Chapter 109 Expansion (15) Adjustment

Sun Baoqi stepped down from the position of governor of Shandong, which can be said to be a bit of a hasty departure. The resentment against Yuan Shikai in my heart is not ordinarily deep. At any time, he didn't want to give Lao Yuan a good time, let alone that he was now the first person in government affairs under Fang Jianxiong.

Anything that makes Lao Yuan uncomfortable, Sun Baoqi is very willing to do it.

"Mu Lao is right, the most important thing today is to urge the Qing family to abdicate. Too much weakening of the Interim Government would not be conducive to the attainment of that purpose. "Han Yan, a former member of the Alliance, is very interested in overthrowing the Qing Dynasty. And he added nostalgically: "The alliance is indeed uneven, and the members are mixed. Scum like Chen Qimei is a minority after all. ”

"I thought that Tao Chengzhang's death, Sun was happy to see, and it may even be Sun's instructions. Otherwise, Chen Qimei, who is the most suspected, will not be allowed to investigate the case. Of course, what Mu Lao said is indeed reasonable, our army has made enemies on both sides, and it is indeed inappropriate for a long time. "Li Muyan has always been Fang Jianxiong's eager pioneer to bite people, Fang Dashuai doesn't like the people in the Alliance, so he naturally wants to start with the biggest bite. Since biting people, Li Muyan's slippery side has been exposed, and it is difficult to change the problem of the teacher's background.

A group of people expressed their opinions word by word, and the soldiers did not speak. It is estimated that it is all a thought, and the marshal said that whoever he fights will be beaten. Tang Hualong, who hasn't spoken much, is not because he doesn't want to say it, but because his foundation in this camp is too shallow.

After Tang Hualong became governor, he was still relatively reliable. It has stabilized the situation very well, restored the market of Wuchang, and has done a very good job in taxation and military rations. The 5th and 7th Divisions went south, and the military supplies were all local merits. This has to be counted on Tang Hualong's head.

"Mr. Jiwu. Why don't you speak? Fang Jianxiong asked with a smile, Tang Hualong has been sitting upright, waiting for this. Immediately straightened his waist and said, "What you said is reasonable, and I have benefited a lot." For the current political situation. But it's a little bit shallow, and the shortcomings, please correct them. ”

"Hehe, Mr. Jiwu, don't be polite, this is not a government report in the parliament. Speak your mind. Fang Jianxiong smiled and encouraged, and said in his heart, this guy has a very high level of speaking, a little higher than himself. At first glance, he is a talent who is an official.

Tang Hualong's confidence in Fang Jianxiong was based on military victories, and without the victory of the Jinghan line, history is estimated to return to the original point. In parallel history, he couldn't stay in the middle of being shouted and killed by some people in Wuhan, so he went to Nanjing. Fang Jianxiong's appearance, in an objective sense, gave Tang Hualong a chance to turn over. So Tang Hualong still cherishes it very much. In Hubei, the power of the head of the government is a little smaller than that of the military governments in various places, but it is much stronger than before.

"First of all, let's talk about Beiyang, Yuan Shikai is most concerned about two things now, one is to borrow the hand of revolution. Achieve the goal of forcing the retreat of the house. The second is to seize the position of the president of the Republic of China. In order to achieve these two objectives, it is impossible to rely on negotiations tightly, and sufficient pressure must be put on the military side. Now it seems that Beiyang's military operation in Hubei has failed, that is, Beiyang will use troops in addition to Shaanxi, Shanxi and Jiangsu. It is essential to obtain the understanding and support of the commander. Secondly, in Nanjing, the provisional government was so difficult that it could not pay salaries. Some people still have money to go. Speaking of this, Tang Hualong smiled, and everyone smiled, which meant something. Chen Qimei guards the flowery world of Shanghai, and actually says that there is no money, which is a joke in the eyes of a cadre.

"There are too many speculators in the League. Let's not talk about this. Mr. Jiwu, please continue. Fang Jianxiong simply interjected and asked Tang Hualong to continue.

"The Nanjing government is now facing military pressure on two fronts. At a low level of absolute weakness. However, with the current strength of our department, it is unrealistic to want to unify the whole country, and we can only adopt a strategy of gradual encroachment, first taking Jiangxi and then Sichuan, and continuing to advance eastward after opening up the Yangtze River. This is a little idea in the military, and the opinion of the politician himself is to join forces with Nanjing and suppress Beiyang. Finally, to sum up, my personal opinion is that the political compromise reached with the Nanjing side would militarily create a fait accompli for the possession of Jiangxi. After Tang Hualong spoke, he looked at Fang Jianxiong with some apprehension, he didn't bother to find one these days, just waiting for such an opportunity to show his face.

"Bang bang bang!" Fang Jianxiong smiled and took the lead in applauding, everyone was stunned at first, and then they all applauded. Obviously, although there may be different opinions, Fang Dashuai agreed that it was the final decision. Of course, this does not rule out the possibility that Fang Dashuai's purpose in turning the soup into a dragon is to check and balance the original old department. For example, Li Muyan and Han Yan. Zheng Quan and his ilk need to rely on Sun Baoqi and Tang Hualong to balance, and not let one side dominate.

