super god warlord

This time to seize Hailanpao, it was regarded by the War Ministry of Japan as a good opportunity to boost morale, but they never imagined that their reckless advance would still fall behind the Hualan people.The embarrassed Kameda Dazuo directly launched an attack, and the high-level Japanese also hoped to take this opportunity to catch the Hualan people by surprise, so that they could not only occupy an important stronghold in the Far East to spy on Mingbei, but also form a new attack on Hualan. psychological advantage.

With such a plan, the Japanese army naturally did not dare to neglect. They passed the railway line from Vladivostok to continuously transport support troops to the front line.Because of the help of the train, the Japanese army moved very fast. At this time, the first two brigades of reinforcements were sitting on the train and galloping towards Hailanpao.

The train driver who was moving suddenly felt a blur in front of his eyes. There seemed to be something wrong with the railway a mile away. He immediately pulled the brakes and opened the steam relief valve.The sound of whining exhaust sounded rapidly, and the exhausted steam almost enveloped most of the train.

Chapter 674 Duan Ruiquan's plan

Looking at the wilderness outside, the captain of the team, Nakazuo No, who was a little suspicious, jumped off the train and came to the front of the train.He raised his head and shouted to the driver inside the locomotive: "What's going on, why didn't you move forward."

The train driver poked his head out. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, pointed to the front and said, "I can't move forward. It seems that you have to go on your own for the rest of the way." Follow the direction the train driver pointed. Nagano Nakazuo was surprised to find that just a few tens of meters away, the railroad track had become a very post-modern art form.

"Who did this? You simply despise the majesty of the imperial army of the Great Japanese Empire." Nagano Nakasao jumped up angrily, but there was nothing he could do.After discussing with another captain, Lieutenant Watanabe, they decided that the whole army would get off here and march towards Hailanpao on foot.

In order not to get lost, the Japanese army marched westward along the railway line. On the way, they were shocked to find that hundreds of meters of railway lines would be blown up every few kilometers. Depending on the situation, if they wanted to use the railway lines to increase their troops, The entire track has to be resurfaced.

Gao Yunbiao's temporary move bought precious time for He Wenchang's defense.After obtaining sufficient fuel supplies, the remaining regiments of the Fourth Division arrived at Heihetun as quickly as possible using armored vehicles and trucks.The engineering troops used ferries to temporarily erect pontoon bridges on the Heiling River.Although such a pontoon bridge is not enough for heavy vehicles to pass, light armored vehicles and artillery are no longer a problem.

With a direct access to the opposite bank, the regiments of the [-]th Division were able to continuously reinforce people and equipment to Hailanpao, which brought about a qualitative change in the balance of forces between the enemy and us here.At the same time, Liu Bozhao's second division also used the train to advance rapidly, and it was about to arrive near Hailanpao.

After several days of marching, the Japanese army of the two brigades finally arrived at Hailanpao.Although they finally arrived at their destination after exhausting themselves and joined the troops of Kameda Colonel, they had no effect on the battle situation.After the arrival of 5000 people from the Fourth Division, a large number of [-]mm caliber light howitzers were also dismantled into parts and transported across the river. Such firepower was beyond the reach of the Japanese army.

Under the intensive bombardment of howitzers, the Fourth Division dispatched several assault battalions to attack from the flanks in armored vehicles, and quickly penetrated into the enemy's rear, encircling Kameda's troops.Liu Bozhao's troops also arrived in good time, and the troops of the two divisions surrounded thousands of people under Kameda Osaku's men.

After being baptized by heavy artillery, the West Army launched a general offensive. The second division and the fourth division cooperated closely and quickly wiped out the vanguard of the Japanese army.Hearing that the vanguard was wiped out, the Japanese army was so frightened that they no longer dared to reinforce them. While holding on to the territory they had gained, they reported to the Ministry of War.

Wa country immediately issued a letter of founding to the Hualan government, severely condemning its violation of the peace treaty.Gu Weijun, who was appointed as the resident representative of the special zone in Beihuacheng, was summoned urgently by Duan Ruiquan to inquire about this matter.

