In the headquarters of the Jiangxi Jiangxi Army, looking at a leaflet that the people under his hands had just torn down from the city, Li Liejun's face trembled. As for the others, they were even more silent after seeing Li Liejun's expression, and they didn't even dare to say a word.

This leaflet appeared in the city this morning, and the streets of the city are almost everywhere. According to the Jiujiang government, even if people are sent to collect these leaflets now, I am afraid that they will not be able to prevent the contents of the leaflets from spreading.

As for what is on the flyer...

It is written clearly and very simply.

That is to say, the Anhui National Social Army is about to launch an attack on Jiujiang, hoping that the people in the city can leave in time to avoid being affected by the war. At the same time, he stated on the leaflets many crimes of the Kuomintang, hoping that the defenders in the city would not continue to work for the Kuomintang and stand on the side of 'justice'.

Not many people will listen to the latter, but the former...

The shelling of the wharf has been seen by both the defenders of Jiujiang and some civilians near the wharf. As long as the thought of that kind of shelling would take place in Jiujiang, those people shuddered.

Therefore, although many people are a little reluctant to live in Jiujiang's home, in order to avoid being affected by the war, the people in Jiujiang City still began to consciously move outside the city.

In this regard, Li Liejun and others are not easy to stop, after all, this is the spontaneous behavior of the common people, and they can't trap everyone in the city. In that case, wouldn't it be a good proof that what the leaflet said was true?

What's more, the composition of the Jiangxi army is Jiangxi people, and many of its officers and soldiers are from Jiujiang. If you really stop everyone in the city or even do it, before the Anhui Nationalist Army comes over, I am afraid that those Jiujiang soldiers will riot. So they can only let the people out of the city.

The problem is that the morale of the defenders in the city has also taken a certain hit.

"Hukou was lost, the second brigade was also disabled, and the situation is not very good..."Saying this, Su Shi'an glanced at Li Liejun. Governor, now do you want to send someone to pacify the remnants of the Second Brigade as soon as possible, there is a whole division of the National Social Army that came this time. There are almost fifteen or six thousand people, and at the moment in Jiujiang City, only our first brigade is still complete, without the cooperation of the second brigade. I'm afraid..."

Hearing Su Shi'an's words, everyone else nodded.

Su Shi'an was the commander of the first brigade and the first regiment, and Yang Zushi, the commander of the second regiment, was originally stationed in De'an and Ruichang, but this time because Li Liejun wanted to wave the flag and shout for the Kuomintang. The entire 1st Division was transferred to Jiujiang. Su Shi'an was also transferred.

In fact, Su Shi'an still had something to say in his heart, that is, about the second division.

Although he was only a regiment commander, Su Shi'an also knew a little about Liu Shijun of the Second Division, so he was not very at ease with him.

As for the reason...

Liu Shijun's teacher is Duan Qirui, and this alone is enough.

And after Li Liejun asked Liu Shijun to come to Jiujiang as soon as possible, although Liu Shijun had nodded and agreed, he was very slow to act, which deepened Su Shi'an's concerns about Liu Shijun.

Although it is impossible for Yuan Shikai to watch Yan Shao sit up. But what if he wanted to use the hands of the Kuomintang to expel the Kuomintang from Jiangxi..."This is the deepest concern in Su Shi'an's heart.

"That's what I said..."Tapping his head, Li Liejun looked at Ouyang Wu. Now Brigade Commander Yu doesn't know what to do. I'll leave the matter of the Second Brigade to you first..."

Yu Weiqian disappeared, and several regiment commanders or battalion commanders of the Second Brigade at that time were basically on several river boats. In addition, when they were on the river, those river ships have always been the primary targets of the naval army, and the most senior officers who can come back alive are only a battalion commander at the highest level, not to mention Yu Weiqian, even the two regiment commanders have not been able to come back alive.

Under such circumstances, Li Liejun also knew that the Second Brigade alone might not be able to do so, and he could only send someone to preside over the work of the Second Brigade.

