Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Kikuchi Takeo smiled and said: "But you only saw the expansion of others, not the crisis of others! Let's take a look at the performance of the young army Wang Zhenyu after winning such a large territory at once. Because of his weak foundation, He had to hand over the power in Nanjing to party members such as Sun Wen and Zhang Taiyan. More importantly, he did not have the money to develop such a large territory. In order to maintain the national government in the south, he even sent tens of thousands of young people to Europe is used as cannon fodder for Britain and France in exchange for the economic support of the British and French powers. It is estimated that it will take several years for such a government to complete the effective integration of various resources in the entire southern region. At this time, let alone going north, I am afraid that it will not even protect itself. It is very insufficient. According to the intelligence of the empire in Shanghai, South China is at its weakest moment at this time. All 10 main field divisions are in a state of serious shortage, and most of the divisions are less than 21% full. In some cases, it is even less than 40%. Even when the war on Beijing’s side is basically about to start, the southern Nationalist government has no plans to conduct any military mobilization or supplementation, and it is obvious that they have no plans to take the opportunity to go north.”

Takeo Kikuchi paused for a moment and continued: "Marshal Zhang, although I am Japanese, I am your advisor after all. From the bottom of my heart, I hope that my employer, you, can become the supreme ruler of China. So we and The Kwantung Army made initial contact and communication. Their opinions are somewhat new to ours, but this does not prevent me from telling you and Yang Gaocan. The Kwantung Army’s plan is that you lead troops into the Beijing-Tianjin area, and Cao Kun and Wu Peifu The general and the others work together to defeat Duan Qirui's government..."

Hearing this, Zhang Zuolin gasped in his heart: "Little Japan, you are so fucking black. Aren't you the one who supports this government? It's for loans and arms. Damn, what do you say? Kill it as soon as you kill it. It seems that I have to be more careful in the future, and don't be tricked by these grandchildren."

Zhang Zuolin was concerned, and Takeo Kikuchi continued to talk: "Our idea is that you, Commander Zhang, wait for Duan Qirui and Cao Wu's army to have a battle, and when both sides are exhausted, you can send troops into the army again." Guan, just like the Eight Banners of Manchuria, completed the unification of China, and the national government in the south was at best a small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty.”

Zhang Zuolin glanced at Juchi, and cursed in his heart: "Your grandson is a big fool, whether you belong to the Nationalist government or the small court of Nanming, you treat me like a bandit in a valley and don't know the world outside? Have you ever seen someone who can defeat you?" Is it the small imperial court of the Southern Ming Dynasty with the armies of the great powers?"

Juchi seemed to see the mind of Zhang Zuolin, an old fox, and he added: "Commander, to use the words of our Japanese Warring States period, the road of the world is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you can only retreat. If you missed it, Commander This time, after a few years, when the national government in the south becomes stronger, the only thing the general can do is to accept the land and surrender, and become a Marquis of Anle who depends on others. Commander, don’t miss this opportunity and never come again?”

Zhang Zuolin felt that his thoughts were a little confused, so he habitually glanced at Yang Yuting who was sitting next to him, known as the little Zhuge.

Yang Yuting naturally knew what his commander was thinking. He coughed and said, "Mr. Juchi, if I heard correctly, you mean that we send troops to the pass, and then help Prime Minister Duan defeat Governor Cao and the others?"

Kikuchi Takefuhay let out a sound to express his approval of this statement.

Yang Yuting said here: "But such a large military operation, our Fengjun can't support it at all! Mr. Juchi, this is really embarrassing for us?"

Takeo Juchi seemed to have expected this a long time ago. He smiled very politely and said, "Then may I ask the commander-in-chief, how much support does your army need if you send troops to the pass?"

Well, this is a good rhythm, Zhang Zuolin's favorite rhythm, he deliberately said with a tiger face: "Linge, how can you do this? How can you reach out to our Japanese friends for something? What we people from the Northeast talk about most is loyalty. How can we benefit from helping our friends? Are you still a pure man from the Northeast? Isn’t this sincerely asking Mr. Juchi to laugh at us from the Northeast? Mr. Juchi, don’t listen to him , this kid has no brains."

