In the war room in the northwest, a huge map is marked with a variety of flags, and has been paying attention to the situation in the south, from the mobilization of the Beiyang Army to all the actions, the Beiyang soldiers swept the leaves along the way, swept through Hubei and Anhui, by the way, in Hunan Division, the target is directly to the important town of Changsha, once Changsha is breached, it is equivalent to Beiyang occupying an important node in the south, in that case, the entire Yangtze River defense line has become a fictitious, from Changsha down, several directions can continue to attack, For example, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou, and the rich and wealthy Jiangnan area, especially the latter, is the essence of the revolutionary party, if it loses Hubei, it is acceptable, and it is okay to lose most of Hunan, but if Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other provinces are lost, waiting for the revolutionary party will be a catastrophe.

The discussion about the war situation has been going on, and all the staff officers are not optimistic about the revolutionary party, it is simply a rabble, even if a division in the northwest goes up, it is better than their hundreds of thousands of people. But today, after receiving the information from the front, the development of the war situation has undergone interesting changes, the three divisions under the direct jurisdiction of Sun Yat-sen, after integration, came to Changsha, as the northwest of the revolutionary party is very familiar with the situation of the revolutionary party, it is very clear what these three divisions represent, if Duan Qirui knows, he will deal with these three divisions in the first time, even if the entire third town is spelled out, and even the three towns of Beiyang in Changsha, the defeat of the revolutionary party is inevitable.

It's a pity that Duan Qirui underestimated the revolutionary party and slowed down the attack, not only did not fight the three divisions, but gave the other side enough time to let the three divisions build a solid position in Changsha.

The inheritance of these three divisions. It started directly with the Feng battalion of that year, although many military innovations in the northwest did not. But it's on the right track, especially for China. Very little heavy artillery, for artillery and artillery fire, the poorly studied China, in terms of defense, is simply first-class, even if the Northwest Army attacks, in addition to continuous, high-intensity artillery fire coverage, clear the main points on the opponent's front. And then there is no other way than to attack to have a certain effect.

In fact, the next situation was as expected in the northwest, the revolutionary party stabilized the defense line of Changsha, and even in the entire south of the Yangtze River, it was stabilized because of Changsha's stability. The situation that Yang Yuanzhao had been worried about all along, but in the end it did not happen, and the coexistence of the three strong was under his intentional control. It has successfully survived, which is extremely critical to the next development.

And it was at this time. The questioning from Yuan Shikai came to the northwest. Looking at the accusations of the Beiyang Army, Yang Yuanzhao smiled slightly. He is very clear about the purpose of Yuan Shikai and the Beiyang Army, but in line with the principle of balance, and for the sake of the future, continue to sell arms, and even the intensity is greater than that of the Beiyang Army, after all, the strength of the south is not as good as the Beiyang Army.

As for the accusation this time, although he did not have the obligation to give an explanation to the Beiyang Army, he still directly sent the explanation to Beijing, explaining in detail why the tactics of the revolutionary party are somewhat similar to those in the northwest.

To say, Yuan Shikai has not relaxed, for the understanding of the northwest, but unfortunately the army, especially the high-level officers, who is the northwest, the northwest did not say clearly, and he has no way, at this moment, Yuan Shikai knew that the famous commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army, his name is Feng Yuxiang, he is also from Beiyang, when did he go to the northwest, Beiyang actually let go of such an excellent talent.

It is necessary to distinguish between the true and the false, especially to know whether the northwest is lying, whether it is really supporting the revolutionary party, or whether it is really as they say, it is only because of their experience in Fengying that these revolutionary parties have a relatively similar tactics to the northwest.

After an investigation, it really came out, in the Beiyang Army, there is really a person named Feng Yuxiang, he was born in the old Wuwei Army, and among the former battalion-level officers, he can be regarded as the number one person, his old superior, and even remembers such a person, and he is also a little sorry for his departure.

Next, with the deepening of the investigation, especially some people who are similar to Feng Yuxiang, as well as those who are close to Feng Yuxiang, got a lot of names, and then compared them with the investigation of the Beiyang Army, they are talking to each other, some famous division commanders, army commanders, regiment commanders and the like of the Northwest Army also have Beiyang experience, they are all depressed in the Beiyang Army, or for various reasons, they were recruited by the Northwest, and now they have all become the backbone of the Northwest Army.

As for the three divisions of the revolutionary party, their commanders, high-level officers at all levels, the only connection with the northwest is the Feng battalion in the northeast, Feng Yuxiang was the battalion commander of the independent battalion at that time, and it seems that he has something to do with the revolutionary party, most of the personnel in these three divisions were trained at that time, and the Feng battalion at that time had already emerged, you know, the Beiyang Army of that year, empty salaries abounded, Feng Ying not only did not eat empty salaries, but the number reached about 2,000 people, and the subsequent loss and expansion will reach 3,000 people. These people should be the foundation of the Northwest Army and the Revolutionary Party.

