Back to the Republic of China as a commander

The situation here in Guangxi is not much better. Although training is carried out every day, when the troops are dispatched, everyone realizes the difference between actual combat and training. The entire staff of the Third Army is extremely busy.

"Hello, hello, is this the heavy artillery regiment of the [-]th Division? Why hasn't your heavy artillery regiment appeared yet? ... What, the tower crane is broken and is being repaired!" Hey, hello, pick me up from the guest dock management office. . .Hello, guest dock management?When can your tower crane be repaired? . . .What, tomorrow?Every effort must be made to fix it tonight, or the military law will be engaged. . . "

"Hello, hello, the third division? Why is the number of the Wuzhou military reserve base you reported different from the number of the military department and the armament department? ... What, the storage has not been completed yet? When is this, and it hasn't Put it in the warehouse, immediately contact the Armament Department, no matter what, we must ensure the supply of materials..."

The staff officers of the military department were arguing into the walkie-talkie, but Li Zongren, the commander of the army, stood very calmly on the map hanging on the wall, motionless.At this moment, he knew very well that it was useless to be anxious, no matter how powerful the youth army was, it would only be exposed to the world after the start of Changde.He suddenly felt a little excited. At the age of 25, he was actually qualified to command an army of [-] to fight Guangzhou. It was the commander who gave him such an ordinary Guangxi farmer such a chance to become famous.

While Li Zongren was grateful, Bai Chongxi was losing his temper at the Laibin Wharf. It was too slow, and the Seventh Division had only reached less than two-thirds of the scheduled assembly time, and the heavy artillery regiment was still dragging on Laibin without launching the ship.This meant that Changde hadn't started yet, otherwise Bai Chongxi would have shot several officers.

Bai Chongxi's anxiety is justified, even though he is only 23 years old, he is already an expert in leading troops.Judging from the information currently provided by the Guangzhou Station of the Military Intelligence Bureau, Long Jiguang in Guangzhou has received Yuan Shikai's telegram, but he hesitates to wait and see for various reasons.The main force of the department is still huddled in Guangzhou. At this moment, as long as he goes down the Youjiang River, he can appear under the city of Guangzhou almost without hindrance.But this also requires him to be faster, more ruthless and more accurate. Otherwise, there will be many nights and dreams. Once Long Jiguang makes up his mind to fight, the whole battle will increase unnecessary difficulty, and this is exactly what Bai Chongxi taboos.So at this moment, as the chief of staff of the third army and the commander of the seventh division, he was loudly scolding the officers of the seventh division who were in charge of this dispatch work.

"I don't care what method you use. Before dawn tomorrow, all the heavy artillery regiments of our Seventh Division must be on board. Before twelve o'clock tomorrow night, these heavy artillery must appear at Wuzhou Wharf. If you can't do it, fine, you can do it yourself Apply for court martial, understand?"

All the officers wiped the sweat from their foreheads and replied in unison: "Understood!"

The entire Seventh Division ran wildly at full power that night, while Bai Chongxi looked at the end of Youjiang in high spirits and said, "Guangzhou City, I, Bai Jiansheng, are here..."

In Changsha, Commander Tang seems to have noticed something different. Unlike the blind optimism of other Beiyang bigwigs, Tang Xiangming can be regarded as being on the front line, so he attaches great importance to the collection of various information.No matter how tight the defense network is, there are loopholes. The intelligence and spy systems of the Military Intelligence Department and the Investigation Department can easily deal with the spies from the Beijing Division's Law Enforcement Department and the Army Department, but they cannot deal with Tang Xiangming's non-professional intelligence personnel. You can't control the fact that foreign officials return home to visit relatives and friends.Therefore, Tang Xiangming naturally had more materials and information about Xiangxi than Yuan Shikai did, but Tang Xiangming couldn't believe the feedback.It's too exaggerated. The industry and agriculture in western Hunan are actually several times more developed than that of the whole province. The level of development of various light and heavy industries is so high that Changsha, the provincial capital, cannot compare with it.

From this, Tang Xiangming deduced that, as the patrol envoy of Hunan and Guangxi, Wang Zhenyu, his titular immediate boss, would never let others have the strength of the army, but the secrecy measures in this area were too strict, and he had no way of investigating.

Although he came to a conclusion that frightened him half to death, Tang Xiangming did not hand over the collected information to Yuan Shikai.Because he belongs to Li Yuanhong, Tang Xiangming's elder brother Tang Hualong is Li Yuanhong's literary team.Li Yuanhong has always been opposed to Lao Yuan's proclaiming the emperor. Not only did he refuse to accept the honorary title of Prince Wuyi, but he also went to the Wuhan Concession and openly sang against Lao Yuan.Tang Xiangming was also in a dilemma at the moment. He participated in the defense against Yuan, and the old Yuan's army stationed in Hunan would definitely not agree. He was from the navy, and he didn't have enough direct troops to protect him. It was very possible; but Tang Xiangming was unwilling to help Lao Yuan suppress Yuan, so the armament work in Hunan was at a standstill amidst this contradiction.

At this moment, the army under the name of the Hunan Governor's Mansion is also a very complicated situation. Some of them are Tan Yankai's first division and the troops incorporated from the original fourth division. These troops add up to a little more than 1 people. In the hands of Guo Renzhang, there are 5000 people in the Mine Police Corps, and finally there is a brigade left by the Beiyang Third Division, Wang Xueqian, the Fifth Brigade of Beiyang Infantry, about 8000 people, but this force is mainly stationed in Yuezhou, and at the same time stationed in Yuezhou There are still 7000 people in Zeng Jiwu's department.As for Ma Jizeng's Sixth Division and Ni Sichong's Fifteenth Battalion of Anwu Army stationed in Hengyang, they were not subject to Tang Xiangming's restraint, and they were all under the name of the Ministry of War.Tang Xiangming flexed his fingers and did the math, and there were almost 3 people on his side. Although the composition was a little bit complicated, it was estimated that no matter how the situation turned out in the future, it would not be a big problem for him to keep his position as the warlord.

Not far from the governor's mansion, the first division of the Hunan Army was stationed. Lu Diping, then commander of the third brigade of the first division of the Hunan Army, was opening a letter.

The letter was written by Wang Zhenyu to Lu Diping. Lu Diping burned the letter after reading it hastily. Give him a message, the content is not too much, just ten words, a brother for a day, a brother for life..."

On the occasion of this turbulent meeting and the turmoil in all directions, no matter Beijing, Changsha or Anjiang, they all set their sights on Changde.The news that Ma Jizeng is about to attack Changde has spread to almost every ant in Hunan, so what are Ma Jizeng and his 8000 Beiyang Sixth Division doing now?