The last sentence was addressed to Juchi. Juchi was just about to be polite, but Yang Yuting quit: "Marshal, sending troops to the pass is not a trivial matter. The army has not moved, and the food and grass will go first. This is for eating, drinking, and chewing, brother." Our family expenses, the ammunition consumption in the fight, and the pension subsidies for the dead and injured brothers are all worthless money. We Northeast people value loyalty, but the brothers here are not dragging their families. With a mouth, if you want to make such a method yourself, I can't play it!"

Zhang Zuolin was furious when he heard the words: "Yang Linge, your wings are hard now, aren't you? Dare you dare to challenge me? I still have to send out this soldier today. Mr. Juchi, go back and tell your Japanese friends, I, Zhang Zuolin, talk about loyalty, even if the entire army starves to death, Lao Tzu’s team will have to climb to Shanhaiguan, so don’t worry.”

Having said that, Juchi also saw that Zhang Zuolin and Yang Yuting were playing double reeds here, and after cursing shamelessly in his heart, he had to smile all over his face and said, "Don't be angry, Commander, we all understand your difficulties. You have brought a plan, this time sending troops to the pass is related to the marshal's eternal foundation, you are a friend of our Great Japanese Empire, and our Great Japanese Empire is also loyal."

After speaking, Takeo Kikuchi took out a document that he carried with him and handed it to Yang Yuting, who forwarded it to Zhang Zuolin.

Zhang Zuolin waved his hands and said, "Look for yourself, kid, I can't read..."

A few days later, Fengtian Warlord Zhang Zuolin sent a telegram condemning the rebellious behavior of Cao Kun, Wu Peifu, Feng Yuxiang and others, and declared his absolute support for the Beijing Central Committee, demanding that Cao Wu withdraw his troops immediately, otherwise the 20 tigers of the Fengtian army would enter the customs for the livelihood of the people in the world. To quell the rebellion for the central government. . .

Chapter 365 Northern War ([-])

Zhang Zuolin's electrification did not shake Cao Kun's determination to challenge the Central Committee, except for making Cao Kun a little nervous.The second-in-command of the direct line and the actual core figure Wu Peifu said in Baoding to the officers above the regiment commander who was about to go to the front line that this battle is a matter of life and death for everyone, so I hope that you will fight for your future.

The battle that will follow will be much more intense than in history. The current time is the sixth year of the Republic of China, 1917 AD, and the participating troops organized by the Anhui Department are full of vigor and fighting spirit.

So it is unknown who will kill the deer!

On July 7, in this space and time, many things are going on.

First of all, in Europe, the cloud of war still hangs over the land thickly.Due to Foch's stubborn behavior, the Allied Powers failed to end the long war with victory in the Verdun counterattack.But they were not all in vain. After the arrival of the U.S. Army, the coalition forces once again accumulated strength and launched an offensive.

From July 1917, 7 to November 14, 1917, in the 11-day battle known by historians as the Great Western Front Offensive, the coalition forces successfully drove the German army out of France and Belgium.The western section of the Western Front was also advanced by a full 10 kilometers, and the iron hooves of the coalition forces reached the Rhine River.In this battle, the performance of the American soldiers was the best, and the commander of the US military, Pershing, also became a world famous general.

In contrast, the performance of the Chinese European Expeditionary Force was not as brilliant as the previous Verdun counterattack.