Gu Weijun walked into Duan Ruiquan's office and found that the Minister of the Japanese Kingdom Yuanye Ichiro was also here.Seeing Gu Weijun, Harano Ichiro immediately glared and said, "Your army in the Western Special Zone attacked our army for no reason. This is a serious provocative act. According to the memorandum between the two countries, Hailanpao is owned by the two countries, and whoever occupies it first will obtain its sovereignty. But you blatantly did not have the contents of the memorandum, and you actually wiped out our army that has already entered Hailanpao. I hope you will explain, and pay the corresponding compensation, and exchange Hailanpao for us."

Gu Weijun snorted coldly and said: "Unexpectedly, the Japanese people have such powerful mouths that they can turn black into white. It really is the villain who sued first." Then he took out a stack of photos from his briefcase and said: "This is our In the photos taken in Hailanpao, none of the corpses of Japanese soldiers on the battlefield were in Hailanpao City. I don’t think Mr. Minister will think that your army voluntarily withdrew from Hailanpao after seeing us. Wait until After we occupy Hailanpao, let's launch a counterattack."

"This..." Yuan Ye Ichiro didn't expect that the other party had a photo, and he argued, "Maybe we wanted to congratulate you, but you shot and killed people first."

"We have your captives who can testify that it was the Japanese army who fired the shots first. And we also have the video data of the journalists accompanying the army. When they are all produced, we can invite the ministers to watch them together. Then everything will be revealed." Gu Weijun Said calmly.

Hearing Gu Weijun's words, Yuanye Ichiro was completely paralyzed.The family members have all the evidence, and they have actually occupied Hailanpao. It is impossible to make them spit it out.In order to prevent the two sides from fighting again, Harano Ichiro had no choice but to perfunctoryly say: "Maybe our reconnaissance made a mistake, I will ask the military department to verify it again, so as not to hurt the friendship of the allies." After finishing speaking, he left in despair.

Seeing Yuanye Ichiro leave, Duan Ruiquan shook his head with a smile and said: "The Japanese people are really thick-skinned, they know how to get cheap every day, they are simply a bunch of ghosts."

After speaking, Duan Ruiquan looked at Gu Weijun and said, "Recently, Britain and the United States have been urging our country to join the Allies and fight against the Allies. I don't know what Mingshen has in mind."

Gu Weijun said: "Master Zhao once expressed his opinion to me that he has an irresistible relationship with the Crown Prince of the Teutonic Kingdom, and it is inconvenient to participate in the decision of this kind of matter. If it is according to his intention, he does not want Hualan to participate in such a big war. But the West The SAR is only a local government and has no right to interfere with the actions of the Beihuacheng government. As long as the government makes a decision, the Western SAR will support it unconditionally."

After hearing Gu Weijun's words, Duan Ruiquan was completely relieved.As a soldier, he knew very well how much his international status with the Allied Powers would improve once Hualan joined the war.If Hualan can join the Allies and win the war, the central government's authority will be strengthened.What's more, White Eagle Kingdom has secretly revealed to Duan Ruiquan that as long as Hualan is willing to send troops, White Eagle Kingdom will pay to arm these soldiers.

After the war is over, these well-equipped troops that have experienced war will become an important weight for the central government to fight against the Western Special Zone.With this strength, Duan Ruiquan will have the strength to challenge Zhao Shouhong, and maybe he will be able to reap some benefits at that time.

Because of this idea, Duan Ruiquan naturally strongly supported Hualan's joining the Allied Powers group, but his approach was opposed by President Li Yuanhong.Li Yuanhong, who served as president, has long been powerless and powerless, and he belongs to the compromise structure of all parties.Since Yuan Kui left the field and died of uremia, the title of the Hualan Empire was naturally restored to Hualan Republic, and the position of president was also vacant.

Chapter 675 Congress faction

Around the candidate for the president, various forces in the Northern Territory have launched a fierce confrontation.In fact, since Yuan Kai's death, the warlords of the Northern Territory have split into three major factions, Zhifengwan. In order to compete for the orthodox status of the Northern Territory government, they competed for power and profit with each other, facing each other like enemies.

