Chapter 16: The First Battle of the Teaching Battalion

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Emperor Guangxu has now been completely reduced to Yuan Shikai's puppet, it can be said that he is a humanoid seal, and the power of the entire Manchu Qing is in the hands of Yuan Shikai. The agreement reached between Yuan Shikai and the warlords of the Feng family, it is useless for Emperor Guangxu to oppose it!

The news that Ma, Wu, Feng, and Zhang had been appointed as military and political governors of the Rehe Special Region outside the three northeastern provinces caused an uproar throughout the country. Many people who were still loyal to the Manchus scolded Ma, Wu, Feng, and Zhang, believing that they colluded with Yuan Shikai and were the culprits in the danger of the Manchu Dynasty. Many Manchu nobles even demanded that Fushun, Cheng Dequan, Kuishun and others disobey the order and refused to hand over.

In fact, Yuan Shikai and his Beiyang government also wished that the warlords of the Feng clan would fight with Fushun, Cheng Dequan, Kuishun and others. In this way, it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to weaken the strength of the Feng warlords. Therefore, although the order issued at the beginning was to recruit the three to return to Beijing to resume their lives, it did not give an exact time, so that the three of them had more places to turn around.

Of course, Yuan Shikai used Fu Shun and the other three as guns, hoping that they would weaken the strength of the Feng warlords. As for the life and death of Fushun and others, then he doesn't care. Even if Fushun and the others were killed, it didn't matter, but it gave the Beiyang government an excuse for him to send troops to exterminate the Feng warlords.

After Yuan Shikai's appointment order was issued, Ma, Wu, Feng, and Zhang were all overjoyed, this was undoubtedly a step to the sky! Although they were originally considered middle and high-level generals, this time, they directly became the feudal officials of one side! It is equivalent to the overlord of a province. Even Feng Linge, who was only divided into the Rehe Special Area and Taonan Mansion, was very excited. Rehe is the commander of the 28th town, this is a high-ranking official position he never thought of!

"Congratulations to my father, I finally have control of the province! In the future, the future of our Wu family is even more limitless! Wu Haoxuan's face was full of smiles.

"Haha, Haoxuan. Dad is a lot old, and he doesn't have much to live. Originally, Dad just wanted to live a peaceful life, but since you kid is uneasy and lonely, you have to make a career, Dad can only support it. The overseer of Jilin and the commander of the 28th town, my father can be in charge for a while. In a few years, you will be able to convince the public, and I will give it to you! Wu Xingquan smiled. He wasn't an ambitious man in the first place. In history, he was loyal to Zhang Yuting, and as a result, he was killed in Huanggutun with Zhang Yuting.

Now, history has changed completely. The appearance of Wu Haoxuan made Wu Xingquan's actual strength even surpass that of Zhang Yuting. In the future, whether this Feng warlord will be surnamed Zhang or Wu remains to be seen for further development.

"Dad, you are still in the prime of life, we juniors, we still need your teaching!" Wu Haoxuan said.

"It's useless to talk to my father, my father has a few points and a few taels, and my father knows it very well. To tell you the truth, I don't care at all how Jilin Province should be governed in the future and how the army should develop. Wu Xingquan said.

However, his indifferent behavior is a good thing for Wu Haoxuan. In this case, he would undoubtedly be able to rightfully take the power of the Overseer in his hands. It can also make Jilin Province develop rapidly according to his own ideas.

"Dad, although Yuan Shikai has appointed you as the overseer of Jilin, Jilin's general Fushun will not leave Jilin Province obediently, we have to take it ourselves. In addition, Jilin Province is too poor, and if you want to develop Jilin Province, you need to think in the long run. I am going to develop heavy industry in Jilin Province, which is rich in coal resources and poor in iron ore, but we can buy it from Mukden Province. Fourth Uncle Zhang and I have already agreed that the Fengtian Provincial Capital will sell us iron ore. After the development of heavy industry, the corresponding military industry will also be established. Although I have a military factory in North America, it is very troublesome to transport all the weapons and ammunition from the United States. As soon as we are stationed in Jilin, the construction of the military factory will begin immediately. After that, there is the construction of people's livelihood.

Although Jilin's population is small, it has more than 6 million people. Although the climate is cold, the soil is very fertile, and we can attract displaced people from China to Jilin Province, and in a few years, Jilin will be able to develop. We can also recruit more troops and plan for the future! ”

Wu Haoxuan revealed his plan and inventory.

Wu Xingquan nodded, he could hear that Wu Haoxuan's ambition was even greater than he expected. I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse. However, he has always doted on this only son and has never disappointed Wu Haoxuan. Since Wu Haoxuan was determined to do this, he could only support it.

