New Warlords 1909

Like Lishi, when Guangzhou was completely under the control of the Central Army, many wealthy gentry in Guangzhou had no time to flee to Hong Kong, and the British mercenaries in Hong Kong were not even prepared for the slightest precautions.If the National Defense Forces hadn't slowed down and reached Hong Kong in one go, the streets of Hong Kong would be shaken and the sound of guns would stop.

The more than 1000 Guangzhou defenders gave up their arms after a little resistance. In front of the turbulent Central Army, the comparison of the number alone was already frightening for them to hold the guns in their hands.Only when they attacked the residences of Lu Rongting and other heroes of the Guangdong and Guangxi Army, they encountered tenacious resistance, causing the National Defense Forces to pay the heaviest loss since entering Guangdong.

After Cai E heard the report, he was only silent for a while, then signed an order and gave them a 10-minute ultimatum. If they refused to surrender, there was no need to attack, just use mortars to blow up the place.

This order was so powerful that even the officers of the 93th Army who were used to Hua Fei's mightiness were shocked.However, maybe there is not enough time to think about it, maybe they can't untie the knot in their hearts, or maybe it's the answer that other history will never know, the mortar ruthlessly blows up a luxurious villa into ruins.Afterwards, [-] corpses were found in the ruins, some unidentified broken corpses, and countless gold and silver treasures.

Decades later, a veteran wrote in his memoirs that he seemed to see a white flag set up in the opponent's courtyard 30 seconds before the final time.But their regiment leader didn't seem to see it at the time. Ten seconds later, that is, 10 seconds before the ultimatum was 20 minutes away, the Wehrmacht focused their fire on destroying the villa.

This matter immediately caused a sensation in the country, and even the Military Investigation Committee once intervened in this matter.But firstly, the head of the regiment and the person concerned died in the later war, and secondly, there are very few veterans left, and the dictation is extremely inconsistent, especially on the issue of whether they saw the white flag, white underpants, or floating white paper. , and on the issue of time, they were all extremely inconsistent, and in the end, amidst the uproar, nothing was left. This is another story.

290 Winning Two Wars Simultaneously

In Guangzhou, Lu Rongting and other leaders of the Cantonese army died in the war.The tens of thousands of Guangdong-Guangxi coalition forces in Shaoguan and the coalition forces in Jiangxi, Fujian and other places were in chaos.And soon, Li Liejun led the troops in Jiangxi, and Jiang Baili led the troops in Fujian, launching the uprising almost at the same time.Wherever the army went, the rebels were all invincible, either surrendering or retreating wildly in the direction of Yunnan and Guizhou.

Due to the extremely fast speed of the Central Army, the Cantonese Army did not react at all, and the city of Guangzhou was already occupied by the National Defense Forces flocking to it.The central army occupied not only a city in Guangzhou, but also the military ammunition collected by the Guangdong army from all over the province to be transported. Next, it is enough for them to fight for half a year in August, and they are really well prepared.

Guangzhou fell, and even if the Shaoguan garrison returned to attack Guangzhou, the success rate was very low.Especially when the news of Lu Rongting's death in the war came, those Lu Rongting's confidantes were like bereaved dogs, and even the thousands of Central Army in Licheng District ignored them and rolled up all the belongings that could be taken away.Use their speed limit to escape to Yunnan and Guangxi.After hesitating, more officers chose to stay and surrendered to the National Defense Forces in Lishi, willing to accept the surrender of the central government unconditionally and accept the comprehensive reorganization of the central government.

In March 23, just half a month after the central government officially launched the counter-insurgency war, Guangzhou announced its pacification, and the few garrisons in Guangxi also announced that they would accept the reorganization of the central government. The Gui army was officially declared destroyed.Most of the Guangdong-Guangxi Allied Forces completely abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and a small number directly retreated to Yunnan, and Guizhou went to Tang Jiyao.There are also a small number of people who have fallen directly into the mountains in the south and seem to be enjoying their unfettered life.

