super god warlord

"What does this mean?" Chen Huan was a little unhappy: "The Central Plains is my sphere of influence in the Northern Territory. Vice President Li's hometown, should Zhao Shouhong take it? I think we should send more troops to fight back."

Yang Xizi looked at Chen Huan but didn't speak. The other party was a soldier after all, and he was not good at this political game.What's more, Chen Huan is an old man under Yuan Kui's subordinates. Yang Xizi, a guest official who has been in the court for a long time, shouldn't be too opposed to him.

Li Yuanhong's face on the side changed color. After all, he was fighting in his hometown, and he was about to fight Hanxia, ​​which made him feel a little embarrassed.Looking at Yuan Kai, Li Yuanhong secretly complained in his heart.After he took refuge in Yuan Kai, he was automatically relieved of his military power, and even the navy was transferred to Tianfeng City.However, Yuan Kai divided and disintegrated the new Central Plains army, and sent Wang Zhanyuan's second division to station, resulting in the current situation of insufficient troops.

Seeing that the meeting was a little cold, the older Wang Shizhen said: "I think at this time, as Xizi said, try not to fight the Shu army."

"Brother Pinqing, why do you say that?" Chen Huan said a little puzzled.

Wang Shizhen stroked his short gray beard and said with a smile: "I understand what Xizi means. Now that the Revolutionary Party provoked the Shu army first, it happened to make the two of them fight, so we can benefit from it. Temporary tolerance is appropriate. , When both of them are exhausted from fighting, we will save a lot of effort to deal with the revolutionaries, and maybe even the Shu army can solve it in one fell swoop."

As soon as Wang Shizhen finished speaking, everyone nodded in agreement, only Yang Xizi laughed secretly.Although what he said just now meant this, but his real thoughts were different.How capable the Shu army is, he has a certain calculation in his mind.According to his combat effectiveness, if he fights the slow with the fast, maybe Zhao Shouhong can gain some benefits.As long as the encroachment is carried out slowly, the territory of the whole country will be controlled by the Shu army.This method of occupying a place to consolidate a place and slowly encroaching on it is the most beneficial to Zhao Shouhong, who is not as famous as Yuan Wei and Sun Wenhai.

All the people present were discussing Wang Shizhen's words, and they agreed that the Northern Territory Army should stand still and watch the Revolutionary Party fight the Shu Army.Wang Zhanyuan soon received a call back from Yuan Kai, and he was really relieved to see the president's order not to fight with the Shu army.Although he has never really fought, Wang Zhanyuan has an instinctive fear of the Shu army. It is the best news that he can stand still now.

Of course, Yuan Kai couldn't be completely relieved. On the one hand, he ordered Wang Zhanyuan to stand still, but on the other hand, he asked Zhang Zhenfang to immediately mobilize troops from Central South Province to Hubei to assist Wang Zhanyuan in defending the area.Because of this order, Zhang Zhenfang dispatched a large number of troops from Central South Province, together with the troops that Wang Zhanyuan had assisted before, and sent them to the Central Plains to defend the Shu army.As a result, Bai Lang, who was almost killed, was brought back to life. He originally only had a rebel army of more than 800 people, but it quickly increased to thousands of people.

When the three forces were fighting wits and courage in the Central Plains, Sun Wenhai of Eastern Guangdong made a decision to send all the ships of the Eastern Guangdong Navy to Hangzhou.Since the Hangzhou Navy was defeated by the Beiyu Navy in the battle off the Zhoushan Islands, Li Dingxin led the remaining ships and had to return to Hangzhou Bay with difficulty.Although the small shipyard in Hangzhou Bay was able to carry out simple repairs and restore the combat effectiveness of the lightly injured Zhaohe, the Hangzhou Navy has a weak force and has no ability to attack at all.

In view of this, Sun Wenhai, who was deeply worried about the sea situation, made such a decision to send all the warships of the Eastern Guangdong Navy, including the very famous Yongfeng gunboat in later generations, to Hangzhou to enrich the navy in Chen Qimei's hands.From this point of view, Sun Wenhai never had prejudices about regions and provinces, and what he thought about in his heart was the overall situation of the Hualan Revolution.It's just that Sun Wenhai's thinking has partially fallen behind the times, so his decisions are often taken advantage of by others, and he often does bad things with good intentions.

