Chapter 135

While Fang Jianxiong secretly sighed, he was determined to take good care of Cai E's health. It would be a shame for such a military genius to die young. It doesn't matter if you don't know the history, but if you know it, you can't let the tragedy happen again.

"Heroes see the same thing!" Fang Jianxiong smiled with satisfaction, paused for a moment, and adjusted his tone before saying: "Brother Songpo is a great talent, Fang admires him. I heard that Brother Songpo is ill, so he might as well go to Wuhu to recuperate.

On the one hand, you can learn about some of the new tactical ideas launched by our army in mainland China. On the other hand, Wuhu’s medical level cannot be said to be the best in the world today, but it will definitely rank first in China. However, this time can last up to half a year. If you practice hard, you will be better in half a year.

I'm waiting for Brother Songpo to come out and take charge of a hundred thousand troops."

Fang Jianxiong's words were very telling. Cai E was a smart man, and he immediately understood that this was a clear indication to Cai E that he would lead troops to fight in the future. Moreover, he would be in charge of an army of more than 100,000 people.

"Brother Fuguo didn't mean what he said, so you might as well say it clearly." Cai E was very straightforward. He was able to give up the position of governor of Yunnan as the local emperor. He was not bound by authority and was quite free and easy. In the early years of the Republic of China, Cai E,

Why are people like Jiang Fangzhen and Zhang Xiaohuai relatively silent except for Cai E who is famous for his battle to protect the country? This is because all geniuses have character.

To be honest, in this era, if it weren't for Fang Jianxiong, a troublemaker, their characters would have determined their own destiny. Probably only time travelers like Fang Jianxiong would dare to boldly use such talents. Yuan Shikai, too.

Both Chiang Kai-shek and later Chiang Kai-shek were leaders who valued military power more than their lives. Those who are disobedient, too assertive, or too prestigious, you can leave alone.

"Brother Baili, you are the Chief of General Staff, please tell me." Fang Jianxiong promptly threw out Jiang Fangzhen. This is also an attitude. He just wanted to show Cai E how Marshal Fang knows people well in the system of the National Defense Forces.

use.

Jiang Fangzhen didn't put too much thought into it, and smiled matter-of-factly: "The General Staff decided after many considerations. Within half a year, a total of sixteen Class A divisions will be completed. Adding the previous eight Class A divisions, there will be twenty-four.

Ten of them entered the Northeast and established the Northeastern Military Region. Ten divisions were stationed along Jinpu Road, focusing on Jinan and its surrounding areas, thus establishing the Jinan Military Region. The candidates for the commanders of the two military regions were basically determined to be Brother Songpo and Run.

Brother Farmer.”

Cai E listened carefully and combined with the previous conversation, he quickly came to the conclusion that such a troop deployment has obvious targets. One is Northeast and the other is Shandong. He did not think that they were all aimed at Japan and Russia.

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"Japan's division establishment is larger than our infantry division establishment. With Japan's current eighteen divisions, we must have at least twice the strength." Cai E clearly stated his point of view, which implicitly implies the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army.

The meaning of deficiency is very clear. Although it is not explicitly pointed out that this plan is not enough to deal with Japan, let alone Russia, the meaning is hidden.

Jiang Fangzhen was about to continue explaining, but the car had already parked at the gate of the Songhu Security Headquarters. The new Songhu Security Commander was Li Xiehe, one of the six gentlemen of the notorious "Security Planning Committee" in history. The Li Xiehe of this time and space,

Although he was still suppressed and excluded by the Democratic Party, he hugged Marshal Fang's thigh in time and established a firm foothold in Shanghai. Although Fang Jianxiong is not optimistic about this man's ability, there is one thing he can do

Certainly, even if Li Xie and this person are ambitious, they are not ruthless people. At least compared to Chen Qimei, they are much more upright. Fang Jianxiong used him as the Songhu garrison commander, which has many meanings. The most important of which

The important point is that Li Xie and Ting Huo also know enough about the situation in Shanghai.

In fact, four of the six gentlemen of the "Preparatory Security Council", Li Xiehe, Liu Shipei, Hu Ying, and Sun Yuyun, were all from the original Tongmenghui. Not to mention Liu Shipei, he was a famous gunman of the Kuomintang when he was in Japan.

He was eliminated from the power struggle within the Democratic Party very early, and later joined Duanfang. Naturally, he has a very bad reputation in history. Let’s not talk about Li Xiehe, who was almost played to death by Chen Qimei. Hu Ying was also an active member of the revolution for a time.

, Sun Yujun was the governor of Anhui in history. Bai Wenwei asked his younger brother to kill Han Yan, and Sun Yujun fled to Beijing to save his life.

In a sense, the internal struggles in Beiyang rarely lead to the death of the opponent. The people who made the bad start are probably the people of the Kuomintang. For the sake of full strength and interests, the culture of unscrupulous means is even more prevalent within the Kuomintang.

To be popular. All in all, Fang Jianxiong is extremely disgusted with this approach of the Democratic Party.

Li Xiehe didn't accompany him, not because he didn't want to, but because Fang Jianxiong didn't need it. At this time, he stood at the door early and opened the car door for the marshal. If you have to say that his demeanor was a bit dog-legged, it wouldn't be too much, but it was more of a

A grateful mentality is at work. Words such as "burning bridges across rivers, killing donkeys, falling out and being ruthless" are more appropriate to describe the Democratic Party.

