Chapter 45: Haizhou
Of course, Qu Tongfeng had no hope that this division could annihilate the third division, but it was still a division. Now Qu Tongfeng is planning to wait until the division and the third division are killed and injured, and then a full-scale counterattack will be launched to annihilate the third division in one fell swoop.
But the plan is always a plan. The predecessor of this division was Zhijun, and there was no intention of fighting. As a result, the troops dispersed as soon as they arrived on the battlefield. Some officers and soldiers simply turned their guns and didn't even need to change their uniforms. They were wearing Zhijun's uniforms.
The new division commander could not control the troops at all. At this time, some cadres simply led the Zhijun to the division headquarters. When the division commander saw something wrong, they quickly took the Yinyang from the division commander, then took off his military uniform, changed into monk's clothes, then shaved his head, ran 700 miles away, and went out of the pass and surrendered to Zhang Buyun.
But Qu Tongfeng was suffering. Some of the defeated soldiers simply broke through the defense line of the Hubei army. Another mutiny unit led the Zhi army to rush around. The vanguard of the Third Division had already rushed to his headquarters. Chen Yunjie was very polite and said that he was asking Teacher Qu to come out to negotiate the ceasefire between the two sides.
Qu Tongfeng did serve as Chen Yunjie's teacher, and he was not suspected of being a fraud. He immediately went to the Zhijun side, but was immediately detained by Chen Yunjie. The Hubei army lost its commander and the troops completely lost command, and the situation was even more unbearable. Since Qu Tongfeng fell into the hands of the Zhijun, he could only let him mercy. First, he issued an order to disarm the troops, and then a knife offering ceremony was staged, which was completely the attitude of the loser surrendering to the winner.
At the same time, the Fengtian army also officially turned against each other. The first thing that changed was the Rui army in the Rehe side. The Rui army stood in Rehe with a weak brigade for decades, so it was naturally a fence-bearing skill. Whenever there was a turbulence, they immediately turned on the power to obey Zhang Buyun's command. Later, Chahar and Suiyuan also quickly sent a telegram to support Zhang Buyun.
The key trend is the three infantry divisions of the Imperial Guard. The Imperial Guard was originally used to guard against the Fengtian Army, but Zhang Buyun actually hooked up with the Imperial Guard. As a result, the Imperial Guard and Zhang Buyun received news that the Hubei Army was not supported. Both sides immediately changed their flags and drove to the vicinity of Peiping. At the same time, the Hubei Army was recruited for major events and gained the best interests.
Before Duan Lu finished playing a mahjong, she heard a few rows of gunfire and quickly slipped back to Beijing City and claimed to the newspaper reporter that he had done his best to kill the enemy. Only later did he realize that the gunfire was a shooting training for the Hubei army, and the Zhi army was still far away. It would be difficult for Duan Tiemin to fail if he used such a commander-in-chief of the front enemy.
At this point, the defeat of the Hubei army was decided. On the 19th, President Xu Juren issued a ceasefire. On the same day, Duan Tiemin announced that he would step down and the Anfu Club would automatically disband. Liu Jingxiao did not expect that the Hubei army would be defeated so soon.
Before stepping down, Duan Tiemin announced the withdrawal of the order to investigate Cao Ming, but did not mention Chen Yunjie's issue. His hatred for Chen Yunjie can be imagined. As for the Zhijun, the Zhijun also took the opportunity to acquit the various departments of the Hubei army to expand its strength.
Li Dingyuan and he belonged to the same lineage as the Hubei army. When he heard that the Hubei army had failed, he quickly sent a telegram to indicate that Tian Zhiming, the direct army of Jiangsu, had already advanced to Haizhou.
Although he suffered a great loss at Liu Jingxiao last year, Li Dingyuan suffered heavy losses in Shandong some time ago, and even Liu Hei's seven bandit troops could not withstand the entry of the country. He took advantage of his illness to kill him. Now if he doesn't take the opportunity to take over Haizhou, the governor Tian will be very uneasy.
Li Dingyuan's telegram tone became more and more intimate. At first, he called "Teacher Liu Jingxiao" and later became "Teacher Jingxiao". Within half a day, because Tian Zhiming immediately became "My brother Jingxiao", but there was only one content, that was, to ask for reinforcements.
Liu Jingxiao's troops now have only 50,000 people. Although there are more than 30,000 core troops, this little force is not enough to defend Zhijun from going south to attack. Fortunately, after the fall of the Hubei regime, Zhifeng and Fengtian sides had a great conflict, and both sides had a very unhappy quarrel. They had not had time to deal with Liu Jingxiao for a while.
Although Zhi and Fengtian reached a mutual cooperation agreement, Cao Ming, the head of the Hubei clan, was born in a poor family, but Zhang Buyun was born. In this battle between Zhi and Hubei, the most efforts were the Zhi army. The Fengtian army took advantage of it without firing a single shot and an ammunition.
However, it was because of the sudden entry into the battlefield without fighting that the troops incorporated by the Fengtian Army and the Imperial Guard were similar to those of the Zhi Army, especially in terms of technical equipment, the large warehouses located in the rear were accepted by the Fengtian Army. In Nanwan, a heavy artillery regiment of Chen Chen and a field artillery battalion of Zou Hua were incorporated. Most of the Northwest Frontier Defense Forces and the Chen Sheng Brigade of Wang Ziqi's remaining troops were also accepted by the Fengtian Army.
