Lin Shuo couldn't help but became furious when he saw the power of the southern law-protecting government. The southwestern warlords used the name of someone who had been the first interim president of the Republic of China to point the finger at themselves. I also followed my "Covenant" and the Congress also followed your wishes.
I reopened it and you still don’t give in! Do you think I’m really afraid of you?
Lin Shuo proposed to the parliament the reform of the Yuan Dynasty to the Republic of China, which shocked the Speakers of the House of Representatives and the Senate, Liang Qichao and Wu Jinglian, and did not close their mouths for a long time.
Most of the congressmen were initially firmly opposed to changing the country's name. However, after Lin Shuo threatened to dissolve Congress and persuaded the congressmen to increase their allowances if they stayed in office after the reform, most congressmen could not resist the temptation of money and passed the motion to change the congress.
On October 1, 1917, the Republic of China was renamed the Republic of China, and Lin Shuo became the first president of the Republic. The Republic of China was renamed the Republic, and from now on it has nothing to do with the so-called rotten Republic of China.
In a change of course, the State Council was renamed the Government Affairs Council, Lu Chengxiang became Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister was replaced by Wang Chonghui, and the rest of the staff remained as usual.
The national flag was changed to a crescent moon and five-star red flag, and the big five-pointed star of the national flag of later generations was changed to a crescent moon. Mainly because it looked more pleasing to Lin Shuo than the five-color flag.
The biggest change was in the military. The Army was renamed the Army of the Republic, and the Navy was renamed the Navy of the Republic.
The army flag became the iron-blooded five-star flag, and the navy flag replaced the bottom third of the army flag with a blue stripe.
The military and political power was transferred from the Ministry of War to the newly established National Defense Commission, with Lin Shuo as chairman of the National Defense Commission, Feng Guozhang, Lin Jianfan and Cao Kun, a cloth dealer, as vice-chairmen, military commissar of the Chinese Renaissance Party, deputy director of the Ministry of War and the General Staff Headquarters.
, the governors of the Beiyang Department and the navy's Li Dingxin and Lin Songzhuang have all become national defense committee members. When there are matters, everyone sits together to discuss, so as to avoid using knives and guns if they disagree.
The National Defense Commission has jurisdiction over the General Staff Department, General Military Command Department, General Equipment Department, General Logistics Department and General Combat Training Department.
The General Staff Department is responsible for the formulation and execution of combat plans and the mobilization and deployment of the Republican Army. The General Military Command is responsible for the appointment, assessment, promotion, punishment and personnel transfer of Republican Army officers. The General Armament Department is responsible for the production of ordnance and ammunition of the Republican Army.
The Procurement, Distribution, and General Logistics Department is responsible for the logistics supply and payment of military pay for the entire army. The General Combat Training Department is responsible for the recruitment of new recruits, the organization and training of recruits and reserve officers and soldiers. The Army Junior Officer Schools in various places are placed under the General Combat Training Department, and the Senior General Officer School
Directly under the National Defense Commission.
In this way, the division of labor among the five headquarters is clear, which eliminates the phenomenon of each unit recruiting soldiers privately and preparing the soldiers for generals.
The provisions were very good, but their implementation met with strong resistance from various domestic warlords, large and small. Initially, they could only be implemented on Lin Shuo's own territory. Fortunately, the territory he now occupies is large enough.
In November, Jiang Zuobin, National Defense Commissioner and Deputy Minister of the Army, was ordered to organize military affairs in Hunan.
The reason why Jiang Zuobin was chosen was that he had served as deputy army chief of the Nanjing Provisional Government in the year of 1911 and was easily accepted by all parties.
Lin Shuo deployed four divisions in Jiangxi and Anhui, eyeing Hunan, Shen Jingchen's Fujian 4th Division, Jiang Chengyu's Jiangxi 2nd Division, Li Zhiliang's Army 16th Division and Zhuang Yi's Anhui 3rd Division.
Jiang Zuobin went to Changsha to meet Tan Yankai and the main generals of the Hunan Army, and said that President Lin had no intention of interfering in Hunan's government affairs, but the army must accept the reorganization and unified command of the National Defense Commission.