Even if the Hangzhou navy is supplemented, it will not dare to go to sea to fight with the northern navy in a short period of time, not to mention that there is a Shu army fleet eyeing it nearby.And the maritime aspect has always been ignored, at least in the current Hualan, the victory or defeat of the land battle is more decisive.

In the direction of the Central Plains, the Shu army was very cautious. After occupying one-third of the territory in the Central Plains, Lu Zhonglin stood still and began to deploy defenses in various places, assuming that he would not leave even if he was killed.But in the plateau province where fierce fighting was in full swing, the Shu army suddenly dispatched troops.

Although Zhang Fenghui had three divisions of the Qinlong Fushu Army under his command, their combat effectiveness was not flattering. Back then, Ma Qi killed Li Jingqing and called on the Hui people in Xi'an to revolt.With the support of the National Congress, the Plateau Provincial People's Army formed by Ma Qi soon grew to more than 1 people.These Hui people who are used to fighting are extremely powerful, and they defeated the Qinlong Fushu army in battle.

As soon as Ma Qi came up, he took control of Xi'an and other places in the most prosperous south of the Plateau Province, and compressed Zhang Fenghui's troops to Yan'an Prefecture and other places in the Plateau Province.Facing the powerful plateau provincial army, the Qinlong Fushu army retreated steadily, and they had nowhere to replenish ammunition, and it was difficult to find food and pay.As a result, its combat effectiveness became weaker and weaker, and many people even became deserters.

The Qinlong Fushu army became weaker and weaker. After the Zhang Yunshan Division of the first division was used by Ma Qi to lure troops and wiped out in Fuzhou, the Qinlong Fushu Army, which reached 8 people in its heyday, had nothing left. 9000 people.Facing the aggressive Plateau Provincial People's Army, Yuan Kai was very anxious.He originally wanted to send the Northern Territory Army to the Plateau Province, but the Central Plains of Central South Province was in an emergency, and the journey to dispatch troops from other places was too far away.

Chapter 5 Twelve North and South Pinching

Just when Yuan Kai couldn't think about it, Tian Songyao, the Independent Ninth Brigade of the Shu Army who had already made all preparations for battle in Qinzhou, suddenly attacked. After several days of rapid march, the army conquered Fengxiang Mansion in one fell swoop.Zhang Fenghui, who was fighting stubbornly in the Yulin Mansion, was very happy to receive the news. He thought that Ma Qi would withdraw his troops soon, and this was a good opportunity to regain the lost ground.Therefore, he led all the troops of the Qinlong Fushu Army to take the initiative to attack the troops of the Plateau Provincial People's Army.

Zhang Fenghui thought well, Ma Qi really wanted to go back to his division and compete with the Shu army.But Ma Qi knew very well that once he returned to the army directly, Zhang Fenghuang would definitely stab him in the back when the battle with the Shu army came to a stalemate.

In order to induce Zhang Fenghui to make a mistake, Ma Qi deliberately pretended to return to the teacher in a hurry, but the other party was really fooled.When Zhang Fenghui's troops were surrounded by the Plateau Provincial People's Army in the ravines of the Loess Plateau, he felt a trace of regret.But it was too late to regret it at this time. As a result, the Qin Longfu Shu army was wiped out, and Zhang Fenghui only escaped.

After destroying Zhang Fenghui's troops, Ma Qi immediately returned to the army, intending to fight the Shu army to win or lose.It's a pity that Ma Qi, a high-ranking official in the late Jin Dynasty, was still thinking in the original combat mode, and most of his battles with the Qinlong Fushu Army were repeatedly charged and killed by Yi cavalry.

This kind of tactical warfare is quite useful against the Qinlong Fushu army who lacks weapons and has no machine gun firepower, but it is hard to say against the well-equipped Shu army.Tian Songyao's march was very fast, and they quickly wiped out the various militia troops remaining in the southern plateau province, and firmly occupied the city of Xi'an.

