Yang Du replied: "After this battle, although our army did not experience a life-and-death battle, it has established a great reputation in the country. The first is prestige. Thousands of men and horses of the Third Brigade of the Second Division of the Hubei Army rushed for two or three thousand miles in the rest of the month, and successively pacified the two provinces of Hunan and Guangdong. Especially under the city of Guangzhou, with two teams of planes and a regiment of troops, the Ji army that had been in power for more than ten years swept through the two Guangzhous, which made the Ji army almost completely annihilated, and even more terrified the governors of the southern provinces!

"The second is benevolence. The governors of the provinces that had previously declared independence, but all those who were disposed of by the Beiyang Army, such as Bai Liewu, the governor of Anhui, and Li Xiehe, the governor of Jiangxi, were wanted and forced to go into exile; And those who fought against our Northwest Army were all in no big trouble, such as Tan Zuan, the governor of Hunan Province, who not only did not suffer punishment after defecting to us, but also was able to preserve the position of the governor. - As for Yue Governor Hu Zhantang, he was ousted by Su Ziqi and has nothing to do with us.

"Looking around the country now, the only people who can protect the safety of the provincial governors are Baixi you and Yuan Xiangcheng. Thinking about it at this moment, Sun Hui'an must weigh how to choose in his heart: Yuan Xiangcheng is a veteran real power figure, strong and deep-rooted; Baixi, you are a rising star, and you have the tendency to catch up. Who should you choose? Since Sun Hui'an has not sent someone to come to the door now, it means that he is either still hesitating, or he is not optimistic about us for the time being! In this case, we must give him some eye medicine and let him know that Ma Wang Ye has three eyes! ”

Sun Yuanqi was a little stunned: "In the end, we still have to rely on force to solve it!" ”

Yang Du smiled and said: "Of course, empty white teeth are empty after all, and you must give Sun Hui'an some color to see." He will obediently comply. But Baixi rest assured, we will not use the Guangdong Provincial Army this time, first, the various ministries in Guangdong are indeed very tired. Second, Su Ziqi, Zhang Zicao, and others fled in a hurry, and the Second Division and Independent Brigade of the Guangdong Army needed to be immediately reorganized; third, the situation in Guangdong was still unstable, and a large army was still needed to suppress it, so it was really not suitable for them to work on it, and at most they would use planes to go around the city of Fuzhou a few times and drop a few bombs. Scare and scare Sun Huian, etc., don't act rashly! ”

Sun Yuanqi said: "Sun privately feels that after entering the era of hot weapons, China's development of both the army and the navy lags behind that of Western countries. You can only learn flintlock pistols, redcoat cannons, new ships and other equipment after being passively beaten. However, the West has accumulated hundreds of years of experience and decades of leading advantages, and it is difficult for us to surpass in core technologies in the short term. If we want to gain technological superiority against Japan, Russia, and even traditional powers such as Britain, France, Germany, and Italy, we can only hope for a new branch of the military. For us. This new branch of the armed forces that we hope for is the 'Air Force' that relies on aircraft technology.

"After several wars such as the Northern Expedition to Outer Mongolia and the Southern Expedition to Hunan and Guangdong. The great role of aircraft in warfare has been effectively demonstrated, and it is time to establish a new branch of the 'air force'! For a period of time to come, we will order all the provinces under our jurisdiction to establish regiment-level air force structures one after another, so that on the one hand, they will carry out confrontation training with fraternal provinces, and on the other hand, they will cooperate with the provincial land forces to conduct actual combat training, so as to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. In particular, the two provinces of Hunan and Guangdong, which were originally separated from the northwest, should give priority to building air forces and strengthen communication and ties with the northern provinces. Strive for early integration. ”

The establishment of air forces in the southern provinces will not only facilitate communication and liaison with the northwest. It can also maintain strong military pressure and become a sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of those with evil intentions.

Yang Du didn't have much interest in the composition of the military and the deployment of the army, so he just nodded casually, and then continued: "In addition to the threat of the air force dispatched by Guangdong, you can also ask Chiang Kai-shek to send a few warships from Mawei to Fuzhou, the provincial capital. Of course, these are all intimidation methods, once Sun Hui'an relents, he still has to really send a large army into Fujian! ”

Is this the earliest all-round strategic intimidation by sea, land, and air in history?

