Chapter 248: Failure outside the field (Central)

Japan retaliated against China and added two permanent divisions in North Korea to the political game trend also spread to Fengtian.

The news of a firefight in Dongying, a battalion stationed in China was completely wiped out the entire Far East. Although this could not shake the status of the Japanese army as the leader of Asia, it caused people to worry about the current situation. Will Japan retaliate? Where to start? Will the light of national reunification just risen will be swallowed up by the haze of foreign war? When diplomatic mediation in the south on this matter, Britain, the United States and Germany were entangled in each other for their own interests, Fengtian, located outside Shanhaiguan, was already tense.

A small team of cavalrymen of the 27th Division galloped out of the city quickly, and thick sandbags were piled up outside the city gate, and almost all the light and heavy machine guns and cannons were pulled out. The Japanese merchants and ronin who were unattended in the past were even more focused.

When the murderous atmosphere became stronger and stronger, Fang Rui and Ma Kui also stepped into Fengtian City with more than a dozen members of the Security Bureau disguised as vendors. This season is the most lively season of the year in Northeast China, and the Northeast, which has survived the severe winter, began to rejuvenate.

Looking at the entire northern China, there is no place that can compare to Fengtian's prosperity except Tianjin. Tianjin is only one city, but it is a Fengtian Province centered on Fengtian, consisting of Tieling, Yingkou and other places. After more than 200 years of blockade by the Qing government and Shandong people performed a heroic picture of the Guandong, with the branch line of the South Manchurian Railway, the Jingfeng Railway, the Anfeng Railway and other railways opened to traffic one after another. Relying on the advantages of natural ports such as Lushun and Dalian, the population density and industrial and mining volume here are one of the few regions in China. The Asian American Association's investigation report even believes that the economic scale here actually exceeds Anhui and Jiangsu, and the annual total trade volume can reach hundreds of millions.

It is precisely because of the prosperity of Fengtian that all the economies of the northeastern provinces have moved closer, and Japan even concluded that whoever controls Fengtian can control Manchuria and Mongolia and the entire Northeast.

However, due to prosperity, it brought disaster to the local people, especially after the country did not have the strength to protect itself, it became a fat meat for the great powers to compete for. Russia's step-by-step exploitation was even more painful! Hundreds of Krupp heavy artillery groups, which were luxurious in Europe at that time, were defeated by Japan, which had fewer than a few cannons. From then on, the drama of the great powers fighting for the three northeastern provinces was completely opened. After the Three Kingdoms and Liao forced Japan to withdraw, Russia took advantage of the rebellion in the Year of the Gengzi, and Japan was angry for a few years, and simply fought with Russia here, not only re-controlled it, but also obtained tickets to the great powers. Even a moment before the Qing government stepped down, some people clamored to use it to exchange for support from Russia and Japan to defeat the new revolutionary regime.

Although Japan and Russia have gradually eroded, Fengtian and most of the Northeast are still actually controlled by China to this day. Yuan Shikai's little contribution is mentioned. Because at the beginning of the founding of Beiyang, he realized the importance of the Northeast, so he constantly strengthened his strength here. First, the second Mixed Association stationed in Fengtian, and then twenty towns were transferred. Then he installed confidants in Jilin, Songjiang, Hejiang and other places, and began to manage the Northeast bit by bit. He also incorporated the patrol army and the old Feng army. After becoming the president, he even changed the Feng army to the 27th Division. The commander was Lieutenant General Zhang Zuolin, who was born in the horse bandit, and was born.

Even though the battle was in full swing, Yuan Shikai still did not touch the 20th Division and the 27th Division because he was afraid that Russia and Japan would take the opportunity to cause trouble.

Behind him is also a 20th Division of the Beiyang division stationed, so over the past year, Zhang Zuolin has been particularly active in handling the Democratic Party, joined forces with Zhao Erxun to suppress the Democratic Party, squeeze out Lan Tianwei, sweep away the bearded bandits in the territory, and manage Fengtian in order. Not long ago, there was a rumor that Yuan Shikai wanted him to be the governor of Fengtian, but the joy had not yet dissipated. A guy in the south who was even more awesome than him directly announced the Northern Expedition!

