Jagged Warlord

But what is Cai E's actual situation?Although Li Mohan secretly provided sulfonamide to help him relieve his pain, Cai E is a person who takes care of himself when he is in trouble, so after half a year, his condition has deteriorated a little.In the past six months, he was not only busy commanding the military, but also handling documents by himself. The escort in his hands was just a lonely army that was tired and sleepy, lacking both pay and equipment.He had a strong sense of responsibility. Although Yuan Shikai passed away at this time, the Sichuan problem was still serious. He deeply felt that he could not let it go, but if he wanted to manage it, he needed to increase his military strength, so he telegraphed Tang Jiyao to replenish the source of troops and weapons.At this time, Chen Huan's telegrams asking for help arrived one after another. He had no choice but to dispatch Liu Yunfeng's echelon regiment to Ziliujing via Xuzhou to wait for the troops to gather before attacking Neijiang and Zizhong.

The Beiyang Army led by Chen Huan himself had three mixed brigades, one of which was Li Bingzhi, who had been detained by Cao Kun in Chongqing at this time.One is Wu Xiangzhen and the other is Feng Yuxiang. Both Wu and Feng are in Chengdu, but they are unwilling to work for Chen Huan.Chen begged again and again, and Feng Yuxiang reluctantly sent a new brigade of Yang Zhicheng to the outskirts of Jianyang to set up a defense line. When they encountered Wang Lingji's troops, they collapsed without a fight. Wang Lingji went straight to Chengdu via Longquanyi.Chen Huan was forced to beg for peace with Zhou Jun, and agreed to hand over Chengdu within a week. Zhou Jun gave Chen three days to disarm and surrender, otherwise he would bombard the city with cannons.

At this time, the reinforcements sent by Tang Jiyao had already arrived in Sichuan. On June 6, Cai E sent Luo Peijin to lead the newly arrived Gu Pinzhen Ladder Regiment to reinforce Chengdu, and at the same time he called the Beijing government to stop Zhou Jun from attacking the city.But it was too late. The deadline for Chen Huan to let Chengdu has expired. He left Chengdu sadly on the 25th and became a fugitive general.

The third to cancel independence is Guangdong.The governor of Guangdong, Long Jiguang, sent a telegram to the central government on the 13th, saying that the independence of eastern Guangdong had been abolished on June 6. His text said:

"Duan Xiangguojun of the State Council in Beijing: My father-in-law will uphold the country, rebuild the republic, turn the dry and turn the Kun, and re-glory the sun and the moon. Jiguang led his subordinates to hold a meeting in Qingri to celebrate. The upper and lower parties are happy, the army and the people are united, and independence will be abolished today. Obedience The central government ordered, but the parties in Guangdong Province are divided, and there are many difficulties. Once the deployment is complete, the report will be dispatched. Long Jiguang knocks."

Duan Qirui sent a telegram to Long Jiguang for the Excellent Award, saying that he has a world vision, is eager to seek unification, and is sincerely patriotic, which is deeply comforting.The aftermath of the province will be carefully planned and handled by the admiral.

As a result, the northern provinces that became independent due to their opposition to the imperial system were left with parts of Henan, Shandong, and Jiangsu controlled by Li Mohan.Duan Qirui felt that Li Mohan, a capricious villain, was really ignorant of current affairs, especially after Xu Shuzheng came back and reported the conditions proposed by Li Mohan, which made Duan Qirui more convinced of this. Nulu Bu type of character.

Xu Shuzheng disagreed with Duan Qirui's opinion. He said: "Lv Bu has the courage to plan less, and he only values ​​short-term interests, and has no long-term plans. But I have seen a different look in Xuzhou this time. Li Mohan is a man. Have a reckless heart."

Duan Qirui still insisted on his point of view, he said with a smile: "It's really unsatisfactory for a mere kid to have such ambitions."

Xu Shuzheng also reminded: "His SS army defeated the Japanese twice, and forced Qu Tongfeng to avoid his edge. Zhiquan can't take it lightly, and he must not have the heart to underestimate the enemy."

Duan Qirui laughed again, and he told Xu Shuzheng, "Qu Tongfeng evaded Jiang Baili's soldiers and just retreated on his own initiative. He didn't want to use our soldiers to work for Yuan Shikai. He wasn't really afraid of Jiang Fangzhen's arrogance." As for the Japanese, Hiki Masaki, the Minister to China, told me in secret long ago that Japan had other plans and deliberately gave up a few places to Li Mohan."

Xu Shuzheng frowned slightly, and asked, "Is that really the case?"

Duan Qirui was a little unhappy, he asked back: "You Zheng, you don't believe me?"

Xu Shuzheng hurriedly said: "No, it's just that I don't trust the Japanese. Then Zhiquan thought Li Mohan was there, how should he reply?"

Duan Qirui thought for a while, and said: "I have already chosen for the positions of Shandong Governor and Henan Governor. It is not easy for such a capricious villain to be high in power. In my opinion, the old man gave him a Yangtze River patrol when he was here." The title of emissary? Then just give him the title of general."

Xu Shuzheng cautiously reminded: "Zhiquan, he is willing to give 2000 million to help us get through the financial crisis."

Duan Qirui said: "Hmph, what does he think he is? I have already made plans at this time, so you don't need to say more. The first priority right now is to maintain the unity of our Beiyang."

In addition, when Yuan Shikai passed away, except for the four ministers who accepted Gu Ming, other dignitaries of Yuan Shikai's family in Beijing rushed to hear the news, but did not participate in the meeting to discuss the successor.After the list of the Golden Chamber and Stone House was announced, the four Gu Ming ministers unanimously asked Xu Shichang to express his opinion on the issue of successors.

