Beiyang reactionaries

Later in Hubei, there were people from the Revolutionary Party and Li Yuanhong, all of whom were very powerful.Although after Yuan Shikai and Duan Qirui's rectification, the forces of the revolutionary party in Hubei and Li Yuanhong's forces have been hit hard, but it is impossible to completely eliminate them.

In addition, in order to eliminate Li Yuanhong's Hubei army forces in the early years, Duan Qirui, Duan Zhigui and other Anhui faction leaders successively settled in Hubei, which made there are still many Anhui faction forces here.Speaking of which, Wang Zhanyuan came to Hubei later. In fact, it took more than three years to become the governor of Hubei.Therefore, the situation in Hubei is very complicated, and even the direct military officers represented by Wang Zhanyuan are full of contradictions.

During this period, especially during the Dharma War, half of the Hubei army rebelled.Many of the "rebellious" Hubei Army troops were troops that participated in the Wuchang Uprising.

So Wang Zhanyuan is still licking his wounds.

This is a good opportunity.

"You all think so?"

"Yes."

"General, it is appropriate to attack Hubei. Hubei is an important town in the central region and the most important territory of the Zhili Clan. Our attack on Hubei is in line with the art of war of besieging Wei and saving Zhao."

Everyone supports the fight against Hubei.

Duan Xun also nodded.

After thinking for a while, he said, "That's it. The Tenth Division (Commander Jiang Meiling) of the Fifth Army (Commander Yin Chengyu) of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army (Commander Jiang Meiling) was transferred from the Teaching Brigade (Brigade Commander Wang Bailing) to the Tenth Division. For the second division, let Wang Boling serve as the temporary commander of the second division and stationed in Chongqing. The fifth army entered Hubei and stationed in Badong, Yidu, and Zhijiang along the Yangtze River.”

Wang Boling was specially transferred from Duan Xun's position as the head of education in the Yunnan Lecture Hall to serve as the commander of the Yunnan Army's teaching brigade.Moreover, many outstanding officers of the Yunnan Army were incorporated into the teaching brigade to better control the Yunnan Army troops.

Therefore, Wang Bailing's teaching brigade gathered a large number of officers of the Yunnan Army, and the deputy platoon leaders of the troops were all graduates of the Yunnan Lecture Hall.When Wang Boling was the head of education in the Yunnan Lecture Hall, he let the People's Party develop wantonly in the Lecture Hall. He was an officer of the Yunnan Army that Duan Xun valued very much.

Now is the time to transfer out the teaching brigade and start expanding the army.The temporary division is a relatively small establishment, with two infantry brigades and one cavalry brigade, with a full formation of 1 troops.The designation of the temporary first division was given to Ma Xiaojun, and their troops were stationed in Yulin.Duan Xun wanted to give Wang Boling the designation of the second division temporarily, so that Wang Boling's troops would be stationed in Chongqing and defend Chongqing.The war is about to start, and Duan Xun doesn't care about how much military expenditure will be spent on expanding the army like this.Anyway, it's just a sentence, don't be afraid of itching if you have too many lice, and don't worry if you have too many debts.

Now Duan Xun has countless debts outside.

spend it.

Compared with any other warlord, Duan Xun is the most confident in expanding his army.Because Duan Xun has the most complete officer system in his hands, he holds the Yunnan Military Academy and the Sichuan Military Academy established by Duan Xun, as well as the Guizhou Military Academy. Nearly 2000 military academy graduates come to Duan Xun's troops every year.This does not include the large number of students in the teaching brigade for Duan Xun's short-term training.

Moreover, compared with other warlords, Duan Xun has his own military factory.At present, while the Sichuan military factory is building a new factory, it can produce six to seven thousand rifles for Duan Xun every month.This is still the case of normal work. If we work overtime, the production volume can be improved a lot.In addition, Duan Xun has not fought a war for seven or eight months. Although he has fought intermittently in the past two years, he has not fought any major battles.Therefore, Duan Xun's military factory has a lot of inventory, and the expansion of the army does not worry about the lack of weapons.

In addition to this, Duan Xun has an advantage over any warlord in China, that is, Duan Xun has a very complete recruit training system.Duan Xun's mobilization department is set up in every county in the three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, and recruits recruits according to a certain quota every year.

But that doesn't mean they all join the army.

When Duan Xun needs to expand his army, of course they will join the regular army.But when Duan Xun did not expand the army, these recruits would be sent home after three to five months of training in the recruit unit. During this period of training, they could still receive half of the regular army soldiers' pay.Moreover, the materials of these trained recruits will remain in the mobilization department.This model ensures that when Duan Xun wants to expand his army, he can quickly prepare qualified soldiers for Duan Xun.Although they only trained new recruits for a few months, compared to other warlords who randomly recruit young men, their military skills are already very strong.

Because of such favorable conditions, it is very easy for Duan Xun to expand his army.

Usually the main reason is lack of money.

If there is no shortage of money, Duan Xun will have no problem expanding the army by another hundred thousand.But now there is going to be a war, Duan Xun can't care whether he is short of money or not, he will talk about it after the war.

