Chapter 114 Min Navy and Mixed Party

On April 21, the sixth year of the Republic of China, the War Department of the Beiyang Government officially issued an order, appointing Li Houji, the overseer of Fujian, as the commander-in-chief of the army to aid Guangdong (in fact, it means attacking Guangdong), and at the same time transferred the 31st mixed brigade of the Central Army into Fujian and incorporated into the army to aid Guangdong. On the same day, Chang Ruiqing, accompanied by Xu Shuzheng, paid a formal visit to Liu Guanxiong, the leader of the Fujian Navy and the current chief of the Navy.

"Ding Ming, Jingru, do you think there is any hope for this aid to Guangdong?"

As soon as Chang Ruiqing and Xu Shuzheng left, Liu Guanxiong was in the small meeting room of the Admiralty, and had a "closed-door meeting" with his deputy Sa Zhenbing and his staff member Xie Baozhang.

Sa Zhenbing and Xie Baozhang were slightly stunned when they heard this, and glanced at each other, Xie Baozhang touched his beard and said tentatively: "Ying Weng, the strength of the southwest is not small, and Beiyang is not united at the moment, Feng Hejian and Duan Hefei have their own thoughts, and the appointment and dismissal of a Hunan overseer, the two of them have been entangled for a while, and their subordinates feel that they are ...... I'm afraid that aiding Guangdong is just a mirror, and Li Peizhi can hold Fujian and not let Lu Rongting's people come in. ”

When Liu Guanxiong heard this, his face turned pale. He is a staunch supporter of the Beiyang government, whether it is the "Second Revolution" or the "War to Protect the Country", he has led the naval fleet to charge in front, but his hands are stained with a lot of blood of the Kuomintang! However, he has also won the trust of the high-level officials in Beiyang, over the years, except for a few months when Li Yuanhong was the president, he has always been the chief of the navy, and when Yuan Shikai was called the emperor, he also rewarded him with a second-class duke! But in this "Protector War", he, the chief of the navy, made a mess and lost face!

It turned out that Li Yuanhong also served in the navy, and he had an old boss in the navy, Cheng Biguang, the leader of the Guangdong Navy, and after Yuan Shikai's death, Li Yuanhong succeeded him as president, and gave the chief of the navy to Cheng Biguang. When Zhang Xun was restored, Cheng Biguang also ran out of Beijing and went to Shanghai with the naval fleet. And now that the republic has returned, Cheng Biguang refused to bring back the naval fleet, but went to Guangdong to participate in the Protectorate War under the bewitchment of Sun Yat-sen.

And those who ran to Guangdong were the main forces of the Republic of China Navy, including the cruiser Haiqi with a displacement of more than 4,000 tons! And those who stayed on the side of Beiyang were basically "glass ships" that could not go to the battlefield, so Liu Guanxiong, the chief of the navy, became a "chief of light poles"! If Beiyang can't level the southwest for a while and a half, it means that he still has a good job as the "chief of the light pole". Uh, no, it's hard to say whether you can be in charge or not!

Xie Baozhang also frowned, and it seemed that his mood was not much better: "Ying Weng, now that our Admiralty has no usable ships in our hands, will Duan Zhiquan still rely on us as he did when President Yuan was in the past?" The priority now is to think of ways to get the ship back, or else ......"

Liu Guanxiong just shook his head: "There is no way, there is no way......"

He turned his gaze to Sa Zhenbing, the vice commander of the navy, but his face looked like he didn't take this matter seriously, he met Liu Guanxiong's gaze, but said with a slight smile: "Brother Ziying, how do you think the situation in Fujian will develop?" ”

"The situation in Fujian?" Liu Guanxiong was stunned and looked at Sa Zhenbing with a puzzled expression. Sa Zhenbing said eloquently: "If the aid to Guangdong can be successful, then our navy can come back and its status can be preserved." But what if it doesn't work out? Li Houji, Zang Zhiping, Chang Ruiqing, and Xu Chongzhi, oh, and the power of our navy. I don't know what this Fujian will look like! This is an opportunity for us! ”

Liu Guanxiong stood up suddenly, walked back and forth in the room for a few steps, and suddenly looked back at Sa Zhenbing: "Dingming, what do you mean ......?"

