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Volume 2 Beijing Story Chapter 181 Cao San¡¯s Way Out

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    Update time: 2012-08-25

    On November 18, 1917, Outer Mongolia officially announced the cancellation of its autonomy and restored it to a province of China. On this day, the Prime Minister and his cabinet gained the highest reputation since the establishment of the cabinet, and were established in the doubtful eyes of various forces.  The model army that participated in the war regained the lost ground and established outstanding achievements for the motherland.

    Wu Peifu's Third Division became a meritorious division and ace division of the participating armies, and together with his Commander-in-Chief Wang Geng and Foreign Affairs Minister Xia Yiting, he was featured in the American "Times" magazine. Of course, the one who appeared on the cover was his young self.  Wang Geng, commander-in-chief of the participating armies.

    The victory of the Model Army in Outer Mongolia was not a hard-fought battle. As the earliest division to be formed, the Third Division, under the leadership of Wu Peifu, only developed the basic skills of long-distance raids and field training. Of course, the logistics support of the 20,000-strong army relied on  Military depots and field airports were set up at the Second Company's forward base, and aircraft reconnaissance has obviously become a security guarantee for troop operations.

    When the participating armies captured Outer Mongolia, the happiest person was Cao Kun, the governor of Henan. After all, Wu Peifu and later Wang Chengbin were both generals from the Third Division of the Army. Lao Cao was the first among the provincial governors to send a congratulatory message to the central government and Wu Peifu.  Acting President Feng Guozhang was not only happy, but also saw the huge benefits that the sincere unity of Zhijiang and Anhui would bring to the country.

    On the other hand, the Zhili clique bosses have more expectations for Wang Tingzhen and Cai Chengxun, the two divisions participating in the war on the Eastern Front. The Prime Minister still gave Feng Guozhang a heads-up in advance on the general plan of the East-West strategy of the participating armies.  The first goal is to take back the China Eastern Railway.  Of course, the situation on the Eastern Front will be much more complicated than imagined because of the involvement of Zhang Zuolin and Japan.

    Japan has never concealed its ambitions for the three eastern provinces of China, especially after taking advantage of the tragic victory in the Russo-Japanese War to seize the Kanto Prefecture leased land and the China Eastern Railway branch south of Changchun from Lao Maozi (Japan ceded Changchun to Lao Maozi).  The Dalian section was renamed the South Manchuria Railway!), Japan has never given up its greedy idea of ??the northern line of the Middle East Railway.

    Although Wang Geng's model army marched to the Northeast under the guise of going overland to Europe via the Trans-Siberian Railway to participate in the war, everyone knew that the Chinese people's eyes must still be focused on the country, and taking back the northern section of the Middle East Railway occupied by Lao Maozi would be  It will obviously become the number one target of the Chinese.

    This half year was the most disappointing half year for the Japanese Empire. The weak and divided China and the Duan Qirui government, which was originally shaky due to the dispute between the government and the Yuan Yuan, turned around and gradually became stronger after obtaining favorable conditions for participating in the war. Although Japan  In the construction of the Beijing-Suiyuan railway and highway network, we obtained the right to undertake the project and gained huge profits.

    However, although the funds used by the Beijing-Suiyuan Railway Company came from borrowing from Japan, the collateral was not the railway rights and highway rights. In fact, the Japanese contractors only became the main contractors and did not obtain the owner's property as a nanny.  property!  This is very different from previous disputes over road construction loan rights.

    Moreover, since the road construction period required by Wang Geng is an average of 1 kilometer per day, this has given the Japanese contractor who created the speed of Asian railway road construction a reputation but a loss of benefits. Faster speed means more investment in manpower and material resources, and even  , even the fuel costs for lighting at night have doubled.

    In just six months, the Western powers and Japan witnessed the miracle of the training and formation of China's participating armies. The 300,000-strong army was gathered from mud-legged people and refugees from all over the world, organized and tempered into a mighty army. The red and white circles on the arms  The model army armband with black letters appeared in Gyeonggi like a beautiful landscape and slowly unfolded like an ink painting.

    Half a year later, as the Third Division of the participating army regained Outer Mongolia, the world suddenly discovered that Outer Mongolia, Suiyuan, Chahar, Rehe, Zhili, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Shandong (except Jiaozhou Bay and Qingdao) had already been  It became the territory of all participating armies.

    It was also imminent that Henan Governor Cao Kun's Third Army Division should be reorganized into the participating army. For this reason, Cao Sanye personally used the excuse of congratulating the central government on the recovery of Outer Mongolia to go to Beijing and look for new opportunities. This guy learned the lesson this time and knew that the participating army  Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui didn't even talk about the matter. In the end, the young war supervisor Wang Geng had to make the final decision!  For this reason, he personally visited Wang Geng at his residence on Shihuma Street.

