Beiyang reactionaries

If things go on like this, what face will Li Yuanhong, a great president, have to continue to be the great president.At that time, not only Li Yuanhong will lose face, but the entire Beiyang government will be underestimated.

"The authority of the central government has been completely lost, and government and military orders cannot be unified. How can the world not be chaotic."

Duan Xun also sighed.

After all, the Beiyang government is not the savior of Chinese history after all.Originally, the situation in Beijing after the War to Protect the Nation was not too bad, but Li Yuanhong and Duan Qirui brought things to this point.Duan Qirui even united his warlords to force Li Yuanhong.

Even if Duan Qirui wins this time, of course with Duan Qirui's strength, he will definitely win.But such a thing will cause too much trouble, especially those local warlords who have tasted the sweetness will completely look down on the central government.Therefore, once something happens that affects their own interests in the future, they will definitely take the same method to persecute the central government.Once this kind of thing happens, it will hit the reputation of the central government once.The result is that the authority of the central government has been greatly reduced and the power of local governments has been greatly enhanced.

How can the country not be chaotic.

"Actually, even if there is no dispute between the government and courts, the world cannot be stable. Once Chief Duan gains real power, he will inevitably promote his idea of ​​'unification by force' and eliminate the Southwest Army. How can these Southwest troops be captured without a fight? By then There will be a fight."

"Yes."

The shadow of war is always hanging over China now.Duan Xun thought for a while and said, "Our Sichuan's geographical location is very important, even very good. But it is also because of the important geographical location of Sichuan that it is a battleground for military strategists. Whenever there is a war, Sichuan will inevitably be a battlefield again. So while the situation is stable now, I want to expand the army. But I want to ask a few people, Mr. Wang."

"General."

"I want to expand the army, whether the military expenditure can keep up."

Duan Xun has no ability to intervene when the dispute between the government and the court has reached this level.It seems that Duan Xun, the governor of Sichuan, seems to be very powerful in Sichuan, but in the entire Beiyang government, Duan Xun is still a junior.Duan Xun does not have any ability and influence to interfere in this kind of matter.The only thing Duan Xun can do now is to send a representative to attend the meeting to show that he also supports Duan Qirui.Apart from this, I can't do anything.

Since the current situation cannot be changed, Duan Xun can only continue to strengthen his control over Sichuan.

military expansion.

Another year will be the Law Protection War.

Sichuan is definitely one of the main battlefields. Duan Xun must expand his army in order to get the most benefits from the chaotic situation in the future.But military expansion is not a game, it involves all aspects.The biggest problem is money, whether there is enough money to expand the army.

So Duan Xun asked about Wang Yongjiang.

"General, how much do you want to expand the army?"

"Well. At present, I have the No.17 Division, the Fourth Mixed Brigade, the No.13 Mixed Brigade in Sichuan, as well as the armed police force and some small troops scattered around. There are about 8 troops. I plan to expand the army to [-] people. , I don’t know how?”

Fang Dingying's Fourth Mixed Brigade is currently stationed in southern Sichuan to guard against the Yunnan and Guizhou armies.Li Bingzhi's No.13 mixed brigade was stationed in Sichuan to deter Tibet. The 17rd Brigade of the No.33 Division, Li Jishen's troops were stationed in Chongqing.Liu Xiang's 34th brigade was stationed in Tongqing and Shunqing, and Shang Zhen's independent mixed brigade was stationed in Chengdu.

These are the main field troops of Duan Xun's Department at present.

Say no more, but say less.In addition to these troops, there are also some troops that have not yet been awarded the establishment, and there are thousands of people.If all the troops in disorder are added, the troops currently under the control of Duan Xun have greatly exceeded 5 people, which is not a small number.

"can."

Wang Yongjiang nodded and gave Duan Xun an affirmative answer.

Since Wang Yongjiang entered Sichuan, he first established a Southwest Bank and began to rectify Sichuan's finance.Then the Salt Bureau was established to manage Sichuan salt and bring it all into government operating agencies.

Sichuan Salt is the real big head, creating millions of taxes for the provincial government a year.

And with Wang Yongjiang's strict management of Sichuan Salt, Sichuan Salt's income has been rising steadily.According to Wang Yongjiang's calculations, Sichuan Salt can add more than 1000 million yuan to Sichuan's finances every year. A lot of the previous money was handed down, and the flood of private salt caused the government to lose too much revenue.

With Wang Yongjiang vigorously reforming Sichuan's financial system, Wang Yongjiang is sure that next year's Sichuan Provincial Government's revenue will be more than 1000 million more than this year.Therefore, the expansion of the army by 3 to [-] will not affect Sichuan's finances.

"it is good."

Since Wang Yongjiang, the God of Wealth, said it was possible, Duan Xun knew that half of the success had been achieved.As long as there is money, military expansion will not be a major problem.

"Brother Jinfan (Xiong Kewu), let's talk about weapons and equipment, can you afford it?"

82 Army Expansion 2

"Brother Jinfan, can you afford the weapons and equipment?"

Xiong Kewu.

