East China Governor's Palace.

Xiao Zhenlei practiced a few sets of boxing in the back garden, sweated, and just finished work, he heard Wang Yanan standing under the garden porch shouting: "It's time for breakfast!" ”

"It's coming!" Xiao Zhenlei agreed, picked up a towel on the chair, wiped his sweat, and walked out of the garden.

When eating breakfast, Xiao Zhenlei walked to the table with a newspaper and sat down, Cheng Baguio and Wang Yanan were already waiting, and after eating a few bites, Xiao Zhenlei heard Cheng Baguio say: "Eh, I said can you not always hold a newspaper when you eat?" Can't you care about us? ”

"Huh?" Xiao Zhenlei was stunned and said with a smile: "Okay, I won't watch it, just say it, there must be something wrong with you!" What is it? ”

The two girls looked at each other, and Cheng Baguio said: "Your eldest wife always wants to vomit these days, we went to the doctor to see her, and the doctor said she was pregnant!" ”

"What?" Xiao Zhenlei shouted, "What did you say?" ”

The two were taken aback by Xiao Zhenlei, and Cheng Biyao communicated: "What are you doing?" Scared us to death, what do you mean? Do you not want it or do you think it is troublesome for children? Or will you not ** us after having children? ”

Xiao Zhenlei hurriedly rubbed his hands and said, "No, no, no, how can I not want it?" I think so badly, of course children are good, and I won't dislike you when I have children, people like me? Tell me, Yanan, do you really have it? ”

Wang Yanan nodded shyly: "Well, I'll see a doctor!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei blamed: "Look at you, why didn't you sue me earlier?" ”

"Didn't they know what to do before?"

Xiao Zhenlei said happily: "Okay, okay." You don't go to work from now on, stay at home and take care of the baby, you know? ”

Although Wang Yanan usually has a big personality. It's a little out of tune, but women in this era know a truth, that is, mothers are expensive with their children, and their status at home will be much more stable if they have children.

Wang Yanan blushed and said, "Hmm! ”

After breakfast, Xiao Zhenlei got dressed under Wang Yanan's service and went to the headquarters next door with Cheng Biyao. Xiao Gao, the military secretary, saw the two of them coming out at the door and hurriedly took two steps forward, "President." You must be so happy today, there must be some happy event, right? ”

Hearing this, Xiao Zhenlei stood still and turned his head to look at Cheng Biyao, Cheng Biyao hurriedly said: "Only the three of us know about this!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei was relieved and asked, "Can't I hide something on my face?" Even Xiao Gao can see it? ”

Xiao Gao was startled and hurriedly said, "No, no, no." The main thing is that the president is so happy today! ”

Xiao Zhenlei waved his hand when he heard this, and walked towards the headquarters next door, along the way, there were guards standing up and saluting, and after coming to the commander-in-chief's office, Xiao Zhenlei drank a few sips of tea in the office and then came to the war hall accompanied by Xiao Gao.

"Commander-in-Chief!" The officers who were busy in the war hall all turned around and saluted when they saw Xiao Zhenlei coming.

After Xiao Zhenlei returned the military salute, he asked, "How is the situation?" ”

Jiang Baili said: "The Cai Yi Department on the Western Front is still resting, among which Liu Cunhou and Li Gengen are confronting Cao Kun and Wu Peifu under Tongguan City. On the Eastern Front, due to the relatively large number of troops on both sides, the logistics must also be fully prepared, and the battle line is also the longest, so Cai Guodong and Feng Guozhang are both deploying troops. The Fourth Division of the Central Front Battlefield Reserve was already approaching Hanchuan. Preparing to attack Li Yuanhong's troops, Wang Zhanyuan retreated to Hukou after defending Liujiamiao for two days, and according to intelligence, his troop losses were relatively severe. Weapons and ammunition are also relatively lacking, and it is rare to be able to hold on to this day, the 31st Division of our army and the 43rd Division of the Hunan Army are storming Hukou, but Wang Zhanyuan is very good at defense, and if our army wants to capture Hukou in a short period of time, I am afraid that the casualties will be much greater! ”

Xiao Zhenlei looked at the situation on the sand table, pondered for two minutes, and said, "Wang Zhanyuan's troops must have suffered a lot of casualties after several days of fighting. There is no need for our army to besiege him with two divisions, so that Chen Fuchu of the 43rd Division of the Hunan Army stays. Only besiege and not attack, cut off the railroad track leading from Hukou to Xinyang, since Wang Zhanyuan wants to stay in Hukou, then let him stay forever, draw out the 31st Division to cross Hukou and march in the direction of Xiaogan, if Duan Zhigui does not want to lose in Xiaogan's Li Chunbu, he will inevitably increase his troops in Xiaogan, so that his forces in the direction of Xiangyang will be weakened, give Cai Guodong an order, let Wu Shiyou send a division to the west to march to Xinyang, and then it will depend on how he responds, and give Xu Shaozhen an order to prepare Cai Yi on the western front, and the battlefield on the middle line may need reinforcements, Let him prepare a division and insert Nanyang diagonally to the southeast at any time! ”

An officer asked, "Commander-in-chief, what if Duan Zhigui is worried that the back road will be copied and retreats to Nanyang?" ”

Jiang Baili said with a smile: "That's right, he left Li Chunbu in Xiaogan, didn't he just give us the opportunity to encircle and annihilate Li Chunbu?" ”

"Hahaha, yes!" When the officers heard this, they immediately understood Xiao Zhenlei's plan.

