When the news of the Sichuan Army's official all-out war against the Kuomintang reached Beijing, the Beiyang Army was extremely excited, and at the War Department's military intelligence meeting, a group of Beiyang officers clamored for the army to move south. ：／

"President, send troops, now is the best time to exterminate the Sichuan army!"

"That's right, as long as the powerful Sichuan army can be solved, the rabble of the Kuomintang is not to worry!"

"Taking advantage of the all-out war between the Sichuan Army and the Kuomintang, we will send troops to the south and stab the Sichuan Army in the back, and we will definitely be able to make meritorious contributions in one fell swoop!"

"President, send troops!"

"Let's send troops!"

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Yuan Shikai looked at the group of Beiyang officers who were so excited that they almost couldn't bear it, his face did not show any obvious expression, but he tapped the table lightly in silence, which was his favorite action when he thought about something again.

"President, don't send troops south at this time!" Yang Du stood up and said loudly, looking anxious, for fear that Yuan Shikai would really make the decision to move south.

Yang Du's attitude was so resolute that he opposed the southward movement of the army, which made the Beiyang officers who had long been looking forward to sending troops very dissatisfied, and they all looked at Yang Du with displeasure.

"Hey, when the Kuomintang sent troops to Hubei before, you opposed waving the army south, saying that the time had not yet come, but now that the Sichuan army has started a full-scale war with the Kuomintang, you still oppose it. People who don't know, still think that you are on the side of the Sichuan army. Cao Kun, the commander of the Third Beiyang Division, stabbed Yang Du in a weird way on the spot.

This kind of nonsense is a bit excessive, Yuan Shikai immediately glared at Cao Kun sternly, and scolded: "Zhong Shan, what did you say, don't hurry up and apologize to Yezi!" ”

Yang Du didn't care much about this, and said: "I can understand Zhong Shan, and the eagerness of everyone here who wants to send troops south. However, President, if we send troops south from Beiyang at this time, I'm afraid it will be a big trouble! ”

"Aren't you a little alarmist? At this time, sending troops to the south, why is it a big trouble? Army Chief Duan Qirui said disappreciatively.

"That's it, it's great that the Sichuan Army and the Kuomintang temporarily stop fighting and make peace, and join forces to reflexively come against us, I'm afraid of a bird!" Feng Guozhang also didn't think that there would be any big trouble that could not be solved when sending troops south at this time.

Yang Du didn't answer and asked: "Let's not say whether we will send troops south to attack the Sichuan army, let's just say that the British and Japanese came to the door the day before yesterday and asked us to send troops to Shandong to attack the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance led by Wang Mo from behind. Do you think we'll be able to say yes? ”

At the mention of this, Yuan Shikai's face sank. He has not forgotten the aggressive and arrogant posture of the Japanese Minister Ijihikichi the day before yesterday. In total, today is also the deadline for the Japanese to ask Beiyang to give a reply on the matter of sending troops to Shandong.

"Promise a bird!" Feng Guozhang immediately scolded, "Although Lao Tzu really wants to kill Wang Mo's kid, he will never stab him in the back at the moment when he leads the army to fight against the Orientals, no matter how he says that he is also fighting to recover Qingdao." ”

Duan Qirui also shook his head and said: "It is absolutely not feasible to send troops to Shandong to attack the Yimeng Autonomous Coalition Army, and Wang Mo's battle with the Anglo-Japanese Coalition Army is also a national war, if we stab us in the back, we will have to be drowned by the saliva of the people of the whole country." ”

Even Cao Kun shouted with disdain on his face: "Join forces with those Orientals to flank the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance, I'm sorry." What do you think of me! ”

The rest of the Beiyang officers also expressed their resolute refusal to the demands of the Orientals, and would never fight with the Orientals against the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance led by Wang Mo.

One thing that is worthy of appreciation is that the high-ranking officers of the Beiyang Army may have suffered minor losses, but they are absolutely unambiguous on the major principles of the state and the nation.

In another history of time and space, after Yuan Shikai's death, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang and Cao Kun, who successively served as presidents, and even Zhang Zuolin, who later served as presidents, were all coerced and tempted by the Japanese. But none of them wavered and became traitors who betrayed the interests of the country.

Although Yuan Shikai guessed Yang Du's original intention to some extent, he still asked: "You ask this, what does it have to do with our sending troops south to Hubei?" ”

"President, at this time, we waved our troops south to Hubei and sent troops to Shandong to attack the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance, and the impact and consequences were basically the same." Yang Du replied.

"You think Wang Mo will deal with the Kuomintang like he did with the Kuomintang. Plant an indirect traitor on our heads, and then stink our Beiyang? Yang Shiqi suddenly made Yang Du's worries clear, then shook his head again, and said, "You're too cautious, what can we do with the war in Shandong when we send troops to Hubei?" ”

The Beiyang officers present obviously agreed with what Yang Shiqi said. What can they have to do with the Shandong battlefield when they send troops to Hubei? If Wang Mo insists on cutting off his logistical supply line, then the central government will secretly guarantee that the logistics supply of the Yimeng Autonomous Allied Army in the battle of Shandong will be completed, anyway, it is a national war, and the central government also has this obligation.

Yang Du still didn't answer and asked: "Then what if once we wave our army south to Hubei, Wang Mo announces that he will give up the battle of Shandong and lead the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army north to Zhili under the pressure of our Beiyang?" ”

All the Beiyang officers couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then their faces changed greatly.