However, this is not the focus of Sun Yuanqi's attention, Sun Yuanqi is concerned about another question: "Do you still have to send a large army into Fujian?" Didn't you say that you would not use the army of Guangdong? ”

Yang Du blinked slyly: "Of course you don't use the army in Guangdong, Yang plans to borrow troops from Zhu Jieren!" ”

"Ahh Sun Yuanqi couldn't help but be surprised, "Why did you hit Zhejiang again?" Zhu Jieren was already a little half-hearted about us, and now that we borrow troops from him, will he agree? If he refuses or completely falls to Yuan Xiangcheng under the pretext of excuses, what should he do? ”

"Let's set out to seize Fujian, Yuan Xiangcheng may be able to guess two or three points in advance; But borrowing troops from Zhu Jieren to enter Fujian, even Baixi you can't expect it, so Yuan Xiangcheng will definitely not be able to guess a minute and a half before the matter is completed. In this way, our plan has succeeded seventy or eighty percent first! Obviously, Yang Du was quite proud of Sun Yuanqi's surprise: "Yes, Zhu Jieren must have some resistance to our borrowing troops, but he may not dare to refuse openly, let alone completely fall to Yuan Xiangcheng now, because the God of Wealth and the big customers behind the Zhejiang Governor's Mansion are Ningbo Bankers and Siming Bank."

"Nowadays, Bloomage Bank plays a pivotal role in the whole country, and it is even more popular in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is no joke to decide the life and death of banks in Zhejiang Province, so these Ningbo bankers are only Mrs. Lilith. If you intend to sanction Siming Bank, do you think those bankers are afraid? Since the God of Wealth behind him is trembling, where can he, Zhu Jieren, still be angry? ”

Sun Yuanqi said: "Even if Zhu Jieren agrees, he will drag it out for three or five months under the pretext of insufficient soldiers and incomplete equipment, then our plan to enter Fujian will also be ruined!" ”

Yang Du sneered: "If he dares to delay, Baixi, won't you send Tang Yuweng back to Zhejiang to be a prison soldier?" To put it bluntly, in addition to suppressing the Fujian region, we also have the meaning of forcing Zhu Jieren to pay the certificate of surrender. If Zhu Jieren agreed cleanly and quickly sent troops into Fujian, then naturally everything would be easy to say; If he doesn't know how to elevate, let's rely on the New China Party's share in the Zhejiang Provincial Council, Tang Yuweng's prestige in Zhejiang Province, and the wealth of Ningbo bankers, it will be easy to replace Zhu Jieren, the governor! ”

Only then did Sun Yuanqi understand Yang Du's intentions: "If it is according to the meaning of the emperor, how many troops should be used in Zhejiang Province to enter Fujian?" ”

Yang Du pondered: "Zhejiang has the strength of one division and one brigade, which are the 6th Division of the Zhejiang Army and the Zhejiang Independent Brigade. The number of troops entering Fujian this time cannot be too small. Too little is a drop in the bucket and doesn't make a difference; It can't be too much, otherwise Fujian will not be peaceful, and Zhejiang Province will be in chaos first. Aren't we losing more than we gain? In Yang's view, it is most appropriate for the Zhejiang army to enter Fujian with the strength of one brigade. Specifically, which brigade to send, Baixi might as well consult Tang Yuweng's opinion.

After the reform of the military system, the Fujian army was reorganized into the 14th Division of the Army, under the jurisdiction of the 27th and 28th brigades, but they were not fully established, with a total of more than 8,000 officers and soldiers, and Xu Chongzhi served as the division commander. Now Xu Chongzhi is suspected of leading Fujian's independence. He has been forced to abandon his post and flee. If the Zhejiang army can successfully enter Fujian this time, Baixi can just take advantage of the situation to reorganize the army and insert some of his own people into it. ”

Sun Yuanqi silently calculated in his heart for a moment. Then he said: "Since Yuan Xiangcheng used to use the banner of 'Fujian people governing Fujian' and sent people from Fujian Province in the Beiyang system to meddle in Fujian affairs, we can't give people a handle." I think it's better to send Zhu Yimin (Zhu Shaoliang) to Fujian to temporarily take the post of commander of the 14th Division of the Army! Zhu Yimin's father was the magistrate of Yongtai County, Fujian, and the governor of Nantai Haiphong, and he himself was born in Fuzhou. and studied in Fuzhou. He is a native of Fujian. Moreover, Zhu Yimin is currently the major general and brigade commander of the Second Brigade of the First Division of the Shaanxi Army, and his temporary position as division commander is not an encroachment. ”

