1080908 Far Eastern madman

A little star twinkles in the night sky, the summer night of the north and south of Henan, where there is this slight attraction... meaning

It is now half past eleven o'clock in the evening, but the few blue brick houses on the mountainside of Wushengguan are still brightly lit, and as the general headquarters of the revolutionary armed forces of the United Front and the general headquarters of the "Dawn of the South" West Road Column, there are still people here. With documents and telegrams in their hands, the officers went in and out of the "tick-tock" telegrams coming from the telegram mailroom, and gathered all the intelligence and news on the commander-in-chief's desk at the first time.

"Report! Xinyang called, the forward troops of the Xiping defenders have arrived at Xinyang Railway Station, and the follow-up troops are still moving south one after another. ”

"Report! The Xiping Cable Telegraph Office had fallen into the hands of the Beiyang Army, and they had invented the code telegraph through the telegraph network and announced the capture of Xiping. ”

"Report!" Celestial Bull detachment, Grid telegram. It is required to increase the number of aircraft, and to send additional pilots. ”

"Report! Xinyang called, according to the retreating troops in Xiping, the Ninth Division of the Beiyang Army is equipped with several long-range artillery pieces with large calibers, which can effectively suppress our field artillery. In addition, our army's heavy fortress artillery positions have been established, and it is hoped that we will continue to replenish artillery shells, and if there are no high-explosive shells and grenade shells, solid shells can also be used. ”

"Report! The telegraph offices in the north have completely stopped the distribution of civilian cipher telegrams, and now the Zhengzhou intelligence station has activated the No. B cipher, but because it needs to be mixed with more text, the intelligence station has insufficient funds. Additional funding is now requested from Headquarters. Other. The follow-up troops of the 4th and 7th Beiyang Divisions have arrived in Zhengzhou, and there seems to be an attempt to advance south. ”

This letter after letter of military telegrams to Wusheng Pass, so that all the officers of the General Headquarters are not busy until late at night, and the commander-in-chief does not sleep, so the rest of the world is indeed not suitable for laziness, although the officers on shift can fall asleep on the marching bed, but most of them are indeed holding their eyelids and working hard to win the victory.

As the commander-in-chief, Zhao Bei's eyes were also red, and Jin relied on a cup of black tea on the table to refresh himself.

Picking up the teacup, he drank the last few mouthfuls of tea at the bottom of the cup, and while trying to taste the faint aroma of tea, while looking at the telegram in his hand, Zhao Bei couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Can you use solid shells in land warfare? I'm afraid that this blue sky is too nervous. Now there are only two heavy fortress guns left in Wuhan, and they have to keep an eye on the Yangtze River to prevent Tang Xiangming's naval fleet from going up the Yangtze River to attack Wuhan, so ah. I'm afraid that the shells of this heavy fortress cannon can't be adjusted in the direction of Xinyang, and if they are readjusted, the artillery in Wuhan can really only use solid iron bumps to the enemy ships

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"The heavy fortress cannon is the secret weapon of our army, and it can only be used at critical moments, remember, remember. As for the cannonballs, there is nothing I can do about it, and I hope that Chief of Staff Blue will seize the opportunity to use the cannons. Get the most out of every heavy artillery shell. ”

After writing the order, Zhao Bei sent the order forward. A staff officer, who had been waiting at the table for a long time, hurriedly took the telegram, saluted, and hurried out of the room.

Qin Sihu, the personal bodyguard, walked to the table with a teapot and refilled Zhao Bei's teacup.

"Four tigers, this black tea is white, you bring some tea leaves, we're afraid we're going to have to fight all night."

Qin Sihu answered, turned around and walked to the door. Commanded a few words from one of the guards, then walked back to the table, stood behind Zhao Bei without saying a word, and continued to play the role of his bodyguard.

This personal bodyguard is still very competent, the only shortcoming is that he is not careful enough, and he is not very good at speaking, if Tian Jinfu is still here, he will definitely take advantage of the tea to ask, "Commander, do you want to take a nap?" I'll call you again when the telegram comes. "But this Qin Sihu wouldn't say such thoughtful words, so it was not easy for the commander-in-chief to say that he was very sleepy.

There is no way, this north-south war is the first time that Zhao Bei has confronted the Beiyang Group head-on, there can be no difference, otherwise his efforts will be considered to be in vain, if this north-south war is compared to gambling, then the current Zhao Bei is a gambler who stares at the micro and does not take his eyes off it, although he is very confident to win this one. But if he doesn't see Sanko stop, he won't look elsewhere.

