Chapter 248: Off-the-Field Failure (Medium)

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In Japan, the political game of retaliating against China and adding two permanent divisions in Korea also spread to Mukden ().

The news of the exchange of fire in Dongying, and the total annihilation of a military brigade stationed in China shook the entire Far East, although this could not shake the position of the Japanese Army's Asian boss, but it caused people to worry about the current situation, whether Japan would retaliate? Where to start? Will the dawn of national reunification, which has just risen, be swallowed up by the haze of foreign war? While the south was engaged in diplomatic mediation on this matter, and Britain, the United States and Germany were entangled with each other for their respective interests, the atmosphere in Mukden, located outside the Shanhai Pass, was already tense.

A small group of cavalry of the 27th Division galloped out of the city, thick sandbags piled up outside the city gate, light and heavy machine guns and cannons were almost all pulled out, and those Japanese merchants and ronin, who were unattended in the past, were even more watched.

As the atmosphere of slaughter became more and more intense, Fang Rui and Ma Kui also stepped into Fengtian City with more than a dozen members of the Security Bureau disguised as vendors. This season is the busiest season of the year in Tohoku, and the land of Tohoku that has survived the harsh winter begins to glow with vitality.

Throughout northern China, there is no place other than Tianjin that is as prosperous as Mukden. After more than 200 years of blockade by the Qing government and the Shandong people performed a picture scroll of singing and crying through the eastern part of the country, with the South Manchurian Railway Branch, Jingfeng Railway, Anfeng Railway and other railways have been opened to traffic, relying on the advantages of natural harbors such as Lushun and Dalian, it is one of the few regions in China in terms of population density and the number of industrial and mining industries. The Asian-American Association's survey report even believes that the scale of the economy here actually surpasses that of Anhui and Jiangsu, and the total annual trade volume can reach hundreds of millions.

It is precisely because of the prosperity of Mukden that the economies of the northeastern provinces are all close together, and Japan has even come to the conclusion that whoever controls Mukden can control Manchuria, Mongolia and the entire northeast.

But because of the prosperity, it has brought disasters to the local people, especially after the country has no self-protection strength, it has become a fat meat for the great powers to compete for. Russia's step-by-step exploitation, the First Sino-Japanese War is even more painful! Hundreds of Krupp heavy artillery groups that were luxurious in Europe at that time were defeated by Japan, which did not even have a few cannons, and since then it has completely opened the drama of the great powers competing for the three eastern provinces, and the three countries have also forced Japan to withdraw. Even before the Qing government came to power, there was clamoring for the support of Russia and Japan to defeat the nascent revolutionary regime.

Although Japan and Russia are encroaching step by step, Fengtian and most of the Northeast are still actually controlled by China to this day, and Yuan Shikai has to mention a little credit for this. Because at the beginning of the establishment of Beiyang, he realized the importance of the Northeast, so he continued to strengthen his strength here, first the second mixed association stationed in Fengtian, and then the twenty towns were transferred, and then in Jilin, Songjiang, Hejiang and other places have placed henchmen, began to operate the Northeast little by little, and also incorporated the patrol army and the old Feng army, after becoming the president, the Feng army was changed to the 27th Division, and the division commander was Lieutenant General Zhang Zuolin, who was born with a horse bandit beard.

Even though the battle in the Guannai was in full swing, Yuan Shikai still did not move the 20th and 27th divisions, because he was afraid that Russia and Japan would take the opportunity to stir up trouble.

There is also a 20th division of the Beiyang descendant stationed behind him, so Zhang Zuolin has been particularly active in his errands for more than a year, uniting with Zhao Erxun to suppress the Kuomintang, squeezing out the blue sky, sweeping the bearded bandits in the territory, and taking care of Fengtian in an orderly manner, not long ago, it was rumored that Yuan Shikai wanted him to be the governor of Fengtian, but the joy has not dissipated, and a guy in the south who is better than him directly announced the Northern Expedition!

