The 1,000-mile breakthrough exercise of the Second Cavalry Division of the New Army was carried out for 17 days, and Song Biao has been serving as the chief supervisor to participate in the whole process, and the effect is still good, and it does pick out a lot of problems, which makes Song Biao more worried in his heart, he bets his chips on the Second Cavalry Division to establish the country and become the emperor, but Xiao Kaigui and Jiang Zhaojian, two generals who are almost unknown in history, can complete this important task, it is really an unknown that is difficult to say!

It was already mid-April 1910 after the end of the penetration exercise, at this time the rubber prices and stock prices in the international market had just risen to the limit, Britain and the United States had already rumored that they would formulate a rubber purchase restriction law, affected by this, the crazy rise of international rubber assets gradually stopped, only in Shanghai, the price of this asset was still rising frantically and speculation, Shanghai businessmen not only rented dozens of stock exchanges mixed with each other to buy all kinds of rubber stocks, and even organized a group to go to London to buy rubber stocks and rubber futures.

The financial crisis that will upend the Qing government is coming.

Song Biao was not waiting for this storm, but actively fueled the troubles, and was fully prepared to continue to push this storm to tear up the economic lifeline of the country and deal a fatal blow to the economy of Shanghai and the Qing Empire.

…… In order to test the actual combat ability of the Second Cavalry Division's thousand-mile march, Song Biao set the general location of the exercise in the Xing'an League's military pastoral bureau, and came to a real thousand-mile march.

The Hung Yen Allied Army Pastoral Bureau set up an open-air theater that could accommodate 3,000 people very early, and each regiment participating in the exercise selected some of its own soldier representatives to participate.

The Art Troupe of the Military Department rehearsed two real large-scale dramas this time -- "The Shame of Lushun" and "Humen Sells Tobacco", the former is also known as "Lushun Massacre", Chen Fu and Qiu Jin are screenwriters and directors, and more than 80 actors are needed before and after.

The two large-scale dramas are interspersed with some large and small Yangge, Allegro operas and local dramas, and the final chorus is "Northeast Army".

The whole performance effect is very good, especially "The Shame of Lushun" and "Humen Selling Tobacco" were originally specially arranged to stimulate the soldiers' nationalism and strong country spirit, and there are many plots that deliberately scandalize Qing political officials and foreigners, and the soldiers are filled with righteous indignation.

After the performance, it was already late, and Song Biao's heart was still unstable.

No matter how powerful he is, he is also a normal person, and now that he has reached this point, he will be a world of difference if he takes a step forward, he will be the emperor of China, and if he loses, he will be a generation of rebels, and the phoenix that falls into the grass is not as good as a chicken, and the end may not be better than Sheng Xuanhuai, who fled to Yuben.

Because it is a complete simulation of actual combat, the soldiers of the whole army are living in tents and fortifications these days, and Song Biao is no exception, when he returns to his tent, he asks Jiang Fangzhen, Xiao Kaigui and others to be called.

Although it was the middle of April, the late night of the Xing'an League was still as cold as winter, and the grass outside had been frosted, Zhang Futian lit a bonfire in Song Biao's tent, and first dug a round pit with a diameter of about 1.5 meters, and there was a circle of ten centimeters thick around the outside of the round pit.

Zhang Futian has been with Song Biao for five years, and he knows the taste of the general seat better than Shu Xuan, the pepper is ready, the fresh beef has already been marinated with salt, chili powder and cinnamon powder all day, and the large pieces of beef and huge beef bones are piled up in the basin, which is waiting to be put into the pot.

After waiting for a while, Jiang Fangzhen, Zhang Yahu, and Chen Wu came in first, and it turned out that Jiang Fangzhen, Zhang Yahu, and Chen Wu had not been together for more than a year, and on the night of the end of the exercise, the three of them got together to drink.

Jiang Fangzhen is very familiar with Song Biao, and it is estimated that he will definitely have a meeting in the evening, and he will come over directly after the performance is over.

These three are all old brothers, and they really fought together when they fought the battle of Liaoyang, especially Chen Wu was very badly injured, and there are still two shrapnel in his body that have not been taken out.

After the brigade was transformed into a division, Zhang Yahu's Second Infantry Division and Chen Wu's Third Infantry Division were stationed far away, and Song Biao could only meet once every few months.

Zhang Yahu and Zhang Futian have known each other since childhood, and after the two met, it was even more lively, Zhang Yahu also respected Song Biao like a tiger like other generals, snatched the meat basin in Zhang Futian's hand with a smile, and drank the beef soup with a knife.

Everyone smoked together and sat around the campfire and chatted.

