"Confused, ridiculous." It was rare to be angry Huang Kedi, the fat man Huang Kedi, at this time, the fat on his cheeks trembled, "I just went to Wuchang to train the national army, now it's okay, you have provoked Wu Chenxuan for the position of Minister of Defense that has been agreed a long time ago." We speak first, and we repent last. The mistake of not believing in words, you can't make everyone want to sympathize with us. ”

"Brother defeating the enemy, Zhaoming is also a good intention, after all, the Ministry of Defense will reorganize the national army in the future, if it is in the hands of Wu Chenxuan, maybe it will be the biggest support for the other party to turn his face." Hu Chuanru was more kind-hearted, and seeing that Wang Zhaoming didn't dare to answer Huang Kedi's accusation, he hurriedly came out to play a round.

"Yes, Huang Dashuai. Our People's Army was originally the foundation of the Jiangnan New Army and the Hubei New Army, and there are many of them are the rebel units of the Kuomintang underworld in various provinces, and the equipment and the quality of the soldiers are not as good as those of the Beiyang lineage, and the Wuyi New Army is probably about the same. Brother Hualong also means this, if the Minister of Defense is served by you, the generalissimo of Wuchang Shouyi, forgive him Wu Chenxuan will not be able to say one, two, three," Wang Zhaoming hurriedly climbed down the pole to explain his motives.

"Can't tell one, two, three? Hehe, you Wang Zhaoming also underestimated him Wu Chenxuan too much. Huang Kedi handed over the telegram he had just received to Hu Chuanru, "The other party has already thrown out this military exercise plan to fight the ring and set the chief of defense, what should you do?" ”

"Huh?!"

"Isn't this too child's play" Looking at the words on the telegram that he will hunt Jianghuai, Hu Chuanru felt a little that the other party had watched too much of the Three Kingdoms, could it be that there was still a fight, oh, first without the glaive knife to point the steel gun, perhaps, Hu Chuanru had a left* wheel gun in Huang Kedi and Wu Chenxuan in his mind, and after walking ten steps back to back, he turned around and shot, hey, isn't this a western?

"Is it child's play, look at what the other party said, the Ministry of Defense was established to defend homeland security, and if you can't have the ability to defend your home and the country, you might as well be a dog guarding the house. I think although it is mean but very reasonable, we people did not say anything about the struggle for the Qing court, but in the face of a big battle, the command of the national war is still not enough, Wu Chenxuan and they have experience and strength in this regard, which is why I was in favor of giving him the position of Minister of Defense from the beginning. Huang Kedi's excited face glowed red, "The major events of the country are being worshipped in Rong." We can't delay the national defense plan for the sake of our position without ability, and I, Huang Kedi, will put a sentence here, and we will never mislead the country and the people for the selfish interests of one family and one party. ”

"Defeat the enemy, you just say so." Qiao Fu has been in the office next door, but Huang Kedi's words made him very unwelcome, the reason why Wang Zhaoming went back on his word to compete for the position of Minister of Defense was actually Qiao Fu's instructions, otherwise he would not have such courage and energy as a secretary. Qiao Fu walked into this conference room and said to Huang Kedi, "Defeat the enemy, although Wu Chenxuan's soldiers are strong and strong, they are all armies of the old era, feudal warlords filled with money and opium*. Our people's army is a new type of army equipped with revolutionary ideas and a fearless spirit, although their weapons are a little better, but we have overthrown the Manchu Qing with nearly one million mercenaries, will we still be afraid of such a local warlord? Revolution is not a business, we must proceed from the needs of the revolution in everything, and we must not use our personal likes and dislikes to influence the entire revolutionary cause. ”

"Mr. is right, since Huang Dashuai is unwilling to fight, it is better to transfer people from the Jiangnan New Army to participate in the exercise." Wang Zhaoming finally found a backer, and Qiaofu's words made his eyes shine, a revolutionary mentor is a revolutionary mentor, and he is far-sighted. "And Kanno Nagachi has helped contact the Japanese Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War has agreed to transfer a squadron of Japanese troops stationed in the Hongkou Concession as instructors to help us train the civilian army, do you see if you will let them change this time..."

"Defeat the enemy, Wu Chenxuan's proposal to appoint the defense minister for the military exercise, do you think it is his joke, or do you really plan to do so?" Qiao Fu was stunned, but he immediately understood what Wang Zhaoming meant, it seems that this Wang Zhaoming is a person who understands, Huang Kedi is too stubborn, and he has a political habit of cleanliness, and he is not suitable to be the leader of the revolutionary party, such a person will give away the revolutionary party that Qiao Fu himself worked so hard to create. Qiao Fu, who is familiar with his old friend Huang Kedi's clear distinction between public and private, wants to see if Huang Kedi has a way to deal with the provocation of the Wuyi New Army.

"Wu Chenxuan's clear code to generate electricity, which is equivalent to electrifying the whole country, if we respond to the battle, of course we can't retreat, otherwise as soon as the morale of their new army is dispersed, we will win without a fight, they are not stupid, naturally they will not do this kind of thing, in fact, they are too confident." Huang Kedi did not explain one point, that is, Wu Chenxuan was not a light enemy, but the gap in strength between the two sides was too large, and the other party did not take the people's army in his eyes at all.

"Okay, then conduct a north-south autumn exercise at the regimental level, ask the countries to be the referee, and we will fight." Jofu waved his hand, quite a leader, but a few people under his hand who understand military affairs, you look at me, I see that no one dares to talk to you, this matter is clearly to deliver food to the door, whose reputation is not blown by the wind, and it is strange that he is willing to be a bird.

