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Wang Zhenyu coughed twice again, and everyone became quiet again. Now it's the commander's turn to conclude his statement. . .

Chapter 391 Wu Song Fights the Tiger ([-])

"Everyone's discussion just now was very good, and they were all very constructive suggestions. In fact, regarding the Wu Song Tiger Fighting Plan, the staff department and I have different directions." Wang Zhenyu raised everyone's spirits when he opened his mouth, and listened carefully go down.

"The so-called Northern Expeditionary Army, is it necessary to invade Beijing? Is it necessary to use this time to complete the national unification? My personal opinion is not, because Japan is indeed an unavoidable problem. We really cannot and dare not The safety of the hundreds of thousands of Northern Expeditionary troops is placed above the safety of the Japanese. Then there is only one first target for this operation, and that is Henan Province. We must take this province in the Central Plains, and conduct assault operations in any direction from here It will be very convenient, so we don’t need to discuss such a strategic point. All departments have to prepare for the march when they go back, think through all the details, and don’t make any big mistakes. In addition, Shandong and I have thought about the issue of Zhili for a long time, but the plan to attack Beijing has been abolished. I won’t say much about the specific reasons here, but one thing is certain. I don’t want to fight not only in Beijing, but also in Zhili and Shandong. The Northern Expedition What the army really needs to do is to defeat the Zhilu coalition forces of the Fengtian and Antian forces in one go in the Xuzhou area, to show the prestige of our army, and to let our enemies know how to be afraid from now on."

"Commander, at this time we don't take Beijing and Shandong, and we don't complete the reunification as soon as possible, I'm afraid it's inappropriate!" Xu Yuanquan was the first to stand up and raise objections.

"What's wrong?"

"The first one is that the Nanjing side is looking forward to our reunification every day, and the second is that after this opportunity is missed, Japan will send troops if the reunification by force is not guaranteed." Speaking of this, Xu Yuanquan took out a document: "This It is the European analysis report sent by the staff of the expeditionary force. They predict that due to the outstanding performance of our expeditionary force, the war situation in Europe is now moving in a direction that is beneficial to Britain and France, and it is estimated that within a year, this damn war It's almost over."

"In other words, the unification of our country will soon be internationalized, right?" Wang Zhenyu interjected.

"Comrades, I have seen all these points and are very clear, but I still hope that everyone can accept my opinion and turn this Northern Expedition into a show of military strength rather than a battle of unity. The reason why we chose this The fundamental reason is that we are not yet certain of defeating Japan militarily. At the same time, there is another problem, that is, in Shandong and Northeast China, these places are already in the sphere of influence of the Japanese, and Lushun and Qingdao are also in the hands of the Japanese. Here, when the European War ends in the future, these issues will all be resolved through negotiations. Whoever decides to negotiate will naturally be the central government. If they fail to negotiate, they will be traitors. So let's not fight for the green hat of the central government. Zhang Zuolin likes it Just let him wear it, do you understand?"

Having said that, everyone is happy.Xu Yuanquan also nodded and said: "The commander-in-chief is wise, this is indeed something that the humble officials did not expect, but we will have to face these problems sooner or later!"

Wang Zhenyu stood up with his hands behind his back, paced around the table and said: "Governing the country is like eating, you have to eat one bite at a time, you have to eat the meat first and then the bones. So we have to start with the easy and then the difficult. It should be in Shandong, Zhili and the northeast, but in the northwest. Now that the Russians are in civil strife, we should take advantage of their weakness to take back the areas they took away from the decadent former Qing, instead of Busy to snatch the nominal central government. By the way, there is another account you have to settle, and that is the issue of tariffs. The tariff agreement negotiated with Britain and France did not include the two provinces of Shandong and Zhili. And once we win Since Zhang Zuolin likes to sit in the big position in Beijing, let him do it. As long as he can afford the compensation, we will not go for him. Worrying. Hahaha..."

There was another burst of laughter in the meeting room. . .

"So, Brother Jiansheng and Brother Baili, you still have to work hard. This northward plan is based on the defense, but the defense must show our prestige, so that Feng Jun will feel pain when he thinks of us. Our name is trembling all over the body. The Wu Song Tiger Fighting Plan is just an auxiliary plan. Based on this plan, we need to formulate a new moon plan for the northwest land. Why is it called the new moon plan, because the farther west you go, the closer you are Muslims. As for how big the national government’s jurisdiction can be, it will ultimately be resolved by you fighting hard this time.”