In Jiujiang City, Ouyang Wu is the only one who is qualified to preside over the work of the Second Brigade.

"Yes." Nodding, Ouyang Wu saluted. "Without further ado, I'm afraid it won't be long before the National Social Army will attack, and I'll take charge of this matter..."

"Okay, as soon as possible, now if the first brigade wants to hold on to Jiujiang, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult, and this matter will be handed over to you..."

"Please rest assured..."With Li Liejun's permission, Ouyang Wu turned around and left the headquarters.

It's just that when he left, Ouyang Wu had some other thoughts in his heart.

"The Second Brigade was disabled, and now there are less than 6,000 people in the entire Jiujiang including the security regiment or police, but the National Social Army that rushed over this time has a division, 15,600 people, which is at least three times more than the defenders of Jiujiang in terms of strength, plus the advantage of equipment, and the Anhui Navy can use heavy artillery to support on the river, no matter how you look at it, I'm afraid Jiujiang can't hold it..."

In fact, not only Ouyang Wu, but even other people, including Li Liejun himself, probably also knew this.

It's just that knowing the way is the way of knowing the way, and what to do is another question...

It is impossible for Ouyang Wu to take refuge in Yan Shao, although he also has contact with Yan Shao, but as a Jiangxi native, he must not allow the National Social Army to step into Jiangxi for half a step.

In history, Ouyang Wu did this, during the Second Revolution, Li Liejun opposed Yuan and appointed Ouyang Wu as the governor, but Ouyang Wu was not interested in this kind of thing, and even very simply couldn't get sick and deal with this kind of thing passively.

But when the Beiyang Army entered Jiangxi, he was very angry, although he had been bought by Yuan Shikai at that time, he still sent a telegram asking the Northern Army to go back...

Naturally, Li Chun, who was ordered at that time, would never have listened to Ouyang Wu's words, so the final result was that Ouyang Wu and Li Liejun both left Jiangxi.

"It seems that you should think of a way out..."Walking out of the command center, looking up at the sky, Ouyang Wu sighed slightly.

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The dispatch of the Kuomintang to Jiangxi was almost met with overwhelming criticism from public opinion.

No way, that's how China is at this time. Whatever happens, public opinion will be inclined to resolve it peacefully. If anyone uses force, he will not be able to win the support of public opinion.

This is also the reason why Yan Shao sent troops even though he thought of some reasons. Because he knows that he can't get the support of public opinion at all. Of course, he can also get the Special Service Bureau to come forward and do something to make a reason to send troops.

However, although the Gyeonggi Military and Political Law Enforcement Office in Beiyang is not as good as the Special Affairs Bureau, it is not a dry meal.

And if you want to make such an event, it will take a long time to prepare.

The problem is that what Yan Shao lacks most now is time, and he will want to end this matter before 1914. It was because in 1914, if the war had happened as scheduled, Qingdao would have faced a threat from Japan.

Yuan Shikai is definitely unreliable in this kind of thing. And Yan Shao is obviously unlikely to be Japan's opponent with his own strength alone. What's more, there are still so many laggards behind him, so if you don't want Qingdao to fall into the hands of the Japanese, you must unify China before World War I, and take back Qingdao before the Japanese after unifying all your strength.

Nature. Even if Yan Shao can really snatch Qingdao back before Japan. Japan will certainly not rest on its laurels. Because Qingdao was promised to Japan by the Entente before World War I, I am afraid that even France will not stand on Yan Shao's side.

But as long as he can recapture Qingdao first, coupled with the unification of the whole country, at least half of China's strength, the strength and bargaining chips of the hands in Yan Shao's hands, at least in the decisive battle with the Japanese in Qingdao, Yan Shao is still somewhat sure.