With the support of the militiamen from the Western Regions, the Ninth Independent Brigade of the Shu Army quickly cleared up the remaining enemy forces and took control of the south. Then they marched northward and confronted Ma Qi's troops along the Weihe River.Building fortifications across the river made Ma Qi's cavalry team useless.When he was having a headache on how to cross the river to fight, Gao Yuhan's Sixth Independent Brigade suddenly crossed the Great Wall, entered the Loess Plateau from the north, and conquered Yulin, an important town in the plateau province, in one fell swoop.

Taking advantage of the gap between the Plateau Provincial People's Army and the Independent Ninth Brigade in the Weihe River, the Independent Sixth Brigade drove straight in and quickly conquered Suide Prefecture, Yan'an Prefecture and other places, seriously threatening Ma Qi's retreat.Seeing that Weihe was sad, Ma Qi simply left a small number of troops to monitor Tian Songyao's troops, and the army went north again to attack the oncoming Sixth Independent Brigade.

There was an encounter between the troops of the two sides in Fuzhou. Facing the battlefield that had wiped out Zhang Yunshan's troops, Ma Qi felt confident.He followed the old method before, the infantry confronted head-on, and at the same time sent all the [-] cavalry to divide into two groups, and attacked Gao Yuhan's troops twice from the left and right.

The Shu army has undergone strict training, which is sufficient to deal with any unexpected situation. When Gao Yuhan found out that he had encountered the plateau provincial army, Gao Yuhan immediately ordered the troops to deploy.Soon the Shu army changed from a marching formation to a battle formation with layer upon layer of firepower. When the Ma's cavalry lined up in a neat charging formation and rushed forward brandishing sabers, the artillery and machine guns fired one after another. The firepower made the cavalry with obvious targets a living target. It took less than half an hour for the [-] cavalry to be exhausted, and Ma Qi stood there dumbfounded.

The Sixth Independent Brigade then launched an attack on the Plateau Provincial People's Army. Faced with an impossible battle, Ma Qi felt powerless for the first time.Seeing that his own front was crumbling from the impact and the battle was hopeless, Ma Qi had to abandon his troops and escaped disguised as a commoner, while the remaining plateau provincial army finally chose to surrender.

It took only half a month for the Shu army to pacify the plateau province with the tactics of advancing north and south, and squeezed out all the forces of the Northern Territory Army and the Revolutionary Party.At the same time, Lu Zhonglin also continued to attack in the Central Plains. After receiving the support of Wu Luzhen's Ministry, Lu Zhonglin continued to attack Nanyuan Province.At the same time that the plateau province was fully recovered, the Shu army also took control of Yunyang Mansion, Yichang Mansion, Shinan Mansion, Jingzhou Mansion and Jingmen State in the Huguang area.In addition, they also occupied Lizhou, Changde Mansion, Yongshun Mansion, Chenzhou Mansion, Yuanzhou Mansion and other places in Nanyuan Province, occupying almost two-fifths of Nanyuan Province and Central Plains Province respectively.

Facing the superior firepower of the Shu army and the powerful offensive, Tan Yankai had to announce the cancellation of the independent electrification.The General Staff Headquarters believed that it would be easy to be criticized if it continued to advance, so the Shu army stopped its offensive.The Northern Territory Army had already made all preparations. After Tan Yankai left the field, the remaining territory in Nanyuan Province soon fell into Yuan Kai's hands.

The civil war was in full swing, and Tang Xiangming, who had been in Guanghai City for more than two months, was very anxious. In such an important battle, the navy he commanded was left in Guanghai Port without doing anything.These warships damaged in naval battles have actually been repaired long ago, but the Northern Territory government has been reluctant to pay for the repairs, and did not say whether Yingrui could be used as compensation. As a result, all warships were seized by the shipyard. .

Tang Xiangming sent telegrams to Yuan Kai several times, hoping to obtain clear instructions, but all these telegrams fell into the sea.In fact, Yuan Kai had no money to pay at all, because the country was founded, and taxes in many places were not handed over to the central government at all.