Zhang Yahu sighed with a smile: "General seat, I want to have this condition when we fight Heigoutai, then it won't be difficult, Wuzi, do you remember that the general seat divided our little mutton at that time, I sat in a ditch with you and ate mutton cakes, I said that this may be the last time we fucking eat meat, we must be full, but one person eats half a catty of mutton and is not full, hungry looking for bread everywhere to eat." ”

Chen Wu lit a cigarette, smiled, and said: "We have fought so many battles with the general seat, but what I can't forget in my life is Heigoutai, it was too tragic, it was the first time to go into battle, Hu Dakui, do you remember, now he is the deputy director of the Jinzhou Police Bureau, and he can be regarded as promising, that Fa Xiao, who grew up with me since childhood, Xiao said that Ben fucking charged, he peed his pants, he didn't know, after the fight, he thought that someone had shot a bird's egg, and he took off his pants to see. ”

Zhang Yahu laughed.

Jiang Fangzhen did not participate in the three battles of Heigoutai, Shendanbao, and Jiangjiayao, he did not participate in the discussion between Zhang Yahu and Chen Wu, so he sat next to him and smoked and pondered his thoughts, in fact, he understood that Song Biao was not very at ease with the Second Cavalry Division, and there were many problems exposed by this thousand-mile assault.

Now it is too late to temporarily transfer the First Cavalry Division, so we can only seize the time to rectify it, but fortunately, the problem is not very serious.

He pondered in his heart for a while, and suddenly asked Song Biao: "General seat, you said that if you can transfer the Fourth Cavalry Brigade over, it is always a good thing to have more troops, but then again, if Russia really makes some moves at that time, just putting a cavalry brigade in Hulunbuir will not have much effect." ”

Song Biao nodded and agreed to this suggestion.

He can't overestimate the combat capability of his troops now, and if he doesn't complete the plan and let the Manchus run to Shanxi, even if he can still overthrow the Manchus, he will be very annoying about the things that will be pulled out later, and maybe it will lead to foreign countries having the opportunity and time to interfere in China's civil war.

The civil war must be short, and the entire Qing Dynasty's royal family must be strangled as soon as possible, leaving no room for foreign interference.

After listening to Jiang Fangzhen's words, Zhang Yahu and Chen Wu stopped talking about the glory and suffering of the past, Zhang Yahu continued to cook his beef soup, and Chen Wu sat on a stool and smoked, pondering the problems together.

At their level, the division commanders, brigade commanders, and instructors of the Northeast New Army knew very well that the commander-in-chief was about to go south, and everyone just closed the door and did not speak, and their parents and families were in the Guan, and everyone had already tried to arrange for their families to meet in the Kanto region.

There is no problem in overthrowing the Manchu Qing in one go, but there are new armies in all provinces, and it may take three or four years to sweep away the whole country if they fight, and there will definitely be various problems in the middle.

Everyone also understands in their hearts that if they still want to continue to develop upward, the only way to change from division commander to army commander and from army commander to governor in the future is to overthrow the Manchu Qing and make the commander-in-chief emperor.

What's more, it's easy to do.

The Chinese Revolutionary Association and the Xinhua Association have formed a tight organizational structure throughout the army, and it is easy to reach a consensus in the whole army and hold high the banner of the liberation revolution.

The Liberation Revolution is just around the corner.

Or to put it more bluntly, the commander-in-chief will become emperor this year, and everyone is waiting to hear the reward and establish a new Chinese empire, restore the glory of the Chinese nation, and become a world power again.

All the battle plans have not really been issued, but after all, these things have been prepared for five years, Zhang Yahu's Second Infantry Division is stationed in Liaozhong County, Cai Yi's First Cavalry Division and Chen Wu's Third Infantry Division are stationed in Jinzhou, these three divisions must be the vanguard awls.

Chen Wu's task is very heavy, he is a mountain division, well-equipped, and he fights mountain warfare.

The subordinate artillery regiment of Zhang Yahu's Second Infantry Division is the only heavy artillery regiment in the whole army except for the First Artillery Brigade, equipped with Krupp M1902 15mm long-barreled cannons, and at the same time controls four M1896 240mm railway heavy guns on the Beijing-Feng Railway - this thing, France resolutely did not plan to export this thing back then, and Song Biao also spent a lot of effort to persuade France to finally sell four to it, and promised to never let the Germans know about these things, and did not let the German [***] affairs advisers check the data of these four guns, The 14-ton cannon body was not so lucky, and a lot of money was spent in the middle, and it has been secretly hidden in a mountain tunnel in Liaozhong County.

The reason why Song Biao wanted to do this thing was to deal with the navy, if the Beiyang Fleet ran to the port of Jinzhou to show off his might, he would use railway artillery to hit the other side.

It is also obvious that Zhang Yahu's task is also to rush to the front to deal with the Qing army, responsible for capturing Shanhaiguan, as a strong force in the rear of the main force, the troops in front are tight, and he will be responsible for the final decision.