    Wang Geng was very enthusiastic about Mr. Cao, but he frowned and looked embarrassed when it came to the Army's Third Division's request to reorganize and join the war army. The answer he gave in the end was,

    "Governor Cao, Wu Peifu and Wang Chengbin are now division commanders of the participating army. You are their old superior. This is really difficult to arrange. And you know that all officers and soldiers of my participating army are prohibited from smoking.  , I¡¯m afraid it will be difficult for your third division if this matter is left until now. If I ask you to quit smoking, Prime Minister Duan won¡¯t be able to open his mouth!¡±

    "Brother Wang Geng, these two bastards Wu Xiaogui and Wang Chengbin have already made such great contributions to the country in less than half a year under your control. I, Cao San, am happy for them and at the same time ashamed of myself. If you don't giveIf I had the chance, I would really bump into my head and die in front of your house!  "As he said this, Mr. Cao picked up his robe and rushed out of the living room door.

    Wang Geng hurriedly hugged him and said, "Why bother? You have to take care of yourself." Finally, Wang Geng rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "General Cao, what do you think of this? The Third Army of the Army"  The division can be reorganized into a combat unit, but the division commander must be replaced by someone else. If you want to come to the central government, I will tell Prime Minister Duan and take advantage of the excitement of regaining Outer Mongolia to get you a vice president? "

    "Vice President?" Mr. Cao Kun was stunned for a moment after hearing this. The Vice President is certainly more prestigious than the Henan Governor, but how can he deal with the fact that he has lost military power?  Everyone knows that in troubled times, political power comes from the barrel of a gun. If there are no soldiers under his command, who will listen?

    "Third Master, let me tell you the truth. You see, neither President Feng nor Premier Duan has served as a division commander, and Xu Youzheng has not served as a division commander. However, the President is the commander-in-chief of the country's army and navy, and the Prime Minister is the head of the cabinet.  The establishment and dispatch of the army is under the control of the Ministry of War. If you become the vice president, you will first be the deputy commander-in-chief of the army and navy. Secondly, if the president is unable to take charge of the affairs for some reason, the vice president can directly act as the president.  Now! You and the Third Division of the Beiyang Army now belong to a highly respected and respected master."

    Wang Geng took Cao Kun's hand and asked him to go back to his seat and look at Mr. Cao in front of him with a smile.

    "Vice President I, Cao Kun, really don't dare to think that" Cao Kun mumbled. In fact, this guy is very jealous of Feng Guozhang's position. Because of this, although this guy is considered a direct line, he still  He maintained an aloof relationship with Lao Feng and acted as a vanguard in the military governor's army, hugging Duan Qirui's thick legs from the Anhui faction.

    If you want to say whether Cao Kun had the idea of ??using chickens to lay eggs to strengthen the strength of his faction, he definitely did, but now that the participating armies are in full swing, let alone weapons and equipment, the food and salary alone are double that of his third division. In the participating armies, the rapid  After expanding to ten reorganized divisions and possessing such a powerful air force, there was also the full support of the Americans. There is news that the reason why Wang Geng did not marry a wife but only took a concubine was because he had a fianc¨¦e in the United States who was Jack Morgan's daughter!

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? off  The participating armies were much stronger than those in Beiyang when President Yuan was there. At least President Yuan was not as good at speaking in front of the ministers of the five countries as Wang Geng is now. It is said that Wang Geng often did not even receive invitations from the American minister.  Go, the reason is that I don¡¯t have time, what kind of style is that?

    The total assets of the China Charity Foundation now exceed 60 million. It is said that most of the donations come from giant companies such as China Airlines, China Steel, China Insurance, Sino-American Petroleum and Beijing-Suiyuan Railway Company established by Wang Geng.

    Whether it is Beiyang or directly related, the person who can make the most money is probably Feng Guozhang. But Lao Feng may not be worth 60 million yuan. Secondly, if he wants to donate all his charity without blinking an eye, who is willing?  Only Wang Geng, the War Supervisor with a smile that makes people guess what he is thinking, would do such an unpredictable thing.

    My God, I heard that this aircraft has not been officially used as a civil aviation in Europe and the United States. The War Supervisor was actually the first to try something new and established China Airlines, and it was full every day and it was hard to get a ticket.  The flight only has 16 seats, which is certainly not enough. Although there are three flights every day on the Beijing-Shanghai route and the Shanghai-Guangzhou route, there are only 50 round-trip seats every day. It is obvious that the supply of air tickets exceeds the demand.

    "Governor Cao, if you don't want to come to the central government, you can continue to contribute to the country at the local level. The trend of nationalization of the army will not change. The current appointment of division commanders as governors is only temporary. According to the systems of Britain and the United States and other countries,  Sooner or later, the military and government will be separated. Of course, the country is not yet truly unified. Henan is bounded by the two lakes in the south, Sulu and Anhui in the east, and Shaanxi and Shanxi in the west. "Wang Geng asked tentatively.  .
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