The spokesperson of the First Cabinet Office of the Central Committee informed the public of the situation of the counter-insurgency war. Lu Rongting and many other high-level officers of the Guangdong-Guangxi Army were killed in the war.Most of the middle and senior officers of the Guangdong-Guangxi Army will be detained in Nanjing and be judged by a military court.Many people have commented that even if they are finally found not guilty, I am afraid that they will miss the military in this life. Confronting the central government and rebelling are serious crimes. This is a taboo for any person in power. It is a great kindness and kindness not to use the butcher knife.In the face of such big right and wrong, all excuses are pale.

A large number of Guangdong and Guangxi soldiers were not as lucky as the Beiyang Army. After all, this time is different from the period when the National Defense Army and the Beiyang Army were fighting for the world.Although there is no such thing as abusing captives.But they want to get the treatment of the soldiers of the Beiyang Army, or even want to enter the establishment of the National Defense Forces, that is not the case anymore.Although there are quite a few of these people who can be called elites, there are no rules, and when governing a country, the rule of law should be the first priority, and personal feelings should not be put before the law.

Without the support of the Guangdong and Guangxi Army, Tang Jiyao was under unprecedented pressure.Although he was extremely anxious, the police all over the place stopped almost at the same time.This is not up to him, but the spontaneous actions of his generals.After pacifying Lingnan, the National Defense Forces will concentrate their forces to deal with them, so the reality before Tang Jiyao's eyes is that he must shrink the line of defense. He must not be like Lu Rongting, whose old nest was taken away before the battle started.You must know that what they are facing is not only the Central Army whose combat effectiveness is obvious to all, but also a figure that none of them can ignore, Cai E, Cai Songpo, who command this army!

When Tang Jiyao was in distress, several generals under his command, Long Yun, Hu Ruoyu, Zhang Ruji, Li Xuanting, etc. all called Tang Jiyao to ask for advice.Judging from their tone, they are not optimistic about the outcome of the war.And the staff who advocated the war at the beginning.They also fell silent.In the eyes of people with a discerning eye, in the current situation, being able to hold onto Yunnan and Guizhou provinces is already the best of the best.

Tang Jiyao was also considered a decisive person. He quickly sent electricity to all armies and demanded that all troops be withdrawn to Yunnan and Guizhou to strengthen defense and prevent the National Defense Forces from advancing.At the same time, representatives were sent to Nanjing to seek peace with Nanjing, and demanded the autonomy of the Yunnan-Guizhou region, seeking the original status of the autonomous region and the Beiyang Central Committee.Because Tang Jiyao knew very well that if he wanted to win Nanjing, the possibility of being the master of the central government had already been shattered, so he could only seek this retreat and intend to come later.If the central government insists on not needing it, then he has no other choice but to die.

However, Tang Jiyao's imagination was obviously good. After his order was issued, he did not get a positive response from the following, including the four generals he relied on as his arms.Soon, Tang Jiyao felt something was wrong, because this situation showed that the generals under his command had distracted thoughts and might betray him at any time.

Tang Jiyao's estimate was good. Although he wanted to defend himself in order to protect himself, the generals under his command obviously could not see the future and did not have much confidence.Look at the Guangdong and Guangxi Army, it can be considered a strong army, no matter what, there are about [-] troops.But it was under the attack of the Central Army, which had much fewer troops than them.It was wiped out in an instant, and no effective large-scale resistance was even organized.This made these military professionals not only unable to understand, but also completely unbelievable.When you see those Guangdong and Guangxi troops who surrendered after the war, they are in a bad situation. Compared with the Beiyang army, the situation is really heaven and earth.Look at the persuasion letter sent by Cai E again, who do you think doesn't have some thoughts in his heart.

It can be said that out of the ten division commanders and regiment commanders under Tang Jiyao's command, nine of them quietly dispatched their confidants to contact Cai E or the National Defense Forces to discuss arrangements and treatment conditions after surrender for consideration.Although there is only one word difference between surrender and surrender, the result is a difference of thousands of miles.