Bai Chongxi and the others nodded, expressing that there was no problem. At this time, Wan Yaohuang took out his pocket watch and looked at it: "Oh, it's eight o'clock in the evening, no, the boss has to take care of the meal, there is no reason to eat casually at noon, and we have to eat ourselves at night." of."

Hahaha. . .The generals at the scene all laughed, and booed one after another, insisting on eating.

Wang Zhenyu was also happy, and waved his hand: "Secretary Chen, go, tell the kitchen, good wine and good food will be served, and these foodies will be killed..."

The meeting on Wang Zhenyu's side came out with results, but on the other side in Guangzhou, it was a day-to-day grind.However, it is not surprising that the order given to the Guangzhou General Station by the top of the National Security Bureau is only to establish contact and provide some help. There are neither short-term requirements nor long-term goals.Therefore, both Fang Zhenwu and Zheng Jiemin talked very easily. In stark contrast, the young Ruan Youhao and Ruan Aiguo, although one supported the royal family and the other opposed the royal family, they were very happy. Assistance was unanimously offered.Among them, Ruan Youyou's assistance is a bit reliable. It is hoped that the National Government can negotiate with the French through the Beijing government and restore the dominance of the Vietnamese royal family to a certain extent. Obviously, the Vietnamese king is not a role of a puppet with peace of mind.And Nguyen Aiguo, that is, Comrade Ho Chi Minh, is much more radical. After all, he is a proletarian worker, and he is different from the big rich in the south like Nguyen Ho Chi Minh.Ho Chi Minh talked straightforwardly with Zheng Jiemin about driving out the French colonists by force. . .

"Yaoquan, what we need most now is to use force to overthrow the decadent Vietnamese royal family and drive out the French colonists. For this reason, I hope you can help me contact high-level figures in the Nationalist government through your classmates. I am willing to establish a A Vietnamese National Socialist Party, emulate your country, restore the motherland..."

In fact, neither the Vietnamese royal family nor the grassroots like Ho Chi Minh is what Wang Zhenyu wants to contact, but the Vietnamese who is most suitable for support and control is Pan Peizhu.

Vietnamese modern patriots.Originally named Pan Wenshan, aliased as Pan Shihan, nicknamed Chaonan.Born in Nam Tan County, Nghe An Province, into a family of rural school teachers.He studied the scriptures with his father since he was a child, and he is proficient in Chinese. In 1885, more than 100 students gathered to form a student army to respond to the "Qinwang Movement".Since 1900, he has contacted patriots all over the country and carried out anti-French activities. In May 1904, the Vietnam Restoration Association was established with the purpose of restoring Vietnam and establishing a constitutional monarchy. Went to Japan in early 5, met Liang Qichao, Sun Yat-sen, Zhang Taiyan and others successively, and was deeply influenced by Liang Qichao and Sun Yat-sen; also had contact with Okuma Shigenobu, Inuyang Takeshi, Miyazaki Toten and others, and carried out revolutionary work in Japan.At the same time, he wrote anti-French articles such as "Overseas Blood Book" and "Ai Yue Diao Dian".After that, he traveled between Japan and China many times, and secretly contacted domestic anti-French elements, organized young students to study in Japan, and set off the famous Journey to the East movement.Under his influence, Hanoi established Tokyo Yiju, and the Restoration Movement took place in Zhongqi. In November 1905, the French colonists seized the Tokyo Juku, suppressed the Restoration Movement, and colluded with the Japanese ruling class to sabotage the Eastward Journey Movement. In November 1907, the Japanese government ordered the dissolution of the Vietnamese Student Organization.Pan Peizhu began to turn to "those who are sick with me", and established the East Asian League (the Asian League, also known as the Asian Peace Association) with revolutionaries from China, North Korea, India, the Philippines and other countries in Japan.He also organized the Guangxi-Yunnan-Vietnam Alliance with Chinese Yunnan and Guangxi students studying in Japan to support each other and jointly oppose imperialism. He was deported by the Japanese government in 11, left Japan for Guangzhou, and went to Thailand in 1908. In January 11, he went to Guangzhou from Thailand.Under the influence of the Revolution of 1909. In February 1910, the Restoration Association was reorganized, and the Vietnam Restoration Association was established and served as Prime Minister. In August, together with Su Shaolou, Deng Jingya and other Chinese people, he established the Zhenhua Xingya Association in Guangzhou.At the same time, members of the Restoration Society were sent back to China with weapons.When Sun Yat-sen became the president of the Nanjing Provisional Government, Pan Peizhu went to Nanjing to meet with Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing. In 1912, he was arrested and imprisoned in Guangzhou, and wrote "Book from Prison", describing his anti-fa activities.

