Facts have proved that although Li Yongji has been abroad for a long time, his ability to control the domestic army, especially the Praetorian Guard, has not weakened in the slightest.

After receiving Li Yongji's telephone instructions, the various departments of the Praetorian Guard, which were already idle because they had nothing to do, immediately took action. The junior officers are okay, after all, they have limited knowledge and only know how to act according to orders, but the commanders at the division, regimental and battalion levels are different, most of them have a certain vision and experience, and they all noticed a trace of strangeness from Li Yongji's sudden order.

It was this slight strangeness, coupled with the fact that the Praetorian Guards had really nothing to do in recent times, and they urgently needed to show themselves, so they all acted quite quickly.

After receiving the order, Zhang Wei was immediately ordered to go north without saying a word, and before Zhou arrived at the Third Army, the command of the Third Army was temporarily deputized by Yu Hongrui, chief of the General Staff and principal of the Qingpu Military Academy.

After Yu Hongrui took control of the Third Army of the Praetorian Guard, he immediately ordered the regimental troops scattered throughout the south of the Yangtze River to quickly withdraw to Ma'anshan and Guangde County, and he himself had already arrived in Ma'anshan and set up the temporary headquarters in Ma'anshan.

In just six days, all the 60,000 Praetorian Guards scattered throughout the south of the Yangtze River were deployed, including 30,000 in Ma'anshan, 20,000 in the 110 Special Zone of Guangde County, and 10,000 in the Wusongkou Fort because of its important position.

The light weapons of the Praetorian Guards are generally 56 semi-automatic rifles and Type 56 submachine guns, and the heavy firepower is mainly 60 mm mortars, 82 mm mortars, Type 63 107 mm light rocket launchers and other modern artillery.

In addition, the Third Army also has a lot of heavy firepower such as WA021 155 mm howitzers, Type 86 152 mm cannons, and AH-4 ultralight 155 mm howitzers.

However, the WA021 155 mm howitzer and the Type 86 152 mm cannon are too bulky and are currently installed at Wusongkou as a coastal defense battery. So you can't move easily.

Only the AH-4 ultra-light 155mm howitzer, because of its light weight, can be used as a march, but most of these guns were deployed in the First Army, used in the original attack on the Manchu Qing and the Korean Campaign, and later when the Second Army went west to quell the rebellion, it also took six guns, so at present, in the Third Army, this powerful and super mobile super cannon is only deployed in Nanjing.

A super cannon indeed. Modern artillery guns of 155 mm caliber are no joke, if it is a grenade, the absolute radius of destruction after explosion is 16 meters, and within this range, even if it is not directly hit, it will be shocked to death by the shock wave; In addition, within a radius of 50 meters is the explosive killing range, which is hit by fragments, and is not dead or disabled.

All in all. In the face of modern 155 mm grenades, the safe distance is 200 meters away, which means that after the shell explodes, you must be 200 meters away to be safe.

To put it bluntly. In the face of this kind of lethality, if it is a dense formation, it can kill five hundred people with one shot, and it can also blow a big hole in any city wall.

What's even more terrifying. This artillery also has a range of at least 39 kilometers, which is basically an over-the-horizon strike, which can completely destroy the enemy before it appears in your field of vision. Coupled with a modern fire control system and outrageous accuracy, it can be called the trump card weapon of the Praetorian Guard.

It is precisely because this 155 mm ultra-light howitzer is too precious, so when the Janissaries of Nanjing City left, they deliberately transported all these ultra-light 155 mm guns to Ma'anshan, and by the way, they also removed all the bolts of other heavy guns on the city wall, making these heavy guns unusable, which is equivalent to destroying more than half of the city defense capability of Nanjing City.

What is even more surprising is that when the Praetorian Guards in Nanjing left, they also went to the palace on purpose, and forcibly picked up the little prince and the queen without notifying other troops, under the pretext of a very lame summer vacation.

If it weren't for the fact that the Praetorian Guard was the emperor's pro-army, only the emperor could command the movement, and the palace was basically under the protection of the Praetorian Guard, Empress Yin Susu also called Li Yongji to confirm the matter, and cooperated with the initiative to explain that she was going to take the child to Ma'anshan for summer vacation, just with the sudden action of the Praetorian Guard without greeting, I am afraid it would be considered a mutiny.

In any case, this ungreeted surprise action of the Third Army of the Praetorian Guard, coupled with Zhang Wei's transfer to the north, did shake the imperial officialdom, especially the city of Nanjing, and many people were panicked, thinking that something big had happened.

