"Transfer the 1st Brigade north to Mukden." Cao Kun pinched the telegram in his hand, refused to put it down, and said with a wry smile, "What Qin Yu did in Henan and Shandong will inevitably take action against the Zhili Army in the near future, what Ziyu said is really not the same." ”

"Dashuai, Bai Peony called and asked Dashuai if he was going to his residence tonight?" The adjutant walked to the door and asked in a whisper.

"How can I still be in the mood to care about white peonies and black peonies now." Cao Kun waved his hand and said impatiently, "Don't go, call Cao Ying over." ”

"Big brother, I'm already here." Since Cao Rui went to Anhui, the original governor of Zhili Province was served by Cao Ying. Although he did not sell his official position to make money like Cao Rui before, relying on Cao Kun's relationship, Cao Ying also made a lot of money during this time. At this time, Cao Ying, who came in from the door, could be said to be full of red light.

"You, I don't want to do anything with Cao Rui, I just know how fast the picture is, you look at this telegram, Qin Yu is going to do something to Zhili, this hand is really amazing, more ruthless than President Yuan back then." Cao Kun angrily threw the telegram in front of Cao Ying.

Cao Ying took it and looked at it, but he was not as worried as Cao Kun, but persuaded him loudly, "Big brother, now that the central government is powerful, if you want to transfer a brigade to the north, you will transfer it, and Yan Xishan over there in Shanxi is also going to transfer a regiment to the north to Outer Mongolia, which is much farther than Fengtian." ”

"You, I didn't see what Qin Yu meant, he clearly wanted to strip me of my military power, and it was okay to transfer Ziyu to Anhui some time ago, after all, it was to escort Cao Rui to the post of Anhui overseer, and now it's good, I started to transfer troops from Zhili again, and if I find one or two excuses in the future, the army around me will be almost transferred." In front of his own brothers. Cao Kun didn't hide it, and said with a bitter face, "When President Yuan was here, I was just a division commander, and it was not easy to climb to my current position after nearly ten years of hard work, and this Qin Yu is going to break my foundation." ”

"Big brother. It's not right for you to think so, do you think that our Zhili Army is Qin Yu's opponent? Cao Ying asked in turn.

"Naturally not an opponent, if I can do it to the Feng army, I still wait for the Feng army to enter the customs? Duan Hefei has already been pulled off the horse. Cao Kun said impatiently, "Not to mention the Feng army, only the three divisions in Tianjin, Langfang, and Gushi, and one division in Shandong are not capable of the current Zhili army." What's more, there are two divisions of Qin Yu in Beijing, and there are also two divisions in Henan, even Ziyu can't help it, and now the third division, which is the most capable of fighting, has been pulled to Anhui. ”

"Since this is the case, Qin Yu did not use force, which means that he still doesn't want to meet with you, big brother. Besides, the Feng army can indeed fight, and this time he dared to slap the table with Qin Yu, the minister of the great powers. Even clamoring for war with the Japanese, President Yuan didn't dare to do this, but Qin Yu did, what else did he dare not do? If you really want to push him into a hurry, just pile up in Tianjin, and several divisions from Shandong will come over. With the kind of scene where Shandong beat Zhang Huaizhi, we can't stop it. Cao Ying persuaded him with good words, "You see that this Chen Shufan is in Shaanxi against the central Yi Governor, Qin Yu will immediately transfer troops to fight Shaanxi, and our Zhili is not as good as Shaanxi." It is located in a remote area, and there is a natural risk in Tongguan, and even if there is a natural risk, it can't prevent the plane in the sky. ”

"Not only that, Qin Yu also asked the State Council and the Presidential Office to communicate the punishment for the local overseers who rebelled against the central government's order, confiscated all their domestic property, and negotiated with foreigners, demanding that their funds in their foreign bank accounts be frozen." Cao Kun added a sentence and said, this is the real desperate plan, once you resist the appointment and dismissal order of the central government, there will be such a strict consequence, and in the future, the provincial overseers will only have to weigh and weigh if they want to oppose the central government, and think twice.