Most of them followed Wang Jinming, the division commander of the Northwest Army, to the northwest, and later more followed, Feng Yuxiang, who also became the military commander of the Northwest Army, and the remaining part seemed to be cultivated by the revolutionary party.

No one expected that the army, which was the two major enemies of the north and the south, was actually influenced by one person, and the northwest was not to mention for the time being, it was under the defense of powerful artillery fire and fortifications, but in the revolutionary party in the south of the Yangtze River, the revolutionary party did not have any military talents, and with the training and mastery of some things three years ago, the three divisions of the revolutionary party were now achieved, and Beiyang was taught a lesson.

Yuan Shikai regretted a little, lost talents, the combat effectiveness of the Northwest Army could not be seen, because most of them were fired by artillery and machine guns, but this time under the city of Changsha, it was indeed a good fight, Feng Yuxiang was able to train them 3 years ago, and he was also a general, if he was still there, maybe he would become the mainstay of Beiyang.

Yuan Shikai knows very well that a person like Feng Yuxiang is destined to have no future in Beiyang, he belongs to the Wuwei Army, not the old background of Yuan Shikai of the small station, the reason for standing in line is that even if Yuan Shikai knows that he has such an ability to defy the sky, it is impossible to improve him, the Beiyang Army has always maintained six towns, and the competition among high-level officers is too fierce, and his own people can't be separated.

If he can wait until now, Beiyang has expanded its army, maybe there will be a day to come, because now, the six towns of Beiyang have been expanded, and a large number of Concord general troops have more positions, at least one Concord will not be able to run, at that time, it is impossible.

Now, it is even more impossible, as the military commander of the entire Northwest Army, with the current number of the 10 divisions in the Northwest, Feng Yuxiang's status in the Northwest is at least Xu Shichang's level, or in the military, it can even reach Yuan Shikai's own level, in this case, even if Yuan Shikai loves money, it is impossible to give up his position, and what he misses will be missed.

The Northwest's explanations all make sense, the Northwest only sells arms to the South, without direct support, Yuan Shikai put down a little in his heart, what he is most afraid of is that the Northwest is on the bright side, and does not do anything to them, but secretly draws troops to block their Beiyang Army, compared with the revolutionary party, the Northwest Army has a longer training time and more powerful firepower.

After confirming the purpose of the Northwest with the staff again, Yuan Shikai was fortunate at the same time, and at the same time, he went to the next level for the disdain of the Northwest, Yang Du was right, the Northwest is really a businessman, they only focus on buying things and selling money, as long as they have money, they can do anything, they don't care about the whole situation at all, since this is the case, then continue to attack, these accounts, let's wait until the future to settle together.

The telegram was directly commanded to Duan Qirui, and Duan Qirui was also relieved, in the past few days, he has been worried, since there is no support from the northwest, then there is no need to be afraid, at least artillery fire or something, even if there is a little, it will not have too much impact.

It's a pity that Duan Qirui didn't know that in most of the half a month of his slow offensive, plus negotiations with the northwest, a month had passed, and the three divisions of the revolutionary party began to inform the other new armies of what they had learned and the summary of the battlefield, even if the other conditions were insufficient, but the earthworks could still be constructed, and the advanced fortifications suddenly neutralized most of the Beiyang Army's artillery fire and training advantages. Now it's defensive, too.

Duan Qirui, who does not believe in evil, attacks from all sides, but unfortunately there is no gain except for the loss of soldiers, the opponent's defense is very stable, even if there are several times to attack the opponent's defense line, layer after layer of defense line, each one, it is necessary to pay huge casualties, these positions, there are traps everywhere.

After a few attempts, he couldn't capture it at all, but the loss was not small, Duan Qirui didn't dare to attack, he retreated and thought of a way, but after Yang Yuanzhao's guidance, although it was not a trench group of World War II grades, because there was no need to consider the attack of tanks, there was no anti-tank trench, but it was also a trench group at the level of World War I. Otherwise, there will be no breakthrough at all.

It is destined that Duan Qirui will not be able to find a way in a short period of time, and in the Beiyang Army because of Duan Qirui's retreat, the offensive has been temporarily suspended, and the Changsha defenders have seen the benefits of this trench in actual combat, and they will work hard to build it without urging, in this situation, Huang Xing and a guard detachment of the Northwest Army arrived at the city of Changsha, and the arms purchased from the northwest finally came to the hands of the revolutionary party. (To be continued......)