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Volume 2 Beijing Story Chapter 197: Worries about Going North

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    In January 1918, the Brest-Litovsk negotiations between Soviet Russia and Germany were still entangled in back-and-forth. The price offered by Germany was so shocking that the Soviet Russian regime was divided into three opinions. The little man  The mentor's full agreement and peace talks were in the minority, but Bukharin's dream of spreading the flames of war to all imperialism and launching a world war was supported by more than half of the Central Committee members.

    Trotsky's opinion was to be a coward, demobilize the army, and let the people go home to farm. If the imperialists want to fight, let them fight. We, the Soviet Union, will give up diplomatic negotiations without war or peace.  , concentrate on doing your own thing.

    However, as the Soviet Russian government dispersed and suppressed the democratically elected Constituent Assembly by force, the ten months of expectations for constitutionalism and democracy were completely shattered by bayonets, rifles and bloodshed. The Russian Socialist Revolutionary Party, the Left Socialist Revolutionary Party, the Mensheviks, and the Constitutional Assembly  The Democratic Party and other non-Bolshevik parties instead called on all Russian people to stand up and overthrow the dictatorship!  The civil war in Soviet Russia may break out at any time!

    Although the central government calmly eliminated Zhang Zuolin, the governor of Fengtian, and made the domestic political environment and atmosphere more enthusiastic and harmonious, the situation in Russia made the war supervisor Wang Geng frown!

    The war chess game of the General Staff Headquarters of the Participating Army was an eye-opener for the newly arrived Chief of Staff Zhang Zuolin. A huge sand table was placed in the center of the war room, and the surrounding walls were densely packed with combat maps that were one in 50,000. There were no computers here.  In 1917, the biggest workload of Wang Geng's general staff headquarters was to continuously draw and update combat maps, using purely manual methods.

    "Commander-in-Chief! You are so good. It turns out that the whole country's situation lies in your geographical sandbox! I am completely convinced!" Zhang Zuolin ran to Fengtian and stared at the familiar land.  After a long while, he raised his head and said to Wang Geng.

    The map and sand table of this part of Fengtian Province were comprehensively updated by Wang Geng's General Staff Headquarters on the Army Department map, the Fengtian Province map and the military map obtained from Japan. Railways, highways, mountains, rivers, cities, and barracks  , warehouses, mines, and factories are all clearly marked.

    There is actually a note on the location of the Fengtian Ordnance Factory that it has not yet listed: the original Fengtian Machinery Bureau stopped minting silver coins last year, and Fengtian is purchasing machinery and equipment from Japan to transform into an arsenal!

    Damn it, which bastard leaked this secret?  It was true that nothing could be hidden from the central government. Zhang Zuolin couldn't help but blush while praising the sand table map in the war room.

    In addition to the divisions, brigades and provinces controlled by the Participating Army, the intelligence sources of the Intelligence Division under the General Staff Headquarters of the Participating Army also come from several original channels such as the Anhui Clique, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of War. Even the Japanese Residence in Banxi is the intelligence source of the Participating Army.  exchange channels.

    "Chief of Staff, don't be in a hurry when you first come here. You will get familiar with these things gradually. This thing is about slow work and careful work. Our China is far behind compared with the West. The European war was at least a group army-scale battle. We  Even during the last Bazhou Autumn Campaign, the 15 brigades on both sides of Honglan only totaled 150,000 people, which was not enough to sustain casualties on the battlefield for three days!"

    Wang Geng smiled slightly, and while pulling Zhang Zuolin to the Liaodong Peninsula of Kanto Prefecture occupied by Japan on the sand table, he asked his new chief of staff,

    "Brother Yuting, if you can come from Fengtian to Beijing and come to Nanyuan, your contribution to the country is no less than others. Come on, help me take a look at Guandong Prefecture south of Fengtian. If we want to regain our lost territory, brother  How many troops do you think we need to send to deal with the little devil?"

    "Ah? Supervision, Commander-in-Chief! You have to be careful about this matter. I know that our troops participating in the war are strong and strong. They are fully equipped with fine equipment, one integrated division and three mixed brigades. The firepower is amazing, but the Japanese on the other side are also unambiguous. One division of the Kwantung Army  The regiment also has more than 28,000 people. In terms of individual soldier quality and training level, it is much better than ours in Beiyang. Aren't we all in the Allied Country? Why, the supervisor really wants to attack Japan? "

    Zhang Zuolin was shocked by Wang Geng. What this guy was most afraid of after resigning as the governor of Fengtian was that his troops would go to the front line to provoke the Japanese. He really didn't dare to save the three melons and two dates he had accumulated in Fengtian.  It is said that the Japanese Kwantung Army can be defeated, not to mention that the opponent's naval strength is the king of Asia. At this moment, more than a dozen standing divisions in the country can cross over with just a lift. We don't dare to fight this battle randomly!

    "Haha, I know everything you said, but if we want to settle old scores with Russia over the years, we have to consider Japan's interests. In the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, little Japan was frightened by the old Maozi.  At this moment, I'm afraid that if we go north with a large number of troops, we won't be able to feel at ease if we don't deal with the South Manchuria Railway and Guandong Prefecture first!"

