Back to the Republic of China as a commander

In the middle of the night on April 4, the mobile brigade of the security detachment stationed in the Wuhan area suddenly received an emergency assembly order, fully armed and rushed to the Wuchang wharf, and then set up security in an orderly manner under the command of the leading officer.After a while, more than a dozen Ford cars drove into the wharf, and a large number of dignitaries got out of the cars. They cast their eyes on the river, and the ship lights in the distance were flickering. Wang Zhenyu's special passenger ship Yuanjiang was slowly approaching the Wuchang wharf.

Tang Hualong, the special envoy of Vice President Li Yuanhong of the Republic of China, Ye Zuwen, the acting governor of Hubei Province, and Qing Heng, director of the Wuhan Military Management Committee, were all waiting at the pier.

No one would have imagined that in just four months, Wang Zhenyu, who was still nestled in the mountains of Xianggui, would become a big shot who could determine the direction of the whole of China.All kinds of forces are paying attention to him, after all, today's Wang Zhenyu has almost controlled a large area of ​​land.

Wang Zhenyu’s decision to come to Wuhan this time was made a month ago. Therefore, the Fifth Division of the Youth Army was ordered to enter Hankou under the leadership of the division commander Zhao Dongsheng. Find a house and play the front station.

The victory came so quickly and smoothly that the entire Wang Zhenyu Group, from the Youth Army to the National Socialist Party, was not ready for victory.Take the Ministry of Armaments as an example. They have accepted various mining areas and factories all the way these days, but they don't have enough manpower to manage them.In the end, I had to adjust my policy and handed over a large number of non-military necessary factories and mining areas to the China Development Corporation. However, under such circumstances, Ma Xicheng's younger brother Ma Xiren was still very efficient in only half a month. He led the full-scale production resumption of the Hanyang Arsenal, which provided great convenience for the subsequent southeast operations. For this reason, Wang Zhenyu also specially notified and commended Ma Xiren.In the case of the National Socialist Party, it is manifested as a serious shortage of cadres. At present, the total number of party members who have joined the National Socialist Party is only more than 4, and this itself also includes political cadres in the army. It is absolutely sufficient to keep the local government functioning.However, the marching speed of the youth army was too fast. Hubei, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Anhui, Jiangsu and other provinces fell into the hands of the youth army one after another.Many places simply cannot send enough work teams, and large numbers of former government officials have been allowed to stay on.For this, Wang Zhenyu also asked for a large number of youth league members to make up for the serious shortage of comrades in the party. As for why he chose this way, Wang Zhenyu felt that it was to avoid the problem of a political party being too large, which would eventually lead to the reverse elimination of good and bad people. For him, the party is just a tool for righteousness, and he doesn't want to turn this party into the largest party in the damn universe in the future.

And on the battlefield, the goddess of luck seemed to favor Wang Zhenyu in particular. When Zhang Zizhong and the others were nailed to Hongmu Mountain like a nail, the escape door for the four divisions commanded by Feng Guozhang was tantamount to being closed.

First of all, under the onslaught of Tao Zhiyue and Zeng Jiwu, the troops of the First and Second Divisions of the Jiangsu Army were completely vulnerable and lost Wuhu at an alarming rate.This result made Feng Guozhang dumbfounded. The combat effectiveness of the two Jiangsu local divisions was even worse than he expected, and not only could he not be held accountable, but he had to comfort himself. Fortunately, the two divisions did not defect.

A total of [-] Beiyang troops were blocked on the road between Hongmu Mountain and Wuhu, with no way out.

Although he was very dissatisfied with Duan Qirui's behavior of holding back his legs in this southeast battle, Feng Guozhang still made a very decisive decision out of public interest, and sent this decision to Beijing in the form of a suggestion. The general content is an order Zhang Huaizhi's Fifth Division, Li Chun's Sixth Division, Lu Yongxiang's Tenth Division, Zhang Xun's Dingwu Army, and Ni Sichong's Anwu Army quickly retreated to Xuzhou.While Lu Yongxiang's 15th Division and He Fenglin's 16th Brigade retreated to Shandong by sea, Feng Guozhang's suggestion to Lao Yuan was to form a cluster of these troops and hand them over to the No.[-] and No.[-] Divisions in Beiyang. Xu Shuzheng, who stayed in Xuzhou and refused to go south, commanded.The army of Feng Guozhang's line was basically lost, and if he wanted to keep Beiyang's foundation, he could only rely on Duan Zhiquan's line of troops.Once Nanjing and Shanghai fell into the hands of Wang Zhenyu, Feng Guozhang did not believe that Duan Zhiquan would dare to continue playing negative strategies.

As for Feng Huafu himself, there are currently two paths in front of him, one is to leave the troops and go to Beijing to plead guilty to President Yuan Da, and the other is to find a way out with the troops under his command.As for suicide or something, Feng Guozhang never thought about it.

Yuan Shikai's first reaction after seeing Feng Guozhang's telegram was to faint in Huairen Hall. This was also the last time he went to Huairen Hall to discuss matters.After being sent back to Iron Lion Alley, Yuan Shikai, who slowly came to his senses, gave instructions to the left and right, so please follow Feng Huafu's advice!