Song Biao's full set of battle plans was not issued, Zhang Yahu could basically guess that he was roughly responsible for attacking Shanhaiguan first, and then guarding Shanhaiguan waiting for the next order, Chen Wu should attack from the north, and transfer two other divisions into the pass to lure the Beiyang Army to attack.

Once the Beiyang Army attacked, Zhang Yahu's Second Infantry Division immediately rushed out and smashed others to death with a hammer, and the Beiyang Army did not attack, so the whole army would kill the Beijing Division in one go, find a suitable place to quickly surround the Beiyang Army, and use superior forces and combat power to win a decisive victory against it and annihilate the Beiyang Army.

The Second Cavalry Division was obviously responsible for making a detour to attack key points such as Zhangjiakou, while Cai Yi's First Cavalry Division was driving straight in, responsible for controlling the entire Beijing-Feng Railway, and even going all the way south to control the Jinghan Railway, and using cavalry troops to quickly encircle and annihilate the scattered forces in the six towns of Beiyang.

The troops really responsible for killing the Beijing division should be two divisions, the second infantry division is the best, there must be heavy artillery to attack the city, Zhao Tingzhu's first infantry division, Zhang Xiaohuai's fourth infantry division and Jiang Yanxing's fifth infantry division are also possible, after all, Song Biao still has three artillery brigades available, three conventional infantry divisions + the first cavalry division + the first and second artillery brigades swept through the Zhili area, and Zhang Yahu's second infantry division played a role in the key areas to win first.

Zhang Yahu and Chen Wu are pondering, Jiang Fangzhen doesn't need to ponder, as the chief of staff of the Second Staff Department of the Military Department, he and Song Biao have planned and predicted the entire battle situation no less than hundreds of times, and there are two combat plans that may be adopted in the end, namely the No. 1 plan and the No. 4 plan, the first is the main option, and the fourth is the alternative plan.

Now is the time to talk less and ponder more, because everyone basically understands it in their hearts, but there is no need to say it directly, unless it is discussed secretly in the organizational meeting of the Chinese Revolutionary Association.

After waiting for a while, Zhang Hongkui, Liu Gengyun, Xiao Kaigui, Jiang Zhaojian and Chen Qicai also came over, Zhang Hongkui is partnered with Zhang Yahu, the two have been working together for several years, known as "Shuangzhang", Liu Gengyun is the instructor of the Third Infantry Division, and Chen Wu's partner is last year.

Chen Wu's surname looks very good, but it's not very good, Song Biao chose several partners for him, and he didn't work for a long time before and after, and there would be contradictions, and in the end he could only send Liu Gengyun, the principal of the Far East Lushi Preparatory School, to the past, which is recognized by everyone as a good old man, and the modern national defense military literacy is also very high, and he studied abroad at the German Army Staff College for two years.

Now it seems that the cooperation between Chen Wu and Liu Gengyun is still very good, and the effect is very significant.

When everyone arrived, Zhang Futian's pot of beef soup was just boiled out, and everyone shared an enamel jar to drink first.

This soup is absolutely boiled.

Everyone was full of praise.

Zhang Yahu smiled and said: "Boss, let's say it's good, we usually drink tea foam in meetings, but this time we drink beef soup directly." ”

With Zhang Yahu and Chen Wu present, this group of people is collectively much more relaxed, because as we all know, Song Biao will definitely not be faceless to Zhao Tingzhu, Zhang Yahu, Chen Wu, Yang Tiesheng, these four are known as the Four King Kongs in the new army, Cai Yi, Jiang Yanxing, Zhang Xiaohuai, Xu Baoying, Xiao Kaigui, Wang Tingzhen, Wu Luzhen, Fu Liangzuo are known as the Eight Arhats, and there are also eighteen Arhats, but no matter how they are arranged, the Four King Kongs are the highest class.

And that's exactly what happened.

Song Biao's rare expression today seemed quite casual, he drank half a cup before he said to Zhang Yahu beside him: "Tomita's craftsmanship, you should be very clear, this is indeed to my taste, you just can't get used to drinking it." ”

Zhang Yahu laughed and said, "Why can't I get used to it, I can't get used to drinking beef soup, so why don't I drink it?" ”

Song Biao laughed, he knew that Zhang Yahu had a strong taste and liked saltier and spicier ones.

After a little thought, Song Biao said to Jiang Fangzhen: "You go directly to the Fourth Cavalry Brigade tomorrow and tell Wang Tingzhen that he is ready to be transferred south to the Xing'an Allied Army Pastoral Bureau to garrison, leave Chen Jing in Hulunbuir, and transfer new recruits on the spot, plus the Sixth Cavalry Regiment from the Third Cavalry Division of the headquarters to re-form the Sixth Cavalry Brigade in Hulunbuir." ”

Jiang Fangzhen nodded silently.

