The weather is gradually entering summer, and it is scorching.

After a series of local turmoil in the three provinces of East China, the development appears to be full of vitality, but the development of heavy industry and national defense industry in the Ma'anshan area, the development of the construction industry is extremely rapid, mainly building materials, East China Cement Building Materials Co., Ltd. has expanded rapidly and amazingly, almost every county and town in the three provinces of East China has built a primary school, some counties and cities have also built a middle school, and all of them are reinforced concrete building glass windows of modern classrooms, Nanjing west of the railway high-standard highway, Some rivers suitable for the construction of hydropower stations rushed to repair hydropower stations, especially in Zhejiang, several large hydropower stations were also planned, and some large cities such as southern Jiangsu began to plan to build subways.

Large-scale construction has led to employment, and the employed people have income, which has led to the development of industry and commerce, making East China appear vibrant.

The development of the three provinces in East China is not only the construction industry, but also a lot of simple machinery manufacturing industry, such as Hefei Bicycle Factory, the production of bicycles and pedal tricycles, exquisite shape, cheaper than imports, the quality is not bad, the sales are hot, a series of industrial and commercial development, to promote the development of energy, Nanjing took the lead in establishing a super-large-scale thermal power plant, only the first phase of the project will exceed the original Nanjing power plant dozens of times.

The three provinces of East China have suppressed the gangs on a large scale, suppressed countless gangs, tens of thousands of gangsters have been arrested and put into labor reform, and even East China has sent a regiment of more than 3,000 people to Shanghai, in order to suppress the Shanghai Youth Gang, triggering a strong backlash of the Green Gang, and as a result, a big fire fight, the Green Gang miscalculated the firepower of the East China Army, and it is said that thousands of people were killed and wounded. And the Shanghai Protector He Fenglin did not see the garrison of the East China Army, and the East China Army did not pocket Shanghai, which once caused protests from various countries, but in the end, he saw that the East China Army did not mean to swallow Shanghai, but only to maintain law and order, and it was over.

The East China Army is obviously not a soft persimmon, and the military parade at the Zhonghua Gate shocked China and foreign countries. East China itself developed industry and commerce, and the national capital soon discovered that the newly appointed governor of East China had never reached out to them for any military expenses, and in terms of taxation, there were only normal taxes and no blackmail, and business was much better. On the contrary, there was a lot of noise in the officialdom in East China, and the newly established Independent Commission Against Corruption cut down a large number of corrupt officials as if it were about to cut through the chaos, and a large number of young officials trained in the crash course of the Nanjing School of Administration were placed in vacant posts one after another, which made many officials tremble. The big landlords were even more distressed, and the political axe in East China was already unceremoniously because they did not cooperate with the administrative units at the township level, and even re-measured the land, rectified taxes, and forced the tenant rent not to exceed 30 percent, which once provoked the landlord forces to protest, but was ruthlessly suppressed, and all the land properties of the big landlords in many areas were confiscated, and even a few households were raided, so that the landlords and wealthy families were silent.

In the past, local big landlords and wealthy families controlled local political axes, because local officials wanted to make money, and many government affairs such as taxation needed the support of local landlords and wealthy families, and local warlords needed their financial support to grab land. However, the East China political axe is rich, and there is no need to beg them, and the government affairs do not cooperate, so the political axe directly sends officials to establish a grassroots political axe, completely emptying their power. If you don't pay taxes, your own tax department will come to ask for it, and if the tax personnel don't come, then the garrison will drive over. The landlords soon understood that their arms could not reach their thighs, and that the political axe had not been serious with them before, and if they really had to be serious, they were nothing.

With the collapse of local landlords and the suppression of gangs, East China gradually became more stable and industry and commerce flourished.

With a few gunshots in Fujian, the calm of East China and even the entire Southeast was broken.

Several big people in the Anhui department of Fujian were shot and killed by mysterious gunmen, and for a time the whole Fujian fell into a situation of leaderlessness, all kinds of rumors flew all over the sky, and some people said that the Guangdong army had come over, and this was done by the revolutionary party, after all, the other party did not do this less. Some people also say that this is the direct line to annex Fujian, which is the Anhui system.

"Quick, please invite the East China Army into Fujian, he is also from our Anhui department!" Naturally, there were Anhui officials and officers who thought of East China.

In the Nanjing Municipal Axe, Li Bufan and Wu Di laughed at each other.

Wu Diyang reported with a telegram in his hand: "I got the pass." ”

Li Bufan said to Chief of Staff Li Huashan: "Immediately order Li Huangshan of the Second Army to personally lead two divisions to go to sea by boat, and directly land in Fuzhou under the escort of Li's naval fleet, and the Third Division of the Second Army to strengthen its vigilance and wait for orders at any time." ”

"Yes!" Li Huashan immediately went to give the order, and since the distance was already more than 100 kilometers, he could only contact him by radio.

Wu Di said proudly: "In such a short time, the Jiangxi side may not have time to react." If this is not a bloody victory, it will naturally be better. ”

Li Bufan shook his head and said, "It's not that easy." Hopefully, the immediate reaction isn't so fast, otherwise there will be trouble. ”

Wu Di said disdainfully: "Jiangxi into Fujian is full of mountains, they haven't stepped into the border of Fujian yet, how can we create control of the situation." ”

Li Bufan sneered: "Do you really treat your direct family as a fool? If Fujian falls into our hands again, it will be equivalent to our four provinces forming a group, and Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai are rich and wealthy, and such a powerful force can almost compete with the direct family. How could they watch this happen? ”

"Report to the commander, the center of Yanjing is in turmoil in Fujian, the dragons are leaderless, Sun Chuanfang is the overseer of Fujian, and Xu Chongzhi's department of the Guangdong army is stationed in southern Fujian to help stabilize the place." Adjutant Li Hengshan flew in with a telegram to report.