However, what is different from history is that in 1916, after the youth army captured Guangzhou, Pan Peizhu was released, and then Pan Peizhu joined Sun Wen's Chinese Revolutionary Party, and organized hundreds of Vietnamese youths to join in the Fujian campaign, Zhejiang recovery and other battles .

After the establishment of the National Government, Pan Peizhu, who had a good personal relationship with Sun Yat-sen, took up the position of the National Government, as the director of the Institute of East Asian Culture under the Ministry of Education of the National Government, and a director-level cadre. After Sun Wen became the chairman of the National Government in March 1917, Pan Peizhu served as the private senior adviser to the chairman of the National Government and the director of the Nanyang Liaison Office. After the assassination in August, Pan Peizhu resigned from all positions in order to express her dissatisfaction with Wang Zhenyu's atrocities in forcing Sun Wen to resign, and ignored several tentative contacts from the National Security Bureau.

That's why there was the previous scene. The senior officials of the National Security Bureau still didn't believe that without Butcher Zhang, they would have to eat hairy pigs. They decided to start a new business.However, Zhou Lan personally thinks that neither the Vietnamese royal family nor the East Asian Huaxing Association are as suitable as this Pan Peizhu.

Chapter 392 The Battle of Xuzhou

On the front line of Xuzhou, in Mengjiagou, the officers and soldiers of the 401st Regiment of the Fourth Division of the Youth Army are digging trenches here according to the orders of their superiors. They have been assigned to the First Army along with the First and Seventh Divisions. The mission in Operation Tiger was to teach the arrogant Zhang Zongchang's Zhilu coalition forces a heavy lesson in Xuzhou.

"Hey, let me tell you, what are the grandsons of the Zhi-Shandong coalition army like?" A young soldier panted and asked while the company commander allowed him to rest.

"Bah!" The squad leader in his early twenties plunged the engineer shovel into the ditch, put his hands on the handle of the shovel and said, "What else can I do, I'm like a bird like you, with two arms on one head, thinking about the little boy every day." Daughter-in-law's bare butt, hehe"

All the other officers and soldiers in the class laughed together, when suddenly a restless voice came: "Why are you laughing? I think I have a lot of energy, don't you? If you rest, hurry up and rest, it will delay the progress of the project. All military laws serve."

The soldiers shrank their necks in fright, not daring to breathe.

"Squad leader, who is this officer?" The young soldier asked in confusion.

"You say you're a recruit, you kid, you don't even admit it, you don't even know Captain Wang, how dare you pretend to be a big guy in our 401 regiment?" The squad leader taught him a lesson.

"Isn't he just a regimental leader?" The recruit was obviously still a little unconvinced by the squad leader's reprimand, and couldn't help muttering in a low voice.

"Isn't he just a regiment leader?" It's okay if you don't say anything, but once you say it, the squad leader who is upset with the recruits is violent, "What nonsense are you talking about, kid? Do you know who blocked the crazy attack of the Beiyang Sixth Division in the battle of Zhujiaqiao?" Do you know who led our battalion to withstand the attack of an enemy ten times stronger than mine in Mihe in the Battle of Anqing? It was the little regiment leader you mentioned."

The young soldier was only assigned to the 6st regiment in June, and he had almost zero impression of the regiment leader. The damn regiment leader seemed to never show up every day, as if he didn't exist.Hearing the squad leader's roar now, he was so surprised that he could almost stuff a walnut into his mouth: "Why, how, how is it possible? Then why is he the head of the squad?"

"Damn, why is our regiment leader the regiment leader? You don't even know that you still want to hang out in our youth army. I think you're just messed up. I know that the commander of the expeditionary army is the white guy who beat up the Germans all over the place. Commander?"

"Who doesn't know this, our national hero!" The young soldier replied without thinking.

"Fart's national hero is a guy who uses the blood of his brothers to dye his own head red. During the Mihe battle, I was a recruit just like you. Because our battalion suffered too many casualties, the excellent soldiers who replenished our battalion would give priority to replenishing our battalion.” The squad leader did not forget to brag for himself, “At that time, the wounded soldiers of our [-]th Division had to be transported back to the other side for treatment, but the pickets of the [-]th Division The team did not allow our people to cross the river. Everyone was in a hurry at the time. You must know that the seventh division was the commander-in-chief of the Left Army at that time, Commander Bai, who was the housekeeper of the troops. Commander Bai was the founder and first division commander of the seventh division. You will know how good his pickets are. In the end, our regiment leader took us and shot them down without saying a word. Even Commander Bai was not afraid of offending him. As a result, Commander Bai put on small shoes for us. Our battalion is at the forefront and there is no reinforcements, guess what will happen next?"

