The final combat mobilization Jihua was sent to the division-level combat unit on February 6, and Song Xianfu, the commander of the newly formed Railway Corps, had rushed to Zhuzhou from Guangxi on February 1, and he obtained the Jihua book of Operation Blue Light earlier than the combat troops, although this Jihua book only involved the deployment of materials and the transportation of troops, but it also made Song Xianfu feel that he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, and he knew that there was really not much time left for him.

Song Xianfu arrived in Zhuzhou with 3,000 carefully selected railroad soldiers, who were tasked with restoring the line from Yuezhou to Guangzhou on the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway. Song Xianfu looked at the task list in his hand carefully: the Ninth Division in Shaoguan was to be transferred back to Hengyang to participate in the Fourth Assault Cluster fighting in the direction of Jiangxi, which was the lightest of all the tasks; The 3rd and 7th Divisions in Guangzhou will be transferred to Changsha around the 15th to prepare for the second phase of the offensive operation, which is a big job; The most important thing is actually the current work, except for the first assault cluster in Changdeli County, which is responsible for attacking Jingzhou, the other three assault clusters need to be replenished with a large number of strategic materials. So far, three-quarters of these supplies are piled up on the docks in An Giang.

Minister of Armaments Ma Xicheng appointed his younger brother Ma Xiren as the commander of the Yuezhou Temporary Base, with full responsibility for the management of the receipt and deployment of materials for the Second Assault Cluster of Wan Yaohuang. The materials of Changsha and Hengyang were transported to Zhuzhou Wharf by water and received and deployed by Song Xianfu, and distributed to Changsha and Hengyang by rail.

Song Xianfu has been working in the railway for so many years, and now he has become half an expert, not to mention anything else, he is now busy shunting the wagon. Fortunately, when Ni Sichong retreated, he chose to take the waterway instead of the railway, otherwise the whole province of Hunan would not want to scavenge half of the wagon. At this time, the Third Army in Guangzhou was also very cooperative, and they reasonably pulled Bai Chongxi's Seventh Division to Zhuzhou with 350 wagons in one go, and then the soldiers went to Changsha on foot, and the heavy equipment continued to be transported to Changsha by rail.

In the railway transportation headquarters that had just been established, Song Xianfu, who heard the news, personally hung up a long line of phone calls to Li Zongren, the commander of the Third Army, "Brother Delin, your great kindness, I, Song Xianfu, have written it down, there are still a few things to trouble you here, isn't your Third Army military headquarters in Guangzhou still to stay until about the 15th?" …… Yes, our friends in Luxembourg have helped us produce more than 30 locomotives, more than 300 carriages, and some skilled train drivers, which will soon be sent to Guangzhou by sea...... Yes, when the time comes, I am more worried about the British interfering...... Yes, yes, these wagons will directly transport your 3rd Division. When I get to Zhuzhou, I invite you to drink and drink good wine, hahahaha......"

Zhuzhou Railway Station is brightly lit these days, all the barriers around the station platform have been forcibly removed, and the road into the platform has also been filled with thick cement. The 2,000 workers are divided into three four-hour shifts, and all the materials that arrive are loaded onto a train wagon, which is loaded according to the distance and the tight time. The dispatching staff of Song Xianfu's railway transportation headquarters did not sleep all night long, all of them were carefully calculating how to avoid the Lang fee of time and ensure that the station had wagons at any time.

The security forces are also very cooperative, the chief of staff of the security command *** abandoned the expansion of the security forces, personally led a detachment of troops to Zhuzhou, personally dredged the road from Zhuzhou Wharf to the station, implemented strict traffic control and guarding, horse-drawn carriages, donkey carts, and trolleys were forcibly requisitioned for transporting materials. The road is also divided into two to prevent traffic jams. At this time, on the Anjiang side, the Armaments Department also transferred newly imported trucks, which had a larger transportation capacity than horse-drawn carriages and trolleys. But every time you use it, you need to take an iron rod to turn around several times on the mouth of the car, which is nothing, the biggest disadvantage is that it is easy to break, and the Jishu personnel in charge of repairing the car are still undergoing intense training in Anjiang, so by February 8, the car was half of the nest. I was so angry that I almost didn't kick this iron lump with my foot.

In this way, with the efforts of tens of thousands of migrant workers day and night, on February 14, all the war materials were sent to the combat units, and the swarthy artillery of the youth army once again faded its armor and was about to shine brightly......

And at this time, in Nanjing, on February 8, a guest from Beijing hurriedly got out of the car and walked into the Jiangsu Governor's Mansion.

Feng Guozhang, the overseer of Jiangsu, is a unique figure in the history of the early Republic of China, and a figure who terrifies the revolutionaries. is such a character, but he is a short-sighted and politically minded character. History has ruthlessly proved this, even with heavy troops in his hands, he was still played by Duan Qirui, and Zuihou died depressed.

Of course, there is also a possibility, not that Feng Guozhang is incompetent, but that Duan Qirui is too cunning. But the fact in front of him is that Duan Qirui openly sang a duet with Lao Yuan in Beijing, and Feng Guozhang, who was holding a heavy army, didn't know what the considerations were, so he actually sang with Duan Qirui, sat in Nanjing, and watched the Beiyang Army lose in Sichuan and Hunan one after another.

After the loss of Hunan and Guangdong one after another, Yuan Shikai finally couldn't hold his breath, he felt that this time he was put on a table by the powers led by Japan, and by his son and subordinates.