Originally, there was a strong effort from all three parties, and everyone was a little restrained, but since Fengjun was occupied by the Japanese kingdom, his strength and connections were greatly damaged, and his momentum has temporarily weakened.Now Zhang Zuolin of the Feng family has just returned to Mingjing City. Although he has kept his army and power, his vitality has been seriously injured, and there is no possibility of competing for the hegemony of Beihua City in a short time.The current struggle for power in the central government of Beihua City is actually a struggle between the Anhui faction represented by Duan Ruiquan and the direct faction represented by Feng Guofu.

Originally, Duan Ruiquan wanted to take this position by himself, but he didn't want to be said to be fighting for power and profit, and he didn't want to face direct pressure from his immediate family, so he just succumbed to the post of prime minister.In order to suppress the Zhili, Duan Ruiquan refused to let the Zhili take over as president, so the position was handed over to Li Yuanhong who did not belong to the Northern Territory and had no roots of his own.Of course, according to the high-level statement, Li Yuanhong was originally the vice president, and he succeeded the president according to the provisional agreement.

Later, Duan Ruiquan planned to use Li Yuanhong as a shield to re-establish a dictatorial government.But at that time, the focus of disputes among the various political forces in the Congress was only about whether the national political system should be formulated according to the "Temporary Constitution" or the "New Testament Law". No one raised the issue of dictatorship at all.

With the lessons learned by Yuan Kui and the strong external pressure from Zhao Shouhong, Duan Ruiquan could only temporarily follow public opinion and let the Congress choose. As a result, the result of the debate among the various political parties was to follow the provisional agreement formulated by Sun Wenhai.

Duan Ruiquan miscalculated one after another. He could only temporarily hibernate as the prime minister to wait for future events. At the same time, he hypocritically announced the restoration of the "Interim Constitution" promulgated by the Nanhuacheng Provisional Government in March 1912, and the restoration of the official system and the Congress in the first year of the Republic of China. , implement the responsible cabinet system.Although he expressed his support for the republic, Duan Qirui was not worried about the division of power in his hands.According to Duan Ruiquan's thinking, Li Yuanhong has lost his foundation, and there is no other way but to rely on himself, but in fact Li Yuanhong is not obedient.

After some disputes over the issue of "rule of law", the cabinet issued a decree in the name of Li Yuanhong: "Republican government, public opinion is the first priority; public opinion is sent only by the Constitution; the completion of the Constitution is exclusively for the Congress. Our Hualan Republic Since the National Assembly was suspended on January [-], three years, it has been two years and has not yet been recalled. As a result, five years after the founding of the country, the constitution has not been finalized, the main foundation has not been established, and common government has no way to proceed. It is urgent to convene the National Assembly to quickly formulate the constitution. Consolidate the foundation of the country by cooperating with the will of the people. Before the constitution was finalized, the "Interim Constitution" promulgated on March [-] of the first year was still followed until the establishment of the constitution; the Presidential Election Law announced on October [-] of the second year, It is a part of the constitution and should still be valid.” So the democratic republic with a responsible cabinet system was formally established again.

On December 1916, 12, the Congress officially resumed in Beihua City, which was called the second regular session of the Congress.After the Congress reconvened, Feng Guofu was elected vice president, reconsidered the "Temple of Heaven Constitution", and continued to make the constitution.For this constitution-making, people from all walks of life have been extremely active, hoping to gain a place in the Congress in the post-Yuan Kai era.

The vast congress hall seems to have been transformed into a vegetable market, full of noise and noise all day long.Councilors often quarreled with each other over trivial matters, and for a while there was a bit of the atmosphere of the Western Continent Democratic Congress.But in fact, the Congress has degenerated by this time, becoming a place where warlords of various factions openly compete for power and profit.

At that time, there were three major factions in the Congress. Although these three factions were not political parties, they had the same role as political parties. They were the research department, the negotiation department, and the new transportation department.