Sa Zhenbing said in a low voice: "Territory! Fujian Province is our hometown, why can they be kings and hegemons from other provinces, and we Fujian people can't get a piece of the pie? ”

Liu Guanxiong glared at Sa Zhenbing: "Nonsense! We are the Navy! How does the Navy grab territory? On the shore, can we beat their army? ”

Sa Zhenbing smiled deeply: "Don't we have a Marine Corps?" ”

"Marines?" Liu Guanxiong smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "It's just a battalion of soldiers." It can be used for a fart. ”

Sa Zhenbing sneered: "Isn't Chang Ruiqing's 31st Mixed Brigade expanded from a model battalion? He can do it, why can't our navy? He leaned forward slightly and lowered his voice: "At present, most of the local forces in Fujian have something to do with the navy, and in Fujian, our navy is the head snake!" As long as our battalion can get to Fujian, we want to expand a brigade. It is not difficult to occupy a piece of land, and the army in Fujian is not monolithic, so we can pull one faction to fight another faction when the time comes......"

Liu Guanxiong was silent for a long time when he heard this, and then said slowly: "But in what name are we going to transfer the Marine Corps south?" ”

Sa Zhen said coldly: "Of course it's going south to aid Fujian, isn't there a fort in Xiamen?" There are also naval schools and naval shipyards in Fuzhou, which need to be defended, and they cannot be destroyed by Sun Yat-sen and Lu Rongting's people! ”

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In Chang Ruiqing's house in Beijing's Shijia Hutong, this night ushered in an old acquaintance who had just come all the way from Guangdong, Jiang Jshi!

In the study, a few teas were placed, and Zhao Xiang'er and Chang Ruiqing's adjutant Yu Liu were guarding outside, and no idle people were allowed to approach. Chang Ruiqing, Wu Shi, and staff member Jin Yongyan accompanied Jiang Jshi to drink tea and chat inside.

At this time, Jiang Jishi looked like a spring breeze, and he still came to contact Chang Ruiqing in the name of Sun Yat-sen's special envoy. However, before going north, he was received by Generalissimo Sun alone, and the two talked very happily, it seems that Sun Yat-sen admires him a lot!

Chang Ruiqing is a newlywed Yan'er, or he marries a wife and takes a concubine together! Although the best little Lori hasn't eaten it yet, the female bandit Zhao Xianger at the door is being ...... So it's also a good time to be in a good mood.

Now the two of them are smiling and chatting and laughing, and from time to time they make a few jokes, which makes Jin Yongyan and Wu Shi laugh at the scene, but it's not easy to say what kind of calculations are being made at the bottom. In the end, all the words that could be talked about were ripped up, and I really couldn't find any topic, Jiang J Shi coughed lightly, and the expression on his face became stern: "Brother Yaoru, Mr. Sun has agreed to the matter of our two parties cooperating to take Fujian, but ......"

"Wait, wait." Chang Ruiqing waved his hand in a hurry, interrupting Jiang Jshi's words: "What do you mean by the two of us?" Aren't brothers and the Chinese Revolutionary Party one and the same? That's too much of an outrageous statement...... Brother, didn't you sue Mr. Sun about your brother's thoughts? My brother has always been a believer in the Three People's Principles, but he has no chance to follow Mr. Sun...... This is back in Fujian, and I finally have the opportunity to get what I want! Mr. Sun doesn't think he will refuse people and thousands of miles away, right? ”

As soon as these words came out, several people in the room were stunned. Listening to this meaning, Chang Ruiqing is going to join the Chinese Revolutionary Party and mix with Sun Yat-sen? Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng are so kind, they have forgotten everything in a blink of an eye, they are inevitably too capricious, right? And now Beiyang still has the upper hand, and if he falls to the Kuomintang, he is not afraid of becoming the target of public criticism?

Chang Ruiqing was still full of spring breeze: "The kindness of Xu Zhenggong and Duan Zhilao, of course the brothers should be kept in mind, but personal kindness can't be greater than the country, right?" Although Beiyang is now blooming on the surface, in fact, it is already disheartened...... Even the most heartfelt troops in Beiyang are supporting their own troops, not taking the central government seriously, and making Duan Zhilao and Xu Zhenggong the commanders of the light pole! This situation can no longer be reversed by my own strength, and the only hope for China in the future is Mr. Sun. ”

He smiled and gently turned the teacup in his hand: "Of course, brother, a member of the Kuomintang, still has to keep it secret for the time being, after all, brother doesn't want to cause a conflict with the Beiyang group because of this...... Although Beiyang has no future, after all, the brother is from Beiyang, and he can't be a gravedigger in Beiyang, right? ”

Jiang Jishi didn't quite understand Chang Ruiqing's words, and looked at the other party fixedly. Chang Ruiqing smiled and explained: "When Duan Zhilao and Xu Zhenggong lost the banner of Beiyang, the brothers led all the troops and territories to join the People's Party!" Brother, do you think it's okay? ”

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