Among Yan Xishan's Jin army, there is such a group of people. They were originally graduates of the Taiyuan Lecture and Martial Arts Hall, and from the beginning of their graduation, they were deeply trusted and reused by Yan Xishan, and they have always been the main body of middle-level officers in the Jin army. After the end of the Zhifeng War in the sixth year of the Republic of China, Shang Zhen, Xu Yongchang and others, who had been on the front line to watch and study, were deeply shocked by the new way of warfare and urged Yan Xishan to reform the Jin army. Yan Xishan's method of reforming the Jin army was also very personal in his style, and the method proposed by the representatives of the Nationalist Government at that time was to send fresh graduates to serve in the Jin army, which in his opinion could easily lead to the loss of military power. His method was to send a group of officers between the ages of 25 and 32 in the Jin army, represented by Fu Zuoyi, to study in Wuhan for two years. In his opinion, these people will not betray themselves, but he ignores the basic fact, that is, the prosperous south may not have a huge impact on the mature minds of these young officers living in Shanxi, but it can have a lasting and subtle influence.

Chu Xiongfei, the commander of the Jin army battalion, is one of the representatives, and the 28-year-old Chu Xiongfei is a native of Wutai, Shanxi, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a strong physique. Graduated from Taiyuan Lecture Hall in the second year of the Republic of China, and then submitted to Baoding for the third period of study, he is a bold character, decisive, and humble, plus his own military quality is very outstanding, and he is also a famous person in the Jin army. Among the nascent young Zhuang faction, under Fu Zuoyi, this benevolent brother is the most powerful. In the sixth year of the Republic of China, he went to Wuhan Army University to study, and this benevolent brother was naturally indispensable, and compared with Fu Zuoyi, this person went further ideologically, and he actually secretly participated in the organization of the Young Officers Federation. And after returning to Shanxi, he trumpeted the achievements of the National Revolution, blew Wuhan and Nanjing like heaven, and blew the combat effectiveness of the Youth Army so this time to Jindong, Chu Xiongfei's troops became the vanguard of the Jin army, the first to arrive at the junction of Shanxi and Zhili, the safety of the entire Shanxi, Jingcheng.

This is the front line of the confrontation between the two armies of Jin and Feng, and the eight divisions under the command of Sun Liechen are placed here, and it is unknown whether they can break through the thousand-year-old danger of Jingcheng, but the deterrent effect cannot be ignored.

Swaggering to the front of the Jin army to provoke is the work that the bandit soldiers of the Feng army must do every day, even after the Jin army reinforcements arrived in a big way, Sun Liechen's troops did not relent, and still ran unceremoniously to the opposite side of the Jin army's position to spread wild, scolding and peeing. It's just that these Northeast people are scolding people, and they are smooth and smooth to say, and they start with whether Shanxi people are considered men.

What kind of commander naturally brings out what kind of troops, Chu Xiongfei, a master who can't rub a little sand in his eyes, can naturally imagine what kind of temper his troops are. The most taboo thing for men is to be looked down upon, and Feng Jun has obviously taken this to the limit of human beings. Most of the Jin officers and soldiers under Chu Xiongfei's command gritted their teeth and loaded their guns, if it weren't for Chu Xiongfei's strict discipline in the Japanese army, they would have shot and killed these troublesome Feng soldiers.

But when things got here, the most bitter scene happened, and the Feng army of the company in charge of making trouble unceremoniously fired a gun at the Jin army's position. This was originally a drama that the Feng army would inevitably stage every day, with the intention of creating a little tense atmosphere, and the Jin army, which was originally responsible for the defense of this line, naturally did not dare to fight back due to its own lack of confidence. And when they hurriedly shouted and retreated, they didn't explain it to Chu Xiongfei's people, and the result can be imagined, Chu Xiongfei's troops who heard the gunshots were like hearing the sound of heaven, which was a signal for the Feng army to attack and attack in a big way......

A full company of Feng troops, more than 150 guns, so that Chu Xiongfei's battalion swept away half of the strength and captured half of it. Before Chu Xiongfei could figure out how to report to his superiors, Fengjun's counterattack came unexpectedly.

In fact, there is no way to do it, if the loss of any regimental-level officer exceeds 100 people and he is indifferent, then he will be the head of the regiment-level officer. The regiment commander of the Feng army didn't have to bother to ask for instructions, and directly mobilized troops to attack, which could be regarded as a return to the field, and it was estimated that this regiment commander was the master of the underworld before.

The soldiers came to block the water and cover the earth, and Chu Xiongfei naturally couldn't be polite, and commanded the officers and soldiers of the battalion to beat him hard. The battle lasted only twenty minutes, perhaps for the first time for both sides of the battle, and all foreseeable and unforeseeable circumstances arose. Without experience in war, no deep hatred, and no political beliefs, the casualties caused by the results of these 20-odd minutes of fighting were not large. Chu Xiongfei's Jin military camp is indeed elite, and it fought fiercely, but the results are really not enough. There was no way, the Feng army fought too badly, and I don't know where they got the soldiers, before they entered the firing range, they were all fierce and fierce, and as soon as they entered the effective firing range, they all crawled on the ground and refused to get up, no matter how the officers urged. After the officers who finally supervised let the Jin army be killed, these Feng officers and soldiers were happy to get away.

