Nagasaki Port is busy, with hundreds of ships from all over the country docking here, and the dock is filled with vendors, passengers, cargo and workers...

However, the most eye-catching thing in the entire Nagasaki Port are several large transport ships, a large group of Japanese soldiers wearing tangy military uniforms and hundreds of artillery being shipped onto the ship...

"Mikami, I really don't understand what the people in the government are thinking? If you just load the arms ship, wouldn't it be enough in Sasebo? What should I do when I run to Nagasaki!"

Watching the workers work together to load a Meiji 38-year-old 105mm field cannon onto the ship, a young officer in a yellow military uniform complained to his companion beside him.

It can be seen that this topic is very consistent with the other officers' wishes, so before the officer named Sanshang could answer, another officer had already taken the lead.

"Yes, what's the difference between governments doing this and stealing a bell?"

Looking at the reactions of the two companions, the officer named Dongxian smiled bitterly. At this time, a little girl in a kimono ran over and gave the little girl aside. The young officer named Sanshang spoke.

"It is better to cover up the ears and steal bells than to cover up the fact that there is no one. Politics is sometimes so hypocritical. Moreover, although the government bureaucrats are quite happy with the war that takes place in China, they also have to consider their future relations with China. If the final winner of this Chinese civil war is not Yuan Shikai, but the warlord surnamed Yan, the government bureaucrats can use this reason as a fig leaf to perfunctory."

Although he was on Yuan Shikai's side, it was obvious that the Japanese government was not optimistic about his future, so after making the decision to provide military aid, it used commercial ports to transport rather than the more convenient Sasebo Port. In this way, even if the final winner was Yan Guang, the Japanese government also had a reason to make excuses—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Of course, it doesn't matter if the new Chinese government does not accept this perfunctory reason in the end. The Japanese government is not afraid of China anyway. However, it is a good thing to maintain the superficial relationship. After all, the long-awaited European war of the Japanese still don't know when it will break out, and it is even uncertain whether it can break out...

Sure enough, after hearing Mikami say this, all of the companions showed disdainful expressions on their faces. Obviously, they were disdainful of the pressure that might come from China. In fact, if it was twenty years ago, these young Japanese officers might have thought twice about the pressure from China. However, it has been nearly 20 years since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and 10 years after the Russo-Japanese War. Pressure from China? The Japanese have not considered this kind of thing for a long time.

Sankan naturally saw the disdain of China by his companions, but he didn't say anything about this, because he didn't think there was anything wrong with his companions' views. Last year, on the eve of the Second Revolution in 1913, as a member of the military exchange group sent by the Japanese government, Sankan had conducted an investigation of the Beiyang army at that time.

In the view of Sanshang, the gap between the six towns of Zhongbeiyang in terms of quality and equipment and the Japanese army is not very big, but the other armies are...

At this time, Japan not only had a powerful navy that China could not match, but also had as many army divisions that were stronger than China's ** team in combat effectiveness. Mikami dared not say the future, but at least China is not qualified to threaten Japan. (At that time, Japan had 18 standing divisions, namely the Guard Division and the 1st to 18th Division. As for the later 19th and 20th Divisions, they were established on December 24, 1915 after the formal annexation of North Korea.)

Just as Sankan talked to his companions, the 105m field cannon had been brought onto the transport ship by the workers. Looking at the watch and feeling the hunger coming from his abdomen, Sankan and his companions waved their hands and walked towards a tavern in the distance.

In addition to these companions from Sankan, the one who has the greatest opinion on the Japanese government is probably the "horse manure" in the army.

In order to prepare the heavy equipment such as artillery required by Yuan Shikai as quickly as possible, when it was not too late to manufacture it now, the Japanese government had to directly order the active equipment from the army to ship to China.

In addition to the Kumamoto Division closest to Nagasaki, all divisions near the port such as Osaka, Sendai, Nagoya, Hiroshima and Kanazawa suffered all the disasters.

I am afraid that only the Russians after the collapse of the Soviet Union can understand this feeling?

In any case, the "horse manure" in the army finally hated the Japanese government's bureaucrats. As for the reason why the Japanese government would do this? If these "horse manure" could be understood, so many things would not have happened later...

However, Yuan Shikai would like to thank the "bureaucrat" Japanese government, because the 432 artillery supported by the Japanese government can not only make up for the losses of the Beiyang, but also make the strength of the Beiyang artillery to a higher level. After all, the 105mm caliber field cannons were not equipped by the Beiyang army in the past. Although the cannons equipped by the Guoshe Army on the opposite side were 120mm in addition to the 75mm light cannon, and in order to obtain these 432 artillery, Yuan Shikai himself paid a considerable price...

