107921908 Far East Maniac Chapter 3 Who else is it

When the telegram from the General Affairs Committee of the Mistaken Front was delivered to Zhao Bei, he was inspecting the defense affairs in Xinyang by all the officers of the General Staff Department. However, he did not get angry, because he also knew very well in his heart that the reason why Song Jiaoren, Huang Xing and others elected him as the leader of this political alliance was completely expedient, and Commander-in-Chief Zhao was very prestigious and appealing among the revolutionaries. But for the constitutionalists in the revolutionaries. The commander-in-chief is as dangerous as President Yuan, because they are both powerful figures, and the National Assembly is their stumbling block, so the election of Zhao Bei as the party leader is only to confront Yuan Shikai, if Yuan Shikai is defeated by Zhao Bei, Zhao Bei will become unrestrained, so that choosing to negotiate peace with Yuan Shikai seems to be the only way for the United Front General Committee to obtain the greatest benefits.

In the final analysis, the constitutionalists in the united front are playing the wishful thinking of "fighting with each other and profiting from the fishermen"; Zhao Bei has a clear understanding of this; since he became the "chairman of the general affairs committee," he has never taken this title seriously, and the constitutionalists in the united front are using the commander-in-chief, and the commander-in-chief is also using the signboard of the united front, and both sides want to maximize their own interests through this political alliance, and they have done a good job, in the words of the commander-in-chief. It's called a "win-win".

The side is the constitutionalism wing of the United Front. On one side is Chairman Zhao Beizhao, they are like a pair of lovers who were matched by Yuan Shikai, a big matchmaker, and are now in a state of honeymoon like glue, but at the same time, they are all playing their own little calculations, saying when they can't say when they will kick each other away and find a new love, this is politics. People who can't see the situation clearly can't afford to play politics. If you insist on joining the political game, then you can only become a stepping stone for others.

Zhao Bei can see the situation clearly, and he will not tolerate himself becoming a stepping stone for others, even if the united front he has set up single-handedly, he cannot use Chairman Zhao as a stepping stone.

The General Committee of the United Front also saw the situation clearly, and most of the members were well aware of it. At least for the time being, they could not do without Chairman Zhao's full support, so they still sent a telegram to report the details of the negotiations with Yuan Shikai to the chairman of the committee and solicit the chairman's opinion.

In the telegrams, they repeatedly complained bitterly, and with the argument that they had the ambition of others to destroy their own prestige, they listed in detail the various shortcomings of the armed forces of the United Front, and explained to the chairman one by one what "cannot be financed." "What" army weapons are obsolete. "What kind of army discipline is lax" and what "officers do not do their jobs properly" almost directly say that "the battle will be lost, and the battle will be destroyed", with a pitiful and awkward tone, as if they never knew what it meant that "those who want the same thing from top to bottom win."

It must be admitted that there is indeed some truth in the current state of the armed forces as stated by the General Affairs Committee, but the problem is that since the invention of war, there has never been a war without risk, and war is adventure. It is gambling, otherwise, the ancient Chinese art of war will not repeatedly emphasize that "the weapon of the soldier is also the weapon of the soldier, the way of survival, and the major matter of life and death".

Moreover, this time it is head-to-head with Beiyang. It was the first step for Zhao Bei to make up his mind to implement a big shift in strategy, although it was an adventure. A gamble, but this is a choice made by Zhao Bei after careful study and calculation of the balance of forces between the two sides, although he cannot guarantee 100% victory, but at least he is confident that he will deal a heavy blow to the elite troops of the Beiyang Army in the direction of Henan, and at the same time can also deal a devastating blow to Yuan Shikai's salty hope. If this battle is won, even if Zhao Beiyuan and France immediately unify China, at least it will be able to tear Beiyang apart and reduce the resistance on his way to winning the world.

Therefore, from Zhao Bei's side, no matter what the constitutionalists in the United Front think and think, this battle must be fought and must be won!

"One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither" The road to climb the peak of power is always full of corpses, and it is impossible for people who are too merciful and weak to make a difference at the peak of power, not to mention, this era is an era of strong men, which has nothing to do with morality. It is only related to interests, and this interest is not only Zhao Bei's own interests, but also the interests of this country, as well as the long-term interests of the country's 40,000 people!

For the sake of these interests, Zhao Bei decided to veto the voting motion of the General Affairs Committee of the United Front and make the United Front "Chairman of the General Affairs Committee." of the identity.

When the United Front was first formed, Zhao Bei had already stipulated the terms of reference of the General Affairs Committee, and the power of the chairman was supreme; if the chief of the committee vetoed the proposal of the general affairs committee, the general affairs committee could no longer discuss the proposal within the committee, and if they wanted to overturn the decision of the chairman of the committee, then they could only re-vote on the proposal in the form of convening a general meeting of all members, and only in this way. They will be able to compete with the chairman.

