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Volume 2 Beijing Story Chapter 159 The participating troops first show their talents

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    Update time: 2012-08-14

    Wang Geng's participating army, Jiang Hongyu's Second Division, was stationed in Langfang, while Wu Peifu's Third Division was transferred to Suiyuan. Wang Geng gave Wu Peifu, the division commander, the title of Suiyuan Reclamation Co-organizer, to represent himself as Suiyuan Capital.  Tong is in charge of Suiyuan!  The fortune teller told Wu Peifu that he was a late bloomer and would have to wait until he was forty before he could make a difference.

    Now, Wu Peifu believed that Wang Geng was the second noble person he met besides Cao Kun. In just ten days, he not only became a division commander with 30,000 soldiers, but also went to Suiyuan for Wang Geng. This Suiyuan  Du Tong is really capable of being a hands-off shopkeeper!  But he really dared to let go and let himself show his full potential. Wu Ziyu whispered deep in his heart: He treats me as a national soldier, and I will repay him as a national soldier!

    The three brigade commanders of the third division of the participating army were Sun Liangcheng, commander of the 7th brigade, Zhang Weixi, commander of the 8th brigade, and Han Fuqu, commander of the 9th brigade. They were originally just guys attached to the battalion commander of the 16th mixed brigade.  In less than three months of following Wang Geng, all of them have risen to the level of brigade commander, especially Han Fuqu. This guy's loyalty to his war supervision now exceeds 100. Looking at China and the world, who else can really fight in the Three Kingdoms with bare hands?  Raising a team of 100,000 people fully equipped with new equipment in less than a month?

    The division commander Wu Peifu never appointed private individuals, so when this guy came to Nanyuan from Baoding to take up the post, he didn't bring any of his subordinate officers with him, and he didn't install any close associates or direct relatives. Chi Chengcheng came to be the commander of the third division of the participating army.  He wants the whole of China to see that wherever Wu Peifu goes, he is the best soldier in China!

    Wang Geng¡¯s instructions to Wu Peifu were very simple. The first military discipline must be maintained strictly. The three major disciplines and the nine points of attention must not only be sung, but also resolutely implemented by every officer and soldier!

    Second, clear the place as soon as possible and drive all the stragglers and bandits out of Suiyuan. The three brigades are all mixed brigades and can be used freely. Just like chasing rabbits, you can chase away the bandits. Be modest, cautious and meticulous, and join the battle for us.  The army has sorted out three-thirds of an acre of land in Suiyuan!  If any of the participating troops violates military discipline, those below the brigade commander who should be shot will be shot directly before speaking!

    Third, send a motorized reconnaissance battalion to explore as soon as possible along the Beijing-Suiyuan Railway to find a suitable place. It must have sufficient water sources. It would be better if there are coal mines nearby. In the future, we will prepare to build the future arsenal of the participating armies there!  This matter needs to be kept secret, and secondly, it needs to be done quickly!

    When Wu Peifu took the order to lead the Third Division to Suiyuan, Wang Geng turned his attention to the Army's Eighth Division stationed in Tianjin Machang, a famous military camp located about 60 kilometers south of Tianjin.  Machang Township, Qingxian County, Hebei Province, on the bank of the North Canal about 8 kilometers north of Qingxian County.

    This was originally a military camp of the Huai Army. Later, according to the "Tianjin Treaty" after the "Xinchou Treaty" was signed in 1901, the Qing government could not station more than 300 troops within 20 miles around Pingjin, so the military camp Machang Town became the Qing government's  An important military base in Tianjin, the Jinpu Railway has a station in Machang.  It was the headquarters of the Fourth Army Town in the late Qing Dynasty.

    During the Second Revolution in 1913, the Fourth Town was stationed in Songhu, and Machang was stationed by the newly formed Eighth Division of the Army.  If Wang Geng, the butterfly, hadn't flapped its wings, Duan Qirui would have led the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Division to pledge their allegiance to Machang and rebuild the Republic.

    Tianjin Machang is the southern gate that guards Tianjin. The 8th Division of the Army is stationed in this area. Wang Geng feels unhappy no matter how he looks at it. Damn it, Tianjin Port is the seaport and the lifeline of transportation and shipping for the participating armies.  It is also the South Gate, the first line in the south to deal with Shandong in the future. As the saying goes, how can others be allowed to sleep soundly under the bed?

    On July 1, 1917, the Russian army on the Eastern Front of the European War launched an offensive that was destined to fail. At the same time, the Third Division of the participating army, led by division commander Wu Peifu, marched toward Suiyuan along the Beijing-Suiyuan Railway.  When Wang Geng turned his attention to the 8th Division of the Direct Army in Tianjin Machang, a secret telegram from Marshal Zhang, the governor of Fengtian in the Northeast, to impeach the governor of Jilin, Meng Enyuan, was delivered to the desks of the Ministry of War and the Prime Minister.

    Zhang Zuolin, the governor of Fengtian, has been dissatisfied with Meng Enyuan, the governor of Jilin in the north for a long time. This time he was charged with embezzling military expenditures, extortionate taxes, and instigating Jilin businessmen to submit ten thousand people's discounts to the Beijing government. Prime Minister Duan Qirui was happy with Zhang's drama.  Seeing the success, Meng Enyuan, the governor of Jilin, was originally a member of the direct team and the commander of the 23rd Army Division. After becoming the governor of Jilin, the 23rd Army Division was disbanded and became the 2nd and 3rd mixed brigades of the Jilin Army.