The headquarters of the 27th Division was set up in Fengtian City, and Zhang Zuolin felt that something was wrong all over his body during this period of time, and he had worked hard for more than a year, resisting Japanese infiltration, and striking at Manchuria, and guarding against the Russian big hair, which was really tiring, but with Yang Qiu staged a comeback in Tianjin, he began to feel uneasy when he shouted the slogan of the Northern Expedition ().

Don't look at the 108,000 miles separated from Fengtian and the south, but the news is not lagging behind at all, and he didn't think it was good to hear that the two families were fighting well, but after the Henan Bridge was broken, he knew that it was bad! No matter what you say, you can be regarded as a side of Beiyang, and your hands were stained with the blood of the Kuomintang before, and even Lan Tianwei and those people were beaten away by themselves, if this Yang Qiu defeated Yuan Shikai and became the president, would he liquidate himself?

Although he is not in agreement with the Kuomintang, he is also a revolutionary.

The more Zhang Zuolin thought about it, the more wrong it became, and before he could find a way, there was a Sino-Japanese exchange of fire in Dongying, and Yuan Shikai was bedridden and announced two blockbuster news in the field.

The first news almost didn't scare him to death! A firefight between China and Japan? Isn't this going to cost your own life, if Japan reports a big reply, his own people can't stop the Japanese 16th Division stationed in Korea and South Manchuria, and Yuan Shikai is even more dumbfounded, and the backer is gone? What should I do now? So he hurriedly called a few old guys to the meeting, but after sitting for most of the hour, Zhang Dashuai didn't even let out a fart, just walked around vigorously, looking uneasy.

Wu Junsheng, Zhang Jinghui, Tang Yulin, Zhang Zuoxiang and others here are all old brothers who fought with him, and now they are all brigade commanders and town guards, and they are also anxious when they see him like this, and they can't help complaining about Yang Qiu and the National Defense Army.

Your Northern Expedition will be the Northern Expedition, the fall of Beiyang is a big deal, and we will directly reverse it, anyway, there is no shortage of things to do, as long as you keep the thousands of guns in your hand, there will always be a bowl of rice to eat, but what the hell is the Sino-Japanese conflict?

"He's—it!"

The first to speak was Wu Junsheng, he worked as a hawker, worked as a horse dealer, and later became a soldier for a living, and after explaining Zhang Zuolin, he became a brother, and when he saw him fidgeting, he slapped the table angrily: "He, he Yuan Datou and Yang Qiu are fighting, fighting for the world, fighting for the world, what are the Japanese, Lao Tzu's cavalry patrolled the Liao River every day during this time, and yesterday, he almost clashed with a few Japanese mongrels." ”

Because he suffered frostbite from his mouth when he was a child, he couldn't speak clearly, and his speech was stumbling, and he was often teased by a few old guys about his big tongue, but now who still has the heart to joke ()! Tang Yulin has a tyrannical personality, known as Tang Laohu, scolding and complaining: "Wu Da Tongue is right. Grandmother! What kind of Japanese to fight well, it's good now, the east of the South Manchurian Line is fully mobilized, the Japanese soldiers are all red-eyed, and they have crossed the border several times to arrest people! The day before yesterday, a Japanese squad leader came, and he asked Lao Tzu to retreat twenty miles with one mouth. His grandmother's, twenty miles! How many towns and people? ”

"Can't be withdrawn!"

