New Warlords 1909

But for Tang Jiyao and the others, they are definitely not as simple as the revolutionaries.For these warriors who started out in the military, there is no chance of losing their military power.Although Hua Fei has a high reputation, he is known in the world for his love for the people.But Tang Jiyao absolutely believed that when dealing with them, Hua Fei would definitely turn into the Hua Butcher back then.I didn't see the three poor Portuguese. They just killed some people in Macau, and they were chased to Europe by this fool.In the past few years since joining the army, Tang Jiyao's hands are bloody, so they can be washed clean with water?

Hua Fei not only distributed half of their rights in the local government, but also transferred half of his military force according to the principle of changing the defense of the garrison.Yes, transferring half of his troops to Moxi is directly facing the pressure of the Japanese army.If the president suddenly went crazy and fought with the Japanese army again, it can be said that half of the children from Guangdong and Guangxi would become cannon fodder.Don't doubt, this butcher Hua is sometimes cruel, you can't imagine it.

Tang Jiyao absolutely believed that this was only the first step.What is the second step?Tang Jiyao didn't dare to think about it, nor was he ready to think about it.Because it was just the first step, he couldn't accept it at all.Tang Jiyao regretted it, why did he hesitate last time, so many senior officers in the army were punished by that incident.Although most of them are still around, their morale has been disrupted, and their military strength has also been affected to a certain extent.If we resolutely sent troops at that time, maybe we could still get the support of England and Portugal, maybe we still had a chance.

The reason why Tang Jiyao made up his mind to send troops was that Cai E had fully recovered. He passed by Guangdong last time and summoned many old ministries before returning to Nanjing.Although Tang Jiyao has worked hard to manage his confidants in recent years, with Cai E's influence in the south, Tang Jiyao thinks that he is still incomparable.But now, Cai E is about to go south and is appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Southern Military Region. Even Tang Jiyao must be under his control.

Tang Jiyao was not going to bear it any longer. On the one hand, he quickly dispatched a large number of liaison officers to various places to contact forces dissatisfied with Huafei, especially those with military power. Yes Money Loan Aid!At the same time, a large number of troops began to be mobilized, all financial resources were concentrated to purchase additional weapons and equipment, and the army was expanded rapidly.All these actions were not concealed at all, and it was clearly a demonstration to the central government, with an appearance of not turning back.Anyway, either you die, or I die, or everyone dies.

This approach immediately drew voices of condemnation in the country, and the presidential palace quickly responded, not only making a severe reprimand, but also stating that this reform is for the future of the country, not for the selfish desire of one person's rights .At the same time, the central government issued a warning to all countries that whoever lends money to Tang Jiyao or sells any war materials to the southern region will be hostile to China and will bear all consequences.

In addition, the National Defense Forces Command announced that it would continue to dispatch the navy to the south, blockade the southern waters, and prohibit all military supplies from approaching the major ports in the south.The situation took a turn for the worse. On a peaceful and unified sky across the country, clouds and haze quickly spread, and it was difficult to see the sun.And many revolutionaries and heroes also stood up one after another, asking all parties to remain calm and negotiate to resolve this issue.

At this time, France and Belgium jointly sent 10 troops to occupy the Ruhr Industrial Area on the pretext that Germany did not fulfill its compensation obligations stipulated in the "Treaty of Versailles" on time.Germany quickly expressed its great protest and sought diplomatic support and help from all over the world, especially sending a telegram to China for help.

The world situation has become turbulent almost suddenly.

287 War in the South

The occupation of the Ruhr industrial area by France and Belgium greatly stimulated the rise of nationalist thoughts in Germany and laid a foundation for Hitler's rise in Germany that cannot be ignored.Although China firmly stands on the German side in this position, it stated that the issue of reparations from the relevant countries should be based on peaceful negotiations, and the burden of huge war reparations should not be imposed on the German people.

However, at this time, China, as a fledgling country, has extremely limited national strength and international discourse power, and it is not much better than Germany.If it weren't for the 1918 influenza pandemic and Hua Fei's personal legendary charm that made Hua Fei and his government famous in the world, I am afraid that the current Chinese government's voice will be even weaker.

