Beiyang reactionaries

"As long as the opponent doesn't bombard our position with artillery, then I have the confidence to keep Hankou."

Sun Chuanfang is very confident.

Lu Qingting nodded.Lu Qingting is currently the head of the Second Division, but he and Sun Chuanfang are classmates. They went to the Baoding Crash School and the Japanese Military Academy together.With Zhou Yinren, who is currently in Jiangxi Governor Chen Guangyuan's place, the three of them are very good classmates.Lu Qingting recognized Sun Chuanfang's strength.Among the three, Sun Chuanfang is the best in terms of military ability.

But Lu Tingting still said: "Xin Yuan (Sun Chuanfang), don't you worry at all? At present, Duan Hefei's army is overwhelmed, no matter how I see it, it will be difficult for Cao Kun to win. Wu Peifu has retreated nearly a hundred miles on the front line, and he will retreat further." , Teacher Qu’s (Qu Tongfeng) troops are about to enter Baoding.”

In troubled times, every choice you make may determine the fate of a person and a group.

Lu Qingting was worried.

In fact, which of these direct generals is not worried now.Look at Duan Qirui's side, there is a steady stream of troops joining the battle, while Cao Kun's side is retreating step by step.

Wu Peifu needless to say here.

The current situation of the road led by Cao Ying is also very unfavorable.The troops in Cao Ying's hands are well-armed, and they could have competed with Xu Shuzheng's Northwest Frontier Army.But suddenly the Japanese came out and drew a line, telling Cao Ying that you can't fire in this place.Also let them evacuate from this range.

Let Xu Shuzheng's troops immediately gain the upper hand and start fighting against Cao Ying's troops.

Three days into the war, Duan Qirui had the absolute upper hand.

"How can you not be worried. But I believe there will be a turning point. You and I both know the style of Wu Ziyu (Wu Peifu) leading troops. When he was fighting in Hunan, he always rushed and fought without giving the opponent a reaction. Opportunity. But in this battle, although Wu Ziyu's troops are smaller than Teacher Qu's troops, the difference in strength between the two sides is not that big. Although Teacher Qu's troops are well-equipped, and they claim to select the best talents from the entire army. But to be honest, this army has not fought much at all, and it is a flamboyant army. Wu Ziyu's army, plus Feng Huanzhang's (Feng Yuxiang) No.16 mixed brigade, are all elite soldiers. If they really fight, I don't think Wu Ziyu's troops are inferior to Teacher Qu's troops. But Wu Ziyu's troops haven't fought against Teacher Qu very much. They basically retreat at the first touch, and they have retreated for nearly a hundred miles. It's not normal, absolutely not normal."

"You mean Wu Peifu did it on purpose?"

"kindness."

Everyone is not optimistic about Cao Kun, and they all think that Wu Peifu is also a waste of fame.Wu Peifu led the third division, led the Zhili First Mixed Brigade, the Second Mixed Brigade, and the Third Mixed Brigade, plus Feng Yuxiang's No.16 Mixed Brigade, the strength of which was not much worse than Qu Tongfeng's.

But Wu Peifu was defeated by Qu Tongfeng.

But Sun Chuanfang didn't think so.

Sun Chuanfang has seen Wu Peifu's use of troops.Wu Peifu pays attention to speed in fighting, and he performed vividly in the war of protecting the law.As long as the opponent reveals a little loophole, Wu Peifu can catch it.Moreover, there is no chance for the opponent to react at all. As long as the troops attack, they will be at a whirlwind speed.Before the opponent has reacted, it has already caused heavy damage to the opponent.

Moreover, Sun Chuanfang knew the strength of Wu Peifu's troops very well.There is also the No.16 mixed brigade of Feng Yuxiang, who has always been a thorn.Although Sun Chuanfang was not convinced by Wu Peifu and Feng Yuxiang, Sun Chuanfang was sure of the combat effectiveness of their troops.

That's why he was puzzled.

Wu Peifu couldn't be so bad.Although Qu Tongfeng has been a soldier for so many years, in fact, he has only led soldiers in the late Qing Dynasty in the past few decades. He has not led soldiers for many years after the Revolution of [-]. He has been teaching in military academies, otherwise he would be a nominal general. Be a councilor.

Can he have the ability to make Wu Peifu like this?

Sun Chuanfang didn't believe it.

"Don't look at Duan Hefei's absolute advantage now, as long as one loses all the way, the whole line will be defeated. Do you know why?"

"why?"

"Because the so-called Beiyang Army, whether it is the Anhui Clan or the Zhi Clan, are we not counted? When it is beneficial, everyone is the Anhui Clan and the Zhi Clan, and they are called brothers and sisters. When there is a problem, don't worry about it Whether it is the Anhui branch or the direct branch, it will definitely disperse. You look at the Eighth Division, look at the two brothers Wang Ruxian and Wang Ruqin. They are a typical example of where the wind blows and people fall. The fighting power is so strong, so they are engaged in an armistice at the front. Now that Duan Hefei has the upper hand, Wang Ruqin has forgotten how his brother cheated Duan Hefei, and he still defected to Duan Hefei. In fact, most of the generals of our Beiyang Army are like this. Take a look, there must be many people defecting to Duan Hefei in the past few days. But once Duan Hefei is defeated, countless people will immediately abandon Duan Hefei."

"Will it be so?"

