From the official start of the war on April 22 to the present, more than half a month has passed since the normal war.

In the past half a month, the casualties of both the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army have been increasing day by day, and there will be thousands of losses almost every day.

Therefore, whether it is Yuan Shikai or Yan Shao, they are constantly transfusing blood to the front line.

And for the generals of the National Socialist Army, it is also unknown when they will be able to knock down the Beiyang Army in front of them. However, unlike when the battle had just begun, Fu Xiuming's heart was already full of confidence in victory, and this confidence came from the current casualties...

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patted his hand on the sandbag, Fu Xiuming and several other people came to the front command headquarters together—————— gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, although in the trench, he is wearing an ordinary military uniform, even if there is a gunman ambush opposite, he may not attack himself, but it is still a little unsafe on the front line, so after looking at the situation on the front line, Fu Xiuming moved to the safer command center.

In the command headquarters, officers at all levels of the army had been waiting for a long time, and at this time they were smoking or chatting in the command headquarters, and when they saw Fu Xiuming and they came in, they hurriedly threw down the things in their hands and saluted. "Commander..."

"It's all easier..."Waving his hand, Fu Xiuming said with a smile. The war on the front line is all thanks to you, so there is no need to be so restrained..."

"Yes..."Seeing that Fu Xiuming was so easy to speak, the officers in the command headquarters were also much more relaxed.

Seeing that everyone was relaxed. Fu Xiuming found a place for himself to sit, patted him casually, and then sat down. "The purpose of my visit this time is also very simple, that is, to know about the situation on the front line. Let's talk about it first..."

"The situation on the front line..."Hearing that Fu Xiuming was here to ask this, an officer hesitated and then spoke. It's not bad, although it was a bit difficult at first, but now the situation has improved a lot. ”

"That's right." Another officer also spoke in agreement. "Those old Beiyang are really powerful, not only are the guns accurate, but they are all good at white-knuckle warfare, and it was these old Beiyang who rushed to the front to suppress us during several surprise attacks. Although the brothers under our command are not bad, they are still a little far from these old Beiyang, if not extremely strong. These positions may not be able to hold them..."He praised Beiyang very much in his words, and he did not belittle him because he was an enemy.

Noticing this, Fu Xiuming nodded slightly.

Then the officer just now added. "But now there are many more recruits in Beiyang, even in those old Beiyang troops. The combat effectiveness is weak. So the brothers have been fighting well in recent times, and the casualties have been reduced a lot—————— of course, the opposite side is the same..."The officer smiled a little embarrassedly.

"Recruits..."Fu Xiuming's eyes flickered. Tell me more about those details, what kind of weak method it is..."

Seeing that Fu Xiuming seemed to be interested in listening, the officer's face was happy, and he hurriedly said a lot of things, and after learning what he wanted to ask, Fu Xiuming also asked again and again. But after a while, I have already learned all the things I want to know...

"It seems that it is not as expected..."Saying this, Fu Xiuming glanced at everyone, and then the corners of his mouth curled slightly. The last winner of this war will be us. All you have to think about is when you're going to win..."

Hearing Fu Xiuming say this, everyone present was stunned, thinking that Fu Xiuming had some secrets here, but even if they surrounded Fu Xiuming to ask, Fu Xiuming still didn't say half a word...

Because all this is just the conjecture of him and Yan Shao.

Although he is now 90% sure that this will happen eventually, before it happens, or before there is a sign of it, it is not a thing that can be said after all...

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After the official exchange of fire between Beiyang and the National Socialist Army, the huge casualties not only shocked Beiyang, but also shocked the National Socialist Army. Especially later, despite the high casualties of the National Socialist Army, the positions of both sides were never able to advance one kilometer, and the original dream of a 'quick victory' was completely shattered.

Not only that, but many people in the Kuomintang began to wonder when the Kuomintang would be victorious, or whether it would be able to achieve victory.

This was not only because of the huge casualties on the front line, but also because of the British and Japanese support for Yuan Shikai.

Everyone is not an idiot, and it is natural to see that there are British and Japanese standing behind Yuan Shikai.

Now the British have begun to urge several other foreign banks to submit the next loan to Yuan Shikai as soon as possible, so as to help Yuan Shikai solve the financial crisis that he is about to face again—————— for the British, it is impossible for the British to turn their faces with the French, in this case, they can only support Yuan Shikai to win this roundabout way, as a kind of counterattack to the French poaching behavior.

In fact, if someone digs a corner and does not fight back, then the prestige that the British Empire has established for hundreds of years will be too worthless. You must know that the current Britain is still the first in the world in the real world, which is completely different from the downfall of being molested by the Russians a hundred years later.

