会签发157号、158和159号委员长令。

Order No. 157: Reorganize the original Sichuan Army, Yunnan Army, and Guizhou Army into the No.16 Division, No.17 Division, No.18 Division, No.19 Division, No.20 Division, and No.20 Division [-] of the National Youth Army.Appointed respectively: Lu Chao, Dan Nugang, Gu Pinzhen, Zhao Youxin, Wang Wenhua, and Yuan Zuming as division commanders; Zhu Peide, Zhu Jiande (Zhu d), Liu Mingzhao (Liu bcheng), Yu Peidi, Yang Ximin, and Fan Shisheng as chief of staff.

Order No. 158: Dai Kan was appointed as the commander of the Sichuan Provincial Military Region, Deng Taizhong was appointed as the commander of the Sichuan Security Corps, Yang Sen was appointed as the commander of the Xikang Garrison Region; Liu Cunhou was appointed as the Commander of the Yunnan Military Region, Wang Tianpei was appointed as the Commander of the Yunnan Security Corps, Liu Xiang was appointed as the Commander of the Yunnan Security and Border Defense Corps; Jin Handing was appointed as the Commander of the Guizhou Military Region Commander, Luo Peijin served as the commander of the Guizhou Security Corps.

Order No. 159: Troop deployment reduction order. The first is that from now on, the number of officers in the 22 divisions, except for the Guards Division, will remain the same, and the number of soldiers will be reduced to 60% of the full number.That is, the total number of people in each division does not exceed 5000, and a large number of laid-off soldiers are assigned to work in factories or farms under the Ministry of Armaments, and the elite among them are transferred to the security forces to continue their service.The following adjustments have been made to army garrisons and recruit bases:

第一师师长李洪奎参谋长：夏威部队驻防在武汉；新兵配属801基地，第二师师长鲁涤平参谋长：叶琪部队驻防在安庆；新兵配属802基地第三师师长周正明参谋长：陶均部队驻防在广州；新兵配属803基地第四师师长廖磊参谋长：胡宗铎部队驻防在长沙；新兵配属804基地第五师师长俞作柏参谋长：晏道刚部队驻防在南京；新兵配属805基地第六师师长戴岳参谋长：何成浚部队驻防在成都；新兵配属806基地第七师师长李品仙参谋长：方本仁部队驻防在贵阳；新兵配属807基地第八师师长陈浴新参谋长：邓玉麟部队驻防在南宁；新兵配属808基地第九师师长唐生智参谋长：何应钦部队驻防在常德；新兵配属809基地第十师师长刘震寰参谋长：谷正伦部队驻防在杭州；新兵配属810基地No.11师师长张旭光参谋长：宋鹤庚部队驻防在江夏；新兵配属811基地No.12师师长宋浩民参谋长：叶开鑫部队驻防在赣州；新兵配属812基地No.13师师长欧阳武参谋长：张自忠部队驻防在梧州；新兵配属813基地No.14师师长邓铿参谋长：王克文部队驻防在昆明；新兵配属814基地No.15师师长唐海荣参谋长：贺云卿部队驻防在福州；新兵配属815基地No.16师师长吕超参谋长：朱培德部队驻防在九江；新兵配属816基地No.17师师长但怒刚参谋长：朱建德部队驻防在衡阳；新兵配属817基地No.18师师长顾品珍参谋长：刘明昭部队驻防在芜湖；新兵配属818基地No.19师师长赵又新参谋长：喻培棣部队驻防在宜昌；新兵配属819基地No.20师师长王文华参谋长：杨希闵部队驻防在泸阳；新兵配属820基地No.20一师师长袁祖铭参谋长：范石生部队驻防在襄阳；新兵配属821基地近卫师师长赵东生参谋长：黄绍竑部队驻防在武汉。新兵配属101基地至此国民政府基本上控制南方十二个省，而这一结果让南京方面很是吃惊，整个国民大会更是因此吵翻了天，不过最郁闷的还不是这些已经以国家主人自诩的国民代表们或者说议员们。而是以上海《申报》为媒体觉得丢分，郁闷，这段日子南京的**气氛让他们觉得自己已经是无所不在的了。可是前几天四川还在川滇内战，一转眼的功夫就被国民政府一把抓了。甚至连预测的机会都没留给媒体，媒体们只能用“西南事变”的标题来表现这一次变化的突然性。随后，愤怒的记者们纷纷涌入南京国民政府和国社党党部所在地，要求政府给出真相，而对此国民政府的官员表示他们完全不知情，甚至他们比记者更需要真相。

The high level of the national government was indeed very dissatisfied this time, because this war, which was called the Southwest Incident by the media, did not make any notification to the Nanjing side from the beginning to the end.This is something they cannot accept anyway. Although everyone promised to hand over the army to the military committee led by Wang Zhenyu at the beginning of the establishment of the National Government, it does not mean that Wang Zhenyu can act freely.From everyone's point of view, this kind of free action is not only hitting the enemy, but also hitting the prestige of the government.

