Chapter 34 The Origin of An Meng Army

As the summer began in the first year of the Republic of China, the political situation in Beijing changed for many days. First, Tang Shaoyi resigned and left Tianjin because Yuan Shikai destroyed the power of the deputy cabinet. Later, Lu Zhengxiang was taken out of the bag to organize the cabinet, and was quickly collapsed by members of the senate alliance. Then Zhao Bingjun formed the cabinet. In just half a year, the Republic of China had three cabinets changed.

After Zhao Bingjun came to power, the political situation gradually stabilized. After all, everyone's eyes were focused on the elections between the Senate and the House of Representatives in December. The whole country was watching. Under a strong president like Yuan Shikai, can the responsible cabinet be successfully established, and how should he deal with it?

At this time, in the northwest of Beijing, there was always a major figure of the Republic of China who were unwilling to take care of it and had been turmoil for many days. That was the so-called "Kulun independence" that Outer Mongolia started at the end of November 1911. These movements of Khalkha Mongolia separated from the traditional Chinese circle of influence with the support of Russia, and the movements of the separation of Khalkha Mongolia from the traditional Chinese circle of influence, which had been set on the Six Alliances of Inner Mongolia with the support of Russia.

The 80th mixed regiment, drawn by the 40th Brigade of the 20th Division of the CSKA, has been stationed north of Tokto to prevent the Khalkha Mongolian army from invading the Sixth League of Inner Mongolia. This mixed regiment has more than 2,000 people, which is all the military forces placed outside the mouth of the central government.

The regiment dispersed from company to form isolated company bases. It stretched across the inner and outer Mongolia and was struggling to support it. Although these soldiers were also officers and soldiers from Beiyang, they were on the front line of maintaining national unity. Eat ice and lie in snow and do their duty as soldiers.

Zhang Zhenyang, the commander of the 1st company of the Second Battalion, walked down from the earth watchtower and smiled bitterly at the deputy battalion commander Zhang Zhijiang who was in the same place as his company: "Today I have been slaughtered for another day! Wutai's troops may have gone east to invade Tsan Mansion. Tokto has been very quiet these days."

Zhang Zhijiang was burning fire. The sky gradually became darker. Even if it was summer, the night on the prairie was so cold that he was afraid of people. He and Zhang Zhen, Yang and Zhang Shusheng, who were known as the 20 towns, all voluntarily joined the army at Suiyuan Commander Zhang Shaozeng. After guarding the prairie for so long, they still had no ambition to slaughter.

He threw the sticks in his hand at the ground: "Our regiment must be prepared for the east and the west. When can we counterattack Kulun? Isn't this the same as the independence of Outer Mongolia? I don't think there are too many soldiers, and I will add two or three regiments to us! I will beat five of those Khalkha bird soldiers!"

Zhang Zhenyang smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Zi Jiang, there are no soldiers in the government now!" He looked around and looked around and mysteriously approached Zhang Zhijiang's ears: "I went to Suiyuan a few days ago. I heard from the staff of the General Administration that the President recruited 100 new battalions of soldiers for Beiyang and was preparing to form ten divisions, planning to attack the south!"

Zhang Zhijiang was speechless and gritted his teeth and cursed: "The President is also a bastard! What is the country doing to raise our soldiers? It is not necessary to use them on the national defense front? Now that there is something to do in the northwest of the country, only 2,000 bird soldiers are taken out in total! Those guys in the south are also bastards! Why don't you put them on the front lines of ours? I was determined to coax the President to step down. Then I scraped money from the territory and married my little wife. They were all so bad!"

When Zhang Zhenyang heard his elder brother get angry, he had nothing to say. He just accompanied him there to the fire. The front-line troops were really hard, and the military pay was often not paid, and it was very difficult to provide supplements. In the summer, some soldiers wore sheepskin coats with bare plates in order to save military uniforms. Sometimes he wondered how they supported these days.

The sky finally darkened. Zhang Zhijiang cursed and stood up and said, "Go to the ball! Let's have a meal!" At this moment, a gunshot broke through the quiet night sky of the grassland. Zhang Zhenyang also stood up. Both of them listened intently.

Gradually, I heard the sound of horse hooves like thunder, and then the sound of the Russian water-pearl rifle and the four-petal musket made of earth was as tight as it sounded. Both of them changed their faces. The Utai troops, which had been harassed very heavily in Eastern Mongolia recently, seemed to be coming for them!

