When the news of the autonomy of the Northeast came, the whole country was shocked.

At this moment, the Beiyang political axe announced that Zhang Zuolin was a thief, and the central government would send two divisions to attack Zhang Zuolin.

On Sunday, August 23, people from all walks of life in the five provinces of East China Autonomous Region gathered here. Cities and rural areas are crowded with citizens under radio broadcasts and cable broadcasts.

People have received the news that the chairman will deliver an important speech at 10 o'clock this morning.

Since it was Saturday, most of the factories were closed, and when I learned that the chairman of the committee was going to give a speech, people crowded under every radio.

Even those people in the countryside who can't understand the official language want to listen to the voice of the chairman on the radio.

At 9:55, Xia Jun appeared in front of people's eyes, and more than 200,000 people from all walks of life gathered in East China Square suddenly broke out into warm cheers.

"Audience friends, the chairman has arrived at East China Square and will speak in five minutes." The anchor's voice came from the radio, "The chairman of the committee is waving to the people in the square, and more than 200,000 people from all walks of life in the East China Square are already boiling, and they are cheering loudly." ”

There was a burst of enthusiastic cheers on the radio, and you can imagine how warm the atmosphere was at the scene, and the citizens under the radio also cheered at this moment.

In the three autonomous provinces of East China, that young man in his twenties has become the backbone of the people, and no one can replace his position in the hearts of the people.

On East China Square, Xia Jun walked on the high platform, and the camera was pointed in his direction, recording the historical memory of this moment. Xia Jun showed a warm smile and waved to the people in the square.

The people cheered for nearly five minutes, and when it was ten o'clock, Xia Jun raised his hand and pressed it, and the cheers in the square subsided.

Looking at a pair of expectant eyes, looking at an excited face, looking at these Chinese wearing Hanfu, the foreign reporter suddenly felt so incredible, this poor and backward country is changing its original appearance at a rapid pace.

There was silence in the square, and people were waiting for the chairman's speech, and people did not know what the chairman was going to say, but they were looking forward to the decision made by the chairman.

"Fellow citizens, fathers and elders, today is the twenty-second day of the lunar calendar." Xia Jun said into the microphone, and the voice spread throughout the square.

Xia Jun looked up at the people in the square and continued: "I think many people know that Zhang Zuolin, the commander of the 24th Division in the Northeast, announced the autonomy of the Northeast six days ago. ”

People were confused at this moment, and they didn't know whether the chairman supported it or not.

After all, the provinces of East China have entered autonomy one after another, and in the eyes of many people, the existence of the central government is not conducive to the political axe of autonomy in East China.

"This is bad news, the autonomy of the northeast means that the central government is unable to carry out the separation of military and political affairs, and the provinces controlled by the central government will evolve into a situation of military separation. This is not good for China, and it is a disaster for the compatriots in the provinces. In order to expand their force, the military will not hesitate to use means to carry out military expansion, or to scrape the people's power to their heart's content, and then squander it with a large amount of money. ”

Xia Jun said, smiled, and continued: "Maybe some people are thinking, isn't our East China Autonomous Political Axe also self-governing? Why don't we agree with autonomy in the Northeast? ”

"Yes, our East China Autonomous Government is self-government, and the central government has agreed that Shanxi and Guangdong will soon join our big family and form seven provinces for autonomy. However, the reason why our East China Autonomous Government is autonomous is not to split China, we still adhere to the one-China principle, and we will never read it in the future. The purpose of our existence is to supervise and assist the central government, and we will always stand on the same line with the central government, and we will unify our guns with the outside world. ”

"However, Zhang Zuolin is not, although our East China is autonomous, it is the first region in China to carry out military and political separation, and Zhang Zuolin will not carry out military and political separation in the northeast. They are not to assist the central government axe to build China stronger, but for their own ambition and **, openly oppose the central government's separation of military and government. If the Northeast is autonomous, the compatriots in the Northeast will inevitably be oppressed, and he Zhang Zuolin cannot do it, nor can he achieve such achievements as the East China Autonomous Political Axe. ”

"The most important point is that Zhang Zuolin is instigated by himself behind his back, which is absolutely intolerable to us in the East China Autonomous Political Axe."

Xia Jun said, there was warm applause below, his speech had to be paused because of the applause, Xia Jun raised his hand and pressed it, and the applause stopped.

"As we said before, we will stand on the same position as the central government and unify our guns with the outside world. Therefore, in my capacity as the supreme head of the seven provinces of East China's autonomy, I declare that the East China Autonomous Political Axe will not allow any province to exercise unilateral autonomy, and Zhang Zuolin's military and political axe is also not qualified, and our East China Autonomous Political Axe will send my four mixed brigades to sanction Zhang Zuolin in the northeast together with the central authorities. ”

"In the future, we will also assist the central government to separate the military and government in the provinces, and if the soldiers in Beiyang do not cooperate, they will face joint sanctions from the central government and the East China autonomous political axe. This will be the eternal attitude of the East China Autonomous Political Axe, and it is also the commitment of our East China Autonomous Political Axe to all compatriots, and we will always adhere to the direction of seeking stability for the people of all provinces...... May the will of our ancestors be with us. ”

After speaking, Xia Jun bowed to the audience.

