"Of the three fronts, the Shandong side only needs to defend with all its might, blocking the 1st Division of the Sichuan Army and the Yimeng Division from protruding from Shandong, so as not to threaten Gyeonggi. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThe Southern Coalition Army has gathered as many as six divisions in the Central Route Army, including two powerful Sichuan Divisions, and it may not be easy to break through their defense line and reach Nanjing in a short time. Wushengguan ...... on the Western Front Sichuan ......" Yuan Shikai muttered in a low voice, his eyes staring at the map getting brighter and brighter.

Yuan Shikai is not a politician like Sun Yat-sen who does not understand military affairs, how to say that when he was young, he was also an iron-blooded commander who unified the army in Korea and suppressed a country. Although he has been pampered all these years, he still has a sense of smell for capturing fighters.

"The president clearly sees that if we fight fast and slow, even if Wang Mo wants to urgently transfer the Sichuan army to reinforce Wushengguan, it will be too late. As long as we quickly break through the Wusheng Pass and go straight to the empty and defenseless Sichuan, we will surely shake the morale of the Sichuan army. At that time, we will take a multi-pronged approach, even if the Sichuan army does not defect, it will inevitably reduce its combat effectiveness sharply because of the turmoil in the army's morale! Almost instantly, Yang Shiqi thought of a series of methods to coerce and lure the officers and soldiers of the Sichuan army, as long as the family members of the Sichuan army were held in the palm of his hand and then scattered silver dollars, he might not be able to win over some of the Sichuan army troops to defect on the battlefield. He knew the power of these means all too well.

Although Yuan Shikai didn't say anything, his expression clearly showed approval. Since the rise of the Sichuan Army, he has never stopped buying and infiltrating the Sichuan Army, but he has had little effect. If Sichuan can be taken and his prestige and righteous reputation as the president of the Republic of China can be relied upon, it is not impossible to shake and bribe some Sichuan army officers to defect. If you take 10,000 steps back, even if coercion and temptation fail, the Sichuan army will inevitably be in chaos. As long as the Sichuan army is in chaos, what threat does the so-called Southern Coalition Army have? In the face of the fierce offensive of the 100,000-strong army of Beiyang Taishan, the southern coalition army, which had lost its backbone, would be considered to be crushed without a touch.

The battle plan of the three routes was formulated by the General Staff Department with the assistance of the advisory group after repeated deductions, and it stands to reason that Chen Eun should be more confident, but he frowned at the moment, and said with a suspicious expression: "Sichuan is the hive of the Wang family, and it is also the key point of the Sichuan army, even we know it, is Wang Mo not clear?" Our troops are divided into three ways of battle plan, Wang Mo can have expected it early, will he not know the flaw in his defensive deployment? As the young marshal of the Sichuan army, doesn't Wang Mo know the importance of Sichuan to the Sichuan army? ”

Chen Eun's series of questions seemed to be asking not only himself, but also Yuan Shikai and Yang Shiqi.

Yuan Shikai couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, yes, they can all easily see the fatal flaw, could it be that Wang Mo will completely ignore it?

Unlike Yuan Shikai's solemn expression, Yang Shiqi seemed to have expected Chen Eun to have such doubts, not only did he not have the slightest worry, but smiled slightly, and said confidently: "There is nothing strange about it, the reason is very simple, this is a flaw that Wang Mo deliberately sold to us!" ”

"Oh?" Yuan Shikai's eyes flashed, and he asked, "Xingcheng, how do you say this?" ”

Chen Eun also turned his gaze to Yang Shiqi, there is no doubt that he is an excellent staff officer who is good at analysis and deduction, but in terms of figuring out people's hearts, compared to a conspiracy and scheming old fox like Yang Shiqi, there is no difference between a three-year-old child.

"Because Wang Mo's purpose is to direct our attention to Wushengguan and Sichuan, you will make our army transfer heavy troops to the western front, so as to cover his real battle plan and create favorable conditions for this!"

After speaking, Yang Shiqi smiled calmly, he was confident that he had seen through Wang Mo's little calculations.

"Cover the real battle plan? Xingcheng, what do you mean......" Yuan Shikai also seemed to think of something.

Yang Shiqi nodded and said, "That's right, by sea!" Er An had said before that because Sa Zhenbing led the ships of the Navy Division to support the autonomous government of the Southern United Provinces, Wang Mo was very likely to use the ships of the Navy Division to transport the first division of the army by sea, land from the ports around Tianjin by surprise, and then attack the Gyeonggi area with lightning! ”

Hearing the words of Sa Zhenbing and the ships of the Navy Division to support the autonomous government of the Southern United Provinces, Yuan Shikai's face couldn't help but be gloomy, he still couldn't believe why Sa Zhenbing, an old thing, would abandon him and the Beiyang Central Government, which had a better chance of winning, and run to add to the gutter of the Wang family's father and son.