Fabio's entry into the Ruhr Industrial Zone has a great impact on Germany, but it has very limited impact on the cooperation between China and Germany.Because most of the heavyweight cooperation agreements signed by the two countries are technical assistance and technical cooperation, especially in the cooperation of traditional German strengths such as chemistry, steel, and military weapons, it is mainly comprehensive technical cooperation.

The stiff relationship between Germany and European powers is, on the contrary, beneficial to China.This made the Weimar government and the German people feel more deeply that in Europe, they are so lonely, and in the world, they only have China as a friend they can trust.

Just as the civil war in China was clouded, a large number of German engineers who aided China arrived in China one after another by sea or by plane.According to the agreement signed in advance, these engineers are all over the fields of chemical, steel, cement, printing and dyeing, rubber, metallurgy, shipbuilding, automobile, power generation, aviation, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, engine, lathe, gun weapon, railway road, bridge and tunnel, etc. Most fields of industry, including some fields that China has already developed very well, such as the aviation field, are used to combine powerful technologies to further promote China's comprehensive domestic industrialization technology development process.

Especially the German chemical industry and the technical assistance of the steel industry. Although they will not come up with the most advanced technology, the steel chemical industry in the original autonomous region, which had a good foundation before, will make great progress after receiving the assistance of a large number of German engineers. into a new development process.

In particular, the assistance of German shipbuilding industry engineers is undoubtedly a huge opportunity for the Chinese shipbuilding industry that is in urgent need of development but is limited by technology accumulation.In particular, the arrival of a large number of submarine experts in China is of great significance to the comprehensive improvement of China's submarine technology.Although China has received a lot of assistance from Germany in submarines, and has been exploring and developing for many years, due to the lack of foundation, it has always limited the overall improvement of submarine performance. Mass production of submarines for service.

Many German engineers have even joined major universities in China to teach and improve the qualifications of teachers in Chinese universities, so that China's urgent need to send a large number of international students to study abroad has been alleviated to a certain extent.

It can be said that in the entire field of science and technology in China, except for a few confidential scientific research projects such as Nikolai Sla, which are kept highly confidential and are not open to anyone, all other fields have comprehensively or limitedly launched technical cooperation with Germany , including the special alloy steels developed and produced by China for submarines, which have been praised by German iron and steel metallurgy experts.

Be willing to give up, want to give nothing at all, empty-handed white wolf, you are too simple. The Germans are too simple.Every piece of China's unique technical cooperation will inevitably be exchanged for an exchange and cooperation of a core secret technology in Germany.

The development of industry and commerce did not seem to be affected much, only because of the cloud of civil war, the prices of various daily necessities have risen to varying degrees.However, because of the speculation at the beginning, Hua Fei spared no effort in stockpiling the necessities of people's livelihood.After the formation of the central government, a nationwide strategic resource reserve mechanism was established.And the wholly-owned chain group, Kangmin Grain, is now the largest production plant of grain, oil and related products in China, that is, a large chain group integrating grain production, storage, transportation, processing, and sales.Its sales outlets have spread all over the country, especially in the eastern coastal areas, especially the provinces of the former autonomous regions, and almost all the stores of grain banks have been laid in county-level towns.

With such a giant food production and sales chain group, if you want to speculate on food and other daily necessities, you must be looking for a dead end.There is no need to use administrative means at all, and the perfect logistics network allows you, even if you are the richest bureaucratic capitalist in the country, once you want to make money on this, you will never return, and you will be given all the money you spend. Spit out the low price.

The stabilization of the prices of grain, oil and other necessities for people's livelihood quickly restored the mood of the people, and gradually calmed down the people who were full of inexplicable panic about the impending civil war. The impact on production and social order was extremely limited.But after all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the possibility of China wanting to be good on this matter is probably very weak.The price of related war raw materials, especially imported materials, is still rising rapidly, which has brought a considerable impact on the development of China's light industry.