It is really no wonder that Li Liejun, the No.1 family only took office in early June, and many things have not been figured out yet.The Second Expeditionary Force was severely injured in the Verdun counterattack, and the 6 troops originally planned to come to France were also allocated two divisions to participate in the coalition's military operations in the Middle East in accordance with the temporary increase in the cooperation requirements of Britain and France. The operation, these two divisions were commanded by Tao Zhiyue, the favorite general of the marshal, who had recently been sitting on the bench. Around the beginning of June, Tao Zhiyue led more than 20 people to capture the Iraqi port city of Basra.This also made Li Liejun only receive a supplement of 5 people, and the total number of troops added together is less than 15.The third is the speed of equipment replenishment. Since Britain and France will launch a new campaign in the western section of the Western Front, the equipment that should be provided to the Chinese Expeditionary Force according to the agreement will naturally have to be delayed.Li Liejun, who was very determined to do something big, had to change the battle plan again and again with the acting chief of staff Jiang Baili and others. In the end, during the entire counterattack on the western front, the Chinese Expeditionary Force only used He Yingqin, Zhang Zizhong, Ye Kaixin and Xia Wei Four divisions of about 30 troops entered Italy in accordance with the requirements of the Allied Powers. Together with the 10 Italian troops, they split into two groups and launched an attack on the Austro-Hungarian army, wiping out 13 of the Austro-Hungarian army. , about 9 casualties, including about 4 Italians.In this battle, under Jiang Baili's plan, the Chinese army once again copied the case of mobile warfare. Taking advantage of the fierce battle between the Austro-Hungarian army and the Italian army, Zhang Zizhong's powerful attack from the German-Austrian joint At this point, they successfully penetrated behind the Austrian army and cut off the retreat of the Austrian army. One hundred thousand Austro-Hungarian troops had to retreat across the board.Then when the main force of the Austro-Hungarian army besieged Zhang Zizhong's troops, Ye Kaixin and Xia Wei's troops attacked the Austro-Hungarian army with all their strength and defeated four divisions of the Austro-Hungarian army. Look, the battlefield was broken. At this time, He Yingqin made a bold tactical move. The 5000 men in his unit threw away their heavy equipment and moved towards the center of the Austro-Hungarian army.The Austro-Hungarian army was obviously not as resilient as the German army, and their performance after leaving the position was even worse than that of the German army. As a result, He Yingqin made such an intervention, and the huge army was immediately defeated.The final outcome of this battle, known as the Battle of Ljubljana by European military scientists and the Battle of Austria by Chinese military scientists, was that the Italian army captured the entire territory of today's Slovenia and opened the door to Vienna.Li Liejun got the honor he wanted from this victory, and a heavy Italian medal flew over.

After the counter-offensive on the western front ended, Li Liejun was ordered to return to China as the deputy chief of staff, and Xu Yuanquan took over as the commander of the Chinese European Expeditionary Force.

And on the same day when the Allied Powers launched a major counterattack, Bai Chongxi, the first commander of the Chinese European Expeditionary Force, and Zhu Zhixin, chief of staff, arrived in Shanghai.Thousands of people are empty, to welcome the famous general who will never come out of the world. . .

To paraphrase the words of Mr. Shao Piaoping, the new editor-in-chief of "Ta Kung Pao", since the Opium War in 1840, the shame that has been pressed on the head of the Chinese nation has been washed away for the first time.

The "National Daily" also published a commentator article written by Ms. Wang Chunling, head of the Propaganda Department of the National Socialist Party Central Committee: From Heilongjiang to Xinjiang, from Xinjiang to Tibet, from Tibet to the South China Sea, from the South China Sea to Taiwan.No matter what nationality, as long as you are a member of the Chinese nation, you are all sincerely proud of the great achievements of all the soldiers of the expeditionary force. . .

Although the north is in a state of fighting at any time, it seems that this has nothing to do with the Nationalist Government in Nanjing.Indeed, all military affairs themselves do not require any decision-making by the national government.Even Sun Wen, who is the chairman of the national government, is only a vice chairman of the military committee, and he is the kind who has been absent from meetings all year round.

So the national government is actually just the government affairs department in the southern region. At this time, everyone has time to worry about what will happen in the north, so why not do something to gain fame and profit.

The action of welcoming heroes such as Bai Chongxi is obviously an activity of gaining fame and gain. From Sun Wen, the chairman of the National Government, Xiong Xiling, the prime minister, Liang Qichao, the speaker of the Senate, Hu Hanmin, the speaker of the Legislative Yuan, and Zhang Taiyan, the chairman of the Civil Affairs Committee, down to the ministers Director, all of you are in full dress and waiting for the arrival of our great hero in the Nanjing National Government Auditorium.

Sun Yat-sen even issued an order to hold a 30-person celebration in Nanjing for Bai Chongxi, Zhu Zhixin and other European returning heroes, and will also hold a grand ceremony for the fallen heroes of the Chinese European Expeditionary Force in Nanjing's Zijinshan Martyrs' Shrine Public sacrifice ceremony. . .

In Wuhan, China, a delegation from the United States also arrived at the headquarters of China Development Corporation in Wuhan on July 7, accompanied by Chairman Ye Guoxuan and General Manager Liu Guojun.After the 14-member American business delegation headed by Rockefeller Jr. visited several important projects of the China Development Corporation in Wuhan, they will be arranged to meet with Wang Zhenyu, the actual supreme leader of South China.

