Beiyang reactionaries

"Yes."

Xu Shuzheng also nodded.

Duan Xun's marching speed was a bit slow, but his choice was very good.Don't look at the morale of the Dharma Protectors now, but as long as Duan Xun's 2 troops take Baoqing, the entire Dharma Protectors will be cut off.

Moreover, the main force of the French Guardian Army is in the Hengyang area, and even if it goes up, it is in the Xiangtan and Zhuzhou areas.In the area of ​​Baoqing is the partial army, the total number of people is less than 2.Moreover, these troops went to Changsha again, and it is estimated that there were not many people left in Baoqing.Duan Xun's [-] troops attacked, definitely the most powerful force in the Baoqing area.

The 20th is not too soon, but it is not too late either.

"Give power to De Gong and put his troops on standby."

"Old Zhi."

"De Gong, this kid, has always been a thunderbolt as long as he attacks. He has never been prepared, and he will not send troops. He said that he is ready, and he has made the most complete preparations. If he is really allowed to attack, the situation in Hunan Immediately there will be changes. It's not good for us, let him wait."

"Yes."

What a momentary failure.

What are you afraid of if the situation in Hunan is corrupt?Duan Qirui is now eager for the situation in Hunan to be corrupt, and the Beiyang Army will suffer a big defeat in Hunan.Only when there is a big defeat, Duan Qirui will have a chance to come out again.So after thinking about it, Duan Qirui still ordered Duan Xun to wait.

"However, Mr. Zhi. Degong has been preparing for so long to attack Baoqing and has consumed a lot of supplies. He probably wants to take down a few cities in Hunan to supplement his consumption. We will not allow him to attack Baoqing. His [-] troops are stationed in Zhijiang In the area, will it be..."

Xu Shuzheng hesitated.

In this war to protect the law, Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng have clearly discovered that the authority of the central government has dropped a lot compared to the war to protect the country.Even for those officers of Duan Qirui's direct lineage, it is not easy for Duan Qirui to transfer them now.

There are many excuses for each.

Saying that this is not ready, that is not ready.It is said that the military pay is insufficient, and that weapons and ammunition are insufficient.Anyway, there are various reasons.No good things, they are not positive at all.They will only mobilize troops unless Duan Qirui gives benefits or promises something.

Although Duan Xun also has a lot of excuses, but at least Duan Xun has been mobilizing troops.And firmly suppress Tang Jiyao and control Guizhou to prevent problems in Yunnan and Guizhou.Now a large force has been sent into Hunan, and it is considered the best performer among the Beiyang Army.

However, to mobilize so many troops, Duan Xun needed a lot of logistical supplies.As long as the army starts to be mobilized, the required military salary will be several times the normal amount.Therefore, Duan Xun mobilized so many troops, how could he stop if he didn't take advantage of it.Now that the Beiyang Army troops are dispatched, in addition to needing the departure fee, they will definitely search the place when they arrive.Otherwise, what will be used to make up for military expenses, and how will those officers make money.

If you don't let them make money, they can fight you hard.

"Then give Degong an additional 50 military pay."

"Yes."

"Also, talk to Zhongshan (Cao Kun) as soon as possible. Tell Zhongshan, as long as I return to this position, I will keep the position of vice president for him."

"Yes."

"Help me draft a resignation essay."

Under internal and external difficulties, on October 1917, 10, the third day after Wang Ruxian, the commander of the Eighth Division, and Fan Guozhang, the commander of the No.16 Division, announced the armistice privately, Duan Qirui announced his resignation as the Prime Minister of the State.

In the resignation letter, the whole article expressed how he did his best for the country and the people, but he could only leave sadly.It mainly denounces the internal strife in the Beiyang Army, and believes that it is the disunity of the Beiyang Army that has caused the current difficulties in the country.

Anyway, Duan Qirui is going to leave the position of Prime Minister again.Like the previous few times, Duan Qirui was still prepared to retreat.Retiring today is to come back better in the future.

135 Partisan Power

"Head, are you really going to the Sichuan Army?"

Yunnan.

In the student group, there are about a dozen individuals meeting.

There is actually a shortage of officers in the army across the country.Except for those units that don't care much about these military students, as long as the units that value the regularization of the army are lacking officers now.And the only one that has no shortage of officers is the Yunnan Army.Because the number of Yunnan Army has been decreasing in recent years, but the number of students in the Yunnan Lecture Hall has not decreased at all, and hundreds of graduates appear every year.

The armies of each province in this era have their own characteristics.Most of the military officers are from the province, and most of the military academies they graduate from are from the province.Just like the military officers in Sichuan, a large part of them are graduates of the former Sichuan Military Academy.