After Xia Jun finished speaking, warm applause broke out again, his speech was successful, and all the provinces of East China Autonomous Region launched a shout to resist Zhang Zuolin's Northeast Autonomy.

At the same time, Xia Jun's speech also spread to other provinces, and had a profound impact on the whole country, and the people of all provinces resisted Zhang Zuolin's northeast autonomy.

At this moment, the whole country is excited!

People began to believe that if East China and Beiyang could cooperate well, they would lead the people to become strong.

The four mixed brigades had already assembled in Nanjing at this time, and after Xia Jun's speech, they crossed the Yangtze River and rushed along the highway to Yanjing.

Since these four mixed brigades are motorized troops, the railway is not very suitable for transportation, so they take the road, and the terrain of the North China Plain is flat, and the road condition is not bad.

…… Zhang Zuolin, who was in the northeast, obviously did not expect that his autonomy would cause such a big reaction, especially the East China Autonomous Political Axe, as if it had been stimulated by something, since it had formed an alliance with the central government.

Zhang Zuolin originally thought that the East China Autonomous Political Axe would not unite with the Beiyang Political Axe, after all, the East China Autonomous Political Axe was also engaged in autonomy, and the central government should be their primary threat, why would the East China Autonomous Political Axe take the lead in targeting him?

As soon as the news of the East China Autonomous Political Axe's public support for the Beiyang Political Axe reached Fengtian City, Zhang Zuolin panicked, and then at this time he had no way out.

The Beiyang political axe has already judged him to be a thief, and the East China Autonomous political axe supports the Beiyang political axe, which makes Zhang Zuolin hurriedly turn to the political axe.

Obviously, there is no way to do it, because they are not ready to invade China, their military expenses have been cut off by the navy, and the army basically has no money, not to mention that European and American countries will not allow them to send troops to the northeast.

However, it was not because he did not want to interfere, and he later sent a note to the Beiyang Axe, demanding that it stop its military operations in the northeast.

However, the note had no effect, that is, Yuan Shikai was afraid of the book, and the East China Autonomous Political Axe would also ignore the note of the political axe.

Yuan Shikai, who knew that there was no negotiation, sent the two divisions of Cao Kun and Ni Sichong, who had recalled Yanjing, to cooperate with the East China Army's sanctions against Zhang Zuolin in the northeast according to the original plan.

After nearly 50,000 troops converged in Yanjing, they slaughtered Shanhaiguan without a unified commander.

The command of the coalition this time was that Xia Jun and Yuan Shikai communicated by telephone, and each side commanded its own troops, and there was no supreme commander.

Cao Kun and Wu Peifu, who saw the East China Army for the first time, were extremely surprised, the East China Army was marching too fast, they were marching with trucks and motorcycles, and there was a roar when they marched, raising clouds of dust on the dry road.

Looking at the equipment again, there are many cannons towed behind the trucks, and each mixed brigade has a howitzer battalion and a rapid-fire artillery battalion, a mixed brigade has 36 artillery pieces, and the four mixed brigades have a total of 144 artillery pieces.

At the same time, the four mixed brigades were also armed with a large number of heavy and light machine guns, as well as Type 09 semi-automatic rifles, and a new machine gun that was heavier than the ZB-26 and lighter than the heavy machine gun.

Military uniforms, helmets, water bottles, sapper shovels, and bayonets were all available, and the soldiers of the mixed brigade sat confidently behind the car, and under the gaze of the Beiyang Army, they went all the way in front.

Cao Kun, who ate dust in the back, came to Wu Peifu to discuss and asked: "Ziyu, I think the East China Army has to exterminate Zhang Zuolin this time, what should we do?" ”

The separation of military and political affairs was something that Cao Kun did not want to see, and Wu Peifu considered it from his point of view, and suggested that Cao Kun should not work too hard in this campaign.

If Zhang Zuolin's autonomy in Northeast China succeeds, then Yuan Shikai's separation of military and political affairs will basically be tantamount to failure.

However, they did not expect that the East China Autonomous Political Axe would support the central government's separation of military and political affairs.

Wu Peifu thought for a while and said to Cao Kun: "According to the subordinates, the East China Army is well-equipped, and the supply convoy behind their car is even more powerful, so it must not be a problem to exterminate Zhang Zuolin." Moreover, at this time, the autonomous political axe of East China intervened, and the central government's implementation of the separation of military and political affairs was unstoppable. ”

"What does that Ziyu mean?" Cao Kun does not have much talent, but he can use people is his greatest strength, before Wu Peifu in a speech in Hubei witty words, won the applause of the audience, Hunan also put forward a request to Cao Kun to borrow people, to stay in Hubei Wu Peifu.

Cao Kun felt that everyone thought that Wu Xiu was a character, so he must be a character, so he immediately reused Wu Peifu and handed over the most elite Sixth Brigade of the Third Division to Commander Wu Peifu.

"Now we have to fight Zhang Zuolin with all our might, if we don't do it now, then the president will definitely not give us good fruits to eat in the future." Wu Peifu said, and then whispered to Cao Kun: "And according to the observation of his subordinates, the strength of the East China Army is far above the central government, and they are still very rich, so it is difficult to predict whether the central government will still be the central government in the future." If we can make a good impression on the East China political axe this time, it will also be beneficial for the future. ”

(To be continued)