9oo19983 Chapter 469 North Patrol Shanhaiguan

In the sound of the whistle, a train slowly drove into the railway station, and the military band played a sonorous military music and saluted

The train stopped at the platform, the guards got off first, took over the platform guard, and then, in front of a group of senior central government officials, Zhao Bei, the president of the Republic of China, stepped off the train. His first inspection of Shanhaiguan began.

This is the second time that Zhao Bei has been far away from the capital since he entered the center, and the last time was to Shandong, although this time he did not leave the territory of Zhili, but after all, it is very far from Beijing.

This northern tour benefited not only from the pacification of the incident in the south but also from the completion of the reorganization of the units of the Northern Defense Forces, and there were no two prerequisites. President Zhao Da will not rush to Shanhaiguan to inspect it.

In fact, long before entering the center, Zhao Bei attached great importance to the situation inside and outside Shanhaiguan, after all, not only the geographical location here is very critical. And after leaving the customs, it is necessary to face the Japanese forces directly, so to speak, Shanhaiguan is a sharp knife, whoever holds the handle of the knife, who can point the tip of the knife at the enemy.

It is also out of this kind of consideration, Zhao Bei once had the intention of moving the capital, but in the end, in order to consider the whole situation, he still decided to sit in Beijing, in order to stabilize the people's hearts, which is not only to stabilize the hearts of the people, but also to stabilize the hearts of the powers, and now the world situation has not yet reached the time when Zhao Bei can do whatever he wants, the so-called "no haste, be patient." If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, and when you should endure it, you must endure.

Since the capital cannot be moved, then the defense of this Shanhaiguan cannot be taken lightly, and the reason why the provisional division of the National Defense Force was transferred to Shanhaiguan is out of this consideration, the division was reorganized from the former Beiyang Army, and a few years ago, some officers in that unit were stationed in the northeast region, and they were more familiar with the local situation.

Zhao Bei left Beijing by special train at noon yesterday, in addition to the armored train battalion, there is also an infantry regiment and a cavalry regiment, also divided into trains, the momentum of the front and back hugging is also quite awe-inspiring, should have rushed to Shanhaiguan a long time ago, but on the way Zhao Bei inspected the defense along the line, and went deep into the people to observe the people's feelings, so this has been delayed until now to reach Shanhaiguan.

Knowing that the president is coming. After the presidential special train entered the station, the pro-people president inevitably had a long talk with the military and civilian representatives to further enhance the feelings between the center and the people, so as to demonstrate the superiority of the republican system.

After doing enough to be close to the people, President Zhao Da, accompanied by Wu Guangxin, commander of the Shanhaiguan City Defense and commander of the 1st Wounded Division of the National Defense Force, took a special carriage and rushed to the city defense headquarters to get busy with his business.

The president's business is nothing more than military and political, considering the geographical location of Shanhaiguan; The first priority is military affairs.

After entering the city defense headquarters, Zhao Bei also went straight to the point and told Wu Guangxin the true purpose of the trip.

"Master Wu, this time I am in your place. I have come to see you off 1 skillful teacher. Tomorrow, you will march with all your divisions to Shenyang and Changchun as quickly as possible, press down on the ground, maintain order, deter Xiaoxiao, and contribute to the interests of the country and the people. Be a role model for the Wehrmacht"

"Shenyang? Mukden has officially changed its name? Wu Guangxin asked.

"The center has decided to officially change the names of places that do not match the atmosphere of the republican era, and Mukden is one of the cities. small

For Wu Guangxin's reaction, Zhao Bei was not surprised at all, this Wu division commander is the brother-in-law of Duan Qirui, the commander-in-chief of the 6th Military Department, and the decision to transfer the 1st wounded division out of the customs was also conveyed to the 6th Military Department by the center yesterday, since Duan Qirui already knew the details of this transfer, then Wu Guangxin must have also learned the news from his brother-in-law, recently, the telegram exchanges between Duan Qirui and Wu Guangxin are still very frequent, and this point can't hide from Zhao Bei, after all, he is also an excellent intelligence leader, The Directorate of Military Intelligence is also directly subordinate to the President.

"I don't know why the center suddenly urged the 1st wounded division to get out? According to the original march calculation, "the wounded division should be stationed at Shanhaiguan for several months before leaving the customs to go to Mukden." small

Wu Guangxin asked, about this. Zhao Bei didn't tell Duan Qirui, and Wu Guangxin naturally didn't know why the center changed its original plan to march.

"Because of that." Eight Flags outside the gate, ready to do it! The center has received reliable information, "The Eight Banners outside the Guanwai plan to launch an armed rebellion before the end of the year, and they are vainly trying to rely on a gang of bandits, green skins, banner scum, and Japanese ronins to restore their flag man Jiang Rang" In this regard, the center must resolutely fight back! Let all the Manchu restorationists understand that the republican government will never tolerate any act that undermines the unity of the country and harms the interests of the people! No matter who you are, as long as you dare to be an enemy of the republican government and the republican system, then he is the enemy of the central government, and I authorize the 1st wounded division to take all the measures and means that you think are necessary to deal a head-on blow to the enemy! Don't be afraid of Japanese interference, you 1 wounded division is not fighting alone! Behind you are the 40,000,000 people under the republican system, the armed forces of the whole country, and the shouts of international justice forces! ”

The president's words were quite explicit, in other words, to put it bluntly, the temporary formation of the Wehrmacht was out of the customs this time. "Kill those Manchu restorationists. And. Even if he is injured by mistake, "the Japanese business knows what to do, because there are foreigners standing behind the president."