A short time later, the guard took a bag of tea. Qin Sihu took the tea and put it into Zhao Bei's teacup. He refilled the hot water, and then stood there motionless like a wooden man, but his eyes were bright in all directions, one at the door, the other at the window, and when the breeze blew the curtains open, he always had to look at the window twice, lest anyone jump in through the window.

Qin Sihu wanted to pretend to be a wooden man, but he didn't prevent the commander-in-chief from walking around the house.

Zhao Bei was waiting for a telegram, a telegram from Li Yuanhong.

Although Li Yuanhong is still on the errand of the speaker of the Hubei parliament, his people are not in Wuhan. Instead, he is in Shanghai, and he is now a member of the "General Affairs Committee" of the United Front, and he is very high, so he can be regarded as Chairman Zhao's deputy, and he is also a "nail" buried by the chairman in the General Affairs Committee

Just a few hours ago, when it was just getting dark, Zhao Bei took a clear telegram to the "nail", told Li Yuanhong about the battle in Xiping, and asked him to convene a meeting of the general affairs committee to discuss the matter overnight, and come up with a dignified reason to gather the people's hearts, so as to morally take the Beiyang First Army first.

The United Front is a signboard, a signboard for the commander-in-chief to win over the hearts of the people, and when it is needed, it will be carried out and shaken up, now. The Great War of the North and South has broken out, and this sign is really needed.

Zhao Bei was not worried that the General Affairs Committee would dare to disobey the chairman's intentions, because the members and politicians also knew very well that it was not the commander-in-chief and the chairman who were begging them now, but they were begging the chairman and commander-in-chief. After all. The assassination of Tao Chengzhang shows that this era is not an era of law, this era is an era of the strong, and it is also an era of killing all political enemies.

It is precisely for this reason that Zhao Bei was justified when he vetoed the resolution of the General Affairs Committee to approve Yuan Shikai's first cabinet a few days ago, and those parliamentarians and politicians also honestly accepted the reality, not only immediately withdrew Song Jiaoren's peace delegation to the Tianjin Concession, but

Blazing power dissipation. Reaffirm the ancient field of the United Front in the parliamentary elections. The dignity of the Constitution cannot be challenged."

Zhao Bei glanced at the alarm clock on the table, it was almost twelve o'clock, and the meeting of the general committee was inevitably too long.

At this moment, an adjutant hurried into the room, holding a copy of a telegram in his hand, and stood up and saluted. A transcript of the telegram was submitted.

Zhao Bei hurriedly glanced at the contents of the telegram. The brow locked.

The telegram was photographed by Li Yuanhong, and there were two contents on it: First, the General Affairs Committee met and voted, and finally passed a communiqué condemning the Beiyang Army's attack on the Southern Revolutionary Army by a narrow majority. And this communiqué was drawn up by Zhao Bei himself, and the wording was harsh, almost like a war letter; Second, after the resolution was passed, some of the former members of the Constituent Assembly collectively submitted their resignations to the General Affairs Committee. Because they were against war with the Beiyang Army, since such a resignation required the approval of the chairman, so. The General Affairs Committee sent a telegram asking the chairman to nominate a few more members.

"When it comes to the end, some people want to back down."

Zhao Bei sighed, but no one answered. He had to smile bitterly, he didn't intend to keep these members who submitted their resignations, the three-legged toad is not easy to find, but the two-legged people are everywhere, since these people want to quit, they can just make room for Zhao Bei's people, which is more conducive to the chairman to control the general affairs committee, not to mention that now that the parliamentary election has ended, the use value of these people has basically disappeared, and now that they are withdrawing, there is no threat to Zhao Bei.

But before Zhao Bei could sit down behind the table to draft a callback, another drunk officer walked into the room and presented another telegram.

This telegram was also photographed by Li Yuanhong. It was a letter of determination, and on this telegram, Member Li pointed to the sky and swore an oath. It is necessary to follow the commander-in-chief to "fight to the end" with the Beiyang Group and resolutely defend the dignity of the Constitution. and "the interests of the people." "It is indispensable to pat the commander-in-chief and the chairman on the back. At the end of the telegram, I did not forget to recommend several candidates for commissioners.