The Yunnan Army is the most obvious army here.

Because the Yunnan Army is an army built mainly by students from the Yunnan Lecture Hall.Among the instructors of the Dian Army back then, there were graduates from the Non-commissioned Officer Academy and Baoding Military Academy, but later on, the Dian Army basically did not accept graduates from foreign military academies.The officers of the Yunnan Army are composed of students from the Yunnan Lecture Hall.The students of the Yunnan Lecture Hall go to school, and their goal is also to enter the Yunnan Army.The Yunnan Lecture Hall is for training officers of the Yunnan Army.

This is the characteristic of Yunnan Lecture Hall.

Like Baoding Military Academy, students will be assigned to various units after graduation.Some went to the Beiyang Army, and some went to other places.But just as the Yunnan Army basically does not accept graduates from other military academies, graduates from the Yunnan Lecture Hall rarely serve in other troops.

This has created an embarrassing situation in Yunnan now.During this period of time, the number of Dian army troops has been decreasing, while the number of military school graduates has increased, which makes Gu Pinzhen very annoyed.The Dian Army had more than 5 people at its peak, and now the troops under Gu Pinzhen's control are less than [-] people, and it is impossible to arrange for these graduates of the lecture hall.

But if it is not arranged, these are all unstable factors.It would be a big loss if so many graduates from the lecture hall could not be allowed to leave.But if it is arranged, don't say that there is no position, and there is no money to support so many officers.The salary gap between officers and enlisted men is very large.

In the end, Gu Pinzhen had no choice but to set up a student group.

Let's keep these graduates of the Yunnan Lecture Hall first.Now this is the camp of the student regiment of the Yunnan Army. A group of students in their twenties who have just graduated from the lecture hall are here.

"Yes."

"But why did you suddenly go to the Sichuan Army? That's the Beiyang Army. And will they want us?"

Sun Du shook his head.

I never thought about going to Sichuan.Sun Du, like most of the students in the lecture hall, is from Yunnan. After entering the Yunnan lecture hall, they all want to join the Yunnan army after graduation.For them, the Yunnan Army is their own glory.Entering the Yunnan Army is their goal.

They despise the original Sichuan army, because the Sichuan army's combat effectiveness is too poor to compare with the Yunnan army.For them, Duan Xun's army after entering Sichuan was the Xinchuan Army, that is, the Beiyang Army.For this force they are resistant.

But now they are not satisfied with letting them join the "Sichuan Army".

"You may not be clear. Duan Xun, the governor of Sichuan, has expanded his army too much this year, and there is a serious shortage of officers, so he is poaching military students everywhere. He has already set his sights on our Yunnan, and sent people to contact the students in our martial arts hall. Let's go to his unit."

"I don't want to go either."

Sun Du expressed reluctance on his face, and said, "Commander, do we have such a good relationship with them? Why do you insist that we join the Sichuan Army together?"

Do not understand.

Some people wanted to serve in the "Sichuan Army", but Sun Du didn't think there was any problem.Because even in the Yunnan Lecture Hall, there are Sichuan students, although not many, but there are quite a few.Because Sichuan borders Yunnan, many Sichuan students come here to attend the Yunnan Lecture Hall.Among the most famous are Wang Kai (Commander-in-Chief) and Li Youxun.

One is the current brigade commander of the Yunnan Army, and the other is the current deputy director of the Yunnan Police Department who also serves as the director of the Anti-smoking Bureau.Both of them are from Sichuan and graduated from Yunnan Lecture Hall.It is understandable that these students want to return to Sichuan to join the Sichuan Army, after all, Sichuan is their hometown.But Sun Du is different from them,

A native of Yunnan, he does not want to go to Sichuan.

But now at the meeting, Cun Xingqi, the head of the student group, decided that many people in the student group would defect to Sichuan.The student group was not all graduates of the lecture hall, but also some soldiers from the Yunnan Army.But most of them are still students in the martial arts hall.

"This is not to discuss with you, but to give you orders."

Cun Xingqi glared at Sun Du, and then said to the people who were doing it: "This is not my order, but an order within the party. You are all party representatives of each company, and you should know the discipline."

"But why?"

Sun Du was still not convinced.

Cun Xingqi was a little angry, after all, Sun Du just graduated from the lecture hall this year.In comparison, Cun Xingqi participated in the Revolution of [-], and Cun Xingqi personally opened the gate of Kunming during the Chongjiu Uprising in [-].Later, he participated in the War to Protect the Country and was the commander of the Yunnan Army.