Because of "many" and "reasons", the employees of the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau have been living a very difficult life over the years. Because of this, when Chen Zhaoqiang distributed more than 100,000 yuan to the employees in the square, many employees even left tears —————— poor.

The more than 100,000 yuan paid by Chen Zhaoqiang not only made up for the arrears of wages in the past, but also paid bonuses that had not been paid in the past two years.

As a result, when Chen Zhaoqiang announced that the Harbour Master Bureau would start construction again, and that it was to start construction of a thousand-ton destroyer, almost all the employees of the Harbour Master Bureau were in high spirits.

Just when the people of the Harbour Administration Bureau were busy with the first of the Qinghai class destroyers, after declaring war on the Kuomintang in Nanjing, the troops of the Kuomintang Army, which had been preparing for a long time, also entered the territory of Anhui...

The first stop of the Nationalist Army's march into Anhui was Susong County, which is located in the southwest of Anhui Province, on the north bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and at the southwest gateway of Anhui.

Because it has been prepared for a long time, the attack of the National Social Army was launched very suddenly, and suddenly when the commander of the new Second Division, Leng Shu, was still holding his concubine in the bed, the more than 8,000 cavalry troops of the National Social Army had already dismantled the new Second Division's garrison outside the city, and by the way, surrounded the county seat of Susong County...

"Commander, we've cleaned up here."

In the garrison of the new 2nd Division, or in the garrison of the original New 2nd Division, just as Nian Ji, the commander of the 5th Cavalry Regiment of Yin Changheng's division of the 5th Division, was listening to his subordinates' report on the results of the battle, a cavalry battalion commander under his command walked over surrounded by several cavalrymen.

Seeing the second battalion commander under his command coming over, Nian Ji glanced up at him.

"It's all cleaned up?"

The second battalion commander nodded.

"The place for which our regiment is responsible has been cleared, and now the first battalion commander and the third battalion commander are letting the prisoners prepare the camp on their own."

"Okay, any more questions?"

Hearing Nian Ji say this, the second battalion commander hesitated.

"And then there'......... Regiment leader, should the people of Beiyang pay attention, lest they be shot black by them? ”

Hearing the words of the second battalion commander, Nian Ji was also silent for a while.

According to Yan Guang's instructions, this action must be fast. Before the Kuomintang could figure out what was going on, the banner of the Kuomintang Army should have appeared under the city of Nanjing!

It was precisely because of this requirement that Wang Yaowu and several others would concentrate all the cavalry of the National Social Army. It's just that at the time of the Battle of Wuhan, the losses of the Kuomintang Army were very large, and the cavalry? In the case of patchwork, Wang Yaowu and the others only pieced together more than 8,000 cavalry.

If it was just to defeat the Kuomintang troops in Anhui? 8000 cavalry is enough, taking into account the sudden surname of this war and the scum surname of the Kuomintang troops, even 3000 cavalry will do.

But if you want to rush to the city of Nanjing as fast as Yan Guang commanded? I'm afraid 8,000 cavalry will be a little worse...

After all, it is impossible for the Kuomintang to concentrate all the strength of the New Second Division in Susong County, and in Susong County it is only a brigade of the New Second Division, and there is also a brigade whose strength is concentrated in Hefei...

If the Kuomintang Army wanted to reach Nanjing as quickly as possible, it would have to take the route of Anqing and Wuhu, but if it did so, a Kuomintang brigade in Hefei would inevitably have to abandon it. If this is done, a brigade in Hefei is likely to cause some trouble for the National Social Army afterwards...

Therefore, according to the planning of the headquarters, if you want to clear the enemy army in Anhui and reach the city of Nanjing as quickly as possible, the most ideal way is to divide the troops into two routes. And to do this, at least 15,000 cavalry will be needed, and only by doing so will the two cavalry not fall into the dilemma of meager troops...

Just 15,000 cavalry?

There are a total of 15 infantry divisions and 3 artillery brigades in the National Socialist Army, because the National Socialist Army has always been fully equipped, so each infantry division, even the newly built infantry divisions later, also has a cavalry regiment.

In other words, if you want to take out 15,000 cavalry, it is not that the National Social Army cannot take it.

Merely...

A cavalry regiment is more than 1,100 people, and 15 cavalry regiments are more than 16,500 cavalry. At present, many cavalry of the Kuomintang Army are still in Sichuan and Guizhou. Seriously, if the cavalry is in the army, Yan Guang can only take out more than 10,000 at the moment...

More than 10,000? Generally speaking, a cavalry division is made up of 5 to 6 cavalry regiments, and a cavalry division has at least 5,000 to 6,000 cavalry. In other words, compared to the planned number, Yan Guang had at least one less cavalry division. Although the current Kuomintang troops are very scum, we can lower some standards, but it is still too much to directly lower a cavalry division, right? You must know that Jiangsu is not as good as Anhui, and there is only a new second division of the Kuomintang and some newly formed security regiments in Anhui. However, in Jiangsu, the Kuomintang had two divisions composed of the original division.

