Beiyang 1917

[Text] Chapter 190 Seven worries about going north

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In January 1918, the Brest negotiations between Soviet Russia and Germany were still entangled with each other. The mentor's overall agreement and peace are in the minority, but Bukharin's dream of burning the flames of war to all imperialism for a world war has won the support of more than half of the central committee members.Read novels please keep in mind

Trotsky's opinion is to be a turtle, demobilize the army, let the common people go home to farm, let them fight if the imperialists want to fight, and the Soviet Union will not fight and give up the diplomatic negotiations directly , Concentrate on doing your own thing.

However, as the Soviet Russian government forcefully dispersed and suppressed the democratically elected Constituent Assembly, the ten-month expectation of constitutional government and government was completely broken by bayonets, rifles, and bloodshed. Non-Bolshevik political parties such as the Constituent Minzhu Party and the Constitutional Minzhu Party instead called on the people of all Russia to stand up and overthrow Du Cai!The civil war in Soviet Russia may break out at any time!

Although Zhong Yang dealt with Fengtian Governor Zhang Zuolin without bloodshed, making the domestic political environment and atmosphere more enthusiastic and harmonious, the situation in Russia made Wang Geng, the supervisor of the war, frowned!

The war game deduction at the General Staff Headquarters of the participating army opened the eyes of the newly appointed Chief of Staff Zhang Zuolin. A huge sand table was arranged in the central yang of the war room, and the surrounding walls were densely packed with 1917/[-] combat maps. There were no computers here. In [-], the biggest workload of Wang Geng's staff headquarters was to constantly draw and update combat maps, using purely manual methods.

"Commander-in-Chief! Be good, it turns out that the situation of the whole country is on your geographical sand table! My old Zhang is completely convinced!" Zhang Zuolin ran to Fengtian's position and stared at the familiar one-acre three-point land. After a long time, he raised his head and said to Wang Geng.

The map and sand table of this part of Fengtian Province, Wang Geng’s staff headquarters is comprehensively updated on the map of the Ministry of Army, the map of Fengtian Province, and the military map obtained by Ribona. Railways, roads, mountains, rivers, cities, Barracks, warehouses, mines, and factories are all clearly marked.

There is actually a note on the position of the Fengtian Ordnance Factory, which has not yet been listed: the former Fengtian Machinery Bureau stopped casting silver dollars last year, and Fengtian purchased machinery and equipment from Japan to be converted into an arsenal!

Nima, which bastard leaked this secret?Really nothing can be hidden from Zhong Yang, while Zhang Zuolin praised the sand table map in the war room, he couldn't help showing his old face.

In addition to the divisions and brigades of the participating army and the provinces under its control, the intelligence sources of the intelligence office under the General Staff Headquarters of the participating army also have several original channels such as the Anhui Department, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of the Army. Even the Japanese Sakanishi Mansion is the information of the participating army channels of exchange.

"Chief of Staff, don't be in a hurry when you first come here. You will gradually become familiar with these things. This thing belongs to slow work and meticulous work. Compared with the West, our China is far behind. The European war is at least a battle on the scale of an army. We Even last time in the fall of Bazhou, the 15 brigades on both sides of Xiulan added up to 15 people, which is not enough to consume the casualties on the battlefield for three days!"

Wang Geng smiled slightly, and while pulling Zhang Zuolin to the Liaodong Peninsula of Kantung Prefecture occupied by Japan on the sand table, he asked his new chief of staff,

"Brother Yuting, if you can come from Fengtian to Beijing and come to Nanyuan, then your contribution to the country will be no less than that of others. Come and help me see the Guandong Prefecture in the south of Fengtian. If we want to regain the lost land, Mr. How many troops do you think brother needs to send to deal with the little devil?"

"Ah? Supervisor, Commander-in-Chief! This matter must be cautious. I know that our army is strong and strong. It is fully equipped with American weapons and equipped with an integrated division and three mixed brigades. The firepower is amazing, but the Japanese on the other side are also unambiguous. The Kwantung Army has one The division also has more than 28000 people, in terms of individual soldier quality and training level, it is much better than our Beiyang, aren't we all in the Allied countries, why, the supervision really wants to move Japan?"

Zhang Zuolin was taken aback by Wang Geng. What this fellow is most afraid of after resigning from Fengtian Governor is that his troops will go to the front line to provoke the Japanese. The three melons he has accumulated in Fengtian are really afraid It is said that it can win the Japanese Kwantung Army, not to mention that the strength of the opponent's navy is dominating Asia for a while, and more than a dozen standing divisions in the country can step over with just a lift of their feet. Don't dare to fight randomly in this battle!

"Hehe, I know what you said, but if we want to settle the old accounts with Russia for so many years, we have to consider Japan's interests. In the war between Japan and Russia in 1905, Little Japan was scared by the old man Now, I'm afraid that if we go north with heavy troops, we won't be at ease if we don't deal with the matter of the South Manchurian Railway and the Guandong Prefecture first!"

