Beiyang 1917

Zhao Ti, the governor of Henan, was obviously caught in a fire at the city gate and hit the fish in the pond. This guy is a serious local snake in Henan. He graduated from the Beiyang Armed Forces Academy in the late Qing Dynasty.During the Revolution of [-], he was ordered by the Qing court to go to Shaanxi to suppress the revolutionary party.During the Second Revolution, under the order of Yuan Shikai, he led his troops into Henan, and later pursued and suppressed the Bailang Rebel Army, and recruited many bandits, known as the "Majestic Army".

Because of his meritorious service, he was appointed as the guard envoy of Henan, and later served as the governor and governor of Henan. Zhao Ti successively served as the guard envoys of eastern Henan, northern Henan, and western Henan with his trusted generals Bao Dequan, Fang Youtian, and Ding Xiangling. In 1915, Zhao Si reported to Yuan Shikai for approval to cancel the original patrol battalions in the province, use its funds to build the provincial defense army, and held a Henan general training workshop in Kaifeng to train officers.

In 1916, the establishment of the Provincial Defense Army-Hongwei Army began, and it was gradually expanded to 40 battalions.Zhao Ti served as the commander-in-chief himself, and later took his third brother Zhao Jie as the commander. This army actually became a private armed force of the Zhao family.

The Ministry of the Army gave up the order of the governor of Henan Province and other positions, and Zhao Ti jumped up immediately, asking him to give up this three-acre land in Henan, how could he agree? The Hongwei army here is originally a bandit The private army with the majority of its composition employs its own cronies.

As a result, Zhao Ti dared to raise the flag to rebel in Kaifeng and declared the independence of the whole province of Henan. Moreover, he has always followed Zhao Ti in all kinds of crimes in Henan, and has lost the hearts of the people long ago!How can it be the opponent of the wolf-like third division of the army?

The five brigades of Cao Kun's third division were deflated in front of the participating army, but this does not mean that the third division in the Beiyang Army is not a first-class strong soldier, not to mention that a mixed brigade was equipped with American-style firearms of the participating army. In 1917 On August 8, 18, Zhao Ti declared independence in Kaifeng, Henan. On August 1917, 8, the vanguard brigade of Cao Kun's third division reached the city of Kaifeng.

The public opinion in the whole country overwhelmingly supports the central government's opposition to the warlord's self-interested independence. Zhao Ti sent people to spend a lot of money to lobby the other provinces, including Fengtian Governor Zhang Zuolin, without exception. Independently go to the field to wait for the central review.

Cao Kun led the third division to crusade against Zhao Ti in Henan Province and won an overall victory in just ten days. Kaifeng was breached, a small part of Hongwei's army was wiped out, and most of them were captured!Counties and cities in Henan all defected to support the central government and oppose independence within the third day of the fighting!

Zhao Jie, the commander of the first division of the Hongwei Army, resisted in a corner and was killed. Bao Dequan, the commander of the second division, turned his back on the front lines and led the remnants to surrender and opened the city gate. At the beginning of Shi Nan's journey, he led the mob under his command to disperse and continue to go up the mountain to become bandits.

As for Zhao Ti himself, somehow he slipped out of Kaifeng, disguised himself as an incognito, and went out to join Zhang Zuolin!

This guy Cao Kun claims to be orthodox in Beiyang, and he really wanted to make an example of the prisoners of the Hongwei Army who were mostly bandits. Finally, Wang Chengbin stopped him from massacring thousands of prisoners. Do you have to become a bandit and continue to harm the place?Lao Cao changed his mind and ordered the captives to be taken directly to the Anyang Coal Mine to do hard labor to dig coal!

Of course, the reason why Wang Chengbin was able to persuade Cao Kun was actually the military song of the participating army's three major disciplines and nine items of discipline. The participating army sang it and did it. How could our third division not do it?Do not abuse captives!I don't know if sending them to the coal mines as hard labor is considered abusing these two, so I don't think so much!

Zhang Huaizhi, the governor of Shandong, was dismissed from the post of governor. General Jia Fengwei was transferred to the general's office in Beijing. On the surface, he suffered a disaster because of poor flood control and disaster relief. In fact, he was Zhao Ti's companion. Zhang Huaizhi is considered to be from the Anhui Department The peripheral force, this guy was transferred from the position of the governor of Chahar to the governor of Shandong a year ago, but he was fighting openly and secretly with Zhang Shuyuan, the Shandong military affairs deputy who led his former fifth division.

