Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Wang Zhenyu thought for a while and then said: "Well, let's go and tell Ma Xicheng and the others that the material focus of the Armament Department is still in the direction of Hubei. There is no need to go to Guangdong and Guangxi too much. It is enough to give a base for a campaign. I guess Guangdong has a lot of ammunition. The demand may be less than that of Changde. I feel that the final decisive battle will take place in the direction of Hubei and Jiangxi. Considering the problem of transportation capacity, I decided to take a gamble. Lao Yang, please tell Ma Xicheng what you mean. At the same time, the factory under the Ministry of Armaments will give I am running at full speed, people are shutting down, their salary is doubled, and the security level of the military industrial system has to be improved, and it is likely that they will decide the outcome of the war."

Yang Wangui frowned and replied: "Yes, Commander. But is it necessary to make such a big move? The current reserves can definitely support us to conquer half of China. Commander, our budget for this war is already very high. If we want to do this If you do, the final result of this fee will be amazing!"

Wang Zhenyu shook his head and said: "Lao Yang, you can't just see how much money is spent, you have to see more things. We have already invested so much. If we win, the return will be amazing. But if because I am reluctant to part with the last bit of investment, so once we lose in the final result, all the previous investment will be in vain, and we will not have our share in this world. And everyone must have an awareness that once we win a decisive victory in Hubei, Beijing will We will definitely unite under our strong pressure, and the powers who don't want China to be unified, especially the Japanese, will definitely contribute money and weapons to help Beiyang to fight us. At that time, the scale of the war will escalate, and we must consider The situation of fighting alone without foreign aid must be taken into consideration. The military industry is our lifeline, and our combat thinking should also revolve around this point. The Ministry of Armaments should set up some work teams. Follow the big army to accept minerals and other energy sources to ensure the raw material demand for our military production, and we must tell Ma Xicheng immediately."

In fact, at this time, all the troops participating in the war are still in a state of assembly, and the Beiyang Army as the opponent is in the process of issuing orders, and the assembly has not even begun. Even if there is a firefight between the two armies, it will be a few days later. .But after the electricity was sent, Wang Zhenyu was still somewhat nervous. After all, he had bet all his wealth on this war that he had planned for a long time. Once he won the bet, his status in China and even the world would be different in the future.So Wang Zhenyu didn't dare to go to sleep at all. He chose to stay in the staff department with nothing to do, just to keep abreast of various news, but the result made the staff department tense in advance. Everyone hoped that he could stay in front of the boss. a good impression.

"Marshal, the Regent Charlotte of Luxembourg is here." Huang Shaohong, head of the attendant department, came in and reported.

Wang Zhenyu was a little upset and said: "It seems that the Luxembourgers are frightened by our civil war, well, I'll go see her."

Wang Zhenyu stood up and said to Yang Wangui: "Old Yang, please don't be so nervous. The hard battle is behind. Once the battle starts, everyone will enter a 24-hour shift, and I will come here to supervise the battle in person."

Yang Wangui and other staff members watched Wang Zhenyu leave one after another. Unlike the grassroots combat units, the staff members of the staff department knew more or less about Wang Zhenyu's grand plan and knew how courageous it would take, so everyone looked at Wang Zhenyu with admiration at the moment. . .

In Li County, Ma Jizeng, the commander of the Sixth Beiyang Division, was worrying with Yuan Shikai's telegram.Lao Yuan had already appointed him as the commander of the First Route Army of the Rebellion Army, and he was fully in charge of the war in western Hunan, but he didn't say that he would send more troops.

To tell the truth, Ma Jizeng has become fatter and his waist thicker during the more than a year of being stationed in Li County.He was amazed by the wealth of Li County. The tax alone was worth several million dollars every year.Not only Ma Jizeng, but most of the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division have made a fortune, including those who carried private goods, extorted everything.

The people of Li County did not have a good impression of this Yankee division. Whether it was the army of the former guard envoy Wang Zhenya or the youth army of the patrol envoy Wang Zhenyu, they lived in peace with the local people.What's more, these Yankees are different. They seem to be reincarnated from starvation. They just keep searching for land, wishing to scrape the last copper plate on the ground in Li County into their own pockets.

Not only ordinary people, but even the local gangs and landlords in Li County have become the targets of blackmail by the Sixth Division.A landlord surnamed He in the southern suburbs of Li County had his home ransacked because he did not satisfy the extortion of a regiment leader of the Sixth Division.And the landlord surnamed He had nowhere to go to sue, and in the end he could only hang himself.However, after the Sixth Division entered the Li County area, the security situation near the garrison area immediately deteriorated. Many young girls were raped, and many middle-class families were robbed.Now all fools know that the Sixth Division and these inhuman Yankees did the evil, because Ma Jizeng himself took the lead in murdering two students from the Lixian Girls Middle School.The crimes committed by the Beiyang Sixth Division are too numerous to describe and are heinous.It was for this reason that the local people who hated them told Wang Zhenyu every move of Ma Jizeng's subordinates.

The common people felt that they could not live any longer, but Ma Jizeng felt that the days were more nourishing than when he was in Beijing. He was a lieutenant general in the army, and his boss was facing the Army Department of Zhengshitang.Neither Tang Xiangming, the governor of Hunan, nor Wang Zhenyu, the inspector of Hunan and Guangxi, had any jurisdiction over him, which is why Ma Jizeng was able to be the local emperor in Li County without any scruples.It was useless for the local gentry to sue Changsha, and no one dared to intervene, because Ma Jizeng was so courageous that he even dared to send the tax money that should have been sent to the Changsha provincial government to his own pocket.

People are animals, and they can't live a good life. In Wuhan, the Sixth Division was considered a well-known division of tigers and wolves, but after more than a year of happiness in Li County, its combat effectiveness is hard to say.

This is not what Ma Jizeng is most worried about. After all, the daily operations of the Sixth Division are still going on as usual. What he is really worried about are two points: The first is that the soldiers of Qi Xieyuan's brigade were transferred to Chen Huan, the commander of the Second Route Army. Under his command, the army in the hands of the commander of the First Route Army is less than a quarter of that of the Second Route Army. This battle is a bit risky.The second is Wang Zhenyu. Ma Jizeng is not an idiot either. During his more than a year in Li County, he also spied on the military situation in western Hunan many times, and roughly concluded that the number of troops was less than [-] (he didn't know the spies he sent out. They were all captured and rebelled by He Jian and the others).But for Wang Zhenyu, Ma Jizeng was still a bit jealous. He was almost killed by this guy at Yudai Gate back then, and he still had lingering fears when he thought about it. . .