Wu Peifu has always regarded himself very highly, but after meeting the Sichuan Air Force, Wu Peifu also felt a deep sense of frustration, this kind of technical advantage can not be made up by the tactical level, as long as the Sichuan army is willing, it will be able to turn the military column into a sea of fire, no matter how much you have the ability to do nothing, seeing this situation can not make Wu Peifu feel angry, the dignified Beiyang Army has always been the most advanced army in China's equipment development, how can it be surpassed by the Sichuan Army today, the huge gap makes Cao Kun also very worried.

"Ziyu, now that the road is cut off, I'm afraid I won't be able to rush to Wuhan within a day, I think I still want Your Majesty to report on the battle situation, and let's add to the rush to repair the road!"

"That's all, but this time the matter is over, we must also establish our own air force, and we must not let the Sichuan army act arbitrarily in the air force!"

Cao Kun nodded, and hurriedly sent a telegram to Yuan Shikai to report that he had suffered an air raid, and at this time, Yuan Shikai also got a few telegrams from half an hour ago, Zhao Erfeng sent him a telegram, saying that the persuasion failed, and the Sichuan army would join forces with Cai Yi to make a difficulty, just when Zhao Erfeng's telegram arrived, Qiao Yu issued a telegram in the name of Sichuan political axe.

Accusing Yuan Shikai of destroying the republic, vainly claiming to be the emperor, and at the same time announcing that the three southwestern provinces would be closely united and jointly raise troops against Yuan, Sichuan finally showed its attitude at this time, from Cai Ye announced that it has been more than half a month now, and the two armies of Yunnan and Guizhou have achieved a series of victories, so that the prestige of Hu [***] is getting higher and higher.

With the high-profile addition of Sichuan, the protection of [***] has really become a joint force of the three southwestern provinces, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that this army is absolutely able to resist Beiyang, just look at how Emperor Yuan ends.

In addition, there is a less noticeable news that the Sichuan-Han Railway was completed three months ahead of schedule after the efforts of all the workers, and the economic artery connecting Sichuan and Wuhan was finally completed in its entirety, and the biggest constraint on the development of Sichuan is the road problem, and now there is a stable channel to connect with the outside world will be able to greatly promote the industrial development of Sichuan.

Of course, what makes people pay more attention is the military value of this artery, the Sichuan army can quickly attack Wuhan by railway, and then be able to block the Yangtze River, and Beiyang across the river, the significance of this railway can not be overstated, with the road unblocked, the Sichuan Hu [***] who has long been ready to go quickly out of Sichuan, straight to Wuhan, and four shallow water gunboats also out of Sichuan.

The commander-in-chief of the Sichuan army this time was Zhu Qinglan, who commanded a total of three divisions, and the first batch to go out of Sichuan was Wang Huai's first division.

Due to the consideration of the difficulty of construction and the cost of construction, the Sichuan-Han Railway temporarily uses narrow gauge, and there can only be a small train with a capacity of only fifteen or sixteen tons on the narrow gauge, which is very different from the standard gauge, Qiao Yu of course knows that this narrow gauge will be eliminated sooner or later, but the financial resources of Sichuan at that time are not enough to build a standard gauge train, and it must be improved after the financial abundance.

This kind of small train carriage is narrow, the soldiers are densely seated in the stuffy tank carriage, enduring the strong smell of sweat, but these first users of the Sichuan-Han Railway are still very excited, with the train is different, can tirelessly take them out of Sichuan, you must know that in the past when walking only on both feet, this road did not have ten days and half a month without thinking at all, now it only takes more than a day to feel the three towns of Wuhan thousands of miles away, how can not let these soldiers from peasant families be very happy.

At this time, it was not only these soldiers who paid attention to this railway, but also two old men, one was Zhao Erfeng and the other was Huang Sande.

Zhao Erfeng looked at the train in the distance, and a smile appeared on his face: "Shunqing, the people of Sichuan have long been looking forward to having such a railway, our Zhao brothers do not have this ability, and now you have built the Sichuan-Han Railway, it is really a blessing for the people, and the old man is also happy to see that Sichuan is developing so fast!" ”

"The old governor has won the award, in order to build such a railway, more than 800 workers died between the mountains and mountains, it can be said that this highway was exchanged for life, and future generations do not know how to evaluate it!"

During the construction of the Chuanhan Road, a large number of laborers died, most of these people were former bandits and bandits, and more than 20 engineers and technicians died, according to Qiao Yu's order, the names of these people were all engraved on the stone tablet, becoming an eternal memorial, at this moment there were no bandits, no bandits, only righteous people who sacrificed for the country.

"Shunqing, don't worry about this, I have also led soldiers and fought wars, I can't be afraid of sacrifice on the battlefield, the key is that sacrifice can be exchanged for greater value, the country is too weak, if you don't rise up and develop, it will really be over!" Zhao Erfeng was particularly emotional, even Huang Sande next to him.

"Qiao Shuai, I have been watching Sichuan for several months, it can be said that I see the hope of China's future, what China needs most is the spirit of hard work, not a verbal revolutionary, I will go back to the United States immediately, and discuss with Brother Situ, we will try our best to mobilize overseas Chinese to return to China to participate in the construction, as Zhao Lao said, don't worry about sacrifice, this is also no way to do it, who told us not to forge ahead before, we must pay the price now, the key is that the price is worth it!"

