Chapter 35: Finally Joining the War
This sudden news surprised Chen Zikun very much, because Zheng Zeru's information channel was smoother and faster than his own, and he was not too surprised that the British Concession was taken back.
"Oh, Commissioner Zheng, tell me what's going on?" Chen Zikun's surprise was not written on his face, but a breezy expression.
Zheng Zeru happily recounted the process of the revolutionary masses in Hankou forcibly entering the concession under the leadership of the party, expelling the British ** team and patrolling, and the Wuhan people taking back the management of the concession.
"The recovery of the concession is a great victory of the revolution! It is an epoch-making symbol, and from now on, the Chinese people are bound to gradually abolish unequal treaties, eradicate warlords, and return the land of China to a bright and peaceful world! Zheng Zeru ended the narrative with a powerful wave.
Chen Zikun nodded and praised: "It's really amazing to make the British submit, come on!" ”
Liu Ting walked in: "Commander-in-chief, what's the matter?" ”
"Buy a hang, no, buy as many firecrackers as there are on the market, put them everywhere, tell the people the good news, Huaijiang News is going to be out of the number, you want to set red, you go and do it." Chen Zikun did not explain what the good news was, but Liu Ting nodded and turned around and left.
Chen Zikun sighed in his heart, he guessed correctly, ** The infiltration work is really good, and his confidential secretaries are all their people, no wonder the news is slower than Zheng Zeru's, and he may have been detained by Liu Ting.
But it doesn't matter if it's ** or the Kuomintang, these young party members really have nothing to say about their work, their family background is a gang of bandits, and in the old-style combat mode, it can still come in handy just by relying on marksmanship and not killing, but now machine guns, field guns, ironclad vehicles and airplanes are used more and more, how big can there be a market with just flesh and blood? The National Revolutionary Army is all young students, and they are more willing to play with their lives than the old and coarse, and they can also master the use of new weapons, and the coordination of artillery and ironclad vehicles and infantry artillery can only be used by knowledge.
Since people do a good job, they have to endure a little, who calls themselves nominally a veteran party member and a revolutionary senior.
Zheng Zeru did not mean to report on his work, but told Chen Zikun about the Wuhan people, after the Battle of Jiangxi, the Guangzhou people moved north, and the Russian general adviser Borodin established the zhōngyāng joint conference, with Xu Qian, who returned from Moscow, as the chairman, to exercise the supreme power.
"Wuhan zhèngfǔ's proposition is to raise the power of the party, oppose the military dúcái, overthrow the new warlords, unify the revolutionary forces on this basis, have the joint meeting of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party discuss methods of cooperation, guide the popular movement, share responsibility, and formally recognize the reciprocal status of the Communist International and the leadership ...... of the Comintern."
Chen Zikun waved his hand: "I'm a rough person, I don't understand this, let's have some real hard goods." ”
Zheng Zeru was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "The commander-in-chief is a rough man, then we are all illiterate, so let's do it, I'll give you a list, you can think about it." ”
As he spoke, he casually took a pen and paper from Chen Zikun's desk, wrote a few lines of words and handed it over, Chen Zikun looked fixedly, his eyes were on fire.
The paper listed the following items: 10,900,000 roubles, 31,500 Mosin Nagant rifles, 51,000,000 rounds of ammunition, 270 machine guns, 60 cannons, 58,000 shells, and 10 airplanes.
That's a lot of money! With this huge amount of money, Chen Zikun can sweep through East China with these arms.
"This is for me?" Chen Zikun asked with a smile.
Zheng Zeru shook his head: "This is not this, this is the Soviet aid obtained by Mr. Feng Huanzhang, the National Army can make a comeback and sweep the northwest, relying on the strength of the Comintern, if Kun Shuai is willing, you will only get more aid than this." ”
After that, he looked at Chen Zikun with blazing eyes.
Chen Zikun knew that Zheng Zeru misunderstood the fire in his eyes, it was not a spark of greed, but a flame of anger, foreigners funded huge sums of money and arms to fight Chinese, what kind of mentality is this, Chen Zikun is very clear, at the beginning Duan Qirui zhèngfǔ's Xiyuan big loan, borrowed 600 million rì yuan for the civil war, is it true that rì himself really wants him to unify China, by no means, rì himself thinks that China is becoming more and more chaotic, only a China in the quagmire, is in line with their interests, At present, the Soviet Russians are helping righteously, could it be that Lao Maozi grew up with good men and women who eat fasting and pray for Buddha? The Grand Duke selflessly used his family foundation to help the Chinese against imperialism and warlords, and he didn't believe it when he was killed.
Chen Zikun sneered: "Does Mr. Zheng represent the Wuhan Nationals, or the Comintern?" ”
Zheng Zeru looked at him calmly: "I ghostwrite myself, a real Chinese." ”
Chen Zikun smiled even colder: "You represent the Communist International first, then ZG, and then this is a Chinese." ”
Zheng Zeru took a long time: "Whatever the commander-in-chief says, you can do it." ”
Chen Zikun said: "So, the mouth of eating people is soft, and the hands of people are short, you offer a high price, what do you need me to do?" ”
Zheng Zeru said: "It's very simple, support Wuhan nationals. ”
Chen Zikun smiled: "The national zhèngfǔ has just hit the Yangtze River and split, just now you said against the military dúcái, down with the new warlords, I don't sound right, it doesn't seem to be aimed at Zhang Zuolin, Sun Chuanfang and others, but against your own commander-in-chief Jiang Zhongzheng." ”
Zheng Zeru said: "The commander-in-chief is a person who understands, and you can choose where to go." ”
Chen Zikun said: "Wuhan is a mess, Nanchang is a mess, Feng Yuxiang is another mess in the northwest, I don't care how you fight, let's come to me again after dividing the winner and defeat, by the way, I will warn you one more thing." ”
"Please."