"What's the matter, what's the matter, squad leader, tell me quickly!" Not only the young soldier, but other soldiers gathered around one after another. It was obvious that the captain's story had deeply attracted them.

"If you really want to know, then light a cigarette for me first, and I won't hear you say hello after listening to the story." The squad leader said that he was in a good mood, and couldn't help making a joke. Everyone hurriedly handed over the cigarettes. Smoke, light the fire, all in all the squad leader is very comfortable.

"Ahem" the squad leader took a breath and continued: "I really saw this incident with my own eyes. The battle ended that day, and all the Beiyang soldiers surrendered. There are not many brothers left in our battalion. They are tired and hungry. At this time, our Commander Bai came up, and we were about to salute, but the regiment leader, an old man, suddenly jumped out and knocked down Commander Bai with one punch. The scene was a mess... "

"Big Zhu, what are you talking nonsense about? Do you want to be batoned?" At some point, the head of the regiment suddenly appeared behind everyone, and the angry reprimand scared everyone away. . .

In fact, Wang Kewen was also very depressed. When the War to Protect the Nation ended last year, he was still imprisoned in a prison in Nanjing.As a result, he was suddenly brought up, and then he was received and awarded by Marshal Wang Zhenyu, the father of the Youth Army. Later, like Zhang Zizhong, he was awarded the rank of colonel in the army and served as the head of the 401 regiment.

But people are more dead than others, and goods are thrown away. In terms of qualifications, Wang Kewen, who graduated from the Xiangxi Military Academy, is naturally much more profound than Zhang Zizhong, who joined the Youth Army halfway.But because of offending Bai Chongxi, the expeditionary force naturally lost Wang Kewen's share, and Wang Kewen also missed the opportunity to serve as a division commander and accumulate military exploits.Although Wang Kewen's old superior Liu Xuyi, the first head of the 401 regiment, had made great achievements in the war to protect the country, but because of Bai Chongxi's relationship, after the war, he left the field army system and was transferred to the security force system.In the military system, if you want to go up at the level of regimental commander, you can't rely on military exploits alone, you have to look at the faction to see the relationship. In this regard, Wang Kewen, who has a straightforward personality, is destined to suffer. Most of them switched to the non-field system. In the field system, the only person he had a connection with was Liao Lei, the head teacher. But last year when the War to Protect the Country ended, Liao Lei joined the military observation team and went to Europe as the first group.So Wang Kewen missed the opportunity to be promoted to a division cadre, and he didn't even get a deputy division commander or chief of staff. He himself is worrying about this matter now.

"Oh, I don't think too much about it. I'll fight honestly. If it doesn't work, I won't work in the field army. I'll go to the security system with the old regiment leader." Wang Kewen comforted himself. As for taking off the uniform, he I dare not even think about it.

Hubu Mountain is located in the south of the ancient city of Xuzhou, also known as Nanshan.In 206 B.C., Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, established his capital in Pengcheng. He once built an opera horse stage on the top of the mountain, which became the first scenic spot in Xuzhou.Xuzhou, a prosperous place through the ages, is the city that never sleeps. There used to be a saying in history that "the North Pass is poor, the South Pass is rich, and the rich live in Bushan".

The joint headquarters of Tao Zhiyue's First Army and Xu Shuzheng's Frontier Defense Army is located on the horse stage. It is said that it can overlook the whole Xuzhou from a high position.

Looking at Tao Zhiyue and the generals of the youth army, Xu Shuzheng couldn't help but sigh that the youth army is indeed a youth army, and those who wear golden plum flower epaulettes on their shoulders are all young people under 30 years old.And a 36-year-old like myself is a rookie in the Beiyang department. Looking at the group of young people in front of him, Xu Shuzheng couldn't help but rubbed his eyes and thought to himself: Could it be that our Beiyang just let this group of less than [-] The lad beat it?

Tao Zhiyue seemed to be used to being surprised. He took his three division commanders, stood at attention and gave a standard military salute to Xu Shuzheng with a smile: "General Commander Xu, Tao Zhiyue was ordered to report."

Xu Shuzheng glanced at Tao Zhiyue with emotion, returned a military salute and held Tao Zhiyue's hand tightly without saying a word. . .