The two old men left Sichuan, Qiao Yu also got the news of the successful bombing at this time, the Luhan railway was cut off, and it would take at least three days to repair it, and this place is still more than 300 kilometers away from Wuhan, if you rely on two legs to hurry, I am afraid it will take more than ten days, and because there is no air supremacy, Sichuan's air force can be dispatched at any time to attack and harass the Beiyang Army, so it will be more difficult for Beiyang to send troops to the south.

It can be said that the Sichuan army grasped the initiative in the war as soon as it went to war, and at this time, even if Wu Peifu had the ability to reach the sky, there was no way to look at the destroyed railway line.

"Ziyu, it's not good, the Sichuan-Han Railway has been opened to traffic, which means that the Sichuan army can use this railway to invade Hubei in a big way, I'm worried that Zhang Jingyao won't be able to resist it at all, and Ma Jizeng, Long Jiguang and others will also be difficult to block Cai Yi's fortifications, seeing that half of the south of the Yangtze River is about to fall!"

"Dashuai, Sichuan is probably waiting for this opportunity, our intelligence is too backward, we don't even know in advance when the Sichuan-Han Railway will be opened, no wonder it is so passive, the current situation is indeed critical, I think the only way to let Feng Guozhang come forward and transfer troops from Nanjing to aid Wuhan, so there is still a possibility of fighting, otherwise it will be really bad!"

Cao Kun and Wu Peifu were in a hurry and there was no way, and Yanjing had already exploded at this time, after the news of the Sichuan Air Force dispatched, the entire Yanjing City was in chaos, Lao Yuan gathered the civil and military officials to discuss carefully, but these people have no understanding of the new military branch of the Air Force, and they don't know how to deal with it, and what worries them even more is that once the three towns of Wuhan fall into the hands of the protector, half of the country will be lost, and the current form looks more terrible than the confrontation between the north and the south in Xinhai.

A few people who were still shouting for Lao Yuan's ascension to the throne felt a chill for a while, Sichuan is really powerful, the shot is extraordinary, and the snake is seven inches, and now Yuan Shikai's situation is becoming more and more difficult.

Lao Yuan has ascended the throne and sat on the throne at this time, but he does not have any radiant appearance now, haggard to the extreme, as Yuan Shikai's confidant Yang Du sees it in his eyes, and his psychology is also quite uncomfortable, he originally thought that ascending the throne is only the first step, and then Lao Yuan needs to rely on the authority of the emperor to carry out drastic reforms, who knows that an emperor activity will consume Lao Yuan's hard work, but it is more perfunctory to maintain, without a trace of vitality, but although Yang Du is full of regret, but he is not willing to give up his life's dream.

"Your Majesty, although Hubei is critical, Zhang Jingyao still has 30,000 elite soldiers in his hands, and the two mixed brigades of Wu Xiangzhen and Li Shanzhi will also arrive in Wuhan soon, and they still have the strength to fight, and I suggest that Your Majesty can let Feng Guozhang send troops to take the Yangtze River waterway to aid Wuhan, and then order the Shaanxi and Gansu troops to speed up their march, attack Beichuan, and contain the Sichuan army!" After Yang Du finished speaking, Yuan Shikai nodded slightly, and he didn't seem to be particularly excited.

At this moment, Yang Shiqi stood up, "Your Majesty Qi Qizuo, Wechen thinks that this time the Sichuan army is all based on the power of aircraft, and we don't have enough weapons to match now, Wechen thinks that we can ask for help from the great powers as soon as possible and form our air force, so that we can offset the advantages of the Sichuan army." ”

Hearing Yang Shiqi's words, Lao Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up, this is indeed a good way, as long as the powers can support it, they will be able to deal with the Sichuan army, in Yuan Shikai's eyes, the powers are omnipotent.

The Beiyang Army fell into passivity, but the Sichuan Army firmly seized this rare opportunity, Zhu Qinglan led three divisions of troops to Wuhan, and Xia Douyin, who was still fighting in Hankou, heard the news, and immediately knew that victory was in sight, Beiyang looked huge, but the real combat force was not strong, as soon as the air force came out, it was able to seize such a big advantage, which made Xia Douyin unexpected.

Soon the Sichuan army appeared in the three towns of Wuhan in one day, there were shallow water gunboats of the Sichuan army on the river, which had firmly blocked the Yangtze River route, and the Beiyang army did not want to transport any soldiers and materials to Hankou, Zhu Qinglan commanded the army to land in Hankou and join Xia Douyin's troops.

"Commander Zhu, I am ashamed of my position and failed to completely occupy Hankou, and most of the railway station is still under the control of the Beiyang Army!"

"Division Commander Xia, Beiyang is a strong army in the world, Wu Xintian is also a strong general, it is already very good that you can fight to this extent, now that the Sichuan-Han Railway is through, coupled with the advantage of the Air Force, the Beiyang Army is just a turtle in the urn, we will soon be able to take the three towns of Wuhan and give Yuan Shikai a blow to the head!"

Zhu Qinglan has enough confidence to say this, he now has nearly sixty heavy artillery pieces in his hands, as well as thirty aircraft, plus sufficient supplies, with this force, he can definitely crush any counterattack in Beiyang.