Hearing Wang Mo say that they were going back to Sichuan, Zhang Li and Ge Changchun's first reaction was that the young marshal was not sober and said crazy things. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

No wonder they have such thoughts, the big war is imminent, Wang Mo, the young marshal, the supreme commander of the entire Southern Coalition Army, would abandon his troops and run back to Sichuan at such a critical moment, isn't it crazy?

"Back to Sichuan? Right now? Wang Haoshan looked at Wang Mo in disbelief, "What's the matter, do you have to go back to Sichuan?" Now in this situation, you are leaving, what about the deployment of the military side? ”

Zhang Li and Ge Changchun also looked at Wang Mo with puzzled faces, and now the army under the command of the Wang family is no longer the situation in Sichuan. As a result of the expansion and reorganization along the way, the members and factions of various military departments were numerous and complex, including the veteran faction of the Sichuan Army that had followed Wang Haoshan in the uprising, the Shaozhuang faction of the Sichuan Army brought out by Wang Mo himself, the former Kuomintang faction that had surrendered to Chengcheng, and the local factions of various provinces that had been annexed and integrated.

Now in the situation of the Southern Coalition Army, except for Wang Mo, even if it is Wang Haoshan, no one has the prestige and ability to command and command all the troops to fight a decisive battle with the Beiyang Army.

It seemed that he had expected such a reaction from several people, Wang Mo explained: "You have also seen the second piece of information sent by the Secret Service Division, and the people in Beiyang are moving frequently, obviously to attract all forces in the country to besiege us. The Guizhou Army, the Hunan Army, the Gui Army, the Guangdong Army, and the Navy are all okay, even if they are pulled by the Beiyang, we can deal with it. However, once Cai Songpo is persuaded and the Dian army turns their guns on us, then it will be a big trouble! ”

Dian Army?

The three of them couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, and Ge Changchun muttered: "The young marshal is worried that if the Dian army falls to Beiyang, it will send troops to Sichuan?" ”

Wang Mo nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Now there are no formed field troops in Sichuan, there are only a few security regiments, local police forces and a small number of special operations units that have not completed their training, once the Yunnan army sends troops to Sichuan, we will not be able to resist." If Sichuan falls while we are fighting with the Beiyang Army......"

Wang Mo didn't finish his words, but Wang Haoshan and the others understood what he meant. Although the families of the core and high-ranking officials of the Sichuan army have moved to Nanjing with the Wang family, the families of the vast majority of Sichuan officers and soldiers are still in Sichuan. If Sichuan falls, it will inevitably affect the morale of the Sichuan army, cause riots in the army, and may even be seized by the Beiyang Army to divide and disintegrate the Sichuan army and even the entire southern coalition army, and win this war that will determine the fate of the country in one fell swoop.

This is the flaw left by the rise of the Wang family too fast and the lack of heritage. There are only four divisions of the elite Sichuan Army, at most plus the two Yimeng divisions in Shandong that are being rebuilt, but the territory actually controlled by the Wang family already has seven provinces, including Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian, as well as half a province in Shandong.

It's not that Wang Mo doesn't want to expand his descendants, but it takes time to expand and truly form combat effectiveness. The current reorganization of the provincial troops, the initial control of these units is the limit, and it is by no means possible to integrate all these units and truly integrate them with the Sichuan army.

"Even if you want to fight for the Dian army, there is no need for you to go over in person, just send a representative to talk to them. By the way, isn't that Mr. Jiang Baili in Yunnan? Wang Haoshan tried his best to persuade Wang Mo to dispel the idea of leaving.

Wang Mo shook his head slightly and said, "Father, if Brother Fang Zhen can convince Cai Dujun, I'm afraid there will be good news sent back long ago." The attitude of the Dian army is very important to this battle, and I personally went to talk to Cai Dujun to show our sincerity, and secondly, I am more sure. ”

"However, the young marshal ......" Ge Changchun still wanted to say something to persuade Wang Mo.

However, before Ge Changchun finished speaking, Wang Mo interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and said categorically: "Needless to say, I have made up my mind." Moreover, I rushed back this time not only for the sake of the Dian army, but also to bring out a unit that had been training at the special operations camp training base to participate in the war, which is very important to our war with Beiyang. ”

A force vital to the war against the Beiyang Army?

Wang Haoshan and the others didn't know why, but they didn't say anything, they had great trust in Wang Mo's military ability, especially the ability to train the troops, and the special combat team that had made great achievements was the most convincing example.

"Young Marshal, if you go back to Sichuan now, can you still rush back to command the troops under your command to meet the Beiyang Army? If you weren't there, I'm afraid that this Southern Coalition Army would be a plate of scattered sand, how could it be the opponent of the Beiyang Army? Zhang Li said worriedly.

Wang Haoshan agreed with this very much, nodded and said: "Yes, Huang'er, seeing that the Beiyang Army is about to move south, it would be strange if the Southern Coalition Army did not have you in charge, and it would not be a mess of porridge." ”

Wang Mo smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, I will fly back in the plane, it won't take much time to go back and forth, and I will definitely have time to rush back to command the war against the Beiyang Army." ”

Flying back?

Wang Haoshan and the others couldn't help but be stunned, they really didn't expect it to be like this for a while. In their usual thinking, it takes ten days and half a month to go back and forth from Nanjing to Sichuan. But flying a plane is very different, if the ground airport cooperates well, it is not uncommon for Wang Mo to go back and forth in a day.

