108441908 Far Eastern madman

The room was eerily quiet, and everyone in the room was silent. Quite a few faces... Day. Occasionally, someone picks up the teacup and takes a sip of the tea that doesn't taste good, and when he puts the teacup down, he says. The sound of a light sound was particularly out of place, and every time someone put down the teacup like this, Duan Qirui's brows would tighten.

General Duan is not happy in his heart, since he was appointed as the "deputy commander of the Gyeonggi garrison", he has not been happy in his heart, although now the Beiyang Army in all parts of the north is under his command, and only he can command it, but this catty, the name of "deputy commander" makes him not excited, and the current "Gyeonggi garrison commander" is Zhang Xiaozhun, in name. Duan Qirui was under the command of Zhang Xiaozhun, and he was a direct subordinate of Zhang Xiaozhun and Commander Zhang.

However, this strange arrangement was made directly by Yuan Shikai, and others could not blame it, nor did they dare to blame it.

"The old man still refuses to let go of power!"

This is Duan Qirui's own only reasonable explanation for this strange position arrangement, in his opinion, although Yuan Shikai was paralyzed by a stroke, unable to speak, unable to see things, but this Yuan Laoshuai's thinking is still clear, the reason why Zhang Xiaozhun pressed Duan Qirui at the first level, is for this small balance of power, although Zhang Xiaozhun has no foundation in the Beiyang Army, he can't command the Beiyang troops, and can only rely on Duan Qirui to issue military orders, but, regardless of whether Zhang Xiaozhun has real power or not, he is Duan Qirui's top boss, And the subordinates can't doubt the superiors, this is the bond that maintains discipline in the Beiyang that emphasizes respect and order, if Duan Qirui breaks this rule, then, the other generals will also follow suit, he can ignore Zhang Xiaozhun's orders, then, others can also despise his orders of Chief Duan.

It is precisely because of this that Duan Qirui is still obedient to Zhang Xiaozhun, what does Commander Zhang say. Deputy Commander Duan did what he did, and Zhang Xiaozhun also understood his own place, and he would not really regard himself as Duan Qirui's boss, and the two of them cooperated more tacitly, at least on the surface.

If you don't have a tacit understanding, you can't do it, and now the military situation in the north is critical. This is the time when Beiyang has the same hatred and hatred, but it is not the time for a battle of will.

Speaking of the current military mantis, this is also an important reason why Duan Qirui is unhappy, since the main force of the United Front filtered the Yellow River in the north a few days ago. The offensive of the southern army has been very fierce, almost bloodless to occupy the last two mansions in northern Henan, and then set foot on the ground of Zhili without blinking. Along the Jinghan Railway, he rushed to Beijing. This posture is that if you don't take Beijing, you won't stop.

If we want to stop the march of the southern army, there is no good way at present, the Beiyang troops in Shanxi do not dare to withdraw, and the number of Beiyang troops in Zhili is limited. Morale and morale are very problematic, and frontal combat cannot stop the troops of the United Front who are in a sharp position. The only effective means seems to be the only way to dismantle the railway, but the problem is that the United Front has an extremely efficient engineering force, and they are walking behind the forward troops, repairing those damaged roadbeds and railroad tracks, and under the cover of that armored train, no Beiyang Army unit dares to attack this engineering force, with the help of railways and trains, the United Front troops are advancing at a very alarming speed, and the Beiyang Army is invincible along the way, and it is simply unable to resist the offensive of abandonment. A large number of heavy arms also fell into the hands of the Yugoslav army, which further strengthened their strength, and the Yugoslav army was extremely arrogant.

Just before the publication, a telegram came from the front line, Shijiazhuang Railway Station had been occupied by the Southern Army, several locomotives that had not had time to blow up had also fallen into the hands of the Southern Army, the Beiyang defenders were beaten to pieces, and the various departments had completely lost contact, and it was impossible to count the battle losses at all.

Shijiazhuang fell, then Zhengding in the north was in danger, if Zhengding could not be held, then the southern army would go straight to Baoding, after the fall of Baoding. Then the planes of the Yugoslav Army could completely take off from Baoding. Reconnaissance was carried out in the Beijing-Tianjin area.

