Beiyang reactionaries

Chen Ce has a bit of a temper.

But Tang Tingguang still attaches great importance to Chen Ce.Because Chen Ce is very capable, especially very talented in naval operations.Regardless of whether it is a Fujian officer or a Cantonese officer, among the rising stars of the current Dharma Guardian Fleet, none is more capable than Chen Ce.

That's why Tang Tingguang didn't criticize Chen Ce harshly.

"Everyone has fought side by side for many years, and I'm telling the truth. Our Dharma Guardian Fleet, or our Chinese navy, can only survive by relying on certain people. Because of this, we can get the military salary and the navy can survive. Although it doesn't sound good, this is the reality. Only when we are alive first can we have the ability and opportunity to talk about other things."

"Deputy Chief Tang, even so, we don't have to go to Duan Xun."

Chen Ce was anxious and interrupted again.

Tang Tingguang smiled and said, "Then who do you think we should support? Who should we go to?"

"I……"

"You mean Mr. Sun?"

"Yes."

"We followed Commander Cheng (Cheng Biguang) to the south to protect the law, wasn't it to support Mr. Sun? Wasn't it because we agreed with Mr. Sun's idea of ​​protecting the law? If possible, I think everyone here would support Mr. Sun. But why did Commander Cheng not Support Lu Rongting?"

Chen Ce is young and has a quick temper, but he is not a fool.

How could everyone not know about that.Originally, the navy went south to support Sun Yat-sen mightily.To put it bluntly, Sun Yat-sen in Guangdong at that time had no support at all.

Including Sun Yat-sen's direct line generals Chen Jiongming, Xu Chongzhi, Deng Keng and other famous generals of the Cantonese army, because they have been away from Guangdong for many years, they have no direct line forces in Guangdong at all, that is, there is no army at all.Sun Yat-sen went south to Guangdong. In Guangdong, only Li Fulin's Fuziying army supported Sun Yat-sen.

Therefore, at that time, there was only one force that Sun Yat-sen could rely on, and that was the navy.

Sun Yat-sen was negotiating with Lu Rongting at that time, as long as the talks collapsed, he would definitely threaten Lu Rongting with the navy.Because the guardian fleet can enter Guangzhou anytime and anywhere, threatening Guangzhou.When Sun Yat-sen and Lu Rongting talked about the collapse, they actually commanded the naval forces to bombard Guangzhou and threatened Lu Rongting.

The navy at that time really supported Sun Yat-sen with all its strength.

Without the support of the navy, it would have been impossible for Sun Yat-sen to gain a foothold in Guangdong.Lu Rongting handed over the garrison troops of Zhu Qinglan, the former governor of Guangdong Province, to Chen Jiongming and the others, and it became the current Guangdong Army troops because Sun Yat-sen had the backing of the navy and made a compromise.

But what's the use?

In the beginning, the Navy did support Sun Yat-sen.But Sun Yat-sen had nothing, and he was so poor that he couldn't even afford the military pay for the Dharma Guardian Fleet.You can't let the guardian fleet drink the northwest wind.In order to survive, Cheng Biguang had no choice but to turn to Lu Rongting and demand military pay from Lu Rongting.

If you eat other people's hands, of course you have to listen to them.

That's why people on Sun Yat-sen's side called Haijun a traitor and Cheng Biguang a "bitch".

But the navy itself knows it.Sun Yat-sen didn't give money, so the Dharma Guardian Fleet could only ask Lu Rongting for money.This is the sorrow of the Navy, the sorrow of the Guardian Fleet.Tang Tingguang told Chen Ce directly that when Sun Yat-sen was the head of the Guangdong Dharma Protectorate Military Government and was the Generalissimo, he had no money to support the Dharma Protector Fleet.Now Sun Yat-sen has been expelled from Guangdong and is living in seclusion in Shanghai without much income.How can he feed the navy.

Even if Sun Yat-sen is rich, the Cantonese army of Chen Jiongming, Xu Chongzhi, and Deng Keng will be the first to support them at present, and then they will win over the Zhejiang and Yunnan armies, and it will not be their turn to protect the Dharma fleet.

Going to Sun Yat-sen can only be said to be a good idea, but it is not realistic at all.

"Then there's no need to go to Duan Xun."

Chen Ce still muttered a few words.

Tang Tingguang said with a wry smile: "The number of people we can go to now is very limited. In the current China, the only ones who can support our Dharma Guardian fleet are Cao Kun who just won the victory, or Duan Xun, and Li Chun and Lu Yongxiang from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. There are only four of them. The family has the money to support our naval forces. However, Li Chun and Lu Yongxiang are currently accumulating strength in order to fight for Shanghai. We may need to join the battle immediately if we join any side. It is even possible that our joining will speed up the pace of war between them. .And they are currently mainly developing the army, and we don't know how they will treat us. So after all, we have only two choices now. One is Cao Kun, and the other is Duan Xun."

