The news that the Germans were likely to take action against the People's Party set off a stir among the People's Party delegation. Chen Tianhua once heard Chen Ke say that "you don't have to care about these Junkers at all", and now the Germans obviously do not intend to maintain the status quo. Chen Tianhua naturally does not accuse Chen Ke of the failure of his strategic prediction, but he thinks it is necessary to ask about it.

Chen Ke still had a relaxed attitude, "Xingtai, do you think Germany will declare war on us?" ”

"This ......" Chen Tianhua was asked at that time, "Isn't this just asking you?" ”

"It costs money to fight a war, so what is the purpose of the Germans doing something to us? They are trying to make us give up our own interests by threatening us. If Germany does not get this result in the end, their military spending will be in vain. Do you think we're going to back down on that? Chen Ke asked.

"Of course it's impossible to budge." Chen Ke sneered, "Xingtai, fight with one punch, so as not to come with a hundred punches." Do you think Beiyang dares to act rashly against us now? ”

"Naturally, they don't dare." Chen Tianhua replied. The People's Party has a lot of military confidence in Beiyang, which was built out by war. Thinking about it this way, Chen Tianhua has fully understood Chen Ke's attitude.

However, after understanding the old question, a new question appeared, "Chairman Chen, have you been preparing to fight the Germans a long time ago?" ”

Chen Ke's attitude was very firm, "I don't want to fight the Germans, whoever threatens us with force, I will do it with whomever I want." The British, the French, the Germans, the Japanese, all the same. ”

"That's right, Xingtai. If I'm not mistaken, the negotiations will now enter a stalemate. The foreign devils are waiting to see how far the Germans can go. Would you like to stay in Beijing and be in charge of continuing the negotiations? Chen Ke asked.

Chen Tianhua didn't expect the result to be like this, he thought about it, and said with some embarrassment, "Chairman Chen, the Germans are only afraid that they will do something to Shandong." I still want to go back to Shandong. ”

Chen Ke could understand Chen Tianhua's thoughts very well, and he then asked: "Then who do you think in this group of comrades who came together can be responsible for continuing the negotiation?" ”

"Let these young comrades be in charge of this negotiation?" Chen Tianhua was very surprised by this.

"They can now do a few relatively simple jobs. It's not their turn to call the shots. It is impossible for young comrades to grow up without the opportunity to exercise. Chen Ke replied neatly.

When it came to the exercise of young comrades, Chen Tianhua remembered that he had left alone in Hebei back then. "But if the foreign devils delay time, these comrades are afraid that they will stay here for a long time."

"If I don't go back to the base area, I'm afraid it will delay even longer. Long pain is better than short pain, and the Germans can't afford to waste time. Chen Ke gave such an answer.

When Yuan Shikai got Chen Ke's notice, Chen Ke had already set off to return to the base with the guards. Yuan Shikai didn't expect Chen Ke to act so quickly, and set off as soon as he got the information.

"How did Chen Ke go?" Yuan Shikai asked.

"They rode away." Zhao Bingjun replied, "President, should we ......?"

Yuan Shikai was silent, and it was also an option to intercept and kill Chen Ke halfway. However, there is another problem, whether the robbery is successful or not, the BJP will definitely go north. The bastards of the BJP are quite ruthless.

Just as he was thinking about it, the attendant suddenly knocked on the door. He handed in a telegram, and after reading it, Yuan Shikai's face became extremely gloomy.

"President, what's the news?" Zhao Bingjun asked.

"The People's Party sent me a telegram saying that one of their cavalry from Shandong had entered Hebei to meet Chen Ke and his party. They have no ill intentions and hope that there will be no misunderstanding between the two sides. Yuan Shikai's voice had uncontrollable anger.

Zhao Bingjun didn't dare to say anything, he even felt that he was asking too much. Come and go as soon as you want, the People's Party regards Beiyang as nothing.

Yuan Shikai didn't mean to embarrass Zhao Bingjun, he waved his hand, "You go down first." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Bingjun retreated as if he had been amnestied.

As soon as Zhao Bingjun went out, Yuan Shikai tore the telegram in half, and then frowned tightly and said nothing.

