Beiyang reactionaries

"My lord, I just heard the news from Ankang."

When Zhang Baolin was arranging how to urge Sun Zhen, the people under Zhang Baolin hurried in.

"how?"

"The Gelaohui in the Ankang area just announced that they will respond to Duan Hefei and set up the Southern Shaanxi Rebellion Army."

"Arguing against the rebel army in southern Shaanxi?"

Zhang Baolin snorted coldly and said, "What do these melon skins want to do? They alone dare to set up the Southern Shaanxi Rebellion Army?"

"They have asked to follow the Sichuan rebellious army to act together. However, they said that they are currently insufficiently prepared and need the support of the Sichuan rebellious army. They asked the Sichuan rebellious army to prepare weapons and ammunition for them."

"What did the Sichuan rebellious army say?"

"They have already agreed. Li Shuxun and the elders of the Ankang Gelaohui have met. On behalf of the Sichuan Rebellion Army, they said that anyone who opposes Zhang Xun's restoration is a friend. Since the Southern Shaanxi Rebel Army lacks weapons and ammunition, Sichuan Incumbent."

"Ha ha."

A smile appeared on Zhang Baolin's face, but there was a trace of murderous look in his eyes.Sichuan has gone too far.I originally wanted to urge them to leave Hanzhong quickly, but now that Sun Zhen led his troops here, it seemed that he didn't want to leave at all.

And those goddamn Gelaohui.

Dare to jump.

"Send a telegram to Xi'an, tell us about the current situation, and ask Governor Chen what to do?"

Zhang Baolin thought for a while, but he couldn't solve this matter by himself.The Sichuan Army's entry into Shaanxi this time is obviously prepared.There are only two regiments under him, with a number of 2000 people, and it is impossible to grasp the current situation.

It still needs to be handled by Chen Shufan.

It is necessary for Chen Shufan to communicate with Duan Xun, the governor of Sichuan, so as to solve the current matter.It's just that I am very upset, after all, Hanzhong has always been my territory.

"Yes."

118 arms

"I want to see the signatures of General Duan and Tsuruta-kun and their certificates."

Shanghai Wharf.

The situation developed quickly.

On June 1917, 6, Duan Qirui vowed to attack Zhang Xun in Machang, and on the 4th he said he would fight.Of course, it was said that there was a war, but in fact there was no war.This is just a propaganda, Duan Qirui's army and Zhang Xun's army have not collided yet.Duan Qirui is now gathering momentum, constantly using public opinion to build momentum for himself.

In fact, Duan Qirui didn't care about Zhang Xun at all.

Because Zhang Xun's strength is really nothing in front of Duan Qirui.Duan Qirui didn't even call in heavy troops.With Duan Qirui's strength, if Zhang Xun is really valued, it will not be a problem to gather 10,000+ people to besiege Beijing in a short period of time.After all, the northern region has always been the territory of the Beiyang Army. The current Shandong Governor Zhang Huaizhi is a general of Duan Qirui's Anhui Department, and he can easily provide Duan Qirui with tens of thousands of troops.The governor of Zhili is Cao Kun, and there are many troops under him.However, although Duan Qirui has completed the swearing-in meeting in Tianjin, he only has 3 or [-] people in his hands.

Cao Kun, the governor of Zhili, also responded to Duan Qirui, but it was not a large force entering Beijing, but only two brigades of troops were sent north.

What Duan Qirui wants now is fame, and what he wants is how much benefit he can get from this incident.Make enough momentum now and make the public opinion bigger, and the reputation you will get after expelling Zhang Xun will be higher in the future.

Therefore, Duan Qirui was not in a hurry to send troops to expel Zhang Xun.

Instead, he made a big noise to condemn Zhang Xun's restoration, while slowly marching towards Beijing.It was not until June 1917, 6 that Duan Qirui's rebel army arrived near Beijing and began to have contact with Zhang Xun's troops.

But there was no big fight.

Because despite Duan Qirui's constant condemnation of Zhang Xun's restoration, the relationship between Duan Qirui and Zhang Xun is actually ambiguous, and their personal friendship is really good.In other words, Zhang Xun has a wide network of contacts, and through marriage, he is related by marriage to many big men in the Beiyang Army.Zhang Xun himself has a deep relationship with the current Beiyang Army boss, including many interests.

Duan Qirui is to blame for Zhang Xun's restoration in Beijing this time.In order to expel Li Yuanhong, Duan Qirui acquiesced and even deliberately encouraged Zhang Xun to do this.Therefore, Zhang Xun and Duan Qirui are not considered life and death enemies, and they will not really fight to the death.So although the two armies met, they didn't fight much.

During this period of time, Duan Xun's troops had already controlled the territory he wanted before many provinces had done much action.The Hanzhong area of ​​Shaanxi, the northwestern Hunan area centered on Huaihua, and the northwestern and northern Guizhou areas centered on Zunyi were all occupied by Duan Xun's troops.Then use all kinds of excuses to occupy the place and not leave.

