Beiyang 1917

On November 1917, 11, Outer Mongolia officially announced the abolition of self-government and became a province of China. On this day, the Prime Minister and his cabinet gained the highest prestige since the cabinet was formed. The model army that participated in the war regained lost ground and made outstanding contributions to the motherland.

The third division of Wu Peifu became the meritorious division and ace division of the participating army, and together with his commander-in-chief Wang Geng and foreign minister Xia Yiting, he appeared on the American "Time Magazine". Of course, the one who appeared on the cover was his young Wang Geng, commander-in-chief of the participating army.

The victory of the model army participating in the war in Outer Mongolia was not a bitter battle. As the first division to be organized and formed, under the leadership of Wu Peifu, the third division only played the basic skills of long-distance raids and field training. Of course, the logistical support of the [-] troops depends on The military depots and field airports set up at the second company's forward base, and aircraft reconnaissance obviously became the security guarantee for the troops' operations.

The participating army won Outer Mongolia, and the happiest thing was Henan Governor Cao Kun. After all, Wu Peifu and his follow-up Wang Chengbin were generals from the third division of the army. Lao Cao was the first among the provincial governors to send a congratulatory message to the Central Committee and Wu Peifu. The acting president, Feng Guozhang, was happy, and on the one hand, he saw the great benefits brought by the sincere unity of Zhihui and Anhui to the country.

On the other hand, the direct bosses have more expectations for Wang Tingzhen and Cai Chengxun, the two participating army divisions on the eastern front. The first goal is to recover the Middle East Railway.Of course, the situation on the Eastern Front will be more complicated than imagined because of Zhang Zuolin and Japan.

Japan has never concealed its ambitions for the three eastern provinces of China, especially after taking advantage of the disastrous victory in the Russo-Japanese War to snatch the leased land in Kantung Prefecture and the Middle East Railway branch south of Changchun from Lao Maozi (Changchun, which Japan ceded Lao Maozi to The Dalian section was renamed the South Manchuria Railway!), Little Japan has never given up on the greedy idea of ​​​​the Northern Line of the Middle East Railway.

Although Wang Geng's model army for participating in the war went to the Northeast under the pretense of going to Europe by land via the Siberian Railway, everyone knew that the Chinese must still focus on the country, and the recovery of the northern section of the Middle Eastern Railway occupied by Lao Maozi was the main line. Obviously it will be the first target of the Chinese.

This half year was the most lost half year of the Great Japanese Empire. The weak and divided China and the Duan Qirui government, which was originally crumbling because of the disputes between the government and courts, got favorable conditions for participating in the war. In the construction of the Beijing-Suizhou Railway and Highway Network, the construction right of the project has been obtained and the benefits are huge.

However, although the funds used by the Beijing-Suizhou Railway Company came from loans to Japan, the collateral was not the right of way of the railway and the right of way of the highway. property!This is very different from previous disputes over road construction loan rights.

Moreover, since the road construction period required by Wang Geng is an average of 1 km per day, this made the Japanese contractor who created the road construction speed of the Asian Railway gain fame but lost benefits. Faster speed means more investment in manpower and material resources, and even , Even the fuel costs for starting lighting at night have doubled.

In just half a year, the Western powers and Japan witnessed the miracle of the formation and training of the Chinese participating army. 30 troops were assembled from mud legs and refugees from all over the world to form a mighty army. The red background and white circle on the arm The model army armbands with black characters appeared in Gyeonggi like a beautiful landscape and slowly unfolded like an ink painting.

Half a year later, as the third division of the participating army regained Outer Mongolia, the world suddenly discovered that Outer Mongolia, Suiyuan, Chahar, Rehe, Zhili, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Shandong (except Jiaozhou Bay and Qingdao) on the Chinese map had already Become the site of all participating troops.

It is also imminent to reorganize the Third Army Division of Cao Kun, the governor of Henan Province, into a participating army. For this reason, Cao Sanye personally used the excuse of congratulating the central government on taking back Outer Mongolia to go to Beijing to find a way. What Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui said didn't count, and in the end it had to be decided by Wang Geng, the young war supervisor!For this reason, he personally visited Wang Geng at the royal residence on Shifuma Street.

Wang Geng was very enthusiastic about Mr. Cao, but he frowned and looked embarrassed when the Third Division of the Army asked to reorganize and join the army. The answer he gave at the end was,

"Governor Cao, Wu Peifu, and Wang Chengbin are now the commanders of the participating army. You are their old superior. This matter is really difficult to arrange. And you know, all officers and soldiers of my participating army are prohibited from smoking opium I'm afraid it will be embarrassing to leave this matter to your third division, Prime Minister Duan won't even open his mouth if you want to tell you to quit opium smoking, let alone me!"