It was Pang Zi who came to greet Chen Ke. In the "Horse Bandit Campaign" of the People's Party in Hebei in 1908, the roads in Hebei were already clear to the People's Party cavalry. The five hundred cavalrymen were all one man and three horses, and before they met Chen Ke, everyone kept changing horses. The cavalry was followed by a regiment of infantry.

In addition to ensuring Chen Ke's safety, this paramilitary operation also has plans to train troops. Long before Chen Ke entered Beijing, the field troops of Huaihai Province had drawn up a number of military plans. As soon as Chen Ke's telegram was received, the troops on the Hebei border were immediately dispatched. Many middle-level cadres in the army have only heard of Chairman Chen Kechen, but they have never seen them. When they learned that they were going to greet Chairman Chen, everyone was extremely excited.

Although there were only 500 cavalrymen, Pang Zi, the commander of the cavalry division, personally led the selected 500 cavalry all the way. On the morning of the third day, two red and two green flares suddenly rose outside the camp. As soon as he saw the agreed flare, Pang Zi immediately felt a sense of relief in his heart. "Signal!" Pang Zi said.

When Chen Ke's pony team appeared in Pang Zi's telescope, Pang Zi's heart was finally put in his stomach. He led the guards to meet him first, "Chairman Chen, I'm relieved to see you." ”

This is not Pang Zi's politeness, if it is not carefully planned these years, it is too difficult to meet people hundreds of miles away. That is to say, the BJP has a very thorough plan and is properly prepared, so that it can be mobilized at any time and accomplish its goals. Nor was it time to speak, and the troops set off immediately. Go back directly to the Huaihai Provincial Base Area.

After only half a day, the sentry came to report. "Commander Pang, there is our infantry in front."

Pang Zi replied: "Inform the troops, let's go back." ”

In less than four days, Chen Ke entered the base area of Huaihai Province. In the border areas, the BJP is hoarding heavy troops. Chen Ke began to review the troops at the border.

At this point, there is no longer a need to keep Chen Ke's whereabouts a secret. When the whole army heard that Chairman Chen Ke was actually in the army, they were first surprised, and then they were boiling. Chairman Chen Ke's prestige is well known to the world, and for the soldiers of the army, Chen Ke is the founder and founder of this army. Everyone has heard of Chen Ke's name, who founded the People's Party with eight people and liberated four provinces in a few years. Thousands of miles rushed to annihilate the Anhui New Army, set up a pocket formation, and completely annihilated the Hubei New Army. Encircled and annihilated the Jiangbei New Army and the Beiyang New Army, and scolded Cixi to death. That is to say, what only the greatest figures in history have ever spoken, the leader of the BJP has done. However, the vast majority of the fighters did not meet Chairman Chen Ke with their own eyes. Now Chairman Chen Ke is about to review the troops, and no one can keep calm.

When Chen Ke appeared in front of the phalanx on a tall horse, the officers and men were not disappointed. The tall, square-faced man had an admirable appearance, and more importantly, that calm attitude, which did have a strong military demeanor.

"Hello comrades!" Chen Kezhong's angry shout made the officers and soldiers of the phalanx passing by hear it clearly.

"Hello Chief!" The phalanx immediately responded with a thunderous response.

"Comrades have worked hard!"

"Serve the people!"

Before the military parade, the soldiers learned that Chairman Chen Ke had rushed from Hebei to Shandong in four days. This speed can be described as god-fast, and the fighters are quite admired. However, the commanders informed everyone that because Chairman Chen Ke was likely to be tired, he might not be able to communicate with every phalanx during the parade. Everyone was excited to see the leader of the army with their own eyes. But the inability to communicate verbally with this leader made the fighters feel great regret.

But to the surprise of these warriors, Chen Ke gave a verbal greeting in front of each phalanx. Each time, it was loud enough for everyone in front of and behind the phalanx to hear. The abundant physical strength and strong momentum gave the officers and men of the unit a sense of pride. This man was the founder of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, and he did have the power to be admired by the revolutionary army.

After the parade, the troops remained stationed in the border area for the time being. Chen Ke and his entourage went to Xuzhou, the capital of what is now Huaihai Province. When he arrived outside Xuzhou, Chen Ke specifically asked to go around to the southwest of Xuzhou City, which surprised Shang Yuan, secretary of the Huaihai Provincial Party Committee, who came to greet him. Chen Ke did not explain the reason, he wanted to see the "Yunlong Lake" in the southwest of Xuzhou.