This skirmish that took place in the Jingcheng area was completely an accident, and it was precisely such an accident that unexpectedly fired the guns of the complete rise of the Chinese nation, and history will always remember this moment, October 9, the eighth year of the Republic of China......

Nanjing, formerly Jiangsu Weaving House, is now the Nanjing Office of the Military Commission of the National Government. According to Wang Zhenyu's request, this place has been renamed Daguan Garden, and according to the record in the Dream of Red Mansions, it has been rebuilt on a large scale, almost to the point that it is exactly the same as the record in the book, for which Wang Zhenyu also received a special letter of thanks from the Shanghai Red Society. In this regard, Wang Zhenyu smiled at Zhao Yuting, who sent the letter to him: "I think that Cao Xueqin was poor and destitute during her lifetime, but she supported such a large group of people behind her, amazing!" ”

Wang Zhenyu and his second wife, Zhao Yuting, arrived in Nanjing on the morning of 9 October, because the next day, that is, on 10 October, the Nanjing National Congress had a motion of no confidence in the Military Committee to be voted on. As the head of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government and the founder and leader of the Youth Army, Wang Zhenyu naturally had to attend this meeting, and even made an impromptu speech at the meeting. Counting the number of times Wang Zhenyu has come to Nanjing, it can be said that it is one of the few since the establishment of the Nationalist Government, and this is the eighth time he has come to Nanjing. Therefore, the garrison, military police, and security forces in Nanjing attach great importance to Wang Zhenyu's security work, and the periphery of the Grand View Garden has long been covered with military police, plus the guards at the attendant office accompanying Wang Zhenyu, and the entire security work is not leaky......

On the night of 9 October, Yukichi Kohata, the Japanese minister to China, delivered a circular of the Imperial Japanese Government to China to President Xu Shichang, President of the Republic of China: "In view of the outbreak of the civil war in China and the serious instability of the situation, in order to safeguard the interests of the imperial overseas Chinese in China, from now on, the Japanese Empire will dispatch three divisions of troops to the Shandong region to safeguard the interests of the overseas Chinese and promote reconciliation ......between the parties in the civil war."

The moment Xu Shichang saw the announcement, his head buzzed, he felt that he was the end of the president, and in the face of the arrogant Japanese minister, Xu Shichang was so excited that he couldn't even say a word.

After a long time, Xu Shichang, a veteran of Beiyang who had experienced many humiliating scenes in the late Qing Dynasty, said in a whisper: "Mr. Minister, China and Japan are friendly neighbors separated by a strip of water, and we are facing the oppression of Western colonizers together. But what is the situation of your troops in Shandong now? In May this year, because of this Shandong issue, our central government was quite passive, and I also saw it compared to Mr. Minister, so can you urge your government to give priority to peaceful coexistence in everything, and not to use troops lightly. As for the issue of the expatriates in your country, I will personally intervene to mediate it...... Mr. Minister, let's not let this misunderstanding continue to deepen! ”

Kohata Youkichi has faced tremendous political pressure because of the tremendous changes in the situation in China in the past two years, so from his heart, he also thinks that it is only right to follow the example of the First Sino-Japanese War and have Japan send troops to interrupt the process of China's re-rise. So he said coldly to the white-haired Wenzhi president: "President Xu, the interests of the empire are above all else, although I have always admired you as a Wenzhi president who respects Confucius and Mencius, but I have to regret to tell you that the empire is also forced to send troops to protect overseas Chinese, please understand." As for the possible misunderstanding, I can only regret it......"

After saying that, Kohata Youji left the dumbfounded President Xu Shichang and walked away, and Xu Shichang could only shed tears when he was angry.

The next day, the tearful Xu Shichang died of illness in a dream, and this time he even saved his resignation......

In the southern provinces, the president of the Republic of China became an empty name after Li Yuanhong was expelled by Duan Qirui by force, so there was no custom of stopping the day to mourn for the head of state. Beijing still pretended to order the whole city to mourn President Xu Shichang. In Nanjing, everything is business as usual, and even in the National Assembly, the day of October 10 has become more lively......

Unconsciously, the National Assembly, which was originally only a legislature to coordinate the interests of various factions, gradually became the power of Nanjing, and all political and economic policy decisions had to be deliberated and adopted by the two houses of the National Assembly. Over time, the seats in the National Assembly have also become sweet, and the competition has become more and more fierce. The National Assembly, the seat of power, was also moved from the auditorium of the seat of the National Government to the Nanjing Municipal Government and took three years to build, located on the right side of China Square (China Square is close to Changjiang Road, the front is the seat of the National Government, the left side is the Daxing Palace, and the back is the National Hotel) National Square (now Jiangsu Art Museum). The whole square consists of a 10,000-square-meter marble square and a six-storey office building with twin towers covering an area of 4,000 square meters, the square has the statues of heroes of the past dynasties (including Yue Fei, Wen Tianxiang, Yuan Chonghuan, Lin Zexu, etc.) and the symbolic sculptures and fountains of the torch of freedom and the ** scepter, while the office building is concentrated in the twin towers, also known as the east and west buildings, the east building is the office area of the Senate, the west building is the office area of the Legislative Yuan, and the middle is the magnificent auditorium that can accommodate up to 3,000 people. The auditorium consists of a main hall and fifty auxiliary halls. In short, the National Assembly has become more and more imposing and solemn as a result