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    Chapter 225 Storms will flood the city

    "In Shaanxi, the 11th Brigade has crossed Hanzhong and headed towards Baoji. The 18th Brigade cannot be contacted. Their mission requires crossing the main line of the Qinling Mountains and entering Weinan. The radio is very poor, but the other troops are very fast and have high morale. The Beiyang Army in Shaanxi is about to collapse.  It can¡¯t stop us at all.¡±

    In the Wuchang residence, Kong Qinggui, the new military secretary who succeeded Chen Guofu, stood in front of a map and explained the current war situation to Yang Qiu. He was a student at Nanjing Lu Primary School. After the uprising, he joined the death squads and cooperated with Xu Shaozhen's Ninth Town in the battle to attack Nanjing. After the North-South peace talks,  Wang Zhuo, Chen Guofu and others who joined the National Defense Forces at the Wushengguan front line wrote to them to come to Wuchang to continue studying at the National Defense University. At that time, he saw the chaos in Nanjing, so he packed his bags and went north with many classmates to join the National Defense Forces. He is still  A student in the artillery command department of the National Defense University was transferred to work as a part-time military secretary because senior military officers have been busy recently.

    Even though it was a part-time job, Kong Qinggui was still very happy to get this job. He was very diligent in taking care of the military uniforms, and the report was particularly detailed: "Here in Hubei, after Major General Yue Peng took advantage of artillery to open a gap, he led his troops to break through the Beiyang garrison in the military.  The first line of defense north of Shengguan is currently attacking Xinyang from three directions. Among them, the 4th brigade is the fastest and has crossed the junction of Xinyang and Xinye towards Fangcheng. The other brigades are also progressing smoothly. We have a clear advantage. It is expected that  The peripheral clean-up work can be completed within ten days.¡±

    "The southern line is still unclear. The 121st Regiment was attacked by two regiments of the Third Beiyang Division on the night it arrived in Bengbu. The battle is still ongoing. Huai'an is more troublesome. The 101st Brigade needs to be transported by boat and will not arrive until at least tomorrow morning.  Stationed there is the 12th Infantry Division, which is the original 8th Division of the Jiangsu Army. The old base is the Jiangsu Zhenjun. However, the previous attack on Nanjing consumed a lot of money. For more than a year, there has been no funding and equipment to replenish the troops.  They can recover. Currently, they are facing Li Chun's 4th Beiyang Division. The battle has begun. According to the telegram from the division commander Leng Yuqiu, the fighting is relatively difficult, which shows that there are problems with the combat effectiveness of the troops."

    Now Kong Qinggui is not the artillery commander who was famous for his calmness and stability during the Songhu Anti-Japanese War. The report is full of self-deprecating comments such as high morale, poor troops, etc. So while listening to the report and taking notes, he secretly wants to hammer on this.  Good seedling.  Lei Meng didn't hear anything wrong next to him. He was excited as long as the troops won. Especially after the three battlefields were fully launched, he wanted to kill him. It's a pity that his old head was not familiar with military command. This time the guard  He didn't get the position of division commander, so he could only continue to serve as Yang Qiu's adjutant and guard captain.

    Fortunately, he is not very interested in making achievements. Instead, he enjoys being an adjutant. It feels good to have so many officials nodding and bowing to him every day.

    "You can tear down the defense line in one day, do you know why?" Yang Qiu looked at the 22-year-old secretary, stopped writing and asked.

    Kong Qinggui didn't expect to ask him a question in return. After thinking about it, he said: "I think General Yue Peng commanded it well and the soldiers were brave" Before he could finish speaking, Yang Qiu stopped him with a hand and said,  He scolded: "Don't imitate those useless people who flatter you. If you want to join the First Division, you don't need to show off to me. Be down-to-earth and learn from Wang Zhuo. Although he did not go to Germany, he is now the commander of the 102nd Brigade of the Guard Division. What?  The soldiers are brave This is all false. The real reason is that we have become stronger, but you must remember that Beiyang is not our goal. Their little possessions are not worth mentioning. Your future is to become a world leader.  military!"

    The words made Kong Qinggui blush a little, and he nodded and ran away.

    Seeing this, Raymond scratched his head and asked, "Commander, this guy is actually not bad."

    "I know he is good, otherwise Jiang Baili would not recommend him to me. But he is a little proud, so he adds a lot of modifiers to his words! Soldiers must be arrogant, but not excessive. I am better off now than in the future.  He went to the battlefield and was defeated by the enemy." Yang Qiu knew that he was good, and the current students of the National Defense Force were all good, but good does not mean very good. What he faced now was Beiyang, which was completely backward in technology. When he encountered the Japanese army, 150,  210 and other heavy artillery, can Yue Peng break through so smoothly without the advantage of artillery?

    So he couldn't condone the behavior of raising his tail after a few small battles. At this moment, Miao Luo came in with coffee, waved his hand and said: "Okay, you go prepare for going to Jiangxi tomorrow, and go outside to chat with him.  Let¡¯s talk, from now on briefings don¡¯t need those exaggerated words, soldiers only need details and numbers.¡±

    After watching Lei Meng leave, Miao Luo put the coffee on the table and took out a telegram to him: "Hao Yu was here just now. I saw you listening to the briefing and asked me to give this to you."