So after the battle of Guangzhou, people all over the country shifted their attention to Guizhou and Yunnan. It is estimated that there may be a brand new war here, and the passionate young people in the country must not be disappointed.But what caught the eyes of countless reporters was that the National Defense Forces were only mobilizing troops to Guangxi, Hunan and other places in an orderly manner, and it seemed that they were in no rush to attack Guizhou and Yunnan.The Yunnan-Guizhou army also stopped after shrinking the line of defense, and was indifferent to the slowly approaching National Defense Army, as if they were not worried at all.

This situation is weird. Some people commented that this is the calm before the storm. I am afraid that it will be a reunification war that will determine the fate of China and the future of the country.About to pull away.There are also sharp critics who say that the battle is over and there will be no more fights.Look at the current military mobilization. This is completely a normal military deployment during the negotiation period.Moreover, the logistics support of the Central Army has also slowed down. What is transported in large quantities to the south is no longer ammunition, medicine, and food, but government officials and administrative personnel at all levels. Local government affairs in the hands of warlords.

Hua Fei was also a little surprised by this result, if he had known that the battle to pacify the South was so easy.He would not delay until now, but took advantage of the trend a few years ago to unify the country.While Hua Fei was gratified by this result, he couldn't help but be thankful that he didn't panic at the military deployment meeting and didn't send the most elite ace decision, otherwise it would be ridiculous.

But Hua Fei also understands that this result is not an accidental factor.If he had attacked the south at the beginning, first of all, the Jin army and other armies in other provinces would not be so stable.In addition, the National Defense Forces, which fought frequently at that time, also had great logistical support pressure.At that time, the central government was newly established and the place was unstable. Even the reorganized Beiyang Army was far from being as stable as it is now.The psychological deterrence to the southern army is far from being as far-reaching as it is today.In the unstable situation at that time, once a mistake occurred, the reaction would be an avalanche chain reaction.

But the situation is different now. The country not only took advantage of the Russian civil war, but also strengthened the national self-confidence of the people.In addition, at the Washington Conference, especially in the Jebsen incident in Macau, China’s tough political stance actually made the UK surrender, which brought great prestige and international prestige to the central government, and its significance to the cohesion within the country is immeasurable.

And after several years of development, the economy has continued to improve, the industry has advanced at a high speed, people's livelihood, economy, agriculture, education, medicine and other aspects under the central government can see and touch the achievements of the people. Whether it is the people under the central government or the people who are temporarily under the actual control of warlords in various places, they all have a feeling, and their sense of identity with Nanjing is growing day by day.And while the influence of the central army continues to grow, the original Jin army, local armies in Gansu, Ningxia, Xinjiang and other places are gradually assimilating, basically losing their independence.This is why in the end Tang Jiyao and the others issued the Internal Affairs Reform Order.Even if all the preparations for war are not prepared, it is still the reason for resolutely raising troops.Because everyone can see that if they don't have soldiers, they will completely lose their chances.

Of course, various other factors cannot be ruled out. Cai E’s leadership is a psychological deterrent to the generals of the Yunnan-Guizhou Army. It is also the root cause of the Yunnan-Guangxi Army's timidity before fighting.

Hua Fei immediately picked up a pen and wrote down the call back. It was really unwise to blindly be restricted by the frame of mind.And the choice of the so-called governance concept is a kind of framework.Make the best use of the situation, and choose the most suitable choice under the right background, that is the most suitable choice.Accepting the Yunnan-Guangxi Army who is willing to surrender will not only resolve this civil war without bloodshed, but also increase military strength.Although this will bring about the severity of the conviction and sentencing of the rebels, and even bring about many opposing opinions, Hua Fei still insists on implementing it.

If these people's surrender is rejected, it means that the central government will have to invest a lot of manpower, material resources, financial resources, and military power in this senseless civil war.And those people have no way out, and the resistance must be completely different from the Guangdong and Guangxi Army.Severe measures to deal with the Guangdong and Guangxi army, and the method of comforting the surrendered Yunnan-Guizhou army, is it not a kind of imperial technique, with both kindness and power.