Lu Rongting?

The Dharma Guardian Fleet didn't want to stay with Lu Rongting for a long time.Regardless of whether it is an officer who wants to return to the Beiyang Army or an officer who supports Sun Yat-sen, he does not want to follow Lu Rongting.

Lu Rongting gave money before, so the Guardian Fleet reluctantly listened to his words.

But now that Lu Rongting's military salary is getting less and less, the guardian fleet naturally doesn't want to work for him.In fact, to put it bluntly, it is still a matter of money.If Lu Rongting is rich now and can meet the requirements of the guardian fleet, then no matter how much they hate him, they will never leave Lu Rongting.

But Lu Rongting has no money now.

poor.

All important cities in Guangxi were lost, and Lu Rongting was going to throw Guangxi away.Half of Guangdong has been lost, and currently Lu Rongting only controls half of Guangdong.

Under such circumstances, how could Lu Rongting have the money to support the navy.

"Going to Cao Kun, we are the navy directly under the central government, so it's justified. Going to Duan Xun is very close to where we are currently stationed. And Duan Xun is the first time to form a navy, so he must rely heavily on us."

Lin Baoyi spoke.

Yang Yongtai's people also came to look for Lin Baoyi, and Lin Baoyi was quite excited.Because Yang Yongtai's people had promised Lin Baoyi that after Duan Xun took control of Beihai, he would definitely build a warship repair shop here and build a naval base in Beihai, and he would replenish the navy's salary and ammunition at one time.

That's why he asked Chen Ce.

I want to use Chen Ce to bring up this topic.

"But Duan Xun belongs to Duan Qirui. We were against Duan Qirui at the beginning. Will he settle his score after the fall?"

Lin Yongmo was a little worried.

I played tricks on Li Houji, the governor of Fujian, and then ran to Guangdong.Duan Xun and Li Houji are both Anhui warlords, which makes Lin Yongmo a little worried.Speaking of which, Lin Yongmo was an active candidate for leaving Guangdong and rejoining the Beiyang Army.

But Lin Yongmo was a little worried, whether Duan Xun would settle accounts after the fall.

"We are the Dharma Guardian Fleet. How can Duan Xun handle us all? Duan Xun has neither a naval academy nor a navy. If he handles us, how can he command this force?"

Lin Baoyi smiled.

In this day and age, it is very common to support one thing today and another tomorrow.If you settle accounts after the fall because of this, the whole country will be in chaos.

"Look at that Yang Yongtai, how many people he has turned to over the years. It is different now that he is the most important person under Duan Xun's hands."

"Too."

Lin Yongmo nodded.

Chen Ce saw that although several people hadn't made up their minds, they didn't have much reluctance to defect to Duan Xun, so he immediately said, "Even if you leave Guangdong, you shouldn't choose Duan Xun, right? Duan Qirui is no longer the controller of Beijing. , and soon it will be Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin. Countries in China have regulations, local forces are not allowed to have a navy, what should we do if we defect to Duan Xun?"

Chen Ce is very repulsive to the Anhui warlords.

So another question was immediately raised.The world powers do have regulations in China, that is, local forces are not allowed to have navies.Duan Xun is not the military government of Guangdong, he still belongs to the Beijing government in name, so it is only a local force.

He is not qualified to own a navy.

What happened to the guardian fleet in the past.

Looking at Chen Ce's appearance, Tang Tingguang couldn't help laughing, and said, "What is this? As long as Duan Xun doesn't call us a navy, he can just give us a number."

The Chinese language is rich, as long as it is not called the Navy, you can give it a random designation, and you and the European and American powers can still interfere.

"Actually, I admire Duan Xun very much."

After talking about Chen Ce, Tang Tingguang suddenly spoke again.This time, it is not to say that the Dharma Guardian Fleet can only find a rich master, which is helpless and realistic, but to say seriously: "Among the current forces in China, only Duan Xun can seriously develop people's livelihood and industry. People. Our fleet has been stationed in Shanghai before, and we can always hear about the economic development of Sichuan. And when everyone, including the Beijing government, is spending a lot of money to buy arms from abroad, Duan Xun is able to develop him step by step This time, Duan Xun's troops occupied the Hanyang Arsenal. With the Sichuan Arsenal and the Hanyang Arsenal, Duan Xun no longer needs to buy arms from abroad, and is completely self-sufficient. What a remarkable achievement. Our warships need Duan Xun can produce bullets and shells for us by himself. With this kind of ability alone, I think Duan Xun is more powerful than all the current forces in China."