"Troops!"

Holding the telegram from Beiyang in his hand, Wang Hengyue's answer did not hesitate.

This is a telegram from Beiyang Duan Qi Ruilai.

When Sun Wen established the military and political axe in Guangzhou, the main force of his navy entered Guangzhou under the command of Cheng Biguang, which greatly weakened the strength of the Beiyang Navy.

After Beiyang decided to "arm and protect overseas Chinese," Duan Qirui sent a secret telegram asking whether Guangzhou could dispatch one or two ships into Vladivostok to strengthen the force of protecting overseas Chinese, in view of the weak naval strength and the difficulties in protecting overseas Chinese.

"Troops!" Wang Hengyue said firmly.

Jiang Zhongzheng hesitated a little on the side: "Generalissimo, the Northern Expedition is imminent, my Dharma Protector fleet is ready to go, Duan Qirui is doing this at this time, I'm afraid I want to weaken our strength!" ”

"Duan Qirui has this meaning, but he thinks more about sincerely protecting overseas Chinese!" Wang Hengyue said lightly: "Beiyang has already sent troops to protect overseas Chinese, can we who call ourselves 'revolutionaries' turn a blind eye?" If we can't even protect our own Chinese overseas, what face do we have to call 'revolutionaries', and what face do we have to propagate the revolution? ”

Jiang Zhongzheng was still worried: "But what if the ship we sent is seized by the Beiyang side?" ”

"It was seized by Beiyang, and it is still our Chinese ship." Wang Hengyue said lightly: "The Chinese have seized the Chinese's ships, what's the big deal?" Now that something has happened in Russia, those Chinese in Russia are waiting for us to save them, if we can't even do this, even if we get the national power, we are not worthy of governing this country! ”

Jiang Baili said on the side: "Now the pressure on Beiyang is very great, and we have to deal with the Russians and myself, at this time, it is time to help them, I am in favor of Heng Shuai's troops!" ”

"Dispatch the cruisers 'Hairong' and 'Haiqi', and the destroyer 'Yongfeng'." Wang Hengyue thought for a moment: "Call Zhang Xiaoyue in for me!" ”

Then he named: "To Duan Qirui, Zhang Zuolin sent a telegram to Zhang Zuolin for the tour of the three eastern provinces, and I decided to dispatch three ships such as 'Hairong' to arm and protect overseas Chinese, hoping to give supplies all the way and work together for the dignity of the country." ”

As he was talking, Zhang Xiaoyue strode in, Wang Hengyue briefly introduced the situation to him, and then said: "Zhang Xiaoyue, appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the overseas Chinese protection fleet, and the three warships will all be handed over to you!" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Xiaoyue's answer also did not hesitate.

On August 19, 1918, on the day of receiving the request from the Beiyang side, Wang Hengyue, the generalissimo of the Guangzhou Revolutionary Army and the commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army, immediately decided to dispatch the cruisers "Hairong" and "Haiqi" and the destroyer "Yongfeng", with Zhang Xiaoyue as the commander-in-chief of the overseas Chinese protection fleet.

The north and south of China, in the efforts of both sides, are closely united under a common goal!

At the same time, at the same time that the Beiyang political axe sent troops into Russia, in order to strengthen the defense of the Sino-Russian boundary river, the central authorities announced that they would transfer three small gunboats, "Jiangheng," "Lijie," and "Lisui," and the armed tugboat "Lichuan," stationed on the Yangtze River, to the northeast to expand the "Jihei River Defense Fleet."

This is a river fleet with a very shallow draft, but it must be rushed to the northeast by sea. For this purpose, it was towed and escorted by the sea transport ship "Jing'an". The fleet was commanded by Gan Lianzhao, captain of the "Jing'an."

In order to safeguard national interests and for the sake of the Chinese overseas, Beiyang has taken out almost all of its naval background!

And in the south, the overseas Chinese fleet is also racing against time towards Vladivostok.

Yanjing.

"Wang Hengyue has sent troops!" Xu Shuzheng hurriedly walked in, holding a telegram in his hand: "Wang Hengyue organized the overseas Chinese fleet with the 'Hairong' and other three ships, and hurried north to reinforce Russia!" ”

"Good!" Duan Qirui slammed the table fiercely: "Order, wherever the Southern Overseas Chinese Fleet passes, be sure to give full supplies, and give them whatever they want!" ”

Xu Shuzheng nodded and sighed: "I didn't expect Wang Hengyue to really send out the fleet, we took out all the navy funds, and he also took out more than half of the family funds, which is rare." ”

"Wang Hengyue, you have never seen it, and I have never seen it, but I know what kind of person he is!"

Duan Qirui pointed at himself, and then pointed at Xu Shuzheng: "He is in the south, a Leshan incident, a Hashimoto incident, the commotion is so big, he almost fought with himself, this person has a strong concept of country and nation!" ”

"Is it possible to take this opportunity to pull him over?" Xu Shuzheng thought for a moment and asked.

