Beiyang reactionaries

Xie Hongxun's Second Army was composed of the Fourth Division of the Central Army that reorganized Chen Leshan and Xie Hongxun's own Fourth Division of the Zhejiang Army.However, Xie Hongxun was not from the local army, and he was different from the local generals of the Zhejiang Army such as Zhang Zaiyang and Pan Guogang.Although he was the commander of the Fourth Division of the Zhejiang Army, but before that he was a serious officer of the Beiyang Army.

Why did he become Lu Yongxiang's number one fighter.

Apart from the fact that he is indeed capable of fighting, it is because he has followed Lu Yongxiang since he graduated from Baoding Military Academy, and he is a direct line officer of the Beiyang Army.

It was only later that Lu Yongxiang formed the Zhejiang Army troops in Zhejiang. In order to control these troops, Xie Hongxun was sent to the Fourth Division of the Zhejiang Army as the division commander.Therefore, although the unit of the Fourth Division of the Zhejiang Army is the designation of the Zhejiang local unit, many officers from top to bottom are from the direct line of the Beiyang Army.He only belonged to the Zhejiang army in name, but in fact he was no different from the direct descendants of the Beiyang army.With Xie Hongxun's background, Xie Hongxun has no difficulty in reorganizing these troops.Because everyone is born the same.

The Fourth Division of the Central Army did not reject Xie Hongxun as their leader after the former division commander Chen Leshan stepped down.Moreover, Xie Hongxun recommended Fan Zhuxian, who was originally from the Fourth Division of the Central Army, to the Ministry of the Army as the division commander. These people would not reject Xie Hongxun.

"The meeting today is because there is something big to announce."

Xie Hongxun's voice was not loud.

But because the command room was very quiet, everyone could hear clearly.Xie Hongxun did not pause, and continued: "Just a few hours ago, four Japanese warships fired at Anqing and bombed Anqing. We asked Anqing to release the Japanese ronin involved in the case and hand over the Anqing police who shot and killed the Japanese ronin. And they gave Anqing an ultimatum, and only gave Anqing one hour. If they don’t give a satisfactory answer within one hour, they will bombard Anqing.”

"Humph."

"Little devil."

"Damn things."

Everyone is a soldier.

They are all soldiers fighting on the battlefield, and they are all bloody enough.The few Japanese warships are so unscrupulous, completely trampling on the Chinese government and trampling on the Chinese army.

How can everyone not be angry.

At this time, regardless of any internal conflicts, everyone has a name for the outside world, and that is the Chinese army.Faced with such a provocation by the Japanese army, everyone's temper is of course not good.

Everyone is aggrieved.

It's all Qiu Ba, and all kinds of swear words come out casually.

"Commander, are we really going to release those Japanese ronin who broke the law and hand over our policemen?"

Everyone has heard about the riots in Anqing and Guangzhou some time ago.A group of Japanese ronin held knives and ran amok on the street.Hacked to death and injured many people.

If it is left unchecked, the Chinese government will not have any authority.

The police are all too right to catch them.

But these Japanese warships threatened with force and even dared to bombard Anqing.

shame.

All here are soldiers.It is a shame for a soldier to be so unscrupulous in his own country by a foreign warship.It is precisely because the military failed to protect the country that there is such a disgrace.So Fang Benren, the commander of the Sixth Division, asked Xie Hongxun angrily.

If it is really handed over, the Chinese government and the Chinese army will really lose face.

I don't know how to be ridiculed.

Don't talk about the Chinese government, but these soldiers, what face will they have to go out in the future.

Xie Hongxun shook his head and said, "No."

Seeing Xie Hongxun shaking his head, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.But soon everyone looked at Xie Hongxun, since there was no handover, how did the matter be resolved.

Xie Hongxun continued: "Not only did they fail to surrender, the No. 20 First Army responded to the provocative behavior of the Japanese army. The No. 20 First Army mobilized its heavy artillery regiment and two infantry regiments to fight back against the Japanese warship. As a result It was two Japanese warships that were sunk by our artillery, one was captured by us, and one escaped from Anqing."

"pretty."

"Nice job."

"Great."

very excited.

What an uplifting thing this is.

That's how it should be.

Seeing these people excited inexplicably, Xie Hongxun paused and said: "At the same time, three Japanese warships bombarded several counties in Anhui and Jiangxi along the Yangtze River, causing countless deaths and injuries to the people of our country."

"Too deceiving."

"damn it."

Everyone is furious at this time.

Japanese warships are really deceptive.Threatening the military, threatening the government, you have the ability.But bombarding those county towns where civilians live is simply a beast.

"Be quiet."

Xie Hongxun patted the table lightly, and continued after everyone calmed down: "Now announce the decision of the cabinet. The cabinet believes that the Japanese warships fired so recklessly on the Yangtze River that it has violated the agreement between China and Japan. Therefore, the cabinet decided to abolish the peace agreement. The "Wharf Concession Agreement" signed by the Japanese army requires the Japanese army to give up the wharf after three hours. At the same time, it cancels the freedom of navigation of the Japanese warships on the Yangtze River, and requires the Japanese warships to hang the white flag and leave the Yangtze River after three hours. The white flag surrendered. If after three hours, the Japanese warships and the Japanese troops on the pier did not fly the white flags as we requested, then the cabinet demanded that the army take down the pier by force, and that Japanese warships could be fired and sunk without asking for instructions.”

"Wow--"

"call--"

Everyone was shocked.

What is this for?

It's completely a signal for war, it's completely an order for war.

But soon everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and felt a little angry.When there is no war, let us act as a so-called disaster relief mobile force and send heavy troops to monitor us.Now it's going to be a war and wants us to go up.

This is using us as cannon fodder.

So one by one showed an angry expression.Xie Hongxun ignored these people and continued: "After the cabinet made a decision, the Ministry of Military Affairs ordered our department to take over the Japanese military docks in Yichang, Jingzhou, and Yueyang immediately after the expiration of the three hours stipulated by the cabinet. If the Japanese army Resistance, or the Japanese army did not fly the white flag, we are required to resolutely destroy it. Once the Japanese warship is found not to hang the white flag after three hours, it can also attack directly.”

"Commander, we are a mobile disaster relief force, and it should not be our turn to fight."

Xia Zhaolin, deputy commander of the Second Army, answered lazily.

Many officers below nodded.

The Ministry of Military Affairs did not assign us to the sequence of the disaster relief mobile force, so why let us go up in the war now.Xie Hongxun snorted coldly and said, "Go and see other disaster relief mobile units, which unit has received so many mortars like ours, which unit has kept so many heavy machine guns and light machine guns, and which unit has so many mortars? They will conduct so much training and have so much ammunition. Deputy Commander Sun, please tell everyone about the staffing and weaponry configuration of the disaster relief mobile unit."

Xie Hongxun launched Sun Yue.

Sun Yue nodded and said: "Although the disaster relief mobile force also accepts the command of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the mission of the troops is not to fight wars, but to provide disaster relief. Therefore, the normal training of the troops is mainly disaster relief, and the troops will not be equipped with infantry artillery, mortars, etc. Cannons, heavy machine guns and other heavy weapons. There are even very few light machine guns in the troops. Moreover, a division has only 1 people, and a division has only about [-] rifles.”

Sun Yue immediately introduced other disaster relief mobile units.

After all, it is no longer a front-line force and does not need to be equipped with so many weapons.Not only does it not require complete rifle equipment, but it does not need to be equipped with light machine guns, heavy machine guns, mortars, infantry artillery and heavy artillery.

Very normal.