There was a lot of controversy about the candidate for the former enemy commander in the Xuzhou battle. Many senior officials in the youth army strongly advocated Tao Zhiyue as the former enemy commander. After all, Xu Shuzheng and his border guards were still the Anhui army a few days ago. Strictly speaking Last year, it was the Beiyang Army, the mortal enemy of the Youth Army.However, after repeated consideration, Wang Zhenyu decided to appoint Xu Shuzheng as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, and let the First Army and the Frontier Army Command form a joint command to be responsible for the battle in the direction of Xuzhou.As for the Henan direction, everyone is still discussing. Wu Peifu is not a dead end like Xu Shuzheng.Although he was exhausted by Zhang Zongchang in Shangqiu, the third division, the sixth division, and the No.11 division in his hands are still in good shape, and the territory in Henan is still there. You let him learn from Xu Shuzheng. He really couldn't do it for Wang Zhenyu.

However, Wu Peifu's life is really difficult now, in fact, he never cares about what others think, he Wu Ziyu is very clear about how much strength he still has.Now it is more appropriate to describe Wu Peifu and his direct army as soldiers without food, horses and saddles. Cao Kun in Tianjin also sent telegrams several times to urge: "Brother Ziyu, be careful. There is no room for maneuvering in all directions, so it is not appropriate to think about it any more, and you should properly arrange the troops under your command, and go to Tianjin as soon as possible to retire."

It would be a lie to say that Wu Ziyu said that she was not moved in the face of her brother's repeated vows. After all, the direct line is in decline, and at such a time, the contradictions and problems that are usually covered up will burst out in a concentrated manner.Soldiers complained about their pay, and officers resigned one after another.What's more serious is that after the Battle of Shangqiu, the weapons and ammunition lost by the direct army could not be replenished, and even the most basic shooting training had to be stopped.These are all secondary, and what is more serious is that due to the unrest in Henan in the past few years, Wu Ziyu's military rations have been unable to get together for a long time, and Wu Ziyu naturally cannot send machine gun grain requisition teams to grab food like the Soviet Union, and the Henan province The consequences of violent food requisition in places where the Red Gun Society is everywhere also seem to be very serious.In a word, annoying.

"Ziyu, if it doesn't work, let's accept Wuhan's suggestion. Let's take the team to the northwest. With their material support, it will not be difficult to calm down the northwest with your ability." Guo Xudong, Wu Ziyu's benefactor and secretary-general Advised softly.

"If you live in the northwest, there is no possibility of aspiring to the Central Plains. What if Wang Zhenyu wants the territory in the northwest again?" Wu Peifu turned his head and asked.

"When that day really comes, you just need to give up the territory and return to the farmland. He will definitely treat you generously, and you will be able to explain to the brothers who follow you." Guo Xudong couldn't help but sighed and added: "As for the aspirations Zhongyuan, I advise Ziyu not to think about it, now that you don’t follow others’ wishes, can you still win the Central Plains?”

Wu Ziyu looked up at the sky, then shook his head: "That's the only way..."

Chapter 393 The Battle of Xuzhou ([-])

Zhang Zongchang, king of Shandong, who managed to defeat the uprising army in his territory, had no intention of appeasing the elders and folks in his jurisdiction at this time. His ambition was not to be a little Shandong emperor, but to aspire to the Central Plains, Dominate the world.

Although the youth army has established a reputation for being good at fighting in the War to Protect the Nation, in the hearts of most people in northern China, including Zhang Zongchang, Beiyang is the most powerful army in the world.And now Zhang Zongchang has easily defeated the immediate army of the strongest army in Beiyang in the Shangqiu area. Where is there any army in this world that Zhang Zongchang dare not fight?As for the story of the youth army defeating the Germans in Europe, in Zhang Zongchang's view, it was just that the Germans were rotten and rubbish. He has been getting aid from the Japanese, and now he can be said to be confident to the extreme.If it weren't for the bandits of the Sun family who took the lead in tossing around in the Yimeng Mountain area, he would have appeared in Luoyang City with an army.Then it is true that soldiers entered the Central Plains and looked down on all directions, and they were all harmed by these gangsters. Zhang Zongchang's thinking ability is really amazing.After reaching such a conclusion, the frenzied Zhang Zongchang ordered the 4000 Russian deserters in his hands to execute more than [-] "mobs" captured by him.

Then Zhang Zongchang took out more than 20 boxes of gold, silver and jewelry in one breath at the mobilization meeting of the Zhilu Allied Forces for the Southern Expedition, and encouraged the morale of the army under his command: "As long as you monkey cubs work hard and follow this guide Shuai kills the enemy. After conquering the south, what awaits you is endless delicacies, endless silks and satins, and white and tender girls who can never sleep. You just need to kill all the men on the other side of the Yellow River, or use death to make them be honest. Kneeling in front of you, all this is not a dream. Now you tell me loudly, are you sons of bitches willing to follow the general across the Yellow River to grab money, food and territory?"