He was unwilling to fail, the only thing he could do was to call Wang Shizhen: "Brother Pingqing, I regret not listening to you at the beginning, and being pampered by these children and grandchildren to be this emperor, and as a result, there was disharmony between inside and outside, and the top and bottom were centrifuged." But Brother Pingqing, the situation has developed to this day, it's not that I Yuan can be cut off as soon as someone dies, we all underestimate Wang Zhenyu, a Hunan person, you look at their actions in Hunan, is that the strength to seize a province? This son of a wolf has been ambitious and has been planning for a long time, and if my judgment is correct, he will attack the southern provinces next. ”

Wang Shizhen nodded and said: "I have also read the latest report, 200,000 horses, if we don't work together in Beiyang, don't say it's the territory of the south, I'm afraid the next thing will be a crisis for our entire Beiyang." The president (Yuan Shikai in the name of the emperor of the Chinese Empire under the letter of the great powers do not accept, can only continue to be called the president of the Republic of China to the outside world), must not be guarded against! ”

Yuan Shikai nodded, this Wang Shizhen is worthy of being the dragon of Beiyang, and he got to the point in a few words: "Who said no, the situation has reached this point, if we Beiyang is still busy with internal friction, the future of this world will be Wang Zhenyu, a sinister villain." I really looked down on this kid that day, and I mistook me! ”

Speaking of this, Yuan Shikai seemed to have suddenly made up his mind and said: "Pingqing, you go, you go on my behalf and go to Nanjing." Find Hua Fu and tell him not to follow Zhiquan to mess around here, quickly pack up the army in his hand, and block Wang Zhenyu, a traitor, in Hubei and Jiangxi, otherwise it will be difficult to clean up when the situation is eroded. I will send the first, fifteenth, and sixteenth divisions to him, as long as he cleans up Wang Zhenyu, after I die, Beiyang will be handed over to him. ”

Wang Shizhen thought about it, nodded and agreed, so there was the previous scene.

"Brother Pingqing, brother didn't know that it was you, and he couldn't go out to greet him, which was rude!" Feng Guozhang has been living comfortably in Jiangsu recently, and his complexion is much better than in Beijing.

Of course, Wang Shizhen knew that this was a kind word, but he didn't break it, he smiled lightly and said: "Huafu, it's been a friendship for decades, and I have something to say directly, I came this time to bring you a message for Lao Yuan." ”

Seeing that Feng Guozhang deliberately did not answer, Wang Shizhen didn't think much about it, and continued: "The president said that this rebellion in the south has still developed into a very dangerous situation, no longer against him as emperor, but against our entire Beiyang. ”

When Feng Guozhang heard this, he still didn't speak, but put his hand on the teacup unconsciously.

Wang Shizhen smiled indifferently: "It seems that Brother Huafu has been holding heavy troops for a long time, and he doesn't take my cloth clothes in his eyes. ”

As soon as these words came out, Feng Guozhang, who really had the heart to serve tea to guests, was not good at serving tea to guests.

I saw Feng Guozhang smile with a slightly embarrassed smile: "Brother Pingqing misunderstood, I'm just a little habit." Don't you know me? Besides, it's rare for you to come once, naturally you live in my house, which guest is it, come, prepare a meal, I want to have a few drinks with my old friend......"

Otherwise, Chinese are still suitable for talking about things at the dinner table.

After a few glasses of hot wine, Feng Guozhang's tongue became bigger: "Brother Pingqing, I also have my difficulties, the president didn't trust me back then, beware of me, I fought well in Hubei, but he sent Duan Zhiquan to replace me; People love the orphans and widows of the Xinjueluo family, and the president is not kind, so he replaces him, and the brothers below are not convinced by this; Zuihou he is going to be the emperor, and he is ready to pass on this world from generation to generation in his own Yuan family, so what about us old brothers who have followed him for many years? Children and grandchildren will be slaves for generations? ”

Wang Shizhen shook his head and said: "It's actually unnecessary to talk about these things now, Huafu, the situation in Sichuan and Hunan has made the president realize one thing, that is, this emperor can't be deserved no matter what." You haven't seen it, in the past two months, the president's health has deteriorated a little. He said, the biggest problem now is to keep our Beiyang, as long as you can put down the rebellion in the south, after he retires, the banner of Beiyang will be handed over to you to carry, as for Duan Zhiquan, he will deal with haode. ”

Speaking of which, it would be false to say that Feng Guozhang was not moved, but immediately believed that he was also living in vain: "Pingqing, it's not that I don't want to contribute, I have my own difficulties, don't look at the three divisions on the ground in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, except for the fourth division, Zhang Huaizhi and Lu Yongxiang are all listening to Lao Duan, and for Hubei and Jiangxi, I am a small Jiangsu overseer, I have more than enough heart but not enough strength." ”

Wang Shizhen knew that Feng Guozhang was asking for benefits, so he nodded and said: "I brought the latest order of the president, appointing you as the patrol envoy and commander-in-chief of the crusading army in the five provinces of the Yangtze River (Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Hubei), and you have the right to govern the armies south of the Huai River." In addition, Cai Chengxun's first division, as well as the newly trained fifteenth division, and the sixteenth division are also under your command. Beijing will also allocate 15 million oceans to you at one time, as long as you can win this battle, you can say anything. ”

Speaking of which, it would not be kind for Feng Guozhang to refrain again, he got up excitedly and said: "Okay, for the sake of our Beiyang, my old Feng will ......fight this time."