The military situation is so critical, but everyone is helpless, no wonder the atmosphere in this conference room is weird.

Just now, Zhang Xiaozhun planned to transfer all the troops that could be transferred back to Beijing to hold on, but he was resolutely opposed by Duan Qirui, and his reasons were very good. It is very unfavorable to the morale of the army and the people, Zhang Xiaozhun is not familiar with the Beiyang Army, but Duan Qirui knows the roots of this army, and he is afraid that once the order to retreat is reached, the morale and military spirit will collapse in an instant.

The defeat in the southern Henan operation not only greatly damaged the vitality of Beiyang, but what was more fatal was that this battle completely shattered Beiyang's confidence, and many Beiyang officers were surprised to find that their troops were so vulnerable, and for so many years, they thought that they had been catching up with the footsteps of the world's military powers. But the battle in southern Henan brought them to their senses. They found that the Beiyang Army, which they were proud of, was indeed the "remnants of the Huai Army" and had the body of a modern army, but it had no soul of a modern army. Officers fight only for promotion, and soldiers fight for salaries, and such an army is more than enough to deal with bandits and parties, but as soon as it encounters the kind of revolutionary army with fanatical ideas and good logistical support, it immediately shows its original form.

It is too late to sum up the experience and teach the scrape now, and in the face of the aggressive revolutionary army, no matter how weak Beiyang is, it must come up with all its strength to resist it.

Duan Qirui's opinion was that the focus of the battle was still on the Jinghan line, and troops were deployed along the railway, echelon defense, and time was gained in order to transfer the central government to Tianjin, and then board ships from Dagu and move the capital to Nanjing.

The proposal to move the capital was not only resolutely opposed by Acting President Xu Shichang, but also by the ministers of Britain, France and other powers in China. This military meeting turned into a pantomime performance, and no one spoke casually, just waiting for the acting president Xu Shichang, who presided over the meeting, to make a final decision.

Since Xu Shichang arrived in Beijing, the generals of Beiyang quickly discovered the character flaws of this new head of Beiyang.

Indecisive, Xu Shichang is indecisive, he lacks Yuan Shikai's decisiveness, although he is now the new head of Beiyang, but he always runs to Yuan Shikai's sickbed every day to ask for instructions, regardless of Yuan Shikai's increasingly weak body. … Zhen bottom. He, Xu Shichang, is now just Yuan Shikai's mouthpiece. Perhaps he is hiding his own opinions, but it is more likely that he is helpless.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the matter of moving the capital is very important, and it is absolutely necessary to take this policy, in this crisis. If it loses the support of the great powers again, Beiyang is afraid that it will collapse overnight and the trees will be scattered. ”

Xu Shichang, the acting president of the Republic of China, finally broke the silence and gave everyone a bottom line in an extremely low tone.

"Just now I discussed the matter of moving the capital with the British Minister Mr. Zhu Erdian on the telephone, and Mr. Zhu Erdian believes that under the current situation, if the center loses the city of Beijing, then it will cause a passive situation diplomatically, so it is not appropriate to move the capital to the south, not to mention, the situation in the south is also unstable, and the southern army troops in the direction of Hangzhou are also deploying troops. The Great War in the Southeast is also on the verge of breaking out. The British Minister was of the view that the safest way at present was to seek reconciliation and to try to reach an agreement with the United Prayer with the necessary concessions. ”

Seeing that Xu Shichang still wanted to negotiate peace, Duan Qirui suppressed the anger in his heart and asked in a deep voice: "Now the united front is a battalion step by step, and the forward troops are only a few days away from Beijing and Tianjin, even if Beiyang wants to make peace now." But are they willing? I ask the President, if the United Front demands that the blame for this war be handed over to them, will our central government hand it over or not? If they accuse President Yuan Da of being the culprit of the war, then will President Xu Da pay it or not? ”

Duan Qirui's words were not very polite, and the topic was too sensitive, and everyone present had vital interests, so everyone turned their attention to Xu Shichang.

