In early June, with the fall of Nanjing and Huang Xing's flight to Japan, the second revolutionary war finally came to an end.
This was originally a confrontation with great disparity in strength. Even though there were countless political activists from the south running around at the beginning, and countless businessmen from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provided financial support, under the pressure of the Beiyang army like wolves and tigers, this battle had a lot of potential.
The civil war with a complicated and confusing background has already had predictable results.
On the afternoon of June 2, the former armed forces defeated the last revolutionary army that retreated to Lishui County to challenge Yuan. As early as the day Nanjing was defeated, Huang Xing, Hu Egong, Zhang Biao, Chen Zhiji and other high-level revolutionaries dispersed in disguise.
Batch Li Ning. As for the remnants of the Eighth Town, they retreated intermittently under the leadership of individual officers, but in the end they still could not escape the result of defeat.
Huang Xing's departure not only greatly reduced the morale of the revolutionary forces in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but also had an extremely heavy blow to the revolutionary armies seeking to challenge Yuan across the country. Although the situation in Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and other places is unclear
, but under the leadership of some determined revolutionary officers, the Yuan Army was broken into pieces and still continued to fight.
Even though the prospects are not good, many people are determined to grit their teeth and fight to the end.
It was precisely because once the news from Nanjing came out, those who were still persisting suddenly lost their last spiritual support and no longer had the confidence to continue the fierce battle. On the night of June 4th, Hunan Tan Tingkai,
Li Liejun from Jiangxi Province, Hu Hanmin and Chen Jiongming from Guangdong Province, and others all unanimously turned up the power and left the country. Then, under the cover of overseas Chinese and local businessmen, they disguised themselves and escaped quietly.
Only the Lin Linhu Division of the Jiangxi Revolutionary Army against Yuan fought hard against the Beiyang Army in Fuzhou until June 9th. Only then did Li Chun transfer the main force to the north to besiege, and were defeated and disintegrated after being outnumbered.
From the end of May to the beginning of June, the entire "second revolution" lasted for less than half a month. Finally, after a heavy rain in midsummer, everything returned to calm.
Sun Yat-sen took a steamer from the concession east to Japan on June 15th. Before leaving, he looked heavy and said nothing.
On the front pages of newspapers in all provinces in the country on the 16th, they all reported that the so-called "second revolution" was an insurgent military operation brewed and planned by the Kuomintang. Even newspapers controlled by southern revolutionaries, at this time
I dare not make any comments at will, and at most I will remain silent on this incident.
Although there are still a few steadfast revolutionary believers running around denouncing the unfairness of newspapers and public opinion, for more ordinary people, they can't even recognize a few words and can only believe what they hear.
After this widespread civil war, the power structure of the Beiyang Military Group in various provinces also underwent major changes. Wang Zhanyuan occupied three towns in Wuhan and became the actual person in power in Hubei Province; Li Chun defeated Li Liejun and forced Ouyang Wu away.
With the support of Feng Guozhang, he took charge of Jiangxi; Guangdong Province also entered an era of takeover by Guangxi.
As early as the second day after Nanjing was captured, the First Mixed Brigade, which had been responsible for logistics support and the task of guarding the Jinpu Line, began to plot to recruit battalions and units to Huai'an and Huaibei.
On June 9th, Yuan Su officially ordered the third regiment to depart from the port city and join the first regiment in Huai'an.
However, because they had been stationed for a period of time, and the traffic order in the entire Jiangsu Province was chaotic, the transfer of the third regiment took a lot of time. Of course, this also included the large amount of supplies he collected in the port city.
As for the so-called "collecting supplies" in Hong Kong City, Yuan Su personally feels that it is a bit excessive. To put it nicely, it is called "collecting supplies", but to put it more straightforwardly, it is "robbery" and "extortion"
.It’s just that he didn’t condone the soldiers under his command to rob and blackmail the people. Instead, he used the name of the army to extort money and materials from the local governments in Hong Kong City.
Although Yuan Su had already started preparing funds for this trip south more than a month ago, it can be said that the funds he currently has on hand can fully sustain the dispatch of the First Mixed Brigade for the next two months. However, considering the next steps
Establishing a foothold in Huai'an and Huaibei will inevitably require a lot of expenditure. Naturally, the fastest and most effective way to obtain financial resources is to use this strategy.
The reason why occupying Huai'an and Huaibei requires a large amount of funds is that, on the one hand, these two places are far away from Luanzhou and do not have consistent railway transportation support. Therefore, if you want to completely gain a foothold, you must do it in an extreme time
Expand strength. And the best way to expand strength is to expand armaments.
