() News of the capture of Macheng reached the headquarters in Xinyang immediately.
Yuan Su originally had no intention of reading this battle report. Although the imagined battle of Macheng should be an easy victory and would not be delayed to four days, it was actually more difficult than the attack on Suixian County. It really made people feel that it was not so
Happy. Of course, he can believe that the time to attack Macheng was necessary. Fortunately, he still captured the county seat, which did not have much impact on the overall overall plan.
However, this telegram was read by Staff Adjutant Li Dian first, and then passed to First Adjutant Du Yu for review, and was finally handed over to Yuan Su. Both Li Dian and Du Yu reminded Yuan Su that he should take some time.
Take a careful look at this report.
Finally, at night, Yuan Su arranged some time to review the message before going to bed.
The focus of the report on the Macheng operation was naturally not on the process of the operation. Most of the questions focused on people's livelihood issues.
Whether it was the attack of the First Route Army or the defense of the rebels in the city, they never considered the survival of the people. In order to end the Battle of Macheng as soon as possible, Chen Wennian brazenly ordered artillery fire to attack the city. The intensive artillery fire caused fires and also
As a result, many innocent people were displaced or even killed.
Even after the follow-up troops of the First Route Army entered the city, they comforted the people in the county and allocated a considerable part of military logistics resources for post-war reconstruction. However, the current reputation of the army is really unsustainable.
When it comes to being a soldier, it's like talking about a bull ghost and a snake god. There seems to have never been any serious army in China, whether it is the Central Army, the Beiyang Army, the National Guard, or the Beiyang Military
Whether it is the Reform Committee or the Reform Committee, they are all a mob, they are just a common people, and they are a catastrophe to one party.
After reading this report message, Yuan Su wanted to just understand it. There was no need to really invest too much energy into this matter, but when he went to bed and fell asleep, he couldn't fall asleep no matter what. In his mind,
Whether it is this era or the 21st era in the future, the common people in every era have sufferings to suffer and endure. Even though the rulers of each era will make certain improvements or work hard to improve, in fact all they have done is
Improvement and efforts to improve are all considered before the interests of the government.
Yuan Su thinks that his ideological realm is far from reaching that level of selflessness, and interests are always stimulating human desires. It's just that he was once a common man at the grassroots level of society.
Of course, I have a deep understanding of the exploitation I have suffered and the various injustices I have faced. Now, although I do not have great power, I have reached a certain level of power. Deep down in my heart, I still feel that I do not want to be "enjoyed".
temptation, and fell like other rulers who only seek profit.
If there is a chance to change this cycle of oppression and exploitation, he will definitely try his best.
The reason why he thought of ignoring this matter for the time being was not entirely because he didn't have the opportunity now, but more because he didn't have the energy to do it now. For him, the Zhengzhou Incident was an important change, and it was not easy for him to do so.
A certain degree of reversal has been completed, opening the door to gaining more power and status in the future. Although now we have the power to make changes, this is far from enough.
He may be able to change a Macheng, a Suixian, a Zhengzhou, and a Xinyang, but he cannot change the whole of China. What is most urgent is that he only has enough hard-heartedness to use all available means to take advantage of the opportunities in front of him to further expand.
own power. Only when you stand at the highest position of power can you begin to implement actions to change the entire China.
This was originally a good reason and could also be used as a good excuse to provide some psychological comfort.
The reason why Yuan Su can't sleep now is that he is vaguely worried deep in his heart. He is worried that when he really gains more power, he will become like other ambitious people and completely ignore their conscience.
In the end, they just try their best to satisfy their personal interests.
Early the next morning, Yuan Su's mental state was not very good, but he still managed to gather his energy and came to the headquarters.
According to the current progress of various combat forces, the large-scale combat stage should soon be launched. The Second Division is already in place in the north of Xiangyang, and the vanguard has already started a confrontation with Wu Peifu's troops, and the scale of the war may be expanded at any time.
Jiang Baili and the troops of the First Corps launched an attack on Xiaogan on May 1. Now Macheng was also captured, and the three-party attack was all ready.
Yuan Su quickly held a staff meeting to discuss the scale of the three-party war and a pre-estimate of the scale of the entire battlefield. Through the small-scale operations in the past half month and detailed data from all aspects, the staff
The meeting quickly simulated the various stages of this three-party war. According to the purpose of this war, Yuan Su naturally hopes to end this war as soon as possible. The opposition within the province's Beiyang will become more and more serious, and in the end
On the contrary, it has completely lost the initiative politically, which will also lead to a complete collapse of the military.
Since the strength and equipment of the Guards are now superior to those of the rebels, they have enough confidence to fight a large-scale battle.
This is not only about military advantages and disadvantages, but also about economic and logistical strength. Yuan Su believes that as long as the scale of the war is large enough, the war consumption alone can create enough pressure on Hankou. What's more, he originally wanted to
Use an iron-blooded method to temper the army in your hands, use death to replace fresh blood, and thus gather more command power; use death to completely cleanse the weakened combat effectiveness of the old army and make the new army more combat effective.
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Immediately, he made a decisive decision to carry out this battle according to the maximum prediction, and designated the battle as the "Battle of Hubei". Xiaogan's battle adopted heavy fire suppression and mobilized more artillery units equipped with advanced artillery.
To crush the Xiaogan defense line carefully built by Cao Kun, the First Route Army must invest a sufficient number of troops in attacking Wuchang and extend the attack as wide as possible regardless of the cost of casualties. Even the Second Division, which is responsible for the diversionary task, must also deploy a sufficient number of troops to attack Wuchang.
Containment operations are more proactive and have an offensive nature.
The order was conveyed to the three parties in Hubei on the same day. Jiang Baili and Chen Wennian knew what Yuan Su meant from the beginning, so they were not too surprised by the order, not to mention that they had made advance preparations for large-scale operations from the beginning.
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But for Tian Wenlie's second division, they felt a burst of pressure. However, Tian Wenlie was one of the generals most loyal to Yuan Shikai, and he knew the importance of this battle from beginning to end. Since the main task of attacking Hankou was
Yuan Su's direct troops are responsible for this. He is only trying to contain the enemy forces in Xiangyang. If he doesn't do his best for this task, he will have no face to express his loyalty.
So after receiving the order message from Xinyang, the Second Division was the first to launch a large-scale offensive. The two sides fought fiercely in Xinye, north of Xiangyang, and even Wu Peifu was forced to prepare in advance on the southern front.
The troops that had sneak attacked Suixian County also concentrated on the northern front to strengthen their response to the barbaric nature of the Second Division's attack.