(Before the European War, the Japanese Army's artillery organization was composed of three 3rd company and six-gate artillery brigades (battalions) plus one field artillery brigade (battalion), a total of 54 mountain balls, field artillery and 18 field heavy artillery—————This field heavy artillery is the Meiji 38-year-old 105mm field cannon →_→)

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When Yuan Shikai reached a deal with the Japanese and the Japanese government just ordered the divisions to ship the main combat equipment to Shanghai, Zhu Qinglan and others had already received Yan Guang's reminder.

"Do you have more than 400 cannons?" After reading the content of the telegram, Zhu Qinglan handed the telegram to others. "The work is quite good, but unfortunately the quality is a bit different..."

When everyone else heard Zhu Qinglan say this, they laughed.

"Yes, 105mm light cannon? The Japanese are so embarrassed to take it out!"

The artillery regiments under the various infantry divisions of the Guoshe Army were originally equipped with 75mm mountain and 72 field artillery pieces. However, after the Sichuan Arsenal was put into production, the Guoshe Army also organized a direct heavy artillery battalion in the infantry division like the Japanese. However, unlike the Japanese, the Japanese were equipped with 18 105mm field artillery pieces, while the Guoshe Army was equipped with 120mm long-barrel cannons...

There is no way, not only Yan Guang looked down on the 105mm "light" cannon, but even the Germans looked down on them. There is no 105mm field cannon in the German artillery list. Therefore, the so-called 105mm field cannons are not present in the artillery drawings of various caliber purchased by Yan Guang, but only 105mm howitzers are. By the way, Yan Guang is ready to carry out a new round of reorganization of the Guoshe Army after defeating Yuan Shikai and the Kuomintang. First, expand the existing 15 infantry divisions to 63, and

It is divided into two grades A and B. Among them, the artillery regiments belonging to the thirty-three A Divisions are not only equipped with 54 75mm field guns, but also 18 75mm mountain guns are all replaced with 105mm light howitzers. In the future, the 75mm mountain guns will only be equipped in the B Division. As for the 120mm cannons directly under the heavy artillery battalion, it remains unchanged. After all, 150mm caliber cannons are more suitable to be equipped directly to the artillery brigade or artillery division. As a division-level suppression artillery 120mm cannon, both in terms of power and range, are sufficient...

"But Ziqiao, it's better for us to take Hankou as soon as possible. After all, if the Japanese artillery was transported before we took Hankou, it would cause a lot of trouble for us..." Yang Shan looked outside the headquarters. "But these Japanese are really enthusiastic, and they actually sold the troops' active equipment..."

Zhu Qinglan shook his head when he heard Yang Shan say this.

"There is nothing enthusiastic, it's just that the Japanese are happy to see us fighting in the internal battle. However, the offensive against Hankou must be as soon as possible, otherwise it would be not an easy task to cross the Han River under the cover of more than 600 artillery pieces."

"Yes." Yang Shan nodded in agreement. "But as long as you take Hankou, Wuchang will become an isolated city. It would be a simple thing to take Wuchang..."

Since Feng Guozhang demolished the Hanyang Arsenal, there were only two sources of supply for the Beiyang Army, one was the Beijing-Han Railway in Hankou, and the other was the Yangtze River Waterway. Taking Hankou would mean that the Beijing-Han Railway was cut off. If the Sichuan Navy cooperated with the Artillery Brigade to wipe out the Beiyang Navy in the Yangtze River Waterway, it would be very difficult for the Beiyang Army to return to the north.

However, it is probably difficult to achieve the latter. After all, it is really at that point that the Beiyang Navy will not fight against the Sichuan Navy. You must know that if the Beiyang Navy is defeated, all Beiyang has to pay is the price of the entire army being destroyed...

"By the way, how did the ship's problem be solved?"

"It's almost done." Yang Shan nodded to his adjutant, and soon the handsome young adjutant walked back with a document.

After holding the document in his hand, Yang Shan said to Zhu Qinglan, Peng Xiu and others.

"Didn't we recruited more than 1,000 large and small ships in Jingzhou and Changhu areas for crossing the river? Now Qianjiang is trying to find a way to send these ships to Hanyang. At the estimated speed, it will take at least 3 days for these more than 1,000 ships to arrive all..."