And in the case of being prepared, no matter how scummy these two divisions are, they will not be defeated by the strength of one cavalry division. After all, it is no longer the era of cold weapons, and the Kuomintang also has a lot of heavy machine guns in their hands, if they really rush towards the Kuomintang's position, even if they can take the position, the remaining troops will not be able to take Nanjing...

Although Yan Guang can also come step by step, if he does this, then in the process of the battle, I am afraid that there will be many, many "troubles" to find Yan Guang. And Yan Guang is the most afraid, or the most impatient "trouble" person, so in order to avoid these problems, Yan Guang can only try to make those troubles impossible to find.

So in order to gather enough cavalry, Yan Guang could only hit Beiyang's body with his idea.

Unlike the National Social Army, Beiyang has always been on the defensive side. Of course, that's not to say that they haven't thought about attacking, it's just that before they can attack, they have to defend all the time.

However, it is precisely because of this that as an offensive force, the cavalry of the Beiyang Army has always been very well preserved—————— except for the earlier one.

Therefore, if there are enough cavalry there for Yan Guang to choose at the moment, I am afraid that there will only be Beiyang.

However, after all, Beiyang was just defeated by the National Social Army, and now they are waiting for the verdict in an embarrassing situation, saying that they will serve the National Social Army wholeheartedly? I'm afraid that even the ghosts won't be at ease with this kind of thing, so in order to be able to win over some military hearts. While reorganizing the Beiyang Army, Yan Guang also issued 30 oceanic favors to the Beiyang Army. Of course, the National Social Army has not fallen behind, otherwise it will only be sent to Beiyang, not to its own people? Yan Guang will lose the morale of the army.

So, after paying the price of more than 5 million silver dollars, the Beiyang Army, which had not had much military spirit left, finally regained its strength.

Merely...

For these Beiyang Army, who were just bought by money, will they really serve the National Social Army? This is something that Wang Zhanyuan, Li Chun and others don't know much about. When the Guoshe Cavalry and the Beiyang Cavalry cooperated to launch an attack on Susong County, the Guoshe Army was always on guard against the Beiyang Army, and the Beiyang Army also knew this...

After listening to the words of the second battalion commander, Nian Ji was silent for a while, then looked around, and found that there were his own people except for dead bodies and wreckage, and said softly to the second battalion commander.

"In the future, everyone will be the National Socialist Army, don't mention anything about Beiyang and the National Society, you know?"

However, just when the second battalion commander wanted to leave, Nian Ji said in a softer voice than just now.

"And ......... From now on we are all our own people, and we should pay more attention to the "friendly forces" in the future, if they need anything..."

Hearing Nian Ji say this, the second battalion commander first grinned, but then nodded.

"Humble duty understands."

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On the city wall of Susong County, looking at the Guoshe cavalry who were "cleaning" the battlefield below, cold sweat was breaking out on Leng Shu's forehead all the time.

A regiment commander on the side also said to the chief of staff of the new second division.

"Sir, have you made contact with Nanjing?"

In the view of this regiment commander, the news that the Kuomintang Socialist Army actually "waged war without declaring war" on the Kuomintang must be spread.

It's just that after hearing the words of the regiment commander, the chief of staff smiled bitterly and said.

"The telephone poles around the county have long been cut down, and no news can be heard."

As he spoke, the chief of staff glanced at Leng Shu.

"Division commander, the following is only the vanguard of the National Social Army, I'm afraid that the big force is still behind, if we don't break through as soon as possible now..."

"Breakout..."

Wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, he glanced coldly at the chief of staff who was not very pleasing to the eye.

"Where are we going to break through?"

"Hefei..."

The chief of staff said without thinking.

"We also have a brigade of troops in Hefei, and we usually contact Hefei and Nanjing once at noon and in the evening, and now that we have cut off contact, Nanjing will know at noon..."

After listening to the chief of staff's analysis, Leng Shu nodded heavily.

"Okay, then we'll break through to Hefei."

As he spoke, Leng Shu looked at the head of the regiment on the side.

"We're ......... now How many horses do we have now? ”

Leng Shu's new 2nd Division used to be a miscellaneous unit, and after its establishment, it was said that he only supported some outdated munitions, and did not support any war horses, so there was only one cavalry company in the new 2nd Division. That's why he asked the regimental commander how many horses he still had, because just now, the cavalry company had been swept away by the people of the National Army outside the city, and those who were still alive had become prisoners.

If there weren't enough horses in the city, well...

Why don't you just surrender...

Fortunately, the regimental leader's answer did not make Leng Shu despair, and he hurriedly replied after listening to Leng Shu's question.