Which foreigner? Americans and Germans.

As for the evidence, in the team inspected by the president, there were not only German advisers, but also US financial advisers, and this is very telling, and on the issue of the three eastern provinces, at least the Germans and Americans do not want to see the Japanese government obstinate its own way.

Since the president said it so explicitly, Wu Guangxin naturally couldn't show his cowardice, and at the moment he was also swearing a few bold words, and he was determined not to destroy Loulan's oath.

"Please rest assured President, please rest assured by the Center! With the officers and soldiers of my 1st wounded division, the three eastern provinces are as stable as Mount Tai! The ministry immediately issued an order, the troops were ready to be prepared, and the president gave an order, and more than 10,000 athletes immediately went out to the north! ”

Wu Guangxin's heart was also shocked, he didn't doubt the authenticity of the information obtained by the president, he was just strange, he didn't know how the banner man's action plan 1 was leaked to the president, could it be that Colonel Tian Jinfu Tian really had the ability to have a smooth ear and clairvoyance? Is it true that the efficiency of the Military Intelligence in gathering intelligence is so high?

In fact, Wu Guangxin's guess was not entirely correct, although the Military Intelligence Bureau sent back some of the information obtained from the flag addicts, but the reason why Zhao Bei was so sure that "the eight banners outside the border are small." Soon there will be an armed rebellion, and there is another important source of intelligence. That was the government of Tsarist Russia.

That's right. Tsarist Russia had signed an entente with Japan to divide up the interests of the north and south of the three eastern provinces, but this did not mean that the contradictions between the two countries had disappeared, and the wounds brought to Tsarist Russia by the Russo-Japanese War in the past year were far-reaching, not only to basically stop the pace of Tsarist Russia's expansion into Asia, but also to almost collapse the rule of Tsarist Russia, which the ruling class of Tsarist Russia will never forget. Therefore, from the heart of it, Tsarist Russia did not want to see Japan gain further superiority in the northeast region.

If Japan instigated the bannermen to establish a so-called "Manchukuo" in the northeast. "Then, it will undoubtedly greatly strengthen Japan's dominant position in the Tohoku region. At the same time, it will also continue to destabilize the situation in China. This would have an adverse impact on the overall strategy of Tsarist Russia, especially after Tsarist Russia reached an agreement with the central government of China on the construction of a railway between Inner and Outer Mongolia.

However, Tsarist Russia could not directly intervene in Japan's actions, and the current Tsarist Russia's power in the Far East was very weak, and it still needed to unite with Japan to resist the challenge of the United States. Tsarist Russia still needed Japan, an "ally".

Therefore, after learning of the small moves of the Japanese side, the Tsarist Russian government immediately made a decision, that is, to transmit a message to the central government of China through diplomatic channels, so that the Chinese could deal with the situation themselves.

It must be admitted that Zhao Bei's concessions on the issue of the Inner and Outer Mongolian railways gave the tsarist Russian government a false impression that the current central government of China was "tame", so they decided to further strengthen the "friendship" between the two countries. And this plan for an armed rebellion with eight banners outside the border can obviously convince the Chinese of the sincerity of the Russian government to strengthen the "friendship" between the two countries, at least the tsar himself thinks so.

As for why Tsarist Russia learned of Japan's actions, it was also the result of a multi-party conflict of interests.1 In fact, the information about the imminent armed rebellion of the Kanwai bannermen was leaked to Russian diplomats in Japan by certain people in the Japanese government, and these Japanese politicians belonged to the "calm faction" and the "constitutionalism faction." In the last Russo-Japanese War, the military department had raised its position to a very dangerous level with the blood of Japanese soldiers, which directly threatened Japan's constitutional rule, and the constitutionalists in Japan had long been dissatisfied, and now they learned that the military department intended to use the bannermen to create the Manchurian Incident in order to achieve the goal of suppressing the Diet, and the constitutionalists were even more dissatisfied. So, they decided to take a roundabout approach.

This also indicates. The chaos caused by the assassination of Hirobumi Ito has finally come to an end. Now, the Japanese constitutionalists have once again begun to compete with the military forces.

This is politics, the politics of deceit, and in the final analysis, all political struggles are the embodiment of conflicts of interest. This applies not only to domestic politics, but also to international politics.

Although the reminder of international "friends" is very timely, whether we can go to the end can finally eliminate a chaos is invisible. It still depends on the ability of China's central government itself. If the army is not angry, then it is no wonder that 1 "international friends" have turned into "international bandits".

In order to boost morale, Zhao Bei personally rushed to Shanhaiguan to cut down all the officers and soldiers of the 1st Wounded Division, and this time, he prepared more than 10,000 silver wine cups "Every soldier of the wounded division can get a wine glass, at that time. General Zhao Bei personally stood on the school ground to toast the officers and soldiers with a glass of victory wine and sent them out of the northern expedition. The bottom of those wine glasses is engraved with the words "Loyal to the country", which is the trust of the people in the soldiers. It is also the president's trust in his subordinates, if the officers and soldiers of the 1st Wounded Division want to keep this trust, then. It is necessary to solve the problem of the Manchu restorationists once and for all.