At the beginning, some Hunan army generals clamored to use force against the central government.
Jiang Zuobin said that if you don't want to, then I don't care. Anyway, President Lin has deployed four divisions on the border. If the central government really wants your military power, you can't keep it.
After Tan Haoming got the news, he led the Guangxi-Guangdong coalition forces to retreat to Hengyang. The Hunan Army itself had less than 15,000 people, and half of the generals were leaning towards the central government. Lin Shuo's army was pressing on the border, and everyone had to give in. Everyone knew that although Lin Anhua was against the daring
The warlords who oppose the army are ruthless, but they are very gentle towards the surrendered warlords. Even if they cannot retain military power and leave the military community, they can still receive generous gifts.
If an army were to be launched against them, most people would end badly. Even if they could save their lives, their property would be confiscated and sent to the army.
In Lin Shuo's words, since you have to force me to use force, your family will naturally bear the military expenses.
Under the persuasion of "Grandma Tan", the Hunan Army was finally reorganized into three divisions by the central government, with Zeng Jiwu, Zhao Hengti and Li Yunlong serving as division commanders respectively. Only now did everyone realize that Li Yunlong, the steadfast garrison commander of western Hunan since the early years of the Republic of China, had long been Lin
It’s no wonder that the characters in Shuojie have been able to sit firmly in Xiangxi for many years.
Hunan was initially settled, but trouble broke out again in Sichuan.
During the Yuan Shikai era, the Beiyang government never really controlled Sichuan.
After Yuan's death, Yunnan warlord Tang Jiyao sent the Yunnan Army to Sichuan in the name of protecting the law, and expelled Chen Huan, the warlord sent by Yuan, in order to realize his dream of "Greater Southwest".
When Li Yuanhong was president, there were three forces in Sichuan. Luo Peijin of the Yunnan Army was the governor of Sichuan, Dai Kan of the Guizhou Army was the governor of Sichuan, and Liu Cunhou was the first commander of the Sichuan Army. The problem in Sichuan is quite complicated, because Sichuan has Sichuan's army, and there are
The overwhelming Yunnan Army and the unique Guizhou Army. Since Luo Peijin is the governor of Sichuan and the Yunnan Army is the main force in the war to protect the law, Luo naturally regards himself as a leader. However, Dai Kan has military exploits, military power, and the position of provincial governor, so naturally he will not give in.
.As for the Sichuan army, which was backed by Sichuan people, it was extremely resentful of the guest troops in Sichuan, so the situation in Sichuan was like a volcano, with the three armies of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan standing in a tripod.
At this time, Sichuan's military forces had seven divisions and three mixed brigades. The Sichuan Army accounted for five divisions and two mixed brigades. They were: Liu Cunhou, commander of the First Army and commander of the Second Division, Zhou Daogang, commander of the First Division, and Commander of the Third Division.
Division commander Zhong Tidao, Fourth Division commander Chen Zepei, Fifth Division commander Xiong Kewu, First Mixed Brigade Commander Liu Chengxun, Sichuan Mixed Brigade Commander Chen Xialing. The Guizhou Army only has one mixed brigade commander Xiong Qixun and one regiment. Yunnan
The army has two divisions and a mixed brigade, the commander of the sixth division is Gu Pinzhen, and the commander of the seventh division is Zhao Youxin.
Sichuan was originally a prosperous province. During the peacetime period in the late Qing Dynasty, it only had a reserve of 7 million taels of silver to support the economy and military. Now it has to bear a huge military force, and of course it is extremely difficult financially.
After Li came to power, he wanted to use Tang Jiyao to contain Duan Qirui, so Luo Peijin took the position of military governor. Dai Kan and Cai E were both students of Liang Qichao. Cai E had been the general manager of the Yunnan Lecture Hall for many years, and there were many officers from the Sichuan and Yunnan armies.
Coming from his family, Dai Kan became the governor of Sichuan with the support of Liang, Cai and others.
Duan Qirui drafted a national disarmament plan when he was in power, and Sichuan was no exception. He repeatedly ordered Luo Peijin to disarmament. On June 1, Luo Peijin and Wang Zhixiang, the Sichuan inspector sent by Duan Qirui, discussed and decided to remove the Yunnan troops remaining in Sichuan.