The others inevitably looked surprised when they heard this, because Wang Tingzhen's Fourth Cavalry Brigade was only transferred to the Hulunbuir Military Pastoral Bureau at the end of last year, and it changed its garrison so quickly, and it was moved south to the Xing'an League, so it was obvious that it was going to do it.

Xiao Kaigui, who had just been trained a few days ago, was inevitably a little impatient when he had constant problems in the exercise, and immediately said: "General seat, go south, the lowly people have been waiting for a few years." ”

Song Biao was reluctant to teach him a lesson, and it was precisely because Xiao Kaigui was not prepared that he temporarily transferred the Fourth Cavalry Brigade to the south.

According to Song Biao's "No. 1 Operational Plan," Cai Yi's 1st Cavalry Division and Wu Luzhen's 5th Cavalry Brigade followed him south, Xiao Kaigui's 2nd Cavalry Division made a surprise detour to Zhangjiakou, the 4th Cavalry Brigade was stationed in Hulunbuir, and the 3rd Cavalry Division was stationed in Changchun.

After Song Biao destroyed the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the 1st Cavalry Division continued to move south to defend the entire Jinghan Railway, the 3rd Cavalry Division went south to garrison the Jingfeng Railway, the 2nd Cavalry Division moved south along the mountains to deter the western regions of Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan, and the 5th Cavalry Brigade went south to Shandong.

He mainly relied on cavalry to demand quick and quick battles, while the main infantry divisions were gathered to focus on defeating the main forces of the new army in the provinces, and when they reached Fujian, Shanxi, and Hunan, they could declare the initial success of the liberation revolution.

Now there is no way, in order to be safe, the Fourth Cavalry Brigade can only be transferred down to attack Zhangjiakou and Shijiazhuang together, and at the same time, it is necessary to prevent Outer Mongolia from separating from taking the opportunity.

The most elite Sixth Cavalry Regiment was transferred from the Third Cavalry Division to Hulunbuir, and Wang Tingzhen, the former commander of the Third Cavalry Division, was appointed as the brigade commander of the Fourth Cavalry Brigade as the division commander.

Now the time left for Song Biao is only five months at most, after September, he must send troops to the south, and it is very difficult to build a cavalry brigade in five months, but fortunately, the number of military expenses and war horses is sufficient, and the personnel are barely enough.

Song Biao was silently thinking in his heart, seeing that he didn't speak, Xiao Kaigui thought that he hadn't made up his mind yet, so he couldn't help but persuade again: "Boss, what are you waiting for?" ”

Jiang Fangzhen didn't wait for Song Biao to blame Xiao Kaigui, and said: "Commander Xiao, don't worry about these things, the headquarters naturally has arrangements, train your second cavalry division well, if it weren't for the continuous problems in this military exercise, the headquarters would not have temporarily transferred the fourth brigade to the south, think more about the rectification plan." ”

Xiao Kaigui was a little unhappy, the scale of this military exercise was too large, and the problem was not his division, every division had problems.

He didn't dare to say anything, because the other two divisions were veteran troops he couldn't afford to provoke, and he thought that they had all fought all the way from the Battle of Heigoutai back then.

At this time, Chen Qicai suddenly proposed to Song Biao: "General seat, I will temporarily stay in the Western Liaoning Military and Pastoral Bureau to assist Commander Xiao in his work for a period of time." ”

Song Biao glanced at Chen Qicai with some puzzlement, he knew that Chen Qicai was thinking about what he said, and the kind of person who said little would easily not speak, and he was also his cronies, and he knew his combat intentions.

After thinking about it, Song Biao nodded and agreed: "That's not bad, you can stay first." ”

Chen Qicai said to Xiao Kaigui and Jiang Zhaojian: "Senior Xiao, Senior Jiang, then I will follow you back to Ao Hanqi first, please take care of me, and I hope you don't have too much worry." ”

Xiao Kaigui hurriedly said: "Director Chen's words are serious, you are here, it is too late for me and the dean to welcome you." ”

Chen Qicai has been with Song Biao as a staff adjutant all these years, and he has little power, but after all, he is a person who understands Song Biao's thoughts, and no one dares to offend, not to mention that this person is a more insidious type at first glance, not as easy to talk as his predecessor Shu Fangde.

Song Biao understood Chen Qicai's intentions in his heart, many of his ideas were actually not suitable for speaking clearly at this stage, and he had to rely on his subordinates to figure it out by themselves, and if he couldn't figure it out, it would be best for Chen Qicai and Jiang Fangzhen to make it clear in private.

(To be continued)