Although Zhang Zuoxiang was also born as a bearded bandit, his heart was much more delicate than that of the previous people, and he stomped his feet and said: "The Japanese are not at ease, and they retreat twenty miles just to establish a Manchurian country for those old and young people!" We must not back down from this matter, and if we let those flag men come back, we will not have a good life. If it's a big deal, he Yang Qiu can kill a brigade with a cavalry regiment, and we can kill two or three with seven or eight thousand guns, and the Japanese 16th Division in South Manchuria, Korea has a total of only about 7,000 men, and there are only five brigades excluding artillery or something, and I am afraid of a bird. ”

"That's right, isn't it just a few thousand bean soldiers, we can fight back then and now we can fight! It's really not good, just learn to fight Russia like before, and dig out its nest. There are also those remnants of the Tartars, who made a lot of trouble in Tongliao and Taonan during this time, and they were simply wiped out together. ”

"What are you yelling about? Don't you know that the current situation is difficult! Didn't he, Feng Delin, lead the horse team to suppress bandits in Tongliao? Send someone to tell him, it! Wasn't he very powerful when he fought with Lao Tzu back then? It's only been a few years, and it's soft? A bunch of Mongolian fools and widows are so polite, why do you beat Lao Tzu hard, and one of them is one! Although Zhang Zuolin was born with a beard, he was not as full of arrogance as everyone imagined, and his medium stature was like a teacher in a robe. He is tactful, open-minded and dares to delegate power, so most of the people who follow him are desperate, and his career has been very smooth after being recruited by the Qing government, and he has experienced several troubles in Northeast Japan and Russia, and he hates Japan and Russia. So at this moment, listening to everyone's complaints, I scolded my mother, and my temper came up and slapped the table hard.

As soon as the slap was slapped, everyone honestly closed their mouths, and Zhang Zuoxiang hurriedly comforted him: "The prestige of Tongliao and Taonan to kill those old and young is not tight, but what should the Japanese do?" The family money we have saved over the years is not as good as a wing of others. ”

Zhang Zuoxiang is a rare few brains in the 27th Division, he was known as Xiao Zhuge when he was dry beard, and his reminder also made Zhang Zuolin calm down, scratched his head and asked: "For today's plan, we can only hold the 20th Division of Shanhaiguan first, and if it doesn't work, I will give them half of Fengtian, and then talk about it after passing the current pass first." ”

"It might have been useful half a year ago, but now." Zhang Zuoxiang sniffed, shook his head and said: "A few days ago, I asked Zhang Huilin to go to the 20th Division to inquire about the situation, and came back to tell me that Lu Yongxiang has been transferred back to Beijing. Fu Liangzuo promised to come to support in case the Japanese soldiers called, but according to Zhang Huilin, those Beiyang people are now panicking, the officers only care about running away to contact the south every day, and the soldiers have no energy, so I can't count on it! ”

"I can't rely on it!" Zhang Jinghui, who had never spoken, was not optimistic that the 20th Division would come back, and continued: "In the past, no matter what you said, you still occupied the name of the central government, and everyone was coaxed, but now that Yuan Shikai has fallen, the Beijing War Department itself is in a mess. That Liang Caishen (Liang Shiyi) didn't know what kind of evil he had committed, and he withheld all the money in his hands in one go, and even Duan Qirui didn't give it, saying that the money would be left to the new government. Now not to mention the 20th Division in Shanhaiguan, the first division of Beijing and Zhili and several mixed brigades have not been paid, and all ammunition and ordnance have been detained and not issued. ”

Zhang Zuoxiang saw that he didn't speak, glanced at a few old guys and said, "It's not me who said, we should really take the south road now." Don't look at Li Huangpi occupying the position of president, but he has long lost his temper in Hubei, and the army and money are in the hands of others, so it is a matter of time before Yang Qiu sits in the world, and he may be able to keep his job if he gets through the relationship as soon as possible. ”

Zhang Zuolin didn't know that he should contact the south, but he heard that Yang Qiu had always acted ruthlessly, and even the Kuomintang had fought cleanly, and he hadn't done anything good for more than a year, especially helping Yuan Shikai suppress the revolution was even more entangled.

Zhang Zuoxiang saw his thoughts and said: "Mr. Jiang Baili, who was here before, is now thriving under Yang Qiu, and he has also become the president of the National Defense University, so he doesn't need to say hello when he enters and leaves the military headquarters. Speaking of this, he simply gritted his teeth: "Send all those in our family who are not successful to study at Hubei National Defense University." ”

When everyone heard this, they were shocked and sent to study at the National Defense University? Isn't that just proton ()!