The information from the front spread to Wuhan one after another. In order to personally mobilize and direct the war, Hua Fei flew directly from Nanjing to Wuhan, took the central position, dispatched troops, and launched an all-out offensive to the south politically, militarily, and publically.

The statutory establishment of Tang Jiyao, Lu Rongting and others is an army of four armies, which is an army of about 15.However, after the introduction of the Civil War Reform Act not long ago, they rapidly increased their troops, completely ignoring the warnings of the special inspectors of the National Defense Forces Command, and wantonly expanded their troops. Claiming to support 50 soldiers, it was organized into an organizational system of twenty armies, and the organizational system was expanded five times at once.

However, according to the information that Hua Fei has, the 50 troops are very weak.The Southern Army has indeed expanded its army, most of which were originally supposed to be abolished, and were retained by Tang Jiyao and the others under various names.These people have long-term military training, and many of them have also participated in actual combat. They have combat effectiveness that cannot be underestimated. The number is about 30.

As for the remaining 20 people, Tang Jiyao and the others forcibly recruited recruits from the civilian population according to the so-called "emergency law of war". A notched machete.Due to the cut off of the external channel, Tang Jiyao and the others could not arm an army of 50 even with all their family assets.

After the establishment of the new Nanjing government, the management of guns was very strict. A large number of weapons were confiscated from the people, and the few guns that could be kept also needed to go through a lot of review and filing.Therefore, although the National Defense Forces Command turned a blind eye to Tang Jiyao's small actions, the joint law enforcement departments of the local government and the National Defense Forces spared no effort in confiscating guns.All veterans' guns outside the establishment will be confiscated.No matter how much Tang Jiyao can hide his secrets, no matter how big your secret military factory is, you can't instantly arm an army of 50, which is half of the national standard.

In Wuhan, in the temporary general headquarters, the most heated discussion was the issue of how many troops to send south.The Southern Army had taken the lead. Three armies of Lu Rongting's direct descendants invaded Fujian. After some resistance, the 28th Army, dominated by the Fujian Army, was completely defeated and surrendered.

The Guangdong-Guangxi Allied Forces of the other three armies invaded Jiangxi, and those stationed in Jiangxi were the Seventeenth Army and the Eighteenth Army reorganized from the original Beiyang Army.Under the onslaught of the main force of the Guangdong-Guangxi Army of the three armies and the reserve army of the second army that supported it, coupled with the rapid defeat of the 28th Army in Fujian, the National Defense Army in Jiangxi was attacked from two sides and suffered heavy losses. The battle line has retreated to Xinyu, Fuzhou, and Yingtan In the area, even Pingxiang, a high-quality coal producing area, was occupied by the Guangdong-Guangxi army. If you go further back, it will be Nanchang.

In addition, the pressure on the national defense forces in the direction of Hunan and Sichuan was even greater. This time Tang Jiyao fought desperately, mobilizing [-] armies (so-called) to attack Hunan and Sichuan, completely forgetting the last defeat in Sichuan.However, Tang Jiyao also learned a lesson. He used the slogan of passing through Sichuan and attacking Wuhan, and promised various benefits to the local warlords in Sichuan.The National Defense Force of Feng Yuxiang, who led the Hunan Army into Sichuan, was the main target of attack.

The troops stationed in Hunan are mainly the 29th Army of the former Beiyang Army and the National Defense Force of the 23st Army, while the military deployment in Sichuan is extremely complicated. In addition to the [-]th Army of the Hunan Army led by Feng Yuxiang, there is also the [-]rd Army officially organized by Deng Xihou and other large and small troops. There are countless small warlord forces in many places.Although Feng Yuxiang launched round after round of "bandit suppression operations" in Sichuan, it is really difficult to start with these openly armed landlords and warlords.Now that the country is in turmoil, many people saw the opportunity and took the opportunity to vote for the southern army camp. Some people firmly moved closer to the central government. Most people still maintained the established strategy of neutrality.Whether your Southern Army wins or the Central Army wins, they have nothing to lose.

The difference this time though is that they can't remain neutral until the end, because whoever wins, if they don't choose a team, they will be sidelined after the battle.The best result of the war is that the two sides fight to the death, and the country falls into a confrontation again, so that their value can be highlighted.