Xu Shichang sighed and said, "Zhiquan, the matter has come to this, is there any other way for the center to go?" Moreover, who is the culprit of the war? Who should be punished as war criminals? The United Front also did not name names. That's where the other party comes in! Leaving room to go around in circles and not push people to a dead end also shows that it is not that the United Front does not want to negotiate peace, but that they feel that the benefits of the current arrival are too small, and that it is just a Congress. It couldn't satisfy the appetite of that Chairman Zhao. ”

"What does the president mean by looking for a scapegoat when the time comes? Well, you look among us. Who is suitable? ”

Duan Qirui's words caused everyone to be uneasy. These words are simply questioning Xu Shichang, now that Yuan Shikai has not breathed, this Qirui dares to contradict Xu Shichang, if Yuan Shikai dies, then I don't know what he Duan Qirui will think of this Xu Shuai of the East China Sea.

Xu Shichang was stunned for a while, and his heart was even more desolate, but he couldn't find any words to refute, and when he was embarrassed, he saw Zhang Xiaozhun, who was sitting on the side, standing up.

"The situation is chaotic, and the north and the south are at loggerheads. It can only give the great powers an opportunity to take advantage of, and Zhang is also as worried as President Xu Da about this. Zhang had joined the League back then and had a slight friendship with Song Yuchu. Now that he is still in Beijing, Zhang is willing to meet with him, can he go around in circles. ”

Zhang Xiaozhun's words made Duan Qirui very unimpressed.

"Runnong, don't think in vain, now Zhao Bei has the final say in the United Front, Song Jiaoren is just the one who carries the sedan chair for him, Song Jiaoren's words don't work now." Duan Qirui shook his head and said.

"It's okay for a dead horse to be a live horse doctor. Runnon, you can go, and by the way, tell Song Yuchu that the British minister, Mr. Zhu Erdian, told me yesterday if the Chinese civil war continues. Japan and Russia are likely to make some small moves in the three eastern provinces, seeing that internal troubles will cause external troubles. The United Front cannot be a sinner for the country. Now is the time for the North and the South to join hands and help each other in times of difficulty. The country can't afford to mess up. ”

The meaning of Xu Shichang's words made everyone frightened.

"This is what the British minister himself said?" Zhang Xiaozhun was stunned.

"Originally, I didn't want to say it, but now. I'll tell you. Some time ago. The flagmen of the three eastern provinces are quite active, carrying the banner of "Eight Banners outside the Guan, jumping on the banner, recruiting surrender and rebellion, smuggling arms everywhere, the princes of Mongolia are also ready to move, there are Japanese shadows behind this, even if you don't need to be reminded by the British minister, I also know that the three eastern provinces are not peaceful now, and it will be a pot of porridge when it is not good. ”

Xu Shichang's words made Zhang Xiaozhun clench his fists and said: "Please rest assured that President Xu, if Song Yuchu is unable to do anything, I will go to Zhao Zhenhua again to explain this international trend to him, and let him stop it in time." ”

"Seeing that the central power is close at hand, will Zhao Beiken stop here?" Duan Qirui snorted coldly.

"If you are a revolutionary, you must have the interests of the country in your chest, and what is the central power? If you are bent on fighting for power and profit, what kind of revolutionary can you be considered? ”

Zhang Xiaozhun smiled bitterly, said goodbye to Xu Shichang, and walked out of the conference room without looking back.

"He's gone, who's going to command the troops?" Duan Qirui smiled bitterly at the Beiyang generals present.

"Zhiquan, there are some things that everyone can understand in their hearts. Beiyang, always Beiyang, even if it is the elder in Beiyang, he may not be able to make Beiyang obedient, let alone an outsider? This garrison headquarters matter is still up to you. ”

Xu Shichang sighed a few words, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart, he took over as the provisional president of the Republic of China in the past few days, and he did not appreciate the scenery of this president, but the troubles of this president have made him a little unable to hold on, on the one hand, it is Yuan Shikai's trust, on the other hand, the situation continues to deteriorate, plus the subordinates under him who have their own small calculations, he is struggling.

This president is really not just anyone who can be a good one, Yuan Shikai has done a very good job.

Xu Shichang said something, most of the people present understood it, and looked at Duan Qirui, but saw that his face was gloomy, and obviously understood what Xu Shichang really meant.

The current Beiyang has indeed reached a critical time of life and death, and if it is not united, it will only be scattered.