, the Guizhou Army was all reorganized into the Central Army, under the direct command of the Central Army Department, and military expenses were directly borne by the central government. Then Duan approved the reorganization of the Yunnan Army in Sichuan into a division and a brigade, and the Guizhou Army into a mixed brigade and a ** regiment
, Gu Pinzhen, the leader of the Yunnan Army, was defaulted to be the commander of the 14th Central Division. This reorganization plan made Liu Cunhou and the Sichuan Army very dissatisfied, because after the Yunnan and Guizhou Army became the Central Army, staying in Sichuan was not a "guest army stationed" but
"The dove occupied the magpie's nest". So the Sichuan Army sent out a complaint telegram, which briefly stated: "The Yunnan Army only entered Sichuan last year with 17 battalions, and only 12 battalions remained after the war was settled. However, Luo's telegram falsely claimed that he was the second division, and then he recruited unarmed soldiers in Yunnan.
More than 7,000 people. The Yunnan Army increased and the Sichuan Army's 4th and 5th divisions were each reduced to one brigade. The remaining three divisions were reduced to 90 people per company. All products produced by the arsenal were given to the Yunnan Army." Liu Cunhou also complained in a telegram: "Luo Fang was reduced.
The Sichuan Army's pay item is 800,000 yuan per division, and the Yunnan Army's pay item is increased to 1.2 million yuan per division."
Luo Peijin's first step was to transfer Liu Cunhou. He once secretly asked Duan's cabinet to transfer Liu to Beijing and give him a vacant post. He also recommended Liu Yunfeng, the leader of the Yunnan Army Echelon, to be transferred to the second division commander of the Sichuan Army. Duan ostensibly approved it, but secretly provoked Sichuan.
The internal strife of the Yunnan Army, on the one hand, strongly supported Luo's reduction of troops and the downsizing of the Sichuan Army, but on the other hand, he instigated the Sichuan Army to resist Luo's troop reduction plan. Duan hoped that the open conflict between the Sichuan and Yunnan armies would cause the Beiyang Army to advance into Sichuan.
"The profit of a fisherman". Although Duan agreed to Luo's request to transfer Liu Cunhou to the capital, the transfer order was not issued. At the same time, in the name of the Lu Office, he notified Liu of Luo's secret plan and said, "Use it for the purpose."
The statement "the homeland of the division commander" incited Liu Cunhou to resist Luo. What was even more ominous was that the Civil Affairs Office sent a secret message to the Sichuan Army generals saying: Liu was not the only Sichuan Army general Luo requested to replace, and his purpose was to incite all Sichuan Army generals to resist Luo.
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During this period, both Luo Peijin and Liu Cunhou thought their backend was Duan Qirui.
Since Duan agreed to Luo Peijin's request, Liu Yunfeng replaced Liu Cunhou as the commander of the Second Division of the Sichuan Army. Liu Yunfeng went to take over. Liu Cunhou ordered the officers of the second division to reject Liu Yunfeng and ignored him. The transfer matter was deadlocked. Just like the Yunnan National Congress
Congressman Wang Zhen and others criticized: "Director Luo called to ask for replacement of division commander Liu Cunhou. No matter whether it was accurate or not, there was no room for discussion with Liu. Instead, the hospital sent Luo's telegram directly to Liu so that he could hear it, which was like asking Liu to hear it.
"I disagree with Luo Hengsheng." This proves that Duan's selfish intention is to incite hostility between Luo and Liu.
Luo Peijin failed to drive out Liu Cunhou, so he wanted to order the dismantling of the First Mixed Brigade, which belonged to the First Army. The brigade commander Liu Chengxun expressed his obedience, but asked that the back pay be cleared first, but Luo could not pay the back pay, so he had to give up.
Luo Peijin's troop reduction plan hit a wall twice, so he could only choose another weak one to attack. He ordered the fourth division of the Sichuan Army to be reduced to a brigade. The division commander Chen Zepei originally belonged to the Yunnan Army. After he was later transferred to the Sichuan Army division commander, he fell to the Sichuan Army.
