This year, the Qing Dynasty can be said to have made matters worse, the finances were as bad as ever, the Shaanxi-Gansu-Hui people were in turmoil, the Huizhou uprising in Guangdong, and even the three eastern provinces of Laochao were stirred up by Japan and Russia. In contrast, the twists and turns of the Wuyi New Army's extermination of the Taizhou rebellious party did not attract the attention of the princes in the imperial court, in fact, for most courtiers, Wu Chenxuan's strange little heel is really a pleasure to entertain others and entertain themselves.

Wu Chenxuan's excerpt of the letter asking for the crime was left in the middle and not sent, Lafayette did not say that the military aircraft are not easy to handle, and although this guy is an outlier in the officialdom, but the silver sent to the capital is real, and several military planes who have nothing to do with the Shandong Chamber of Commerce are not, so they simply prepared a fine of one year, but I didn't expect Lafayette to give it easily, so it was sent down without pain. After all, the leaders and munitions of the rebellious parties were really sent to the capital to be investigated, and even if some of the rebellious parties took advantage of the situation to cause trouble in the township, it was not a big deal, and compared with the frequent loss of teachers and land in Huizhou and Shaanxi and Gansu, it was really not worth the in-depth investigation.

However, Yuan Shikai and Yuan Datou are not easy to fool, and the trick of raising bandits to respect themselves is not useless. Therefore, Yuan Shikai already felt that Wu Chenxuan was expanding his territory, and the direction was two Huai and two rivers. It happens to be in no conflict with his strategy of focusing on managing the northern provinces, and Lao Yuan Yele is standing by and watching, anyway, no matter whether Wu Chenxuan's side succeeds or not, it will not affect the direction of Beiyang's expansion.

But the Japanese Ministry of War, which received the report, was not so indifferent to all this. In the cold wind of early spring, the fireplace was still burning in the conference room of the Ministry of the Army. Yama Aritomo and Major General Tamura were talking together, and the two sides were mainly exchanging arrangements for the recent expansion of armaments, after all, from the perspective of the movement of the government and the opposition, the battle with Lucia was inevitable, but in the face of the opponent's strong fortress in Arthur, the offensive tactics of the Japanese army were too outdated, and the firepower of rapid-fire guns and water-cooled machine guns coupled with the application of barbed wire in the trenches made the traditional pig assault infantry offensive tactics simply like sending them to death.

"In this way, Tamura-kun has a lot of experience from this trip to China." Yama Prefecture Youpeng also felt very surprised when he heard that Tamura had watched the analysis report of the autumn exercises in Kawama, but he did not expect that the backward and ignorant Qing army could make Tamura, who had always been arrogant, feel that there was something to learn.

"Yes, although this time I am to investigate the combat strength of the Beiyang Army, I was surprised to find that the performance of another Qing New Army is very necessary to study." Tamura said respectfully, this boss of the mountain is the boss of the Changzhou Domain in the army, and he is still a little more disciplined in front of him: "This time we found that although the Wuyi New Army only sent a large group of troops to participate in the battle, it was equipped with firepower that was no less than that of our field wing, and in terms of accompanying firepower below the squadron, it far surpassed our army. Equipment is still one aspect, and what is even more valuable is that it seems that they have developed a complete and feasible set of infantry tactics that can give full play to the maximum effect of the weapons in their hands. This tactic should be born out of our wave attack tactics, but it strengthens the close support firepower, and the coordination between the infantry is more orderly, and it can also effectively reduce the lethality of the enemy's firepower, which is very suitable for infantry to attack the enemy with defensive positions to rely on. ”

"Well, in this case, we need to strengthen our research in this area, after all, the offensive tactics of the army have been stuck in the stage of the Sino-Japanese War, and it is still ineffective to fight against the Western powers." Yama Prefecture Youpeng said thoughtfully, "Well, since Tamura-kun has a detailed observation of this, please give me advice, so that the old man can appreciate the mystery of the new tactics." ”

"Where, where, Your Excellency has won the prize." Tamura hurriedly stood up and bowed, "I am willing to report everything I have seen and heard to His Excellency the General." This starts with the defense of the first wave of the new army of Wuyi..."

In this way, the Wuyi New Army does have his advantages. It seems that more money is not necessarily a bad thing. "Shan County is a rare silence." The kind of light infantry artillery and bomb throwers you mentioned, I'll ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, well, maybe someone from the Intelligence Investigation Division to talk to this Lord, since he's a businessman, there's nothing that can't be negotiated. As for tactics, I think I might be able to communicate with them, after all, the empire is still ahead of the Qing in all aspects, and through exchange and learning, I think it will not be difficult to master these tactics, and if they can be nurtured to become pro-imperial forces, it will undoubtedly be helpful for the upcoming Lucia War. ”

"What Your Excellency the General said is very true, I want to go to Qingguo again, if someone from the Intelligence Investigation Division can negotiate with me, maybe the effect will be better." Tamura was obsessed with the new tactics of the Wuyi New Army, and took the initiative to ask Ying to go to the Qing Kingdom for exchanges.

"Well, that's good, but how is your body?" Yama is very relieved about Tamura's talent and ability to deal with things, but he is not optimistic about Tamura's physical condition.

"Thank you for your concern, the Lord, I will definitely do my best to complete the mission and contribute to the defeat of Lucia's ghost beast."

"In that case, I will have someone arrange for the Intelligence Investigation Division to cooperate with your actions, and then go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ask for a name for you, so that I can contact this Lord Wu in an official capacity."

"Hayi, I will do my best to die in the future." What Tamura didn't expect was that he would become a prophecy, and he would die of illness in office shortly after he finished doing this.