In the 21st century, Chen Ke went to Xuzhou to visit a friend, and his friend took Chen Ke to Yunlong Lake for sightseeing. The lake itself is nothing special, with a surface area of 5.8 square kilometers and a decent view. But the brothers in Xuzhou were very proud to tell Chen Ke that the lake was excavated by hand.

Yunlong Lake in Xuzhou, formerly known as Shigou Lake, is surrounded by mountains in the east, west and south, and borders the urban area in the north. During the rainy season, floodwaters pour over the 60 square kilometres of upstream catchment area, posing a serious threat to the urban area. In 1958, the Xuzhou Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government of the Communist Party of China decided to renovate Shigou Lake, build a dam with a total length of more than 4,000 meters from Yunlong Mountain in the east to Hanshan Mountain in the west, and blocked the flood in the south of the dam and renamed it "Yunlong Lake". The garrison devoted all its efforts to the construction of this dam. In order to carry forward their great achievements, the people of Xuzhou named the flood dam "Bayi" embankment, which will forever be recorded in history.

The water surface of 5.8 square kilometers is already quite wide, and thinking that this was purely excavated by the main force, Chen Ke immediately had great admiration for his predecessors in the PLA.

In the southwest of Xuzhou, the brother in the 21st century was right, and now it is a swamp. Xuzhou was originally a collection of many river systems, with the poor river capacity at the end of the Qing Dynasty, coupled with frequent floods in the past few years, many rivers in Xuzhou have basically ended. The Kui River in the urban area has not been remediated for many years, and the sedimentation is sedimentary, and the flood carrying capacity is low.

Xuzhou's brother described the situation in Xuzhou at that time as "rainy and polluted during the rainstorm, heavy rain and waterlogging, light rain and small waterlogging, dirty, smelly, disgusting." After the excavation of Yunlong Lake and the dredging of the river, the situation in Xuzhou has taken on a new look. ”

The swampy depression in front of me was indeed like this, a muddy pond that could barely be seen at a glance. It is now the end of June, and Xuzhou has entered the rainy season, and it seems that it has just rained a few days ago. The depression was full of water, and it was impossible to tell whether the dirty water was yellow, green, or gray, and the peculiar rotten smell of the moisture mixed with it was disgusting. Chen Ke recalled the beautiful Yunlong Lake he saw in the 21st century, and his heart was even more bored.

The cadres of the Huaihai Provincial Party Committee didn't know why Chen Ke came to the edge of this muddy pond, and everyone looked at Shang Yuan. Shang Yuan couldn't help but speak, he said: "Chairman Chen, this place is indeed not good. There's nothing to see either. ”

Although he said so, Shang Yuan knew that since Chen Ke came to see it specifically, it would not be meaningless.

"Let's go back to Xuzhou now." Chen Ke replied.

The group entered the Huaihai Provincial Party Committee, but saw Wu Xingchen, who stayed here, greeted him with a solemn expression, "Chairman Chen, you are right." I just received information. German warships appeared outside Lianyungang. ”

Chen Ke was on the road, and the Huaihai Provincial Party Committee had a few days to make intelligence contacts with Beijing. They learned that the Germans were likely to provoke the base areas. Chen Ke's prediction was that the Germans would first bring their fleet to Lianyungang to demonstrate.

This is completely conceivable, and if the German fleet sailed to Wuhan to demonstrate, it would be a bit of a reluctance. And even if the Germans really went to Wuhan, it would not make much sense. They never dared to shoot at Wuhan. Mo said what kind of counterattack the German warships would encounter in the Yangtze River. First of all, the British would not have agreed with the Germans doing this. But if Lianyungang is blocked, the British will turn a blind eye. In addition, Lianyungang is very close to Qingdao, so it is convenient for the Germans to do this.

For Chen, this is a very simple derivation. Comrades in Huaihai Province can also agree. The only thing they didn't understand was that the Germans were no threat to the base area by doing so. They ran to Lianyungang to demonstrate when they were full? With this strength, wouldn't it be even more threatening to organize an army to attack by land?

However, the Germans clearly did not understand the BJP's model of base organization.