Zhang Zuolin also knew that there was no way out, sighed and was about to speak, when the guards outside the door suddenly ran in: "Report to the general, there are two people outside who say they want to see you." ”

"I'm annoying, I don't see!" Zhang Zuolin, who was six gods and no owner, thought that he was another guy who came to fight the autumn wind, so he refused without raising his eyelids. The guards didn't dare to speak, and just as they were about to turn around, Zhang Zuoxiang grabbed him and asked, "Where are the guests from?" ”

"They claimed to be from the south, and the older one seemed to be a major general, named Ma Kui. By the way, he also brought a dozen of his subordinates. ”

"Marque? The name sounds familiar. Zhang Jinghui frowned and thought about it, and suddenly picked up: "Isn't the baggage camp pipe belt that started with Yang Qiu called Ma Kui?" Could it be. ”

After being reminded, Zhang Zuolin was also stunned, and only after a moment did he jump up violently, slap the table and scold: "Damn!" Next time I report to Lao Tzu, let's make it clear first! Why are you stunned? Please! No, no, come back, come back, go and bring me the uniform, and then go and tell the kitchen to prepare a banquet, and I will personally go to meet it!" ”

After a while, Zhang Zuolin, who had changed into a lieutenant general's uniform, came to the door in person with a large number of Fengjun officers, and this posture frightened Ma Kui and Fang Rui, and because they were lieutenant generals, they hurriedly saluted: "Ma Kui (Fang Rui) of the National Defense Army has seen General Zhang." ”

Hearing the self-report, Zhang Zuolin's eyes narrowed, and he hurriedly returned the salute affectionately and smiled: "It's all my fault, it's okay to wear this dress, since you came to Fengtian, you are all your own brothers, you don't have to be polite." ”

"The commander-in-chief said that there are rules in the army, even if you don't wear a military uniform, we will salute you."

"Well said the commander-in-chief! An army should look like an army. Zhang Zuolin slapped his ass and snorted, swept the officers around him and deliberately scolded: "Look, this is called military literacy, usually you are asked to salute one or two, and you are all deaf!" ”

Everyone said a few words, and Zhang Zuolin introduced the generals of the Fengjun army and pulled the two into the living room ().

The layout of the living room of Zhang's mansion is not luxurious, but it exudes a bookish atmosphere, and after sitting down, Ma Kui pointed outside and said with a smile: "The prosperity and security of Fengtian along the way have really opened the eyes of the two of us, and I can not lose my national integrity between Japan and Russia, and take care of the northeast only in an orderly manner, no wonder the commander-in-chief has never forgotten General Zhang." ”

"Oh? Did the commander-in-chief mention Zhang? Zhang Zuolin quietly glanced at Zhang Zuoxiang, and said in his heart, what do these words mean? Does it mean that I don't forget my old Zhang, or does it mean something else?

Before the two of them came, they had studied this Northeast King carefully, and knew that he didn't read much but had a calm mind, so Fang Rui came very simply: "The general doesn't have to be suspicious, the commander-in-chief and President Jiang have always praised you, because of the injustice in the country, you need to settle down in the customs first, so you have no time to come to visit, and now the reunification of the country is imminent, so today I bring a letter from the commander-in-chief." ”

After Fang Rui finished speaking, he took out the letter and handed it to Zhang Zuolin, who was not lazy, and simply handed it to Zhang Zuoxiang: "Fu Chen (Zhang Zuoxiangzi) to read, I don't avoid people here." "If someone else received Yang Qiu's letter, I'm afraid I would have read it alone first. But he generously announced that his wrist is really different from ordinary people, which shows that this person is indeed like Yang Qiu said, quite knows how to envelop methods, and it is this kind of means that has helped him create a world under the attack of Japan and Russia in the Northeast.

