Just when Sun Yat-sen and his sisters were busy going to the media to announce the "truth," a group of "Yueben officers" wearing Kuomintang military uniforms also came to the Yueben Consulate in Nanjing.

Naturally, these officers were all "retired" officers who were supported by the Kuomintang himself when it returned to the mainland. After coming to China, these "retired" officers have been using the weapons supported by Sun Yat-sen to train the army, and now it can be regarded as the first results.

Merely...

"Mr. Consul, what exactly does it mean to be in China now?"

Sitting in front of Xiao Shan Yong, the consul of the Nanjing Shoben in Nanjing, Cheng Yama, the representative of the Nanjing Yama Officer Corps, asked unceremoniously.

The news of the declaration of war has reached their ears through the media, and now Takeshi Shiroyama and the others are coming over to ask what measures will be taken by the political axe?

You must know that although the Kuomintang troops have been trained for more than three months, they have achieved considerable results. However, after learning about the Kuomintang Army through the Black Dragon Society, Takeshi Shiroyama and other officers had to admit that the current Kuomintang troops were not the opponents of the Kuomintang Army at all, and even the standing divisions in China were coming, and they might not be able to win in front of the Kuomintang Army—————— in order to cultivate a good atmosphere of cooperation, the ones sent by the political axe were more rational. In addition, at this time, the power of the Yuben army was not as strong as that of later generations, nor was it as "crazy" as that of later generations, so after studying the strength of the Guoshe Army, this group of Yuben officers who were sent to China did not think that the domestic troops could take advantage of this group of Chinese.

Of course, if the madmen of the Young Zhuang faction in China had been sent this time, I am afraid that the conclusion would have been completely different. In fact, it was also a headache when selecting officers, not that there was a shortage of officers, but it could be seen how many officers there were in this from the fact that it could be expanded to 600,000 during the war. What is lacking today is an officer who can analyze things rationally and at the same time does not have fanatical national sentiments. This kind of officer is now quite rare in the country, but he is the kind of soldier who can do anything when his head is hot, not only grabbing a lot of them, but also having more and more postures...

Takeshi Shiroyama and his companions belonged to this kind of officer, so they knew very well that with the current strength of the Kuomintang against the Kuomintang Army, if they only relied on themselves, they would not even have a glimmer of life.

So...

Shiroyama is coming...

And after listening to Takeshi Shiroyama's question, Xiaoshan Yong shook his head with a wry smile.

"Shiroyama Nakasa, the declaration of war by the Kuomintang is only a matter of a few hours, and it is difficult to say whether the domestic side knows the news or not, and what do you think?"

In fact, Xiaoshan Yong still admires Chengshan Meng, because Chengshan Meng, they are not like those young Zhuang factions in China, only hot-blooded and brainless, and —————— hostile to political axes...

It is precisely because of this that Xiaoshan Yong will use this gentle tone to speak to Shiroyama. If it's those young Zhuang faction, I'm afraid Xiaoshan Yizuo will only have one sentence.

"No comment."

Of course, Shiroyama Takeshi knew that it was only 3 or 4 hours before the declaration of war was declared, and even if the news was received in the country, it was probably just received the news, and it was impossible to come up with any unanimous opinion so quickly. However, Chengshan Meng's task was to help the Kuomintang train troops to resist the Nationalist Army, and now that the training had just taken effect, the Nationalist Army came to fight...

What about their tasks?

Oyama Yong also knows why Takeshi Shiroyama is worried, after all, the rational faction is not equal to the pro-China faction, and in the book, it is still rare to see a person like Miyazaki. Among the tens of millions of people, the number of such people is even rarer than that of giant pandas.

So in the end, Xiaoshan Yong just walked to Takeshi Shiroyama's side and patted him on the shoulder.

"As the consul in Nanjing, I have many tasks, and one of them is to pay attention to the execution of your mission." As he spoke, Oyama glanced at Takeshi Shiroyama and his companions. "Rest assured, personally, your grades are excellent..."

After sending Takeshi Shiroyama and the others out of the consulate, a member of the consulate walked up to Isamu Koyama.

"Mr. Consul, this is an invitation from the British Consulate."

"Invitation?"

Xiaoshan Yong was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reflected it.

"It's to settle the matter of declaring war."

As he spoke, Isamu Koyama opened the invitation letter, which was just a statement that the consuls of various countries were invited to attend the banquet.

It's just that if you don't invite sooner or later, you won't invite later? Why do you want to invite the Kuomintang after the Kuomintang declared war? That in itself means a lot.

Oyama knows this, but he will reach it soon.

"Since it's Consul White's invitation, I'll go over..."

Anyway, in Xiaoshan Yong's opinion, this kind of banquet can't reach any meaningful agreement at all, because meaningful agreements can only be reached by the adults of the Consulate General and the Legation, he? Like everyone else, he was just a small consul in Nanjing...

