Chapter 188: A Hot Discussion About the Outcome of the Battle
Chapter 188 is a hot discussion about the results of the battle
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"Internal and external troubles, internal and external troubles. Youda is a Republic of China, and he only thinks about fighting in the nest, but he can't even help one or two thousand rebels. "In a teahouse in Beijing, an old man in a long shirt and a slightly thin man looked at the latest newspaper, and the area around Inner Mongolia was full of war. The Outer Mongolian army relied on the superiority of cavalry to plunder in all directions, and newspapers took up a large space to introduce the places that were ravaged by the Outer Mongolian army.
In the early years of the Republic of China, the people's freedom of speech was greatly protected, and the government's control of newspapers was not so strict, so that articles accusing the government of impartially impairing judgments were everywhere in newspapers. On the whole, since the central government dispatched reinforcements, it has generally stopped the southward movement of the Mongolian army, but in the border with Inner Mongolia, many villages and towns have been attacked by Mongolian bandits, and the casualties are not counted. Coupled with the Song case and the aftermath of the big loan, for a time the domestic public opinion unfavorable to Yuan Shikai surged. In particular, some Mongolian people in Inner Mongolia, the Han people could not bear the war and fled south, bringing unfavorable news from the front. The central government mobilized a large army to fight the rebels in Outer Mongolia for several months, and although it stopped the rebels' southward movement, the people were obviously not satisfied with this achievement.
"Yes, the people sent by the central government to Suiyuan, Rehe, and Chahar to quell the rebellion are just second-rate troops, and the most elite troops are all in the customs to guard against their own people, I don't know what the president thinks." A middle-aged man in a suit in his thirties shook his head and sighed with a teacup. "The assassination of Song Yufu's father has caused a lot of loss of hearts in the Guan, and Mr. Sun has returned from Japan and advocates using force to fight Yuan. There was war everywhere, but the situation was not as stable as it was in the previous dynasty. ”
"Even if there is a Song case. The Kuomintang cannot undermine the current situation of the great unification of the Republic of China, not to mention the uneasy factor of the Outer Mongolian rebels who attempt to cut off the mountains and rivers. If the Kuomintang really wants to make trouble, it will be a mob dictatorship. Someone in the teahouse immediately pointed out that the Kuomintang armed anti-Yuan was not kind.
Regardless of the opinion of the majority of ordinary people, the stalwarts within the KMT, including Huang Xing, were equally opposed to resorting to force in the Song case. The most important thing is that it cannot be defeated, and once the war is launched, the Kuomintang, a political party that has just achieved public lawlessness in the Republic of China, will also be destroyed in this war.
"Extra. Outside, the Outer Mongolian rebels went south, with a fierce momentum and plundered thousands of miles! The Fengjun army showed its majesty under the southern city of Taonan and annihilated all the enemies who came to attack! In the street outside the teahouse, children selling newspapers wore round-mouthed cloth shoes and held a large stack of newspapers with the scent of ink.
"What, the Feng army has won the battle? Bring me a newspaper. Bring me a copy! After hearing the voice of the newsboy, many people in the teahouse poked their heads out of the window and waved to the newsboy, and the people in the tavern next door also had a general reaction, but they were not as close to the water as the people on the road. Those who couldn't wait went downstairs to buy the newspaper in person, and there were some people who walked behind slowly, but these people obviously underestimated how popular the newspaper was. Or they underestimated the people's desire to win.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the nation was always accompanied by humiliation. Outer Mongolia belongs to the Republic of China on the territory, but the actual control of the Republic of China over it is almost none. In the eyes of the people, in addition to the recognition that Outer Mongolia belongs to the Republic of China, the Outer Mongolian nation actually does not have much sense of identity, relatively speaking, Rehe has been established. The situation in Inner Mongolia in Suiyuan and Chahar is much better. A nation that has been suppressed for too long urgently needs a victory, especially a foreign victory.
"Two battles were annihilated, more than 8,000 people were captured, and the rebel commander Qu Kuisu was killed in battle. Babu Zab fled. The main force of the rebels on the East Road was wiped out, and the remnants of Komatsu Muyan fled when they heard the wind. If the president has an order, the army will wave the grassland, come to Kulun, capture the bandits, maintain the authority of the central government, and the integrity of the territory of the Republic of China......."
"Okay, this battle is well fought, the Outer Mongolian rebels claim to be 100,000, but in fact there are only 20,000 thousand, in the west of Taonan City, nearly 10,000 people were directly reimbursed by the Feng army, and nearly half of the troops were lost, and the Outer Mongolian people are outnumbered and have few soldiers, I am afraid that this battle will not be able to last."
"Yes, the battle of the Feng army also showed momentum, and even beat the rebels on the East Road who participated in the war to the point that the entire army was almost wiped out, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China has not had such a brilliant victory, and I don't know if the record is true or false?" Some applauded, while others were worried.
"If you look at the photos of the prisoners here, there are thousands of prisoners and thousands of military horses, and I heard that the corpses on the other side of Taonan are piled up into a mountain, and they are ready to be burned on fire, and the newspaper also said that reporters from newspapers from all over the country are welcome to cover the scene, and the prisoner of war camp is open to the public. Where will this be fake. ”
"That is, I heard my second uncle who went to Taonan to travel to say that Taonan now almost has a tendency to catch up with and surpass Jintian, and the factories over there are endless business travelers. Qin Yu, who built Taonan at the beginning, is now the commander of the 27th Division, and when he was still in the previous dynasty, he suppressed the Mongolian bandits in Taonan, Tao Ke Taohu, Baiyin Da Lai, and most of the thousands of Mongolian bandits were eliminated by the Qin division commander. ”
"Senior Commander Qin Yu? Isn't the 27th Division an infantry division? According to the newspaper, the strength of the battle with the Outer Mongolian rebels this time was mainly cavalry, and the 27th Division had only a small division. ”
When people were arguing about who was the biggest hero of the battle, Yuan Shikai, who had more detailed information than these citizens, was feeding the fish, and grabbed a small handful of bait with his thick palm and sprinkled it in the pool in front of him.