    Before the acting president sitting in the presidential palace could recover, the Ministry of War directly issued an order to confer Jilin Governor Meng Enyuan with the vacant title of General Huiwei from Beijing and order him to serve in Beijing.  Meng refused to obey and instigated his subordinates and his nephew Gao Shibi, commander of the Second Mixed Brigade of Jilin, to oppose Governor Yi and raise troops to resist.

    Zhang Zuolin, who was well prepared, colluded with the Japanese Jilin garrison to create the Kuanchengzi (Changchun) incident, and sent Wu Junsheng and Sun Liechen to lead armies from north to south to attack Jilin from the north and south, forcing them to submit.  Meng Enyuan was forced to leave Jilin and return to live in Tianjin.

    ThisA messy thing happened in just one week in early July. Zhang Zuolin, the warlord of Fengtian who colluded with Japan, annexed two mixed brigades of the Jilin Army and drove away Meng Enyuan. He thought he had made a contribution, but he was ordered to reprimand by the Ministry of War on the charge that he was the only one who could win the war.  Ordered to cross the border without authorization to attack friendly forces, and strictly ordered Fengtian Governor Zhang Zuolin to withdraw his troops and return to Fengtian to reflect!

    At the same time, Xia Yiting's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Japanese Minister Hayashi Kwonsuke to express the most solemn protest against the Japanese army's unauthorized military operations in Fengtian and Jilin. Behind it, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, backed by Wang Geng's 100,000-strong army, made the first  Feel the pride and honor of defending sovereignty.

    Hayashi Gonsuke formally apologized to the Chinese government on behalf of the Japanese government, and repeatedly explained that the Japanese army was at the request of Fengtian Warlord Zhang Zuolin before sending troops to assist in suppressing bandits, and had no intention of infringing on China's sovereignty. At this time, China, the United States and Japan joined forces to support the Allied Powers  half of the sky, as Sino-US relations become increasingly close, Sino-Japanese relations are also in the honeymoon period with the simultaneous construction of no less than 3,000 kilometers of railway projects in China and Japan's loans to China. At this time, no one can offend Duan Qirui and him  The one below is fearless and participates in the war to supervise the management!

    Zhang Zuolin lost the support of Japan, and at this moment he did not have enough strength to say no to the Anhui clique, not to mention that he had offended the Zhili clique and President Feng by attacking Meng Enyuan. This guy was so angry that he honestly withdrew his troops and went back to Fengtian to lick his wounds.  .

    The position of the Jilin governor left by Meng Enyuan was the same as the previous position of the Suiyuan governor. It once again became the focus of competition between President Feng Guozhang and Prime Minister Duan Qirui. Of course, this time, Wang Geng beat the rabbit in the grass and ended up with Li Daitao.  His idea was to sell Feng Guozhang a favor, transfer Li Changtai's 8th Division, which was stationed in Tianjin Machang, to go north to station in Jilin, and at the same time appoint Li Changtai as the governor of Jilin.

    Although Feng Guozhang was surprised that the Prime Minister suddenly relented after a long-lasting fight, he couldn't find anything fishy about it. In fact, since Tianjin has become the most important port for trade and military aid between China, Japan and the United States, as well as a traditional concession area, it is directly related to Tianjin.  The Army's Eighth Division, sandwiched between the Second Division of the participating armies in Langfang to the north, and Zhang Huaizhi, the Shandong governor of the Wan clique in the south, was also wary and annoying.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? It is obviously better to transfer the Eighth Division to Jilin to occupy territory than to live a hard life in Tianjin Horse Factory. What¡¯s more, the banditry in southern Zhili has always been continuous, so what if this mess is left to the Ministry of War to worry about?

    In this way, the Eighth Division of the Army stationed in Machang, Tianjin, turned around and headed north, while the Second Division stationed in Langfang sent the Sixth Brigade to take over the camp and defense area of ??the original Eighth Division in Machang.  Wang Geng's order to Jiang Hongyu was to eliminate banditry in Jingan. Jiang Hongyu's task to the commander of the Sixth Brigade Zhang Zhijiang was to not see a single bandit in the south of Zhili within a month. As for how to deal with a 9,000-strong gang like you.  The brigade commander has to figure it out on his own. If he can't handle it, then he shouldn't be the brigade commander!

    Zhang Zhijiang, the brigade commander, was not a fuel-efficient person either. He made the whole army march forward singing the military song "Three Major Disciplines and Nine Attentions to Discipline", and at the same time he pulled a truckload of rice and white flour to follow, and asked the troops to spread it out in battalion units.  In Xiangbali, I directly carried rice and noodles to express condolences to the poor local farmers. Before I left, I also helped people fill water tanks. The engineering battalion even dug wells, built bridges and paved roads for free everywhere.

    In addition, this guy himself is a master of martial arts, he is virtuous and righteous, he is vigorous and resolute, and he is resolute. When he arrived in Cangzhou, a traditional hometown of martial arts, it was just the right place for heroes to use martial arts to make friends. In just one month, not only did he  Following the tradition of joining the war, a good relationship between the army and the people was established, and the bullies and bandits from all over the country were wiped out!  Of course, this is a later story. It can be seen that Jiang Hongyu did not use the other 4th and 5th brigades, but single-handedly selected Zhang Zhijiang's 6th brigade to be unique!
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