Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Yuan Shikai died. Because of a certain big butterfly, Yuan Shikai left this troubled country two months earlier than in history.What is even more different from history is that Chinese society is entering a period of drastic changes at this moment, and this drastic change is not what the Western powers want to see.

After Yuan Shikai died of illness and Feng Guozhang surrendered, Beiyang finally realized the great danger he faced in front of the powerful defenders. The southern provinces captured from Sun Wen during the second revolution were lost in this war of protecting the country. clean.If it's just the loss of territory, it's okay. The most terrible thing is that three of the seven Beiyang field divisions, the second, fourth, and sixth divisions, were lost. In addition, the third and seventh divisions let Cai E fight in Sichuan. Zhang Huaizhi's fifth division retained its organizational system, but it suffered a lot. Quoting Duan Qirui's speech with Beiyang generals at the Liuguo Hotel, there is no worse time than now.

In the post-Yuan Shikai era, due to the downfall of Feng Guozhang, Duan Qirui became the core of Beiyang.His first division, fifth division, seventh division, tenth division, No. 15 division, and No. 16 division did not receive any major blows in the War to Protect the Country.It can be said that almost all the Anhui cliques in history have been preserved. In this way, after Lao Yuan, Beiyang became united instead.Therefore, although in this war of protecting the country, the Beiyang forces lost people, land and money, but considering that it still controls the northern territory and heavy industry and the status of the central government, in the eyes of the great powers, Beiyang is still China's first No. [-] power group cannot be ignored.

In the south, three bosses appeared at once.The first place in this row is not Wang Zhenyu, who has made the most profit in this war, but Cai E, who was the first to launch the war to protect the country.

Compared with Wang Zhenyu, Cai E's victory is the real deal.The War to Protect the Nation first broke out in Yunnan and fought in Sichuan, which can be said to be the first uprising.But the result of this is that Lao Yuan gave priority to using all the troops he could mobilize and the materials he could collect on the Sichuan battlefield.Lao Yuan's abacus was very formulaic, that is, to shoot the first bird, relying on the advantage of four or five times the strength of Cai E, to try to extinguish Cai E's uprising in the shortest period of time, and then kill the chicken for the monkeys to see.It's a pity that Cai E is not Sun Yat-sen, he is a talented student who graduated from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy, and a professional military talent who was awarded a saber by the Emperor of Japan.This bad debt of defeating the crowd with few people just made Cai E flourish. If it weren't for the fierce general Wu Peifu in the Beiyang Army, Cao Kun himself would have almost fallen into Cai E's hands.So even though Yuan Shikai spent his money, it is a pity that he lost money.

Although Cai E's victory was only in Sichuan Province, his excellent military command ability has attracted the attention of Western powers. At least he is much better than Wang Zhenyu, who stayed motionless in Anjiang during the entire War to Protect the Nation.

With Cai E, a world-class hero full of positive energy, Wang Zhenyu, who had no outstanding performance on the battlefield, had no choice but to take the second place, but Wang Zhenyu didn't care about this, because this time the war of protecting the country was viewed from any angle He is the one who benefits the most.

First of all, in terms of territory, Wang Zhenyu, who originally owned only one province in Guangxi plus one place in western Hunan, successfully took advantage of Yuan Shikai's opportunity to focus on Sichuan, and took over Hunan, Guangdong, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai and other provinces in one go. Sites in Huzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Zhejiang.In the words of the Japanese super high school, this is simply a classic case of snake swallowing an elephant.

This kind of victory is actually based on Wang Zhenyu's dedication to industrial and commercial development in the past four years, and on the basis of his 20 well-equipped and rigorously trained youth army.But if you think about it carefully, this is not enough to be a reason for him to defeat the Beiyang Army organized by the Qing Empire with all the power of the whole country.Strictly speaking, Wang Zhenyu's victory was suspected of intentional calculation and unintentional manipulation. The most practical example is his military victory in Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong, and Jiangxi provinces. E to guard against empty opportunities.Although the southeast battle declared to the outside world that the less won the more, in fact Feng Guozhang failed to achieve the concentration of troops from the beginning to the end because of the lack of military expenditures and materials and the internal political struggles in Beiyang. The Fifth Division Zhang Huaizhi did not work hard. , the Tenth Division Lu Yongxiang moved slowly, and the No.15 and No.16 divisions commanded by Xu Shuzheng simply stayed in Xuzhou and did not move.The most serious consequence of this situation is that Feng Guozhang made a perfect battle plan, but because of his execution, it became the biggest joke of the War to Protect the Country.The troops that acted according to the plan were eventually defeated one by one, plus accidents such as Zhao Yong's night attack, British and French intervention, and fleet rebellion, Feng Guozhang's final failure became helpless due to various reasons.