"There are probably more than 100 more, but they are all Mongolian horses..."

It is common sense that Mongolian horses can't outrun Arab horses in the short distance, but after listening to the words of the regiment leader, Leng Shu shook his head.

"Since the war horses of the National Social Army can rush to Susong, they must have lost a lot of horsepower on the way here, and the Mongolian horses are good at long-distance distances, as long as we can run away, they may not be able to catch up."

Saying that, Leng Shu also knew that time was pressing, and after taking a last look at the cavalry below, he broke through from the East City Gate surrounded by the chief of staff and a group of henchmen who were only a few dozen guards.

When Leng Shu broke through with more than 100 people, the National Social Army outside was encircling Susong County. So the two sides soon met, and this became the first head-on clash in a normal war...

In the process of the conflict, at least half of the people around Leng Shu remained, but they really rushed out just to escape for their lives.

And just like Leng Shu thought, in order not to be discovered by the Kuomintang, Wang Yaowu had to arrange the cavalry in Jin Chun Town, which was more than 60 kilometers away from Susong County, and rushed all the way over.

Therefore, although the Arabian horses were indeed stronger than the Mongolian horses in the short distance, after chasing some distance, the cavalry still had to abandon their goal.

Fortunately, when the cavalry company commander went back, Yin Changheng, who was in charge of the battle, did not blame him.

"After taking Susong County, we have solved a brigade of the New Second Division with less than 100 casualties, we have already completed our goal, and it is nothing to run away from a cold horse."

Saying this, Yin Changheng looked at the few regiment leaders below.

One on the left and one on the right, these regiment commanders from the National Social Army and the Beiyang Army are quite distinct.

Fortunately, Yin Changheng also knew the grievances between the two sides, so he didn't say anything about their performance, but just spoke.

"The first step of the Yandu Governor strategy, as the bridgehead, Susong County has been taken by us, and now we will implement the second step of the strategy..."

Saying that, Yin Changheng looked at both sides.

"From now on, we will divide our troops into two routes, one through Anqing, Chizhou, Tongling, Wuhu, and Ma'anshan to Nanjing, and the other will be sent to Hefei, and all the brigades of the new Second Division in Hefei will be eliminated..."

"Division Commander Yin, when will the follow-up troops arrive?"

In the first position on the right, the commander of a Beiyang cavalry regiment asked.

However, Yin Changheng replied with a smile.

"It depends on how fast you can act..."

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After the meeting, the more than 15,000 cavalry soldiers gathered in Susong County set off in two directions, one in the direction of Anqing, and the other in the direction of Hefei.

As for the follow-up troops? The subsequent infantry divisions could not move as fast as the cavalry, so they could only advance towards Nanjing step by step—————— and had not left Hubei until now.

And in Nanjing, when Sun Yat-sen received a notice of declaration of war from the representative of the Kuomintang Socialist Party in Nanjing, Sun Yat-sen's head was completely lost. Because he had no idea why the Nationalist Army suddenly declared war on Nanjing?

Just because of a small clash on the border?

In the following period, even when the representatives of the Nationalist Army left the Governor's Palace, and even when they took all the personnel to Shanghai by boat, Sun Yat-sen was in a state of confusion.

It was such a state that Sun Yat-sen lasted until Huang Xing came to his senses when he heard the news.

"Keqiang, what's going on down there now..."

Looking at Huang Xing, who was covered in sweat, Sun Yat-sen asked with a wry smile.

After taking the towel brought by the attendant and wiping his sweat, Huang Xing shook his head.

"What else, it's already a mess down there." As he spoke, Huang Xing slapped the table heavily. "Provocation? Border conflicts? Does that Yan Guang think everyone is stupid? They would declare war on us for reasons that even a three-year-old could see..."

Hearing Huang Xing say this, Sun Yat-sen shook his head.

"No, the news I just got is that it is true that our people took the initiative to provoke the opposite National Socialist Army when they were patrolling the border, and even we were the first to shoot, and there were many reporters present at the time, these are all what they witnessed with their own eyes........." Sun Yat-sen smiled bitterly as he spoke. It's all fate, we have tried our best to avoid friction with the National Socialist Army, but this kind of thing still happened..."

“………”

Huang Xing was silent for a moment, but Liao Zhongkai on the side spoke.

"Sir, you are too naïve, are you really the conflict we created?"

Hearing Liao Zhongkai's words, Huang Xing and Sun Yat-sen all looked at him,

Liao Zhongkai also explained excitedly.

"Sir, do you think about why so many journalists were concentrated on the border at that time? Is it for them? Show "Country" affinity? ”

"Also, why did the people of the National Army mobilize so quickly after a conflict? You must know that from the outbreak of the conflict to the entry of the National Social Army into Anhui, it was only half an hour, half an hour, more than 10,000 cavalry? I'm afraid no one can do that, right? ”

After listening to Liao Zhongkai's explanation, Huang Xing also nodded.