The Research Department is a political faction born out of the Progressive Party in the early years of the Republic of China. It was named after the "Constitutional Research Association" established in Beihua City in 1916. Its leaders are Liang Qichao and Tang Hualong. A group of bureaucratic gentry who had cooperated with Liang Qichao during the movement.

Because the research department always wants to improve Hualan State by relying on an inherent old force, it once attached to the Yuan Kui and Duan Ruiquan warlords politically and opposed the National Congress Party. Tang Hualong was left, but his prestige remained undiminished.

The Discussion Department is also known as the Constitutional Discussion Committee. After Yuan Kui's death in 1916, Li Yuanhong succeeded as president and restored the National Assembly.Zhang Ji, Wu Jinglian, Ju Zheng, and Wang Zhengting, former members of the National Congress Party, merged several scattered small factions to form a deliberative department. They advocated the adoption of a bicameral system based on the "Provisional Constitution" on the constitutional issue, and the "provincial constitution" "Outline" was written in it to maintain the influence of the southwestern provinces and to fight against the research department who took refuge in Duan Ruiquan's northern warlord, and became a major political force in the Congress at that time.

The Communication Department is the general term for the "Old Communication Department" headed by Liang Shiyi and the "New Communication Department" headed by Cao Rulin during the Northern Territory warlord's rule. It is not only a financial consortium, but also a political faction. In 1905, Liang Shiyi was appointed as the chief copywriter of the Emperor-Han Railway and the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway.Later, he served as the transfer assistant of Dihan, Shanghai-Nanjing, Zhengtai, Bianluo, and Daoqing [-]th Roads of the Postal Communications Department, and the assistant of the Bank of Communications. Because he planted party members everywhere and cultivated his own influence, he formed the transportation department, and expanded the railway business. grew rapidly in the process.Its important figures include Zhou Ziqi, Ye Gongchuo, Wang Youling, Zhu Qiqian and so on.

The old Department of Communications was sheltered by the political forces of Yuan Kai at home and backed by Saar and Japanese imperialism abroad. It controlled the leadership of railways, shipping, telephone and telegraph, postal services, etc., and also controlled the Bank of Communications, Jincheng, etc. Bank, Hualan Huiye Bank, Salt Industry Bank, Zhengfeng Coal Mine, Zhongxing Coal Mine, Beipiao Coal Mine, Liuhegou Coal Mine, Longyan Iron Mine, Wutong Shipping Company and other large banks and large enterprises.

It was prominent during the reign of the warlords in the Northern Territory.Liang Shiyi is not only known as the "God of Wealth of the Five Routes", but also serves as the secretary-general of Yuan Kai's presidential palace, and is known as the "Second President".The Transportation Department and the Northern Territory Army are both civil and military, becoming the two pillars of the Northern Territory warlord's rule. After Yuan Wei's death in 1916, Liang was wanted and fled, and the "old traffic department" also lost power.

Now it is the New Communications Department that has become one of the forces in the Congress. When Duan Ruiquan was in power in the autumn of 1916, Cao Rulin, Lu Zongyu, Zhang Zongxiang and others formed the "New Communications Department".Cao Rulin not only served as the Prime Minister of the Bank of Communications, but also served as the Minister of Finance and Minister of Foreign Affairs in Duan's cabinet.

Chapter 676 Duan Ruiquan Resigned

The three major factions attacked each other in the Congress, and no one obeyed the other.After a resolution is proposed, it is often resisted by the other two factions, resulting in repeated delays in national policy, and it is impossible to formulate a new constitution after several months of quarreling.

The Department of Research and the Department of Discussion are backed by Duan Ruiquan and Li Yuanhong respectively. For the benefit of each faction, members of Congress have disputes over the Constitution and quarrel all day long.At that time, the main focus of debate surrounding the content of the Constitution was the relationship between the president, the cabinet, and Congress, and the relationship between the central government and local governments.

