The First Warlord of the Republic of China

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spn Northeast Zhang Zuolin is obviously full of complaints about the Beiyang government's wanton entry into the Northeast, but as soon as Duan Qirui entered the three Northeast provinces, he successively added 20 troops to the Northeast.

In order to cooperate with the expansion of the Beiyang Army in the Northeast, Jiang Yu sent the third division to the Northeast, and jointly established a "Northeast Military Region" with Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army.

After the Beiyang Army made this decision, the Japanese ambassador immediately sent a note to the Beiyang government, protesting the Beiyang government's increase of troops to the Northeast.

He also demanded that the Beiyang government immediately withdraw the Beiyang Army from the Northeast, otherwise it would be at its own risk.

When the Beiyang government received this note, Yuan Shikai immediately called Jiang Yu, wanting to ask Jiang Yu's opinion. Once they fight the Japanese, the National Defense Forces must be the main force. [

"The president doesn't need to worry. Japan is not ready for a full-scale war of aggression against China. Britain, France and other countries will not allow Japan to completely occupy the Northeast, so they can do whatever they want. Even if something goes wrong, the National Defense Forces will definitely send troops to the Northeast." Jiang Yu He promised Yuan Shikai.

At least before the First World War, the Japanese did not dare to launch a direct invasion of the Northeast under the pressure of the United Kingdom.

"With Ziheng's support, I'm worried!" Yuan Shikai laughed on the phone.

So not long after, Yuan Shikai asked Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi to formally protest Japan's interference in China's internal affairs in Beijing, and published a Japanese note.

Britain is obviously unwilling to see Japan continue to expand its vested interests in the Northeast, because the Japanese's madness in the war terrified the British.

Therefore, Britain's policy towards Japan is to keep him from expanding the current colonial area. Once Japan is separated from the environment of an island country, it will threaten the interests of Britain.

At this time, the United Kingdom only wanted Japan to be their little brother. To put it bluntly, they wanted to raise a dog. Once the owner needed it, he would throw a bone over and let it bite.

This is what Britain needs, but Britain is absolutely unwilling to see Japan rising in Asia to threaten their colonial interests in Asia.

In contrast, although China has risen militarily, Britain does not believe that China can beat Japan at this time.

In the eyes of Westerners, China is still a backward and ignorant country. Even if it starts to develop industries, it will not produce much results.

This impression was mainly left by the Qing Dynasty on countries such as Britain and France, and even the whole world feels this way.

At this time, although China suddenly built its own industry, because the scale was still too small, although it had extremely advanced productivity, it did not arouse the vigilance of Western countries when it was not popularized at this time.

The victory of the war against Russia in the year of Renzi was also attributed to the fact that Russia was really corrupt, and even China was able to knock this stupid bear to the ground.

In addition, at this time, the Beiyang government and the faction in East China have not yet shown hostility to the British and French colonists. For a while, Britain and France have not realized that China has become the country that threatens their colonial interests the most in Asia.

Britain and France immediately joined in the intervention. Under the intervention of Britain and France, Japan only ended up with a lot of thunder and little rain.

As the Beiyang Army annexed 20 people in the Northeast, and the National Defense Force also sent the Third East China Division to the Northeast, Duan Qirui immediately began to rectify the administration of the Northeast.

In the past, in order to dominate the Northeast, Zhang Zuolin would often give Zhang Xiluan a job list. Once Zhang Xiluan disagreed, Zhang Zuolin would rush into Zhang Xiluan's house with his guards and smash them up. Zhang Xiluan had to laugh while pulling Zhang Zuolin. Then he said to others: "My godson is drunk again, and he likes to mess around when he is drunk."

Zhang Zuolin also pretended to be crazy and foolish. As long as Zhang Xiluan fulfilled his request, he would come to apologize the next day with a smile: "I was drunk yesterday..."

When Duan Qirui arrived in the Northeast, Zhang Zuolin's life was not so easy. [

Officials from Zhang Zuolin's faction were successively dismissed by Duan Qirui and replaced by officials from the Beiyang faction. At the same time, the local taxation was successively turned over to the central government by the Beiyang government. It became more and more difficult for Zhang Zuolin to intervene.

However, Zhang Zuolin, a bearded man, knows how to assess the situation. When he saw the menacing Beiyang and East China factions, he quickly put his tail between his legs and acted like a man.

Coupled with the support of the Japanese behind the scenes, the Beiyang government did not dare to remove Zhang Zuolin for a while.

In the next few years, a complex triangular relationship among Beiyang, Japan, and Zhang Zuolin appeared in the Northeast. Although the East China faction had a division of troops stationed in the Northeast, it did not get deeply involved in the complicated situation in the Northeast.

Because in Jiang Yu's view, only a war can completely solve the Northeast issue, and the main energy of the East China faction is still placed in the pass and the Northwest.

In the Southwest, the East China faction is also acting.

