For a time, a large number of middle and low-level officers in the military formation also turned over one by one, drew their command knives and issued various passwords, and the soldiers began to sing military songs and step out of the school under the leadership of officers at all levels!

And farther away, the soldiers of the 3rd Cavalry Battalion also instigated their own war horses, and hundreds of horsemen roared out one after another.

However, in the eyes of those high-ranking generals, these things are all face-saving, and their main role is to give their own people courage and boost morale, otherwise they would not have made these fancy things to make a departure ceremony.

Compared with the fancy departure ceremony on the side of the Daughter Township School, the real entry trip in Jinzhou Railway Station, a group of soldiers walked up to the military column, the artillerymen shouted to push the artillery onto the train, and the machine gunners also put the machine guns on the artillery. The baggage troops and the civilians filled the trains with more shells, ammunition and various logistical supplies, and then the trains would carry the soldiers and equipment south.

In addition to these main forces of infantry and artillery, led by Zhao Dongyun himself, yesterday morning, the First Cavalry Association of Fengtian led by Meng Enyuan had already moved south ahead of schedule, and they would become the vanguard of the Fengtian Army, opening a safe passage for the westward advance of the army.

After the departure ceremony was over, Zhao Dongyun also took a group of senior generals to board the military column, and in addition to the officers and soldiers of the Third Town and the First Cavalry Association, there were also a large number of personnel from the Fengtian Army Headquarters, mainly the General Staff, supplemented by some personnel of the Quartermaster Department, these personnel were the main components of the headquarters after Zhao Dongyun entered the customs, headed by Fang Biyong. The main job is to provide Zhao Dongyun with various tactical plans and solve various logistics supply plans.

And those who remained in Mukden were the main officers of the first and second towns of Mukden, as well as other personnel left behind in the Mukden Army Headquarters!

Because Fengtian is his own nest, it is impossible for Zhao Dongyun to hand over all the whole to a certain person, but he divided the power equally between Xu Bangjie and Lin Yongquan, and before he left, he appointed Lin Yongquan as the 'acting council office' of the Fengtian Army Command, and this Fengtian Army Command is supervised by Zhao Dongyun, as for the general office, it is not established, so Lin Yongquan's 'acting council office' is actually the temporary person in charge.

But he also ordered that the defense of Jinzhou belonged to Xu Bangjie!

In this way, there are overlaps and contradictions between responsibilities and powers, so as to avoid any one dominance!

At the same time, he also removed an infantry standard from the first town of Fengtian as the basis for the formation and training of the Fengtian Fourth Mixed Association, and also transferred an infantry standard from the second town of Fengtian as the basis for the formation and training of the Fengtian Fifth Mixed Association.

And the two chief officials of the mixed association, He Zonglian and Cao Kun, are considered latecomers, both of them came to Jinzhou alone to join Zhao Dongyun, and they are not too involved with the original generals in Fengtian, so they can also further divide the power in the hands of Xu Bangjie and Lin Yongquan and others.

At the same time, he also strictly ordered that any expansion of the army, financial matters must be reported to the headquarters to which he came, and Jinzhou could not be self-determined.

Many of the above means are to prevent chaos within Fengtian after he enters the customs, if Zhao Dongyun leaves, Jinzhou will be messed up or even betrayed, Zhao Dongyun will have to cry to death.

When Zhao Dongyun led the army from Jinzhou, Wang Yingkai had already led the first town to the north, but the journey was a little slow, because he couldn't run over to attack the Beijing division alone, and he had to wait until Duan Qirui's fourth town and Zhao Dongyun's third town came to fight.

After all, there are now Wang Shizhen's sixth town and Feng Guozhang's seventh town in Beijing, and the seventh town of them has a large number of Beiyang officers from other factions, especially the many officers in the Soviet system. Therefore, in order to maintain the control of the Seventh Town, Feng Guozhang purged a large number of Soviet officers, and then transferred his protégé to serve in important positions in the Seventh Town.

I have to say here that although the seventh town still has a large number of banner people, in fact, the representative of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, that is, Tie Liang, has not been able to control this army from beginning to end.

Due to the transfer of middle and high-ranking officers, this seventh town will also have an impact on combat effectiveness!

However, Wang Shizhen's sixth town is not a big problem, Wang Shizhen's sixth town was originally reorganized with the Wuwei Right Army as the core, and the Wuwei Right Army is the old Beiyang Army, and all the existing Beiyang middle and senior generals, including Wang Duan Zhao Feng and others, are from the Wuwei Right Army.

This time, because there was no question of any banner people in the Sixth Town, and the Sixth Town was Wang Shizhen's basic plate, there was not much change, but the officers of the non-own faction were transferred away like other troops.

And this kind of thing is not only him Wang Shizhen did this, Wang Yingkai, Duan Qirui and Zhao Dongyun all did this, Zhao Dongyun overhead Wang Zhanyuan is an obvious example.

The other factions also showed no mercy to the Soviet generals, and a large number of Soviet officers who served in other factions were transferred from important posts or simply dismissed, and then what should happen to these Soviet generals who were squeezed out? Most of them are like Cao Kun and He Zonglian, and they will go to Jinzhou to seek refuge with Zhao Dongyun, the boss of the Soviet family!