The headquarters of the 27th Division was set up in Fengtian City. Recently, Zhang Zuolin felt something was wrong. Over the past year, he worked hard to resist Japanese infiltration, attacked the Chinese nation, and guarded against Russian Russians. He was really tired, but as Yang Qiu staged a big show in Tianjin, he started to feel uneasy when he shouted the slogan of the Northern Expedition.

Although Fengtian and the south are separated by 18,000 miles, the news is not at all behind. At first, I heard that the two families are fighting with great enthusiasm and don’t think so, but after the Henan Bridge was cut off, he knew it was bad! No matter what, he could be regarded as the Beiyang side system. His hands were covered with blood from the Democratic Party. Even Lan Tianwei and others were beaten away by himself. If Yang Qiu defeated Yuan Shikai and became the president, would he settle the matter?

Although he is not in line with the Democratic Party, he is still a revolutionary?

The more Zhang Zuolin thought about it, the more something was wrong. Before he could find a solution, there was a news of the Sino-Japanese exchange of fire in Dongying. Yuan Shikai was bedridden and announced his two important news.

The first news almost scared him to death! Sino-Japanese exchange of fire? Isn’t this a life of his life? If Japan retaliates against him, his troops will not be able to stop the Japanese 16th Division stationed in North Korea and South Manchuria, and Yuan Shikai left the world and was even more stunned. He lost his backer? What should I do now? So I quickly called several old friends to have a meeting, but after sitting for half an hour, Jacky Cheung didn’t even make a fart, just kept walking around, looking uneasy.

Wu Junsheng, Zhang Jinghui, Tang Yulin, Zhang Zuoxiang and others are all old brothers whom he fought with. Now they are all brigade commanders and guard commanders. Seeing him like this, they were anxious and couldn't help but blame Yang Qiu and the National Defense Forces.

If you have a Northern Expedition, you will be able to fight the Northern Expedition. If the Beiyang falls, we will just turn the tables. Anyway, we have done a lot of things. As long as we keep thousands of guns in our hands, we will always have a bowl of rice. But what is the Sino-Japanese conflict that is fine?

"He, fuck it!"

The first one to speak was Wu Junsheng. He had worked as a hawker and a horse vendor. Later, he joined the army for his livelihood. After explaining that Zhang Zuolin became sworn brothers, he was restless and slapped the table and was angry: "He, Yuan Datou and Yang Qiu are fighting, and he will fight the world. Fight hard, fight, fight, and fight, and fight. What kind of Japanese people? My cavalry patrolled the Liaohe River every day during this period. Yesterday, he almost clashed with several Japanese bastards."

Because he suffered frostbite when he was young, he could not speak clearly and spoke stuttered. He was often teased by several old friends for this matter, but who is still interested in joking now! Tang Yulin is a cruel person, known as Tang Laohu, and cursed and complained: "Wu Datong is right. Grandma! Why are you good at fighting Japanese people? Now, all the mobilized east of the South Manchuria line. All the Japanese soldiers' eyes were red and they crossed the border several times to arrest people! The day before yesterday, a Japanese team leader asked me to retreat twenty miles with one mouth. His grandma's, twenty miles! How many towns and people?"

"Can't withdraw!"

Although Zhang Zuoxiang was also a bearded bandit, he was much more meticulous than the previous ones. He stomped his feet and said, "The Japanese are not kind-hearted. Isn't it just to withdraw twenty miles to enclose land for the old and young men to build a Manchuria country? You must not retreat in this matter. If the bannermen come back, we will not have a good life. At worst, we will start fighting. Yang Qiu can kill a brigade with one cavalry regiment. We can kill two or three of us with seven or eight thousand guns. The 16th Division of Japan in South Manchuria in South Manchuria has only a total of 7,000 troops. There are only five brigades that are afraid of a bird."

