Wang Zhenyu was dancing and talking about the future of the Air Force, and several engineers seemed to be very interested in it, they never thought that such an ordinary aircraft could be developed into an independent military branch or even a system.

"Yes, the future Chinese Air Force is by no means an affiliate of a certain army, the army can have its own army aviation regiment, and the navy can have its own naval aviation troops. But our air force is also a big system, and you not only have fighter groups, bomber groups, reconnaissance groups, but also your own air transport groups. More importantly, you also have your own airborne division...... It's the kind of infantry that falls from the sky, and they can go directly to fight behind the enemy's strong defensive lines. I have considered all the candidates for the military director of the formation of this air force, and it was personally recommended by Vice Chairman Sun, Yang Yat-sen, an overseas Chinese in the United States, who is an expert in this field. And the task of the four of you is to organize a group of Jishu personnel and run relevant colleges, and when the Republic of China is six years old, I will organize you to study in Europe. The Air Force is different from other branches of the military, and it will take me ten to twenty years to achieve results, so don't be in a hurry, you must take every step well, this is the key. As for the funding, we are not afraid to spend money, but if we want to spend it in the right place, I will increase the investment year by year, you can rest assured......"

Here Wang Zhenyu is worried about how to spend the money, and in Baoding, a guy named Cao Kun is worrying about how to find money to spend with Wu Peifu, the most reactionary classmate among the Beiyang warlords.

When Yuan Shikai was still alive, Cao Kun was a celebrity under Lao Yuan, and the Third Division of Beiyang was also the trump card among the many aces in Beiyang. At that time, other armies were only paid 40 percent, while the 3rd Division was paid 60 percent. When Lao Yuan wanted to send troops to fight, the first thing he thought of was the gang of people from the Third Division. After all, the third division can fight or not blow, and no one in the entire Beiyang dares to disagree.

However, as soon as the three divisions came out, the law of who fought with the battle made Cai Yi smash in Sichuan, and the Protector Army faced the Beiyang Army, which was four times its size, and under many unfavorable conditions such as lack of support, it was full of tricks, accumulating small victories into big victories, and leveling the advantages of Cao Kun and others little by little. Cao Kun almost died at the hands of Cai Yi, and was once surrounded in the Jedi and could not get out, and Wu Peifu also became famous in this battle, he did not listen to Feng Yuxiang's advice, personally organized a death squad to enter the encirclement, and took advantage of the chaos to snatch Cao Kun out of the encirclement. Cao Kun was naturally grateful for this, and afterwards he and Wu Peifu became brothers in life and death.

But defeat is defeat, and after the death of Lao Yuan, the third division, which was greatly injured, obediently retreated from Sichuan and returned to the Baoding garrison through Shaanxi. At this time, it was Duan Qirui's turn to be in charge of Beiyang, Cao Kun and Duan Qirui had no good friendship, and the relationship with Feng Guozhang was very good. But Lao Feng was defeated and captured in the south, and the 300,000 army was wiped out. Later, although Wang Zhenyu was released, he had lost his strength and prestige.

Originally, according to Lao Cao's character, it was nothing more than to be soft on Duan Qirui, and then eat under the leadership of Comrade Duan Qirui, but history also arranged for a character like Lu Jianzhang to appear......

Counting up, Lu Jianzhang also had a period of popularity in front of Yuan Shikai. In the words of the play, Ye was also a man who ran a horse in the Forbidden City. In history, Lu Jianzhang had a meritorious service in the Beijing Mutiny, and then organized and trained the new army for Yuan Shikai, took charge of the Beijing Division Military and Political Law Enforcement Department, and commanded the armies of the three provinces to suppress the Bailang rebel army. You can see the name of this Lu Jianzhang in many major events in the Yuan Shikai era, and Lu Jianzhang was also Feng Yuxiang's uncle and saved Feng Yuxiang's political life several times.

After successfully suppressing the Bailang rebel army, Lu Jianzhang finally opened his teeth and served as the overseer of Shaanxi.

The affairs of the world are destined to change, in the fifth year of the Republic of China, the Protectorate War broke out, and the 16th Mixed Brigade under Lu Jianzhang Feng Yuxiang was ordered to fight in Sichuan under Cao Kun. And he only left Lu Chengwu's brigade of troops by his side, so the tragedy happened after Lao Yuan's death.

Chen Shufan, the warlord leader of Shaanxi, united all parties Shili launched a mutiny with the support of Duan Qirui, in fact, he didn't shed much blood, but rushed straight to the headquarters of Lu Jianzhang's son Lu Chengwu with a vote of swordsmen and captured Lu Chengwu alive. Then forced Lu Jianzhang, who felt sorry for his son, to resign from the position of overseer of Shaanxi, Lu Jianzhang had to agree to this condition, but the humiliation did not end, on the way back to the east, the rebels in Shaanxi surrounded and ransacked Lu Jianzhang's convoy again, and pushed Lu's wife and daughter into the ditch on the side of the road. Hitting people without slapping people in the face, the Shaanxi army has set a precedent for the whole country, and the overseers in the lower field will inevitably be looted, in the words of later generations, they don't respect the old leaders at all!

What kind of person is Lu Jianzhang, a famous thinker and fierce man in Beiyang, who can set off the role of a three-foot Lang without wind, and was put in such a position by Duan Qirui, how can he be willing to give up.