Shen Shiming immediately called Li Yongji to ask what was going on, but the reply he got was to let the Praetorian Guards take the opportunity to train and move their muscles and bones, so as not to rust their idleness.

Shen Shiming didn't believe this reply, but this was said by Emperor Li Yongji himself, so he could only listen to the truth and spread the news to stabilize the hearts of the people who were gradually stirring up in various places.

Just when everyone was uncertain, that is, on the eighth day when the queen and the little prince went to Ma'anshan for summer vacation, the main force of the First Army of the Praetorian Guard led by Zhou Da suddenly arrived at Shanghai Port by boat, and after that, they rested in Shanghai Port for a while, and left 20,000 people to help defend Wusongkou Fort, and the remaining 40,000 people arrived directly at Ma'anshan along the Yangtze River the next day and joined the Third Army.

So far, 70,000 Praetorian Guards have been assembled in Ma'anshan, 30,000 in Wusongkou Fortress, and 20,000 in Guangde County, a total of 120,000 people, which is equivalent to regrouping most of the forces of the Praetorian Guard.

In this assembly, not only was the number of Janissaries the largest, and the heavy weapons were also the most advanced, but also the 120,000-strong Praetorian Guard army was accompanied by a naval fleet with a total of 40,000 people, of which more than half of the warships of the entire empire were assembled in Wusong Port.

Since the other half of the Imperial fleet is currently mainly concentrated in Hollywood Harbor, the naval fleet assembled in Wusong Harbor can also be said to be the entire fleet of China, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is pouring out.

Things have come to this point, and no one believes the so-called training anymore, after all, this kind of appearance doesn't look like a training anymore, but like a guard against something.

Now it is a peaceful world, and the Praetorian Guard is the emperor's own army, so the Praetorian Guard suddenly acted with such fanfare, it is obvious that it is going to deal with someone.

For this reason, the Wehrmacht in the Jiangnan region was already trembling and afraid to speak. also began to spontaneously activate the second-level alert, and as long as they had the ability and conditions, they all called Li Yongji directly again to ask about the reason for this incident.

It is clear that the commanders of the national defense forces also regarded the incident as an internal political struggle.

In fact, as early as when the Praetorian Guard first began to operate, the commanders of these Wehrmacht troops had bypassed the Ministry of Defense and directly called Li Yongji to ask him what was going on, and most of them expressed their loyalty, saying that their subordinates were absolutely loyal to the emperor and the like.

Other words. When the Praetorian Guards had just made a move, the officers of the national defense forces in various places directly ignored the Nanjing Ministry of National Defense, thinking that this was the emperor cleaning up political enemies, so they stood in line in advance to show their loyalty.

However, at that time, Li Yongji told them that this was the training behavior of the Praetorian Guard, and asked them to continue to stick to their posts, not to think too much, and not to put too much pressure, which made these suspicious Wehrmacht officers temporarily dispel their thoughts.

However. After the First Army had traveled thousands of miles from the north to the south, joined up with the Third Army, and had brought with it a large naval fleet, the men were in a commotion again. I don't believe in this anymore.

The reason is very simple, the Praetorian Guard took such an action, gathering 120,000 troops and 40,000 navies in Jiangnan, in terms of combat effectiveness. It can be said that it is the strongest force of the Chinese Imperial Army, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an army that destroys the country.

To this day, officers of various ministries have studied by surprise. It has also made some progress in the concept of modern warfare, and no longer cares much about the number of troops, and pays more attention to the supremacy of firepower.

Therefore, the Praetorian Guard does not look at the small number of people, but because of the advanced weapons and powerful firepower, 10,000 people can beat more than 100,000 Wehrmacht, but if 100,000 people are really assembled, then the quantity will become a qualitative change, and even one million Wehrmacht will not be enough for them to eat.

The reason is very simple, the Wehrmacht's weapons are too inferior to the Janissaries, not to mention that there is no comparison with light weapons, and the gap in heavy weapons is even worse, far greater than the gap in light weapons.

There is another one, the Praetorian Guard is the emperor's pro-army, and he has mastered the righteousness of the imperial court, and the enemy of the Praetorian Guard is the enemy of the emperor, the enemy of the imperial court, and the enemy of the Praetorian Guard, that is, rebellion!

Despite the fact that the emperor has not shown much of his face lately, his great achievements in building empires have become more and more awe-inspiring with time, and have even been mythologized to some extent.

Not to mention the emperor's undefeated record of leading troops to fight, let's just say that the emperor's series of policies of lightly dishonoring and meager endowments after coming to power also made many people with a heart admire.