(About a hundred years later, three months ago to be exact, a Russian warship sailed to the mouth of Loch Ness, Scotland, just 30 miles from land!) As we all know, Britain is now in despair, and there are only a few ships that can be used due to financial constraints, and as a result, when the Russian destroyer ran to tease the British, the only warship in Britain that could be dispatched was the destroyer in the southernmost Portsmouth. Of course, it is also the most advanced destroyer, the all-electric propulsion, tall, aristocratic Type 45 destroyer, but when the destroyer worth about 1.8 billion US dollars ran a distance of more than 600 and took more than 20 hours to finally arrive at the scene of the incident. The Russian destroyer had already left, and before leaving, it seemed to throw down a sentence that made the British vomit blood, as if to say, 'I've been waiting for you for 24 hours.' You are so slow to react', and it is also because this incident has made Britain extremely angry. ）

It's just that Europe is more important to the British after all, and the competition on this issue is only because of the problem of face, so it didn't take long for the British to be in a dilemma, after all, Europe's resources are very tight, how to draw resources to aid Yuan Shikai.

It was at this time that the Japanese appeared...

to have a grudge against Yan Shao. and the pretext of seeking certain interests in China, coupled with the existence of an Anglo-Japanese alliance, Britain and Japan soon reached an agreement. Japan came forward to support Yuan Shikai and shared part of the pressure on the British, such as providing cheaper ordnance and so on...

It can be said that almost all of the grenades used by the Beiyang Army are provided by the Japanese government. Only a small part was captured by the Beiyang Army itself.

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and the extremely clear attitude of Britain and Japan. In addition, compared with the support provided by Yuan Shikai, although Yan Shao also signed an agreement with the French, the French only provided diplomatic guarantees, that is, to prevent other countries from imposing arms embargoes on Yan Shao, and there was no other support at all.

However, after the war went on for more than half a month, Yan Shao and Fu Xiuming saw the end of the war, that is, victory...

The casualties of the front-line troops are indeed staggering. Even to the point of distressing Yan Shao, but the same casualties are constantly expanding Yan Shao's chances of winning.

The reason is simple. Because war is not just about soldiers and weapons, it's about systems...

At this time, the Beiyang Army is definitely a strong army, especially those old Beiyang who are trained, after being equipped with a large number of Makqin heavy machine guns and Japanese-style horsetail grenades, the weapons are also extremely advanced, but in other aspects Beiyang has been maintaining the old system, which is almost no different from the pre-Qing Dynasty, such as recruitment...

Now there are local militias in Beiyang, and there are many troops that have not yet been mobilized. When the war becomes fierce in the future, Yuan Shikai can also replenish these troops to the front line.

The question is, what to do when these troops are also exhausted?

At present, Beiyang adopts the conscription system, at this time, the social economy is withering, exploitation is serious, a large number of peasants have lost their land, and the modern industry in the north is very small, can not absorb many landless peasants, so conscription as a soldier has become a way out for peasants.

Naturally, there are two methods of conscription and incorporation, the former is to draw troops from the calculation, which is of a forced nature, but because the range of potential forces in Beiyang is not particularly stable, it is somewhat difficult to recruit troops. Inclusion is to incorporate the powerful armies of other warlords and bandits, and the armed forces of the people's army as their own, but if you do this, you need to worry about the incorporation of the troops turning against each other, as long as you promise benefits, you know the benefits and disadvantages, and those who defect before the war abound, and Cihu River is an example.

The problem is that the tragedy of this battle that took place at the junction of the three provinces is already known to women and children in China, and in more than half a month, the National Social Army and the Beiyang Army have almost fought more than 20,000 people on this small battlefield, and there are tens of thousands of wounded, and countless people have been disabled due to injuries.

One day, when Yuan Shikai had almost fought the main force, he had to consider the problem of soldiers.

Conscription? I'm afraid it won't work at that time, and the only thing left in front of him is the road of Lazhuangding, and the problem is that it has never been a good way.

In contrast, in the past year or so, the reserve system that Yan Shao has been implementing has been implemented because of the intensity of implementation, and Anhui is not a very large province in the first place. More than a year has been enough to preliminarily complete the implementation of the reserve system.

Moreover, compared with the places controlled by Beiyang, the situation in Anhui is obviously much more stable, and at the same time, due to the large number of tax cuts and the addition of many factories every month, the standard of living in Anhui is far more than that of any other place in China during the same period.

In this case, Yan Shao can proudly say that as long as your right hand and right foot are willing to work in Anhui, there will never be a situation where you can't get enough to eat—————— which is nothing in later generations, but in this era, this is already a very high standard. Nowadays, a large number of people come to settle in Anhui almost every day......... Although it has decreased a lot because of the war.

Therefore, except for those who are really unwilling to fight, there are very few people who want to evade military service, after all, there is an ID card and a household registration system. Unless you flee outside the province, there is almost no chance of escaping punishment, and life in Anhui is impossible for many people to give up.

Coupled with the inventory of ordnance purchased by Yan Shao in the past, even if two or three hundred thousand people are mobilized—————— combat effectiveness is another matter, by the way, the artillery is only enough to equip ten divisions, as for why there are so many artillery but not pulled to the front line. The reason for this is simply that there is not so much artillery.

