Chapter 127

After the inspection, a summary meeting was held immediately after a brief dinner, Fang Jianxiong stood solemnly and said to everyone: "The first achievement of this decisive battle on the eastern front of Beiyang is to attack from Jiaodong, sneak attack on Jinan and successfully hold the 1st and 2nd Jiaodong Provisional Divisions. In order to win, the Jiaodong attack troops paid huge sacrifices. Frankly speaking, before the war, I didn't think that the Jiaodong troops could take Jinan. But not only did they take it, but they held it. Blocked the Beiyang elites on both sides of the north and south, and made indelible contributions to the annihilation of the main force of the enemy army on the Eastern Front and the reunification of the country. Before the meeting, I announced that the Jiaodong troops would be temporarily reorganized into two divisions of the National Defense Force after the war, numbered the 17th and 18th Divisions of the National Defense Force. Qi Zhenghong was promoted to major general and went to Germany to study military affairs, and Liu Zhenyue was promoted to the rank of major general after the defeat of the unjust 7th Division in Chapter 1127. Xia Xiang was the commander of the 18th Division and was promoted to the rank of major general. In addition, the Huyan Aobo Division performed well in the Battle of Tai'an, and was promoted to the commander of the sixth division with the rank of major general. ……。 ”

"Thank you, instructor! I am willing to die for the instructor! A cadre of people stood up one after another to make a statement, these people taught the people from the team to speak like this, and the others not only felt harsh when they heard it, but they were envious. These are Fang Jianxiong's serious descendants, and they will not be able to run away in the future. Fang Jianxiong did not pretentiously correct these statements, they were all senior officers, and they were all telling the truth. What other people think in their hearts, they don't care anymore.

After a promotion order, the wrap-up meeting continued. Throughout this campaign, firstly, the Wehrmacht's superiority in firepower exerted great might, and secondly, local tactics such as four teams in a group. Shows a powerful attack. However, there are also many problems, such as the fact that the results of training are not linked to the results of battles, and the recruits of some units often show a cowardly side when they arrive at actual combat.

When the Eighth Division encountered a fierce battle with the Beiyang Army in Tai'an, there was a phenomenon of individual officers abandoning their brother units and retreating first. The commander carried out the military law in a timely manner, which led the vanguard in charge of the pursuit to not collapse unjustly in Chapter 127.

Speaking of this, Zhang Zhenwu blushed and had a thick neck. When encountering the resistance of the 5th Beiyang Division. A company of the vanguard was trapped, and the commander of the vanguard battalion actually abandoned the company and took the initiative to retreat. Then came up the regimental commander. He immediately shot the battalion commander and led the troops to fight and save the remaining dozen or so people of a company.

This is a stain on the whole campaign. The Eighth Division is a division of the first type, the main force, and Zhang Zhenwu is duty-bound for this kind of thing. When Zhang Xiaohuai pointed to this matter, Zhang Zhenwu took the initiative to stand up and said: "Fu Shuai, he is incompetent, and he asks for punishment." ”

Fang Jianxiong said expressionlessly: "Chunshan, you must be responsible!" However, if something goes wrong, we need to find the root cause, and don't go over this time. Repeat next time. The severity of this incident had a very bad impact on the whole army, and the General Staff Department decided to remove Zhang Zhenwu from his post as division commander and continue to lead the Eighth Division in the name of acting division commander. When will the name of the main division of the Eighth Division be justified on the battlefield. When will I resume my original job? Go back and summarize it well, is it too lax to lead troops in peacetime. ”

Zhang Zhenwu's Eighth Division was dominated by Hubei soldiers, and many of his subordinates were his fellow countrymen. Zhang Zhenwu is very righteous, and he is usually too lenient and not strict enough with some fellow officers below. to the battlefield. The battalion commander was a fellow villager from Luotian who was Zhang Zhenwu, so he gave up the vanguard company on the grounds that he didn't know the enemy's situation. If it hadn't been for the timely arrival of the subsequent troops, the entire company would have been reimbursed.

Fang Jianxiong's handling can be regarded as merciless. However, the problem of the concentration of Hubei people in the Eighth Division, Fang Jianxiong also had to rectify it. After the wrap-up meeting, it was already late at night.

Fang Jianxiong did not rush to rest, but asked Zhang Xiaohuai to accompany him and went to the place where the Beiyang officers were temporarily detained.

Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun, Zhang Yongcheng, and Zhang Xun are playing mahjong, Zhang Xun is a good gambler, and he is locked up here to eat and drink, and the idle egg hurts, so he asked for a pair of mahjong and pulled the other three to play mahjong. A group of officers led by the veteran Jiang Guidi watched the excitement on the sidelines. These four people played mahjong, and the bets on the table were all white strips, with words like fifty or one hundred yuan written on them.

The guard at the door was about to shout, but Fang Jianxiong reached out in time to stop him, and walked inside with a smile. Fang Jianxiong has always believed that the failure of Beiyang is not in the army, nor in the equipment, nor in the generals who lead the troops, but in the system. Yuan Shikai's set basically adheres to the path of the old Beiyang Li Hongzhang, the soldiers are generals, and the first thing that the person who leads the troops when fighting is his own capital. Moreover, those who serve as soldiers fight for silver, their social status is not high, military discipline is corrupt, and the common people hate it.