"My brother Feng Huanzhang, but the hero who turned his face and didn't recognize people, he took your guns and rubles, and he can kick your party members out of the army with a turn of face, do you believe it or not?"
Zheng Zeru laughed and was noncommittal.
Chen Zikun said: "I don't care about those political things, you have done a good job in the new agricultural policy of Nantai, this period of time, the tax in Jiangbei has increased by 50%, the situation is very gratifying, I will give you two choices, one is to be the magistrate of Nantai County, and the other is to be the supervisor of the New Agricultural Deal Office, you pick one." ”
Zheng Zeru thought about it for a while, and said: "Nantai is the place where you started, the work will naturally be carried out smoothly, and it is not my work alone to become a model county, even if I become the county magistrate, it is difficult to go further, so I will be responsible for the new agricultural policy for you." ”
Chen Zikun said: "Okay, you will take office, step down, and call Liu Ting in by the way." ”
Zheng Zeru stood up, picked up his hat and bowed slightly to Chen Zikun, turned around and went out, walked to the door, Chen Zikun said again: "Xiao Zheng, politics is cruel, it is better to touch less." ”
After a slight pause, Zheng Zeru didn't look back, "Thank you, Dashuai, for the point." ”
After a while, Liu Ting came in, her eyes were clear: "Commander-in-chief, are you looking for me?" ”
Chen Zikun said: "Is there a telegram from Hankow?" ”
"Looks like there is, I haven't had time to translate it yet." Liu Ting said.
"Yes is yes, no is no, what is like? You don't have to be responsible for the telegram in the future, leave it to Zhao Yufeng. ”
Liu Ting hesitated for a moment, as if she realized something, and muttered: "Commander-in-chief, I ......"
Chen Zikun said: "It's nothing, you go down." ”
Liu Ting bit her lip tightly, there seemed to be tears in her eyes, and quietly retreated.
The sound of firecrackers sounded outside, it was the students celebrating the resumption of the Hankow British Concession, Chen Zikun stood in front of the window and listened to their cheers, but his heart was uneasy, Britain is an old empire, how can it be willing to give up the concession, especially if it is taken back by a Soviet and Russian-backed zhèngfǔ, and a storm is coming.
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Sure enough, after the Hankou Concession was forcibly recovered, the British Concession in Jiujiang was also taken back by the angry revolutionary masses, and the British troops were forced to withdraw, and at the same time, more than 100 warships were mobilized by various countries to gather in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
In order to obtain financial support from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the Kuomintang of the National Revolutionary Army Bai Chongxi and He Yingqin attacked Zhejiang and Shanghai from Jiangxi and Fujian; Cheng Qian and Li Zongren went east along the river and attacked Sun Chuanfang's old nest Nanjing.
Sun Chuanfang lost his troops in Jiangxi, lost his Fujian territory, and was betrayed in a row, Suo Xìng light car Jane ran to Tianjin, bowed to Zhang Zuolin and admitted his mistake, Zhang Yushuai was not to blame in the past, and the five provinces coalition army and Feng army, which were bloody and bloody the year before last, wore a pair of pants in a blink of an eye, and also established An **, Zhang Zuolin served as the commander-in-chief, and Sun Chuanfang was appointed as the commander of the First Front Army.
Sun Chuanfang ceded Jiangsu and concentrated on defending Zhejiang and Shanghai, Zhang Zongchang led his troops south, a large army gathered, and war was about to break out.
The Jiangdong Army also responded, using the 2nd Division and the 3rd Division to defend against the An ** attack, and Chen Zikun personally led the 1st Division, the 7th Mixed Brigade, the Xuebing Brigade and other Jīng Rui to join the National Revolutionary Army to advance to Zhejiang and Shanghai.
The leader of the troops to the east was Chen Zikun's brother Bai Chongxi, who had been worshiped in Guangzhou seven years earlier, and the junior officers of the former Gui Army had grown into senior generals of the National Revolutionary Army.
The Jiangdong army is divided into two roads, the north road is led by Chief of Staff Yan, and Chen Zikun is personally in command on the east road, and the army is mighty and drives out of the provincial capital camp, Chen Zikun is wearing a cloak and riding a white horse, surrounded by the guards, on a small hill, Zhao Yufeng handed over the German-made eight-fold Zeiss telescope, Chen Dashuai took it, and looked at his army with great interest.
The column marched on the main road, and the soldiers of the 7th Mixed Brigade were at the head, holding the word Chen, singing the military song of the 3rd Beiyang Division, although they were born as bandits, but they have always regarded themselves as Beiyang orthodoxy, even if they changed the banner of the National Revolutionary Army and wore a blue sky and white rì on their heads, it was still the same.
Behind the 7th Mixed Brigade was the Cadet Brigade, a young army of Chen Zikun's fist troops, singing the military song of defeating the great powers and eliminating the warlords, a group of Cossack cavalry with spears whistling past, kicking up puffs of smoke and dust, two planes buzzed overhead, everyone put their hands on the pergola and looked up, and they could vaguely see the 50-pound caliber bombs hanging under the belly of the plane.
"Kind of interesting, isn't it?" Chen Zikun handed the telescope back and asked triumphantly.
"It's not just a little interesting, it's just a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general, you are the Tota Li Heavenly King." Zhao Yufeng said flatteringly.
Chen Zikun snorted: "I'd rather be a monkey." ”
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