According to Hua Fei's handwritten order, the central government accepts the surrender of the Yunnan-Guizhou Army. Note that it is still a surrender, not a surrender.This is a matter of principle.In view of the fact that most officers know their mistakes and can correct them, and they were bewitched by the chief criminal, repented in time, and did not cause major damage, all officers below the company can be pardoned.However, officers above the company must accept the punishment of the military law department of the headquarters, be dismissed or demoted, and be dealt with in strict accordance with the military law.

However, the treatment of officers above the division level is stricter. All officers above the division level cannot escape the guilt.It's just that if he accepts the order of surrender, Hua Fei can issue an amnesty order to grant a certain amount of amnesty to the final judgments of the senior officers.As long as the sentence is not particularly severe, they are generally exempted from prison and live with their families all year round.

As for the first offender, most of them will be similar to the senior officers of the Guangdong and Guangxi Army. Not only will they be tried by a court-martial, some of them may also accept the fate of life-long house arrest.In contrast, for countless Yunnan and Guizhou military officers, although the results are not very satisfactory, but after thinking about it, and looking at those colleagues who joined the army, most of them can only lament and accept their fate.In fact, after Hua Fei's handwritten notice was sent out, the war situation in the whole south was basically stable.Even if those high-level officers are unwilling to accept it, there must be lower-level officers who obey their orders.The President pardoned all their crimes. If they still persist in their obsession, they will really be kicked in the head by a donkey.

The vigorous southern war can be said to be thunderous and rainy, but only in the eyes of a few people, especially Hua Fei and other high-level officials, can they understand how dangerous this process is.Not long after the war in the south began, a lot of intelligence came from the northeast, showing that the Japanese military hawks were trying to take advantage of this opportunity to launch an offensive into the pass.About reason?Did the Japanese need an excuse to start the war?What excuse did they use to launch the war of aggression against China?

And according to an intelligence report, the entry of the Japanese did not mean launching a full-scale war of aggression against China.Their purpose is very simple, that is to take advantage of the opportunity of the Chinese civil war to enter the customs and plunder.One of the translations is called the Forbidden City Treasure Project, which is even more shocking to Hua Fei!It has to be said that this kind of behavior of the Japanese is very similar to that of Hou Jin in the Ming Dynasty. They purely aimed at wealth and occasionally consumed China's military power.

After receiving this information, the National Defense Forces Command immediately held a comprehensive military meeting. , Many people think that the temporarily recruited troops should be sent to the south immediately, and the troops fighting in the south should be transferred to the north to deal with the possible southward movement of the Japanese at any time.At the same time, he sent people to negotiate with Tang Jiyao, acknowledging the righteousness of the nation, and temporarily ceased the war.

In addition, some people believe that the war should be started immediately at sea, diverting the attention of the Japanese, and delaying the Japanese plan on the road.Thereby buying time to end the civil war.

Hua Fei trained the staff officer who proposed the truce negotiation at that time, because the staff officer was a military officer.As a soldier, resolutely talk less about negotiations.Because the so-called negotiations belong to the politicians.For soldiers, there is only war and victory, failure and death, there is no other choice.That bad idea of ​​knowing righteousness is even more absurd.I'm afraid that once Tang Jiyao and the others hear this news, not only will they not have any righteousness in their hearts, but they will also be very excited and their fighting spirit will burn.

As for naval warfare, although it can be regarded as a strategy, actively provoking a war will make China strategically passive, and it is the weak navy that provokes the war.If this trick is seen through by the Japanese, the navy avoids the battle, and the army aggressively attacks, wouldn't it be shooting itself in the foot, because the current strength of the defense force and navy is really not as strong as chasing the Japanese navy.

Hua Fei took the case at the military meeting and said, what are you afraid of?On the premise of getting information and preparing in advance, is it still so unconfident?Don't you have the confidence to win two wars at the same time on your own land?Moreover, the main force of the ten armies of the National Defense Forces has basically not moved. Even if the Japanese army goes south, they will let them pass by.