At present, Zhang Taiyan, Cai Yuanpei, Tang Shaoyi, Zhang Jian, the main backbones of the Restoration Association, and Sun Wen, Hu Hanmin, Liao Zhongkai, Zhang Jingjiang, and Wang Jingwei, the main leaders of the Tongmenghui, gathered in the No. 600 conference room of the National Government to discuss the establishment of the National Government. First closed meeting since.National Government No. [-], Chairman Huang Xing is now in intensive care in the hospital due to cirrhosis of the liver, and is unable to govern at all.The Nationalist Government has a National Guard under the direct command of the chairman, with a total number of about [-] people, and the commander is Colonel Huang Yiou, son of Huang Xing.

Zhang Taiyan said very angrily: "This kind of military action is completely naked military violence. I think Wang Wen just forgot that the National Government's signboard was still hanging in front of the military committee he led, and there was no prior notification. We We should take back the military power that should belong to the government without hesitation, so as to ensure the implementation of the revolution, and at the same time prevent Wang Zhenyu from going further down the wrong path."

Sun Wen didn't speak. He hoped to take back the military power from Wang Zhenyu more than Zhang Taiyan, but he knew that it was impossible under the current situation.Not to mention whether Wang Zhenyu is willing to hand it over, even if he is willing to hand it over, Beiyang is watching and the big powers are watching, but to face these problems, it is really Wang Zhenyu who is in charge of the army at present.Otherwise, it would be enough for everyone to drink a pot just because the officers below are not convinced, so no matter how tempting the piece of military power is, Sun Wen dare not swallow it right now.It's better to stick to vested interests, and Sun Wen is very satisfied with the current situation.

So Sun Wen didn't speak, and it was Hu Hanmin who spoke, but this guy seemed more excited than Zhang Taiyan: "This shitty military committee is basically a military government organization. It is under the leadership of the Nationalist Government in name, but in fact it relies Under the leadership of the China Headquarters, they have mastered the most wealth in the entire south, and then rely on the army of the direct line to control the situation, and now it is said that the Nationalist Government is under their leadership, which is similar to what I see.”

As soon as Hu Hanmin finished talking about Zhang Jingjiang, he stood up from the wheelchair and said excitedly: "This is not the scariest thing. Do you know the matter of the National Bank's Joint Reserve Management Committee. This matter is now agreed by the people in Shanghai Yes, if it is passed in the end, the financial lifeline of our country will be in their hands. Let’s put it this way, they can easily control the entire national government as long as they pass finance, so here I am firmly opposed to issuing banknotes. handed over to a quasi-official body like the Joint Reserve Board of Governors, I insist that the power to issue money should go to the government."

Zhang Jingjiang can be regarded as repeating the same old tune. He has been busy with this these days, but there are not many people who support him here in Nanjing.But it's not that everyone doesn't know the dangers of setting up this institution, but it's not what it used to be. No matter which faction it is, it is more or less inextricably linked with the plutocrats.For example, the Guangfu faction has close contacts with the directors of Shanghai Siming Bank, and the Tongmenghui faction and the three major Nanyang families (Chen, Huang, and Lu) are even more brotherly. Ghost.

But Zhang Jingjiang was old, and none of these veterans could refute his face, so they could only pretend to be stupid, and the scene suddenly became embarrassing.

It was still Wang Jingwei who was clever: "Mr. Jingjiang, please sit down first, don't get excited, this junior here has a bold suggestion, why don't we use this guard to put Wang Zhenyu under house arrest when he enters Beijing, and then rely on you as a brother (Xu Chongzhi) ) and Brother Xiehe (Li Liejun) put the Youth Army in the hands of the government, and this problem will be solved."