    "What is it?" Yang Qiu was sorting out the notes he had just taken and circling the key points, so he casually asked Miao Luo to read it to him.

    "It's a telegram from a hunter, saying that heI once met the 103rd Brigade and said that the seizures had been tallied.  There were a total of 217 gold bars, cash of 350,000 pounds and 2.7 million yen, various banknotes, checks and deposit slips totaling 4.7 million, and land and real estate deeds worth approximately 15 million. They captured a prisoner who could withdraw the money.  "After Miao Luo finished reading, she was also shocked by this set of numbers. It's not like she had never seen money before. Yang Qiu had already handed over his assets to her for management, but this was the first time she heard that a hunter could get so much money.  Qian asked: "Brother Yang, who is this hunter?  Where did you get that much money?  "

    Yang Qiu put down his pen, took the telegram and sighed: "I will tell you about the hunter later. As for the money it was taken from Ni Sichong's house."

    "Ni Sichong? Is that the Butcher of Northern Anhui?" Miao Luo blinked his beautiful eyes in surprise. He never expected that ordinary Beiyang officials who were not even the governor of a province could have so much money.

    Yang Qiudao was not surprised. In the parallel world, Ni Sichong had amassed a fortune of 80 million in a short period of time. According to the National Defense Force's calculation of 3.5 million per year to support a standard division, it was enough to support 22 divisions for a year. If they only purchased ordnance, they could be established.  20 guard divisions!  Therefore, it is false to say that Beiyang has no money. All the money has been swallowed up by the people below. If people like Ni Sichong, Cao Kun, Zhang Xun, Jiang Guiti and others are willing to work together to spend money to tide over the difficulties, they will still be able to win this war.  Really unrealistic.

    In the future, the land will still have to be returned to those who were robbed or used to build national farms. The gold will be used for reserves, but other money can be directly collected into the national treasury. In addition to An Guoliang's seizure in Henan, he has already obtained nearly two million yuan during this period.  The tens of millions of funds finally eased the funds that were increasingly tight due to the war.  But this is not a formal channel after all. Distributing one's own country's war wealth is always an act of drinking poison to quench thirst, so we must find ways to find new income.

    "Okay, don't talk about these trivial matters." Yang Qiu didn't like to mention too many political and military matters in front of Miao Luo. He pushed away the telegram and documents, picked up the coffee, pulled her to sit beside him and asked, "Yes  Well, grandpa, hasn¡¯t he come back from Sichuan yet?¡±

    Miao Luo was very happy to hear that he took the initiative not to mention political matters. He rolled his eyes charmingly and said, "You still remember."

    During the Chinese New Year, Mr. Miao made a special trip back to China for their wedding, but since Yang Qiu couldn't get away from Nanjing at that time, he simply took Miao Yuan and the old friend who came back with him to inspect the customs and customs of Southwest and other places. Who knew that this inspection would actually turn out to be  No wonder, not only have I visited Hubei and Hunan, but now I have also gone to Sichuan. It is said that I will also visit the three southwest provinces. If it were not for the plateau factor, I might also want to go to Xikang and **.

    Yang Qiu smiled on her face, but she felt a little sorry for her in her heart. Not to mention that she had promised him to get married during the New Year, but now it had to be postponed for a while because of the war. Moreover, last time in Tianjin she did something sorry to her.  I always felt very guilty, so I put down my coffee, held her hand and said, "Luoer, you have worked hard during this time, our marriage"

    Although Miao Luo was a little resentful about the postponement of the wedding, she knew that he had to do big things first, so she leaned on his shoulder and said quietly: "I know you are busy, and grandpa also agreed. If it doesn't work, just postpone it until the country is unified."  Say it again."

    "Then why don't we worry about our Luo'er waiting." Yang Qiu scratched her nose playfully and said with a smile: "I'll do things when I come back from Jiangxi. If you count the days, grandpa and the others should also come back from Sichuan.  ¡±

    Miao Luo felt sweet in his heart and said with a smile: "That's not necessarily the case. Grandpa and the others had a great time in Sichuan. They also inspected many projects and planned to go back to Nanyang and the American Chinese community to promote it and let them return to the country to invest in light industry.  "

    Investing in light industry?

    In Yang Qiu's surprise, Miao Luo told Mr. Miao's original words. Although the southwest was being developed and his grandson-in-law was building heavy industry and metal processing industries, the development of light industry was in the hands of the old man who had lived in the United States for a long time.  In his eyes, it was still underdeveloped, so he wanted to go to Singapore and the United States to hold investment conferences in the name of the court, and bring back light industries including textiles, sugar, daily chemicals, etc., so as to help his grandson-in-law.

    Hearing this, Yang Qiu secretly admired him and said, "This matter must be done. Ask grandpa what he lacks, and I can help him find a way."