After suffering great humiliation, Lu Jianzhang sent his wife and daughter to Tianjin, and he himself stayed in Henan to plot a counterattack against Duan Qirui. Feng Guozhang, who is also known as the Beiyang giant with Duan Qirui, was already disheartened after losing all his strength and prestige in the south, and no matter how Lu Jianzhang persuaded him, he was unmoved. In desperation, Lu Jianzhang and his son Lu Chengwu had no choice but to nest in Luoyang and wait for the army led by Cao Kun to pass by.

The hard work paid off, Lu Jianzhang not only met Cao Kun and others, but also successfully persuaded Cao Kun and others to reject Duan Qirui's reorganization of all the Beiyang army, and the other person who rejected Duan Qirui's proposal was Zhang Zuolin, the warlord of Tufei in the Northeast. Not only that, relying on the armies of Feng Yuxiang and Wu Peifu, Cao Kun immediately expelled Zhao Qirui, the overseer of Henan, who was close to Duan Qirui, and took over the entire territory of Henan. And the consequences of being so blatant and Duan Qirui can't get over it are very serious, the first thing is that the Third Division, which was originally proud of Beiyang, became a stepmother overnight.

From military salaries to weapons and ammunition, all in all, all the resources that can be obtained from Beijing have basically disappeared, not to mention forty percent of the military salaries, and the third division will have no dime of military salaries from now on. If it weren't for the fact that Cao Kun and his army were now at the forefront of facing the southern Nationalist government, Duan Qirui would even be eager to mobilize an army to immediately crusade against Cao Kun. However, Duan Qirui was not a child after all, and the reality made him finally calm down and appoint Cao Kun as the overseer of Henan. In order to deal with the Nationalist Government in the south, Beiyang must maintain a harmonious situation of stability and unity, even if this situation is false!

Beiyang suddenly entered a state of substantial division because of the Henan issue, and the Anhui line headed by Duan Qirui and the direct line headed by Cao Kun appeared on the stage, and with the strong support of the Japanese, Zhang Zuolin's Feng line also began to emerge, and North China entered the Three Kingdoms era.

On the one hand, Duan Qirui relied on the new transportation system to constantly suppress the political alliance formed by President Li Yuanhong and Premier Xiong Xiling, and the finance minister Liang Qichao was exhausted after several months of political struggle, and after his student Cai Yi went east to Japan, he lost the throne of finance minister Shimono for the people. On the other hand, Duan Qirui, through a loan from Japan, began to train five divisions of the participating army, and these 120,000 troops will be an important political capital for Duan Qirui, plus the five divisions he currently controls and the Henan army of Dingguo, Dingwu, and Zhao Kui and Liu Zhenhua. The army of the Anhui system will reach a staggering 300,000. Due to Feng Guozhang's defeat, there are currently only Wu Peifu of the 3rd Division, Feng Yuxiang of the 16th Mixed Brigade, and Li Chun of the 6th Division, with a total number of only 60,000 people, and they cannot shake the Anhui system at all. In the Northeast, Zhang Zuolin has not even become the Fengtian Overseer, and the current Fengtian Overseer is Duan Zhigui. In Jilin, the army of the overseer Meng Enyuan was still loyal to the Shili of the Beiyang government, and had no half-dime relationship with Zhang Zuolin. Although the number of Feng's army has reached a huge scale of 150,000 people, the threat to the Anhui system is basically limited.

Therefore, Duan Qirui has shown signs of unifying the north, which is not only Wang Zhenyu does not want to see, but Cao Kun's direct family is even more unwilling to see it, but Cao Kun has no money now, so in the face of Duan Qirui's pressing step by step, he doesn't know what to do. And Yang Yongtai's arrival undoubtedly opened a window for them: "Zhong Shangong, General Ziyu, I have heard for a long time that the two are patriotic generals, and it is enough to comfort their lives to see it today." ”

Wu Ziyu looked coldly at Yang Yongtai, the lobbyist, and did not speak, while Cao Kun was still thinking about what kind of tone it was for the south to send such a showman to find him, if he wanted to co-opt Lao Tzu, it would not work, there was no door.

"That Mr. Changqing, Ziyu and I can't afford to be patriotic, we are still sinners of the Republic of China, not long ago we fought with General Cai Songpo in Sichuan for the sake of the imperial system, and now I feel that my face is burning when I think about it!"

Yang Yongtai waved his hand and said with a smile: "That's just a matter of eating the king's Lu and being loyal to the king, not to mention that no matter how much trouble we make with Yuan Gong, it's just our own family matter, and now Duan Zhiquan Gong is involved in the Japanese, I'm afraid this is not the attitude that brothers should have when they fight!" ”

Wu Ziyu still didn't speak, and Cao Kun couldn't help but glance at him before saying, "Isn't it just to train an army to join the war?" Isn't your national government also making up exercises? Although I don't know much about the inside story, I think the great powers have not given much sponsorship. ”

Yang Yongtai arched his hand and said: "This is the reason why I came to see the two of you today, our national government has organized and trained the army to participate in the war, which is to go on an expedition to Europe to raise the prestige of our country, and Duan Zhiquan Gong formed a war army, I am afraid that he wants to use this to expand his own strength, and then integrate the various factions in Beiyang and then go south to engage in military reunification, although this is not a traitor, but it is harming the country, and in a careful view, it is no different from betraying the country." At this time when the country and the nation are rising and falling, how can the two generals sit idly by and ignore it. ”