Zhang Zuoxiang opened the letter and cleared his throat: "General Zhang personally opened the Japanese invaders in the year of the First Wu Dynasty, and the general resolutely fought against the foreign invaders from Rong, and the grief and mediocrity caused countless heroes to bury their bones on the battlefield. After the war, the people of the Northeast were struggling and bandits were in droves, so you single-handedly created a security regiment to maintain local peace. After Gengzi year, Tsarist Russia invaded the territory and slaughtered our people, and you brought hundreds of tigers to resist resolutely, broke the grain road, protected our people, and countless people lived.

When the guns rang out in Xinhai, the Wehrmacht responded to the will of heaven and rose up in accordance with the people's will, and cooperated with the heroes of the southeast to finally overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty and return China to a prosperous future. However, over the past year or so, the state affairs have been difficult and changeable, first there are people from the southeast to exert pressure, corrupt officials and corrupt officials take the opportunity to expropriate and extort tyranny, and then there is an attempt by the north to sell the country and use the hands of the Japanese to overthrow the republic, seeing that the mountains and rivers are restless, and 40,000 compatriots are about to have many disasters, Yang Moutian became the commander-in-chief of the national defense forces, so he had to raise troops to revitalize the brigade and wave the Northern Expedition. Fortunately, the soldiers worked with the people to work together, and finally saw the light of day in more than two months, but unexpectedly, the foreign invaders took advantage of the weakness of our country to mobilize troops in our country without authorization, in a vain attempt to occupy the Yellow River and threaten the hinterland of the Central Plains (). Although I don't want to destroy the friendship between China and Japan, the country is important! Therefore, it was ordered to be collected. A day of fierce battle, full of white bones, blood full of the Yellow River, can finally comfort the world, the land is not lost.

Now the Yellow River has been locked, and the Central Plains is temporarily unharmed, but the Japanese invaders have killed our Chinese ambitions, and there has been a sound of retaliation and war on Dongying Island, so the general is in danger and Yang is very worried!

The northeast originally belonged to China, but it was repeatedly invaded by Japan and Russia, and countless lands are still ceded to this day. The general's lifelong resistance to the enemy and foreign invaders must have become a thorn in the eyes of Japan and Russia. The reunification of the country is imminent, the intervention of Japan and Russia, the division of Mongolia, and the remnants of the Manchurians will counterattack.

Yang hereby asks the general to rest assured that the National Defense Tiger is about to go north to support in the near future, and the General Staff is also discussing with Beijing to reorganize the 20th and 27th Divisions into the 14th Infantry Division of the National Defense Army. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Zuolin was also moved, not to mention that Yang Qiuxin did not mention the massacre of the Kuomintang in half a word, but praised himself, and in the end, not only did he not cut the military power, but he also handed over the Beiyang 20th Division to himself to jointly form the 14th Infantry Division! Once the two divisions merged, it would be 20,000 horses smaller! With a calm mind, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva, the 14th Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht sounded quite exciting.

People have already shown favor and sent a big gift, how could Zhang Zuolin refuse, got up and did the same as Ma Kui saluted just now, and shouted: "Please take me to tell the commander-in-chief, from today onwards, Zhang's more than 100 catties will be his person!" Please rest assured, as long as Zhang is in Mukden for a day, no matter whether it is Japan or Da Maozi, don't want to take away an inch of land from our 14th Infantry Division! ”

The division commanders all stood up to ensure that they naturally slapped their chests one by one. Ma Kui and Fang Rui looked at each other and smiled, this Zhang Zuolin is really not simple, before the 14th division has a word, he will first put on his name and take it into his arms. However, the two of them didn't care whether these old Fengjun officers who were full of meat words were sincere, and with them, at least before the Wehrmacht crossed the Shanhaiguan, the Northeast would not have any countermeasures at all.

As for the future, the Wehrmacht system these guys haven't understood yet.

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