Regarding the relationship between the president, the cabinet, and the Congress, the Department of Discussion advocates expanding the powers of the President and Congress to weaken the power of the State Council controlled by Duan Ruiquan, while the Department of Research advocates strengthening the power of the State Council to embody the spirit of a responsible cabinet.In terms of the relationship between the central government and local governments, the Discussion Department advocates the election of governors by the people, and each province can formulate a provincial constitution.

On December 1916, 12, the House of Representatives held a deliberation meeting to discuss the issue of the provincial system. Members of the Research Department and the Deliberation Department argued fiercely and were at a stalemate, which eventually led to a big fight, leading to the famous "Congress Fighting Case" scandal.This dispute soon culminated in a new national resolution, and in April 8 the cabinet presented the Diet with a declaration of war on Teutonia.

In the past few months, diplomats from the Allied Powers have been walking around Duan Ruiquan like a revolving door.After their intensive diplomatic research and promised a lot of benefits, Duan Ruiquan was finally moved.Although there is still a central government in Hualan today, it has no real power, and the various regions are basically in a situation of warlords. If they want to declare war on the outside world, it is necessary to coordinate the interests of all parties.

In order to be able to reach the idea of ​​joining the Allied Powers, Duan Ruiquan worked hard to mediate among the various forces.After a clear distribution of benefits, all parties agreed to his idea.With the support of local warlords, Duan Ruiquan dared to propose this bill to Congress through the cabinet.Unexpectedly, just after the proposal was issued, it was met with collective opposition from the discussion department.

Duan Ruiquan wanted to declare war on the Teutonic Kingdom. From his original intention, he wanted to strengthen the power of the Anhui faction and cultivate an elite army.The discussion department that supports Li Yuanhong is naturally unwilling to engage in a war that wastes people and money, and has cultivated Duan Ruiquan's influence.

There was a lot of quarrel inside and outside the Congress because of this bill, and the discussion was to stop his own brilliant plan, Duan Ruiquan naturally would not let it go.Soon Duan Ruiquan's cabinet also clashed with the Congress. Not only did the two sides scold each other in the newspapers, Duan Ruiquan even hired a group of hooligans to attack the deliberative department members.

Duan Ruiquan wanted to make it impossible for members of the deliberative department to go to Congress to vote, so that the declaration of war against the Teutonic State could be passed.Unexpectedly, due to the lack of secrecy, the fact that Duan Ruiquan hired gangsters to beat the councilors was leaked, and his reputation plummeted as a result.Li Yuanhong had always been at odds with Duan Ruiquan, so now that he has the opportunity, he is naturally unwilling to let it go.Soon Li Yuanhong took the opportunity to use the Congress to remove Duan Qirui as Prime Minister.

On the day when Li Yuanhong announced Duan Ruiquan's dismissal, Fu Liangzuo, Jin Yunpeng and Xu Shuzheng visited him at night.Seeing the arrival of the three father's good friends, Duan Hongye quickly let them in.

"Ruiquan, I heard that Li Yuanhong dismissed you?" Fu Liangzuo asked the first time he entered the door.

Duan Ruiquan, who was sitting on the rattan chair, saw the three friends get up quickly, looked at the three of them and said with a slight smile: "It is true that he was dismissed, but so what? Li Yuanhong has no power in his hands. If there is no me Duan is assisted by someone, he is a tree without roots. This time he dismissed me, I want to see if he can play for a few more days."

Jin Yunpeng sighed from the sidelines and said: "Nowadays, the energy of the Japanese country is in the Far East, and Mr. Shengtian, Mr. Ji, pays much less attention to us. Now that Li Yuanhong has resigned Ruiquan, we have to carefully weigh it, and there must be no mistakes. That's good."

"Forget it, it's not the first time to be dismissed. I think it's better to rest at home for a while and watch the wind outside." Duan Ruiquan obviously didn't take his resignation seriously.

"Father, that's wrong. Back then, it was President Yuan who showed you kindness, so we shouldn't directly resist. What is this Li Yuanhong now, and he dares to boss him around in Beihua City." Duan Hongye looked furious at the side.

"Shut up, what is your identity, dare to say that about President Li Da." Duan Ruiquan scolded.