Zhao Bei took a serious look at the long list of candidates for the committee, most of them were Li Yuanhong's disciples, friends, old friends, students, and even the big smoker Rao Hanxiang was also listed, this Li Committee's clear heart was on paper, of course, in order to avoid being too sideways, Li Yuanhong also recommended some "outsiders", most of whom were cronies of Tang Hualong, the governor of Hunan, and his intentions could be regarded as good and far-reaching.

"For many people with a heart, tonight is another sleepless night."

Zhao Bei smiled and picked up the pen and began to draw up the list of alternate members of the General Affairs Committee.

This was indeed a sleepless night, not only Zhao Bei, Li Yuanhong, Tang Hualong, Tang Xiangming and others did not sleep, but even Yuan Shikai, the dignified provisional president of the Republic of China, did not sleep.

Wearing a silk nightgown, Yuan Shikai paced around a small conference room next to the Juren Hall of the Presidential Palace with his hands behind his back, and his eldest son Yuan Keding and second son Yuan Kewen stood in the corner, but the two were neatly dressed. Standing with his hands down expressionlessly.

When the wall clock on the wall rings the hammer. Zhao Bingjun finally walked back to the conference room, walked straight to Yuan Shikai, and also stood with his hands down.

"President Yuda, I just called from Zhengzhou. The 3rd and 9th Beiyang Divisions have conquered Xiping, an important town on the Jinghan Road, and completely defeated tens of thousands of troops of the Southern Army defending Xiping. ”

"Oh? This time, it was a telegram drafted by Feng Huafu and Feng Guozhang? ”

Yuan Shikai breathed a long sigh of relief, then sat down on the couch beside him, looked at the coffee table in front of him and asked Zhao Bingjun.

It was Feng Huafu's own draft. Right now. He was leading the West Division and the Seventh Division to the south, preparing to join the Third and Ninth Divisions, and the four divisions would attack Xinyang together and strive to take Xinyang as soon as possible. ”

"I heard that Xinyang is the stronghold of the Southern Army in Henan, where the fortifications are strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack. What are Feng Huafu's chances of winning? ”

Hearing Yuan Shikai's question, Zhao Bingjun hesitated for a moment and said: "Looking at Feng Huafu's telegram, the tone is very relaxed, he said that the Battle of Xiping defeated tens of thousands of southern troops in one fell swoop, which shows that there is no one in the southern army. The morale of the army is uneven and the morale is low, and it is the time for our army to pursue the victory. However, Wu Ziyu's telegram just now said that the Xiping Southern Army seemed to have taken the initiative to retreat, not a rout, and there was no way to judge which was right and which was wrong

"Wu Ziyu has just become a teacher and is in charge. I can't help but be overly cautious. ”

Yuan Shikai smiled and shook his head, stood up, paced a few more steps with his hands behind his back, and then turned his head. Looking at the military map on the wall, he restrained his smile.

"The Yugoslav army has always been good at sabotaging railway traffic. In this battle of Xiping, the railway station and railway line were intact, so it can be seen that the southern army retreated extremely embarrassed, and the railway bureau also took a telegram. It is said that the railway raiding team of the Southern Army, which was originally operating north of Zhengzhou, has disappeared, and it seems that they have no intention of fighting.

Feng Huafu has followed me for many years, this person is thick and fine, compared with him, Wu Ziyu is indeed a little tender, and his experience is still insufficient. ”

"So, do you want to send a telegram to urge? Let the Second Army of the West Route speed up its march, take Hubei as soon as possible, and then advance eastward along the Yangtze River, and attack the united front in the southeast with the First Army of the East Road, and settle the situation in one fell swoop. Zhao Bingjun said.

Yuan Shikai waved his hand and said, "Outside, the king's order is not affected." Let Feng Huafu make his own decision, I won't rush him. The former enemy fights, and they themselves know best. This battle is the first battle of Beiyang Megatron, Feng Huafu wants to leave a name in history, and he has his own measure. In addition, you immediately drafted a communiqué from the government, saying that the United Front wanted to obstruct the central government's decree on the reunification of the north and the south by force and launched a surprise attack on our officers and troops stationed in Zhengzhou. This communiqué was sent out after dawn to let everyone in the world know that the United Front was engaged in an armed rebellion, and now the government is counterinsurgent! ”

Zhao Bingjun took the order and left, Yuan Shikai looked at the wall clock on the wall, it was already one o'clock in the morning.

"What a sleepless night."

Yuan Shikai shook his head, he knew that it was impossible for him to fall asleep with such emotions.