Chapter 88: To Each His Own Way (8)

Before the Wusheng Pass, the Beiyang Army was retreating, and according to the agreement, the 4th Town and the 11th Mixed Brigade laid down their arms and crossed the pass with their bare hands. Subsequently, the Anhui army sent people to return the weapons. From the point of view of the agreement, there is no problem at all.

When the Anhui army laid down its weapons and lined up to pass the customs, the scene of the Anhui army closing the machine guns and the muzzles of the machine guns made Feng Guozhang, who was waiting in Henan, really pinch a cold sweat. If the Anhui army temporarily turns its face, all its belongings will be lost. Don't look at the fact that there are two towns, one association in the fifth town, and thirty-nine associations in Wuxiang outside Wusheng Pass, let them knock on the pass, Feng Guozhang really didn't have the confidence to command these troops. Cao Kun's third town was more face-saving, but with the signing of the armistice agreement, the third town in Shanxi, which had not yet left Shanxi, was killed again.

Speaking of which, Yuan Shikai really has to be grateful for the action of his brain in Shanghai, and he actually excluded Fang Jianxiong, a fierce man. Otherwise, with Fang Jianxiong's strength, the Northern Expedition is really not an empty word.

The Anhui army has taken the initiative to withdraw from Henan, which is the original strategy, but this initiative to retreat has indeed won praise in front of the major powers of various countries. Praise is praise, and the countries that favor Beiyang still sent several military attaches to Wushengguan to supervise the retreat of the Beiyang Army. It is said to be supervising the retreat of the Beiyang Army, but in fact, it is to prevent the Anhui Army from suddenly rising out.

The sudden rise of Fang Jianxiong, the Japanese military attache Shi Zhong, who arrived temporarily from Tianjin, aroused great attention from the Japanese military circles. Germany is said to be Japan's ally, Britain's strongest challenger to the world order, and the United States to be Japan's most formidable competitor to the Pacific. On October 18, 1908, the U.S. Great White Fleet arrived in Yokohama after a year's voyage and severely shocked the Japanese Navy. Hence the so-called plan of the 88th Fleet.

Compared with the pro-Japanese of the Alliance, Fang Jianxiong has almost no contact with Japan. If it's just a small warlord, forget it. This warlord has a strong army, which is enough to confront the Beiyang Army head-on and even win the battle. Such an army, which has a tremendous influence on China's political structure, must arouse Japan's great attention. Japan is a small country, poor in resources, and strictly dependent on China's resources. In particular, the Hanyang Iron Works and Daye Iron Mine are places that are considered forbidden by the Japanese.

Pig iron supply from the Hanyang plant was left. Yawata Steel is almost ready to close its doors. And the current person in Hubei who actually controls it should already be Fang Jianxiong.

The military attaches of various countries stood together and watched the Beiyang Army under the pass pass in a dejected procession. Shi Zhong looked at the Anhui army around him, and all of these military attachés were taken care of, and it was ugly to say. Two guards followed each toilet.

What other military attachés think, Shi Zhong didn't know clearly, but he deeply felt the vigilance of the Anhui army. As a lieutenant in the Japanese Army, Shi Zhong, who is currently an officer stationed in China, once served in the Sixth Division, and his real identity is not that of a military attaché. It was the Japanese army stationed in Tianjin. After receiving a report from Nagachi Kanno. The commander of the garrison army urgently sent him over to see the true strength of the Anhui army.

Looking at the equipment and personnel of the surrounding Anhui Army, I will subconsciously compare what the result would be if the Sixth Division encountered the Anhui Revolutionary Army. The results of the comparison surprised Shi Zhong Bufen, if it was a class that ran into each other. The Japanese Army was bound to suffer, and a squad met each other to start a battle. Probably a tie. If it is a squadron-level encounter, the Anhui army will suffer. If it's a brigade encountering each other. The Anhui army was bound to suffer a crushing defeat.

Of course, there is a subjective component to this evaluation in the stone, but the moisture is not too large. The standing divisions of the Japanese army are indeed very strong in combat effectiveness. Especially in terms of individual soldiers, it is not inferior to the great powers. Compared with the ** squadron, Shizhong naturally has a sense of superiority. No matter what level of confrontation, when Shi Zhong found that the Japanese army was going to suffer, he still felt that this discovery was very important and must be reflected in the report.

Guarding Wusheng Pass were the three troops of Zhulafeng, Anyi and Huyan Aobo, and the three of them were originally in the same dormitory, and the relationship was quite good. This will be a piece of work, looking at the Beiyang Bingtong guò Wusheng Pass. Zhu Lafeng also raised his hand to make an aiming gesture, aiming at a Beiyang officer who had passed the customs on horseback. This one was followed by guards in front of and behind, and they were also equipped with equipment, but they were all short guns.

"This should be Chen Guangyuan, the second town commander!" An Yi looked a little depressed and spoke, the battle of Hankou was not fought. However, Zhu Lafeng really pulled the wind, with less than ten casualties, and won Wusheng Pass.

"The brothers are sleeping in Wusheng Guanfeng, and they are cheaper than Wang Jingluo and Tian Jiyang. The equipment of the fourth town, don't you just pick it up? "Huyan Aobo is a little sour, since he made a mistake in Jiangbei, he hasn't had a comfortable day. I finally rushed to Wusheng Pass, and I didn't think about a truce. There's nothing to do with him, what's this thing called? I ate the dust all the way, but I didn't catch anything.