"Report!" At this time, a staff officer came over and opened the text and said: "News from the Intelligence Department that Yuan Shikai has sent two divisions to reinforce the middle line battlefield, namely the 56th Division and the 57th Division, the commanders of these two divisions are Li Tiancai and Li Jincai, the total strength of the two divisions is 18,000 people, each division is about 9,000 people, and now these two divisions have arrived in Xuchang. ”

After listening to the staff officer's report, everyone didn't speak, Xiao Zhenlei walked to the big map and looked at it, then turned around and walked to the sand table and said: "What is Lao Yuan doing, does this kind of refueling tactic want to make a lose-lose situation?" Two divisions of 18,000 people, obviously dissatisfied with the formation, hastily pulled up the army sent to the battlefield for them to die? ”

Jiang Baili frowned and said: "It seems that the battlefield on the middle line still has to be quickly resolved, the further north it goes, the longer our battle line and logistics line will be, which is very unfavorable to supplies, and this kind of refueling tactics consumes too much, our East China Army is okay to say, the armies of other provinces may not be able to bear it, and the ammunition supply cannot keep up in time, how can this battle be fought?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded, thought for a moment and said: "Order, order to transfer the 32nd Division from Jiangxi to Anhui, give Bai Wenwei an order, let his 52nd Division of the Anhui Army go north to take over the defense area of the 26th Division, give Cai Guodong an order, let Wu Shiyou transfer the 26th Division to attack Xinyang quickly, drag Li Tiancai and Li Jincai two divisions for me, and give Xu Shaozhen an order, let him order Cai Yi to transfer Xiong Kewu's troops to the southeast to attack Nanyang, let the reserve fourth division immediately attack Li Yuanhong's department, and order the 31st Division to approach Xiaogan."

The operational staff officers took notes on Xiao Zhenlei's orders, and then turned around to convey the order.

After everyone dispersed, the secretary Xiao Gao came over and said, "Commander-in-chief, Tang Qianming, deputy chief of staff of the navy, asks to see you!" ”

"Tang Qianming?" Xiao Zhenlei frowned and said, "He is not in the Navy Command to help Sa Zhenbing and Cheng Biguang deal with naval affairs, what are you doing here?" ”

Xiao Gao said: "I don't know, he only said that he has something important to see, please be sure to see him!" ”

Jiang Fangzhen heard it clearly next to him and said, "Didn't you come here at the behest of Li Yuanhong?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei was stunned when he heard this, thinking that this is very possible, you must know that Tang Qianming's brother Tang Hualong is the chief of civil affairs of the Hubei Military Government, and he and Li Yuanhong almost wear the same pants, does Li Yuanhong want to abandon Yuan Shikai and go to the south?

Xiao Zhenlei looked at Jiang Baili and said, "Brother Baili, let's go, let's go and meet Tang Qianming together?" ”

"Good!"

When the two came to the reception room, Tang Qianming was sitting on a chair, and the weather was relatively hot, probably because he was pretending to be in his heart, his heart was relatively hot, and he was sweating profusely.

Seeing Xiao Zhenlei and Jiang Baili walking in, Tang Qianming hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Commander-in-chief, chief of staff!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei pressed his hand, and after the two sat down, Xiao Zhenlei asked, "I heard Xiao Gao say that you have something urgent to see me?" What is it? ”

Tang Qianming twisted for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said: "The day before yesterday, my brother Tang Hua Longtong Guò acquaintance sent me a telegram, saying that Li Yuanhong entrusted him to negotiate with you, let me come over as an intermediary!" ”

Sure enough, Xiao Zhenlei and Jiang Baili glanced at each other, their faces were a little ugly, and he said: "Chief of Staff Tang, I have always been very optimistic about you, but you should also know that you are a soldier, and a soldier should do what a soldier should do, don't meddle in political affairs, the navy is vigorously building, and there are many affairs, don't you have anything else to do?" Although our East China Army has strict military discipline, it is not that it does not talk about family affection, but we can't mix official affairs with private affairs, let alone mix private affairs with official affairs, and we can't mistake official affairs because of family affection. Will I give him more benefits because of you? I see that you have not put your attitude and position right on this kind of matter, who do you think you are? Pimp or political broker? Our Chinese officialdom has always been corrupt because it is too much about human relations, and the vast majority of them have no position and principles, I have no objection to talking about human feelings, because our culture is like this, but you can't violate the principles just because you can't erase your feelings! I don't think you have a deep understanding of this aspect, so let's stop your position for a while, I'll give you a period of vacation, go back and think about what is wrong, when you think clearly, write a letter and hand it to me, I'll talk about it when I'm satisfied."

Tang Qianming's face had become pale at this time, and his mind was a little dazed for a while, and he didn't know what to do, Jiang Baili hurriedly said: "Zhuxin, the affairs of the navy during this time have also tired you enough, you can go back and rest for a while, I will say hello to Sa Zhenbing, what about you, think about it at home during this time, your ability and the commander-in-chief are both recognized by me and the commander-in-chief, but you have not turned a corner in your thinking, now is not the former Qing Dynasty, the army has the rules and discipline of the army, and you can't talk about human relations casually, Soldiers must have a firm stance in politics, otherwise, wouldn't the army be ready to rebel at any time? Isn't the world going to be in chaos? Is it true that the state has an army to bring chaos to the world? You don't have any burden in your heart, the commander-in-chief just suspended you temporarily, not kicked you out of the army, you must think about these issues clearly when you go back yourself, understand? (To be continued)

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