However, there was no time for the General Affairs Committee to convene a congress, because war was already imminent, and just late last night, the forward troops of the Beiyang Ninth Division had already entered Xiping County and engaged in a brief exchange of fire with the United Front troops guarding Xiping.

Now, it's four o'clock in the morning, and it's only been four hours since the gunfire stopped in Xiping County.

Zhao Bei was standing in a dispatch room at Xinyang Railway Station, with a small public table beside him, on which was placed a half-worn horse lamp, the wick of which burned brightly, reflecting the transcript of the telegram pressed under the horse lamp

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The transcript of that telegram was a telegram from the General Affairs Committee of the United Front, which was forwarded by the General Headquarters of Wushengguan.

And this dispatch room is now the General Staff of the Western Route Column of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of the United Front. At the same time, it also plays the role of the former enemy command. Because Xinyang is the preset battlefield of Zhao Bei's decisive battle against the elite of Beiyang, if everything develops according to the combat plan, in the near future, this Xinyang City will usher in the first real modern war in the republican era.

In order to meet this war, Zhao Bei has mobilized almost all the war resources that he can mobilize, from the deployment of troops to the deployment of military supplies, from the dispatch of railway traffic to the organization of various transport vehicles, from the reorganization of the General Staff to the formation of the logistics headquarters, from the encouragement of military morale to the instigation of public opinion in the rear and the mobilization of people's strength, Zhao Bei has personally inquired about all kinds of factors that can exert his strength in the war, in his words. The Civil War was a "pocket total war."

Although the last battle of Zhengchuan was also known as a "general battle." "But it was just a rehearsal of a general war, it was used for experiments, and this war in southern Henan was the first real general war carried out by the republican army, if this war ended in victory in the south, then the future squadron will use the experience of this war as a blueprint to formulate a more detailed and thorough national defense plan. to fight the most dangerous enemies.

In order to implement the overall battle plan, Lan Tianwei and Jiang Fangmei were busy for more than ten days, as the imperial gate who had gone to Germany to inspect the military, Jiang Fangzhen commanded the General Staff It seems to be the best choice, but fighting a war is not a game, considering that Lan Tianwei's prestige in the army is higher than Jiang Fangzhen, and he is also the chief of the General Staff, therefore, Zhao Bei finally chose Lan Tianwei to preside over the General Staff in the war, and concurrently serve as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy of the West Road Column.

As for Zhao Bei himself, he will sit at Wusheng Pass at the junction of Hubei and Henan provinces, and "win a thousand miles" in the ancients. Strategizing" to watch the entire course of the war on a military map is not necessary. He would never interfere with Lan Tianwei's command.

It is the generals who directly command the army to fight, and Zhao Bei wants to be handsome.

The former attaches importance to strategy, the latter attaches importance to tactics, and only the division of labor is correct. to win.

As a military cadre who graduated from a military academy, Lan Tianwei's tactical ability is far above Zhao Bei. With him under the command of Xinyang, Zhao Bei is basically at ease.

At this moment, Lan Tianwei was standing in front of the window of the General Staff, looking at the dimly lit platform outside the window, only a few horse lanterns were swaying in the wind, and the lights were bright and dark, just like Lan Tianwei's mood at this time, with firm belief in his apprehension.

This belief is to win the victory, defeat the 3rd and 9th Beiyang Divisions, and kill the evil spirit of the Beiyang Army.

This belief in victory was given by Zhao Bei, the commander of the shogunate. And at this moment, Commander-in-Chief Zhao was standing beside Chief of Staff Lan.

"Xiuhao, whether the revolutionary cause in the south can achieve the final victory, and whether China can embark on the road of becoming a strong country, now it is all up to you, from now on, China's future and the fate of the people will be in your hands. I am sure that you will not let me down, nor will you disappoint the Chinese people. ”

Zhao Bei's words were very calm and very bland, but to the ears of Lan Tianwei, they were nothing less than a deafening and deafening sound.

Suppressing the excitement in her heart, Lan Tianwei also said calmly: "Please rest assured, the commander-in-chief, the department will definitely complete the task, if you can't hold Xinyang." Lan died in Xinyang. ”

The voice was still a little trembling, Zhao Bei heard it, just smiled faintly, and said, "Xiuhao." What I want is not to hold Xinyang, but to defeat the 3rd and 9th Divisions of the Beiyang elite troops in the suburbs of Xinyang! Annihilate them right here if possible! A rout battle is good, but an annihilation battle is even better. In this battle of southern Henan, I was well prepared to win the victory. I'm confident, what about you? ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Bei looked at the blue sky.

Lan Tianwei met the commander-in-chief's gaze and nodded slightly.

"I'm confident that I'll win."