"Then what else is there to think about, the left and right can't beat the Feng army, it's better to obey things, for those who obey the central government, isn't Qin Yu also generous, doesn't the third child also get the position of Anwei overseer?" Cao Ying hurriedly said, in history, he has always opposed the war with the Feng army, and now in the face of the Feng army, which is stronger than Zhang Huzi, where can Cao Ying afford to have the courage to go against half of it, the official can not do it, if the funds are frozen, will most of his life's efforts be in vain? With Qin Yu's temper of daring to slap the table and start a war with the Japanese, there is a chance that he will dare to do this.

"Okay, then transfer the 3rd Mixed Brigade to the north, as long as I listen to the orders of the central government, Qin Yu can't do badly." Cao Kun sighed, his arms couldn't twist his thighs after all, once the third mixed brigade was transferred out, with Qin Yu's wrist, there was a chance that the meat buns would beat the dog and there would be no return. However, when he thought that even if the Zhili army was all around at this time, he still couldn't stop the Feng army, Cao Kun was also relieved.

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"Send a telegram to the central government, and say that I, Chen Shufan, am willing to hand over power." Xi'an Marshal's Mansion, Chen Shufan said to Liu Zhenhua who came in a hurry with a gloomy face.

"What? Dashuai, do you agree with Yi Du? Liu Zhenhua was taken aback, he had partnered with Chen Shufan in Shaanxi for so long, and Liu Zhenhua had also gained Chen Shufan's trust, and he knew better than anyone how much Chen Shufan cared about the post of Shaanxi governor.

"Naturally not, the central government transferred troops from Henan, and at the moment Henan is still a mess, the Yasukuo Army has always been in trouble with me Chen, and will never help me resist the Central Army, I have to paralyze the Central Army first, and when I complete the deployment of troops, more than 100,000 Shaanxi troops, even if it is the Central Army, will not want to enter Tongguan." Chen Shufan's face was ruthless, and then his eyes narrowed, and he looked at Liu Zhenhua, "Even if the Central Army enters Shaanxi, it can only get a broken Shaanxi, of course, at the moment I only have three divisions and guard brigades in my hands, and the three divisions in Brother Maoye's hands are very critical, as long as Brother Maoye is willing to help me, I still have some confidence in blocking the Central Army." ”

"Don't worry, the Zhensong army entered Shaanxi at the beginning, but there were only three roads, and the soldiers were not thousands, and now it has developed to the number of three divisions, all with the support of the marshal, without the marshal, there will be no Zhensong army today, Zhenhua must only be the head of the marshal." Liu Zhenhua immediately patted his chest and promised.

Chen Shufan nodded, he still trusted Liu Zhenhua. Since Liu Zhenhua entered Shaanxi, his orders have been omnipresent, and Chen Shufan has made great efforts to grow opium in Shaanxi, collect wealth, and fight against the Yasukuni Army. Compared with those descendants and cronies cultivated before, it is no worse at all. And he can be regarded as having the grace of promoting Liu Zhenhua. Otherwise, when Liu Zhenhua entered Shaanxi, there were only more than 3,000 people, and now it has developed into three divisions and more than 20,000 people. It is a great kindness, but Chen Shufan didn't expect that Liu Zhenhua at this time had already chosen to take refuge in the central government.

"Marshal, the Central Army is about to enter Shaanxi, but the Shaanxi Army is not monolithic, especially Zhang Xiyuan and Wang Xisan, the two mixed brigades are all established by the central government, and Qin Yu did not dismantle these two brigades after entering Beijing, so it is obvious that he has already laid an ambush for entering Shaanxi. The Yasukuni Army in northern Shaanxi is also a major threat. On the one hand, he continued to monitor the brigades of Zhang Xiyuan and Wang Xisan, maintain the pressure on the Yasukuni Army, and on the other hand, hold Tongguan, presumably with the prestige of the commander, he could quickly clean up the situation and integrate the military strength of the entire Shaanxi. Then wave the division to the north and fight a decisive battle with the Central Army at Tongguan. As long as the Tongguan Pass is defended, the Central Army will not be able to enter Shaanxi. ”

"It's okay, then it's hard Brother Maoye." Chen Shufan nodded, with Liu Zhenhua on the front line, he could calmly rectify the local armies in Shaanxi, and more than 100,000 troops dealt with the Central Army of the Labor Division. There is also a natural risk in Tongguan, how can there be a chance of winning in it.

