Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Wang Zhenyu danced and talked about the vision of the air force in the future, and several engineers seemed very interested in it. They never thought that such an ordinary aircraft could be developed into an independent service or even a system.

"Yes, the Chinese Air Force in the future will definitely not be a subsidiary of a certain army. The army can have its own army aviation regiment, and the navy can have its own naval aviation. But our air force is also a large system. You not only have fighter jets, The bomber fleet, the reconnaissance fleet, and your own air transport fleet. More importantly, you must also have your own airborne division... the kind of infantry that falls from the sky, and they can directly enter behind the enemy's solid defense line Combat. I have already considered the candidates for the military director of the Air Force, and it was personally recommended by Vice Chairman Sun. Set up relevant colleges and universities, and I will organize you to study in Europe in the sixth year of the Republic of China. The Air Force is different from other military services. My plan is to see results in ten to twenty years, so don’t worry, take every step steadily , This is the key. As for the issue of funds, we are not afraid to spend money, but to spend it in the right place, I will increase the investment year by year, you can rest assured..."

Here Wang Zhenyu is worrying about how to spend the money. In Baoding, a guy named Cao Kun is worrying about how to find money to spend with Wu Peifu, the most reactionary classmate among the Beiyang warlords.

When Yuan Shikai was still alive, Cao Kun was a popular man under the old Yuan's hands, and the Beiyang Third Division was also the trump card among Beiyang's many trump cards.At that time, other armies only paid [-]% of the salary, while the third division paid [-]%.When Lao Yuan wanted to send troops to fight, the first thing he thought of was the people from the Third Division.After all, it's not just bragging that the third division can fight, and no one in Beiyang dares to refuse to accept it.

However, the law of who will fight for the front when the three divisions come out has been shattered by Cai E in Sichuan. The guards are facing the Beiyang Army that is four times their own. In order to win big, he insisted on equalizing the advantages of Cao Kun and others bit by bit.Cao Kun was almost killed by Cai E, and was once besieged in a desperate situation. Wu Peifu also became famous in this battle. He did not follow Feng Yuxiang's advice and personally organized a death squad to enter the siege. Snatched out of the encirclement.Cao Kun was naturally grateful for this, and afterwards sworn brothers with Wu Peifu as life and death brothers.

But a defeat is a defeat. After the death of Lao Yuan, the mortally wounded Third Division obediently withdrew from Sichuan and returned to Baoding via Shaanxi.At this time, it was Duan Qirui's turn for Beiyang to be in charge. Cao Kun had no friendship with Duan Qirui, but his relationship with Feng Guozhang was very good.But it happened that Lao Feng was defeated and captured in the south, and the 30 army was wiped out.Although he was released by Wang Zhenyu later, he had lost his strength and prestige.

Originally, according to Lao Cao's character, it was nothing more than being soft on Duan Qirui, and then he just lived and lived under the leadership of Comrade Duan Qirui, but history also arranged for someone like Lu Jianzhang to appear on the stage. . .

Counting it, Lu Jianzhang was also popular in front of Yuan Shikai for a while.In the words of the play, the Lord was once a horse runner in the Forbidden City.Historically, Lu Jianzhang had made great contributions in escorting the Beijing mutiny, and then he organized and trained the new army for Yuan Shikai.You can see the name of this Lu Jianzhang in many major events in Yuan Shikai's era, and Lu Jianzhang was also Feng Yuxiang's uncle, who saved Feng Yuxiang's political life several times.

After successfully suppressing the Bailang Uprising Army, Lu Jianzhang finally came to see his government and served as the Governor of Shaanxi. If he had been in the former Qing Dynasty, he would have been a feudal official in Xinjiang, and he had been in this position for more than two years.

The affairs of the world are destined to be constantly changing. In the fifth year of the Republic of China, the War to Protect the Nation broke out, and Feng Yuxiang, the No.16 mixed brigade under Lu Jianzhang, was ordered to go to Sichuan under Cao Kun to fight.But only Lu Chengwu's brigade was left beside him, so the tragedy happened after Lao Yuan's death.

Chen Shufan, the leader of the warlord in Shaanxi, united various forces and launched a mutiny with the support of Duan Qirui. In fact, not much blood was shed, but he rushed straight to the headquarters of Lu Jianzhang's son Lu Chengwu with a group of swordsmen Lu Chengwu was captured alive.Then he forced Lu Jianzhang, who loved his son, to resign from the position of the governor of Shaanxi. Lu Jianzhang had to agree to this condition, but the humiliation did not end. The wife and daughter were pushed into a ditch by the side of the road.Beating people without slapping them in the face set a bad precedent for the whole country. The warlords who went to the field must be looted. In the words of later generations, they do not respect the old leaders at all!

Who is Lu Jianzhang, a well-known think tank and fierce man in Beiyang, a role that can make waves without wind, how can he give up when Duan Qirui makes such a move.