This time, taking advantage of the opportunity to win Zhao Ti in Henan, under the advice of Xu Shuzheng and Wang Geng, Lao Duan simply settled the situation in Shandong. First, Zhang Huaizhi was 57 years old, and General Jia Fengwei went to Beijing to retire. In the past, a bowl of water had to be leveled. If Zhang Shuyuan was to take over as the governor of Shandong, Xu Shuzheng said that it would be absolutely impossible.

In the end, they each played [-] big boards. Of course, although Zhang Shuyuan didn't squeeze Zhang Huaizhi away, he was sent to Heilongjiang himself, but at least he made a step forward from assistant to Heilongjiang warlord, which made sense!

As for Tian Zhongyu, Meng Enyuan, the governor of Jilin, had the opportunity to be the governor of Jilin when he was kicked out by Zhang Zuolin last time. Later, because Li Changtai, the eighth division of the army, was to be transferred from Tianjin Machang, the governor of Jilin was given to Li Changtai. At this time, Tian Zhongyu's appointment as the governor of Shandong is a step forward, and it is also a transition. After all, the division commanders of the participating army are still young, especially Guo Songling's fourth division.

The vacated Chahar capital is Wang Geng's pocket, and everyone knows that the construction of the Beijing-Suizhou Railway and Highway is the top priority in the war supervisor's mind. This Chahar gave Wang Geng the best of both worlds with half the effort. Good thing!

As for the hot Zhili governor, Wang Geng used it as a favor for Xu Shuzheng to balance the obviously unbalanced internal relations within the Anhui faction. At the top of the new constitution, Wang Geng didn't want to be alone and forget himself.

In fact, in addition to the participating troops, whether it is Sino-American Petroleum Corporation, China Airlines and China Insurance, Wang Geng's Ministry of Finance and Bank of China have never forgotten to let Xu Shuzheng's Ministry of Communications and Bank of Communications share a share of the pie!

The Prime Minister and the two high-ranking generals of the New Anhui Clique have obviously found a balanced cooperation method in the financial and economic fields.

By the end of August 1917, the Yellow River floods in Henan and Shandong gradually receded, and the fourth batch of U.S. reinforcements and equipment arrived in China again.

The specific list of the fourth batch of U.S. aid is as follows:

1. M1903 Springfield Manual Rifle: 30000 pieces

2. m1917bar Browning squad machine gun: 3000 pieces

3. M1917a1 water-cooled Browning heavy machine gun: 2000

4. M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle: 3000 pieces

5、柯尔特m1911.45口径自动手枪：30000支（含.45口径手枪弹900万发）

6. 7.62mm30.06 rifle bullets: 9000 million rounds

7、日式75mm41式山炮108门（含75口径山炮炮弹15400发）

8、日式75mm38式野炮108门（含75口径野炮炮弹15400发）

9、日式150mm榴弹炮36门（含150口径榴弹炮弹9800发）

10. American-made Dodge 1-ton military trucks (wide tires and all-steel wheels): 300

11. US-made Ford TT 1-ton multi-purpose vehicle (wide tires and all-steel wheels): 500 vehicles

12. American-made Ford Model T (wide tires and all-steel wheels): 500

Due to the floods in the two provinces of Shandong and Henan, the large number of victims formed a source of troops, which made the number of recruits recruited by the participating army reach as many as 5000 in August. As many as seven.

The reorganization and training of the fifth division of the participating army is imminent. At the same time, diplomatic pressure from the Anglo-American and French envoys is coming one after another. It seems that China's armed forces in the name of participating in the war will reach 20, but the expeditionary force sent to the European battlefield is only 500. I heard that they have now become the guard battalion of Pershing, the commander of the American Expeditionary Force. This is far from enough. China must take more practical actions to fulfill its promise to participate in the war!

It’s unbelievable for anyone to tell the story that Wang Geng’s construction of the Beijing-Suizhou Railway and Highway will open up a land route to Europe to participate in the war. Although the construction speed of the Beijing-Suizhou Railway has set a record in the history of Chinese railway construction , but if it can be repaired to connect with the Trans-Siberian Railway, it will be a matter of years of the monkey?

Although the ground troops sent by the U.S. military to the European battlefield are only two army divisions, there are already more than 100 million recruits in the U.S. recruit camp!Of course they need more training to be eligible to come out of the boot camp and board the troop carrier to go to war in Europe!

"Damn it! Doesn't it mean that the Chinese participating troops don't need more training to cross the ocean and go to Europe as cannon fodder?!" The rhetorical question of the war supervisor made the envoys of the five countries panic!