Japan at this time was not the Japan it would be twenty or thirty years later, and Japanese industry was still very weak at that time. Especially in terms of crude steel output, it is only 400,000 tons, which is not as good as half of the current level in Anhui—————— which is also thanks to the amount of money Yan Shao spent in the past. Add to that the demand for steel in car factories.

In particular, after the opening of some factories in cooperation with the Yushi Group all over the country, the domestic production part has now accounted for 10% of the total needs, the remaining 20% is in charge of the French, and 70% is handed over to the Americans.

And with the passage of time, the number of domestic shares is gradually rising.

The French are satisfied with this, after all, 10 million pounds a year is enough, and the Americans are a bit stupid.

But there is no way, is it possible that they still have a reason to stop Yan Shao from purchasing parts in China? What's more, there are not a few countries in this world that can provide so many parts.

Among the great powers, Japan can get out of the way, and France, Britain, and Germany can all be substitutes. Even if the Americans have any opinions, Yan Shao can also change them.

As for the steel mills, in the past steel mills have been in the red.

However, due to the continuous emergence of some parts factories in China, coupled with the official commissioning of the arsenal, as well as Zhan Tianyou's demand for steel rails, the current annual profit of the steel plant has reached 10 million silver dollars.

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As mentioned above, Japan cannot be compared with the post-twenties and thirties now.

The first time in history Japan's crude steel production exceeded 1 million was in 1924, from 959,000 in 1923 to 1.1 million in 1924. From 1.1 million to 2 million, it took only five years, that is, in 1929, when Japan's crude steel production was 2.294 million tons.

After the seizure of Tohoku through the 918 Incident, Japan's crude steel production has improved dramatically.

First in 1933 it reached 3.198 million tons, then in 1935 it reached 4.704 million tons, in 1936 it reached 5.523 million, and by 1938, crude steel production had reached 6.47 million tons.

At the same time, France's crude steel output was 6.221 million tons, which means that Japan's crude steel output has been 250,000 tons more than France's, and it is indeed a great power.

However, at this time, Japan's industry was still very weak, and although the navy was strong, the equipment of the army could not be compared with that of European armies. Coupled with the fragile economy, if a war really started in Shandong, Yan Shao was absolutely sure that he would win—————— and even if he couldn't, with the strength of the Japanese, he would not be able to act arbitrarily in China as he would twenty or thirty years later.

Naturally, this is only the army, and the advantage of Japan is the navy.

But if the Japanese do it in Shandong, it can be regarded as controlling it to a certain limit, then it is going to do it elsewhere. The British or the Americans could not sit idly by. After all, they could not have allowed the Japanese to expand their interests in China while they were fighting a bloody war with the Germans.

In other words, there is a high probability that this war will be confined to the Shandong Peninsula.

So. If it is just a battle in the army, Yan Shao has a great certainty.

At this time, it was in the Taisho period, which was also known as the Taisho Democrasi. The Army wasn't as crazy as it was later...

But then again, even if the British and American stops are ineffective and the Japanese decide to use the navy, or even to wage a full-scale war, Yan Shao must not take a step back.

After all, he came back to change. If he comes back, he still has to pay compensation for land cession like in history, so why did he come back so hard? Came back specifically to pay compensation for land cession?

This Yuan Shikai and the Kuomintang have done enough. He doesn't need to do it at all.

What he needs to do is to fight if he can't fight, not to mention with Japan's fragile economy, if there is really a full-scale war. I'm afraid that a year's work will bring Japan down...

If only that were the case. Things are better.

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Regarding the dispatch of troops to Jiangxi and the declaration of war on the Kuomintang, Anhui's internal opinions were also divided into two sides.

On the one hand, he felt that the Kuomintang sent someone to assassinate Yan Shao, which was already a declaration of war. Now it is logical for the Kuomintang to send troops to Jiangxi, while the other faction feels that although the Kuomintang did send people to assassinate Yan Shao, it was only the self-determination of some people, and it could not be considered that all members of the Kuomintang were like this. And even if it is confirmed, it should be resolved through legal means. And not by force.