Zhang Zhenyang immediately blew the gathering whistle in the small earthen enclosure he was guarding, and the alert soldiers had already noticed the movements. They picked up rifles and ammunition and rushed to the wall. Their company was organized with 126 people and 114 rifles. No machine gun.

Zhang Zhijiang and Zhang Zhenyang rushed to the wall. Looking at the torches in the distance, the enemy formation rushed towards the here in a mess. Listening to the sound of fire, their weapons were very mixed, including rifles and earth guns, everything. But there were really a large number of people, and there were probably three or four thousand people. It seemed that they were the main force of the Wutai rebels. They did not go to Taonan Prefecture, but rushed towards Tokto!

Zhang Zhenyang gritted his teeth and ordered the soldiers to check the guns and bring the ammunition to the wall. He turned around and stared at Zhang Zhijiang and said, "Brother Zi Jiang! I still have six horses here, I will send you five soldiers. Go back to the regiment headquarters in Tokto for help! We will hold on until you come back!"

Zhang Zhijiang cursed back: "I am your superior, I should give you an order! You ride a horse to Tokto. I'll wait for you to come back here. If you can't move back reinforcements, I'll kill you!"

The two looked at each other like cockfighting for a long time and finally laughed together. Seeing the enemy cavalry about to surround him, Zhang Zhenyang hurriedly wrote a report, and Zhang Zhijiang also signed his name on it. He found a platoon leader and asked him to break through and ask for help. The platoon leader was reluctant at first, but finally it was too late to see that he didn't leave. Six people and six horses opened the door of the village and rushed out.

As the gate of the village closed, Zhang Zhijiang and Zhang Zhenyang understood that the next time the gate of the village opened, it would probably be the day for them to die for the country. The Tokto regiment headquarters only had a spy company, a cavalry company and an incomplete infantry company. What force should be used to repel these thousands of rebels?

The torches approached in a blink of an eye, and the two of them were too lazy to talk to the rebels. They waved their hands and ordered the guns to be fired. These soldiers were all trained and stern, and they fired a row of guns. Almost every bullet was fired and they bite the flesh. After a burst of gunfire, the horses in front fell down in a row, and the ones behind rushed up. The bullets from the rifle counterattacked were swishing past the walls. The soldiers dug up the gun holes on the upper and lower floors. There were sharpshooters in the four corner towers. In this situation, they calmly shot one gun at a time. There was no confusion at all.

The charger was struck to layers after layer, and the war horses without their masters were neighing everywhere. Finally, someone broke through the fire nets of rifles and bullets and threw up gunpowder packs. This was the most common attack method used by the Qing soldiers back then, and they were learned by these Mongolian soldiers.

These gunpowder packs had little explosive power, but when they were thrown on people, they immediately turned into a fire ball. Seeing that there was some chaos on the wall of the village, Zhang Zhijiang ordered loudly: "One row and two rows of gunfire to intercept the rushing team behind, and three rows of horses under the wall of the village!" Zhang Zhenyang did not say anything, and the pistol was bounced out in one box of ten particles, which could at least hit five or six enemies under the wall of the village. After the rifle was allocated firepower, the Mongolian soldiers under the wall of the village were immediately beaten to the point of overturning the enemy. Many gunpowder packs exploded in their hands before they were thrown out, and they even burned into pieces.

The first round of attack and defense took more than an hour. With the sound of the horn, the Mongolian soldiers retreated in scattered ways. The soldiers also stopped shooting and saved bullets. They fired fiercely just now, and each rifle fired more than a dozen rows of bullets. Their total reserve was only seventy-five rows of bullets per gun.

The battle was short and fierce, and such a face-to-face battle also tests the soldiers' nerves the most. Zhang Zhijiang and Zhang Zhenyang sat down against the earth wall, gasping for inspection while checking the guns in their hands. The soldiers were also busy rescued the wounded and replenished ammunition. In this battle, everyone was determined to die.

A slutty voice came from afar, although it was far apart. But on this endless prairie, it was clear that it was heard: "Which of the three guardians is guarding the card? We are all descendants of Changshengtian. The Han people forced us to divide us into East and West Mongolia, and drove us away. We are the Manchu emperors who are one of us. Didn't you call your revolution? This is called national independence? The Mongols in our world want to merge into one and make their own decisions on their own affairs. What's wrong with you? You are also good men of Han people. I don't want to see many casualties here. If you retreat and withdraw from Tokto, I will never chase you! If you violate your oath, I will not be descendants of Changshengtian!"