"Haoxuan, let it go! Daddy will give you his full support. I know you have a big heart, but I hope you don't kill your uncles in the end. After all, we're brothers anyway! Wu Xingquan sighed with emotion. Although, almost all four of their brothers are ambitious people. However, how could anyone else be Wu Haoxuan's opponent? The future battle for the Northeast will definitely end with Wu Haoxuan's victory. Wu Xingquan is a nostalgic person who doesn't want others to be killed directly.

Wu Haoxuan was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "Dad, as long as they don't go too far, I will let them live!" ”

"Hmm!" Wu Xingquan nodded, with Wu Haoxuan's assurance, he was much more at ease.

"Dad, without further ado, we need to send troops to Jilin as much as possible. Besides, now that Uncle Zhang has become the Overseer of Fengtian, he is also afraid that we will stay here and not leave. It's better to leave as soon as possible and don't embarrass him. Wu Haoxuan said. Originally, he planned to expand the teaching battalion into a teaching regiment after it became an army, and then send troops to Jilin. But now, time is urgent, and Jilin has to be laid first.

Besides, although the training battalion has formed combat effectiveness, it has not seen blood after all. How can a unit that has never seen blood be called an elite unit? After this battle, the combat effectiveness of the troops will be stronger. It will be better to expand the army when the time comes.

"Okay, so when do you want to go?" Wu Xingquan has no objection.

"Three days later! Three days later, the training camp took the lead in marching to Jilin as a vanguard, followed by Jilin No. 1 Town. Dad, you take the 30th town queen! Wu Haoxuan said.

At present, there are two towns under Wu Xingquan, and the 30th town is the number given by the Beiyang government. The other town belonged to the unnumbered troops. Therefore, the father and son simply discussed giving this town the number of the first town of the Jilin Army.

In Wu Haoxuan's plan, after the pacification of Jilin and the commissioning of the arsenal, whether it is the 1st town or the 30th town of the Jilin Army, it needs to be expanded. According to Wu Haoxuan's plan, it is impossible for an infantry division to have only more than 12,000 people, and at least 18,000 people must be able to do it. In this way, only when one of the Japanese divisions can they be able to contend with each other. Of course, this is not the kind of 28,000-strong division of the Japanese in World War II. Rather, it is the current division.

The first town of the Jilin Army is a newly formed unit, although it has been trained for more than half a month, there are also old people under Wu Xingquan as the backbone. But the old-style army always has all kinds of drawbacks. Even if it is equipped with advanced weapons, it cannot be compared with Wu Haoxuan's training camp.

Fortunately, although there are more than 10,000 people in Jilin Province. But there shouldn't be too many people who really follow Fushun with all their hearts. With the combat effectiveness of the teaching battalion, it was enough to defeat two or three times the enemy. It should not be much of a problem to defeat the army that finally Fushun has achieved in one fell swoop.

On the morning of August 18, Wu Haoxuan led the teaching battalion to leave the military camp outside Shengjing City and marched north along the official road. Although there is a railway from Shengjing to Changchun. However, during the Russo-Japanese War, these railways were damaged and have not yet been opened. And the little devil and the old Maozi are negotiating on the division of the sphere of influence in the northeast, so the railway is basically useless.

Besides, even if the Japanese control the South Manchurian Railway in the future, Wu Haoxuan will not dare to use it! How could the Japanese transport troops for them? As for recovering the ownership of the South Manchurian Railway, he does not have the strength for the time being. It is estimated that this strength will not be available until after the unification of the Northeast and the pulling up of an elite army of hundreds of thousands of people!

The training battalion, as the vanguard of the whole army, set off first. The 1st Town of the Jilin Army followed. Wu Xingquan led the 30th town hall and left Shengjing City on the afternoon of August 19.

The departure of Wu Xingquan's father and son made Zhang Yuting breathe a sigh of relief. Wu Xingquan's father and son now control more troops than him. Although the territory in the northeast has been divided, he is really worried that Wu Xingquan's father and son will regret it! Now, his hanging heart can finally be put back in his stomach.

Before sending troops, Wu Xingquan had already sent people to Jilin to ask Jilin General Fushun to leave Jilin. It's just that it was rejected. Fushun is obviously unwilling to give up the real power position of General Jilin and go to Yanjing City to retire. This forced Wu Xingquan and his son to seize Jilin by force. A war is inevitable.

Starting from Shengjing City along the official road, it enters the territory of Jilin Province more than 100 kilometers to the north. At present, the training camp is all on foot, and it takes a week to walk more than 100 kilometers.

"This kind of march is too slow, if you can take the train, it will be enough time for a day!" James, the deputy commander of the teaching battalion, complained to Wu Haoxuan.

"There will be trains, and after we take Jilin, we will find a way to take back the railway line!" Wu Haoxuan said.

At this time, the reconnaissance platoon reported that the troops of the Jilin patrol battalion had been spotted in front.

"Order the troops, prepare for battle!" Wu Haoxuan immediately issued a battle order, this is the first battle after the establishment of the teaching battalion!