In order to rectify the government agencies in the imperial capital, strengthen the military and political dominance of the Northern Territory Department, and at the same time repay the outstanding foreign debts and indemnities.As early as March 1000, Yuan Kai negotiated with the four-nation bank consortium in the name of dealing with the aftermath of the Houjin government's debt.It is hoped that in the third year of Xuanxing, the Houjin government will sign with the Capital Group of the White Eagle Country, the HSBC Bank of the Saar Kingdom, the Dewa Bank of the Teutonic Country, and the Gaul Kingdom Oriental Bank. The contract of [-] million Saar pounds was changed to a "big aftermath loan" from the Northern Territory Government of the Republic of China.

At the beginning, the court collapsed just as soon as the [-] Saar pounds were in place, so Yuan Kai hoped to inherit the money as operating funds for the government and the army.For this reason, the northern region government promised to guarantee the loan with salt tax, and listed the four-nation bank group as the priority country for the northern region government to borrow.

In order to fully control Hualan's finances and eliminate the interference of other consortiums, Saar, Gaul, Teuton, Rakshasa, and Wa five countries jointly formed a banking consortium, and the representatives of the Northern Territory Government just signed an agreement in the imperial capital on April 4 this year. Article 26 and Annex No. 21 of the Aftermath Loan Contract.

The terms stipulated that the total loan amount was 500 million Saar pounds, with an annual interest rate of 47%, paid at 800% in real terms, and paid off in [-] years. The principal and interest totaled nearly [-] million Saar pounds, and the salt tax and customs duties were used as collateral.According to the stipulations of the contract, the central and provincial foreign debts and indemnity principal and interest must be deducted from the loan amount. These deductions alone exceeded half of the loan amount.

Chapter 5 Thirteen Received New Warships

Because a large number of loans were deducted, the funds that fell into the hands of the Northern Region government were actually very limited. The first batch of funds that Yuan Kai received was less than 2000 million silver dollars, and most of this money was invested in the suppression of the revolutionary army.Today's government is stretched financially, so how can it have the money to pay for the maintenance of warships.

As for using the Yingrui to pay for the money, Yuan Kai didn't feel sorry for the ship.It's just that he feels that giving such an advanced cruiser to Zhao Shouhong will further enhance the opponent's naval strength, which is not good for him in the long run.Yuan Kui originally negotiated in private, hoping that Zhao Shouhong would put the relationship between the two parties at the top of the list and repair these warships for free.However, Zhao Shouhong pushed him back on the grounds that business operations and politics must never interfere.

Yuan Wei was a little angry at Zhao Shouhong's rejection.In his thinking, the fleet belongs to the country, and if you detain it for a long time, you will definitely be condemned by the whole country.What's more, now that most of the Hangzhou navy has been wiped out, the navy can't play a big role in the war, so let's detain it first.When the war is over and the attention of the whole country is withdrawn from the war, Zhao Shouhong will be oppressed by public opinion if he detains the naval warships again.

It is precisely because of this reason that Tang Xiangming has never received a response from the government, and he and his naval officers and soldiers can only be left here.To Yuan Kai's surprise, the Shu army continued to make small moves during this period.Many naval officers and soldiers are very familiar with the officers and soldiers of the Northern Territory Navy through communication methods such as fellowship with classmates. They reveal their treatment to each other intentionally or unintentionally, which makes the Northern Territory Navy envious.

When Cai Tingqian showed that he would not refuse the old navy officers and soldiers, many of them became deserters and changed their doors to join the Shu army fleet.There was nothing Tang Xiangming could do about it, he could only urge the government over and over again, and then there was a long wait.

This morning, Tang Xiangming finished his breakfast as usual, then put on his admiral uniform, and took some personal guards for a walk on the street.In this kind of days, which is almost equivalent to being under house arrest, even warships are detained and not allowed to approach, and looking at the bustling streets and scenery of Guanghai has almost become his only pastime.

Not long after leaving the house, Tang Xiangming saw Cai Tinggan who hurried out.Seeing this old friend in such a hurry, he couldn't help asking: "Brother Yaotang, where are you going?"

"Oh, a new warship has arrived, and I'm going to pick it up." Cai Tinggan said with a smile.