Of course, there was also Yuan Shikai’s central cooperation. First, Yuan Shikai established the governor of the Southwest, which was appointed by Sun Youming, the governor of Anhui Province from the East China faction. Sun Youming was one of the chief executives who emerged from the East China system after Zhao Haizhou. Sets have made great achievements in Anhui.

But Sun Youming is not a warlord, and he is not well-known in the whole country.

After the "reduction of feudal vassals", there are no more warlords in the territory controlled by factions in East China, Southwest China, etc., only the governor.

Among them, there is no governor in East China, only Jiang Yu, the patrol envoy of the Yangtze River.

Jiang Yu served as the governor of the Northwest, Tao Chengzhang as the governor of the Southeast, and Sun Youming as the Governor of the Southwest. Together with a patrol envoy along the Yangtze River, they became the highest administrative and military officials in these regions.

The Southwest warlords were panicked for a while, while the Guangxi warlord Lu Rongting took the initiative to move closer to the East China faction, and then Lu Rongting's troops were incorporated by the National Defense Forces.

And Jiang Yu also gave Lu Rongting the position of deputy commander of the Southwest Military Region, and he has certain real power.

When Lu Rongting was young, he devoted himself to the green forest and robbed the French on the Sino-Vietnamese border. The French army had no choice but to put pressure on the Qing court.

Finally, Lu Rongting was recruited by the Qing court.

Jiangyu's East China faction is willing to accept Lu Rongting precisely because he has a full understanding of the French army and is extremely familiar with the combat methods in the southwest region.

At the same time, Lu Rongting does not love money as much as other warlords. Although he is a warlord, his wealth is only the size of a regiment leader.

Of course, this has something to do with Lu Rongting's old age and his lack of desire for money. At the same time, Lu Rongting is also influenced by the traditional concept of karma, so he knows how to restrain himself in doing things, unlike other warlords who continue to commit crimes.

Therefore, Lu Rongting can barely be said to be a moral model among the warlords of the Republic of China, but during his rule in the Southwest, he was busy with construction and made no local development.

But after the incorporation, Lu Rongting became a restrained soldier, and the administrative power was controlled by the East China faction, and the military and government were separated.

The Guizhou warlords had not yet been formally formed at this time, and the rest was Yunnan.

There is also a way to deal with Cai E. Yuan Shikai once again used the means to deal with Li Yuanhong, summoning Cai E to Beijing to serve as the supervisor of the National Economic and Trade Bureau, and named him a "General Zhaowei". [

Cai E had the impulsiveness of a hot-blooded youth, and had great expectations for Yuan Shikai at this time.It's just that his thoughts were also brainwashed by anti-imperialism to a certain extent. As a result, Yuan Shikai ran back to Yunnan to fight the war to protect the country as soon as he started a constitutional monarchy.

Therefore, Cai E was transferred to Beijing by Yuan Shikai very smoothly. Soon after, the Southwest Defense Force entered Yunnan, followed by a large number of local administrators.

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"We established the Southwest Military Region for the purpose of responding to future wars to regain the vassal states of the Indochina Peninsula, and also to deal with the tropical jungle operations that will occur in the future. Therefore, the Southwest National Defense Force takes "jungle warfare" as its main construction program, and our future will be the first The first one to fight is the French army, and the first vassal state on the Indochina Peninsula to recover is also Vietnam.” Jiang Yu explained the significance of the establishment of the Southwest Defense Force to the high-level defense forces at the meeting on the establishment of the Southwest National Defense Force.

Jiang Yu circled the entire Southeast Asia on the map and said, "Even the entire Southeast Asia will become our back garden in the future."

Everyone was refreshed, and everyone was staring at the global map.

As high-level national defense forces, each of them has a map like this in their homes and offices to remind them to look abroad and not to be busy fighting internally.

It works very well for this, the Wehrmacht is very united within the Wehrmacht, even the different services are united for the same goal.

"The significance of recruiting Lu Rongting is that he is familiar with jungle warfare. Although he may not have made a specific summary, he has a lot of experience. In addition, after the meeting is over, you can go to Yuan Shikai to ask Ding Huai, who was extremely outstanding in the Sino-French war, to come. , let him serve as the deputy chief of staff of the Southwest Military Region."

"Yes." Jiang Fangzhen stood up and replied.

Ding Huai, the Chinese general who beat France to the point of calling him "Napoleon of the Far East" in the Sino-French war, is currently serving as an adviser, that is, a staff member, at the Presidential Palace in Beijing.

"In addition, I will also summarize some methods of jungle warfare. We must strive to train the jungle warfare style of the Southwest Military Region as soon as possible, so that the Southwest Defense Force will become the most proficient jungle warfare force in the world."

"Yes."

After the meeting, Jiang Yu began to read a lot of information on the Internet and began to write the "Guide to Jungle Combat". Jungle combat has accumulated a lot of experience in the 21st century.

In this era, jungle warfare has not yet received the attention of all countries.

These jungle combat experiences are obviously beyond the times. First, the establishment of the "Southwest National Defense Force" dedicated to jungle warfare will obviously be able to occupy a great advantage in future jungle warfare.

The second is coming!