Zhang Zhijiang stood up and shouted: "I am Zhang Zhijiang of the 80th Regiment! Inner and Outer Mongolia are the land of our Chinese. I don't understand other principles. As a soldier, you cannot bring people to this land! You should be the prince of Wutai! After eating Chinese lords for so many years, you will raise you, the ungrateful wolf! It's useless to say more now. If you have the ability, just see a good or bad at the gun!"

He picked up a rifle and shot it out with a bang. A Mongolian man who helped Wutai carry the black turret turned over without humming. Wutai and the knights around him walked away one after another. Then he heard Zhang Zhijiang standing on the wall and laughing: "Have fun!"

At that time, the young officer had not yet believed in Christianity as devoutly as he later, nor was he not as famous as Paul. He was covered in blood and energy, and he was full of liver and courage.

Utai was really angry. Two Russian-aided Maxim heavy machine guns were removed from the horse's back. These treasures were really rare. To be honest, they were not very good. Today, they performed well. The machine gun bullets swept across the low walls. The mercenary was so splattered with sand and soil. Some bullets passed through the mound of the mercenary and knocked down the walls. The Mongolian soldiers would not do the fire support set, and stopped as soon as they launched the assault machine gun. However, this charge was much more fierce than last time. These men were just as desperate, half open, making a terrifying sound. The endless rushing up.

The soldiers still responded with neat gun platoons. However, the impact of such a large momentum was not something that hundreds of rifles could stop. The Mongolian soldiers quickly rushed under the wall, but this time they used earthen guns to fill with iron sand to shoot at the shooting port. The dull sound of the puffed earthen guns fired into a piece of sound under the village wall. Many soldiers who were shooting at the shooting port were blinded and screamed and fell down the wall. The Mongolian soldiers jumped off their horses and hit the thin village gate with force. More of them lay down and shot upwards. The two sides were about three meters away from each other, and the rifle firepower poured up and down. Both sides had no other idea, and they wanted to suppress the other side!

The Mongolian cavalry following behind were carrying simple cloud ladders. There were too many grasses and few trees in this place, so it was really not easy to make some primitive siege equipment. The Mongolian soldiers under the ladders cheered, and the defenders on the wall were red. They tried desperately to push down the ladders. The firepower was also concentrated in this direction. The Mongolian soldiers who were preparing to climb were cut down in large numbers, and their bodies were piled high around a limited number of ladders. Occasionally, a few people rushed up and were picked up by the defenders on the wall with bayonets. However, these warriors were almost immediately hit by the fierce firepower under the wall. The battle had entered the most violent stage.

Wutai grinded his teeth and looked at the small earthen encirclement. The flames dragged out of the intertwined bullets almost surrounded it. The sound of fighting and screams resounded throughout the prairie. This Mongolian prince was a descendant of the Borjijit clan, and the whole family was full of the most noble family members of the Qing Dynasty. This time he colluded with Kulun's living Buddha and Prince Hangda to raise an army to harass Rehe Suiyuan. In addition to his own great Mongolianism, it was also to repay his family hatred.

But seeing that a company of the 80th regiment resisted so tenaciously, he vaguely felt that a Han nationality who truly awakened and self-reliant would not give up the land of Mongolia. It was because of this that he felt more angry. He gritted his teeth and ordered left and right: "Go up some more warriors! The first warrior to put our flag on here, I will reward him with a scale of silver! The first good man to rush into Tokto, I will reward him with a ranch and a hundred slaves. Promote him as a Taiji! In front of our Mongolian good men, no Han people can resist!"

The war started from the genius to the blacks until the early morning of the next day. Originally, these Mongolian soldiers were fierce and fast, mainly fighting methods of plundering and harassing. However, they were disgraced in this small earthen encirclement northwest of Tokto and attacked for a whole night.

However, on the Chinese land that cannot be found on this map, Zhang Zhijiang and Zhang Zhenyang also faced the enemy who was twenty or thirty times more than themselves, and persisted all night. The enemy once overturned the earth wall and knocked the door open. However, they were all driven out by the brothers of the 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 80th Regiment with bayonets and flesh. However, they also suffered heavy casualties. Zhang Zhenyang was stabbed in from his lower abdomen by a Mongolian knife. Now he has more breathing and less breathing. The soldiers in the company are now only a dozen people. All the bullets are combined, but only more than a hundred pieces.