Duan Qirui laughed "haha": "Impossible, impossible." As long as the conditions are ripe, he will definitely go on a northern expedition and will definitely oust me from power. As soon as I have the chance, I will definitely remove him from power. But that's our own internal matter, our own family fights behind closed doors, and it doesn't matter if the head is broken and the blood flows, but outsiders come to bully us, then it's not okay! ”

Handle your own affairs by yourself, and you can't do it if outsiders bully you!

It's as simple as that!

Mukden.

Zhang Zuolin, who had just been appointed as the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces, also received a telegram from Wang Hengyue at the same time.

"it! Wang Hengyue, this little bastard, is doing beautifully! ”

Zhang Zuolin smiled and waved the telegram in his hand: "This little king is really out of the fleet!" ”

"Seventh Master, this is a good opportunity for us!" His elder brother Tang Yulin said on the side: "Wang Hengyue sent two cruisers and a destroyer in one go, that's a big guy, with these three ships, the strength of these three ships has increased greatly, you can threaten Yanjing if you advance, and you can protect yourself when you retreat, now Wang Hengyue has sent them to our land, it's better "

Zhang Zuolin glanced at him: "Big Tiger, I want to ask you something." ”

"Seventh Master, you say."

Zhang Zuolin said unhurriedly: "Big Tiger, a hooligan is going to break into your house, and you want to insult your sisters and sisters, a righteous neighbor came to save you, but as a result, you knocked the neighbor down with a punch, do you say this is a human thing?" ”

"Of course not, who wants it" Before the words were spoken, Tang Yulin suddenly realized that something was wrong.

"Damn, of course it's not human!" Zhang Zuolin opened his mouth and scolded: "People are desperate to save you, you stumble on others, I can't do this!" If on the battlefield, the machine guns on both sides suddenly swept away, everyone fought to the death, either I cut off Wang Hengyue's head, or Wang Hengyue cut off my head, everyone was happy. Fuck, but now it's unanimous to the outside world, Wang Hengyue desperately mobilized the warship to help us, let's do it to others? Do you want this face of my old Zhang to pass it out? ”

"Yes, Seventh Master, I was wrong!"

Zhang Zuolin stopped scolding at this time: "Pass my order, as soon as Wang Hengyue's fleet arrives, it will be received by Lao Tzu as a distinguished guest, who wants to move his mind, don't blame me Lao Zhang for not being emotional!" ”

"Yes!"

At this critical juncture, Wang Hengyue, Duan Qirui, Zhang Zuolin, these large and small warlords, these warlords who have been criticized, have resolutely given up their prejudices, given up hostility, and united together like never before.

Behind closed doors, they can break their heads and bleed, but in front of foreign enemies, they are a family!

The direct line, the Anhui line, the Feng line, and the southwest line are just factions, no matter what the doctrine is, they all have a common name:

China!

Whether they are "dark", "corrupt" or "reactionary", no matter how they are called, these warlords cannot hide their light on this matter.

If you can't even protect your own people, if you can't even protect your own family members abroad, but you are indifferent, then what kind of ruler is it? And on what basis should he lead this country, how can he protect his own people?

This point has been achieved by the Anhui system, which is full of internal and external troubles, the direct system that is full of contradictions, the Feng system, which covets Yanjing, and the southwest system, which is at the critical moment of the Northern Expedition.

It doesn't matter who wins the future of China, what matters is that these warlords declare to the world at a critical juncture:

China, capable of protecting its own people!

That's enough!

The news of Wang Hengyue's dispatch to protect the overseas Chinese fleet spread throughout Guangzhou, throughout the country, and also to Vladivostok.

The Chinese Consulate General in Vladivostok was full of jubilation.

came, its own army came, and now its own fleet is about to arrive.

According to the order of the Beiyang political axe, the Chinese army stationed in Vladivostok was under the command of the navy. However, Lin Jianzhang, the captain of the "Jiankang" warship, was only a naval colonel and lacked qualifications to make it inconvenient for him to command the army. Not only that, due to his low rank, it was also very inconvenient for Lin Jianzhang to communicate with the navies of various countries.

Later, after the Admiralty and the Beiyang Political Axe Participation Office, President Feng Guozhang issued an order on August 3, with Lin Jianzhang as the commodore and full command of the Chinese army and navy forces in Vladivostok. Subsequently, the army and navy personnel were transferred and an office was set up as an office.

Lin Jianzhang is the supreme commander, and Yu Yuxi, a major army general who studied in France, serves as chief of staff. The office is also called the "Commodore General's Office" and is directly subordinate to the War Division. On the 9th, Lin Jianzhang officially took up his post in Vladivostok. The "Commodore Office" was set up near Chinatown, and 20 sailors transferred from the "Jiankang" served as guards.

The Admiralty also specially dispatched three officials from China, including Navy Colonel Zhou Zhaorui, to Vladivostok to assist Lin Jianzhang in handling relevant diplomatic matters.

At the same time, Wang Hengyue, who was in Guangzhou, also issued an order to protect the overseas Chinese fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Lin Jianzhang.

The three ships of the "Hairong" sailed towards Vladivostok at high speed, which had nothing to do with civil war and doctrine. For the same purpose: the interests of the state and the nation, above all else!

At the highest point of the ship fluttered a flag in the wind:

The five-color flag of the Republic of China!

(To be continued)