Chapter 441: The Northeast Problem

On October 8, 1919, "the bloody war broke out in Hebei"!

The so-called "bloodless war" refers to the fact that starting in September, the Northern Expeditionary Army formed a pressure on Hebei from the two directions of Shanxi and Henan, with a strong force of 11 divisions and 9 mixed brigades.

The artillery of the two artillery divisions also entered Hebei at the same time under the command of Liu Sihai, commander of the artillery of the National ** Army. In October, two more artillery divisions entered Hebei.

On October 8th, preparations for war were completed!

At this time, the Northern Expeditionary Army adopted a posture of encircling but not fighting.

More than 1,000 artillery pieces show a strong deterrent power, which makes people fearful. Artillery commander Liu Sihai telegraphed the Beiyang Political Government and the people of Beijing, Hebei, that once the war began, the place would be destroyed; As soon as the battle began, countless soldiers and civilians were killed and wounded. Thousands of artillery, the sky and the earth are cracked, and the sun and the moon are eclipsed. Liu Sihai, commander of the artillery of the Kuomintang ** Army, called on the Beiyang Government to immediately give up all unnecessary resistance and lay down its arms as soon as possible, and the Nationalist Government will also maintain the safety of the lives and property of Beiyang officials.

At the same time, Liu Sihai also generously allowed Chinese and foreign reporters to shoot his own artillery, and the newspapers appeared one after another about how powerful the artillery of the Northern Expeditionary Army was, and how the artillery of the Northern Expeditionary Army was full of clouds.

"Peace, not war!" On October 9, Wang Hengyue, President of the Republic of China's Political Government, once again electrified the whole country after Liu Sihai was electrified:

"The 200,000 troops of the Northern Expeditionary Army Chen Bing Hebei can attack it overnight, and today he has repeatedly telegraphed to urge Beiyang to surrender, and the non-Northern Expeditionary Army does not dare to fight, but for the sake of the people's livelihood and local planning, he is unwilling to fight! Wang Hengyue was heartfelt and sincere, and advised Duan Qirui and Cao Kun of Beiyang that the general trend of Beiyang has gone and the war can end. If Beiyang really wants to fight to the death, and a million troops fight in Hebei, the sky will fall apart, what will benefit the country and the people? ”

As soon as this telegram came out, the cries of "peace, not war" began to sound everywhere in Hebei and Beijing.

Beiyang, it's time for the final choice

"How long has Heng Shuai been in it?" Jiang Zhongzheng took a look at the Provisional Presidential Palace.

"It's almost a day." Ah Le pouted: "No one is allowed in, no one is seen, I went to ask if I wanted to eat something a few hours ago, but I was scolded by Heng Shuai." ”

Jiang Zhongzheng let out an "oh".

No one knew what Heng Shuai was doing inside, and for more than ten hours, he didn't even come out at all.

After waiting outside for more than an hour, the electric bell finally rang. Jiang Zhongzheng hurriedly sorted out his military uniform, pushed open the door and walked in carefully.

"Heng Shuai." As soon as he entered, Jiang Zhongzheng was stunned.

The ground was full of written words and threw away the scrapped paper, Wang Hengyue smiled and beckoned to Jiang Zhongzheng: "Kai-shek, come and help me see how these words are written?" It's been a day of practice."

Jiang Zhongzheng and the second monk were confused, Heng Shuai stayed here for a day, just to practice calligraphy?

Walking over and looking at the banner written by Wang Hengyue, and seeing the words on it clearly, Jiang Zhongzheng was stunned again.

Wang Hengyue washed his hands in a copper basin and asked, "How are I writing these three words?" ”

Jiang Zhongzheng didn't know how to answer. I have never seen Heng Shuai use a brush, and this time in order to write these three words, I am afraid that he has worked hard. It's just that this calligraphy can't be practiced overnight.

The three words in front of him have strength, but the structure is loose and there is no artistic conception at all, Jiang Zhongzheng knows that Heng Shuai is unwilling to listen to lies, so he can only say vaguely: "The momentum is excellent!" ”

Wang Hengyue laughed: "From the point of view of calligraphy, I'm afraid that there is no body at all, but it doesn't matter, he will only write a tiger in Lao Zhang, and the soldiers will write for the soldiers to see, as long as the meaning is reached."

Lao Zhang? Jiang Zhongzheng frowned, and then came to his senses: "Could it be that Heng Shuai's words were written to Zhang Zuolin?" ”

"Yes, it was written to him Zhang Zuolin." Wang Hengyue wiped his hands dry, walked to the banner and admired the meeting: "He Lao Zhang is now looking outside the gate, I have to promote him to serve the National Government as soon as possible!" ”

Jiang Zhongzheng understood that when the problems of Hebei and Beijing were about to be resolved, Heng Shuai set his sights on the northeast again. …,

The Northeast problem will have to be solved sooner or later, and Heng Shuai is also thinking about how to solve the Northeast in a bloodless way. Not only the people of the whole country, but Heng Shuai is not willing to continue the civil war.

Jiang Zhongzheng suddenly thought of something, and his heart jumped "thump".