After being humiliated and humiliated, Lu Jianzhang sent his wife and daughter to Tianjin, and he stayed in Henan to plan a counterattack against Duan Qirui.Together with Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, the Beiyang giant, was disheartened after losing all his strength and prestige in the south. No matter how Lu Jianzhang tried to persuade him, he was unmoved.In desperation, Lu Jianzhang and his son Lu Chengwu had no choice but to nest in Luoyang and wait for the army led by Cao Kun to pass by.

Hard work pays off. Lu Jianzhang not only met Cao Kun and others, but also successfully persuaded Cao Kun and others to reject Duan Qirui's reorganization of the entire Beiyang army. Another person who rejected Duan Qirui's proposal was Tufei from the Northeast. Warlord Zhang Zuolin.Not only that, relying on Feng Yuxiang and Wu Peifu's army, Cao Kun immediately expelled Duan Qirui's Henan governor Zhao Ti, and took over the entire Henan territory.And the consequences of being so blatant and confronting Duan Qirui are very serious. The first thing to bear the brunt is that the third division, which was originally proud of Beiyang, became the stepmother's child overnight.

From military pay to weapons and ammunition, all in all, all the resources that could be obtained from Beijing have basically disappeared, not to mention [-]% of the military pay, and the third division has lost a dime of military pay from now on.If it weren't for the fact that Cao Kun and his army were now at the forefront of facing the Southern Nationalist Government, Duan Qirui would have even wished to mobilize the army to attack Cao Kun immediately.But Duan Qirui is not a child after all, the reality made him finally calm down and appoint Cao Kun as the governor of Henan.In order to deal with the national government in the south, Beiyang must maintain a harmonious situation of stability and unity, even if this situation is fake!

Because of the Henan issue, Beiyang suddenly entered a state of substantive division. The Anhui faction headed by Duan Qirui and the direct lineage headed by Cao Kun appeared on the stage. With the strong support of the Japanese, Zhang Zuolin's Feng faction also began to show its glory. China entered the Three Kingdoms era.

But relatively speaking, Duan Qirui's Anhui faction is currently the most powerful. On the one hand, Duan Qirui relies on the new transportation system to continuously suppress the political alliance formed by President Li Yuanhong and Prime Minister Xiong Xiling. Afterwards, he was exhausted, and after his student Cai E went to Japan, he lost the throne of the chief financial officer and went down to serve the people.On the other hand, Duan Qirui began to train five divisions of participating troops through loans from Japan. These 12 troops will be Duan Qirui's important political capital. Wu and Zhao Ti and Liu Zhenhua's Henan army.The Anhui army will reach a staggering 30.Due to Feng Guozhang's failure, the small military group directly related to Feng Guozhang currently only has Wu Peifu's Department of the Third Division, Feng Yuxiang's Department of the No.16 Mixed Brigade, and Li Chun's Department of the Sixth Division. The total number of people is only 6.In the Northeast, Zhang Zuolin has not even become the Fengtian Governor, and the current Fengtian Governor is Duan Zhigui.In Jilin, the army of Governor Meng Enyuan is still loyal to the Beiyang government, and has nothing to do with Zhang Zuolin.Although the number of troops of the Feng faction has reached a huge scale of 15, the threat to the Anhui faction is basically limited.

So Duan Qirui has shown signs of unifying the north. Not only Wang Zhenyu is unwilling to see this, Cao Kun's direct line is even more unwilling to see it, but Cao Kun has no money now, so facing Duan Qirui's step by step Pressing, he didn't know what to do.The arrival of Yang Yongtai undoubtedly opened a window for them: "Mr. Zhongshan and General Ziyu, I have heard for a long time that the two are patriotic generals. Seeing them today is enough to comfort my whole life."

Wu Ziyu looked coldly at Yang Yongtai, the lobbyist, and said nothing, while Cao Kun was still thinking about the reason for sending such a scholar from the south to find him, a big bastard.

"Mr. Changqing, Ziyu and I can't afford the word patriotism. We are still sinners in the Republic of China. Not long ago, we fought against General Cai Songpo in Sichuan for the sake of the imperial system. Now thinking about it, I feel burned. !"

Yang Yongtai waved his hands and said with a smile: "That's just a matter of eating the emperor's salary and loyalty to the emperor. Besides, no matter how much we quarrel with Yuan Gong, it's just our own family affairs. Now Duan Zhiquan has involved all the Japanese. I'm afraid this is not a brother. Fight with the attitude you should have!"

Wu Ziyu still didn't speak, Cao Kun couldn't help but glanced at him before he said: "Isn't it just to organize and train an army to join the war? Isn't your national government also organizing and training? Although I don't know much about the inside story, I want to come to the great powers. No less sponsorship."

Yang Yongtai clasped his hands and said: "This is the reason why I came to see you two today. Our national government organized and trained the participating army, which was to go to Europe to show our country's prestige, and Duan Zhiquan formed the participating army, I am afraid it is to expand our own power. strength, and then integrate the Beiyang factions and then go south to unify by force. Although this is not betraying the country, it is harming the country. Looking at it carefully, it is no different from betraying the country. The two generals are on the occasion of the rise and fall of the country. There is reason to sit idly by."