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Woo............

The huge roar of the ship's boiler resounded throughout the Yalu River.

"Yaga, this is the gunboat of the Shina people!" The sentry posts of the Japanese soldiers stationed in Korea on the other side of the river were shocked when they saw this scene, and the firepower of the dozen men and one machine gun in the border guard tower was not enough for the other side to bombard it. Compared with more than a dozen large and small ships that appeared on the river. I am afraid that even if most of the divisions come, they may not be able to suppress the fleet on the river.

"Hurry up and inform the squadron leader and report that the eleven gunboats of the Chinese people have entered the Yalu River."

"Hay!"

"I can't imagine that our navy is now running to inland waterways, and the plate is getting smaller and smaller." On the gunboat Jiang Heng, Luo Yuanzheng took a sip of wine with a kettle, Jiang Heng, Lisui, Jiang Ping, Jiang Qing, and Li Ji at this time in the history of the Republic of China have been merged into the Heilongjiang River Defense Fleet under the control of Zhang Zuolin, but before the Northeast Army and the Japanese army fought in Boli in a row, the attention of the entire Far East was contained, and the five gunboats returned under the call of the central government. In the course of this naval rectification, he was transferred to the Yalu River channel.

"You don't have to say that, although the European war broke out before, we as an intervention army went north through Vladivostok and entered the Far East Channel of Heilongjiang, but that was an unrealistic idea of the central government, although this time it entered the Yalu River, which has a shallower draft, but it can also be seen that the Republic of China has indeed made up its mind this time to take back the customs, once Japan does not agree, the central government is afraid that the central government will make a big fuss about the Korean issue." Chen Shiying said with a smile.

"That's right, Yu Shuai slapped the table with the Japanese, this is another warship going north, and the Zhili Army is transferred north, it seems that this time the Japanese side is uncompromising, there is really a good show, even if we don't move, piling up in the Yalu River is also a threat, our Republic of China has been silent for so many years, and finally raised a high profile, to say that this Yu Shuai is really not to say, but unfortunately it is a drastic disarmament, not only the army, but also our navy, if it weren't for our small tonnage gunboats in the Yalu River still have some use, but I am afraid that they will also be eliminated." Luo Yuanzheng said gloomily. "The navy of the Republic of China is in such a state of decay, and if this batch is cut, I don't know when it will be able to recover."

The central government also has the central government's consideration to reduce the redundant army, and relying on these old-fashioned warships, in addition to consuming military spending, under the pressure of the combined fleet, it really cannot play a role in consolidating coastal defense." Chen Shiying also sighed, obviously a little dissatisfied with the central government's vigorous efforts to eliminate the navy, but in the face of the pressure of the Japanese navy, this point of warships of the Republic of China seemed ridiculous.

"If it is possible, it is better to have a battle with the Japanese army in the Yalu River, rather than being dismantled, it is better to sink the ship to the bottom of the river, anyway, our old guys who have been driving for so many years are also sacrificing their lives for the national war, not being dismantled and abandoned in the military port rust and scrapped." Luo Yuanzheng smiled freely, and did not seem to take the threat of the Japanese army in his eyes, and asked for mercy, even if he died in the battle with the Japanese army, it was better than being directly dismissed.

"I'm afraid the chances of it being as you wish are not high. Let's come to support the Korean rebel army this time, and on the north bank of the Yalu River, there are still some lands that nominally belong to our Republic of China. Pass guò Yalu River. Large-scale assistance to the Korean rebel army will cause some trouble for the Japanese, but the chances of a real fight will not be too great. Chen Shiying shook his head and said.

The fleet sailed directly to the Yongdian Changdian area of the Yalu River, where a simple wharf had already been built. By the time more than a dozen gunboats arrived, the sky on both sides of the river was almost dark, and people and wagons were coming and going from time to time on the shore, and a large amount of supplies were being transported along the river.