It was also at this meeting that Hua Fei proposed the national military development goals and plans for the next ten years.In the next five years, the nation's Army must be able to prepare to win two wars at the same time.These two wars are not like the current wars, but two fierce battles. The imaginary enemy is not the domestic warlords, but the Japanese and Russians.In the next ten years, we must be able to prepare to win three wars at the same time, two of which must be offensive wars, and the scope of operations must cover Europe, Asia, Africa, and even the Americas.

In the next five years, the Air Force must fully guarantee the security of the country's airspace, support the operations of the Army and Navy, and expand the coverage of operations to all land and sea territories in the country.In the next ten years, the Air Force will not only need to continue to improve its five-year combat plan, but also be able to achieve absolute air supremacy that completely controls the entire airspace in East Asia, and can extend its tentacles to any continent that aircraft can fly to, making a contribution to the Army. Minimal escort.

In the next five years, the navy must take shape, achieve basic security of the coastline, and conduct comprehensive patrols of territorial waters.The next ten years will be a key period for the development of the navy. The navy must ensure the security of the country's territorial waters, ensure that it can win any defensive battle within the country's territorial waters, with the support of the air force, and ensure that it can survive the war. During the period, the sea transportation lines of the hostile countries were cut off.In the next 20 years, the Navy will extend its tentacles to the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and even the Atlantic Ocean.The navy must do it. As long as there are Chinese, the flag of the navy can fly in the nearby waters.As long as there are overseas Chinese, the navy can protect the lives and property of overseas Chinese at any time.

A meeting that was supposed to discuss war turned into a ten-year army building and a plan outline for the navy's 20-year development and construction.This outline can be said to have shocked everyone, including Li Yue.However, looking at Hua Fei's firm and unhesitating eyes, no one thought that Hua Fei was just talking.What kind of grand plan is this? If this plan is realized, then, it can be said that China will really rise and reproduce the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

As a result, Hua Fei's plan to fight two wars at the same time did not come true, and the speed at which the southern army surrendered exceeded everyone's expectations, and neither did the Japanese.

A new page is about to reveal his refreshing ink fragrance under the morning sun of Limin.

291 National General Suffrage

Lost opportunity to hit the rocks.The eagerness of the Japanese to move was gradually extinguished.After losing the restraint of the turmoil in the south, the whole of China has completed the de facto unification, and both national strength and military strength have been consolidated to the greatest extent. This is not good news for Japan.

As we all know, the real development of Japan as a country was after the Meiji Restoration, especially with the help of the indemnity from the Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-], Japan's national strength and military have been greatly developed.In the Russo-Japanese War, although Japan won the war, in addition to further establishing Japan's dominance in East Asia, the economic benefits it gained were incomparable with the Sino-Japanese War.

During the First World War, although Hua Fei used various means and tactics to weaken Japan's development speed, but in terms of overall strategy, Hua Fei at that time did not have effective means to completely contain Japan's development.Therefore, although Japan's development during World War I cannot be compared with later generations, its national strength, especially the expansion of industry, should not be underestimated.And stimulated by China's participation in the war, Japan also participated in the process of World War I to a large extent in the later period, and also gained a lot of benefits.

Later, affected by China's rapid rise and Japan's few battles with China were not to please.It greatly aroused the hysteria in the hearts of the Japanese people, and eventually led to the Japanese soldiers quickly ruling the cabinet government.Before the military regime came to power, more Japanese politicians only had an inexplicable fear of the huge China, which is also very common in the military circle.I don't know whether it was because the hawks became more and more powerful after the Japanese soldiers came to power, or the suppressed fear broke out in a crazy situation. Japan marched into the Northeast without its own preparations.Compared with 1931 in the original history, it is more than ten years earlier.

No one in history can judge the significance of Japan's march into the Northeast.However, there are a few points that greatly encouraged the Japanese military government. It was so easy to attack the Northeast. It not only quickly occupied the entire Northeast, but also took root smoothly.The fierce counterattack of the National Defense Forces that was expected before did not appear. Although the military staff gave countless factors, the meaning of Japan's acquisition of the Northeast is definitely a land of prosperity for them.While continuing to increase its troops, Japan saved a large amount of funds to enter the Northeast, and started comprehensive resource mining, mine establishment, transportation line construction and other projects.