Xu Shichang Xu Donghai is a famous crystal fox. He said: "Now that the South is independent, it is extremely difficult to clean up the current situation. In my humble opinion, according to the "Contract Law", the vice president should be pushed to succeed."

He spoke in the same tone as Yuan Shikai before his death, and did not distinguish between the old and the new of the "Yuefa", but this is not because he is insane, but because of his brilliance.The No.1 of Golden Chamber Stone House is Li Yuanhong, according to the new "Convention Law", Li Yuanhong is also No.1; if according to the old "Convention Law", Li Yuanhong is also Li Yuanhong when the vice president is promoted to the president, so whether the "Convention Law" is new or old, Li Yuanhong is eligible to succeed the president , which is legal.As for the situation, Yuan Shikai was in a mess before his death. How to deal with this situation?Supporting Li Yuanhong to make the transition, the guardians will agree, and avoid letting the Beiyang faction be on top of the furnace. Li Yuanhong has prestige but no strength, and is a political prisoner of the Beiyang faction. He is used to serve the Beiyang faction. Said it was the best plan.

Although Xu Shichang is an important minister of the Beiyang faction, in Beijing, the real power of Beiyang is in the hands of Duan Qirui. Xu Shichang is also afraid that Duan Qirui will have the will of the president for himself, and that his own ideas will block Duan Qirui's way out of becoming president. Therefore, Xu Shichang glanced at Duan Qirui and added: "This is just my personal opinion. What to do depends on the Prime Minister!"

Everyone looked at Duan Qirui in unison, waiting for him to speak, but he remained silent, the room was silent, only the sound of crying in the backyard could be heard.After a quarter of an hour like this, I heard Duan Qirui say something very simply: "Very well, I agree with Xiangguo." After saying this, the situation was settled.

Yuan Shikai's body was buried in Chunou Zhai in front of Jurentang. Xu Shichang, Duan Qirui, etc. ordered to notify the heads of various ministries and people who had special relations with Yuan Shikai. After a while, more than 20 people arrived. After offering incense and candle offerings, everyone bowed three times to Yuan Shikai's body.Among the saluting crowd, Duan Qirui saw Zhang Guogan, immediately grabbed his hand and said, "Gan Ruo, follow me, let's go to see the vice president."

Zhang Guogan, a native of Hubei, was the representative of Yuan Shikai's family who contacted Yuan Shikai and Li Yuanhong.Duan Qirui pulled Zhang Guogan into his car, and only said one word to the driver: "Dongchang Hutong." On the way from Chunouzhai to Dongchang Hutong where Li Yuanhong lived, Duan Qirui didn't say a word, his facial expression The solemnity made Zhang Ru fall into a fog. He didn't attend the meeting of the four giants just now, and he didn't know the word "promise" that Yuan Shikai said before he died, and he didn't know the list of the Golden Chamber Stone House, so he couldn't figure out Duan Qirui's delay. What is Yuanhong's true intention after seeing him to see Li Yuanhong?

Duan Qirui's mood was very complicated, so he kept silent like a mute.In all honesty, he looked down on Li Yuanhong the most.In the late Qing Dynasty, his official title was much higher than that of Li Yuanhong, and he was also one of the best figures below Yuan Shikai in the Beiyang faction. Now after Yuan Shikai's death, he is asked to make the Beiyang faction support Li Yuanhong as president. I really can't figure it out, but the situation He is stronger than humans, and under the current situation, Li Yuanhong must be supported, so his expression is very solemn.

Xu Shuzheng had no choice but to send a telegram to Li Mohan according to Duan Qirui's wishes.After Li Mohan received Xu Shuzheng's ambiguous telegram in Xuzhou, he had already guessed about it.His reply to Xu Shuzheng was very simple, with only one sentence: Do it yourself and have enough food and clothing.

As soon as Xu Shuzheng saw the telegram, he knew it was not good. It was because Li Mohan wanted to force it.

In the parking lot of the vehicle manufacturing plant in Shangqiu Industrial Park, dozens of chariots that were set off to lake green parked there quietly like well-behaved big cats.

Li Mohan, wearing his signature white suit, stood on the front of one of the chariots and gave a lecture to a group of young soldiers in uniform standing in front of him.

"Do you know what a chariot is? A chariot is a tracked armored combat vehicle with powerful direct firepower, high cross-country mobility and solid protection. It is the main assault weapon for ground combat and the basic equipment for armored soldiers. The enemy's tanks rely on their own good armor protection to break through the enemy's line of defense. It is a perfect weapon of war that integrates protection and firepower." This is the "SS Armored Soldiers Handbook" written by Li Mohan himself. Introduction to the chariot.

In this era, whether it is armored vehicles or armored soldiers, let alone China, it is a new type of arms in the whole world.Even the Western powers that invented tanks used tanks for the first time in the Battle of the Somme three months later.The actual application in the SS is only a simulation test training mainly on the training ground.

The vast majority of SS officers know about armor and armored vehicles.The hundreds of transport vehicles equipped by the SS, as well as temporary tanks that were partially modified and equipped with armor and machine guns.Right now, these armored vehicles with a certain thickness of armor protection, equipped with weapons such as Maxim machine guns or large-caliber machine guns, and refitted from trucks by the vehicle factory are the so-called armored soldiers and armored forces in Li Mohan's hands.

Li Mohan said to these generally short and stocky armored soldiers: "Soon, you will go into actual combat, let the enemy tremble under the roar of you and your chariots."