, he also bargained over the drawdown order, asking for the drawdown to be reduced to a mixed brigade and a regiment. Biro decided on a drawdown plan of more than one regiment, and also demanded clearing of back pay.
At this time, the Sichuan Army generals believed that Governor Luo was not dealing with the issue of the Fourth Division alone, but was related to the life and death of the entire Sichuan Army. Therefore, five Sichuan Army division commanders jointly sent a telegram to oppose Luo Peijin's troop reduction plan. However, the opinions and attitudes of the five Sichuan Army division commanders were
There are differences; Zhong Tidao, Liu Cunhou, and Chen Zepei are all in harmony, while Zhou Daogang adopts a two-sided policy to please. Xiong Kewu is a member of the Kuomintang and cannot easily turn to the Beiyang faction, so he also remains neutral. Zhou and Xiong are both stationed in Chongqing.
Because the troop reduction plan had been repeatedly frustrated, Luo Peijin could no longer tolerate the collective disobedience of the five division commanders of the Sichuan Army. On April 15, 1917, Luo Peijin ordered the Fourth Division of the Sichuan Army to gather at the East Campus for training, and took a surprise attack by sending General Lu Shidi of the Yunnan Army's Brigade.
The Fourth Division surrounded them and ordered them to disarm and demobilize without paying back pay. At the same time, they also used force to force all other regiments in the division to disarm and demobilize. Many soldiers of the Fourth Division who were stripped of their uniforms and driven out of the barracks ended up naked on the streets. This happened.
The soldiers who came to Sichuan were in danger and resisted collectively. Luo Nai announced that there would be no changes to the regiments of the Fourth Division stationed outside the provincial capital.
On April 18, Zhong Yulong of the Yunnan Army escorted some of the disarmed Fourth Division ordnance back to Chengdu. Liu Cunhou ordered his Lai Xinhui Regiment to raid Zhong Yulong's Department, seize 1,500 firearms and more than 100,000 rounds of bullets, and kill the Yunnan Army.
More than a dozen people. The First Army of the Sichuan Army and the Yunnan Army in Chengdu fired artillery at each other. Both sides said each other was the culprit. Luo Peijin said that Liu Cunhou first ordered the bombardment of the Supervisory Office, and Liu Youhou said that the Yunnan Army first fired the cannon in the northwest corner. 18
On that day, artillery roared in Chengdu, and killings were heard everywhere. Liu Dian mobilized Sichuan troops from all walks of life to come to the rescue, and Luo Ye mobilized Yunnan troops from Ziliujing, Luzhou, Xuzhou and Mianyang counties in northern Sichuan to the province to support them. The city of Chengdu was divided into Sichuan troops and Guizhou troops.
, the three garrison areas of the Yunnan Army, the Guizhou Army remained neutral during the war. However, residents in the Sichuan and Guizhou Army defense areas could freely travel between each other, while the Yunnan Army was independent.
On the 19th, the Yunnan Army retreated to the Imperial City. They fired artillery inside the city wall to stop the Sichuan Army from attacking the city. They filled leather tubes with kerosene and fired at the houses around the Imperial City to remove obstacles. On that day, the whole city of Chengdu was ablaze, and the sound of killing shook the ground.
Provincial Congress Speaker Hu Jun hurriedly called the Chamber of Commerce and the consuls of various countries, risking negotiations with the Sichuan and Yunnan armies, demanding a cessation of fighting. At dawn on the 20th, the Sichuan and Yunnan armies opened the gates to allow people in the disaster area to come in. According to the Red Cross survey, the people
More than 1,000 people were burned to death, killed or wounded, and more than 3,000 households were burned. Most of the victims fled to the neutral Guizhou Army defense area. The fire burned until the 22nd before it was extinguished. On the 20th, the provincial government
The Parliament, the Chamber of Commerce, and the consuls of Britain, France, and Japan tried to mediate between the two sides. The war ceased for one day, and the Guizhou Army stationed itself in Sichuan and the Yunnan Army defended the area to prevent the two sides from firing artillery at each other.