    "I haven't even written my horoscope yet, why are you so anxious?" Miao Luo smiled when he saw him worried, but when he thought of his brother, he felt a little sad and said, "Grandpa's side is fine, it's my brother"

    Miao Yuan was indeed in a bad mood during this period, mainly because of Song Jiaoren's matter.  Before Song Jiaoren went to Tianjin last time, he learned that the old man Miao Yuantu of Zhigongtang had returned to China, so he asked Miao Yuan to wait in Shanghai to greet him. He himself agreed because he hadn't seen his grandfather for a long time. Who expected Miao Yuantu to return?  Before he arrived, news of Song Jiaoren's assassination reached Shanghai, so he always believed that it was his negligence that led to the tragedy, and Miao Yuantu was also severely punished for this incident.?Chased him.

    So during this period, he became discouraged. Although he was still traveling around with the old man, he often expressed the idea of ??returning to the United States to retreat into seclusion.  Yang Qiu also knew about this. After all, Miao Yuan was Miao Luo's brother. Think about it and said, "Tell your brother to let him manage the southwest rubber plantation. The seeds of the rubber trees have been bought and are being cultivated.  The technicians also need to be protected to avoid trouble. In addition, I have planned to build another shipyard in Qinzhou Bay. The technicians in Shanghai are already in place, and I just need a person in charge to manage it."

    Miao Luo knew that Yang Qiu was interested in expanding industry, but he didn't expect that he would still insist on fighting now. However, it would be good to find something to distract Miao Yuan. But just when he was about to thank him, the knock on the door rang again.  She was so frightened that she quickly slapped Yang Qiu's hand away.

    As soon as they stood up, Zhang Xiaozhun and Murong Han hurried in. Even Miao Luo said anxiously: "Commander, something happened in Guangdong!"

    Yang Qiu suddenly stood up and grabbed the telegram.

    The telegram was sent by Cai Jimin. Long Jiguang still couldn't resist the temptation of Yuan Shikai's patrol envoys from Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian provinces. He took advantage of the arrival of Chen Jiongming and Hu Han's civilian ship in Guangzhou to launch a coup. Not only did they include the two  He arrested hundreds of Kuomintang personnel, including Guangdong, and proclaimed himself the governor of Guangdong. With the help of the scum of the Guangdong army who had taken refuge in him, he quickly took control of the entire territory of Guangdong.

    Because the telegraph to Guangxi was deliberately cut off, the Third Division was delayed for two days in getting the news. Long Jiguang was able to control the situation smoothly. At present, he is not only arresting the remnants of the Kuomintang in Guangdong, but also  The two divisions were integrated and began to advance towards Wuzhou and Zhanjiang. Fortunately, Cai Jimin was prepared for his attack, so after receiving the news, he immediately sent Xiong Bingkun's 9th Brigade across Wuzhou to attack instead of defend.

    The forwards of the two armies have already met in Yunfu, and the battle is currently underway.

    Long Jiguang's coup did not deviate from his and the General Staff's predictions. In the parallel world, he also played the same trick. Now the entire Guangdong is under his control. The Third Division and the 16th Brigade can ensure his defeat, but they must prevent him from escaping.  Entered southern Fujian.

    Zhang Xiaozhun saw Yang Qiu's worries and walked to the map and pointed at Guangdong: "After Long Jiguang's move, we must prevent him from entering Fujian. The Fujian Army claims that one division actually only has about one mixed brigade. After Guangdong is occupied, they will definitely  There is no way to go north, and I think they will not be able to stop Long Jiguang at the critical moment, so the best way is to mobilize troops from Jiangxi, so that we can attack him from three directions: Fujian, Jiangxi and Guangxi."

    "I think we should first send a telegram to General Sa Zhenbing. He is from Fujian and is very influential in the local area. As long as he climbs high and calls for the return of the Fujian army, it will be almost certain. At the same time, the navy can be dispatched south to Guangdong immediately to prevent Long Jiguang from jumping over the wall.  "Murong Han also expressed his thoughts.

    "Just follow what you said." Yang Qiu returned the telegram to Zhang Xiaozhun. No matter how much trouble Long Jiguang made, he couldn't change the world, so he was not worried about Guangzhou. The biggest problem was Jiangxi!  As long as Li Liejun is recovered, the problem in the south will be solved.

    "Order the 22nd and 23rd brigades to enter Jiangxi via the Zhuping Railway, the 22nd brigade to advance to the Xinyu armed forces, and the 23rd brigade to advance to southern Jiangxi. Tell them that they can decide whether to fire back when encountering resistance. Order the Hubei Guard Regiment to go south from Jinchun to Jiujiang  Take control of the Jinjipo Fort, send a telegram to General Sa, and dispatch the four fleets of Hairong, Chuyu, Chuguan, and Haijing to go north to Poyang Lake and stand by."

    After Yang Qiu finished speaking, he glanced at Miao Luo, who was worried about him, and said with a smile: "You two go and prepare. We will go to meet Li Liejun together tomorrow morning. I hope he can make the right choice!"

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