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Hidden in the Nanjing Xingying Headquarters at the foot of Qingliang Mountain, Xiao Yimin, who was discussing the current situation with his military officials, could no longer control his anger, and crumpled the emergency telegram for help that he had just finished reading in his hand: "Lao Tzu will not give a bullet or an ocean!" The ghostly Beiyang warlords, let them die! ”

The hurried headquarters suddenly fell silent, and soon resumed its original busyness, but everyone's steps were much lighter, and the sound of calls or conversations was as low as possible, only the sound of high-power radio waves and "ticking" continued to echo. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Yang Du and Wang Lingji glanced at each other, as if they understood what the other party was thinking, and they could also understand Xiao Yimin's mood at this moment.

The two discussed in a low voice in front of the large map, and Wang Lingji pulled the pale-faced Xiao Yimin to the map:

"Commander, Duan Zhiquan and Cao Zhongshan have made a series of responses, Tianjin should be able to support for ten days and a half months, and Chen Shuyuan's fifth division has been urgently transferred from Luoyang to Tianjin, and Anqing's eighth division has also been transferred to Xuzhou, and it will be possible to reach the Pingjin front line by rail within three days, plus the seven divisions that were reorganized after being defeated by the Feng army, it will be difficult for the Feng army to obtain any brilliant results for a while, even if it is supported by his own weapons and ammunition, it will not be able to help the defenders of the direct departments in a short time."

Yang Du echoed: "Yes, the reason why Duan Zhiquan and the others call for help a few times a day is just to ask for more benefits, since you have made up your mind, don't work too hard for this, anyway, we have already handed over the taxes of last year to the central government, there is no breach of contract, and we are already worthy of him Duan Zhiquan and his direct departments, plus the weapons and equipment assistance given to Duan Zhiquan's three divisions in the second half of last year, you and our entire Nanjing camp can be said to have done their best and are impeccable." ”

Xiao Yimin had actually calmed down a long time ago, and when he heard this, he pointed to the Pingjin area on the map and sighed: "I have secretly called Duan Zhiquan and Cao Zhongshan many times before, asking them to guard against Zhang Dabeard's sudden attack, and to guard against his own conspiracy and sinister methods, but they all took my words as wind in their ears, and it was not until the 18,000 troops who withdrew from Shandong forcibly landed in Lushun and Dalian that they woke up.

"Well, now that more than 50,000 people from the two armies of the Feng army have pressed under the city of Tianjin, they are in a hurry, and they finally remember me Xiao, but they clearly know that the three main divisions of our army going north have long been in Shandong and can go north to help the war at any time, but he Duan Zhiquan and Cao Zhongshan turned a blind eye, but frequently called to ask for weapons, ammunition and material assistance, which is hateful and annoying!"

Hearing this, the surrounding generals gathered around and listened to Xiao Yimin's words, all of them were full of anger and indignation, only Yang Du and Wang Lingji looked at each other and smiled bitterly, thinking to himself, isn't this just what you are proud of? Find some excuses to delay for a month or two and give nothing, let Zhiwan and Feng toss by themselves, it is best to beat the corpses all over the field and lose both, which is the most in line with your hopes.

As soon as Xiao Yimin saw the smile on the corner of Yang Du and Wang Lingji's mouth, he knew that the two of them had already understood their minds, but the angry and injured posture had already been put out, and they had to continue to put it on:

"You guys are busy with your own business, my husband and Mr. Wang and I have to sit down and discuss it well, and send it to the next office at any time if there is any situation." Director Qin immediately contacted Beiping Station and asked Director Ma and Governor Zhu Ziqiao to suspend all mediation work, wait and see how the situation changes, and just make a mistake. ”

"Yes!"

The three of them returned to the quiet and spacious commander-in-chief's office next door, and the attendant immediately made three cups of tea and served them, and then left softly, closing the door with him.

Wang Lingji unbuttoned the style and discipline button of his winter clothes, and looked at Xiao Yimin with a relaxed face while holding hot tea: "You just deliberately did it for that group of civil officials, right?" ”

Xiao Yimin said with a smile: "For the sake of the 'anti-Duan propaganda' that is about to be launched, we must first let our own officials brew good emotions, so that the articles they write will be sharper, and they can grasp the fatal mistakes of Duan Zhiquan and the Beiyang political axe more steadily and accurately, so as to better arouse the disappointment and anger of all walks of life in the country against the Beiyang political axe." It's a rare opportunity, it's fleeting! What do I get for a few plays? ”

Wang Lingji and Yang Du laughed when they heard this, and finally laughed so much that they couldn't even grasp the cup in their hands.

Finally put away his smile, Yang Du stretched out his slender index finger, knocked on the Huanghuali coffee table in front of him in a chic manner, accompanied by a soft and pleasant rhythm, and smiled proudly:

"Duan Zhiquan and Cao Zhongshan, if they don't get our support, I'm afraid they won't be able to sleep, haha! If it weren't for the freezing of the sea, I'm afraid that Zhang Yuting's strange soldiers, who had been supported by himself, would have been inserted from the sea to the side of Tanggu in Tianjin, in order to make up for the emptiness in defense, Duan Zhiquan had to transfer troops from Henan, Anhui and Suiyuan, but the two divisions of Xu Shuzheng, who had the strongest combat effectiveness, were trapped by heavy snow and severe cold, and they could not leave Kulun to go south for reinforcements within two months. ”

Xiao Yimin took a sip of hot tea: "Duan Zhiquan's scruples and precautions against us have never diminished, looking at him now, even if he suffers huge battle losses every day, he doesn't propose any words to us to send troops to help, obviously worried that it will be easy to invite God and send God!" Secondly, the people in Beiyang were panicked, and nearly half of the generals who held the military power were afraid of becoming the commander of the light pole, and they passively faced the battle openly and secretly to preserve their strength, which allowed the Feng army to break through and leap into a hundred miles with one blow and easily gain the initiative on the battlefield.