No matter what thoughts these Sichuan soldiers have, the war in Hunan is even more tragic than that in Jiangxi.Although the national defense force has a branch of the army stationed in Hunan, its combat effectiveness is not weak, but what they are facing is the onslaught of Tang Jiyao's elite army.Moreover, the territory of Sichuan is also a mess, you hit me, I hit you, old and new grudges, now it's over, it's a fight that can't be dealt with.The troops of Feng Yuxiang and Deng Xihou's two armies were far from being able to control an area as large as Sichuan, and they could barely hold traffic arteries and strategic towns to prevent the southern army from directly attacking Wuhan from Chongqing. Went to court-martial for argument.

After the Jebsen incident, especially after the assassination of the three wanted criminals in Paris, the international situation has changed drastically. Many people believe that this is a turning point in the relationship between China and Western countries.Japan took this opportunity to suddenly increase its troops by 20 to the Northeast to stabilize their rule in the Northeast, which can be said to have cost a lot.In addition to the 20 North Korean puppet troops that were added to the Northeast in the first half of the year, the Japanese combined force in the Northeast reached 70, including 40 Japanese troops and 30 North Korean recruited and armed puppet troops.

In addition, in the Korean colonies, there are 20 Korean puppet troops and [-] Japanese garrisons.In other words, in the Northeast and North Korea, Japan has a million-strong army.Not to mention weapons and equipment and combat effectiveness, this amount alone is a huge psychological deterrent.Little Japan concentrated almost two-thirds of its national army in this area, which greatly increased the pressure on the National Defense Forces. They had to transfer many troops that originally defended the south to the Central Plains, which greatly reduced the number and quality of the southern troops. , It was also the root cause of the huge losses and setbacks suffered by the Wehrmacht at the beginning of the war.

But in the eyes of Tang Jiyao and his staff, Hua Fei transferred the elite troops from the south, it was just trying to get him.Look at the soldiers stationed in the south, either the Beiyang Army or the Fujian Army, most of them are not Hua Fei's direct descendants.This president who is famous for his stupefaction has a vicious counselor under his command.This is killing with a knife, borrowing the knife of the Southern Army to wipe out the non-directed troops of the National Defense Army.

But regardless of whether the analysis of these advisers is correct or not, the current situation has to make people guess like this.And even if Tang Jiyao and others knew that this was a trap or conspiracy, they had to jump into it because they had no choice.

At this time, in the Wuhan Temporary General Headquarters, the top leaders of the National Defense Forces were arguing endlessly about who should lead the troops and which army should be dispatched to the south.The military situation from various places is very urgent, and the people seem to be in disbelief about the successive failures and losses of the National Defense Forces, but these senior generals of the National Defense Forces seem to be in no hurry.They all know who the troops stationed in the south are.The Southern Army's offensive is like an arrow that leaves the string, once it fades, and then it is exhausted, so there is nothing to be afraid of.As long as the elite of the National Defense Forces go out, the autumn wind will inevitably sweep away the fallen leaves, without any suspense.

At this time, Hua Fei was also blaming himself in his heart.At the beginning, they should not have hesitated and tolerated the four southern provinces for the time being.Fortunately, there are hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops in the North, which constitutes a strong oppression on the National Defense Forces.Although the rebellion in the south was expected, the speed and scale still caught Hua Fei by surprise. What made him even more unexpected was that the Fujian army and the southern army were so vulnerable. You must know that there are many national defense troops among them. What about soldiers?

What Hua Fei didn't know was that he made a huge mistake in his original army reorganization.The defeat of the Beiyang Army at the hands of the National Defense Forces itself has a shadow of inferiority complex that cannot hold its head up.You have also inserted regiments of pure National Defense Forces into the reorganized army, which is called army integration, to promote understanding, and to secretly monitor every move of the Beiyang Army.However, such behavior directly accelerated the contradictions within the army and increased the Beiyang Army's distrust of the National Defense Forces.The Beiyang Army's resistance to the National Defense Forces is getting stronger and stronger, and those recruits from the National Defense Forces themselves do not have much combat skills, but regard the Beiyang Army as a defeated general. This internal division has led to a sharp decline in the army's combat effectiveness.Because the Beiyang Army is different from the original Jiangxi Army and the Zhejiang Army. Firstly, the integration time is short, and secondly, they have a long history of existence, and the relevant traditions and concepts are also very deep.Although Hua Fei has been aware of it recently, the war broke out before the reorganization.