The mental blow led to the further deterioration of Lao Yuan's physical health. That night he had a stroke and was paralyzed and was unable to see guests.In less than a week, on April 4, Yuan Shikai died of illness, and the Beiyang dragons had no leader.

But for Yuan Shikai's death, everyone blamed Feng Guozhang.

Because on April 4, after being surrounded for five days, the second division of the Left Army under the command of Bai Chongxi arrived in Ma'anshan.Seeing the situation, Feng Guozhang completely lost the will to continue fighting. He had no supplies, no supplies, no reinforcements, and no hope.

The final result was that on the morning of April 4th, Feng Guozhang signed an order, ordering 9 officers and soldiers under his command to surrender to the Youth Army with a white flag. This was also the first large-scale surrender of the Beiyang Army in history. Feng Guozhang , Wang Zhanyuan and other senior Beiyang generals did not escape to become Yugong. Unlike the Beiyang generals in history, they chose the honor of soldiers.

On April 4, according to Wang Zhenyu's order, the seventh division of Bai Chongxi, who had made great contributions in the southeast battle, was allowed to enter Nanjing first. The next day, that is, April 11, the first division under the command of Tao Zhiyue successfully entered Entering Shanghai ahead of Sun Yat-sen's Chinese Revolutionary Army, on the same day, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Zhu Rui announced his opposition to Yuan (Yuan Shikai was dead at this time, is Zhu Rui planning to flog his corpse?), and led his troops to join the battle sequence of the Youth Army (qi The Chinese Revolutionary Army, which had been attacking the city for four consecutive days, was so angry that it was itching), and was reorganized into the No.4 Division of the Tiger Youth Army.

Yuan Shikai burped two months earlier than in history, which also turned a new page in history, and China entered the "post-Yuan Shikai era".

The Beiyang Army, which originally controlled more than half of China, was defeated in just four months of the War to Protect the Country. To the Qinling Huaihe River line.More importantly, Yuan Shikai died, Feng Guozhang surrendered, and the whole Beiyang fell into a state of leaderless dragons.By this time, the war was almost over.

On April 4th, Cai E's representatives Liang Qichao, Jiang Baili, Wang Zhenyu's representatives Zhao Hengti, Yang Yongtai, Sun Yat-sen's representatives Hu Hanmin, Chen Jiongming, Li Yuanhong's personal representatives Tang Hualong, and Beiyang government representatives Xu Shichang and Cao Rulin, a total of nine people were in the UK and France. Under the strong appeal of the United States, Japan, Russia and other powers, they finally sat down at the negotiating table in Nanjing and started the famous nine-person talks in history, also known as the five-party meeting. . .

However, three days before the talks, the military operations of both sides had actually stopped. Bian didn't have to fight if he wanted to. If he wanted to fight again, he could only compete with Wang Zhenyu.

The war to protect the country has reached this point, and even a fool can see that Wang Zhenyu is the biggest winner.Although Sun Yat-sen's Chinese Revolutionary Army (also known as the Allied Army of Three Provinces) occupied most of Zhejiang, including Ningbo, Wang Zhenyu's youth army successfully occupied Nanjing and Shanghai, known as the Paris of the East.In addition, they captured Hubei and Guangdong in a series of previous military operations, as long as they manage it properly, Wang Zhenyu is likely to become China's number one figure in the future.This point of view is at least a consensus within the Japanese Super High School, and the current attitudes of Britain, France and other countries towards Wang Zhenyu are also very good. With Wang Zhenyu's army entering Shanghai, Ye Guoxuan, general manager of the China Development Corporation, finally met with the French Concession in Shanghai. The French side signed a contract for a package purchase plan, which includes a series of materials including steel, pig temples, tung oil, and various ores.

It is very surprising that, including steel, Wang Zhenyu's final price is [-]% lower than the current price in the international market.This is not that Wang Zhenyu wants to please the big powers, but an exchange, according to the content of the secret political agreement attached.

First, the big powers will recognize a South China regional government organized by Wang Zhenyu, and at the same time recognize that this government has independent tariff rights (only recognized by Britain and France);

Second, the customs and tariffs of Guangdong, Shanghai and other South China regions controlled by Britain and France will be handed over to this regional government after the establishment of this regional government;

Third, all obligations related to compensation have nothing to do with the regional government;

Fourth, negotiations on the withdrawal of concessions in Wuhan and Guangzhou can begin and be completed within five years;

Fifth, Britain and France hope that after the establishment of the local regional government in South China, they can export labor and even soldiers to Europe in the form of cooperation. All salaries, weapons, and expenses will be borne by Britain and France;

Sixth, if General Wang Zhenyu's army finally appears in Europe and helps Britain and France win the war, then after the war, China will be allowed to have priority in obtaining military supplies from the defeated country at a more favorable price.

It should be said that for the final victory of the European War, Britain and France gave up some important interests in the negotiations with Wang Zhenyu, especially handing over the customs in the South China region to the South China government led by Wang Zhenyu. Not possible.As for the issue of the concession, Britain and France also took a procrastinating attitude. Regarding the issue of the Shanghai concession raised by Wang Zhenyu, the representatives of Britain and France refused to even discuss it. .Now that Wang Zhenyu has almost negotiated with the two powers, Britain and France, the future of China will depend on the results of the meeting with the domestic princes.