For the sake of these nine divisions of unpopular artillery, the people of the junta are almost tired, and ten more divisions will come. It's better to send them a rope directly.

In addition to that, there is logistics.

Ammunition aside, not to mention the original reserves, and the ones that have just been ordered from Germany. The arsenal in Anqing can also supply some to a lesser extent. Although it is not enough to make ends meet, it is also much stronger than those arsenals in Beiyang.

In addition, because there are many light industries in Anhui, there is no problem with clothing, shoes and socks, and there are canned beef for meals, and nutrition is also guaranteed.

At the same time, through the Anqing-Suzhou railway, a steady stream of medical resources from the past, and more than half of the best surgeons in the country, seriously injured and disabled due to injuries are not mentioned for the time being, ordinary minor injuries only receive some treatment. can return to the battlefield with a low chance of wound infection.

On the contrary, I am looking at the Beiyang side. Although the loan arrived in advance, all aspects need money, and the limited money must be saved, so the medical resources provided to the wounded can only be described as 'barely enough', plus there is no penicillin or anything in this era, in the case of a harsh environment and lack of medicines, the probability of wound infection of the wounded is not low...

And in this day and age, wound infection means...

The longer the time drags on, the greater the advantage of Yan Shao's side.

dragged on for a year and a half, I'm afraid that Yuan Shikai himself will collapse first, even if Yuan Shikai senses this and wants to retreat, Yan Shao can follow up until the soldiers come to the city...

"However, according to the news from the Special Affairs Bureau, Yuan Shikai seems to be planning to transfer the division in Outer Mongolia back, and replace the few troops that were disabled here, and change the defense with a few troops in the rear, it seems that he has also noticed something..."

Use several units that have been disabled and the rear troops to change the defense, so that the new troops can come up, and the replaced troops can also be supplemented with militias, etc., and at the same time maintain local stability, avoid the original troops being transferred to the front line and making the rear unstable, and then pay close attention to training during the fierce battle on the front line, and wait until the troops on the front line can no longer hold on and then re-transfer...

It's a very simple way, but it seems to be the only way for Yuan Shikai.

After all, at this time, Zhu Rui and Li Yuanhong had already made up their minds to watch from the wall, unless one of them showed defeat, they would never make a move, and Chen Jiongming in Guangdong was not enough to fight against Xiao Yongyan who was still in Jiangxi, and Yuan Shikai could only fight alone at this time.

This time, Fu Xiuming will take the risk to go to the front line, on the one hand, to see how the morale of the officers and soldiers on the front line is, and on the other hand, to understand the real situation. After all, he has always been in the rear, and if you just read the report, it is always a little different from the real situation...

"But now, how much can we make up our minds..."Thinking so, Fu Xiuming nodded, and decided to send a telegram to Yan Shao later, informing him of the situation—————— Yan Shao and the others in Anqing were still waiting for the exact news.

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Just when Fu Xiuming figured it out and planned to send a telegram to Anqing, at the same time, on the Fujian side, the people of the Black Dragon Society had also arrived in Xu Chongzhi's military camp.

"So, what do we do next?" Although Xu Chongzhi has the greatest power here, as a diehard loyalist of Sun Yat-sen, after receiving the orders of a few people in front of him, Xu Chongzhi still asked with a reluctant face.

"It's very simple, find a way to overthrow Sun Daoren..."Smiling slightly, Gao Sencheng sat on Xu Chongzhi's left side and said.

Because Gao Sencheng did a good job in Anqing, he also led the team this time.

Looking at Gao Sencheng's pretending appearance, Xu Chongzhi became a little irritable. "If it's just overthrown, you won't be needed at all, I'm worried..."

"You're worried about the impact on the Alliance's prestige, isn't it?" Gao Sencheng said what Xu Chongzhi wanted to say next.

Hearing Gao Sencheng say this, Xu Chongzhi was stunned at first, and then he didn't say a word, obviously acquiescing.

If he wanted to overthrow Sun Daoren, he would have overthrown it eight hundred years earlier, after all, the military power of the Min army was in his hands, and Sun Daoren could only be regarded as an empty shelf. What he really cares about is the impact on the prestige of the Kuomintang, especially now, after the two assassinations of Tao Chengzhang and Yan Shao, the prestige of the Kuomintang is much lower than in history, if there is another mutiny or assassination, then I am afraid that the prestige of the Kuomintang will be...

"Please rest assured of this..."Coming to Xu Chongzhi's side, Gao Sencheng said softly. We are here this time to give you a reason to justifiably overthrow Sun Daoren..."

After all, the Black Dragon Society and the Kuomintang are now in a cooperative relationship, and the Kuomintang is also an extremely important chess piece in the future planning of the Black Dragon Society, so it naturally does not want the Kuomintang's reputation on the mainland to become too stinky... (To be continued......)