Zhang Zhijiang stood up with his body, and he was stabbed with his left leg and a bullet in his shoulder. He is now covered in blood. But he still holds the rifle and stands upright majestic in front of the enemy in the distance. The bandage on his shoulder is a little loose, blown high in the morning breeze of the grassland, and flutters in front of him, like a blood-colored flag.

Wu Tai naturally saw the young officer and the blood-colored bandages that were blown up. He murmured to himself: "Changshengtian, what are these Han people doing..." A Taiji next to him looked a little hesitant. He pointed to the corpses of people and horses piled up like haystacks in front of the earthen enclosure. He muttered: "These those who died in front are the bravest men on our grassland! They are also the prince's most agile foals. Even if we capture this foil, can we still run to Tokto?"

Wutai suddenly became furious, and whipped Taiji's head, almost roaring: "There is no city that we can't take before our Mongolian eagle! Even if we don't go to Tokto, this earthen encirclement must be captured! I want to dig out their hearts and see if they all have stone hearts!"

Watching the Mongolian army on the opposite side slowly sorting into a charge queue, although their movements were much slower. But Zhang Zhijiang knew that the last time had arrived. He took out his pistol and pressed a 7.63mm bullet inside. He whispered to the soldiers around him: "If there are bullets, leave one for yourself. If there are no bullets, prepare a knife for yourself! We are dead here today. One day, the country will erect a monument for us!"

Looking at the soldiers' silent and tenacious expressions, Zhang Zhijiang felt a little sad for some reason. The country erected a monument for us? Does the country still remember us?

In the summer of 1912, the Utai army in Outer Mongolia first harassed the Tokto area, instead attacked Taonan Prefecture, and ravaged the Rehe River. Then, under the counterattack of the Rehe Commander, he retreated back to Outer Mongolia. Tibet also declared independence. In the chaotic political situation of the Republic of China, in addition to the quiet northeast, the changes in Mongolia and Tibet added more troubles to the newly established Republic of China. Behind these changes are the shadow of the great powers. Outer Mongolia is Russia, and Tibet is Britain. Yuan Shikai's central government was unable to take both of them for the time being. Inner Mongolia has never been able to send troops to support it. Since Sichuan Governor Yin Changheng changed people, the troops originally planned to be sent to appease Tibet have been retained as the capital for civil war among various forces in Sichuan. At this time, China's territory was truly facing a situation of division.

Yuchen slapped the newspaper in his hand and was almost roaring at several officers under his command: "The separation of Mongolia and Tibet is the shame of our soldiers! The eighty regiment struggled to support the situation in Inner Mongolia, but the northern central government was powerless, but we were going to do something!"

Several senior officers under his command felt that it was a little confused. Yuchen called them to Xuzhou with a telegram, but yelled at them about Meng and Tibet. The north could not send troops, but wouldn’t it be your Commander Yu’s credit? If the north hadn’t focused its troops against the situation in the south, the outer Mongolian army would not have enough to fight. Even if there was Russian power behind it, Outer Mongolia’s independence was originally a matter of disagreement and unfounded law. As long as the country had the energy to turn its targets in that aspect, it would be a good situation to calm down. Even if Tibet was a little tricky, it was not impossible to solve.

However, when the commander yelled, the soldiers' sense of honor and wariness came out, and Chen Shanhe was the first to stand up: "Commander, tell me! Should you agree to the Central Committee to transfer our troops to fight? I'll count me as one! Give me the third regiment of soldiers and I'll fight Outer Mongolia back!"

He was indeed bored and moldy in Yangzhou, a little afraid that the world would remain undisturbed. However, he saw the newspapers reporting the battle of the 80th regiment's bloody battle against Tokto in such detail. Company Commander Zhang Zhenyang was killed in battle, and Deputy Battalion Commander Zhang Zhijiang was finally rescued. They held the siege all night. During the day, Tokto sent reinforcements to cover them with cavalry. In the end, Utai fled from Tokto. As long as they were soldiers, they had the same hatred for the enemy.