And the highlight of this volume, the Zhiwan War also started on July 7th.

The direct army was the first to launch the attack. Wu Peifu, the former commander of the direct army and the commander-in-chief of the West Road, personally commanded the fifth brigade of the third division to launch a large-scale night attack on Tuanhe, where Duan Qirui's headquarters is located.As expected of a famous general in history, Wu Peifu immediately took out the youth army's trick as soon as he came up, and Heihu took his heart out.

However, Duan Qirui was obviously not Feng Guozhang, and Wu Peifu's plan was quickly leaked. Whoever made the two warring parties belong to the Beiyang family, and whoever had no old classmates.So Duan Qirui got this extremely dangerous news at the last moment. You must know that at this time, besides the personal guards and staff officers, there are not enough guards around the old Duan.Lao Duan was also a very bachelor, and he knew at a glance that he was in danger, so he immediately withdrew decisively.As a result, when Wu Peifu led his troops to Tuanhe, he was completely in vain, and he was very depressed on the spot: "Damn it, it's best not to let me find out which bastard betrayed the brothers? Get out!"

Almost at the time when Wu Peifu made a surprise attack on Tuanhe, the Anhui army focused its attack on the West Road (along the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway from Beijing to Baoding), and Duan Zhigui commanded Qu Tongfeng's 1st Border Defense Army Division, Liu Xun's Army 15th Division, and the Frontier Defense Army's 3th Division. The 5th Mixed Brigade of the 9rd Division of the Army, two battalions of the 13th Division, and the heavy battalion of the [-]th Division were deployed in the north of Zhuozhou, Gu'an, and Laishui. They attempted to go south along the Jinghan Road, first to capture Baoding, and then continue southward.

The "Rebellious Army" organized by the direct line, with Wu Peifu as the former commander-in-chief of the enemy and the commander-in-chief of the West Road, deployed its main force, the 3rd Division, and the 2nd and 3rd Mixed Brigades to the south of Yixian, Laishui, Zhuozhou, and Gu'an , Fight against the attack of the Anhui Department.

After Wu Peifu's plan to catch Duan failed, he commanded the troops to face the attack of the Anhui army on the front line of Liulihe and Zhuozhou, avoiding its sharp edge, and voluntarily withdrew from Gaobeidian, and took part of it to the left three roads: taking Gu'an as the The middle road, Zhuozhou and Gaobeidian are the west road, and Langfang and Yangcun are the east road. Stand by and prevent the Anhui army from advancing south.

On the same day, two regiments of the 2nd Mixed Brigade of the Northwest Frontier Defense Army and the 3rd Division of the Frontier Defense Army under the command of Commander-in-Chief Xu Shuzheng of the East Route Anhui Army, and the 9th Division from Liangzhuang and Beijimiao to Yangcun with Cao Ying as the commander-in-chief The Zhijun army on the East Road launched an attack. The Zhijun army erected cannons on the railway bridge and fired artillery shells at the attacking Anhui army.

The battles on the 14th and 15th were very ordinary. On the one hand, the Anhui army was too powerful, and the Zhi army was naturally on the defensive after the night attack failed.However, the combat effectiveness of the Anhui Army obviously fell short of Duan Qirui and Wu Peifu's estimation. From the perspective of the two warring parties, they obviously overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Anhui Army.The Anhui army's offensive looked menacing and well-organized, but it gave the Zhi army the feeling that it was weak and disorganized.

Now even Xu Shuzheng saw the problem, and he couldn't help cursing in his heart: "If I knew it at the time, I should stick to the principle and not send so many related households in. At the critical moment, every one of these sons who are reliable is him." The mother who dragged her feet."

However, Xu Shuzheng was not someone to wait for nothing, he quickly thought of a way. . .

Chapter 366 The Northern War ([-])

On the 16th, the Japanese road guards stationed in Tianjin suddenly came forward and forced the Zhijun Army to retreat 2 miles away from the railway line. A gap was opened in the Zhijun defense line. .

After Zhijun withdrew from Gaobeidian, the whole battle situation took a turn for the worse. After Duan Qirui in Beijing got Xu Shuzheng's report, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

But Cao Kun, who was staying in Tianjin, jumped his feet angrily, but there was nothing he could do.