What was even more helpless about Zhijun was that a regiment of the Communications Soldier located in Beiwan and all the equipment were received by the Fengtian Army. However, when counting the equipment, it was found that more than ten cement poles and wires were installed on the front line due to war needs to be installed for thousands of meters. Zhang Buyun hurriedly asked Zhijun to return the cement poles.
Cao Ming was well-educated and couldn't help but get angry at this time. He said to Chen Yunjie: "They took so many things, and we didn't say a word... It's great now, even a few telephone poles are needed!"
The greater the conflict between Zhi and Feng, the more comfortable Liu Jingxiao's life was. The original group of important actors in the E-System turned against him one after another. The Zhi-System seemed to control most of Northern China, and only a few people hooked up with Zhang Buyun.
In addition, Liu Jingxiao also stepped on Xu Youzheng's foot, which was a lawsuit filed in the name of Ding Jing, accusing Xu Youzheng of all crimes of killing Ding Chong without authorization. Finally, he did not forget the sentence "Please make a plea for the little girl..." The governor and governor of a province said something, and the ground would be shaken three times, let alone the complaint, but Xu Youzheng was very embarrassed.
However, the E-sect has a great benefit to Liu Jingxiao, which is that it created the most powerful imaginary enemy for the 17th Division. For a time, the entire division was in combat readiness and spared no effort to clear out the bandits. At present, Liu Jingxiao could pat his chest and said, "The troubles in Shandong are gone..."
As for combat readiness, there is nothing to say. Liu Jingxiao often conducts random inspections, but the performance of the troops can indeed satisfy him. After all, everyone finally got promoted to this position, so how could the direct army snatch the territory?
In view of the lessons of the Battle of Direct and Hubei, Liu Jingxiao asked each infantry regiment to maintain a backbone company that could be used if pulled out, and a company that the commander could feel at ease with. This company was well-equipped, with all Minni rifles. The brigade commander personally contacted the company. Every time he got out of the regiment, he had to go to the company.
As for each infantry brigade, one is required to have a backbone regiment, and each infantry battalion must have at least one reinforcement company. However, Liu Jingxiao's infantry brigade is simply a disguised third-regiment infantry division.
The only thing that made Liu Jingxiao worried was that the 17th Division expanded so quickly that such a large stall could not be digested in one moment. He went out of the border for 86 years in the Republic and gained the position of being in charge of a province.
At this time, Tian Zhiming had already begun to attack Haizhou. Li Dingyuan dared not resist and retreated to Haizhou to defend. On the other hand, he sent his wife Zhang Hanyun to ask for help.
Liu Jingxiao doesn't have much favoritism for Li Dingyuan, who told me that he once stabbed him hard?
Therefore, although he is a beautiful face, Liu Jingxiao has always been an expert in Tai Chi: "I am not convenient for me to intervene in Jiangsu Provincial Government... But please rest assured Mrs. Li, I will generate a power to invite Governor Tian and Zunfu to sit down and have a good talk. There is no problem, so I can't talk about it..."
Even though Zhang Hanyun was crying with tears in her eyes, Liu Jingxiao still gritted her teeth and refused to let go. Finally, Zhang Hanyun asked: "I don't know what to do, but Commander Liu is willing to send troops..."
Liu Jingxiao shook her head and said a little truth: "Mrs. Li, say the truth... Although I have this intention, I don't have the courage... Now I'm a little moved, and I can't stand it in Hebei..."
The Zhi army, with the power of new victory, expanded three Central Divisions and three mixed brigades in one go. Wanyan Yuzhuo's righteous brother Wang Bincheng was finally promoted to the position of commander of the first division. However, the telegram he sent was a little resentful. According to Liu Jingxiao's inquiry, Chen Yunjie was still relieved of him and Wang Bincheng. He simply skipped many things to command the brigade commander below. One of the brigade commanders Wang Weicheng was very ambitious and had the intention to replace him.
However, the Zhi army is probably not something that Liu Jingxiao can fight against in just one province. Although the 17th Division alone had 30,000 elite troops, and after the war, it even incorporated a large number of veterans and backbones of the Hubei army, the Zhi army's name as the most powerful soldier in the world is definitely not a false reputation. Liu Jingxiao still remembers the iron army in the rain back then, let alone Liu Jingxiao had to worry that the four Jiaodong masters would pull their legs behind him.
Besides, the first fleet directly under the central government recently purchased some eliminated sail warships from Xiao Diji's second fleet. For a time, the troops were strong. Although this navy was too weak, the civil war did have its power. Liu Jingxiao's Shandong coast was equivalent to being unprepared, and the direct army could land at any time.
Although Shandong has the name of a navy, it is not a navy. Lu Da, the new commander of Shandong's maritime security guard, wanted to inspect Liugong Island, but he borrowed a fisherman's boat to go out to sea. The fisherman at the sea said to him: "You are a dignified water security commander, why do you want to borrow our boat to go out to sea?"
Lu Da was also very aggrieved. However, the Shen family at sea never liked the strong naval power that rose to the north. Xiao Diji refused to sell new warships. Liu Jingxiao could only buy a few merchant ships and retired second-hand warships and handed them to Lu Da.
In this case, if Liu Jingxiao sends troops to Jiangsu, he will definitely be opposed by Hebei. The risk is too great. Zhang Hanyun bows to Liu Jingxiao and asks: "What are the conditions that can let Commander Liu send troops..."
Chapter completed!