Therefore, Wang Boling's troops were expanded and stationed in Chongqing.Then the Fifth Army entered Hubei.As long as the Fifth Army enters Hubei, the number of troops Duan Xun will deploy around Hubei will exceed 6, and there will be nearly 7 troops, which is more than Wang Zhanyuan's troops.

"General, will Wang Zhanyuan allow our people to be stationed in Yidu and Zhijiang? After all, they are very close to Jingzhou."

"I'm the commander-in-chief of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. I have the right to supervise these cities along the Yangtze River. I didn't let my troops be stationed directly in Jingzhou. I already gave Wang Zhanyuan enough face. And now, at this time, I can't control that much." Many. Ask Yu Jitang to transfer all the gunboats of the Marine Police Corps to Hubei. Several important towns in Hubei are along the Yangtze River. With these gunboats to help out, it will have a great effect."

As long as he attacks, Duan Xun will not let Hubei run away.

If Hubei is taken down, Duan Xun's strength will definitely increase greatly.And since he wants to win Hubei, Duan Xun has to make perfect preparations.Send all the troops that can be sent in.

"General, how to arrange?"

As the chief of the general staff, Xu Yongchang is responsible for all combat plans once a war breaks out.So Xu Yongchang immediately asked Duan Xun how to arrange the Hubei front.The main question is how to lead so many troops into Hubei.

"Send a telegram to Wan Xuancai, and appoint Wan Xuancai as the commander-in-chief of the troops entering Hubei, under the command of the Fifth Army (Army Commander Yin Chengyu, Chief of Staff Guo Songling), Fourth Division (Division Commander Wang Tianzhen), Eighth Division (Division Commander Xiong Qixun), The First Mixed Brigade of the Southwest Frontier Defense Forces (Brigade Commander Pan Wenhua), the Sixth Mixed Brigade (Tang Shengzhi), and the Marine Police Corps (Chief Yu Jitang). Once the war breaks out, they will take full command of the Hubei campaign.”

"Yes."

"General."

Duan Xun had just deployed troops in the direction of Hubei, and Yang Yongtai spoke.

"What's up?"

"We have just received information that Wu Peifu and Lu Rongting not only have an armistice agreement, but also a cooperation agreement. Lu Rongting is cooperating with the direct line. According to our information, we will give up Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan, and Guizhou to Lu Rongting."

"what?"

"Lu Rongting is crazy."

"This old boy has eaten the heart of a bear and the gall of a leopard."

soldier.

Even the refined soldiers will swear when they are angry.When they heard that Lu Rongting and Wu Peifu had an agreement to hand over the territory in the south to Lu Rongting, these generals immediately became anxious.

Although Duan Xun didn't say anything, everyone has seen the direction of Duan Xun's development.

These people in Duan Xun's department regard the southern provinces as their own territory.Not to mention Yunnan and Guizhou, which have already been occupied, even Hunan is their own territory in everyone's eyes.How can it be that the direct line can give it to whoever it wants.

And Lu Rongting, a warlord who was born as a bandit, how could He De want to control so many places.

joke.

"How is Lu Rongting's situation?"

"General, Lu Rongting greatly expanded his army during the Dharma Protection War. At that time, the Guangdong and Guangxi troops under Lu Rongting's jurisdiction, together with the Guangdong and Yunnan troops stationed in Guangdong and Yunnan, totaled as many as 4. However, during the Hunan campaign, the Guangdong and Guangxi troops who entered Hunan suffered heavy losses. About 10 troops were lost. This year, Lu Rongting is actively expanding his army. Judging from the current number of troops in Lu Rongting's hands, and including the troops stationed in Guangdong and Yunnan, it is estimated that the number will increase to about [-]."

Xu Yongchang replied immediately.

As Duan Xun's chief of staff, Xu Yongchang has a deep understanding of the forces around Duan Xun.After all, only by knowing the opponent's situation can a battle plan be made.

"It's a great threat to us. One hundred thousand troops, this is not a small number."

"Yes, general. Since the general served as the supervisor of the four provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Tibet, Tang Jiyao and Liu Xianshi have defected to Lu Rongting one after another. The combined army of these two men also exceeds 1 people. They have always been eyeing Yunnan and Guizhou."

"In other words, the pressure on the Yunnan-Guizhou border is not small."

"Yes."

Duan Xun looked serious, but he didn't really care.Because Duan Xun asked Yang Yongtai to speak out about Lu Rongting's question at this meeting.Because Duan Xun had two goals this time, one was mentioned by Yang Wei, and that was Hubei.The other one was mentioned by Yang Yongtai, that is Guangxi.

Duan Xun has always been eyeing Guangxi.

Good place.

Of course, Duan Xun is not looking at Guangxi, but the outlets of Guangxi and Guangdong.Now it belongs to Guangdong, but it is in Qinzhou and Lianzhou on the Guangxi side, especially Qinzhou Bay.That is a natural port, which can be used as a trading port or as a naval base.

But Duan Xun has no excuses.

You can't just fight as you say, so Lu Rongting was also involved in this straight-to-Anhui war.Marking Lu Rongting as a direct line just gave Duan Xun an excuse to knock down Guangxi.If Hainan, which is now Qiongya, can be brought down, then Duan Xun will have more choices.