All in all, most Chinese are very satisfied with Li Yongji, the emperor, especially the Han people, who regard Li Yongji as a Han hero.

Therefore, don't look at Li Yongji, he hasn't shown up much recently, and many of Li Yongji's policies have also made many people unhappy, but his prestige in the country is quite high, especially the middle and lower classes, which is not ordinarily high, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the will of the people.

In this case, the emperor has both super high popularity, that is, a mass base, and a strong Praetorian Guard, that is, the force to maintain the will, and the logistics lifeline of the Wehrmacht at all levels is in the hands of the Praetorian Guard, so it seems that there is no choice of who to support.

In fact, until the main forces of the First Army and the Third Army of the Praetorian Guard completed the convergence and completely controlled the area from Ma'anshan to Guangde County, the national defense forces in various places were still confused, and they did not know what was going on, and they were not even clear about who the emperor was going to do to them, so they could only speculate.

However, although it is unclear why Li Yongji and his Praetorian Guards did this, this did not prevent them from standing in line in time to show their loyalty.

Anyway, in the eyes of the officers and men at all levels of the National Defense Forces, the emperor is wise, then the emperor's enemies must be the big villains, and now the emperor has to deal with the big villains, and they, who are also loyal to the emperor's food, naturally have to do their best.

In particular, most of the grass-roots officers and men of the National Defense Forces were illiterate before joining the army, and the basic literacy eradication process such as learning literature and literacy was completed in the barracks, and in the process of eradicating their illiteracy, it was indispensable to add ideological education on loyalty to the monarch and patriotism, or brainwashing education.

Being brainwashed in this way, or a literacy eradication, these grassroots officers and soldiers quickly became the emperor's brainless fans, or foolish loyalists.

Therefore, from the point of view of these grassroots officers and men, although they do not understand too complicated things, they know one thing, that is, the emperor is the great savior of wisdom and martial arts, it is the emperor who overthrew the corrupt Manchu rulers, defeated foreign invaders, and rescued the Chinese people from dire straits.

Since it is a great sage, it will never be wrong, so no matter what the reason, as long as it is the emperor's enemy, it is their enemy, and the emperor will fight whoever he says.

Not only that, but those simple-minded but very suspicious junior officers also took the initiative to monitor their immediate superiors, and jointly petitioned their superiors above the battalion and regimental level, asking their immediate superiors to make their position clear, that is, whether they were loyal to the emperor or someone else.

This act of petitioning or forcibly forcing the lower officers of the alliance made the officers at all levels and above the battalion and regimental level have to show their loyalty, sever their ties with the Ministry of Defense, and show that everything is based on the emperor's will, which satisfies the people below.

In short, such an action by the Praetorian Guard not only made the Imperial officialdom suspicious, but also made the senior officers of the Wehrmacht at all levels very passive.

Because the senior officers of the Wehrmacht suddenly discovered one thing, that is, unconsciously, the lower-ranking officers and soldiers have become die-hard members of the emperor, once they do something against the emperor, without the order of others, these subordinates below can kill them first.

This result shocked them, and their fear of the emperor also increased.

You must know that most of the senior generals of these national defense forces are demoted generals, and they were either officials in the Manchu Qing Dynasty or mixed with the Taiping Army in the past, and it can be said that they have all experienced the previous war. It is precisely because of the war they have experienced that they attach great importance to the soldiers and horses under them, and the warlord habits are serious.

However, how long has it been since I surrendered, and it has only been more than three years of hard work, and before I know it, the subordinates who originally called them brothers and sisters have changed their minds, and they have been washed into a group of loyal and patriotic people by the so-called instructors sent from above, and many people even want to break with their old brothers and old bosses for the sake of the emperor who has never even met once!

This fact greatly impacted these generals, making them once again realize how strong the emperor's deterrent power is, and also realize the importance of authority, and many people also quickly cleaned up their mood and strengthened their self-discipline, even if they were accidentally cleaned up by the imperial court one day.

In short, Li Yongji did not show up, but only issued a few transfer orders to the Praetorian Guard, which caused panic throughout the country, and fully made people realize how great the emperor's power is, and how far-reaching his deterrent power and influence are.

It can be said that Li Yongji's method of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, not to mention the tiger that was not shaken, at least made a sense of existence on a national scale, so that the Chinese people can re-realize who China's masters are and who they should listen to.

Simply brushing up on the sense of existence, this troop transfer action is not superfluous at all, at least for Li Yongji, the person in power, it is absolutely worth it, and it can greatly consolidate his ruling foundation in China. (To be continued......)