    Wang Geng chuckled and took out two cigars and handed one to Zhang Zuolin. They both lit the fire. Zhang Zuolin took a long puff of cigarette and gritted his teeth and said,

    "Commander-in-Chief, since we, Lao Zhang, are consistent with the Central Committee, and you think highly of me as the Chief of Staff, I honestly don't dare to hide it.I said that without the support of Britain and the United States, China cannot fight against Japan alone. After the Sino-Japanese War, Japan became the maritime hegemon of Asia. It has nearly 300,000 well-trained veterans in more than a dozen standing divisions in the country. Each division has  If the reserves are mobilized, 20 more divisions can be formed in the short term, and their strength cannot be underestimated.  "

    Zhang Zuolin frowned. I don¡¯t know when only Wang Geng, the commander-in-chief of the participating armies, and Lao Zhang were left in this large war room. The guy took a long puff of cigarette and continued a little mumbled,

    "After the Meiji Restoration, Japan really stood up in Asia through the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War. Japan's industrialization speed is very fast, and its steel production is more than 20 times that of ours. Although we are under the leadership of Premier Duan and Commander-in-Chief,  Thanks to your hard work, the country has not continued to be divided, but it is still too early for everyone to work together in one place. Although the soldiers participating in the war are well treated and equipped, they are mostly new soldiers. Not all of them may be as lucky as Wu Peifu and Wang Tingzhen on the battlefield.  !¡±

    Wang Geng nodded slightly when he heard this and motioned for Zhang Zuolin to continue. These days, the warlords who can rule a party are not economical. Zhang Zuolin is small but has handsome features. Although he is 42 years old, he looks like he is in his early thirties.  In fact, he looks more like a Confucian general.

    Little did the War Supervisor know that Lao Zhang was talking nonsense in front of his own subordinates in Fengtian, and he was so arrogant that he was full of arrogance. Now that he had just arrived in Nanyuan, Beijing, he had just come to take office.  Where is the wife?

    "Of course, Commander-in-Chief, we, Lao Zhang, are a soldier. It is our duty as a soldier to protect our homeland and our country. From now on, we will fight wherever you point us. We should not give in if we advance or retreat! What I just said is for you.  If you want to take action against Japan, I, the chief of staff, will command Zhang Zuoxiang¡¯s teaching group to lead the way for our participating armies.¡±

    Zhang Zuolin later said that he was afraid that Wang Geng would think that he was scared out of his wits by Little Japan and had lost face as the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Feng Dynasty, so he forced himself to hold up his neck and patted his chest to express his determination to Wang Geng!

    Wang Geng secretly laughed in his heart. Instead of asking the newly reorganized 15th and 16th divisions to take the lead, he actually wanted to lead his own teaching team to take the lead. Obviously, there was a deeper meaning in his words. He was shouting that he would be the leader of one of the military governors.  The commander-in-chief of the two divisions here has become an empty chief of staff who now only has his subordinate Zhang Zuoxiang leading a teaching group to hang out in Nanyuan!

    "Well, Chief of Staff, I have written this down for you. When the time comes to attack Japan, Zhang Zuoxiang will take the lead. Isn't my commander of the Third Brigade of the First Division Jiang Dengxuan? Let him lead the Third Brigade too.  Damn it, when Shi Jingting's First Brigade defeated an entire division of the Army's 16th Division, Jiang Deng chose to lead my Third Brigade and add a teaching group to deal with the Kwantung Army division. "Wang Geng is half-truth, right?"  road.

    "Hey! Everyone in the fighting army is waiting, only the commander-in-chief is following his lead!" Zhang Zuolin stood at attention. Damn it, who is pretending to be a bear at this time?  Anyway, you Wang Geng are not afraid of me, Lao Zhang!

    "As long as you say this, Chief of Staff! Don't worry, we won't attack Japan easily, nor will we be on guard. By the way, your original director of the Fengtian Ordnance Factory, Yang Yuting, seems to have been transferred to  Is it better to become the director of the Xuanhua Arsenal, or stay in Fengtian and directly lead the troops?" Wang Geng changed the topic and brought up such a matter.

    "Yang Yuting graduated from the eighth phase of the infantry course of the Japanese Military Academy. He is considered to be both civil and military. If the supervisor really dares to use him, he should stay in Fengtian and serve as chief of staff for Li Jishen. He will definitely resist. The Xuanhua Arsenal is now a foreigner for you.  The factory director has a complete set of American manufacturing equipment. If the equipment and personnel are Japanese, it would be suitable for Yang Yuting to take charge of it! "

    Zhang Zuolin¡¯s eyes lit up and he hurriedly said good things for Yang Yuting!

    Wang Geng's Xuanhua Arsenal is the heart and soul of the participating armies. The entire set of equipment is imported from the United States. Even the managers and key technical personnel are foreigners. It is known as China's latest and most advanced light weapons arsenal. Except for the artillery workshop, it is made by Japanese.  Technology and equipment, but the Americans themselves don¡¯t have artillery technology, so don¡¯t the US military still have to use French artillery?  Anyway, the Xuanhua Arsenal is very important. It would be a good thing if it could be in the hands of the Feng Faction people!

    But Zhang Zuolin also hoped that Yang Yuting could stand up for him in Fengtian. At this time, he and Zhang Zuolin were transferred from Fengtian. The new military governor was Li Jishen. The 15th Division was transferred to Rehe and the 16th Division was stationed in Jinzhou. The division commanders were all Wang Geng who joined the war army.  Lao Zhang obviously hopes to retain more of the blood of the Feng clan in his original base area of ????Fengtian.
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