The same group of people, under different systems, may not be able to win the war. Think about the war of liberation, the rabbit's supply of soldiers basically came from prisoners. In the first battle of Shandong, 20,000 prisoners in Beiyang alone were captured, and these 20,000 were well-trained veterans, and veterans who had experienced the war were the most valuable. As long as you practice for a little while, and then reorganize after breaking up, you won't be an elite army again in half a year.

These generals in Beiyang, Fang Jianxiong didn't plan to do anything. Even if you do it for other people, you have to treat them well. There is nothing wrong with the civil war. It is not normal to fight a civil war to fight a large number of war criminals. What does it mean to be an enemy of the people? It's a very vague thing, and most of them represent the people? A few people are not the people? Isn't that?

When Fang Jianxiong came in with a smile behind his back, he had been absent-mindedly in a daze on the side, and Wu Peifu, who had not watched mahjong, noticed it first, and stood up with a swish. The others didn't notice, Fang Jianxiong raised his hand to make him silent, and slowly walked forward. At a glance, the cards that Feng Guozhang was making were a mixed deck.

Cao Kun opposite Feng Guozhang was about to play cards, and was stunned when he saw Fang Jianxiong, Feng Guozhang on the opposite side should have lost a lot, and kept urging him: "Cao Laosan, you hurry up and play cards, what are you grinding?" ”

Cao Kun subconsciously threw out a piece of east wind, and Feng Guozhang smiled when he saw it: "I'm nonsense, give money and money!" ”

As a result, he was the only one who was happy, and everyone else stood up with strange expressions. Feng Guozhang felt that something was wrong, and when he looked back at Fang Jianxiong with a smile on his face, he stood up suddenly.

Fang Jianxiong arched his hand towards everyone and said, "Seniors, Jianxiong below, I have given you a salute." ”

Obviously, everyone's eyes were in disbelief, and it was really hard to believe that this smiling young man was Fang Jianxiong who made Beiyang defeated. In other words, this kid is the enemy of Beiyang.

The atmosphere was a little awkward, and the generals didn't know how to face the commander of this hostile enemy, creating the so-called Fang Jianxiong of the Wehrmacht. Known as Jiangnan Jiaoxiong!

"Hey, hey, hey!" Feng Guozhang laughed, broke the dullness, and raised his hand slightly: "I've always wanted to see Fang Fuguo, but today I can see it." Just ask in person, Your Excellency defeated Beiyang on the battlefield, I don't know where Your Excellency won? This matter has been troubled for a long time, and I hope to give advice! ”

Fang Jianxiong looked around, and everyone showed curious eyes. If it is only about equipment to win this war, everyone present is not convinced. Just look at the battle in Jinan, those green-skinned equipment are similar to Beiyang. The number of people is not as good as that of Beiyang, two divisions against the north and south of four divisions, and they can still hold on to the final victory despite heavy casualties, which is not something that can be done simply. Even if it is an elite like the Beiyang Third Division, the casualties are more than 30%, and the troops' will to fight is basically not good. The casualties of the defenders of Jinan must have been higher than thirty percent, but they just withstood it. It's not a question of equipment.

How to answer this question? Fang Jianxiong unhurriedly found a chair for himself to sit down on, and then raised his hand to everyone: "Sit down and talk, you are opponents on the battlefield, you can be friends when you come down." ”

Everyone sat down, and Fang Jianxiong said, "Senior Feng asked the question, in fact, everyone must want to know the answer. In fact, the answer is not complicated, I can simply summarize it in the following three words. System, vision and innovation. Let's talk about the system first, the system of the Beiyang Army, to put it bluntly, it is a private soldier, and those who are soldiers take silver to sell their lives, and they will blow up the nest if they don't have silver. To put it mildly, it's not for the money, no one wants to be a soldier. And the system of our army has completely abandoned this old thing. First of all, in terms of living treatment, it is on par with Beiyang or even higher, and secondly, it has been quite improved in the low position of society. Let me give you an analogy: when a soldier goes to war, our government has to do a lot of things, take care of the soldier's family, and ensure the source of future livelihood if he is disabled. If you die in battle, you must pay for your family members and help your family members live well. In a word, every soldier who goes into battle must have no worries. Then, in terms of vision, the military trend of the world today should always be understood and the mysteries involved. For example, the renewal of equipment, the change of tactics, and so on, all of which need to be carefully studied over a long period of time and combined with the training of troops. In the process of the reorganization of our army, German advisers were assigned to the battalion level, I wonder how you feel? The equipment of our army is on par with the German army, and even the equipment of the team is stronger than that of the German army, what do you think? Finally, about innovation, tactical innovation, with the update of military equipment, there will definitely be changes in tactics. How much do you know about these things? You must have seen the tremendous power of the new tactics adopted by our army on the battlefield and the new equipment. To sum up, in fact, I can tell you frankly that in 1907, that is, the 33rd year of Guangxu, when I returned from Germany, I was preparing for a war to defeat the Beiyang Army. Over the years, I have been making the most careful preparations, what are you all doing? How much progress has there been in the entire Beiyang Army? ”

Everyone who said this was sweating like rain, and they all secretly said in their hearts: The defeat is not wronged! rs！！！