Yang Du said: "The personnel adjustment of the Fujian army is naturally determined by Baixi's words, but the matter of entering Fujian must be implemented as soon as possible before Yuan Xiangcheng is elected president." If Yuan Xiangcheng has not been officially elected, there will always be a little jealousy of the New China Party, which occupies one-third of the seats in the Congress, and you will also retreat from Baixi; Even if we have some changes in Fujian, he can only pinch his nose and admit it. And once he is elected president, he has no scruples, and he can justifiably intervene in military operations everywhere. If we send troops into Fujian again, we will inevitably encounter many obstacles! ”

Sun Yuan nodded: "Then let's toss the proposal to depose the Kuomintang legislators in the Congress for a longer time!" After a pause, he finally asked a question that had been buried in his heart for a long time: "Huizi, do you think that after Yuan Xiangcheng takes power." Where exactly will the country go? ”

Yang Du was slightly surprised: "Why did Baixi say this?" Are you worried that Yuan Xiangcheng will monopolize power after becoming president, or will you? ”

Sun Yuanqi replied: "Although when Yuan Xiangcheng was sworn in as interim president, he repeatedly stated that he would 'carry forward the spirit of the republic, cleanse the flaws of the country, and abide by the constitution'. However, since the government moved north, he has been trying to break through the fetters of the "Provisional Covenant" and expand the scope of the president's authority, such as the Wang Tieshan (Wang Zhixiang) superintendent incident, Tang Shaochuan (Tang Shaoyi) resignation incident, Zhang Chunshan (Zhang Zhenwu) murder incident, etc., all of which can glimpse his restless ambition!

Moreover, the newspapers in Beijing and Tianjin have repeatedly mentioned that since the abdication of the Qing Emperor, the prestige of the central government has not been as good as before, and the situation in the provinces is like scattered sand everywhere, and it is out of control. The root cause of this lies in the fact that at the present stage China's economy is backward and the people's intelligence is low, the people are busy making a living on weekdays, and they have no interest in participating in politics at all, nor do they have the wisdom to participate in politics, and the majority of the people do not know what a democratic republic is. A hasty implementation of a democratic republican system will only provide careerists with an excuse to seize power by force, and there will be no other good results, as the current Kuomintang rebellion is a vivid example.

Although Sun did not deliberately send someone to investigate whether there was a directive behind these remarks, these remarks appeared in newspapers in Beijing and Tianjin at the same time, which has explained a lot of problems. Moreover, this time to quell the Kuomintang rebellion and depose some Kuomintang radical parliamentarians, I am afraid that Yuan Xiangcheng will be removed from a shackle, which will make him more arrogant and more and more inclined to monopolize power. You have a quick mind, do you think if we don't take effective measures to stop it, where will the country go in the future? ”

Yang Du became cautious and said carefully: "First of all, Baixi, you have to understand that Sun Yixian and others hurriedly formulated the "Provisional Covenant Law", in addition to establishing a democratic republican system, to a large extent, to limit Yuan Xiangcheng's power. Later, Yuan Xiangcheng felt constrained, and it was inevitable that there would be breakthroughs in his behavior. Second, the speech in the north has tended to be conservative, and it is obvious to all that the prestige of the central government is not as good as before, and after several changes since the Republic of China, it is reasonable for the people to reject the democratic republic. As for Yuan Xiangcheng—"

At this moment, the guard suddenly reported loudly outside the door: "My lord, Madame is in a bit of a hurry, I would like to ask you to go back now!" ”

After Zhao Jinghui married Sun Yuanqi, he inherited the lady given by the imperial court in accordance with the etiquette law, in order to distinguish herself from Vera, the wife who married first, the people around her used to call her "madam". Hearing that Zhao Jinghui was in a hurry, Sun Yuanqi got up and hurriedly asked, "What happened to him?" ”

The guard replied: "The person who came to report the news was also vague, but said that there was an urgent matter, please go back quickly!" ”

Yang Du also stood up: "Baixi, you go back and take a look first, you can talk about other things later!" (To be continued.) )

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