Zhu Lafeng pointed to the group of military attaches at the far end and said in a low voice: "Brothers, do you see it?" That little Japanese sneaky, doesn't look like a good person at first glance, and has been recording something in a notebook? Why don't you have a few brothers to tease? ”

"Pull it down! Don't make trouble for the handsome! "An Yi is the most steady, and he spoke out to stop Zhu Lafeng, a lawless guy. If you want to say that there are not many lawless guys in this teaching team, there are only two. One is cold rain and the other is jura wind. However, the relationship between these two is very poor, they don't like each other, and they compete with each other. Judging from the current situation, Churafeng has a slight upper hand.

"Lao Zhu, don't be complacent. Li Yifeng's brigade suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and when he heard that a company was broken, there were only 30 people left when he returned. If you want to talk about credit, Li Yifeng is the biggest hero of this battle. One brigade pretended to be the main force and dragged three times as many troops on the opposite side for 48 hours. An Yi sighed, since the war with Beiyang, the outstanding people are the students of the first phase of the temporary short-term class. These people in the first phase of the serious long-term class are not very good. In particular, the Anyi Brigade, as the main direction of attack, failed to break through the defense of the Beiyang 11th Mixed Association within 24 hours, and when the troops were bombarded by Beiyang, deserters also appeared. This made An Yi linger for a long time, and he felt that he had betrayed the trust of the handsome.

"Be content with both of you!" Huyan Aobo's heart was even more sour, and he couldn't wait to say, "Don't mention it, it's all tears!" ”

When Chen Guangyuan walked up to Feng Guozhang, he looked ashamed and saluted: "My lord, I am incompetent and incompetent, and I am not worthy of you coming here to pick him up." Feng Guozhang smiled at him and said, "This battle is not unjust, it has nothing to do with you." It's good that people come back, but I'm worried that the more than 10,000 elite soldiers won't come back. ”

The long queue was still out of the customs, Feng Guozhang glanced at the majestic and steep Wusheng Pass melancholy, and said calmly and lightly: "We are backward in Beiyang!" ”

In Hankou, Fang Jianxiong immediately walked beside the road, put up a pergola with his hands, smoke and dust billowed at the far end, and Jiang Fangzhen led his troops back. There are too many things that need to be summed up in the Jinghan Line Campaign, and without Jiang Fangzhen, the chief of the General Staff, this summary meeting would not have been able to begin.

Jiang Fangzhen rode his horse forward at a gallop, turned over and dismounted, and saluted Fang Jianxiong first: "Commander, the humble leader has returned, please instruct!" ”

In front of everyone, Jiang Fangzhen still attached great importance to maintaining Fang Jianxiong's prestige. Fang Jianxiong returned to the military salute first, then stepped forward and hugged Jiang Fangzhen excitedly, hugged him a few times before letting go: "Brother Baili, we defeated the Beiyang Army!" ”

Jiang Fangzhen also nodded excitedly and said, "Yes, I defeated the Beiyang Army!" ”

Before that, these two had little confidence in whether they could defeat Beiyang. There are many strategic mistakes in the early stage and adjustments in the middle, which need to be summarized. The two stopped riding horses and walked back side by side, fainting as they went.

Jiang Fangzhen could feel that Fang Jianxiong attached great importance to him, but this person had an indifferent temperament, except for the nationalization of the army that he had always advocated, he had always been a gentleman's way of life. How to put it, I don't like to tie up with my superiors. In addition, he is not too sensitive in politics, leading troops to fight and write articles, Jiang Fangzhen is a good hand, and it is not good to let him be an official.

Fang Jianxiong has never been the kind of person who likes bureaucrats, and he has long had enough of the faces of unit leaders in another time and space. So the two have always been particularly compatible. In terms of military ability, Fang Jianxiong is definitely inferior to Jiang Baili. But relying on the knowledge of a hundred years of time and space, Jiang Fangzhen felt that it was not simple. Especially the three-three tactics, four teams and a group of things like that, Jiang Fangzhen admires it even more. It is believed that this is a tactic to exert the power of infantry to the limit under the existing equipment of domestic infantry.

While talking, Fang Jianxiong first talked about the content of the Hanyang Conference, mentioning the transformation of the Revolutionary Army into the National Defense Army. Jiang Fangzhen very much agreed with this: "Since the Xianfeng Changmao Rebellion, the biggest drawback of the Hunan Army, the Huai Army and the Beiyang Army is that the soldiers are generals. Soldiers fight for money, have no national concept, can fight internally, and are often vulnerable externally. Fuguo has always instilled his subordinates with the concept of the country and the nation, which can be described as a high-level move. ”

This praise is a bit high, but Fang Jianxiong's cheek has already been practiced, and he said with a smile: "Right now, our army actually controls Hubei and Anhui. The governors of the other provinces were essentially warlords, large and small. The establishment of the Nanjing Provisional Government is imminent, and I don't think they will last long. Taking advantage of this short period of time, the National Defense Forces should get a good grasp of summing up the experience of this battle, the Seventh and Eighth Divisions should also be trained to the fullest, and the Army University should also be opened. ”

"Fuguo, tell me the truth, how will you treat Beiyang and Nanjing in the future?" Jiang Fangzhen saw that there was no one around, and asked in a low voice. Fang Jianxiong stood and groaned, his eyes were deep and far away, and he sighed leisurely: "Actually, no matter who holds the power of this country, they all hope that this country is good. It's a pity that the Tao is not the same, and I am really reluctant to fight a civil war! (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )