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Volume 2 Beijing Story Chapter 241 Group Army and Immigration Climax

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    In fact, the previous estrangement between the Zhi, Anhui and Feng factions within Beiyang gradually disappeared over the course of this year with the continuous development and growth of the China Participating Model Army. Duan Qirui remained stubborn and Xu Shuzheng's magnanimity remained the same, but  Under Wang Geng's mediation, whether it was Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun, or Zhang Zuolin, these former bigwigs all found their place in the country's political life.

    When it comes to ambitions, none of the above-mentioned bigwigs from the direct Anhui and Fengxing dynasties used to be fuel-efficient. However, in the past year, they have discovered that their original vision and structure were too small compared to Wang Geng.  Looking back now, it's not worth mentioning at all.

    While these former military governors, whether acting president, prime minister, or undersecretary of the army, focused their attention on the complicated domestic factional struggles and territorial divisions, Wang Geng's eyes were always on the global world.  this angle.

    This Chinese model army for participating in the war was less than a year old. With the formal establishment of the 18th, 19th and 20th divisions at the end of March, it has now grown to 20 divisions and 60 mixed brigades.  , 600,000 men, with the highest firepower and mobility in the world.

    Wang Geng, this kid, formed and trained this army not for the purpose of defeating the Zhili clique and unifying China. In his opinion, it will all happen in the future. This model army participating in the war is simply used to fight against the enemy.  Used by great powers to fight for hegemony!

    This is a fact that the military leaders in both the government and the public who have always supported and once opposed him have suddenly discovered in the past few months.

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    With the arrival of a new batch of U.S. aid arms at the end of March, coupled with the American weapons and equipment produced and delivered by China's Xuanhua Arsenal, Wang Geng established three new participating armies in one go: the 18th, 19th and 20th armies.  division.

    At the end of February 1918, when Wang Geng's participating troops launched the military operation "Defend 18 and Recover the Territory", four mixed brigades were deployed from Suiyuan and Chahar and stationed in Outer Mongolia, and four mixed brigades were stationed from Rehe and Jilin.  Heilongjiang.

    To supplement the original garrison positions of the eight mixed brigades mentioned above, there are six supplementary brigades. Suiyuan and Chahar each owe one brigade.

    By the end of March, with the enthusiasm for joining the army in March, the number of supplementary brigades formed by Nanyuan's new recruits reached eight brigades again. Rewards based on merit were the main tone of this expansion.  The best fighter on the Western Front was Wu Peifu's temporarily formed Sun Liangcheng Armored Brigade.

    Wang Geng used Sun Liangcheng's armored brigade as the basis, exchanged a supplementary brigade from Nanyuan and Guo Songling's 4th Division from Shandong back to Bai Chongxi's 12th mixed brigade, and added a new supplementary brigade from Wang Chengbin's 10th  A mixed cavalry brigade was exchanged for the division, and the First Armored Division of the participating armies was established, with two mixed armored brigades, one mixed cavalry brigade, a divisional armor regiment, a divisional 150mm heavy artillery regiment, and an engineering regiment.

    With Sun Liangcheng as the commander of the 1st Armored Division and the commander of the Irkutsk Military Division, at the same time, Wu Peifu's 3rd Division was supplemented with a new reinforcement brigade from Nanyuan.

    The Zhang Zhijiang Brigade of the 49th Brigade of the 17th Division, the vanguard on the eastern front, finally ushered in its own spring based on its performance. Wang Geng transferred a brigade from Jiang Fangzhen's 13th Division in Shanxi, plus the one from Suifenhe heading north from Jilin.  The mixed brigade and Zhang Zhijiang's 49th Brigade formed the 18th Division of the Participating Army, with Zhang Zhijiang as the commander of the 18th Division of the Participating Army and the commander of the Binhai Navy Division, based in Vladivostok.

    Nanyuan¡¯s fourth and fifth new recruit supplementary brigades were integrated back into Jiang Fangzhen¡¯s Thirteenth Division and Zhang Zuoxiang¡¯s Seventeenth Division.

    Wang Tingzhen's 7th Division also played an important role in conquering Boli. The Guozhigang Brigade was the vanguard, plus Wang Geng transferred the 17th mixed brigade Sun Lianzhong from Fengtian Governor Li Jishen's 6th Division, plus Suifenhe's subordinate.  The mixed brigade heading north from Jilin formed the 19th Division of the participating army. The division commander was Guo Zhigang. The 19th Division was stationed in Hailanpao. Guo Zhigang also served as the Hailanpao Military Division.

    Nanyuan¡¯s sixth supplementary brigade completed the establishment of Fengtian Li Jishen¡¯s sixth division.

    At the end of February, another mixed brigade that went north from Jilin replenished the establishment of Wang Tingzhen's 7th Division. Wang Tingzhen's 7th Division returned to Harbin, and Zhang Zuoxiang's 17th Division was stationed in Khabarovsk. Zhang Zuotang also served as the commander of the Far East Military Region.  It has jurisdiction over Hailanpao Military Division and Binhaijun Division.

    These three divisions of the Far East Military Region were organized into the Second Group Army of the participating armies. This was a major breakthrough in the organization of the participating armies. In fact, Wang Geng was already preparing for the future war with the west, and Zhang Zuoxiang became the commander of the Second Group Army.  The first commander and commander of the Far East Military Region, Jiang Deng was selected as the commander of his 17th Division.