"According to the information we have obtained, as long as Duan Qirui and Cao Zhongshan lose a few more battles, the Beiyang family will be torn apart, but for now we still have to help him, let Britain, the United States, France and Italy and other countries and the League of Nations mediation team play their due role, no matter what, the great powers and European countries do not want to see their interests in China threatened."

Wang Lingji nodded: "The most important thing is that in spite of the strong opposition of the League of Nations group and the European and American powers, he brazenly sent troops to land in Lushun and Dalian Port, and the biggest reason is probably to stop our plan to turn the Liaodong Peninsula into a free port, and at the same time, it is also to declare its tough stance to the European and American powers, in an attempt to prevent the European and American powers from getting involved in the interests of the Northeast through military deterrence." ”

Yang Du said with a smile: "I know what the worry in Fang Zhou's heart is, as long as Duan Qirui sits in the presidential position for a day, our series of plans will have to be postponed for one day, and many major plans cannot be carried out at all before grasping the supreme power, in fact, most of us, including the top level of the party, also have such doubts, all, no matter how much it costs this time, Duan Zhiquan must be ousted from power!" ”

"Fortunately, Shandong has finally taken it back, Wu Ziyu is indeed far-sighted and capable, with our full support, he will be able to complete the overall defense of the entire territory of Shandong before the beginning of spring, and it is estimated that he can also train 50,000 Qilu recruits." Wang Lingji finally relieved himself about the situation in Shandong.

Xiao Yimin added: "The Qingnan Railway (Qingdao to Nantong) undertaken by Britain and the United States has completed the survey and design, and the Xinyi to Huai'an section and the Nantong to Huai'an section have started construction at the same time. ”

Yang Du sighed: "I always thought that this country was very powerful, but now it seems that it is indeed as you said, the territory is too small, the resources are too poor, whether it is industrial development or agricultural development, it cannot support its own needs, so there is a serious dependence on European and American powers."

"If they can't continue to plunder from our country, they can't fight a big war at all, judging from the victories we have won in the textile and steel industries in the past two years, this is far less powerful than the Chinese people imagined, and it is likely to be greatly damaged because of this, which may be the main reason why we have no choice but to withdraw from Shandong."

"That's right!"

Xiao Yimin has deep feelings: "The rise of China's iron and steel industry has been unstoppable, even if there is no willingness, has been unable to stop the development trend of China's steel industry and machinery industry, however, we should still see the huge price we have paid for this, not to mention, only the steel and textile industry, the European and American powers in China investment accounted for nearly half of the share, although through our unremitting efforts, gradually gained tariff autonomy, but only 10 percent of the average tariff rate is still very low, to put it seriously, Our internal affairs are still subject to the great powers, and even the most basic national dignity cannot be guaranteed, alas! There is still a long way to go! I don't know if what I'm doing is right or wrong. ”

Wang Lingji and Yang Du immediately faced each other, and Wang Lingji persuaded: "Yiming must not think like this, without your hard work, how can the people's livelihood in half the country be improved today?" How can there be a hundred industries of agriculture and industry that are thriving and developing steadily? How can we have a new type of army with a total of 500,000 troops? ”

Yang Du echoed continuously, and then said solemnly: "Everything you have done is a move to benefit the country and the people, the country has been weak for a long time, and it is full of wounds, and it is already an unprecedented achievement that you can do to this extent!" There is no need to think much about anything else, and the most urgent task is not to reflect on the rights and wrongs of gains and losses, but to be more tenacious and resolute.

"What you represent now is not you alone, but the fate of 40,000 people, you can't hesitate at all, the top priority is to take advantage of this once-in-a-century excellent opportunity to do everything possible to use all means to overthrow all the stumbling blocks in the way forward, and overthrow Duan Zhiquan and replace him, otherwise, it is not you who have gone through all the hardships and hard reflections, but the people of the world who are in dire straits!"

Xiao Yimin hurriedly stood up and respectfully saluted Yang Du and Wang Lingji: "How can Yimin be virtuous, how can he be so helpful to Mr. and Brother Fang Zhou, Yimin will never live up to the expectations of the two, and will never live up to the hopes of 500,000 soldiers and 40,000 compatriots, no matter how difficult and bitter it is, he will go on firmly, even if he ends up infamous through the ages, he has no regrets!" ”

Yang Du and Wang Lingji laughed, stood up and didn't want to accept Xiao Yimin's gift.

Humility, Wang Lingji reminded: "Is it time to gather the brothers to make a decision? ”

"Good! Tell me now, it's time to start the top-secret program! Xiao Yimin made a decisive decision.

Yang Du said with a smile: "This is inevitable, but the first issue is how to launch a public opinion offensive against the Beiyang family, no matter how you do it, you must first win the hearts of the people, and with the hearts of the people, everything is justified." ”

(To be continued)