If Wang Mo really does this, not to mention that public opinion will criticize Beiyangkou, it will also be a great threat from a military point of view.

With the strong combat effectiveness of a 5,000-man brigade of the Japanese army in one fell swoop, if the main force of the Beiyang Army marches south to Hubei in a big way, it is not impossible to break through Zhili and take the center of Beijing.

This real threat made all the Beiyang officers look solemn and silent.

At this moment, an officer from the confidential telegraph room walked in, leaned over to Yuan Shikai's side and whispered a few words, and handed over a piece of telegram.

Syllable!

Yuan Shikai slapped the telegram in his hand on the table, and scolded angrily: "Wang Mo, this little bastard, is this threatening the old man?" ”

It sounded like a telegram sent by Wang Mo, but the Beiyang officers were a little curious about what the telegram said, and they could actually make President Yuan Da, who was very good at cultivating qi, like that.

The content of the telegram was very simple, as Yang Du guessed, Wang Mo clearly told Yuan Shikai that once the Beiyang Army tried to go south to intervene in the battle between the Sichuan Army and the People's Party, then he would definitely give up the battle of Shandong and lead the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army to the north to Zhili and attack the center of Beijing!

With such a threat of Chiguoguo, it is no wonder that Yuan Shikai is angry like this.

After Yuan Shikai passed the telegram to a group of Beiyang officers, everyone discussed and argued about it again.

However. To the great dismay of all the Beiyang officers and generals, their deliberations and arguments could only lead to an answer that they were least willing to get. That is, whether it is the battle between the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army and the Anglo-Japanese Coalition Army in Shandong, or the battle between the Sichuan Army and the Kuomintang, the Beiyang Army has strong strength, but it can only watch inactively.

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Shandong, the junction of Jiao County and Jimo County.

After the Blue Eagle Flying Group inflicted heavy damage and expelled the Japanese Navy's Second Fleet, it became an area of frequent tentative skirmishes between the Yimeng Autonomous Forces and the Anglo-Japanese Coalition forces.

The two sides had a very tacit understanding and did not rush forward to fight all at once. Rather, in the face of mutual tension and confrontation, they cautiously launched one tentative attack after another.

Wang Mo did this, of course, because he was not sure of defeating the British and Japanese forces in one fell swoop. There are still more than 40,000 Anglo-Japanese troops, and they are not as effective as those domestic armies that do not enter the stream.

Although Wang Mo hated the Japanese very much, he also had to admit that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army was still very good, at least much stronger than the Beiyang Army, which was known as the strongest army in China. Therefore, he did not choose to launch a full-scale offensive immediately, but cautiously took his time, anyway, the longer it dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be to the Anglo-Japanese coalition army, which had lost a large number of material reserves. The more beneficial it is to the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance.

As for the Japanese army, naturally they are not completely sure that they will defeat the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army in one fell swoop, first, the strong combat effectiveness of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army is obvious to all, and second, the remaining ammunition and material reserves are not allowed to be squandered at will. If a full-scale general offensive does not take the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance, then the shortage of ammunition will put them in a completely desperate situation.

Therefore, the Japanese army did not launch a full-scale attack on the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance, but carefully tested the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance. While waiting for the arrival of a new batch of domestic supplies.

It is precisely because of these various reasons that the current situation of tense confrontation between the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army and the Anglo-Japanese Coalition Army and the cautious and tentative situation has been created.

Bang bang

Gunshots rang out in the dense forest ahead, and without looking, Wang Mo knew that it was his own small group of reconnaissance patrol troops and a small group of Japanese troops that collided, and a small-scale battle occurred.

Neither Wang Mo nor Terauchi Masayi on the Japanese side had any intention of ordering reinforcements. Instead, small units on the front line were allowed to fight in the dense forest.

Bang bang

Boom

The sound of rifles and the explosion of grenades continued to sound, and it was clear that the two small forces that had collided had already engaged in the fiercest battle.

Half an hour later, four wounded soldiers of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army helped each other out of the dense forest, they were treated like heroes, and everywhere they went, the officers and soldiers of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance raised their hands to salute them.

"Young Master. It looks like this time we won! Chen Shishi said happily.

Wang Mo didn't have a happy look on his face, in the past few days, in such a skirmish, the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army and the Japanese army had their own victories and defeats.

The Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army had an advantage in weapons and equipment, and its combat methods were changeable, and the Japanese soldiers could not guard against grenades and other killing weapons.

The Japanese army was superior to the high quality of individual soldiers, the combat experience of small units, and the strength of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army.

"Young Marshal, why don't you let our special combat team go out? If the special forces are dispatched, these Orientals will definitely not be opponents. Li Jian on the side suggested.

As soon as Wang Mo wanted to speak, Chen Yifan of the Blue Eagle Flying Brigade trotted all the way to Wang Mo, and reported with anger and hatred on his face: "Commander, today our reconnaissance plane went out to reconnoiter routinely, and found that the Japanese army sent a large number of small units to various towns and villages in Jimo County to forcibly loot grain, and even shot and killed many ordinary people!" ”

"What!" Wang Mo's face changed drastically, and then he shouted angrily, "Dog, Japan's little Japan, this is looking for death!" (To be continued.) )

ps: It's so dangerous, I finally caught up before twelve o'clock.