Back to the Republic of China as a commander

On February [-], the sixth year of the Republic of China, the Third Division of the Third Army of the Youth Army entered Huizhou. So far, according to the agreement, the western and central areas of Guangdong were all in the hands of Wang Zhenyu.

Before Yuan Shikai in Beijing digested the bad news, on February [-]th, Wang Zhenyu issued an important telegram in the Anjiang area, announcing to all walks of life in the country in the name of the National Socialist Party: "At this moment when the country is in turmoil and the country is in danger, our party and our subordinates Fortunately, the National Salvation Youth Army under it did not disgrace the entrustment of all the people. After ten months of fierce fighting, they recovered Hunan and Guangdong provinces, and saved the people of the two provinces from fire and water. Today, looking at Yanzhou, everyone is indignant at the rebellion of the Yuan thief, and they are all indignant for Beiyang **The dictatorship is sad. Our party and our army are the army of the people and the soldiers of the people. We should strive to be the first to fight against the rebels and restore the country. From now on, the youth army will attack the Yuan thieves in the north. Anyone who responds is warmly welcome. Those who don't know how to live or die, who stand in the corner and block the car with their arms, will be regarded as national thieves and punished together. The invincible youth army will surely plant the banner of protecting the country on the head of Beijing, and the [-] million compatriots will surely gain freedom and democracy. Long live freedom and democracy, long live the Republic of China!"

This telegram called the Declaration of the Northern Expedition was called by later historians the telegram that changed the historical trend of the Republic of China. As soon as the telegram came out, all the troops of the Youth Army were mobilized in Changsha, Changde, Guangzhou, and Anjiang.

In order to meet the needs of the new war, Wang Zhenyu established the Supreme Command of the Youth Army on the basis of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission (that is, hang an extra sign at the entrance of the administrative building in Anjiang), directly kicked away the sign of the party committee, and used the command of the Supreme Commander. In name, he issued combat missions to the more than 20 youth troops under his command.

Yang Wangui's staff researched, analyzed, and discussed day and night, and finally formulated a new battle plan.If this plan, code-named "Blue Light", was placed in front of Yuan Shikai, Yuan Shikai would probably be annoyed: "You Wang Zhenyu has such a big appetite, and you are not afraid of breaking your own teeth."

But Wang Zhenyu has such a big appetite. Blue is the color of the sky and the ocean, which symbolizes brightness and wisdom. Therefore, the content of the Blue Light Action reveals the meaning of sweeping the world and restoring the sky and the earth.

The whole plan is divided into three phases:

The first stage is defined as the assault stage, and the participating troops include the first army and all the second army. It is expected to invest in eight integrated divisions.The battle was launched on February [-]th, the sixth year of the Republic of China, and the focus of the attack was Hubei and Jiangxi.The content of the combat plan is that all participating troops will form four assault groups.

Major General Xu Yuanquan, commander of the First Assault Group, under the jurisdiction of Zhao Dongsheng's Fifth Division of the Youth Army, and Li Hongkui's Sixth Division, a total of 5 people, set off from Li County to attack Jingzhou, Hubei. Xiangyang, all the way down the river to take the three towns of Wuhan, asked the Ministry to arrive in Wuhan by early March at the latest, and wait for the arrival of friendly forces to attack Wuhan together.

Major General Wan Yaohuang, Commander of the Second Assault Group, under the jurisdiction of the Dai Yue Division of the Second Division of the Youth Army, and the Zhou Zhengming Division of the Eighth Division, set out from Yuezhou and went straight to Wuhan, Hubei. To seize Wuhan, the operational goal is to seize the entire territory of Hubei together with the First Assault Group.

Major General Tao Zhiyue, the commander of the third assault group, under the jurisdiction of the first and tenth divisions of the Youth Army, Zeng Jiwu, set off from Changsha and went straight to Nanchang, Jiangxi. The goal of the operation was to seize a province in Jiangxi.

General Cheng Qian, the commander of the Fourth Assault Group, under his command the Liao Lei Division of the Fourth Division and the Lin Xiumei Division of the Ninth Division, set off from Hengyang and went straight to Ganzhou.

However, the Third Army, which had no mission in the first phase of assault operations, was required to move to the Hunan area, and began to prepare for war with Changsha as the center to participate in the second phase of operations.

For the first phase of operations, Wang Zhenyu made several adjustments. First, Zhou Zhengming of the Eighth Division did not participate in the Wuhan operations, and prepared for the second phase of the war after reuniting with the Third Army in Changsha.

Secondly, Huang Shaohong, the head of the attendant department, served as the brigade commander, and Huang Xuchu, the chief of staff, was ordered to transfer to Huizhou to realize the monitoring of the revolutionary party forces in northern Guangdong.Yang Yongtai was appointed as the acting governor of Guangdong Province and also the director of the provincial party department, fully responsible for the local affairs of the National Socialist Party in Guangdong, and Chen Shao was transferred to the acting governor of Hunan Province.

Hao Bing was promoted to the commander of the Security Command of the three provinces of Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong. He has three regular corps, 24 detachments, and an independent corps. The total strength of the four detachments will reach 4000. All the weapons seized will be assigned to the security forces. headquarters.A Security Command Academy was set up at the Army University of the Youth Army, and all officers of the security system received training in a unified manner.

It is worth noting that Wang Zhenyu issued two other personnel appointments in order to cooperate with the first phase of the operation.