Hearing this, Sun Wen almost lost his temper. Wang Zhaoming, Wang Zhaoming, I think you are confused in Europe. You dare to mention such a bad idea. Among other things, Wang Zhenyu's intelligence agency is famously powerful. How Chen Qimei died is still a mystery, do you Wang Zhaoming want to be Chen Qimei's second?Besides, even if you really intend to do this, should it be brought up on this occasion?You think that the people from the Restoration Society are your own brothers. Once it leaks out, if you don't keep Wang Zhenyu, a young boy, everyone will be stewed.

But before Sun Wen could speak, Liao Zhongkai stood up and said, "It's a bunch of nonsense. I think you, Wang Zhaoming, are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, right? Wang Zhenyu just unified the Southwest, and you are going to put people under house arrest. Don't you think so?" I want to be the chairman of the Military Commission."

Cai Yuanpei also got up hastily at this time: "Everyone, I think everyone is taking the problem too seriously. Even if Chairman Wang behaves in a panic, I'm afraid he can't be confused with military riots. This is inappropriate. My suggestion is that everyone should not mess up Come on, let’s solve it through political procedures. The situation in our country today is not easy, so please don’t destroy it on the spur of the moment.”

Wang Jingwei said angrily: "Then do we have a better solution? I think you are addicted to being officials..."

Tang Shaoyi was furious when she heard the words: "Wang Zhaoming, pay attention to your wording, all the people present here are high-level officials of the national government, and you, the mayor of Nanjing, cannot be allowed to act recklessly here..."

The meeting finally turned into a quarrel, but fortunately, everyone still maintained their identities and did not stage a full-scale martial arts.Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and Huang Yiou rushed in with tears all over his face and said, "Everyone, my father may be dying soon, and he wants to see you."

The quarreling stopped immediately, and everyone suddenly realized that the situation was really going to change.

Chapter 319 Changes (Part [-])

Woo. . .With the sound of a siren, Wang Zhenyu arrived at Nanjing Xiaguan Wharf on his latest ship "Fuxing" gunboat.This Fuxing warship is actually the famous Zhongshan ship in history, formerly known as the Yongfeng ship. In 1910, the Qing government ordered it from a Japanese shipyard. After it was completed and returned to China in 1913, it was incorporated into the Beiyang government navy.Although the Zhongshan ship is not large in tonnage, it has become a famous ship with its unique history. From 1915 to 1916, the Yongfeng ship responded to Mr. Sun Yat-sen's call and participated in the "National Protection Movement", which was the first act of charity. Later, it experienced major historical events such as the "Dharma Protection Movement", "Sun Yat-sen's disaster", and the "Zhongshan Ship Incident".In October 1938, it was sunk by the Japanese army in the waters of Jinkou, Jiangxia District, Wuhan City in October 10.

However, in this life, this warship obviously has no chance to be called the Zhongshan warship, because with the introduction of the navy's reorganization plan, all warships with less than 50 tons have been collectively retired from the navy.Note that not only warships, but also sailors.After all, Fujian veterans are still grouped together, and all outstanding Fujianese are still kept in the New Navy by them to continue serving.No matter how good Fujian is, it is retired from the navy and sent to serve in the coast guard.However, the Yongfeng ship obviously had a lot of luck. Although they left the navy, they were assigned to the military committee and replaced the 80-ton Yuanjiang as a ship under the direct jurisdiction of the attendant.The sailors on the ship recruited more than 140 people from the navy and more than [-] people from the army, and the final number was [-] people.

The Yongfeng ship, um, is now called the Fuxing ship.The ship has a displacement of 780 tons, a length of 65.837 meters, a width of 8.8 meters, a molded depth of 4.5 meters, a draft of 2.4 meters, two aircraft and one rudder, a power of 1350 horsepower, and a speed of 13.5 knots.The ship can hold 150 tons of coal and 16 tons of fresh water.The crew is 108-140 people.The main weapons are: 105 Albanian 1mm gun, 47 4mm guns, and 1 horse-style 2-pound guns.Sitting on such a warship, the safety factor of Wang Zhenyu's travel has increased significantly.

The captain of the Fuxing Ship was Chen Shaokuan, the first officer was Sa Shijun, and the second officer was Feng Zhaoxian.These three people were all called by Wang Zhenyu to come, and the condition is naturally that the three people's naval ranks are retained, otherwise Sa Zhenbing, a peddling old man, would definitely not let them go. . .