While Wang Yingkai slowly went north, Duan Qirui also began to lead the army westward! In fact, a few days ago, Duan Qirui had already sent a target army to Tangshan.

The main purpose is to protect the Fuyuan machine qì factory located in Tangshan!

Seeing that the war was about to break out, there was no need for Zhao Dongyun to say anything, Duan Qirui immediately sent troops to control Tangshan first, and cut off the foreign military orders of the Fuyuan Machinery Factory.

However, he still took into account Zhao Dongyun's reaction, so he did not directly take away a large amount of arms in the Fuyuan Machinery factory, but only took the arms after giving the money, but Duan Qirui didn't have much money on hand, and the money given was naturally not enough even for the cost price.

Looking at the crying telegram sent by Zhao Chenbin, Zhao Dongyun didn't care, now the situation is so chaotic, this Fuyuan machine is within Duan Qirui's sphere of influence, and if they don't directly forcibly recruit him, it will give him Zhao Dongyun's face.

"We still have to be cautious about the Fuchang business, according to my opinion, it is better to move the Fuchang to Fengtian as soon as possible!" Zhao Dongping said: "After all, Tangshan is located in the land of four wars, and it will be good to do it in the event of a war in the future!" ”

Zhao Dongyun also had a headache in the face of the situation of the Fuyuan Machinery Factory, when he established the Fuyuan Machinery Factory, he did not expect that he would go to Fengtian to be the king of the Northeast, if he could not predict the prophet, he would have built the Fuyuan Machinery Factory in Jinzhou, why is it so troublesome like this.

And now, if you can control Tangshan by entering the customs, this is naturally the best, if the situation is not second, such as being forced to retreat outside the customs when you lose the battle, it is estimated that you will have to dismantle the Fuyuan machine and bring it back to Fengtian.

As for now, if you want to move the Fuyuan machine factory to Mukden just because of the four words of precaution, it is very undesirable.

Now in the war period, whether it is his Zhao Dongyun, Duan Qirui or even Wang Yingkai's troops, they all need a large amount of munitions.

This relocation is simple, but it is not just as simple as moving a place, if you relocate, you will not want to restore your current output for a year or two, so it is better not to move or not to move, especially at this critical moment.

As for the defeat after entering the customs and being driven back to the customs by others, it is another matter, and when the time comes, it will be necessary to be a demolition and relocation office and move the entire Fuyuan back to Fengtian.

"Where is Lao Meng's cavalry? When to Shanhaiguan? After Zhao Dongyun put down Zhao Chenbin's message, he then looked up and asked Fang Biyong.

Fang Biyong said: "General Meng's cavalry association has passed Suizhong, and it is expected to be able to reach Shanhaiguan tomorrow!" ”

Meng Enyuan's cavalry set off two days in advance, but it was better than thinking that Meng Enyuan's cavalry was riding directly into the west, but in fact, it was not, Meng Enyuan's cavalry was the same as the infantry behind, and they also took the train to maneuver, otherwise the horses would not be able to stand the long-distance horseback march, and it was estimated that a large number of war horses would die if they walked dozens of kilometers, and if they were leading the horses on foot, the marching speed was estimated to be slower than that of the infantry!

The reason why those cavalry in ancient times, especially the Mongol cavalry, was able to maneuver hundreds of kilometers in a short period of time mainly relied on one person, three horsemen, or even four horsemen.

The cavalry under Zhao Dongyun is a single horseman, and the maneuver is mainly based on short- and medium-distance maneuvers, and the mobility mentioned by modern cavalry generally refers to short- and medium-distance tactical maneuvers, especially after arriving at the battlefield, and is not the kind of thousand-mile attack that the novelist said!

This Meng Enyuan's cavalry is not a heavenly soldier, but there is no way to run from Jinzhou to Shanhaiguan in two or three days, and he has to rely on taking a train!

Judging from Zhao Dongyun's action to enter the customs, it can further prove the importance of the railway in contemporary warfare, there is no railway inside and outside the customs, and Zhao Dongyun cannot arrive at Shanhaiguan from Jinzhou in two or three days, so he can only honestly walk over by his legs, and now that the early winter is coming, it is estimated that there will be heavy snow when he arrives at Shanhaiguan.

On the morning of the thirteenth, in Shanhaiguan, Meng Enyuan walked off the train with Hua Zhenji and other cavalry generals, and in front of him was a large group of generals from the fourth town who came to welcome him.

It was only a battalion management belt in the fourth town that came to greet him, and I saw him step forward and say, "General Meng, now this Shanhaiguan is called to you!" ”

There is already only one infantry battalion left in the fourth town in Shanhaiguan, if it weren't for the purpose of guarding this Shanhaiguan and letting Zhao Dongyun in, it is estimated that Duan Qirui's battalion would not have stayed. Therefore, after handing over the defense of Shanhaiguan to Meng Enyuan, the infantry battalion of the fourth town immediately drove south to catch up with Duan Qirui's main force.

Meng Enyuan looked at the soldiers who got off the train one after another, and then turned to Hua Zhenji and said, "Let the brothers settle the war horses first!" ”

Then he said to his adjutant: "Send a letter to the commander, saying that our department has arrived at Shanhaiguan and ask for follow-up instructions!" ”