Chapter 4 Anjuping 5th Road

As the central government of China, which is recognized by the international community, that is, the great powers, the Beiyang system led by Yuan Shikai is undoubtedly still very ambitious. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoWhether it is from the perspective of personal future, or responsibility to the country and nation, they all want to sweep all the princes in the country into the dustbin of history.

It's just that..... People don't seem to buy their accounts much.

Just when the Beiyang Army was fully engaged in the formation and training of the new army, the Northwest Patrol Envoy had already sent a full 20,000 troops to Mongolia, and they had fought all the way to Kulen. After hearing the news, Beiyang was stunned at first, and then overjoyed.

The number of troops on the Handan side is limited, and they have sent 20,000 foot cavalry to Mongolia, so there must be a lot fewer people left in Hebei. And now that Zhang Zhidong has been on the line with Yuan Shikai, if the new army of the north and south works together, won't they uproot the remnants of those boxers?

So, after Li Dingyuan pacified Mongolia, the presidential palace first issued a commendation order, and then promoted Li Dingyuan to the Mongolian town guard. This is to drive a wedge between the top and bottom of the local government in Handan. The second is that the Beiyang Army began to mobilize, all the troops began to assemble, the field troops were supplemented with special forces and baggage troops, and ammunition was also distributed to troops at all levels.

Suddenly, the atmosphere became tense. The fiery business practices between the two sides, whether formal or informal, have been almost severed. Even the most daring smugglers now hardly dare to operate on the territory between the two sides. Everyone understands that the fire at the city gate affected the fish in the pond.

The troops of Li Chun, the general of the Beiyang Army, brazenly marched into the "demilitarized zone" that had been divided. Faced with this situation. Handan protested by telegram a day.

"What the hell is protesting?" Lin Mengchu complained: "If the protest is useful, then why do we still raise so many troops?" ”

"Well, it's just a show for everyone, don't worry too much." Chen Cheng said: "And the Beiyang Army still needs to be strengthened in terms of reserves and general mobilization!" ”

"How?"

"You see, it's been almost a month, they're still mobilizing, and they're just now moving their troops into the demilitarized zone. This kind of speed is not even comparable to the French. ”

"Oh, so how is our mobilization?"

"Well, isn't it all yours to fight?"

"But mobilization is linked to finance and logistics, and this is not under my control!"

"Okay, I'll look for it." The young man took out a document with the words top secret printed on it from the report file on the table, opened it and looked at it, and said, "The second level of mobilization has basically been completed, and now there are forty regiments stationed on the first line of prisoners. Fifty miles further along, there were ten regiments of troops used as reserves, and a number of local garrisons were stationed at more important points......"

"Show it to me," the girl took the document over, and then quickly flipped through it, "Now that you've completed your war preparations, why don't you fight first?" Now we have the advantage! ”

"Well, if you want to be careful, it's that our strength hasn't reached its peak yet. If you send troops to attack the Beiyang Army now, you will not get more benefits, but will lose a lot of money. ”

"But if we don't attack, the Beiyang Army will also attack," the girl said dissatisfiedly: "Is it going to be a defensive counterattack?" ”

"Well, you see, we have to make sure the flanks are safe first." Chen Cheng pointed to the map and said, "The so-called military strategy means that before the final battle, you must first strengthen your own strength to the greatest extent and weaken the enemy's strength. Now the threat to our north has been lifted.............."

"Wait," the girl stared at the location of the steppe on the map, "It seems that the central government has done something to guard Li Dayan, so is he still reliable?" ”

"Eh," Chen Cheng was stunned for a moment, he blinked vigorously and said in confusion, "Why do you ask that?" ”

"Yuan Shikai's hand obviously wants to erect a new mountain within us, don't you doubt that Li Dayan wants to be self-reliant? He now has an army of more than 20,000 men. The girl said, "We didn't have so many people when we first started. ”

"However, this is not the feudal era," Chen Cheng said amusedly, "the current military system........ It's not the era of cold weapons that you can rebel by pulling a random vote of people. Not to mention anything else, even if he wanted to rebel, where would his ammunition, food, grass, and military pay come from? You don't know the situation when we fought to the end of the mountain last time, and in the end we almost ran out of ammunition and food. ”

In the end, Chen Cheng said: "If Li Dingyuan, who has experienced this, can still think of rebellion, then he is either a madman or a madman." ”

"Well, is there a difference between a madman and a madman?"

"There is no difference....... Wait, that's not the crux of the matter, is it? We're talking about strategy, not philosophy. ”

"Well, the threat in the Mongolian direction was lifted, but we threw 20,000 people over there, this ........ Even if we can recruit more Mongolian cavalry, it will still be a loss. What about the other directions? ”

"This is Shanxi," Chen Cheng pointed to the map, "although Shanxi has a dangerous terrain, with coal and iron, it is simply an excellent location to open a base before the World War." But now there are only a few ICs in Shanxi, the transportation is a mess, and the new army in Shanxi is only a few thousand people, and they don't pose any threat at all. ”

"Originally, Dong Fuxiang's tens of thousands of troops who had experienced the war still had some combat effectiveness, but didn't the Beiyang Army send them back to their hometowns, and now they and the new army in Shanxi happened to look at each other, so it was enough to put two B regiments in this direction, plus some local garrisons."

"Finally, in the direction of Henan, there is the Yellow River natural insurance, but it is not insured. So we sent Wang Qi to Luoyang," Chen Cheng laughed, "He did better than I thought, but if the Hubei New Army came over, he would probably be able to warn him in advance, and he should not expect too much." ”

"Sounds like a bad look!"

"So we supported the Jiangxi side and the Guangdong side, so that we can probably delay the Hubei New Army for a few months or more."

"Well, it doesn't seem like there are many enemies in this way. In other words, we can concentrate our troops to fight the Beiyang Army in Hebei? ”

"Well, in fact, there is still Feng Guozhang's department in Xuzhou, but it will take a long time for him to rush back, and he also has his own troubles, probably not able to pull out for the time being."

"Are you all done?"

"Well, there's one last way. Here," the young man pointed to the territory outside the pass and said: "Although these green battalions and patrol battalions outside the pass are all old-style armies, they still have some combat effectiveness, especially since they have a lot of cavalry, and if they make a detour to attack Zhangjiakou, it will also be very troublesome." ”

"I have a solution for you."

"Well, you're right," Chen Cheng shrugged, "There is a guy named Song Biao, who is now trying to unify the forces outside the Guan, and it will probably take at least half a year to fight with Zhang Zuolin and them to determine the winner or loser, so this road can also be ignored for the time being." ”

"One, two, three, four, five," the girl raised her fingers, "Are you cos Zhuge Kongming, do you want to live in peace on the fifth road?" ”

"Haha, how can you think that?" Chen Cheng laughed, "Look at my sincere eyes, am I such a boring person?" ”

"Well," Lin Mengchu nodded seriously, "You're such a boring person!" (To be continued.) )