Soon after, Wu Chenxuan, who was still chasing the rebellious party and suppressing bandits everywhere in Lianghuai, got the news that the Japanese had sent Tamura Yi, deputy chief of the General Staff Headquarters, to contact him in the future, and the people had already arrived in Jinan Mansion.

"It seems that Xiao Heizi's trickery has brought customers, sent a telegram to Second Brother Miao, and the transaction has come to the door, so let's open it." Of course, Wu Chenxuan knew that the little devil and the old Maozi were going to fight to the death in Liaodong this year, the strength of the Japanese was actually not bad, but they couldn't stand the old pig-like commanders in their own team, and these pigs were all high-powered veterans, stubborn like wild boars, and they wouldn't bring back if they didn't collapse the south wall. simply sell them some infantry fire support weapons to help them take down Lao Maozi easily, so that the achievements of those old diehards will not be too embarrassing, plus their status, it will be difficult for the reformists to take advantage of the war, and when these old immortals have cultivated another group of middle-aged and young wild boar commanders to take over, it doesn't matter if they die or not.

Although the intention is to help the old-fashioned Japanese generals, but such a good weapon is really sorry for the ancestors if they don't take the opportunity to make some Oriental foreign money, and these business negotiations will be explained to the second brother Miao, and he Wu Chenxuan will just wait to sit on the ground and share the spoils. When the Japanese army is equipped with grenadiers and infantry guns below the wing, Lao Maozi's machine gun tactics at close range will not be so smart, and it doesn't matter if tens of thousands of Japanese devils die less, but those old soldiers will drag down the Japanese army, and the equipment funds are not sufficient.

Major General Tamura is very happy, although the price obviously feels that there is still moisture, but it is the king to be able to get the cash * goods, after all, the situation is on the verge of breaking out, if you buy the futures in a year, then what use can the silver saved. Moreover, Tamura is not afraid of malicious conjecture, maybe the silver from selling artillery and grenadiers (I finally know the scientific name of this thing) is still the compensation owed by the Qing Kingdom in the past two years, and it is really happy to use the silver of the Qing people to buy the arms of the Qing Kingdom.

In order to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, Tamura originally wanted to invite a group of instructor sergeants to Japan to teach, but later, considering the quality and level of the Qing sergeants, Tamura still gave up this idea, so as not to cause another Hiroshima incident. In the end, the two sides agreed that the Japanese army would send a non-commissioned officer study team of no more than 500 people to Jinan Mansion to learn how to use grenadiers and infantry guns. The silver for food, housing and teaching is counted as an integer, and the meaning of 10,000 taels of silver is on the line. However, when Wu Chenxuan learned that he had actually sent Cao and Cao Chang from the field units of several veteran divisions to China to learn how to use the 92 infantry guns and grenadiers, Wu Chenxuan, who was familiar with history, could not help but laugh dumbly, and the jokes of history always appeared inadvertently.

Since the imperial court has agreed to allow the Wuyi New Army to continue to exterminate the rebel party in Lianghuai, then the military salary is naturally allocated by the imperial court, but the treasury of the household department can already run horses, and the inner family is pinched in the hands of Lafayette, and some gold and silver are also used to add graves, and there is no spare money to use to suppress bandits. Because the Beiyang Army is in the same vein, if it is to exterminate the rebellious party, it will hinder the friendship of the compatriots, if it is out of the fork, then under the mouth of the people in the court, Yuan Shikai has no choice but to resign, so in order to avoid suspicion, he cannot ask for orders to enter the two Huai to exterminate the rebels of the self-strengthening army. The imperial court had no choice but to negotiate with the governor of Liangjiang to temporarily include the nine prefectures and forty-eight counties in the Lianghuai region into the scope of the Wuyi New Army's assistance, and allowed the organization of the Wuyi New Army in advance to eliminate the rebellious party and restore the Cao Yun.

Under the staff of Li Renzhong (Li Jin's pseudonym), Wu Shigu led two teams of new troops to carry more than 100 carts and people, and unhurriedly took out a large amount of grain and ammunition from the unguarded warehouse, and began the journey across the two rivers. Gaoyou, Baoying, Huai'an, Suining, Lingbi, Suxian, Guzhen, and Huainan were all conquered by the rebel army one by one, and the two Huai salt farms were also robbed by the coerced people and local salt workers. The Shandong Chamber of Commerce and the Lianghuai salt merchants were inextricably linked, and the Chamber of Commerce sent people to contact local businessmen to organize group training, and hired veterans of the Wuyi New Army who were over-aged and retired to serve as the head of the regiment.

The officials of the Great Qing Dynasty said that the herdsmen who defended the land may not be good at it, but when it comes to drilling camp speculation, they are all first-class masters. Now everyone knows that Lianghuai is Wu Chenxuan's master, usually the price of being a magistrate on this fat oily territory is higher than that of Shaanxi, Gansu and Yungui as a prefect, this time it is rare for the rebel army to do good deeds, and the original officials were killed and forced away a large number of them, and now the two Huai are gradually recovering, and the vacant seats will naturally have to be replaced, and the incense will also be found in the right temple gate, isn't it? So under the care of the bigwigs in the DPRK, Xiong Bingsan was left and right, and also installed many inconspicuous official positions for the graduates of the Shandong Youth Cadre Academy, basically the officials who were replaced were under the control of Shandong, and so the acting governor of Liangjiang, Wei Guangtao, sent people to inspect only to find that the Huaihe territory of Liangjiang had been surnamed Wu, but there were cronies in the court, Wei Guangtao weighed left and right, and it was very wise to turn a blind eye to this, anyway, now Lianghuai is a place where bandits are rampant, and some people can apply for tax reduction and exemption from the imperial court with black potsWhy not?