He Sui sat there without saying a word. Compared to Chen Shanhe, he knew more about this commander. The commander was a person who could not get up early without profit. He put up a telegram and prepared to go out of the border with the south. Do you want to gain a good reputation? Finally, he thought about it, no matter what the commander planned to restore the country's territory, it would always be a matter of success. Compared to the civil war that will be fought in the future, it would be higher than the things that were higher than the things that were in the sky and the earth at that time.

He also stood up and looked at Chen Shanhe: "Commander, let me go this time! The soldiers from Anhui will not move for the time being, just draw two regiments from Zhang Xiongfu from Xuzhou to me! As long as the central government agrees, I will fight to Kulun in one month!"

He Sui was really wronged Yuchen this time. He was really angry when he saw the recent news about Mengzang. Since he took it as his mission to unify the whole country in the future, how could he tolerate the situation in Mongolia and Tibetan to develop like this? It is still time to take it on guard. Otherwise, when the time goes by, he will really be in a dilemma. He estimated that the big war that happened on his side would go to next spring. During this period, it would be a matter of killing two birds with one stone. As for the accompanying reputation, this is really not the first issue he considered. After all, he is also a young man with some nationalism. Especially when he is at this position, he is even more sensitive to these things.

He nodded and said, "Okay, it's worth it. I'll call you here. Everyone's opinions are very unified! Yesterday I will write the Army Department. I hope to approve the transfer of troops from our department to form the An Meng Army and go north to quell the rebellion! These clowns really need someone to deal with them!"

He walked a few steps behind his back and said fiercely: "The Army Department's reply has not yet been released, so we still have time to prepare. I announce that Zhuo Ran will lead his troops out this time!"

Chen Shanhe jumped up: "That won't happen! Since Xuzhou divided the troops, Zhuo Ran has fought for battles. I was so idle in Yangzhou. Commander, Brother Zhuo Ran, please do it well. Will I succeed this time?"

Yuchen said lightly: "You are in charge of the whole Jiangsu Province. Now the situation in Suzhou is so complicated. There is also Zhuo Yunkuan who is squatting in Nanjing to deal with it. How can you leave? Zhuoran's situation in Anhui is calmer. He goes and returns quickly, probably there is no big problem. I am in Xuzhou, and I can take care of Anhui."

Chen Shanhe sat down and turned his head and refused to speak. Yuchen saw that he was acting like a child, so he comforted him: "Wujian, you are such an adult, why don't you know how to obey orders? This time there is also the matter of your Second Division. I am going to draw a regiment from the Anhui First Division, Jiangsu Second Division, and the Teaching Brigade to form the An Meng Army. You have to rectify the best regiment, do you know? Don't be so angry with Zhuoran, if you miss a big deal, I will not forgive you at that time!"

He ignored Chen Shanhe and turned to everyone and announced: "We will discuss these matters carefully these days. Don't leave for the time being. When the Army Department returns to the reply, our Southern Army will also go out of the northern border!"

At this time, Beijing naturally received a telegram from Yuchen to ask for battle. He was immediately busy. The situation in Outer Mongolia was unstable. Recently, the Utai army harassed others, so they naturally wanted to stabilize the situation in Manchuria and Mongolia as soon as possible. But after all, there were really no troops to be transferred. Several strong divisions were restrained and could not move in the face of the key points in the south. The capital also needed escort forces. A number of divisions in the northeast and local troops protected such a large territory. They felt that the troops were insufficient. The 100 battalions of the prepared army were still in training. They tried their best to draw a mixed regiment from the 6th Division, but they had not set off yet.

And pay is also a big problem. Now the aftermath loan is still in progress, and the north also feels like Luo Ju is poor. The advances before the large loan are spent as they come. We have to prepare for the Mongolian expropriation, without three million yuan, this battle cannot be supported. The Ministry of Finance of Beijing really does not have this money, let alone the various matters involved in diplomacy. This matter in Outer Mongolia is very difficult for the current Central Committee of the Republic of China.

At this time, Yuchen followed the system of the upper and lower levels and sent a telegram to ask for his own military pay, organize the An Meng army, and go north to fight! What was he going to do? This was the first thought in the hearts of the Army Department, from Duan Zhiquan to the young clerks. This is the most powerful vassal in the south, which really made them worry a lot. Every time he did in the past, he did not let the Central Government of the Republic of China suffer a loss? It is really a great thing to drive the troops to the north.
Chapter completed!