"Brother Wang Geng, these bastards Wu Xiaogui and Wang Chengbin have made such great contributions to the country in less than half a year under your command. I, Cao San, am ashamed of myself while being happy for them. If you don't give me a chance, I will really die in front of you!" It's at your door!" Saying that, Third Master Cao pulled up his robe and rushed out of the living room.

Wang Geng hurriedly hugged him, and kept telling him what's the trouble, you still have to take care of yourself. Finally, Wang Geng rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "Dr. Cao, how do you see this? The division can be reorganized into a sequence of participating troops, but the division commander has to be replaced by someone else. If you want to come to the central government, I can tell Prime Minister Duan, and take advantage of the joy of regaining Outer Mongolia, why can I get you a vice president?"

"Vice President?" Cao Kun and Third Master Cao were taken aback for a moment. Of course, the Vice President is more beautiful than the Henan Governor, but what's wrong with losing his military power?Everyone knows that in troubled times, the grass-headed king has power coming out of the barrel of his gun. If there are no soldiers under his command, who will listen to him?

"Third Master, let me tell you the truth. You see, neither President Feng nor Premier Duan are any teachers, nor Xu Youzheng, but the President is the commander-in-chief of the army and navy, and the Prime Minister is the head of the cabinet. The organization and scheduling of the army is under the control of the Ministry of the Army. If you become the vice president, you will first be the deputy commander in chief of the army and navy, and secondly... If the president cannot take care of things for some reason, the vice president can directly act as the president Already! You and the Third Division of the Beiyang Army now belong to the respected and respected masters."

Wang Geng took Cao Kun's hand and asked him to go back to his seat and sit down. He looked at Mr. Cao in front of him with a smile and said.

"Vice President... I, Cao Kun, really didn't dare to think that way..." Cao Kun said in a huff. He kept a close relationship with Lao Feng and acted as a vanguard in the warlord regiment, holding Duan Qirui's thick leg of the Anhui Department.

If you want to say whether Cao Kun has the idea of ​​using chickens and eggs to strengthen his faction, he definitely has the idea, but now the participating troops are in full swing, not to mention weapons and equipment, and the food and salary alone are double that of his own third division. After expanding to ten reorganized divisions and possessing such a powerful air force, there is also the full support of the Yankees behind it. It is reported that the reason why Wang Geng did not marry a wife and only took a concubine was because he had a fiancée in the United States who was the daughter of Jack Morgan!

At this moment, Cao Kun and Cao Sanye have absolutely no intention of challenging the participating army to challenge Wang Geng, not at all!The army participating in the war was much stronger than Beiyang when President Yuan was there. At least President Yuan was not as good as Wang Geng when he spoke in front of the envoys of the five countries. Go, the reason is that there is no time, what kind of fan is that?

Now the total assets of the China Charity Foundation have exceeded 6000 million. It is said that most of the donations come from giant companies such as China Airlines, China Steel, China Insurance, Sino-US Petroleum, and Beijing-Sui Railway Company established by Wang Geng.

Whether it is Beiyang or the direct lineage, the one who can make the most money is probably Feng Guozhang, but first, Lao Feng may not be worth 6000 million, and second, if he wants to donate all the good deeds without blinking an eye, who is willing?Only Wang Geng, the supervising officer in charge of the war with an unpredictable smile, would do such an unpredictable thing.

God, I heard that in Europe and the United States, this aircraft has not been officially used as civil aviation. The supervisor who participated in the war actually became the first guy to eat crabs and established China Airlines. There are only 16 seats on the flight, which is of course not enough. Although the Beijing-Shanghai route and the Shanghai-Guangzhou route have three opposite flights every day, there are only 50 round-trip seats every day. It is obvious that the supply of air tickets is in short supply.

"Governor Cao, if you don't want to come to the central government, you can continue to contribute to the country at the local level. The trend of nationalization of the army will not change. Now it is only temporary for division commanders to serve as military governors. According to the systems of Britain, the United States and other countries , the military and the government will be separated sooner or later. Of course, the country has not yet been truly unified. To the south of Henan is the two lakes, to the east is Suluwan, and to the west is Shaanxi and Shanxi. Where do you think you want to develop?" Wang Geng asked tentatively. .