"That's right, aren't there only a few thousand bean soldiers? We can fight back then and now! If it really doesn't work, just learn from the Russians in the past and try to get their nests. There are also those remnants of Manchu Tartars. They have been very fierce in Tongliao and Taonan during this period, so they can just destroy them together."

"What are you yelling around? Don't I know that the current situation is difficult! Didn't Feng Delin lead the horse team to suppress bandits in Tongliao? Send someone to tell him, mom! Wasn't he very good when he fought with me back then? It's been a few years since he became soft? Why did a bunch of Mongolian fools and the old man and his elders do so politely... beat me hard and kill one of them!" Although Zhang Zuolin was born with a beard, he was not as bandit-like as everyone imagined. He had a medium figure and a long robe like a teacher. He was sleek and broad-minded, so most of the people who worked with him were devoted to it. After being recruited by the Qing government, his career was always very smooth. In addition, he had experienced several troubles in Northeast China, Japan and Russia, and he hated Japan and Russia. So at this moment, he heard everyone complaining, and I cursing, and he slapped the table hard.

Everyone shut their mouths honestly when they saw this. Zhang Zuoxiang quickly comforted him: "Tongliao, Taonan is not important to kill the old and young, but what should the Japanese do here? The family we have accumulated over the years is not as good as the same team."

Zhang Zuoxiang is a rare smart person in the 27th Division. He was known as the little Zhuge when he was a beard. His reminder also calmed down Zhang Zuolin and scratched his head and asked, "For the sake of the plan, I can only hold the 20th Division of Shanhaiguan first. If it really doesn't work, give them half of Fengtian. I will pass the level in front of me first."

"This may be useful half a year ago. Now..." Zhang Zuoxiang sniffed and shook his head and said, "A few days ago, I asked Zhang Huilin to go to the 20th Division to inquire about the situation. When I came back, I told me that Lu Yongxiang had been transferred back to Beijing. Duan Qirui sent his confidant Fu Liangzuo to take over the troops and was busy reorganizing them. Fu Liangzuo promised to support him if the Japanese soldiers came over. But according to Zhang Huilin, the people in Beiyang are now panicked. The officers only ran away every day to contact the south. The soldiers were no longer energetic. In my opinion, they could not count on it!"

"I don't think it's reliable!" Zhang Jinghui, who had never spoken, was not optimistic about the 20th Division coming back, and continued, "In the past, no matter what, he still had the name of the central government, and they were all very awesome. Now that Yuan Shikai has fallen, the Beijing Army Department itself is in chaos. The God of Finance (Liang Shiyi) did not know what evil nature was. He held all the money in his hands in one breath, and even Duan Qirui did not give it, saying that the money would be left to the new government. Now let alone the 20th Division of Shanhaiguan, Beijing, Zhili First Division and several mixed brigades could not pay, and all the ammunition and weapons were detained and not distributed. I hope they would support it... it would be better to expect it to come from the south."

When Zhang Zuo met, he didn't say anything. He glanced at a few old friends and said, "It's not me that we should really take the path to the south now. Although Li Huangpi occupies the position of president, he has been ruined in Hubei for a long time. The army and wealth are all in the hands of others, so it's only a matter of time before Yang Qiu can live in the world. Maybe he can still keep his job even if he can get through the relationship earlier."

Zhang Zuolin also knew that he should contact the South, but he heard that Yang Qiu has always been ruthless in his actions and even the Democratic Party has fought it cleanly. He has not done anything good in the past year, especially the matter of helping Yuan Shikai suppress the revolution is even more entangled. What if Qiu settles the score later?

Zhang Zuoxiang saw his thoughts and said, "Mr. Jiang Baili, who was in our place before, is now doing well under Yang Qiu. He has also become the president of the National Defense University. He doesn't have to say hello to the military headquarters. I think he might as well take his way. It's really not possible..." He simply gritted his teeth and said, "Send all the incompetent people in our family to Hubei National Defense University to study."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this and sent them to the National Defense University to study? Isn’t that just being a proton?

