Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Operation Red Sun

Wuhan, the seat of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, Tianyuan Place Building, East Lake District.

According to the order of Zhao Hengti, Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission, the entire Military Commission Guard Corps has entered a state of high alert.Therefore, all personnel entering and leaving the Tianyuan local building must undergo the strictest inspection, and it is strictly forbidden to bring any office documents into and out of the local building.Tianyuanlou, which is responsible for some of the daily work, was also required to temporarily place some work such as the normal personnel promotion of the army, the application for resident supplies, and the replenishment and destruction of weapons and ammunition to the No. 120 Military Commission compound outside the Tianyuan Place Building.This is a six-storey square building, so it is named Sifang Building directly by its shape, and the straight-line distance from Tianyuan Place Building is no more than [-] meters.

And in the Standing Committee Building of the Tianyuan Place Building, a military meeting that will decide China's fate is going on intensely. . . . . .

The meeting room of the Standing Committee building was already full of senior generals of the youth army, and they were all anxiously waiting for Wang Zhenyu's arrival.In fact, as the Chinese European Expeditionary Force commanded by Bai Chongxi and Li Liejun continued to defeat traditional powers such as Germany and Austria-Hungary on the battlefields of France and Italy, the young generals who stayed in the country began to worry.Although the Expeditionary Army was born out of the Youth Army, most of its backbones were officers who joined during the War to Protect the Nation. Although these people are all quick graduates of the Army University, they can be regarded as the juniors of the senior generals of the Youth Army, but if these juniors are allowed to accumulate great military exploits If you step on the head, you will lose face.So everyone very much hopes to change this unfavorable situation through the next military action against Fengjun. At the same time, everyone has a wish to complete the unification as soon as possible.This is also an indirect effect of participating in the European War. The entire country and nation regained their confidence after the victory in the Verdun counterattack, and the belief in the prosperity and unity of the motherland also surfaced.

"Chairman is here..." With the reminder from Colonel Wang Chenhao, the head of the guard, all the generals stood up with a clatter.Wang Zhenyu walked into the conference room equipped with electric fans wearing the summer general uniform that was standard for the Youth Army, and then went straight to his own seat at the other end of the conference table.

"Sit..." Wang Zhenyu pressed his hands down and sat down first, and all the generals sat down with a bang.

Wang Zhenyu sat down and looked around the meeting place. Sitting on the conference table were the top leaders of the Military Commission, Chief of Staff Wan Yaohuang, ministers of various ministries, and Li Zongren, who was about to go to Europe to replace Li Liejun, and the Chief of Staff of the Northern Expedition just now. Bai Chongxi.On both sides of the conference table, there were also two rows of chairs, and generals above the division level were all present here.Wang Zhenyu observed carefully, all of them were wearing summer dresses like himself, and they all wore spotless medals, which made Wang Zhenyu very satisfied after seeing it.

Today, Jiang Fangzhen (Jiang Baili), the deputy chief of staff of the Northern Expedition Army who was just appointed by Wang Zhenyu, is in charge of introducing the battle plan of the Northern Expedition Army. He was also called back from Europe after assisting Li Liejun to complete the Italian campaign.After everyone sat down, Jiang Fangzhen, who was sitting at the end of the meeting, picked up his baton, stood up and walked towards the military map hanging on the wall.

"According to the chairman's order, our Northern Expeditionary Army Staff Headquarters formulated a more detailed combat plan. This plan is code-named Wu Song Fighting the Tiger. The goal is to defeat the Siberian tiger of the Feng army. Let me introduce the comparison of the forces between the enemy and us and The specific content of the battle plan."

Jiang Baili paused for a while, walked to the other side of the map, pointed at the map with his baton and said: "The current situation on the battlefield is like this. The Feng army is leading the battle with Zhang Zongchang's Zhilu coalition army. The total number of this army exceeds There are 25 people in [-] divisions. Strangely enough, according to the information provided by the newly formed National Security Bureau, Zhang Zongchang seems to have received a large amount of assistance from the Japanese government through Qingdao. Although his army is suspected of being a mob, it is equipped Absolutely not bad, isn’t Zhang Zongchang one of Zhang Zuolin’s subordinates? How could he bypass Zhang Zuolin and connect with the Japanese?”

Wang Zhenyu waved his hand and said: "It's not surprising at all. The Japanese don't want our old China to be unified at all. The purpose of their support for the Feng family is the same, and the purpose of supporting Zhang Zongchang is also the same. In short, they will support whoever can make China unable to unify. Whoever supports them, they will suppress whoever they don’t. Let’s continue to talk about your Wu Song’s battle plan for fighting the tiger, Brother Baili!”

Jiang Fangzhen nodded and continued: "Yes, Zhang Zongchang's army originally planned to forcibly cross the Yellow River to capture Xuzhou, but because Xu Shuzheng's army is now our Mongolian border guards, because of the resistance of the border guards, Zhang Zongchang lacked transportation. Xia did not forcefully cross the Yellow River, but went straight to Henan. In Shangqiu, he fought with Wu Peifu’s direct army for three days. The transportation hub of the Zhili-Shandong Allied Army, Zhang Zongchang's army had to return to Shandong. So far, Fengjun still stays in Zhili and Shandong provinces. The first army of the main force of the Northern Expedition, Tao Zhiyue, is currently in the Stationed in Xuzhou one after another, taking over the city defense from the border guards.”