"Speaking of which, the rebels on the Eastern Road have already been uprooted. On the front line of Inner Mongolia, the central army and the local army originally had 20,000 people, and later more than 20,000 reinforcements were dispatched one after another, adding up to 40,000 or 50,000 troops. As soon as the war started, it was a full house. The rebels are fierce beasts for other local armies, and for the Feng army, they are the same as mud, and the difference is really not ordinary. The central government spends tens of millions of dollars a year, and what they raise is something that is not useful. ”
"The great president Mingjian, Rehe. Most of the people who fought with the rebels in Chahar and other places were infantry troops, and the cavalry army was quite expensive in peacetime, and the local people could not afford it. In the past, Mukden had the basis of conquering and suppressing Mongolian bandits, and there were many cavalry, so it was easier to deal with the rebels. Zhang Shizhao analyzed. This time there was a big victory, and Qin Yu made it very clear that he wanted to maintain the authority of the central government. It's a great thing for the president. ”
"Well, the future is terrifying, although Qin Yu has a lot of desire for power and is a little arrogant, but in terms of major rights and wrongs, his mind is clearer than ordinary people, and he is not comparable to those people in the Kuomintang."
The Song case, a big loan for the aftermath. once pushed Yuan Shikai to the cusp of public opinion, and it was all bad public opinion. Moreover, the Outer Mongolian rebels went south, and the government army lost in the early days, which also became the pretext for Sun Yat-sen and others to attack Yuan Shikai. The battle outside Taonan City was hearty. What is even more commendable is that Fengtian's position is clear-cut and stands on the central position. As a result, the accusations of public opinion for the central government's ineffective counterinsurgency instantly pale and weak.
Even Yuan Shikai felt that the pressure was much less, as long as there was a way to deal with the Outer Mongolian cavalry, the time to solve the Outer Mongolian problem would not drag on for long. From the perspective of military science, Sun Yat-sen had returned to China at this time. Call for force to fight Yuan. Although Yuan Shikai was sure to win the battle on the two fronts of the north and south, the consumption of the war on the treasury was not ordinarily large, and it was not long before the big loan for the aftermath was signed, if it was possible. Of course, Yuan Shikai wants to use it in governing the country, not in the meaningless consumption of war.
Outsiders don't know how strong Qin Yu's actual control over Fengtian is, but Yuan Shikai, the actual rulers, know that even the Fengtian overseers appointed by the central government are soft under Qin Yu's wrists, and although Qin Yu at this time is only a division commander in name, he is actually a military and political power.
"Great President!" Ruan Zhongshu walked over past the guards, took out a file and handed it to Yuan Shikai, "This is the latest personnel transfer in Fengtian Province, as well as some other construction aspects. ”
Tian Helin pinched the Minister of Finance, and Yuan Jinkai was nominated as the director of the Advisory Bureau. 21 officials were dismissed and 67 were punished. This year, Fengtian was built, and a total of 107 elementary and high schools are under construction. Of these, 21 have already been put into operation. There are 6 middle schools and 2 primary normal schools under construction. 6 new roads, 3 new hydropower stations, 2 thermal power stations, Fengtian Province has purchased a total of no less than 350 German-style trucks, all of which have been put into use. ”
From the transfer of personnel, it can be seen that Qin Yu has completely mastered the personnel appointment and dismissal of Fengtian officials, and it seems that Zhang Xiluan has completely delegated power. Yuan Shikai frowned, although he valued Qin Yu, but it was not a good thing for him to be monolithic. Especially Yuan Jinkai turned out to be Zhao Erxun's disciple, after Qin Yu drove Zhao Erxun out of Fengtian, he could still reuse him, this kind of bearing is rare, at least Yuan Shikai's arm Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang and others do not have.
"There is so much effort to build schools, and there is still energy to build so many power stations and buy German trucks. Qin Yu, a young man, is really capable, where did he get so much money to do these things? Even Yuan Shikai thought that he was far from having such means when he was young. Moreover, Qin Yu's various measures in the local area have also won Yuan Shikai's appreciation, and rectifying the rule of officials and the local economy is not what he has to do now. It's just that Qin Yu, who has a combination of military and political power, is an unstable factor for the central government. It's unpleasant.
There is no conclusive news about the source of the funds in Qin Yu's hands, but it is rumored that Qin Yu once took a large loan to Tsarist Russia, and used some enterprises under his name as asset collateral in the early days, and now it has formed a profit center with Huaxing Bank, Benxi Iron and Steel, Taonan Leather Goods, Woolen Spinning, and Distillery as the core. Every year, a large number of sources of funds have been sent to Qin Yu, especially Huaxing Bank, which has opened branches in Tianjin, Beijing, and Shanghai, and the momentum of its rise is very strong. Even some of the enterprises opened in Japan have been squeezed in Mukden, and some Japanese people who have come into contact with this have heard of it. Finance Minister Chow Hac Hee, who arrived with Nguyen Trung Shu, explained that he is undoubtedly one of the most vocal people in the economy. Others used to say that Nanzhang and Northern Zhou were in the south, but later changed to Northern Qin. In fact, the humble position is to carry a bag with the president, if you really want to be considered a net worth, Zhang Qian and I may not be worth a Qin Yu together. (To be continued......)