However, just as Isamu Koyama was about to leave for the banquet at the British Consulate, the counselor of the consulate whispered on the side.

"Xiaoshan-kun, do you think that this person named Yan Guang Chinese......... He's developing a little too fast? ”

Hearing the consulate counselor say this, Isamu Koyama also frowned.

Because, as he said, the power of the National Socialist Army has developed too rapidly, and this is already the consensus reached by all countries. Of course, some people are happy and some are worried about this, for example, Germany is the happiest one, because they have the least interests in China and the best relationship with Yan Guang. The same is true for the Americans, because the Americans want the situation in China to calm down, which will also make it easier for them to do business.

As for the British and other powers, it was a mixed blessing, but the most troublesome was Yu himself.

Generally speaking, the officials who manage diplomacy are not the central figures in each country, let alone ordinary consuls like Isamu Koyama. However, generally speaking, diplomats are well-informed people, and Isamu Koyama is also a slightly qualified diplomat, so he knows some things.

For example, according to the agreement reached by the Entente countries, the Jiaozhou Bay colony currently owned by the Germans had been set aside by Britain and France and other countries before the war, and was ready to be handed over to Yue himself as a reward—————— provided that he had the strength to eat it.

During the Yuan Shikai period, he still had confidence in eating Jiaozhou Bay, but it was not sufficient. Because although the strength of Beiyang at that time was weaker than that of the capital, in addition to the navy, the army was not at a complete disadvantage...

And with the current National Social Army...

"Ching Hai-class destroyers..."

Thinking of the information provided by the Black Dragon Society, Xiao Shan Yong shook his head.

Although it is impossible to surpass Yueben in the navy even if China develops for ten years, it is not a good thing for Yueben that China has such a leader who attaches importance to the navy...

Not long after, Xiaoshan Yong took a car to the British Consulate, but when he arrived at the Consulate, he found that Sun Yat-sen and his entourage seemed to have just come out of the Consulate.

Seeing Sun Yat-sen and others coming out of the consulate, Xiaoshan Yong hurriedly asked the driver to pull the car aside, so as not to find Sun Yat-sen and them.

It was only after the disappointed Sun Yat-sen and others left that Xiaoshan asked the driver to drive the car to the gate of the British Consulate.

As for Sun Yat-sen's intentions, Xiao Shan Yong was quite clear, and they wanted nothing more than to use the influence of the great powers to end the war or seek some assistance. Of course, the British could refuse this without scruples, after all, the relationship between the British and the Kuomintang was not very good. But Xiao Shan Yong can't, because he has always had a good relationship with the Alliance, and the president of the Black Dragon Society, Uchida Ryohei, and the backbone Touyama Mitsuru are friends of Sun Yat-sen and others, plus he has also provided a lot of assistance to the Kuomintang earlier, but it is not easy to say if he refuses at this juncture.

So Xiaoshan Yong could only hide to the side and wait until Sun Yat-sen left and came out.

"It's good that I went out early, otherwise if I was blocked by them in the consulate, I'm afraid it would be troublesome..."

Thinking so, Isamu Koyama opened the door and stepped out of the carriage.

At this time, the British consul White had not yet left the door of the consulate, after all, he also had to greet the consuls of various countries, so he hurriedly greeted Xiao Shan Yong after seeing him.

"Long time no see, Mr. Koyama."

"So are you, Mr. White."

Saying that, the two of them exchanged pleasantries at the door for a while, and waited until the Russian consul also came, and then White introduced Isamu Koyama and the Russian consul into the consulate together.

After a while, the consuls of several other consulates who had not yet arrived also arrived, and soon the banquet in the consulate officially began, and as Oyama thought, the theme of the banquet was about the current situation in China. It's just that limited to the authority of everyone present, this banquet to discuss the situation in China can only be a banquet in the end...

In the direction of the Imperial Secretariat, Sun Yat-sen and the others in the car were also holding their breath.

"What do you think you should do now, sir?"

Next to Sun Yat-sen's seat, Jiang Zhiqing, who served as Sun Yat-sen's adjutant, asked softly.

Just now, Sun Yat-sen and his entourage went to the British Consulate to ask for assistance, but they didn't expect the British Consul to refuse. And when Sun Yat-sen saw people coming and going in the consulate and asked what was going on, White told Sun Yat-sen that a banquet was being held in the consulate, but —————— was not ready to invite Sun Yat-sen and them to join in...

Although they had been mentally prepared for a long time, when they ran into a wall at the British consul, Sun Yat-sen and others were still depressed.

Because Jiang Zhiqing has done a lot of things for Sun Yat-sen, and he can be regarded as Sun Yat-sen's very effective henchman, so even if he is depressed at the moment, Sun Yat-sen replied.