Wang Geng smiled and took out two cigars, handed one to Zhang Zuolin, they both lit the fire, Zhang Zuolin took a deep puff of the cigarette, gritted his teeth,

"Commander-in-Chief, since our old Zhang is consistent with Zhong Yang, and you think I can be the chief of staff, I dare not hide the truth. If you want me to say, without the support of Britain and the United States, our Chinese You can't do it alone with Xiaori. After the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan became Asia's maritime overlord. There are nearly 30 well-trained veterans in more than a dozen standing divisions in his country. If the reserves of each division are mobilized, they will be able to In the formation of another 20 divisions, the strength should not be underestimated."

Zhang Zuolin's brows were tightly frowned. At some point, only Wang Geng, the commander-in-chief of the participating army, and Lao Zhang were left in the large war room.

"After the Meiji Restoration, Japan really stood up in Asia by taking advantage of the two major wars of Sino-Japanese War and Japan-Russia. Japan's industrialization speed is very fast, and its steel output is more than 20 times that of ours. Although we are at the moment under Prime Minister Duan and Commander-in-Chief, thanks to your hard work, the country has not continued to split, but it is still too early to unite as one. Although the soldiers participating in the war are well paid and equipped, most of them are recruits. Not all of them can be as good as Wu Peifu and Wang Tingzhen when they go to the battlefield Lucky!"

Wang Geng nodded slightly when he heard the words, and signaled Zhang Zuolin to continue. These days, the warlords who can rule a party are not cheap. Zhang Zuolin is small but has good features. Although he is 42 years old, he looks like he is in his early thirties. In appearance, he actually looks more like a Confucian general.

The supervisor who participated in the war didn't know that this old Zhang was talking nonsense in front of Fengtian's own subordinates, and his mouth was full of arrogance. What about the little daughter-in-law?

"Of course, Commander-in-Chief, our old Zhang is a soldier, and it is our duty as a soldier to protect our home and country. From now on, we will fight wherever you point, and we will not be cowardly if we advance or retreat! What I just said is for you For details, if you want to fight against Japan, I, the chief of staff, will command Zhang Zuoxiang's teaching group to lead the battle for our army, and it will be no problem!"

Zhang Zuolin said that later he was afraid that Wang Geng would think that he had been frightened by Xiaori and lost face as a commander of the Northeast Feng Faction, so he braced his neck and patted his chest to express his determination to Wang Geng!

Wang Geng secretly laughed, this guy didn't say that the newly reorganized No.15 Division and No.16 Division would take the lead, but he actually wanted to lead his own teaching team to lead the battle. Obviously there was something deep in his words, he was yelling that he was under the control of one of the warlords. The commander-in-chief of the two divisions here has now become the short chief of staff who only has his subordinate Zhang Zuoxiang leading a teaching group to hang out in Nanyuan!

"Well, Chief of Staff, I will write down what you said. When the time comes to Japan, Zhang Zuoxiang will take the lead. Isn't Jiang Dengxuan, the commander of the third brigade of my first division? Let him lead the third brigade to go with him." Nima, when Shi Jingting’s first brigade wiped out the entire No.16 division of the army, Jiang Deng chose to lead my third brigade to add a teaching regiment to deal with the Kwantung Army. Shouldn’t it be troublesome?” Wang Geng’s half-truth and half-false road.

"Hey! Everyone in the army is waiting, but the commander-in-chief is the leader!" Zhang Zuolin stood at attention, damn, who will pretend to be a bear at this time?Anyway, you, Wang Geng, are not afraid of me, let alone Lao Zhang!

"If you have the chief of staff, you can say that! Don't worry, we will neither attack Japan lightly, nor will we be defensive. By the way, you turned out to be Yang Yuting, the director of Fengtian Ordnance Factory, who was in preparation. You see, you transferred him Go to Xuanhua Arsenal to be the factory director, or stay in Fengtian and lead the troops directly?" Wang Geng changed the subject and brought up such a matter.

"Yang Yuting graduated from the eighth phase of the non-commissioned officer school in Japan. He can be regarded as both civil and military. If the supervisor really dares to use him, he should stay in Fengtian and serve as Li Jishen's chief of staff. He will definitely resist. Xuanhua Arsenal is now foreigners for you In front of the factory manager, there is a full set of American manufacturing equipment, if it is Japanese equipment and personnel, then Yang Yuting would be appropriate to take care of it in the past!"

Zhang Zuolin's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said good things for Yang Yuting!

Wang Geng's Xuanhua arsenal is the darling of the participating army. The entire set of equipment is imported from the United States. Even the management and main technical personnel are foreigners. It is known as the latest and most advanced light weapons arsenal in China. Except for the artillery workshop, Ri himself is used Technology and equipment, but the Yankees themselves don't have artillery technology. Doesn't the U.S. military still have to use French guns?Anyway, the Xuanhua Arsenal is very important, and it would be a good thing if it could be in the hands of the Feng faction!

But Zhang Zuolin also hoped that Yang Yuting could stand for him in Fengtian. Now he and Zhang Zuoxiang have been transferred out of Fengtian. The new governor is Li Jishen. The fifteenth division transferred the Rehe sixteenth division to Jinzhou. Based on the foundation of the 16th mixed brigade of the direct line of the old, Lao Zhang obviously hopes to retain more of the blood of the Feng line in his original base in Fengtian.