In the case of the former, although there are many people who support it, the latter will only have more people.

In Anhui, although Yan Shao had many supporters, there were not many who were willing to support the war.

However, when the news of Hukou came back, not only Anhui, but also other provinces in China were dumbfounded.

After all, a normal battle only takes a few hours.

It only took a few hours to capture the mouth of the lake, which numbered more than 2,000 people, which could not help but make people guess how strong the Nationalist Army was. Even the Beiyang Army, which was already ready to move, hesitated to see what happened next.

As for the wall grass, it is even more of a bystander.

It was at this time that the offensive of the National Social Army on Jiujiang had been prepared.

There were three main targets for the Kuomintang Army's attack on Jiangxi this time, Hukou, Jiujiang, and Nanchang.

As long as these three places are taken, Jiangxi will fall into the hands of Yan Shao.

And Jiujiang, as the gathering place of the main force of the Jiangxi army, is undoubtedly the most difficult bone to gnaw in the process of entering Jiangxi, but...

"If the Gan army in Jiujiang is the same as the Gan army in Hukou, then we don't need to be too cautious..."Looking at the soldiers who were still carrying ammunition to the gunboat, Gu Chengzhou said to Xiao Yongyan with a smile.

Yesterday, the Anhui Navy consumed a lot of ammunition, so last night Anqing sent a number of transport ships to replenish the ammunition for the Navy Army.

Yan Shao has been preparing for a long time for this battle of going south and north, whether it is food, equipment or ammunition, a large number of reserves have been made in several important cities in Anhui, and the amount is even enough for a year's military operations of the National Social Army, so there is no need to worry about ammunition for the time being.

And after hearing Gu Chengzhou's words, Xiao Yongyan also smiled and nodded. "Yes, if everything goes so well, I believe it won't take too much time to take Jiujiang, I left a battalion of troops at Hukou this time, and the remaining troops are about three times that of the Jiujiang defenders, it should be easy to take there, if you are lucky, maybe you can capture Li Liejun and let this war end early."

It was while the two were talking, that an officer ran up to the deck and said to the two.

"Commander Gu, Division Commander Xiao, the troops are ready, do you want to leave now?"

"Of course..."Gu Chengzhou smiled.

Standing next to him, Xiao Yongyan also nodded in agreement.

With the consent of these two people, the matter is decided. Soon, the already prepared fleet suddenly moved, slowly heading in the direction of Jiujiang.

To be exact, it is the town of Xingang near Jiujiang.

According to Xiao Yongyan's meaning, it was to let the fleet unload the third division in Xingang Town, and then advance by land and water to find a way to take Jiujiang.

As long as you take Jiujiang, you can take a boat through Poyang Lake to Nanchang.

At the entrance of Poyang Lake, the narrowest position is only 5 or 600 meters, and it can be said that the entire entrance is within the range of the Hukou Fort, which is also the reason why Xiao Yongyan must take down the Hukou Fort.

The operation to capture Xingang Town was very smooth, and Li Liejun also knew that with Jiujiang's current troops, he could not hold Xingang Town or some other surrounding towns at all, so he simply shrunk all his troops back, so that Xingang Town only had some security regiments. It was no match for Xiao Yongyan's department at all, and he didn't even need the third division to shoot, and when the fleet appeared on the river outside Xingang Town, the mayor of the town had already led a large group of people to greet him on the dock.

When the mayor and other officials of the town government saw the ten warships on the river, as well as a large number of officers and soldiers of the National Society and dozens of artillery pieces coming down from the boats, they were even more glad that they had not resisted before.

"It seems that our Jiangxi is going to change the government again..."Sighing helplessly, the mayor smiled bitterly at several official gentry beside him.

In the crowd at the dock, some reporters also mixed in, constantly pointing their cameras at the National Socialist Army who walked down the boat, but among these reporters, some of them always had gloomy faces, and they felt out of place compared with the other reporters around them. (To be continued......)