Li Xiehe's respect fell into his eyes, and Cai E couldn't help but be a little surprised. He knew Li Xiehe, who was considered a veteran of the revolution. When he was in Tokyo, he was also a man of great influence. How could he be like this in front of Fang Jianxiong?

He was cautious. He glanced at Fang Jianxiong subconsciously, but seemed to have no reaction at all.

"Brother Xiehe, I haven't seen each other in Tokyo for many years, but I didn't expect to meet here." Cai E followed his own path to be a man. When facing Cai E, Li Xiehe no longer had that flattering look, but he was not embarrassed either. He looked calm and said

: "Brother Songpa is even more charming."

"Brother Xiehe is now the garrison commander of Songhu, and he is based in Shanghai." Fang Jianxiong explained, and Cai E asked: "What is the position of the garrison commander?" Jiang Fangzhen explained with a smile: "It is equivalent to the military guard, but he has no government power. The National Defense Forces

People are not allowed to interfere in politics, this is an iron law."

"Oh." Cai E responded with a smile, and everyone went in together. When they entered the Songhu Security Commander's office, Li Xiehe had no intention of staying and left with a polite word. Cai E was somewhat emotional,

After watching Li Xiehe disappear, he said: "Cai also heard about the Shanghai incident. The alliance was so powerful back then, but now it is likely to fall apart."

"You can't blame others for this. When the Alliance was still very weak, it was still fighting among itself." Fang Jianxiong said something with some disdain. Cai E looked thoughtful after hearing this, and said for a long time: "Don't mention this anymore, continue what you just said.

Topic, since the idea of ​​building an army is aimed at Japan and Russia, the problem of insufficient military strength cannot be underestimated."

Jiang Fangzhen took over and said: "In addition to the A division, there is also a B division. According to the plan, there will be about sixty to seventy people. The B division will be organized into one division and two brigades, with a strength of about 12,000.

There will be no cavalry regiments, but technical arms and new weapons and equipment will be added. At this stage, the domestic road conditions are too poor, and division-level units will not be equipped with heavy artillery for the time being. In the future, transportation will improve, and each division will be equipped with at least one battalion.

105mm heavy artillery, this is a relatively long-term plan. Currently there is only one 75mm mountain gun equipment."

If twenty-four Type A divisions were nothing, these sixty or seventy Type B divisions shocked Cai E. The new army training plan in the late Qing Dynasty was to organize the country into 36 towns, that is, 36 divisions.

.Most of the provinces failed to complete the requirement of training a town and formed so-called mixed brigades to make up the numbers.

Cai E's brain was a bit exhausted. Where did the money come from? Where did the officers come from? Where did the equipment come from? These are all problems before us, very real difficulties. I couldn't digest it for a while, and Cai E fell into a sluggish state.

Looking at the smiling military bosses in front of him, Cai E soon realized a problem. These were absolute military secrets, so he told himself, what does this mean? This is attitude.

Now that he understood the other party's attitude, Cai E was no longer polite. He sat up straight and said: "Fuguo, Baili, Runnong, don't talk in circles with me. Let's get straight to the point. How much wealth does the National Defense Force have?"

Seeing him like this, Fang Jianxiong felt very proud. He looked at Jiang Fangzhen with a smile, he still had to do this job. Jiang Fangzhen had been in charge of the army building affairs, and he knew a lot of data. He smiled unhurriedly and said: "The source of the equipment.

There are two ways, the first is external procurement, the second is in-house

Production. As expected, next year Wuhan and Wuhu combined will be able to produce 100,000 rifles and 500 various artillery pieces annually. Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau in Shanghai mainly produces artillery shells and also does some technology accumulation. We are working with

The United States has a contract with Germany to introduce some technologies and loans

Money, funds and equipment are not big problems. The key now is the cultivation of talents. The current approach is to walk on two legs. One is to send people to European and American countries to study military affairs, and the other is to train them themselves. Currently, Wuhan and Anqing are respectively

Establish a military academy to train junior officers, Wuhu

Mainland China specializes in cultivating senior staff personnel. The army building plan is for two years, with priority given to completing the formation of the Class A Division within half a year, and then moving to the Northeast. First, the problems on the side of the bed will be felt. Once the Northeast problem is solved, it will not be difficult for the southern provinces to spread the word

It depends. In principle, we don’t want to fight a civil war.”

Cai E is a staunch member of the nationalization of the army. The scene outlined by Jiang Fangzhen in front of him is fascinating. It is not difficult to see the dawn of the dream of a powerful country after the completion of a million-strong army.

Three days later, on the Wuhu River.

Dusk, dunk, dunk! The battleship's whistle blew, and Cai E on the deck let the river wind ruffle his clothes, his complacency written on his face. According to Fang Jianxiong's request, he went to Wuhu to recuperate for half a year, and by the way, he studied the new equipment of the National Defense Forces.

and derived new tactics.

The new tactics are indeed based on new equipment. Thinking that when Fang Jianxiong mentioned the new tactics, he casually mentioned Japan's rigid linear attack tactics. Cai E couldn't wait to find out why the National Defense Force led by Fang Jianxiong was based on
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