During the Qianjiang Battle, the Guoshe Army recruited more than 1,000 large and small ships to cross the Dongjing River. After the battle, these ships were naturally useless. However, Zhu Qinglan and others did not return the ships to the people along the coast, but stayed there. Because the Dongjing River and the Han River are connected, in other words, when the crossing battle was carried out, the Guoshe Army did not even need to re-collect ships, but just transported these ships to Hanyang along the Han River. This is why Zhu Qinglan and others did not return the ships to the people.

"Three days..."

Seeing Zhu Qinglan's appearance, Yang Shan knew what he was thinking.

The Beiyang Army was newly defeated, and it was a great time to take advantage of the victory. But if you paused in Hanyang for three days, as long as Feng Guozhang and the others adjusted it a little, the next battle would probably not be so smooth...

However, Yang Shan had no choice but to do this. After all, when Hanyang was still occupied by Feng Guozhang, they could not drive the ship over. Isn’t it going to burn one by Feng Guozhang?

So Yang Shan could only comfort him.

"Even after fighting for more than ten days, the officers and soldiers below were very tired. Let's take this opportunity to have a good rest. Anyway, three days will not delay anything..."

Although Zhu Qinglan was unwilling to accept it, he knew that there was no other way to imagine at this time, so he could only sigh and nod in the end.

"Okay, I'll wait for another three days..."

Although I had to wait for another three days, Zhu Qinglan and the others were not idle for these three days.

In any case, the Kuomintang and the Social Army fought a tough battle over the past ten days, and the casualties and losses were not small. Therefore, during these three days, Zhu Qinglan and his team underwent a preliminary restoration, which restored the combat power of the troops, which were originally exhausted, a little.

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After three days of preparation, the Kuomintang army began its combat mission against Hankou.

However, because there is a Han River crisscrossing there, although the commanders in the headquarters had thought of many solutions in three days, the only way to choose besides strong attacks is left...

So with the launch of ten thousand artillery artillery, the Kuomintang army began a strong attack on Hankou.

When facing a strong attack, the Beiyang Army suffered from the Hanyang period and more than half of the artillery was destroyed, and the latest Meiji 38-year-old 75mm field artillery was lost. Therefore, with the support of heavy artillery, the Kuomintang Army transported a division's troops to the opposite side on the first day and laid a very solid position on the beach.

"Sir, can't you let the Navy take the initiative to provide assistance?"

Although Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang seemed to be much haggard because of the unfavorable war, Li Chun still said sadly to the two of them, "You must know that the people who are getting shells on the positions are from his Sixth Division now...

However, when Duan Qirui heard Li Chun's words, he didn't even look at him, and just said lightly.

"No, the navy must not be used in this battle..."

Yes, it must not be used.

Although the Beiyang Army is no longer an opponent of the Guoshe Army, the Beiyang Navy can surpass the Sichuan Navy, but if there are two artillery brigades here...

Seeing that Hankou may not be able to defend for long, and it is likely that it will not even be able to hold on to the arrival of Japanese military aid. In this case, if the Beiyang Navy is also sent, the result may be that the Beiyang Navy was severely damaged and the Guoshe Army only delayed the capture of Hankou for a few days...

Without Hankou and Navy? By then, there are probably only two roads left before Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui. One is to defend Wuchang and then wait for the order to be wiped out by the entire army. The other is to give up Wuchang and take the train to return to the north by the Beijing-Han Railway before Hankou fell...

None of these two choices can be accepted by Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang. So even if the artillery fire of the Guoshe Army is fierce now, Duan Qirui cannot let the Beiyang Navy come up to support it, because the Beiyang Navy is the last ace to retreat from water to Shanghai when Duan Qirui could not defend Wuchang. As long as the Beiyang Navy is still there, even if all Wuchang in Hankou is lost, Duan Qirui is confident that most of the Beiyang Army will be retreated to Shanghai.

In this way, at least it can leave some family background for Beiyang, and it will be useless for Yuan Shikai to treat him well for many years.

After understanding that Duan Qirui did not mean to ask the Beiyang Navy to provide assistance, Li Chun was helpless, but it was impossible to let him stay here and watch his troops be bombed. So after stomping his feet, Li Chun could only surrender on the grounds of physical discomfort.

Duan Qirui didn't care much about Li Chun's resignation. After all, not everyone could tolerate the feeling of being killed by his subordinates, but he could only watch it.

So nodded, Duan Qirui agreed to Li Chun's retreat.

However, just when Li Chun rode back to the bedroom located in the division headquarters and wanted to rest, he found a tall and thin young man in a jacket standing in his bedroom and looking at him with a smile.