Zhang Zuolin also knew that there was no way to do it. He sighed and was about to speak when the guards outside the door suddenly ran in: "Report to General, two people were outside saying they wanted to see you."

"I'm annoyed, I won't see you!" Zhang Zuolin, who was in a state of silence, thought he was the guy who came to fight Qiufeng again, so he refused without raising his eyelids. The guards observed the words and dared not speak. Just as he was about to turn around, Zhang Zuoleng grabbed him and asked, "Where did the guest come from?"

"They claimed to be from the south. The older one seemed to be a major general, named Ma Kui. By the way, they also brought more than a dozen men."

"Ma Kui? This name seems familiar." Zhang Jinghui frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly raised: "Isn't the logistics camp management that Yang Qiu started with is called Ma Kui? Could it be..."

After being reminded, Zhang Zuolin was also stunned for a moment. He jumped up suddenly and slammed the table and cursed: "Damn it! I'll tell me clearly next time I report it to me! Why are you standing there? Please invite me quickly! No, come back, come back and bring me the military uniform, and then go to the kitchen to prepare a banquet. I want to greet you in person!"

A moment later, Zhang Zuolin, who had changed into a lieutenant general's uniform, came to the door with a large number of Fengtian officers. This attitude scared Ma Kui and Fang Rui. Since they were lieutenant generals, they quickly saluted: "Ma Kui (Fang Rui) of the National Defense Forces has seen General Zhang."

Hearing his own reports, Zhang Zuolin narrowed his eyes, and quickly replied with a favor and pulled intimately, saying, "It's all my fault. I'm fine, I'm doing this outfit. Since I'm here, Fengtian will be my brothers, so you're welcome."

"The Commander-in-Chief said that there are rules in the army. Even if you don't wear military uniforms and follow the rules, we will salute you."

"I am worthy of being the commander-in-chief. Well said! The army should look like an army." Zhang Zuolin slapped his flattery and scolded the officers around him, "Look, this is military literacy. Usually, you two salute one or two, and he will be fucking in front of him!"

Everyone exchanged a few greetings, and Zhang Zuolin introduced the Fengtian generals and pulled the two into the living room.

The living room of Zhang's mansion was not luxurious, but it exuded a bookish atmosphere. After sitting down, Ma Kui pointed outside and smiled: "The prosperity and public security of Fengtian have really opened my eyes. We can not lose our national integrity in the gap between Japan and Russia, and manage the Northeast in an orderly manner. No wonder the commander-in-chief is obsessed with General Zhang."

"Oh? The commander-in-chief mentioned Zhang?" Zhang Zuolin quietly glanced at Zhang Zuoxiang and thought to himself what these words mean? Do you still miss me, Lao Zhang, mean that you are worried about yourself, or what other meanings?

Before the two came, they studied the Northeastern king carefully. They knew that he didn't study much but was calm, so Fang Rui was very willing to come to the mission: "General, don't be suspicious. The Commander-in-Chief and Principal Jiang have always praised you. Before, because of domestic injustice, they had no time to visit him. Now that the country is about to unify, the commander-in-chief will be in charge, so today I specially brought the commander-in-chief's handwritten letter."

After Fang Rui said that, he took out the letter and handed it to Zhang Zuolin. The latter was not negligent, so he simply handed it to Zhang Zuolang: "I will read it here, and I will not avoid anyone." If someone else received Yang Qiu's letter, I would probably read it alone. But he made it open and made it clear that his skills are really different from ordinary people, which shows that this person is indeed as Yang Qiu said, and he knows quite well-behaved methods, and it is this method that helped him create a world under the attack of Northeast Japan and Russia.

