Chapter V. Strategic Issues

"Okay, I forcibly counted Feng Guozhang from Xuzhou and Dong Fuxiang from Gansu, just for the sake of Zhuge Kongming," Chen Cheng admitted: "But don't you think this is very handsome and interesting?" ”

"It's a little bit handsome, but your strategy is full of loopholes. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"How?" Chen Cheng touched his chin with his hand, "I also think this is a bit too taken for granted, there will definitely be a lot of unexpected situations at that time, but this is already the closest deduction to the facts based on the information collected so far." If you're still not satisfied, then you can wait for me to make the S/L artifact in the future, and we'll archive it every time we make a strategic deployment, but now there's no way. ”

"Okay." Lin Mengchu said to the position in Shaanxi: "Old man Wang Wu still went to Xi'an, and he didn't accept our solicitation. Otherwise, there would be such a force as Dadao in Xi'an, and basically there would be no need to worry about the threat from Shanxi. ”

"I doubt it......."

"And here, here, and here," the girl said, pointing to three locations on the Chinese border, "Tibet, Mongolia, and the northeast, and in these three directions there are British, Russian, and Japanese pressing on each other. And what we can directly deal with is Mongolia's road, what are we going to do in Tibet and the northeast? ”

"Don't do anything," Chen Cheng said disapprerovingly: "Even if they occupy these places, when we become stronger, we will still be able to take it back." ”

"When we're strong?" The girl tilted her head and asked, "Then how can you become stronger?" If you go outside, you must first settle inside? You know, many newspapers out there are now on the verge of nailing us to the pillar of shame in history. The reason why we have not been able to do so is because of the mistakes of warlords like us. ”

"What newspaper says that?"

"Well, the Times, the Imperial Daily, the Voice of the Empire, blah blah blah."

“......... It seems like it's all a foreign newspaper, right? ”

"Seems like so."

"Well, whatever the enemy supports, we will oppose, and whatever the enemy opposes, we will support." Chen Cheng said: "It is precisely because the enemy is against us that it means that we are doing the right thing." If the great powers suddenly sing praises to us, then we should worry about whether something is wrong. ”

"Okay, then how many troops can we send out now for the real Battle of Hebei?"

"I can only say a lot," Chen Cheng laughed, "beyond you....... More than the enemy could have imagined. ”

"I'm sure that there will be no more than forty regiments on the Handan side at most to defend against our attack! And more than half of them are so-called local garrisons, that is, C regiments. At a small meeting within Beiyang, Deputy Chief of Staff Chen Huan affirmed to the attendees: "And the troops that we can use for operations on the Hebei side already have ten divisions and six mixed brigades. ”

"In terms of the number of troops alone, we have the greatest advantage," Chen said, emphasizing: "As long as the president gives the general attack order, we will uproot the Handan bandits within a month!" ”

Yuan Shikai looked around at the people participating in this meeting, and said in a deep voice: "What do you say? Is it time to go straight to the attack? Or do you want to transfer Huafu from Xuzhou back? Everyone has a discussion. ”

Wang Shizhen stood up first and said, "I would like to add a few more points to what Vice Chief Chen (referring to Chen Eun) said, the garrisons of the great powers in North China have promised to provide us with convenience in battle, and promised to accommodate our wounded, and to lend us the railway for transportation of the army. ”

"But," Wang Shizhen saw that most of the people were happy, and he said: "However, the support of foreigners is conditional. He said with a heavy face: "That is, we must win, if we lose, foreigners may turn their faces at any time." ”

Yuan Shikai continued: "Listen well, this time I will give my old Yuan a good fight, win the battle, be promoted and make a fortune, whatever you want, I will give it to you." His face immediately became hideous, "If you lose the fight, don't blame me for Yuan Weiting's six relatives not recognizing it!" ”

The generals said yes, and Duan Qirui, who had been silent, also expressed his attitude. Although he was the chief of the army, he could not intervene in other troops except his own descendants. Most of the new troops that are now being trained are newly promoted juniors. Most of these people are also ambitious, but they may not be able to convince him as an old-timer.

He can also understand that Lao Yuan is thinking about paving the way for his son, and the main attack is the model division of his son's acting division commander. He sneered a few times in his heart, and then nodded his head. The attitude was expressed, but then he regretted it.

Because he was Duan Qirui after all, he hesitated for a while, but his mentality of putting public before private prevailed. He stood up and said loudly: "President, I have a different opinion!" ”

The atmosphere in the venue was suddenly cold, and everyone looked at the Beiyang Tiger who stood up with various expressions. Wang Shizhen sighed slightly and lowered her eyes.

Duan Qirui stood up and said loudly: "President, I think it's time to send troops to attack Handan......... It's not time yet! ”

Originally, Duan Qirui wanted to say "It is the pain of the relatives, and the speed of the enemy", but he didn't want to be disrespectful to Yuan Shikai, so he temporarily changed his statement.

"Let's not talk about the British and Japanese, now the Russians have been sending additional troops to Siberia and the three eastern provinces, and now Shenyang and Liaoyang are in the hands of the Russians, and if they have the energy to fight Handan, I think it is better to transfer troops out of the customs to fight the Russians!"

Yuan Shikai looked at Duan Qirui with a gloomy face, Duan Qirui also looked at him, he was silent for a long time before he said: "Zhiquan has been in poor health, don't bear the burden of this army commander first, go to the Army University to be the director of education." ”

Duan Qirui's eyes darkened, and he opened his mouth to say something, but several times, three times, three times, and finally said coldly: "My health has always been poor, and the affairs of the War Department have not been dealt with well, so I will go to recuperate first." ”

After speaking, he saluted Yuan Shikai and went out gloomily.

Outside the door, Xu Shuzheng was waiting there, and when he saw Duan Qirui coming out, he greeted him with a smile and asked, "Teacher, why did you come out first?" ”

Duan Qirui looked at him and shook his head silently.

"Teacher, are you still against going to war now?"

"I'm not opposed to going to war," Duan Qirui said: "It's just that now that the Russians are pressing the border, and there are foreign warships stationed in Tianjin, what we need to do now is to accumulate strength, not to provoke a civil war in such a hurry." ”

Xu Shuzheng also shook his head and sighed.

Duan Qirui suddenly said again: "I'm going to teach at the Army University, and you don't want to work in the War Department." You go to Xuzhou, I'll ask Huafu to give you a place. ”

Xu Fuzheng laughed, "Teacher, I, Xu Shuzheng, actually don't have any other skills, I'm greedy for money, and lustful, so I'm not a great person." However, I have a good one. ”

"Huh?"

"In my life, Xu Shuzheng, I only recognize you, teacher! Others, even the president, are not in my eyes! ”

"Hmph," Duan Qirui scolded: "It's not promising, then you plan to go with me to teach at the Army University?" ”

"Teaching is teaching, that's all..... Teacher, can you just get a salary and not have to work? ”

"Fuck off!" (To be continued.) )