"New warships?" Tang Xiangming's face was startled: "Could it be that Commander Zhao ordered a batch of warships from overseas?"

Cai Tingqian explained with a smile: "Even if it is, but it was ordered overseas by Hou Jin. After the emperor abdicated, these warships were ignored, because the final payment was not settled, and other countries planned to sell them elsewhere. Governor Zhao After knowing, send people to take over these warships.”

"So that's how it is." Tang Xiangming couldn't help but feel a little envious in his heart. He is very clear about the financial situation of the Beiyu government now, so it is understandable not to pay for the repair of the ship.With such a poor government, it is even difficult to raise operating funds. Tang Xiangming didn't even dare to think about the development of the navy like a gold swallowing beast.Now look at other people, throwing money at will to get a batch of warships, this kind of financial resources is probably the only one in Hualan.

Thinking of the new warship, Tang Xiangming couldn't help feeling eager, and he tentatively asked, "I wonder if I can go to watch the ceremony?"

"Of course, I can't wish for it." Cai Tingqian warmly invited: "Anyway, it's on the way, you can ride there with me." Cai Tingqian let Tang Xiangming into his car, and the corner of his mouth revealed a trace of imperceptible smile.

The delivery ceremony of the new warship was held in Luchao Port, which has now been divided into two ports, one is a commercial port used solely by the Guangming Group, and the other is a more hidden military home port for the Shu Army fleet. The warship reception is at the military port conduct.

When Cai Tingqian and Tang Xiangming arrived, warships of various shapes were slowly entering the port.Jumping out of the car, the two immediately ran up to the rostrum. At this time, many generals and officers from the military were already sitting here. Seeing the two coming, they greeted each other friendly.

Sitting on his seat, Tang Xiangming impatiently picked up the binoculars prepared on the table and looked towards the pier.The first thing that catches the eye is a 2000-ton protected cruiser. This cruiser has two [-]mm main guns and two [-]mm secondary guns, six [-]mm caliber cannons, two Mark cannons, and two With [-] mm torpedo tube.

Tang Xiangming, as an officer of the Houjin Navy, naturally knew about these warships ordered from abroad.Once upon a time, they were full of expectations for this, but now these warships have become warships of another fleet.Phenom is the name of this cruiser. It was built by Baiying Country New York Shipyard, with a displacement of [-] tons. It uses six small water-tube coal-fired boilers and three Turben-style steam engines. Its power is exactly the same as that of Zhaowa. Can reach [-] knots.

Soon Tang Xiangming saw two other familiar warships, the destroyer Jingbo built by the Roman Empire and the destroyer Longtuan built by the Austro-Hungarian Empire.Cai Tingqian looked at Tang Xiangming's complexion with a smile on the side, and suddenly said in a low voice: "Recently, brother Zhu Xin's news in Guanghai is relatively closed, so he probably doesn't know about the current domestic trends."

Tang Xiangming put down his binoculars and pretended to be calm and said: "Not necessarily, at least I know that the Shu army has recently sent troops to the Central Plains and Nanyuan Province to occupy a lot of places, and also completely brought the Plateau Province under my control, which can be said to be quite fruitful."

"This is because the National Congress Party launched the attack first, and our army was forced to fight back in self-defense." Cai Tingqian shook his head: "Brother Tang is really well informed about the news on land, how much does he know about the news at sea?"

"Sea?" Tang Xiangming smiled slightly: "The fleet in Chen Qimei's hands is almost wiped out by us, what else can he do?"

"Of course Chen Qimei didn't do much, but Brother Tang seems to have forgotten that the National Congress still has a navy force." Cai Tinggan said calmly.

"There is still a navy?" Tang Xiangming frowned, and his face changed drastically immediately: "Is it the Guangdong Navy? Did they go north?"

"It's worse than this." Cai Tingqian said: "Because there are no generals in the Eastern Guangdong Navy, Sun Wenhai gave these warships to Chen Qimei. Just a few days ago, all these warships arrived in Hangzhou and joined the Li Dingxin's fleet. Now they are gearing up, planning to cover the transport ship going north, and land a surprise attack on Tianfeng City with the army, so as to reverse the unfavorable battle situation."