Thinking of this, Wang Haoshan and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

"If that's the case, it's okay, after all, the Beiyang Army has just begun to assemble on a large scale, and if you want to complete the preparations for war and go south, it can't be done in three or five days." Ge Changchun said.

"Three or five days?" Wang Haoshan sneered, "Yuan Shikai's turtle son is going to send troops south, and if he doesn't have to use some high-sounding excuses to fight, it will be a lot of trouble." ”

Since Wang Mo rushed back to command the troops to meet the Beiyang Army, there was more than enough time for Wang Haoshan and the others to insist on opposing Wang Mo going back to Sichuan in person.

After some deliberations, it was decided that Wang Haoshan would preside over the provincial autonomous government, stabilize the order in the rear, raise materials, and organize the people to ensure the later affairs.

In addition, Wang Mo also appointed Zhang Xiaohuai, who hurried to the palace soon after, as chief of the wartime general staff, and ordered him to set up a wartime general staff and organize operational staff officers to conduct advance deduction and planning for the war of the Beiyang Army.

In this way, the two huge war machines, one in the south and the other in the north, were launched one after another, and the ordinary people did not even know about it, and they did not see that the clouds of war had quietly arrived.

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Guangzhou.

Since ancient times, Yangcheng has been an important city for China's foreign trade, the birthplace of the Maritime Silk Road, and one of the earliest treaty ports.

After entering the Republic of China, the prosperity of industry and commerce in Guangzhou City seemed to be unaffected by the war in China, and it became more and more vigorous. Especially after the Wang family became the owner of Nanjing and the Nanjing Provincial Autonomous Government raised tariffs, the import and export trade volume of Guangzhou City skyrocketed.

From morning to night, the streets of Guangzhou are always crowded with people, and there is an endless stream of merchants, among which there are many blonde and blue-eyed Westerners, and it is not uncommon for those old masters to regard as ghosts and black slaves.

Countless merchant ships from all over the world are berthed outside the wharf, and merchant ships enter and leave all the time. Countless coolies with their arms and shouting trumpets either carried goods from merchant ships like ants moving, or loaded mountains of goods from the docks onto merchant ships.

If you only look at this situation, the peaceful and prosperous world is nothing more than that!

However, under this prosperity, there is already an undercurrent. With the frequent actions of the representatives of the Beiyang side, not only the Guangdong Governor's Office was ready to go, but even the Guangzhou business group, which was deeply influenced by the power of the foreign powers, was also ready to move.

After learning from the Beiyang representatives that the Beiyang Army had begun a large-scale assembly and would soon move southward, Long Jinguang, commander of the 1st Guangdong Division, rushed back to Guangzhou from the Shaoguan front overnight.

Long Jinguang, who hurried back to the Overseer's Mansion in Guangzhou, shouted excitedly as soon as he saw Long Jiguang: "Third brother, good news, good news!" The Beiyang Army began to assemble on a large scale, and it will soon move south! ”

Different from Long Jinguang's excitement, Long Jiguang didn't seem to care much, still sitting at the desk to deal with the official documents, and responded lightly without raising his head: "I know this news." ”

didn't get the expected response, the excitement on Long Jinguang's face suddenly froze, and he couldn't help asking: "Third brother, the Beiyang Army is about to send troops south, and the Wang family will definitely not be able to jump for a few days, aren't you happy?" ”

Long Jiguang put down the official document in his hand, looked up at Long Jiguang slightly, shook his head slightly, and said, "As far as the current situation is concerned, it is difficult to say whether it is a good thing or a bad thing for us. ”

"Of course it's a good thing, and it's a great thing." Long Jinguang didn't understand why Long Jiguang reacted like this, "The people from the Beiyang side said that President Yuan promised that as long as we send troops and the Beiyang Army to attack the Wang family in the north and south, then how much territory we can lay will be ours." Wouldn't it be a great thing if I could take Fujian or Anhui, and get me an overseer to do it? ”

"Big brother, at a time like this, Yuan Shikai's guarantees and promises are bullshit. said a thousand words and ten thousand, he just hoped that we would send troops to the north and shed blood for him to contain part of the Wang family's troops. Long Jiguang said in a cold voice, "If we fight with the Wang family and lose our strength, maybe in the end, President Yuan will even clean up our piece." ”

Yuan Shikai can definitely do this kind of thing, or any qualified politician can do it.

"However, if we don't respond to Beiyang now, and when Beiyang defeats the Wang family, President Yuan will inevitably settle accounts after the autumn." Long Jinguang said again that he not only saw the great benefits promised by Beiyang, but also understood the huge threat of Beiyang.

"The more times like this, the more we can't move, lest the main force of the Sichuan army go south and turn their guns on us." Long Jiguang said unhurriedly, and then smiled slightly, "It is impossible to send troops now, but we still have to express our support for President Yuan, after all, our Guangdong Governor's Mansion is also under the leadership of the central government." ”

"That'...... Are we just going to do nothing and just watch? Long Jiguang asked a little unwillingly.

At this time, Long Jiguang's eyes were full of cold light, and he smiled coldly, and said: "Of course not, when the Beiyang Army and the Wang family's troops are fighting fiercely, it is the best time for our Guangdong army to attack the city!" (To be continued.) )