Lu Qingting frowned.

What Sun Chuanfang said was too naked, which made Lu Qingting feel uncomfortable.It is said that the generals of the Beiyang Army are like grass on the wall.Although it was uncomfortable, Lu Yuting also agreed with Sun Chuanfang.

This has a lot to do with the same origin of the Beiyang Army.

Anyway, everyone knows each other. If you can't eat here, you can also eat there.

"There is another problem, that is, Beijing is too close on the battlefield. Once Wu Ziyu defeats Teacher Qu's troops, he can go to Beijing within a day by marching quickly. Then what will Duan Hefei use to defend Beijing?"

"So you were waiting for this."

Lu Qingting nodded.

Lu Yuting always thought that Sun Chuanfang really pinned his hopes on the Hunan Army, on the Hunan side.Unexpectedly, Sun Chuanfang pinned her hopes on Cao Kun and Wu Peifu.

"Of course. A small environment will never be able to fight against a large environment. Once Duan Hefei really wins, we will defend Hankou at that time. Don't talk about defending Hankou, even if we wipe out all Wan Xuancai's troops, what can we do? What can we change? When the time comes, just lead people and evacuate from Wuchang. As for the troops of the Hunan Army, there is no big wave. There is only one person who can really change our destiny, Wu Ziyu and Wu Peifu. He can truly solve our current predicament, and only he Victory, Duan Xun's troops will withdraw."

"Xinyuan (Sun Chuanfang), I believe in you."

Lu Qingting nodded.

They are classmates, but everyone supports Sun Chuanfang's words.The reason is that among the few of them, Sun Chuanfang is the most capable person with both civil and military skills.

"Okay, let's take a gamble."

Regardless of Sun Chuanfang's current analysis, Sun Chuanfang's heart is also beating drums.After all, Sun Chuanfang is not a god, but only relied on some current intelligence analysis.If your own analysis is wrong, then it is useless to guard Hankou here.

"Xin Yuan, I heard that the person facing us is Tang Shengzhi who was born as Adjutant Duan Xun, so don't underestimate him."

"kindness."

Sun Chuanfang smiled and said: "In fact, I have long wanted to fight against Duan Xun's troops. I have heard that Duan Xun's troops are powerful in combat. I really want to see how Duan Xun's troops are fighting."

"That's good."

"Tap-tap-"

While Sun Chuanfang and Lu Yuting were waiting in the command room for the outcome of the negotiation between the foreigners and Tang Shengzhi, Meng Zhaoyue, the head of Sun Chuanfang's team, walked in.With an anxious expression on his face, he said to Sun Chuanfang, "Brigade Commander, something serious has happened."

"what happened?"

"Liu Zuolong announced his support for Duan Hefei Dingguo in Hanyang, accused Cao Kun of committing rebellion, and called for the expulsion of Wang Dujun (Wang Zhanyuan)."

"what?"

Both Sun Chuanfang and Lu Yuting stood up.

Sun Chuanfang's hands kept shaking, feeling the darkness in front of him.The place Liu Zuolong controls is Hanyang. Although it is not as developed as Hankou, the important heavy industries in the three towns of Wuhan are all in Hanyang.

Especially the famous Hanyang Arsenal and Hanyang Iron Works.

And Hanyang is one of the three towns in Wuhan, across the river are Wuchang and Hankou.

It's all useless.

Sun Chuanfang could only murmur: "It's not my fault that God wants to kill the warlord (Wang Zhanyuan)."

In the history of the Republic of China, there are really a few combinations that are very famous.Just like Cao Kun and Wu Peifu, Cao Kun himself was nicknamed "fool" in the Beiyang Army. Many people said that Cao Kun was a "trash" with little ability.Although Cao Kun is not a real fool, these are just canceling Cao Kun's words.But many people think that Cao Kun really has no skills.Regardless of whether it is running the army or fighting, Cao Kun is a very mediocre military general.But Cao Kun has a favorite general, Wu Peifu, whom Cao Kun loves and trusts in every possible way.Therefore, Wu Peifu helped Cao Kun to win the world, and Wu Peifu finally achieved the position of president.

There are also Zhang Xueliang and Guo Songling.

Zhang Xueliang is the son of Zhang Zuolin, the king of the Northeast. When he first joined the army to lead the army, he was ridiculed by some of Zhang Zuolin's old people. They laughed at Zhang Xueliang in private, saying that he was a "young commander".In fact, whether it is a TV series or an article in the later generations, it is always called "Young Marshal", "Young Marshal", it seems that this is a very nice name.In fact, at the beginning of the period, some people in the Northeast Army called him Young Marshal. Those people looked down on Zhang Xueliang, a young man who came out to lead the army, so calling him Young Marshal was meant to ridicule and belittle him.

When Zhang Xueliang led the army, he had complete trust in Guo Songling and almost obeyed him.Sure enough, Guo Songling helped Zhang Xueliang build one of the most elite troops in Fengjun.During the first Zhifeng War, Zhang Zuolin's troops suffered a disastrous defeat and were chased and beaten by Wu Peifu.At this time, they were the recruits trained by Zhang Xueliang, and it should be said that the troops created by Guo Songling were cut off.Only by blocking Wu Peifu's troops firmly did Fengjun's large troops escape.If it weren't for Zhang Xueliang and Guo Songling, more than half of Fengjun's troops would have been lost.