"Good. Confidence is very important, and a strong army is not enough with advanced weapons, but must also have a kind of "world will not be the other, who else will be". The battle of Xinyang is the first battle for the real rise of the grass life force in the south, and it is also the first battle for your Lan Xiuhao to leave a name in history! I'm optimistic about you, I'm waiting for your triumphant good news at Wusheng Pass. ”

Zhao Bei encouraged, turned around and looked at the transcript of the telegram on the table, and then gave an order to Tian Jinfu, the captain of the guard standing at the table.

"Yiren, you immediately send an order to go down, the special train is ready to start, as soon as the order arrives, immediately set off to rush back to Wusheng Pass!"

Tian Jinfu saluted and handed back Zhao Bei's military hat. Then he turned and walked away.

Zhao Bei and Lan Tianwei walked to the map hanging on the wall, holding a horse lantern to check the location of those small red flags and small black flags on the map, the red flag represents the troops of the United Front, and the black flag represents the troops of the Beiyang Army, for the victory of this battle, Zhao Bei mobilized almost all the intelligence forces, it can be said that the Jinghan Line is full of Zhao Bei's eyeline, and every move of the Beiyang Army is under his control

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"Our army is ready to meet the battle, the fortifications have also been reinforced, if the Beiyang Army comes along the Jinghan line, it will be blocked by our army layer by layer, according to the battle plan, our army will lure the Beiyang Army into the pocket formation. Complete the final block in Xinyang, if the flank detour troops can reach the predetermined combat area in time, the pocket array will be finally completed, and the commander-in-chief will be able to get a battle of annihilation. ”

Zhao Bei was very satisfied with Lan Tianwei's statement, but the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, whether it can be carried out according to the battle plan, this is completely a catty, unknown, and at the same time, the troops of the United Front are carrying out flank detours at the same time, the Beiyang Army troops are likely to be flanking and outflanking, after all, the Beiyang Army is at least wearing a modern coat.

It all depends on how the General Staff commands.

"How's the feint going?" Zhao Bei asked.

"The feint troops in the direction of Nanyang have advanced to Nanzhao and are rapidly advancing in the direction of Lushan, and the feint troops in the direction of Chenzhou have entered the suburbs of Xiangcheng, and I believe that they will soon be able to take Yuan Shikai's hometown. However, according to the information from all sides, the Beiyang troops in the direction of Anhui are concentrating on northern Anhui one after another, and there seems to be an attempt to advance westward to spy on southern Henan. Our army must be deployed accordingly. Lan Tianwei said.

"Is there any change in Anhui's Jiang Gui Title Army?"

"After the withering army advanced to Fengyang Mansion, it stopped advancing, and there has been no movement yet. Moreover, Henan's Zhao Dong Yijun is also slow to act, and now he has not left the boundary of Kaifeng Mansion, and it seems that he has a tacit understanding with Jiang Gui, and they all want to preserve their strength and wait and see. ”

"As long as we defeat the Beiyang Third Division and the Ninth Division, Jiang Guidi and Zhao Wei will definitely not dare to march forward again, and they will definitely seriously consider my suggestion. Other than that. Our intelligence gathering efficiency still needs to be further improved, and I will leave Tian Jinfu in Xinyang to assist you, and he is now the chief officer of the intelligence department. ”

Zhao Bei walked back to the table, picked up the transcript of the telegram from the General Affairs Committee of the United Front, and looked at it. Packed into a military pocket.

"Commander-in-Chief, how do you call back to the General Affairs Committee?" Lan Tianwei asked. "They said here that Yuan Shikai promised to let the Beiyang Army temporarily stop advancing and wait for our reply."

Zhao Bei shook his head and said, "Don't be busy calling back now, wait until the fight starts." The Beiyang Army temporarily stopped advancing, this is just Yuan Shikai's verbal promise, we can't take it seriously, he is a jin, a traitor, Song Jiaoren and Huang Xing are dignified gentlemen, and they can't play Yuan Shikai. Don't want Yuan Shikai, he is obviously giving the south a chance, but in fact, he wants to use this time to adjust the deployment of the Beiyang Army. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, whoever takes the initiative will control the battlefield, so even if Yuan Shikai wants to take a breather for a few days. We can't let him succeed, the Beiyang Army won't come. Our revolutionary army will take the initiative! Now the officers and men of our revolutionary army are ready to face the battle. The morale of the army has reached its peak, and the so-called "one drum, then decline, and three exhaustion" do not take the initiative to seek fighters now, do we have to wait until all the capable troops of the Beiyang Army gather in southern Henan? ”

Lan Tianwei felt a pang in her heart and glanced at Zhao Bei. There is a deeper understanding of his decisive character.

Competing for the Central Plains, who else in the world will I be?

If the commander-in-chief wants to win the world, then this north-south war must be fought, and it must be fought now.

That's how history is rewritten.