Hua Fei even wondered whether it was right or wrong to tolerate the Japanese strategy of staying in the Northeast.At the beginning, he was under huge domestic pressure and did not take action against the Japanese army in the Northeast. What he wanted was to borrow the Japanese army in the Northeast to strengthen the crisis awareness of the National Defense Forces. Consume Japan's national power and military power.Because after all, fighting is also a kind of consumption, resource consumption.Compared with Japan's poor resources, Hua Fei believes that even without a strong navy, he can drag down Japan's military power in the process of gradual consumption.It not only consumes their army, but also consumes their national and financial resources, slowing down the development of their country's navy and air force.

But the number of people is not as good as the number of days. Even if Hua Fei can carry out overall planning and design strategically, not everyone can plan this tactical change without error.One mistake, or the accumulation of multiple mistakes, directly leads to the huge passiveness of today's strategy.

What worries Hua Fei even more is that under the huge strategic passiveness of today, many military generals of the National Defense Forces are still not awakened at all, and they have no one in their eyes.Don't they know that they can deal with such a complicated situation only by relying on a few direct ace troops?Once the trump card is consumed, what will be relied on to maintain the security and stability of the country?

Hua Fei really wanted to get angry, but now he is no longer the boss of the gangster who runs through the underground world of the United States, nor is he the young student of the Republic of China.I saw him knocking on the table and said slowly, "I ordered that General Cai E be appointed as the Grand Marshal of the Dingnan Army, commanding the No. 13 Army, No. 14 Army, and No. 15 Army of the National Defense Forces, mainly attacking Guizhou, Sichuan, and Yunnan. Appoint Li Liejun and Jiang Baili as deputy marshals of the Dingnan Army, command the No.11 Army and No.12 Army, reinforce Jiangxi, take Fujian, and focus on Guangdong and Guangxi."

"At the same time, rule the Cabinet Office of the Presidential Palace, activate the first-level war mobilization order of the National War Mobilization Law, and give me the shortest possible time to organize a reserve force of ten armies and go into battle at any time."

"In addition, you, you, and you, you will immediately be included in the establishment of the Dingnan Army and formed as the advance army. Where the fighting is the most intense, where the danger is the most, and where support is most needed, you will rush there. I don't need to send the first The first army, the second army, because I believe that you are also the elite of the national defense force."

288 Attack on Shaoguan

Hua Fei dispatched and dispatched all the frivolous and conceited military generals at the meeting, no matter whether they were organized at the regiment level or at the division level, as the advance army of the Dingnan Army, and let them compete with the elite of the Southern Army. Compete to see if they are pretending to be skinny, or if they really have two brushes under their hands.Whoever despises the enemy must pay the price for his pride.The national defense army has too many brilliance and honors, but except for the first army, the second army, the third army and a few direct aces who are almost invincible in all battles, the other armies do not have such outstanding records. They have also suffered great losses in some local wars, but these still cannot stop the general arrogance that pervades the National Defense Forces, and this sentiment is still spreading to high-level officers.

Hua Fei did not mobilize the elite troops of the National Defense Forces, nor did he mobilize the Feng Army, Jin Army, and Xingui Army.Instead, they dispatched the No. 11th Army to the 13th Army, which are mainly recruits, and they can be regarded as the National Defense Forces with high-purity blood.Although these armies have been trained for a long time and have participated in several battles after their establishment, they all exist as reserve forces and have never experienced major battles. Even the No.[-] Army that was sent to Russia did not exception.

Hua Fei believes that an army that has not experienced major battles is not a qualified army and cannot establish an inner military spirit.Therefore, this time, the main force of the national defense force of the five armies was sent to mobilize other armed forces. This is also a consideration in this regard.