    The Second Army has jurisdiction over Jiang Dengxuan¡¯s 17th, Zhang Zhijiang¡¯s 18th and Guo ZhigangAlthough the 19th Division was organized as the second group army, it was the first group army among the participating armies.

    Zhang Zuolin, the chief of staff of the participating army, was grinning from ear to ear. It was obvious that Wang Geng's support was inseparable from the latecomer success of the New Beiyang Zhongfeng faction. He actually allowed his brothers to make three big strides in three months, and he  The brothers Lao Zhang and Zhang Zuoxiang became one of Wang Geng's most loyal supporters and followers.

    The Li Mingzhong Division of the West Route Army on the eastern front also received an expansion. Wang Geng composed the mixed brigade stationed in Manzhouli from Rehe north, Xiong Shihui Division, and a new recruit supplementary brigade from Nanyuan.  The 20th Division of the participating army, with Xiong Shihui as the commander of the 20th Division and the commander of the Nerchinsk Army Division, garrisoned the Nerchinsk Army Division.

    At the same time, a brigade of new soldiers from Nanyuan was transferred to supplement Li Mingzhong's Ninth Division. Li Mingzhong was also the commander of the Chita Army Division and led the Ninth Division to garrison Chita.

    The former Third Division Wu Peifu was stationed in Ulan-Ude, and the Third Group Army of the Participating Army was established at the same time, with Wu Peifu as commander and commander of the Lake Baikal Military Region. The commander of the Third Division was taken over by Zhang Weixi, commander of the Eighth Brigade.  The Third Division and the Military District are stationed in Ulan-Ude.

    The Baikal Military Region governs the Chita Military Division and the Nerchinsk Military Division, while the Third Group Army governs the participating armies Zhang Weixi¡¯s 3rd Division, Li Mingzhong¡¯s 9th Division and Xiong Shihui¡¯s 20th Division.

    As for the civil affairs of the three Irkuts Krai, Lake Baikal Territory and Far East Territory, they will be temporarily replaced by the military-political integration of the major military regions under the Northern Federal Autonomous Region. As for when the separation of military and political affairs will begin,  We will have to wait until the parliamentary elections in August are over and the revised constitution is adopted before making other arrangements.

    In fact, the purpose of the two signboards of the group army of the participating armies and the team of the military region is to prepare for the military region to be responsible for logistics and local armed forces in the future, and the field group army to be responsible for national defense military operations and war. As for the title of warlord, sooner or later it will be consigned to history  Go in the trash can.

    In the future system discussed by Wang Geng, Duan Qirui, and Xu Shuzheng, the military will gradually be separated from the civil affairs. The civil affairs of each province will be managed by the governor appointed by the central government and the provincial government established by him, and the elected provincial assembly will play the role of provincial governor.  Later, when the democratic system is improved, provincial governors will also be elected. Of course, this is still far away.

    At this time, the participating armies were stationed in the entire Northern Federal Autonomous Region, with a total of two armies and one armored division, with a total of seven integrated divisions with a strength of 210,000.  At the same time, Teket, Tulun, Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, Shilok, Chita, Nerchinsk, Mogocha, Skovorodino, Hailanpao, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok  The field airfield is also under rapid construction.

    These airports are located almost every three hundred kilometers, which makes the entire Northern Federal Autonomous Region of China not only connected by the Trans-Siberian Railway and road network on the ground, but also weaving a huge network in the air.

    For such a vast land like Siberia and the Far East, relying on the dh4 reconnaissance bombers of the combat air force to carry out air patrols and survey mapping has become an indispensable and more effective means. It can even be used directly to track the traces of Soviet guerrillas and carry out strafing and shooting from the air.  The results of the bombing were quite brilliant. No matter how fast people and horses ran, how could they compare with airplanes, especially when they were on the vast snowy fields.

    ??Also at the end of March, in addition to the establishment of three new infantry divisions and a brand new armored division, there was a wave of enthusiasm in mainland China for reclamation, gold mining and immigration in the newly recovered Northern Federal Autonomous Region of China.

    Land tax is exempted for three years, and the reclaimed land will be owned by the individual after five years of cultivation. Each person is limited to cultivate no more than 40 acres of land per capita. Land exceeding 40 acres per capita will be redeemed by the government. Half of the land redemption price is paid in cash and half is paid in cash.  The government's newly issued seven-year Northern Development Bond is the basic land management method for the Northern Federal Autonomous Region.

    In addition to the three border regions of the Northern Federal Autonomous Region, the trial scope of the above land regulations also extends to Outer Mongolia, Suiyuan, Chahar, Rehe, Jilin and Heilongjiang.

    In addition, the "375 Rent Reduction Regulations" have been fully extended from the original pilot provinces to all provinces controlled by the participating armies north of the Yellow River!

    A series of such policies were implemented on April 1, 1918. While further improving people's livelihood, it also set off a wave of immigrants from south to north to go north to explore for gold and reclaim wasteland. Immigrants traveling north to take the train not only were exempted from fares, but also received compensation.  Travel expenses are paid, and subsidies and loans for seeds, farm tools, and house construction paid by the local government can be obtained after arriving at the land reclamation destination.
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