After applauding and affirming, Fang Jianxiong said to Tang Hualong unhurriedly: "Mr. Jiwu, you are responsible for this matter." ”

Tang Hualong broke out in a cold sweat, his heart was broken, and he said too much. To say that Tang Hualong's analysis is in place, Fang Jianxiong also appreciates it and decides to agree. The question is, has Tang Hualong always been in contact with Nanjing? This, huh! Fang Jianxiong didn't say it, but it was much more powerful than he said. Of course, this was all Tang Hualong scaring himself, Fang Jianxiong had no one to do this, so he threw it over, not thinking that there would be a chemical reaction.

This Tang Hualong, now Fang Dashuai is still willing to trust. At the moment, there are so many people in hand, what kind of food and what to cook. Otherwise, he wouldn't have accepted the pair of sister flowers, just to make Tang Hualong feel at ease.

After the political talks, we began to talk about military affairs. This time, Jiang Fangzhen was the first to speak, stood up and walked to the wall, picked up a stick and pointed to the map, and said: "Everyone, please see, the deployment of our army is now one division in Bengbu, two divisions in Wuhu, two divisions in Jiujiang in the south, two divisions in Wushengguan and Xiaogan, and one division in Yichang. The Eighth Division of Wuchang, judging from its combat effectiveness, only means half a division. The local security forces do not count, and the strength of our army seems to be sufficient for the time being. At this stage, all departments are resting and replenishing, and it will not be a problem to take Jiangxi and then organize the troops into two divisions, and the only thing to take into account is the financial problem. If it is necessary to start a war against Beiyang immediately, it is difficult to achieve a good result with the strength of the troops on the side of Wushengguan. Therefore, my point of view is that the whole country should be telegraphed to warn Beiyang not to make any more military moves, otherwise our army will tear up the peace treaty and go north to Xiaogan. In order to achieve the effect of deterring Beiyang, the artillery division in Wuhu should be transferred to the direction of Wushengguan with great fanfare. ”

After Jiang Fangzhen finished speaking, Li Xiaochuan raised his hand and said: "I have a Jianyi, Sichuan is a country of abundance, and we should prepare to enter Sichuan as soon as possible." With the strength of the Fourth Division, it is difficult to have much impact on the overall situation of the entire Sichuan. Therefore, the 1st Artillery Brigade was reorganized to cooperate with the 4th Division's possible entry into the battle. ”

This should be regarded as a difficult problem, to say that it is not difficult to buy artillery, but the difficulty is the training of personnel of technical arms and the consumption of artillery shells. In the entire battle of the Jinghan Line, Fang Jianxiong's 75 artillery shells were consumed. In other words, if the problem of output and the production of cannon barrels cannot be solved, Fang Jianxiong will not consider the problem of expanding artillery.

"Don't consider the matter of artillery first, it is difficult to do so, and artillery in Sichuan is more likely to be based on small-caliber divisional artillery." Fang Jianxiong gave an answer with certainty, and Li Xiaochuan sat down a little disappointed.

"However, the current establishment of the Fourth Division is more than 12,000 people, and I think we can give priority to adding some technical arms, such as the newly produced 70mm infantry gun, which can be given priority to equipping the Fourth Division, and the 120-caliber mortar, which is also given priority to equipping the Fourth Division, which will be directly delegated to the regimental level to make a demonstration for the whole army. Well, coupled with the expansion of logistics and baggage troops, the total number of personnel of the fourth division should be around fifteen thousand people. ”

Fang Jianxiong's words, Li Xiaochuan's heart was happy. These two guns are definitely the big killers in the infantry accompanying fire support.

In this case, the original 37 and 57 guns of the Fourth Division can be considered for scrapping. The road in Sichuan is difficult, so I took the fourth division into Sichuan, and I didn't bring 75 guns. Jiang Fangzhen's remarks were definitely from a military point of view.

"Let's talk about this later, all of them have been withdrawn, and I don't have so many new products to equip the Fourth Division." Fang Jianxiong's words were the final decision, and soon the conversation changed and said to Zhang Zhenwu: "Brother Chunshan, the Eighth Division is a newly built unit, and we must pay close attention to training." Our army's tactics must be as familiar as possible, and all units must be mentally prepared, because in the current situation, there may be time when the battle will start. ”

Zhang Zhenwu's 8th Division was originally a subordinate unit of the Hubei Military Government. After removing the turnips, there are still more than 15,000 people, and there are three infantry brigades under their jurisdiction, but there are a few technical arms. Fang Jianxiong didn't say no, the problem is that Wuhu's output is just that, and the Hanyang factory is still recovering. The Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau is currently producing artillery shells at full capacity to replenish consumption.

If it weren't for Fang Jianxiong's stay in Wuchang, Zhang Zhenwu would have basically been squeezed out of the core of the military government. Fang Jianxiong used him as a division commander, and he also considered the problem from the perspective of balance. Of course, if Zhang Zhenwu hadn't insisted on fighting Beiyang in the Battle of Hanyang, Fang Jianxiong would not have given him this opportunity.

No matter how bad the Eighth Division is, it is now stronger than before. It's okay to have less artillery, and the machine guns in the fourth town of Beiyang are basically all given to the Eighth Division. Compared to the armies of the other independent provinces, this is a strong army. Zhang Zhenwu was still very satisfied with his current status, and immediately stood up and said: "Please rest assured, the marshal will definitely bring out the soldiers." However, it would be nice if you could replenish some artillery. I don't want to be good, the fourth division was replaced, I want it. ”

This attitude is not ordinary.