But no matter how lucky it is, it is a fact that Wang Zhenyu won the territory of six or seven provinces. It is also a fact that he successfully owned the Hanyang Arsenal, Hanyang Iron and Steel Factory, Jinling Armory, and Shanghai Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. It is a huge fact that the dividend of 30 billion Chinese yuan and the annual fiscal revenue jumped from less than 4000 million silver dollars (40 million Chinese yuan) to more than 120 billion silver dollars (more than 240 billion Chinese yuan).With the expansion of his territory, he will be able to earn almost [-] billion Chinese dollars just for currency exchange (issue [-] billion Chinese dollars to exchange for currency on the market), which can fully compensate for his preparation and launch of this There is still a slight surplus of money spent on the war.The influence of the National Socialist Party has also expanded a lot with the great victory of this war, and it has become one of the three major political parties in China alongside the Chinese Revolutionary Party and the Progressive Party.

No one is more satisfied than Wang Zhenyu, but even so, Wang Zhenyu still has some regrets.Because Zhu Rui's performance was really substandard, Sun Wen's revolutionary army seized almost three-quarters of the entire Zhejiang territory.Fortunately, Zhu Rui bought some strength in the end and successfully blocked Sun Wen's army in Hangzhou, thus keeping the territory in Shanghai. Otherwise, Wang Zhenyu would not mind treating Zhu Rui as a war criminal.The original plan to limit Sun Wen's influence to Fujian Province failed. As a result, the affluent Zhejiang made the Chinese Revolutionary Party led by Sun Wen the third largest force in the south.

As the smallest of the three major powers in the south, Sun Yat-sen's wealth surpassed that of Cai E.After all, the economic income of the province of Zhejiang can offset that of several provinces in the north and west, so now Sun Yat-sen has enough banknotes to support his 20 army.And this gave the Ningbo gang in Shanghai another choice. They felt that they were now qualified to challenge Wang Zhenyu who had just entered Shanghai.As for the core of the challenge is the right to issue Huayuan. If Wang Zhenyu still does not agree to give them the right to issue currency, they don’t mind blocking Huayuan from the Shanghai market, just like they did with Yuan Shikai’s traffic ticket issued by the central government. .In short, they don't like Wang Zhenyu, a nouveau riche in his [-]s, because they feel that this young man is rebellious and will not safeguard their interests.Therefore, after Chen Qimei was killed, these Shanghai tycoons moved closer to Sun Yat-sen's side. At least in their opinion, compared with Wang Zhenyu, a pure warlord, Sun Yat-sen wanted more gentlemen and was easier to fool.

But it doesn't matter, for Shanghai, Wang Zhenyu is not helpless, the real headache for him is actually Sun Yat-sen, or his [-] troops.If this problem cannot be solved, then from Jiangsu to Jiangxi and then to Guangdong are all within its attack range. In this case, let alone taking advantage of Cai E’s death to pacify the Southwest, his emerging power is likely to be attacked by Sun Yat-sen, Duan Qirui, and Tang Jiyao. The ashes were wiped out.This is absolutely not impossible, Sun Yat-sen's character Wang Zhenyu is too clear, in order to gain Japan's support to overthrow Yuan Shikai, the father of the nation openly declared his support for the common prosperity of Greater East Asia, affirming that China only has [-] provinces.In order to gain the support of the Soviet Union to overthrow Beiyang, he even let the grassroots organizations go to the gcd. This person looks weak, but in essence he is a person who does whatever it takes to achieve his goals.

So long before the Five-Party Talks, Wang Zhenyu decided to win over Sun Yat-sen no matter what, and take advantage of his own lack of strength to achieve convergence.And Zhang Xueji played the role of liaison, but because of the assassination of Chen Qimei on the revolutionary party side, Sun Yat-sen and Hu Hanmin took over the negotiation decision.

Wang Zhenyu's conditions were very simple, to establish a regional coalition government in the south, called the National Government of China, implement the method of military and political unification, and set up a military committee to take charge of the government's military.The National Socialist Party and the Chinese Revolutionary Party can obtain the ruling power of the Nationalist Government by seeking a party merger, but the original National Socialist Party must take the lead. Of course, in terms of the central government in Beijing, the former Chinese Revolutionary Party will also obtain the Nationalist Government. Unconditional support.The conditions are not very generous, but since they are proposed, at least they can proceed to the next step of contact.Although Wang Zhenyu is becoming more and more like a dictator, he is not the kind of political idiot who does not know what is good or bad, and holds power in his hands. He knows that real politics is not a one-party system, but cooperation and compromise. This is the same as doing business, emphasizing win-win and mutual benefit.

As for Li Yuanhong in the Five-Party Talks, he doesn't actually have much strength, but he has one thing. The existence of this thing can prevent the division between the North and the South, and that is the righteous name of the head of state.

Wang Zhenyu is still very clear about the history of the Republic of China. This is an era of intensified humiliation, so he does not want to be scolded in the name of the central government, but prefers to develop silently under the separatist regime.After all, China is so wrong. . .