Generally speaking, it is impossible for a crater to drop two shells, and a trick will not be used twice.But in this Zhiwan War, perhaps the gap between the strength of the Zhijun and the Anhui Army was too great, and this law was completely overturned by Wu Peifu.

The bold and reckless Wu Peifu personally led one of his elite troops to attack Songlindian between Zhuozhou and Gaobeidian again by flanking detour tactics, directly attacking the frontier enemy headquarters of the frontier defense army.On the 17th of the war, the Wu Department captured Songlindian, captured Qu Tongfeng and all the senior generals of the headquarters, and the Anhui army that attacked Gaobeidian lost its command and quickly retreated. On the same day, the direct army captured Zhuozhou and moved towards Changxindian. Attack forward.Duan Zhigui, commander-in-chief of the 1st Route Army of the Anhui Army, chose to abandon his troops at this critical moment and fled back to Beijing.Duan Zhigui, commander of the West Road, fled back to Beijing alone after the defeat, causing the entire Anhui Army on the West Road to collapse. On the 18th, the Zhijun Army occupied Liuli River; on the 20th, the Zhijun Brigade entered Changxindian and Lugou Bridge, and basically wiped out the collapsed Anhui Army.

The poor performance of the Anhui Army shocked the people of the whole country, except Wang Zhenyu who knew the history.After Wang Zhenyu got the information from the Party Affairs Investigation Department and the General Administration of Military Intelligence, Wang Zhenyu shook his head. It seems that the failure of the Anhui Department is inevitable, and it will be the same sooner or later.

The biggest difference between the Anhui line and the Zhi line is that Beiyang inherited the decadent system of the former Qing Dynasty, while the Anhui line inherited the decadent system of the Zhi line.

In other words, it is no accident that the Beiyang warlords failed in the end, because a backward system is destined to have no way out.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhenyu personally wrote a commentator's article. After being polished by Chen Bulei, it was simultaneously published on the headlines of five major newspapers including "Youth Army Daily" and "National Daily", and then published in "Shenbao" and "Ta Kung Pao". , "Wuhan Daily", "Nanjing Daily", "Guangzhou Metropolis Daily" and other newspapers were reprinted.

"The failure of the Beiyang faction headed by Yuan Shikai is inevitable, because most of the shortcomings and bad habits of the former Qing Dynasty have been inherited by this group. Then we might as well talk about how the Qing Dynasty perished? Since the Revolution of [-], about the great There are various reasons for the fall of the Qing Dynasty. There are different opinions. Some say it is because of the relationship between the Minister of Railways Sheng Xuanhuai, and some say it is because of the relationship between our revolutionary party. As a person who has witnessed this historical event, I think there is only one reason for the fall of the Qing Dynasty. The system designed by this dynasty It is no longer suitable for the needs of social development. . .

Throughout the dynasties, both Confucianism and Buddhism have played the role of maintaining the feudal kingship.In the Qing Dynasty, Confucianism even produced shameless literati like Ji Xiaolan, who had no strength of character and devoted themselves to prostitution.It seems that the prosperity of Kangxi and Qianlong is really a prosperous age, and it seems that the Qing Dynasty will really last tens of thousands of years.But the cannons of Britain, France and other big powers beat this seemingly powerful and weak Daqing to the ground, so Daqing's buttocks were exposed. . .

So where did the weakness of the Qing Dynasty come from?In fact, the way to achieve social stability is actually very simple. If you stop bullying and plundering the common people, the common people will naturally stop resisting, and the society will be stable.Don't the authorities know the truth that even kindergartens can understand?of course I know.But the social stability that the authorities want is: I oppress and plunder you, no matter how barbaric and cruel you are, you should not resist, but submit to it.The ruler's profit makes them stunned, which is the last rope to strangle them. . .

But why did the rulers of the Qing Dynasty lose their minds?That's how their own system was designed.Power is almost unrestricted, there is no risk of corruption, only benefits, and officials who do not commit suicide will be reversed and eliminated. From the relatives of the emperor, princes and ministers, to bureaucrats at all levels, no one is not greedy, and no official is not corrupt.At first, the people were looking forward to a master of Qingtian, but when they waited, they would find out that it was a lie. So at the end of the Qing Dynasty, waiting for the spread of Western ideology, people no longer believed in the lie that the Qing Dynasty was preparing for a constitution. , directly took up arms and overthrew it. . .