In addition, due to the rapid rise of China, the close cooperation with Germany, and the fuse of the Jebsen incident, the relationship between Britain, France and other countries and China has been greatly affected.Britain and Japan, which originally disbanded their alliance due to the Washington Conference, could not re-align due to the concerns of the United States.However, a London agreement was recently signed, mainly to strengthen technical cooperation in industry and commerce between each other. The agreement is very similar to the agreement signed between China and Germany.

It can be said that Japan is not alone in adopting a national strategy to contain China.They have many allies, and it is foreseeable that as China's national power grows, the number of such allies will increase.

China pacified the Lingnan Rebellion, and the domestic reform bill continued to be implemented rapidly.However, there was great disagreement within the government, even within the Baath Party, over how to treat the top generals of the Confederate Army.Everyone in the opposition revolutionary party claimed that these people were the founding heroes of the Republic of China and should be pardoned.After all, for a long period of time, the revolutionaries and the southern warlords were still comrades-in-arms fighting side by side, and the death of the rabbit and the fox hurt others. No matter what position they stood on, the revolutionaries were still doing what they could. .

After the Southern Army was completely recovered by the central government, looking at the whole of China, there are still some independent and powerful armies including the Feng Army, the Jin Army, and the Xingui Army.Sichuan Army.As for the local troops in other northwestern provinces, they are not enough in terms of quantity or quality.Feng Jun lost the Northeast, just like duckweed on the water, without much energy.Although the new Gui Army is called the Gui Army, whether it is Huang Shaohong, Li Zongren, or Bai Chongxi, the troops under their command have basically been reorganized by the National Defense Forces. Even if they want to rebel, it may be difficult for them to act.

During this turmoil, the Sichuan Army's camp position was fully revealed.Some people have said that strength does not determine your future. Sometimes, standing on the right team is more important than having strength.Standing in the right team is actually standing on the tide of historical progress, following the trend and never going against the tide.Although the war in the South is over, the war is far from over.With such a large number of troops dispatched, it is impossible to travel to the southern country and quickly return to defense.After receiving the order, Jiang Baili led his troops to station in Fujian, Jiangxi, and Guangzhou to temporarily control the military affairs of the three provinces.Li Liejun led the troops stationed in Hunan, Guangxi, and Yunnan to control the military affairs of the three provinces.On the other hand, Cai E led the army to station in Sichuan, controlled the military affairs of Guizhou and Sichuan, and dealt with those troops who were on the wrong team in Sichuan Province.Do a full sweep.

Politics is cruel and military is inhumane.For the sake of the country's stability, Hua Fei has no choice. All he can do is to treat those prostitutes with mercy, but such crimes as treason and military rebellion, who can find a reason for forgiveness?

Although Sichuan is large and the terrain is extremely complicated, Feng Yuxiang has been stationed in the province for many years, and Cai E, the reinforcement, has fought many wars in Sichuan. He has a certain understanding of the topography, customs and customs there. The reason why Cai E was sent.

The rest of the battles were not urgent. Many defeated soldiers refused to surrender to the central government, but turned into bandits one after another, which had a great impact on the local public security situation.The mountainous and watery environment in the south provided them with great convenience. Even after the founding of New China in history, the war against bandits here lasted for several years.

In order to reduce banditry and quickly stabilize the society and people's livelihood, Hua Fei sent the [-]th Army of the Xingui Clan back to the south as the main force to suppress bandits.A native of Guijun.Occupying the right time, place and people, the success of suppressing bandits is only a matter of time.

So there is only the last cohesive Jin army left. In history, Yan Xishan was able to dominate Shanxi for decades, and he had his own skills and means.Although the current Jin army is no longer enough to pose a threat to the central government, the Jin army is also the most difficult army to reorganize. The integrity and unity of the army made the staff officers of the headquarters hate it.