Moreover, the expansion of armaments is a very sensitive matter. If it cannot become a reality as soon as possible, any such action in the future will inevitably arouse the alert of the provincial governments of Anhui and Jiangsu, and it will be even more difficult by then.
What was important was to take advantage of the time when the civil strife in the two provinces had just settled, while Ni Sichong and Feng Guozhang were busy dealing with the aftermath, to expand the troops occupying the two provinces in one go.
As for the other aspect, after acquiring the two territories of Huai'an and Huaibei, the First Mixed Brigade will inevitably disperse some of its forces. For a considerable period of time, at least two regiments of troops will be stationed there. According to Yuan Su's expectation
, the designation of the First Mixed Brigade will not be disbanded, and the two troops guarding Huai'an and Huaibei will not continue to use the designation of the First Mixed Brigade. Therefore, in the end, the scattered troops must be replaced as soon as possible.
Only in this way can it be considered an expansion of strength and influence, not just the addition of a few more territories.
Therefore, this fund still needs to be used to maintain the foundation. Whether it is the former or the latter, these need to be completed in a short period of time, so we have to find ways to raise enough funds.
It happened to be June 15th when Yuan Su led the third regiment to Huai'an. Now there were no senior officers in Huai'an, so Zhao Shanhe was solely responsible for the reception arrangements. As soon as Zhao Shanhe met Yuan Su in the northern suburbs, he informed Sun Yat-sen
In the early morning, there was news that they had left Shanghai and crossed east, indicating that all the revolutionary forces in the south had been completely wiped out.
After settling down the third regiment overnight, Yuan Su was not in a hurry for news. He summoned a group of generals who were still in Huai'an to start a secret meeting at the place where they were staying. Now that the civil war between the north and the south was over, the news left for him to seize Huai'an and Huaibei was more and more.
There are fewer and fewer, so many things need to be further accelerated.
There were not many people at this meeting. Except for Guo Wenyuan and Ge Jinzhang, who had been following Yuan Su before, there were only Li Jinfu, the leader of the third regiment, and Zhao Shanhe, the leader of the first regiment.
Yuan Su first learned about the situation in Huaibei from Zhao Shanhe. When he was in the port city, Zhao Shanhe also sent telegrams to report many times. He more or less had some information. After now, Zhao Shanhe further added and
By summarizing, we can basically figure out the local situation in Huai'an.
It has to be said that he initially chose Huai'an and Huaibei because he wanted to control the traffic on the Huaihe River in order to expand to East China and Central China more quickly in the future. However, things went wrong, and now he knows that Huai'an not only has good transportation facilities, but also has a prosperous economy.
Environment and resources. As long as we can establish a foothold in Huai'an, the tax revenue of Huai'an alone will be enough to exceed the total tax revenue of the entire Luanzhou jurisdiction, and there may even be more.
Nowadays, there is no standing army in Huai'an. Except for a patrol battalion that has not yet had time to be reorganized into a police force, there is only a logistics detachment in the second town. Even the engineering team in the fifth town has
Rushed to Nanjing to participate in post-war restoration work. Currently, the standing army in Huai'an only consists of one battalion of the first regiment of the first mixed brigade and the entire third regiment.
On the surface, it is not difficult for Yuan Su to control Huai'an. After all, he is now the most powerful military force in Huai'an. But the problem is that the first mixed brigade was originally affiliated with the second town, and the logistics left in Huai'an
The detachment is also the second town's logistics system. If we want to get rid of this logistics detachment, we will still have some troubles.
"If we can avoid making a big fuss, we won't make a big fuss. Many conditions are now favorable to us. If we add extraneous problems under such circumstances, it is obviously not cost-effective." Yuan Su said emphatically.
"Captain, I have had contact with the dispatching officer of the Logistics and Camping Office in the past few days. This person is extremely greedy, and because of his kinship with Governor Feng, he does not even take the local government seriously. Moreover, I have been in contact with him in the past few days.
I have inquired before and after, and it turns out that this person has been coveting the wealth in Huai'an and intends to make a fortune here. Not to mention that there is no order from the main town. Even if the main town asks him to retreat, I am afraid that this person will try his best to do it.
Delay." Zhao Shanhe said seriously.
"Greedy? Hum, this is a good thing. I want to see how greedy he can be." Yuan Su said with squinted eyes. If he met a person without weaknesses, he would not know where to start. Since this person is here,
The logistics dispatch officer has so many shortcomings that it is effortless to deal with such a person.dd