"That's right, Zhong Kai is right, this incident is very likely to be planned by Yan Guang himself, otherwise, it would not be possible to have so many reporters present at such a timely time on the border of Hubei and Anhui, and it is impossible that there has just been a conflict here, and the people of the National Social Army over there have already stepped into the territory of Anhui, you know, the cavalry is not something that can be dispatched casually, not to mention more than 10,000 cavalry, and it is still more than 10,000 cavalry, and it is impossible to send so many cavalry to attack a county in another province? I am afraid that the assembly work alone will last more than half a day, not to mention other ammunition supply and other issues. ”

As he spoke, Huang Xing made a summary.

"In short, it can only be said that the people of the National Socialist Army have been planning for a long time for today..."

Listening to Huang Xing and Liao Zhongkai's words, Sun Yat-sen frowned.

"Then you say, what should we do now..."

Huang Xing walked back and forth in the lobby for more than a hundred steps before finally stopping.

"Let all localities do a good job of preparing for war, and at the same time let Li Liejun's new Fifth Division and Chen Qimei's new Fourth Division rush to Nanjing as quickly as possible."

Huang Xing explained.

"With more than 10,000 cavalry assembled, the target of the Nationalist Army is likely to be Nanjing. At present, there are only two divisions in Nanjing, and if the more than 10,000 cavalry really comes, we can only defend the city, not to mention that there are countless infantry divisions behind them, and it is also very dangerous to leave Li Liejun's troops in Jiangxi, after all, there can only be one division of Li Liejun's new fifth division in Jiangxi, if Tan Yanmin's Hunan army comes in, he may not be able to stop it..."

Sun Yat-sen and Liao Zhongkai both nodded, neither of them knew anything about military affairs.

And after gaining the approval of Sun Yat-sen and Liao Zhongkai, Huang Xing continued.

"Also, we have to expose the conspiracy to the media. Although because of his schemes, many people now think that we started the matter first. But there are so many smart people, and it is impossible for no one to fail to see through his scheme, so we must let the world know the truth of the matter..."

If Sun Yat-sen and Liao Zhongkai are not very good at military affairs, then they are very good at this kind of thing.

So when Huang Xing said that he would announce the truth of the matter to the media, Sun Yat-sen said directly.

"I'll leave this matter to me, and I'll go to a press conference in a moment to make the truth public......... I'm going to visit the consulates later to see if I can ask them to come forward..."

Huang Xing and Liao Zhongkai were silent for a while, they already knew which side the consuls of various countries were on, so they didn't have much expectations for this matter, in fact, Sun Yat-sen was the same.

Merely...

Schrödinger's cat...

If you go, there is at least half hope, or at least a little hope, but if you don't, then the cat in the box is really dead.

At this critical juncture, Huang Xing and Liao Zhongkai didn't mind that Sun Yat-sen was going to touch the wall once...

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Just when Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing were still talking about things in the Governor's Palace, several troops stationed near Nanjing and the people of Nanjing already knew the news of the Kuomintang declared war on the Kuomintang—————— there was no way, who called the current reporters too powerful, and it was only a few hours before the Kuomintang declared war on the Kuomintang, and they had already published all the contents in the newspapers in Nanjing...

Just like what Huang Xing thought, many smart people know that the conflict on the border is definitely a trick made by the National Social Army, and many unsmart people have also understood it after being explained by smart people.

It's just that they are still very clear about the situation of the Kuomintang at the moment.

Beiyang has surrendered, and the Kuomintang's forces in Nanjing and other places have been broken up and regrouped...

After the news of the Kuomintang Army's declaration of war on the Kuomintang came out, some gambling stalls in Nanjing, Shanghai, and other places even opened handicaps.

At the time of the Second Revolution? Didn't the Kuomintang hold out for two to three months? (Actually, it's not that old, because the upper echelons of the Kuomintang had already fled in the first month, but when Huang Xing and others crossed east to Shanghai, the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Division revolted again and held out for a long time, so the second revolution only lasted two to three months...) ）

During the Second Revolution, the Kuomintang held out for two to three months, and the gambling stalls everywhere were betting on how much time it would take for the Kuomintang to sweep away the Kuomintang.

3 months? 2 months? 1 month? Or can't you use it for 1 month?

Of course, Nanjing and Shanghai are still the territory of the Kuomintang, so many gambling stalls that open this kind of handicap have been "patronized" by the Kuomintang.

But...

There are also some Kuomintang people, but they really bet in the gambling stall...

And judging from their choices, they really have no expectations for the future of the Kuomintang...

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How to say it, as a tourist said, the Republic of China novel does start by buying weapons to kill one's own people.

But the ending is different from what he said

Because at that time, it was to kill the people who sold weapons with the weapons they bought

(To be continued)