The first is that Weng Wenhao was appointed as the acting governor of the Guangxi provincial government, and the former governor Wang Zhixiang was appointed as the deputy commander of the three provincial security headquarters. Use him, and tell him that when you arrive in Guangxi, the first task is to speed up the construction of transportation projects and prepare for the export of large-scale industrial products. With the war to protect the country, the Yangtze River water transport has been cut off. It's no use going out.Therefore, in addition to the Liuzhou-Fangchenggang railway supervised by Song Xianfu himself, the Guangxi region was also required to build a road and railway from Laibin to Nanning.Weng Wenhao, who understands transportation construction, cannot handle such an errand.

The second is the appointment of personnel to the Security Command.

Li Wenbin, chief of staff of the Security Command, and the three commanders are Tian Shouhai, commander of the Hunan Corps, Liu Mingkai, commander of the Guangxi Corps, and Deng Kunru, commander of the Guangdong Corps.The most worth mentioning is Shen Zongsi, who was actually appointed as the commander of the Anjiang Corps, responsible for the security of the central government.What is the concept of the commander of the Anjiang Corps?In the former Qing Dynasty, he would be the commander of the infantry yamen, that is, the admiral of the Nine Schools that is often seen in dramas. Such an honor made Shen Zongsi immediately become a big shot in the old Phoenix family.And all of this was originally just a random move by Wang Zhenyu for the sake of his adopted son Shen Quan, but it turned out that the status of the Shen family in the Phoenix family was equal to that of the Tian family. This was a situation that Wang Zhenyu did not expect when he issued this order. .

Long story short, let’s talk about the second stage. Yang Wangui’s second stage is defined as the critical stage. If the first stage assault mission goes well, the territory in Hubei and Jiangxi will start.Then at the end of March, the youth army will take advantage of the Beiyang Army's vital strength in the Hubei and Jiangxi battlefields, and its strength will not continue to cover its ears with lightning speed. The Liao Lei Division of the Fourth Division launched military operations against Anqing, Yangzhou, Nanjing, and Shanghai along the Yangtze River, targeting Jiangsu and Anhui to the north of the Huaihe River. shared, Khan) and rich Zhejiang.The entire military operation emphasizes one word, fast, and the requirement is to complete the military operation before the great powers intervene and respond, especially to prevent Zhejiang from falling into the hands of Sun Wen and others.In fact, according to the information sent back by the intelligence personnel lurking beside Sun Wen and others, although the war in Fujian is still going on, Sun Wen, who failed to take Guangzhou, has decided to organize an army to attack Zhu Rui in Zhejiang after pacifying Fujian. up.

The third stage is to be determined. There are two general directions. One is to prepare for the counterattack of the Beiyang Army. Through a battle in Henan and Xuzhou, it will smash this counterattack and consolidate the territory in hand. The second is to guard against the Yunnan Army headed by Cai E. It is estimated that At that time, this son will already hold the land of the three southwestern provinces.

Wang Zhenyu looked at this final analysis and remained silent. His great-grandfather in later generations was Cai E's subordinate. He knew that the root cause of the final decline of the Yunnan Army was Cai E's death. If this son did not die, judging from the current battle report from Sichuan , I may not be able to do anything to the Yunnan Army.But if there is a raging nest and a raging army, if the Dian army is no longer Cai E's Dian army, but Tang Jiyao's Dian army, then there is nothing to fear, and this has been proved by history.With great masters like Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi in hand, I am naturally not afraid that Tang Jiyao, an imbecile, can turn out flowers.

When it comes to achieving the entire combat goal, Wang Zhenyu is not worried, because He Jian and Zhou Lan have already figured out Beiyang's old background. Shengduo beat him so hard that even the teacher Cao Kun was almost captured alive by the guards.It is said that Feng Yuxiang, one of his two effective subordinates that day, felt that Cao Kun was dead and decided to retreat, but the other Wu Peifu did not agree, and led a surprise attack himself, and rescued Cao Kun from the encirclement of the guards. come out.If this matter is true, Comrade Feng Yuxiang is too unkind, and it is reasonable for Cao Kun and Wu Peifu to become brothers.

Not only the third division, Zhang Jingyao's seventh division is also in Sichuan, and there is also a brigade of the sixth division.Outside of Sichuan, the Sixth Division has been completely annihilated, and the Beiyang Army in Hubei actually has only Wang Zhanyuan's Second Division. If it hadn't been for the risk that the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway could be quickly reinforced at any time, Wang Zhenyu would not have even agreed to Yang Wangui's use of four divisions. The absolute superiority of a division's troops went to fight Wuhan, Nima, so many people went to fight without food or money.If Hubei still has the main force of the Beiyang Second Division, then in Jiangxi, Li Chun is not as good as Wang Zhanyuan. His Sixth Division has already been handed over, and now the entire army is annihilated.In this fight, the only army he can use is the local army in Jiangxi Province, and there are unreliable elements like Ouyang Wu here.In the whole of southern China, only the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions concentrated the main force of the Beiyang Army, including the Yang Shande Division of the Fourth Division stationed in Shanghai, the Zhang Huaizhi Division of the Fifth Division stationed in Zhenjiang, and the Lu Yongxiang Division of the Tenth Division stationed in Zhejiang.Moreover, according to Beijing's intelligence, although Feng Guozhang was slow to respond to the suppression of the war to protect the country and deliberately delayed, Yuan Shikai still decided to put his newly reorganized No.15 Division and No.16 Division and even Cai Chengxun's The first division has been transferred down, let's stabilize the situation in the south first.