"Let's go to the Imperial Consulate first, I hope Consul Xiaoshan can find some way to come out..."

Now, Sun Yat-sen can only pin his hopes on himself, who has always had a good relationship.

It's just that when Sun Yat-sen and his entourage rushed to the Imperial Consulate, the counselor of the Imperial Consulate walked out in person very politely. But when he heard that Sun Yat-sen wanted to visit Xiao Shan Yong, the consulate counselor had to regretfully tell Sun Yat-sen that Xiao Shan Yong had taken a car to the British consul to attend the banquet not long ago.

As for when Isamu Koyama will come back? It's hard to say, maybe it's evening, maybe it's late at night, if the British entertain well, even tomorrow is not impossible.

After listening to the counselor's words, Sun Yat-sen and the others naturally had no choice, and finally had to leave the Imperial Hall in disappointment.

After returning to the Governor's Mansion, everyone was depressed.

At this time, after taking care of the remnants of Susong County, the following infantry divisions also continued to advance in the direction of Anqing and Hefei.

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After more than 15,000 cavalry soldiers were divided into two roads, it is needless to say that the road in Anqing is needless to say, but the road in Hefei is like a bamboo, and those small counties along the way are not qualified to block 8,000 cavalry at all. Even those small security regiments inside, when they saw the cavalry under the county seat, they also waved their flags and surrendered as quickly as possible, for fear that the cavalry below would push the county seat if they delayed slightly.

So at the fastest speed, soon the 8,000 cavalry pushed to Hefei.

As for Anqing Road?

Because Anqing and other counties along the way were all larger cities, and there were some soldiers in them, the cavalry along the way encountered some resistance.

But it's just some resistance, after all, there are only some Hanyang-made or old Mauser in the security regiment inside, and even Martini is great, and there is no need to count on Makqin or mountain artillery and field artillery.

Therefore, even a big city like Anqing was taken in less than half a day under the offensive of 8,000 cavalry.

After taking Anqing, the cavalry of this one and a half divisions did not continue to march towards Wuhu, but stayed in Anqing to wait for the follow-up troops.

It was a division and a half that arrived in Hefei, and after arriving in Hefei, it launched a fierce attack on Hefei after a short rest.

Don't underestimate the cavalry, not to mention the 40mm revolverant grenade launcher in the hands of the cavalry, for this offensive, Wang Yaowu even equipped the cavalry regiment with 80mm and 120mm mortars. These are all prepared for the siege of the city, you must know that in the new second division, the largest caliber is only 75mm mountain artillery and field artillery, and those artillery pieces were all lost in Susong County, and there is only one brigade of infantry in Hefei, and there is nothing else.

Therefore, a half-division of cavalry under Hefei City was much more ferocious than the infantry when attacking the city.

Under the cover of mortars and 40mm grenade launchers, the defenders of Hefei were launched on the offensive again and again, but the defenders of Hefei were unwarlike. But even so, Hefei will not be able to take it in a while, after all, the more than 4,000 infantry and more than 1,000 security regiments stationed in Hefei are not made of mud...

"When will the follow-up troops arrive?"

Standing under the city of Hefei, while watching the people of the cavalry regiment launch an offensive against Hefei, Yin Changheng asked Nian Ji and the others beside him.

An officer on the side stepped forward and said.

"Division Commander, the news from the telegram half an hour ago is that the troops of the Second Division and our Fifth Division are already on their way..."

"On the way here?"

Yin Changheng frowned.

"More than 100 kilometers of road, this is a long road..."

Indeed, even if you just set off from Susong, you can call it on the way here, this sentence is too vague.

However, Nian Ji said with a wry smile.

"The road is difficult to walk, and there is no highway in Anhui like our Sichuan, so the division commander, you should be more considerate of the brothers of the infantry army."

The commanders of the remaining cavalry regiments also nodded, although they were all cavalry temporarily drawn from various divisions, but after all, they were still from each division, and at this time, they naturally wanted their own troops to speak.

And just like Nian Ji said, the roads in Anhui are indeed difficult to walk, and unlike Sichuan, which is now full of roads, it is not without reason that the people of the second and fifth divisions say so.

Yin Changheng naturally knew this, so after snorting heavily, he picked up the telescope and looked at the battle situation in Hefei.

Although the cavalry turned into infantry and charged, the battle in Hefei was very smooth.

The guns in the hands of the defenders of Hefei were all good guns, and the 38-type rifles were all supported by themselves. However, the remnants of Leng Shu lacked heavy firepower equipment, especially heavy machine guns like Makqin, and the cavalry units that launched the offensive were supported by Madsen, grenade launchers and mortars, so they fought quite easily during the attack, and now the three lines of defense outside Hefei have been laid down, and one of the remaining two is about to be unable to support.