When Chen Yan heard this, he immediately agreed: "President, what Xingcheng said is very true! Judging from the combat style of Wang Mo and the Sichuan army, this person is extremely good at surprise attacks and fast attacks, especially rapid advances with the assistance of strong firepower. I think that Wang Mo is a person who is vigorous, and he will not be the kind of person who sticks to the rules and is passively defensive. Wusheng Pass was undoubtedly a flaw that Wang Mo deliberately sold to us, not only to confuse us to cover their surprise attack, but also to divert the defense forces deployed by our army in the Gyeonggi area. ”

Over the past few days, Chen Eun's staff has been working day and night to synthesize the intelligence of all parties related to the battle, and to make specific analyses and deductions based on this information. Sa Zhenbing's switch to the Southern Provincial Autonomous Government was undoubtedly heavyweight intelligence, and they naturally considered the chain reaction that might be triggered by this. Therefore, long before this military deployment meeting, Chen Eun had repeatedly reminded Yuan Shikai to beware of Wang Mo's surprise attack from the sea.

Although it was not the first time he had heard this statement, Yuan Shikai still felt that the sharp blade of Wang Moqi's attack seemed to be stabbing head-on at this moment, and a cold chill lingered in his heart for a long time.

Yuan Shikai's expression was solemn, and he asked in a deep voice: "If Wushengguan is a flaw that Wang Mo estimated to sell us, then do you think we should adjust the battle plan for the main attack on the Western Front?" ”

"No!" Yang Shiqi did not hesitate to deny Yuan Shikai's idea of changing the battle plan, and said categorically, "The battle plan for the main attack on the Western Front does not need to be adjusted, on the contrary, I think we should use Wang Mo's idea to plan and increase the offensive on the Western Front, and strive to break through the Wusheng Pass in the shortest possible time, and then go straight to Sichuan!" As for Wang Mo's surprise attack troops......"

Speaking of this, Yang Shiqi paused, and then continued, "Isn't Zhong Shan's (Cao Kunzi)'s third division sitting in Gyeonggi as a reserve force, and it will be completely able to block Wang Mo's surprise attack at that time, and there is no need to defeat and annihilate, as long as it can delay them, and give our troops on the Western Front enough time to break through the Wusheng Pass and take Sichuan!" ”

The meaning of Yang Shiqi's words is very clear, that is, he wants to fight with Wang Mo whose knife is faster and more ruthless!

The Beiyang West Route Army pointed directly at Sichuan, Wang Mo's troops attacked Gyeonggi, and the knives on both sides were stabbed at each other's fatal points, of course, whoever is faster and more ruthless will win!

Yuan Shikai was a little hesitant, such a battle plan was a bit risky after all, once Wang Mo's surprise attack force broke through the resistance of the Third Division and broke through the gate of the capital, he and the core personnel of Beiyang could certainly withdraw in advance, but the political impact caused by this was extremely serious.

As if he understood Yuan Shikai's doubts, Yang Shiqi said again: "The president doesn't have to worry about it, since we have already guessed Wang Mo's surprise attack plan, then this surprise attack is not a surprise attack." As long as we are prepared, not to mention just delaying Wang Mo's surprise attack troops, it is not impossible to set traps to annihilate them! ”

Yuan Shikai and Chen Huan's eyes perked up at the same time, that's right, the greatest power of the surprise attack is to surprise and attack it unprepared, since they are already prepared now, is it still possible for Wang Mo to succeed?

Yuan Shikai made up his mind, finally made up his mind, and said heavily: "Since this is the case, then pass on the order, the 5th Division of the Middle Route Army will be transferred to the Western Front, even if it is smashed, I have to smash it in the shortest time!" After speaking, his right hand clenched his fist and slammed it on the map where Wushengguan was located.

"President, it is recommended that the adjustment of the 5th Division be carried out in secret, and while blocking the news, the local security regiment and the militia will continue to stay in the southward corps of the Central Route Army under the banner of the 5th Division!" Chen Yan suggested.

Almost instantly, Yuan Shikai understood Chen Eun's intentions, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded approvingly and said, "Okay, this matter will be handled by you, and it must be seamless!" ”

Chen Eun's suggestion made Yang Shiqi stunned for a moment, as if he thought of something, and suddenly said: "We can hide from the world like this, Wang Mo must be able to do it, will the 2nd Division of the Sichuan Army that went south to attack Guangdong be fake?" ”

"That's right, it must be fake!" Chen Eun suddenly realized, "On the occasion of this great war, it was a taboo for Wang Mo to divide his troops to the south, and it was so fanfare. If there is no miscalculation, the 2nd Division of the Sichuan Army that is blatantly marching south at this time must be pretended to be by other troops, and the real 2nd Division of the Sichuan Army is very likely to be the unit that carried out the surprise attack! ”

"If that's the case!" Yuan Shikai's eyes flashed with coldness, and he smiled slightly, "Presumably Long Jiguang will be happy to stab Nanjing from behind!" ”

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Guangdong, Shaoguan front-line position.

Under the blue sky, the yellow smoke rising from the sky was extremely conspicuous, and the violent air shock wave brought billowing smoke and dust to fill the sky over the entire battlefield.

Boom - boom - boom -

The rumbling explosions resounded through the sky like thunder, as if they were endless.

The recruit cat of the Cantonese army curled up in the trenches, his face trembling with pale faces, and he only wanted to burrow to a depth of 1,800 meters, so as not to be affected by the overwhelming bombardment outside the trenches.

"Phew! Shovel, don't you want money for shells! A veteran of the Cantonese army spat out the dirt that had splashed into his mouth and cursed viciously.

As soon as the words of the veteran of the Cantonese army fell, he only heard a loud "boom", and a shell slammed into the trench beside him. A hot and furious blast of air swept through, and countless dirt flew up, burying the veteran completely. (To be continued.) )