If Duan Xun dispatched troops very quickly, then the Japanese were also very fast.After making an agreement with Duan Xun, Tatsuruta immediately sent a telegram to Japan.What Duan Xun wanted was shipped to Shanghai by the Japanese military in just over 20 days.

Of course, it also has something to do with the fact that Duan Xun didn't want many things.

"Please."

Dong Songyan took out two documents from his briefcase and handed them to the Japanese officer.Duan Xun has sent Sun Zhen to Liu Xiang's third division to lead a brigade of troops into Shaanxi.

Dong Songyan was sent to receive this batch of arms.

Don't look at Duan Xun who always emphasizes discipline and the role of organization.But Duan Xun, as a superior, not only needs balance, but also needs the full support of his own troops.Therefore, sometimes you will definitely reuse your own direct line, which is true in any organization.What the superiors need to do is how to promote their own lineage while also balancing other factions.

There are many advantages for Duan Xun to promote Sun Zhen and Dong Songyan.First of all, Sun Zhen and Dong Songyan are military officers from Sichuan, and they will not be rejected by Sichuan military officers when they are promoted.Similarly, they are Duan Xun's students, and they can be regarded as Duan Xun's direct descendants. Duan Xun trusts them very much, and is more willing to send them out for some important matters.

The matter of arms is very big this time, but it can be equipped with weapons and ammunition for two divisions.Therefore, Duan Xun sent his deputy head of the guard regiment, Dong Songyan, who is currently in charge of the guard regiment affairs temporarily.

"Well, yes."

The Japanese officer who escorted this batch of munitions carefully checked the documents Dong Songyan took out.This is the certificate issued by Duan Xun and the certificate of Tsuruta Tatsuya, both of which have his own special identification method.After careful inspection, Japanese military officials confirmed the authenticity of the document.

"We want to inspect the goods."

"of course."

The Japanese officer didn't care at all.Because only after Duan Xun inspected the goods and admitted that this batch of arms was indeed what he wanted, would Sichuan hand over the business to the Japanese Chamber of Commerce.

The business negotiated with Sichuan this time is a big business worth tens of millions a year, and those things can even be used as strategic resources controlled by Japan to bargain with the Anglo-American law.If it weren't for Britain and France being deeply involved in the First World War, the United States would not have much strength in the Yangtze River, otherwise it would not be the turn of the Japanese to be inferior to Sichuan.And maybe there will be more cooperation opportunities in the future.Therefore, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and the Japanese military attach great importance to this cooperation.Anyway, Duan Xun didn't want a lot of ammunition this time, just a little more equipment for the two divisions.

So on this issue, they did nothing.

The required rifles, heavy machine guns, cannons, and ammunition are all in full, and they are all just released from the Japanese military factory.They were all supposed to be handed over to the Japanese army, so I wasn't worried about Duan Xun's people checking them out.In the eyes of the Japanese military, this is just a small munitions order, but for Duan Xun, it is not a small munitions order. Dong Songyan needs to check it carefully.There were as many as a battalion of Duan Xun's subordinates who received this batch of supplies, but it took more than half a day for so many people to inspect this batch of munitions.

very satisfied.

Dong Songyan was very satisfied after inspection, they are all good guys.

"how?"

"That's the right number."

"Well, our task is to send the things here, please sign for confirmation."

The Japanese are very serious in doing things, and they are very strict.Dong Songyan signed it, and then took out a seal from the briefcase and stamped it.Except for a battalion brought by Dong Songyan, the entire pier is guarded by members of the gang and the Shanghai Youth Gang, and no outsiders are allowed to enter.In fact, this pier is controlled by the Shanghai Youth Gang.

Very cautious.

Although speaking, there are really few forces in China who dare to intercept Duan Xun's arms.After all, regardless of Zhang Xun's restoration now, but in terms of state power, the regime has always been in the hands of the Beiyang Army and Duan Qirui.

Now Shanghai, including the provinces around the Yangtze River, is controlled by the Beiyang Army.Of course, several provinces in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are controlled by the direct line generals, but even if it is the direct line army, who would dare to intercept Duan Xun's things, unless it is a direct confrontation with Duan Xun.Although Duan Xun is a rising star of the Beiyang Army, he is also Duan Qirui's favorite general and Duan Qirui's nephew and son-in-law.

In addition, Duan Xun is now the governor of Sichuan, with [-] troops in his hand, and his influence in the Beiyang Army is also thriving, and he is also a powerful figure in the Beiyang Army.Who would risk falling out with Duan Xun for such a small amount of arms.

If there are hundreds of thousands of rifles, then someone will really do it.But with the equipment of only two divisions, those people on the bright side would never do it.But don't be afraid of [-], just in case, everything will have accidents, so Duan Xun is very cautious.