Seeing this, Yin Changheng sneered.

"Maybe by the time the group of infantry arrives, we will have already taken Hefei."

Hearing Yin Changheng say this, a cavalry commander said with a smile.

Wouldn't that be better? The capture of Hefei just proves the strength of our cavalry. ”

Several other cavalry commanders or chiefs of staff also laughed when they heard him say this.

About an hour later, an officer ran into Yin Changheng's command post from the outside.

"Division commander, the second line of defense has also been taken by us."

"Okay."

Hearing the news, Yin Changheng drank heavily.

"When this battle is won, I will take credit for all the cavalry."

As he spoke, Yin Changheng looked at the remaining cavalry commanders.

"You go back and reorganize the troops, except for the people of the fifth regiment as reserve troops, all the rest will attack, and you must take the third position before dark, even..." Or even take Hefei..."

"Yes!"

After watching from the side for a long time, the blood of several of them also boiled, and they replied loudly one by one after hearing Yin Changheng's order.

About 20 minutes later, several cavalry regiments that had been resting in the position and did not participate in the battle also joined the battle, with the assistance of the new force, and in addition to the original troops, it took less than an hour for Leng Shu to lay out the third line of defense outside Hefei City fell into the hands of Yin Changheng.

"Only Hefei remains..."

Looking up at the sky, Yin Changheng said to Nian Ji on the side.

"At night, you take your group to the rear of Hefei City, lest that guy run away again..."

"Understood."

After nightfall, Leng Shu walked back and forth in the yamen of Hefei.

After the loss of Susong County, Leng Shu rushed all the way with the remnants of his cronies and guards to return to fat. It's just that when he had just ordered a brigade of infantry in Hefei to hastily arrange three lines of defense outside the city of Hefei, the damned group of cavalry appeared like ghosts...

Up to now, in just one day, the three lines of defense have all been lost, and in the city, there are less than 3,000 troops left in Leng Shu's hands—————— which is still the remnants of the security regiment...

"What should I do now..."

At this time, a chief of staff of an infantry regiment on the side walked over and said.

"Division commander, in my opinion, it's better to—" The chief of staff said softly after leaning into Leng Shu's ear. Why don't we just take the rest of the troops and break through in the direction of Nanjing..."

However, after seeing the fierceness of the cavalry of the National Society during the day, the chief of staff of this regiment knew that Hefei could not hold it at all, so he instigated it on the side.

At this time, another infantry regiment commander on the side also spoke.

"Yes, division commander, Hefei will definitely not be able to hold for long, and it is impossible for Nanjing to send troops to support, rather than defending in Hefei, it is better to retreat directly to Nanjing..."

"But—" Leng Shu hesitated. The people of the National Army are all cavalry, but we only have infantry..."

The people of the national cavalry are all four-legged, and they only have two legs, even if they can really break through? Did they outrun the cavalry of the National Social Army?

As for throwing the city away again or something...

Leng Shu is still very decisive, in the Second Revolution, the Ninth Division led by Leng Shu was the first to carry out the Northern Expedition quite "decisively", of course, it didn't take long for Leng Shu's Ninth Division to be repelled by Zhang Xun in Li Guoyi. And after being repulsed by Zhang Xun, Leng Shu's 9th Division was pursued by the 5th Division of Jin Yunpeng in Shandong...

Fortunately, at this time, the cavalry of Liu Jianfan's division of the Eighth Division was supported, otherwise...

However, at this time, the Northern Expedition was no longer playful, because after being pursued by Jin Yunpeng's troops, Leng Shu retreated to Xuzhou quite decisively. So, on the 15th, the Northern Expedition was announced, and on the 18th, the Northern Expedition ended. Jiangsu's Northern Expedition came to an end, and was replaced by a full-scale attack by the Beiyang Army against Yuan's army...

In fact, if Leng Shu could have waited for Liu Jianfan a little at that time, instead of acting so "decisively" alone, at least, he would not have returned to Xuzhou so soon...

At this time, after listening to Leng Shu's words, the regimental chief of staff, who had just been the first to speak, said softly.

"Of course two legs can't outrun four legs, but if we can get some people on the road to volley......... Hefei is only more than 100 kilometers away from Nanjing, and there is still the Yangtze River in the middle, so it should be no problem in a day and a half, not to mention that there are no horses under him, but we have ah..."

Listening to what his subordinates said, he was so cold that his heart was pounding...

After thinking about it for a while, Leng Shu gritted his teeth.

"Good! Inform the people below that tonight, we will break through to Nanjing..."

"Yes!!"

When the chief of staff of the regiment went down to announce the order, Leng Shu didn't know that Nianji's cavalry regiment was already waiting for him on the road...

(To be continued)