Wu Di's eyes widened and said, "What do you want to do directly?" ”

Li Bufan sneered: "That's not simple? They must have known that the Anhui officials in Fujian would invite us to go south, and they would definitely not be as fast as us when they were far away, so they asked for the surname to muddy the waters of Fujian. Xu Chongzhi is Sun Wen's confidant and loyal minister, and if we want to drive them out of southern Fujian, it will definitely have a problem with Sun Wen, so that the alliance that was originally formed between the Feng faction, the Anhui faction and Sun Wen's Kuomintang to jointly resist the direct line will be self-defeating. If one fights inattentively, then Sun Chuanfang, who was officially appointed by the Yanjing Center, may be able to enjoy the benefits of a fisherman. ”

Wu Di was startled and said: "I didn't expect Cao Fatzi to be so insidious, it seems that this trick of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes is quite effective, and it is convenient to have the central signboard." ”

Li Bufan snorted twice and said, "Of course." Otherwise, how could several of our Beiyang factions fight to the death because of this? It is inevitable that our troops going south will fight against Xu Chongzhi's troops, and we must prepare for the worst, inform the Li Air Force of the three services, and be ready to attack Jiangxi at any time. ”

Wu Di said in surprise: "What do you want to do?" Challenge Sun Cannon and direct family at the same time? ”

Li Bufan smiled bitterly: "It's not that I want to fight, but I have to fight." There is no doubt that some of the people in Fujian must have been directly bribed, and Xu Chongzhi will definitely start fighting unless he does not enter Fujian. Even a few local people will definitely not be able to stop Xu Chongzhi, but speaking of which, this is our Anhui people, can I not save it? If you don't save it, then the hearts of the people will be scattered, how to make the Min army return to their hearts? To save, there is almost no suspense in the fight. In this fight, Sun Chuanfang will mediate in the name of the Fujian overseer, and at the same time ask us to withdraw our troops. As far as the official is concerned, we have no official order from the central government to send troops, while Xu Chongzhi has an official order from the central government, and we are at a loss, and our direct line is equivalent to quietly pulling together the Guangdong army to deal with us. ”

Wu Di's eyes widened and said, "I'm rubbing, so poisonous?" So you decided to take Jiangxi Sun Chuanfang's department into Fujian, Jiangxi's strength was weakened, and then we took Jiangxi in one fell swoop? ”

Li Bufan sneered: "That's right. Lao Tzu asked him to compensate his wife and fold his troops, once he clashed with Xu Chongzhi's department of the Guangdong army, we immediately informed Sun Wen of the conspiracy of the direct family, and promised to divide Fujian equally with them, so as not to destroy the alliance, and Fujian's interests were also beaten, but let the direct line continue to grow. ”

Wu Di laughed and said, "Makes sense. Although Sun Cannon likes to brag, he still has this ability, and after mentioning it like this, he must have suddenly realized. Wouldn't it be better to join forces and kill Sun Chuanfang's troops in Fujian? ”

Li Bufan was not so optimistic, sighed and said: "It's easy to say in the south, but we have to face huge pressure in the north. ”

Wu Di pondered for a while and said: "Xuzhou can defend it, and if it can't hold it, it will hold the Huaihe River." ”

Li Bufan thought for a while and said: "Using the north of the Huai River for Jiangxi, no matter what, it is also profitable." With Jiangxi, it will be possible to build an inland naval shipbuilding base in Jiujiang, and warships of less than 10,000 tons can be built, and they will be safe in the interior. When it is developed, battleships will be built in large coastal shipyards in the future. ”

Wu Di laughed and said: "In the future, battleships will be waste, and aircraft carriers should be developed." ”

"Aircraft carriers?"

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The Li Huangshan Division of the Second Army of the East China Army landed in Fuzhou smoothly, and there were Anhui officials to respond, and the progress was very smooth. However, Xu Chongzhi also really sent troops to southern Fujian, and was immediately resisted, and many local troops could not resist and asked for help from the East China Army.

Li Huashan led his troops south to exchange fire with Xu Chongzhi's Second Army of the Guangdong Army on the front line of Quanzhou.

Li Bufan decisively telegraphed Sun Wen, pointing out that this was a conspiracy of the direct family, and promised to hand over to them the Xiazhangquan and Longyan areas of the Fujian system in southern Fujian, and the two sides would strike their troops to avoid fratricidal killing. And agreed that once the direct family sent troops into Fujian, they would jointly retreat from the enemy.

Sun Wen received the telegram and did not object, after all, Fujian is the territory of the Anhui system, and the two sides really want to fight, and he currently has Xu Chongzhi's armed forces, but he is afraid of losing more and winning less. So with a big stroke of the pen "agree", the person called back, and at the same time telegraphed Xu Chongzhi to stop the conflict with the East China Army.

At this time, Sun Chuanfang, under the instruction of his direct line in the name of the center, asked the East China Army to withdraw in the name of the Fujian Overseer, and led his troops from Jiangxi into northern Fujian.

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