Huang Kedi saw that several generals in military uniforms were silent, and in desperation, he opened his mouth to take on this thankless job. Li Yuanlong and the others looked taken for granted, it seemed that Huang Kedi was competing for the position of defense minister, which made Huang Kedi feel cold in his eyes, but he didn't expect that the success of the revolution was only a few months, and these revolutionary comrades were already making their own small calculations, and they didn't have the appearance of fighting with one heart at the beginning.

Not to mention the preparation of the southern army, Wu Chenxuan actually did not take this proposal to heart, after all, the gap is not ordinarily large, the revolutionary party has a Japanese as a staff officer, and he will not know this, so he also planned to let the revolutionary party retreat in the face of difficulties, but he didn't expect the revolutionary party to reply to the telegram the next day, it was actually a clear code telegram, Huang Kedi was in charge, a young young young man named Terauchi Shouichi in Japan, a staff officer of the Guards Division, and a member of the staff headquarters. The troops participating in the exercise were a standard of the 21 st Mixed Association of the Jiangnan New Army, and after strengthening the artillery squadron, there were about 3,500 people, which was almost equivalent to a regiment.

"Old Duan, come to life." Wu Chenxuan smiled and handed the telegram to Duan Zhiquan Duan, the general staff member who was dining together. Lao Duan looked at the telegram and pouted with disdain, it seems that these chaotic parties are really not successful, a regiment reorganized from a patrol battalion and an artillery battalion temporarily pulled over want to confront our main regiment, it is better to wipe your neck and be happy.

"This Terauchi Shouichi is a character, right? Terami, oh, isn't it the son of Earl Masaki's family in Terauchi? In contrast, Lao Duan was more interested in Terauchi Shouichi as chief of staff than in the Kuomintang's ragtag army. However, even if he was reborn as Sun Wu, there was no way to bring such a team that couldn't support the wall with mud to fight against the elite of the Wuyi New Army.

"Terauchi Shouichi Guangxu was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture on August 8 in the fourth year, and his father is Earl Terauchi Masatsuki. Although Terauchi Shouichi was a famous family, he also received a set of strict military education. He studied at Higashi High School and Tokyo Seijo School. On November 21, Guangxu graduated from the 11th Infantry Section of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and on June 22 of the following year, he was awarded the rank of second lieutenant in the infantry and served as attached to the 2nd Guards Infantry Wing. He participated in the Russo-Japanese War and served as an adjutant of the 1st Guards Infantry Brigade. After the end of the war, he entered the 21st period of study at the Army University, and there were not many Chinese children who could be admitted to the Army University like him. He graduated the year before last, was just promoted to Shaozo this year, and now serves as a staff officer at the regimental headquarters of the Guards Division and a member of the staff headquarters. This little cub is nothing, but I don't think the revolutionary party has such common sense, so I still let Lao He check it. ”

"yes, okay. Anyway, strategically despise the enemy, and tactically pay attention to the enemy. Lao Duan quoted Wu Chenxuan's words to make Wu Chenxuan stunned, he plagiarized Taizu's quotations, but fortunately, no one cared. I just don't know what is happening to the old man who is now a soldier in the Hunan New Army, and I hope not to meet him on the battlefield.

Next, the colander intelligence network on the part of the revolutionary party, which was even better than the Qing court, easily allowed He Minhan to find out the truth of the facts. Now the opponent's strength has become a squadron of Japanese field troops, three outposts of the Jiangnan New Army, a 12-gun battalion of the 75 Jinling Arsenal imitating the Krupp mountain cannon, and counting the four 70 infantry guns imported from Shandong by the Japanese army, the firepower is weak. Wu Chenxuan simply and magnanimously said that in order to fairly reflect the strength of the Wuyi New Army, the original five towns and 15 infantry regiments of the Wuyi New Army will be decided by the military exercise directors of various countries in accordance with the method of drawing lots, without prior notice. Of course, the new army of the armed wing should also strengthen a fire support force, the size of which is no more than one squadron, that is, a sentry. Such a generous expression made Huang Kedi even more worried, but Terauchi Shouichi's newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, and he was quite unconvinced, and encouraged the squadron he brought, and the Japanese army shouted for half a while, and the morale rose to burst, but there was still a week to go before the exercise, and I don't know what to do if these guys with sticks in their heads got into the water.

The director of this military exercise is composed of military attaches from the embassies of various countries in China, a total of six countries, Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Russia, and Japan, two people from each family, 12 officers at the rank of colonel, and then a civilian official, the British ambassador to China, Zhu Erdian, as the honorary chairman. After the drawing of lots, the troops of both sides will arrive at the exercise site in Xinghua, Jiangsu Province, in three days.

The Southern Army in this exercise was, of course, led by Huang Kedi, and the Wuyi New Army did not cause them any trouble when they set out from Nanjing, and the train drove all the way to Taizhou, got off the train, and walked for a day to Maoshan Town, south of Xinghua County, to set up camp. The Northern Army also arrived earlier in the day, but it was not Wu Chenxuan, Duan Zhiquan, or any of the five tiger generals of the Wuyi New Army who had a long reputation, but the little-known Major General Xu Youzheng, chief of staff of the Central Group Army. Moreover, two hours after they arrived at Daduo Town, they transformed the periphery of the town into a standard field fortification group, even if they knew that they would enter the exercise ground tomorrow and would never defend here, but the new army of Wuyi, who had been trained into a stress response by military regulations and various exercises, still meticulously completed this fortification system, so that the German staff officers, who have always been known for their harshness and harshness, had to give a thumbs up, even the German army itself may not be able to have such a level and quality.