"Teacher Li, you're waiting for me..."

Although it was really surprising that such a living person appeared in his bedroom, Li Chun was not very nervous. After all, he was also a long-standing general, not to mention that this was his own division command center. As long as he called out a little, a guard company would rush in from outside, so Li Chun just said calmly.

"Who are you? How did you come here?"

However, the answer from the visitor surprised Li Chun, who was originally calm, with a calm face.

"I am Li Yannian, currently the head of the Hankou Branch of the Military Intelligence Bureau..."

Although the tall and thin young man named Li Yannian in front of him just said that he belonged to the Military Intelligence Bureau, who in the Beiyang Army now doesn't know that the Military Intelligence Bureau is the secret intelligence agency of the Guoshe Army? Now the person in charge of this secret intelligence agency stationed in Hankou is in his bedroom...

Just when Li Chun wanted to call the guards outside in to arrest people, Li Yannian said with a smile.

"Teacher Li doesn't have to waste his energy. Not long after you entered the division headquarters, your guard company had already gone outside. Now the entire division headquarters is not afraid to say that it is empty, but not many people can hear your voice..."

Of course, Li Yannian was not that awesome, or the Military Intelligence Bureau was not so awesome either. However, after bribing some people from the 6th Division Guard Company, it was still possible to temporarily transfer them from the division headquarters. Otherwise, Li Yannian would not be able to enter Li Chun's bedroom.

After hearing what Li Yannian said, Li Chun was so unbelievable that he still shouted twice to the outside. However, after two sounds, no one came in outside the bedroom, and even the guard company, who was responsible for ensuring his safety, was the case. At this point, Li Chun could not keep calm. After quickly pulling out his pistol, Li Chun pointed the gun at Li Yannian.

When someone pointed at it with a pistol, a layer of fine cold sweat broke out from behind Li Yannian, but even so, Li Yannian continued to say without changing his face in front of Li Chun.

"Teacher Li, you don't have to be nervous. I'm not here to be unfavorable to you, I just want to discuss a topic with you."

Although Li Chun wanted to kill this family directly, after hearing Li Yannian's words, Li Chun still instinctively asked, "What topic?"

Hearing Li Chun's question, Li Yannian understood that he had taken the bait, so after a slight smile.

"What do you think about the topic of "knowing the current affairs is a hero?"

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With the strongest firepower in Asia, although there were occasional minor setbacks when facing the Beiyang Army, the Kuomintang and Social Army generally maintained a long-term victory.

As the saying goes, those who know the times are heroes. Nowadays, not only the surrounding provinces, but also many people in Beiyang have clearly realized that Beiyang's failure is inevitable, and what is worse than this is Yuan Shikai's poor physical condition. If you think about the rumors that the Yuan family is said to be no male child can live beyond 60 years old, even in the Beiyang army, many people have begun to look for a new owner.

At this time, is there anyone who is more suitable for allegiance than Yan Guang?

Therefore, after the end of the Hanyang Battle, the work of the Military Intelligence Bureau was unprecedentedly smooth. When persuaded some Beiyang people to defect to their own side, the success rate also increased from 50% to more than 80%. For example, there were several leaders of Li Chun's guard company either bought or took the initiative to defect. Li Yannian could easily get into the Sixth Division's division headquarters with their help.

As for why Li Yannian came to Li Chun, he talked about "life" and "ideals" with him.

This was the idea that Yan Guang suddenly came up with. Since the Military Intelligence Bureau's work in Beiyang is so smooth, why not just buy a few main characters directly? Although many of the Beiyang, especially the six towns in Beiyang, are trusted confidants of Yuan Shikai, as the saying goes, those who know the times are heroes. Seeing that Beiyang is about to decline, Yuan Shikai himself may go first "Beiyang" at any time. Under such circumstances, it is impossible for everyone to be willing to bury Yuan Shikai with him, right?

As long as they can win over one or two core figures among the six Beiyang towns, they can win over their subordinates and then control one or two divisions. Then these people can play a miraculous role in the next battle. Even if the Beiyang Navy has been avoiding war, Yan Guang is not unsure of leaving at least more than half of the Beiyang army in the south.

As for whether this whimsical plan can be successful? How many generals chose to revolt in the war of liberation in later generations when the decline of the country was revealed? What's more, even if the bribery plan failed, the loss was only some of the military intelligence bureau's staff in Hankou. But if the plan was successful, the harvest would be a whole forest...
Chapter completed!