After taking refuge in Duan Xun, Duan Xun did not let Xiong Kewu lead the army.It's not because he's not good at leading troops, but because it's impossible for Duan Xun to trust him right away.Therefore, he was appointed as the head of the logistics department of the Governor's Mansion.

At present, the logistics of Duan Xun's troops are all in the hands of Xiong Kewu.

Of course, Duan Xun seems to be reusing Xiong Kewu, but Duan Xun's logistics has always been independent.A large number of officers and soldiers in the logistics department are all direct descendants of Duan Xun.The one who was really in charge of Duan Xun's logistics was Duan Xun's old subordinate in western Henan, Zhang Shichen who was a bandit.It is impossible for Duan Xun not to be on guard against Xiong Kewu at all.Because Xiong Kewu's reputation in Sichuan is too high and his connections are too strong.

But overall, Xiong Kewu's ability is not bad.

And although people have a hot temper, they are not the kind of people who have no vision at all.Although he was in charge of the logistics department of Duan Xun's troops, he did not intervene wantonly, and Zhang Shichen was still in charge of specific matters.

"If the troops want to be equipped with the same equipment as the 3th Division, it is impossible. We don't have so many weapons to equip the troops. And it is impossible to equip all the troops with the same rifles. Because our logistics department currently The firearms in my hands come from a variety of sources. As long as there is no such requirement, it is not a big problem for me to prepare [-] to [-] rifles for the expansion of the army by [-] to [-]. At present, our logistics department has all kinds of rifles Still a lot."

"That's fine."

Duan Xun nodded, and then said: "At this stage, there is no army in China that can fully use a unified rifle. It is already very remarkable to be able to have a gun in each hand. From this point of view, it is not a big problem for us to expand the army by 3 to [-] people."

"General, what about the establishment?"

Deng Hanxiang asked Duan Xun.

Although Deng Hanxiang led the army briefly when he was in Luzhou, he soon returned to Duan Xun's side again and began to serve as the Secretary-General of the Governor's Mansion.Yang Wei, Wang Yongjiang, and Jiang Hongyu, Duan Xun's right-hand men, are already sitting in charge of one side, each in charge of a share.Therefore, the current daily affairs of Duan Xun Governor's Mansion are handled by Deng Hanxiang.

prepared by.

this is a problem.Because in the current Sichuan, the Beiyang government has only three establishments, one is Duan Xun's No.17 Division, the other is Li Bingzhi's No.13 Mixed Brigade, and the last one is Fang Dingying's No. 17 Mixed Brigade.Moreover, the No.3 Division and Duan Xun's troops have 1 troops, but the Beiyang government admits that the establishment is only 2.The remaining [-] people, as well as the extra troops from Fang Dingying's Fourth Mixed Brigade, were not established by the Beiyang government.

Therefore, the military pay of the Beiyang government is only given to those who have an establishment, and the military pay is paid according to the quota they recognize.Now that Duan Xun wants to expand the army and establish his own establishment, the Beiyang government does not recognize these.

It is necessary for the local government to settle the military salary by itself.

"It's just a preliminary idea now. I plan to expand the establishment of three divisions. The name Sichuan Army is too local, as if we are just an army in Sichuan. I originally wanted to call the National Army, but this would make people think that we have a relationship with the Kuomintang. I thought it was an army of the Kuomintang, which was not good. So I thought about it and called the Southwest Frontier Army first. Anyway, Sichuan is close to Tibet, and Tibet has always been rebellious. Now we form the Southwest Frontier Army to defend The meaning of frontier defense also includes the meaning of monitoring Tibet. What do you think of this title?"

"Border Guards, Southwest Frontier Guards. That's a good name."

"Bi Chuan Jun sounds grand."

Both Yang Wei and Wang Yongjiang nodded.

Duan Xun looked at Xiong Kewu.After all, Xiong Kewu is one of the representatives of the Sichuan Army.Xiong Kewu had some objections in his heart. It was obviously the army of Sichuan, so it was not good to be called the Sichuan army.But seeing that everyone agrees, they nodded.

"Okay. I am going to name the newly expanded army the First Division, Second Division, and Third Division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army. The organization does not need to be too large. Each division has three infantry regiments and one artillery regiment. There is no brigade. level, the number of people is tentatively set at 8000."

"It's settled."

military expansion.

Even though the meeting was just a meeting of a few people, the news that Duan Xun wanted to expand the army immediately spread his wings and caused a big storm in the entire Sichuan military circle.After all, military expansion means that some officers can be promoted, some officers can come back, and a large number of young officers must be used.

At this time, many officers of the Yuanchuan Army who had been left out by Duan Xun all came to their senses, especially those senior officers of the Yuanchuan Army.

Since Duan Xun took over Sichuan, he began to hold these high-ranking officials of the Sichuan army high.All of them have high status and enjoy high military ranks, but most of them are positions without real power, typical retirement positions.Then Duan Xun was a young officer who was specially promoted to the Sichuan Army.Of course, these people are not reconciled, because although they may seem to be former Sichuan army bosses, in fact, none of them are very old, and few of them are over 40 years old.How could they be willing to let them retire at such an age.So when they heard that Duan Xun wanted to expand the army, they all wanted to find a chance to rise again.