Having said this, Jiang Baili walked back to the table, picked up the folder, walked back to the map, and pointed to two places in Henan and Xuzhou: "According to Wu Song's action plan for fighting tigers, we have mobilized five armies and fourteen divisions in total. A force of 35 troops was put into this battle. The purpose of the battle was to launch the Northern Expedition and defeat the Feng army to unify the country. Specifically, it was divided into two armies, the East Route Army and the West Route Army, of which the commander of the East Route Army was the commander of the First Army Tao Zhiyue was in charge, under the jurisdiction of the First Army, the Second Army, and the Third Army Frontier Defense Forces, a total of ten divisions with 26 people. The battlefields were mainly in Shandong. The current task of the Fifth Army is to enter the Henan area. Since we have basically negotiated with Wu Ziyu, his direct army will be reorganized into our Northwest Frontier Army. After the reorganization is completed, it will go west to Shaanxi to open up the situation there. According to the National Security Bureau According to the information, in the Anyang area, the six Fengjun divisions under Fengjun Sun Liechen have completed their assembly, but they have not attacked Henan for a long time. On the one hand, it is because of the natural danger of the Yellow River, and on the other hand, because their material reserves are insufficient. Therefore, we are currently The only stumbling block is none other than Zhang Zongchang, who holds nearly 30 people in Shandong. Once Zhang Zongchang is defeated and Shandong is seized, then we can move to the northeast. According to the request of the General Staff, we plan to launch a campaign in the North China Plain. The second large-scale decisive battle is to try to defeat the main force of the Feng army in the Baoding area, which is absolutely beneficial for us to recover the Northeast and complete the national unification. However, I personally think that the Northeast and Shandong issues are very complicated because the Japanese are involved. , so I hope that the committee can take this into consideration when making the final decision to fight, so that our army can effectively avoid risks."

Xiong Kewu, who had just taken over as Minister of the Army Department, interjected and sighed: "What's the matter? A year ago, Yuan Shikai tried his best, but he mobilized 40 troops to go south to suppress the movement to protect the country. This year In less time, a little-known Zhang Zongchang can produce 30 troops. The funniest thing is that this person was only a brigade commander of Fengjun a month and a half ago. Can anyone tell me what happened? ah?"

Wan Yaohuang shook his head and said: "What else could it be? The Japanese helped to blow up the balloons. Otherwise, relying on the production capacity of those military factories in the north, we can produce so many weapons and ammunition to arm so many Fengjun .I read the information from the National Security Bureau, and my heart was trembling. The 70 troops, the Japanese would not have taken out all the stocks in their hands. Our stocks can’t arm that many troops, so the key to this battle We are afraid that we will focus on the Japanese instead of putting it on Fengjun."

Wang Zhenyu nodded and asked Ma Xicheng: "What's the situation here at the Armament Department? Minister Ma, please tell me!"

Ma Xicheng opened his folder and stood up and spoke: "Report to the commander-in-chief and the brothers here. So far, our Armament Department has planned to build Anjiang (071 Factory), Hanyang (072 Factory) and Nanjing (073 Factory) under the China Military Industry Group. Factory) Shanghai (Factory 074) Fuzhou (Factory 075) Guangzhou (Factory 076) Haikou (Factory 077) Guilin (Factory 078) Among the eight general military factories, six factories are involved in army equipment (including firearms, ammunition, clothing, artillery , food, medicine and other branch factories) were originally planned to be completed in January 1918. With the support of Britain and France, these factories have basically been successfully completed by the end of May, and technical personnel have also been in place smoothly because of our management system and treatment. The two factories of the navy are still negotiating with the United States, and the results are not very good. So the current maximum production capacity of the China Military Industry Group has reached an astonishing monthly output of 5 sets of military uniforms, 60 hand grenades, and 50 to 120 cannons. Doors (depending on the caliber, the current technology can produce 360mm, 75mm), shells ranging from 105 to 20 rounds, 30 mortars, 400 rounds of shells, 40 grenades, 1000 heavy machine guns, light There are 480 machine guns, 800 million rounds of various machine gun bullets, 4000 Wenguan rifles, and [-] million rifle bullets. However, the rifles used by our army this time must be made in Hanyang, because the current number of Wenzheng is only [-] , It will take at least two years to realize the transformation of the entire army..."

After asking his cousin, Wang Zhenyu asked the head of the Armed Mobilization Department, his brother-in-law Li Zongren said: "That German neighbor, how is the reorganization and full strength of our youth army?"

Li Zongren said with a smile: "Because of our establishment of the provincial military region and the armed mobilization departments at all levels, the work of mobilizing [-] veterans and [-] recruits this time went very smoothly. This work was completed in July. Must win..."