Wang Hengyue glanced at him and asked slowly: "I want to send someone to the Northeast and give this banner to Zhang Zuolin, who do you think I should send?" ”

Sure enough, Jiang Zhongzheng's heart beat even harder, and he tried his best to make his tone sound softer: "Heng Shuai, send me." ”

Wang Hengyue smiled slightly and nodded.

In this matter, looking at all his subordinates, there is no more suitable candidate than Jiang Zhongzheng.

Jiang Zhongzheng was also ecstatic. Although he is the director of the president's chamberlain and the head of the Propaganda Department, under the command of Heng Shuai, he is not as dazzling as others after all.

And now, the president has put a great opportunity in front of him.

With Heng Shuai's careful arrangement, the support of a strong armed force, and his own efforts, once the peace in the Northeast falls into the hands of the National Government, then this merit will be enough to suppress all the others!

"Kai-shek, you go to the Northeast." Wang Hengyue said slowly.

"Yes!"

This night, Wang Hengyue and Jiang Zhongzheng talked for most of the night. What exactly they talked about, outsiders have no way of knowing. It's just that when Jiang Zhongzheng walked out of the presidential palace, his face was full of spirit.

When his chance came, Jiang Zhongzheng believed that his name would surely go down in history as well as those Northern Expedition generals

At the same time as the "bloodless war" in Hebei was going on, negotiations between Wang Hengyue and the envoys of the United States, Britain, and France were also going on in secret.

It is already an open secret that Wang Hengyue's unification of the whole country by force can be completed within this month, whether by military means or by peaceful means.

But now it is clear that Wang Hengyue is more willing to use peaceful means to promote the reunification of the whole country. And that's what countries want to see.

After all, if the war continues, it will also cause great damage to the interests of all countries in China.

After some benefit distribution, Wang Hengyue suddenly changed his words: "Russia is becoming more and more intense, which will have a very important impact on all countries." ”

The American envoy Odysses nodded: "Yes, the arrogance of the Russian rioters is very arrogant, and such a shameless riot must be suppressed in the shortest possible time with the most severe means!" ”

In November 1918, former Tsarist Admiral Kolchak staged a military regime in Omsk, dissolved the ruling cabinet and arrested the leader of the Socialist Party, Avkesentsyev.

Kolchak proclaimed himself "the supreme ruler of Russia." He received strong support from the Entente to equip his own army of 250,000 with foreign guns. On March 4, 1919, he commanded the White Guards to attack westward from the Ural Mountains. The Red Army, under the pressure of the enemy's superior forces, was forced to retreat more than a hundred kilometers and retreat to the Volga River valley. At this time, Denikin in the Caucasus and Yudenich on the Baltic coast also attacked

In the spring of 1919, the strength of the Red Army increased to 1.5 million. On the 4th, the Southern Route Army of the Eastern Front, under the command of Frunze, launched a counteroffensive and occupied Ufa. In July, after Kamenev became commander-in-chief of the Red Army, Frunze took command of the Eastern Front. Taking advantage of the victory, the Red Army pursued beyond the Ural Mountains and occupied most of Siberia, and the situation in Kolchak was precarious.

In August 1919, British War Secretary Winston Churchill boasted that he would organize 14 countries to attack Soviet Russia. However, this plan did not materialize. The Entente still pinned their hopes for the overthrow of the Soviets on the White Guards.

Britain, the United States, and France sent hundreds of cannons and hundreds of thousands of rifles to Denikin, and sent hundreds of military advisers. In the summer of 1919, Denikin's 150,000 troops launched a general offensive!

He relied on excellent weapons and fierce cavalry to occupy most of Ukraine. On October 13, it captured Orel and approached Tula, directly threatening the security of Moscow. The Russian capitalists announced that they would give the first team to storm Moscow a million rubles.

"I want to take a million ruble prize." …,

Wang Hengyue's words made the envoys of the United States, Britain and France not react for a while, and after a while, Odeses seemed a little surprised: "Could it be that His Excellency the President is preparing to send troops to Russia after the reunification of China by force?" ”

"Not after the unification of force, but immediately now!" Wang Hengyue waved his arm with a little exaggeration: "Violence is not allowed, those Russian ** people, they are causing great damage to the world order, as your friend, I will never allow such a thing to happen!" ”

The envoys of the three countries were in high spirits.

The situation of the White Guards is very bad now, although the countries have intervened, but the strength is too small. If the White Guards were defeated and the Red elements took control of Russia, then this would be grossly inconsistent with the interests of the Great Powers.

China is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate to intervene in the Russian rebellion with strong force, but before the continuous civil war in China, the Beiyang government did not perform very well militarily, except for sending fleets and soldiers to assist the Chinese.

But now the president has openly proposed a plan to send troops directly to Russia, which is doubly exciting. If China is able to send a large number of troops to intervene in Russia**, then the situation in Russia will change most significantly.

Wang Hengyue glanced at them, and then said slowly:

"I will quickly command a large number of troops into Russia and unite with the nations to quell the riots there, but we need your full assistance, especially military and economic assistance!" (Lying on the bear_ provided by no beginning)