Zhang Zuoxiang opened his letter and cleared his throat: "General Zhang personally launched... In the year of the Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese invaders resolutely joined the army to fight against foreign invaders. The grief of the purity and incompetence caused countless heroes to bury their bones on the battlefield. After the war, the people in Northeast China were living in vain and bandits were crowded. You created a security team with your own strength to maintain local security. After the Gengzi Year, Tsarist Russia invaded the territory and slaughtered our people. You took hundreds of tiger men to resist resolutely, breaking the food road, protecting our people, and countless living people. These two generals can be called national soldiers!

At the 1911 gunshot, the National Defense Army responded to the hearts of the heavens, followed the public's wishes, and finally rose up with the heroes of the Southeast to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, and returned the bright world of China. However, over the past year, national affairs have been difficult and changing. First, the Southeast Japanese people put pressure on the Southeast, and corrupt officials took the opportunity to collect brigades. Later, the north tried to sell the country and use the Japanese invaders to overthrow the republic. Seeing that the mountains and rivers were unstable, 400 million compatriots were about to suffer disasters. Yang Moutian was commander-in-chief of the National Defense Army, and had to raise troops and revive the brigade and fight the Northern Expedition. Fortunately, the soldiers and the people were united, and they finally saw the dawn for more than two months. Unexpectedly, foreign invaders took advantage of our weak situation and violated the agreement and mobilized the army in our country, trying to occupy the Yellow River and threaten the hinterland of the Central Plains. Although they did not want to destroy China-Japan friendship, their territory was the most important! Therefore, they were granted the order to collect. One day of fierce battle, the bones were full of blood and the Yellow River was full of blood, which could finally comfort the world and the land was not lost.

Now the Yellow River is locked, and the Central Plains is temporarily safe. However, the Japanese invaders are not ambition to destroy China. The sound of revenge and war has been heard on the island of Japan, so the general is in a dangerous place, which makes Yang very worried!

The northeastern land belongs to China, but it has been repeatedly invaded by Japan and Russia. It still has countless cedes of land. It is dangerous for Japanese and Russian soldiers to run rampant without any quarrel. The general will fight against foreign invaders throughout his life and will definitely become a thorn in Japan and Russia's eyes. The unification of the country is imminent, Japan and Russia intervene, Mongolia splits, and the remnants of Manchus will all fight back. I hope the general will make plans early and be cautious and protect his body before he can recover the great cause of his country.

Yang here asks the general to rest assured that the national defense tiger will soon go north to support. The General Staff is also discussing with Beijing to reorganize the 20th and 27th Divisions into the 14th Infantry Division of the National Defense Forces. The required equipment and officers are being prepared, and the general will be controlled in an integrated manner..."

Zhang Zuolin was also moved when he heard this. Not to mention Yang Qiuxin's letter, he didn't mention the massacre of the Democratic Party. Instead, he praised himself. In the end, not only did he not cut off his military power, but he also handed over the 20th Beiyang Division to himself to form the 14th Infantry Division! Once the two divisions merged, it would be 20,000 people! He was so calm that he couldn't help swallowing his saliva. The 14th Infantry Division of the National Defense Force...it sounded quite exciting.

The people had already made a move and even sent a big gift. Why would Zhang Zuolin refuse? He stood up and imitated Ma Kui's salute just now and shouted: "Please tell me the commander-in-chief that Zhang's more than 100 kilograms will be his person from today! Please rest assured that as long as Zhang is in Fengtian for one day, no matter Japan or the big Russian, he will not want to take away an inch of his territory from our 14th Infantry Division!"

The division commanders stood up and promised that they would naturally follow suit and slapped their chests. Ma Kui and Fang Rui smiled at each other. Zhang Zuolin was really not simple. Before the 14th Division had even turned his horoscope, he put his name on his arms. However, the two of them didn't care whether these old Fengtian officers were sincere. With them, at least before the National Defense Force crossed Shanhaiguan, there would be no countermeasures in the Northeast.

As for the future... these guys in the National Defense Forces system have not yet understood.

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