Although the Southern Army claims to be 50 strong, in fact Hua Fei doesn't think the reality is as scary as the information shows.As far as Sichuan alone is concerned, there are many warlord factions, and the big bosses from all over the place are uncertain, and they all take a stand on the sidelines in order to protect themselves.Under such circumstances, even if Tang Jiyao wanted to win Sichuan, it would be impossible. What else do you think he can do?This is why Tang Jiyao's troops changed their strategy this time and adopted the tactics of attacking Hubei after Sichuan.

Although the provinces of Hunan and Fujian have not been included in the central government for a long time, various policies to promote business, promote industry and benefit farmers in Nanjing have been fully rolled out, especially in Jiangxi. However, many of the children of Jiangxi and Jiangxi were in the National Defense Forces in the territory under the joint government of the autonomous region. Serving in various armies, the people's hearts are completely on the side of the center.Compared with Tang Jiyao and Lu Rongting who levied taxes arbitrarily in order to expand the army and forcibly recruited young people into the army, which led to resentment from the Communists and people's livelihood, it pales in comparison, and the gap is simply a world of difference.

In addition, Hua Fei directly appointed Cai E, who had just returned to Nanjing, as the Generalissimo this time. Cai E, who had initially recovered, did not intend to continue to serve in the army, but the situation forced him to accept orders in the face of danger.This has absolute influence in the Southern Army, and can even be said to be the influence of Cai E and Cai Songpo, the founder of the predecessor of the Southern Army, in the Southern Army.Especially the influence among some veteran officers, it is simply a nuclear weapon of psychological warfare.

In addition, Li Liejun, who is very influential in the south, is familiar with Jiangxi, and has a great reputation in Jiangxi, and Jiang Baili, who is very skilled in both tactics and tactics, is also sent as an assistant. With the backing of powerful central and national resources, From Hua Fei's point of view, the composition and support of the southern army was not a matter of ability or inability to pacify the southern provinces, but a matter of time and cost.

Five armies, nearly 20 people, this number is roughly equivalent to the elite of the southern army.As for the stragglers temporarily summoned by the Southern Army, they did not pose much threat at all.As long as their main force is defeated, the rest will disperse.

Of course, while Hua Fei despised the enemy strategically, he did not dare to be careless tactically.In order to prevent changes in the battle situation, he ignored the opposition of government officials and signed a first-level war mobilization order to prepare a sufficient number of reserve forces to go to the battlefield at any time.And the reserve force of the ten armies is not just for the southern army, the bigger consideration is the northern Japanese army, which has become Hua Fei's confidant now.

As soon as the National Defense Forces moved, the entire country was complete, and the war machine that was actually running was quickly activated.Various arsenals began to speed up the production of weapons and ammunition, a large amount of military materials were transferred to the front line, and various armies were also mobilizing.The No. [-] war mobilization order personally signed by Hua Fei was spread through newspapers and radio broadcasts to all areas in the country covered by radio broadcast signals.Many young people in remote mountainous areas began to consciously pack up their bags and prepare to go out together to join the temporarily formed National Defense Force Reserve.

The Wehrmacht recruits a limited number of recruits each year, and conducts a moderate exchange of new blood.So if you want to join the National Defense Forces, the difficulty is really not small.So this time when they heard the vague voice on the radio, these hot-blooded 42-degree youths could no longer hold back the fiery impulse in their hearts, and left their hometowns one after another to pursue their dreams of being a man.

Soon, wars were fought all over the country. Since the southern region, especially Fujian and Hunan, is mountainous and watery, the infrastructure such as roads is relatively backward compared to the autonomous region, and the difficulty of transporting various heavy equipment is a bit difficult.Therefore, this time the National Defense Forces are also light and simple for the sake of speed. The artillery with a caliber of more than 120mm is generally left behind, not to mention the poor tanks equipped by these armies.Those few tanks are just for show, so that some excellent soldiers can understand the structure of the tanks and familiarize themselves with the internal operation training, and drive them to fight?Don't be kidding, it's a miracle not to lie down on the way.