"Most of the warships of the Republic of China are ships left over from the former Qing Dynasty, and the equipment of the old ships is old. Not easy to update. The cruiser fleet and the Yangtze River fleet from the former Qing Dynasty were relatively small, and only nine of them had a displacement of more than 1,000 tons. There are only 32 ships under 1,000 tons. Jiangnan Shipyard and Tianjin Shipyard originally planned to build only three warships of more than 1,000 tons, and the rest were 100 tons or hundreds of tons. Since the founding of the Republic of China, the Navy of the Republic of China only purchased Jiankang and Yuzhang from Germany in the second year of the Republic of China. Tong'an's three 370-ton gunboats were ordered from Britain in the fifth year of the Republic of China. Yong'an, Gongchen three gunboats, 90 tons each. ”

"Since Lin Baoyi led 15 warships including the Haiqi to the south to protect the law, the central government has 26 ships, excluding the Northeast Navy. Its total tonnage is more than 27,970 tons, and there are 16,321 employees. The annual military expenditure was more than 4.37 million yuan. ”

"The first is the elimination of redundant personnel. Although the surplus has been received in batches, priority should be given to the livelihood of the people in the interior, and the army is now being dismantled on a large scale. The shipyard is now building warships. Submit a number to Yingkou, if it can be drawn, it will be built, and if it can't be drawn, it will be cancelled directly. ”

Qin Yu thought for a while and said, "In addition, after the customs take back, the Republic of China is bound to set up a coast guard to prevent smuggling." The gunboats that had been eliminated from the Navy were barely usable and transferred to the Coast Guard. You've got some people from the Navy to take up the Coast Guard. As for the navy, it is for war and must be equipped with the most advanced equipment possible. Don't you think I really want to weaken the navy, what do you think it is? ”

"A study report on seaplane carriers?" Liu Guanxiong pinched a top-secret document, first stunned, and then showed an incredible look on his face, seaplane carriers, even if they are great powers, are only in the stage of preliminary realization, and they can't imagine that the Northeast will start to carry out similar realization.

"There is a large merchant ship in the Northeast to carry out similar realization, and the central department does not know whether it is leaking or not, so it has not been disclosed to this side for the time being. First of all, we will make this personnel adjustment, clean up the personnel, and then gradually promote the integration of the Northeast Navy and the Central Navy. Seaplane carriers are a trend, and the northeast side has carried out many practical activities, and the allocation of funds is not lower than that of the great powers. If the northeast is included, the expenditure of the Republic of China Navy is increasing unabated. Qin Yu said with a smile, "Now that the European war is resting, the powers are temporarily in a peaceful situation, and the Northeast has attracted a large number of German and former Belarusian technicians. Therefore, the navy of the Republic of China started late, but it is still very promising to catch up with the world level, everything has to wait for the customs to take back, I know that the abolition of the navy, some people are dissatisfied, but don't drop the chain for me in the Yalu River. ”

"Don't worry, Yu Shuai, who dares to be negligent in this matter, don't need Yu Shuai to make a sound, I'll go and take him down in person." Liu Guanxiong said excitedly.

"Dashuai!"

"Why don't you take a few more days off?" Qin Yu looked at Wang Yuhai at the door.

"I can't be idle, and besides, I am young and strong, and what kind of thing is it like to lie on a hospital bed." Wang Yuhai shook his head and said, "This is a telegram sent by Zhang Baolin, the guard of southern Shaanxi, from Luoyang, saying that he is willing to support the central army to drive Chen. ”

"Liu Zhenhua's three divisions, Zhang Baolin's one mixed brigade, and two mixed brigades, the Yasukuo Army in northern Shaanxi. It seems that there is no problem in taking Shaanxi. However, with so many troops, it is also troublesome to deal with. Call Zhang Baolin back, the central government will record his merits, and after entering Shaanxi, he will be rewarded for his meritorious deeds, and the guards of southern Shaanxi will not move him. Qin Yu rubbed his forehead and said.

"Well, also, inform the aviation department that the progress of several airports on the first line of Dandong has been accelerated a little." (To be continued......)