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July 1, 1917. On the battlefield of Xu Beng, the Wehrmacht has already achieved an absolute victory. After continuous attrition, Wu Peifu has less than 100,000 troops in his hands, and the territory has been compressed from the Huaihai region to the Bengbu area of Anhui Province. The Wehrmacht has surrounded it from all sides, and the logistics supply to Beiyang has also been cut off.

On the battlefield in Jiangsu, Cao Kun was also in a very dangerous situation, especially after the loss of Huai'an City, the Beiyang Army lost a lot of baggage, which greatly reduced Cao Kun's strength. The fierce offensive of the Wehrmacht caused Cao Kun to retreat again and again. The defensive line has been compressed by the Wehrmacht for hundreds of kilometers. Now the Fourth Army is less than 100 miles away from the Yangtze River.

After the absolute victory on the battlefield of Xu Beng, Feng Yong called Jiang Baili, asking him to weaken the offensive and trap Wu Peifu in the Bengbu area. For the world-famous jade marshal Wu Peifu, Feng Yong has admired for a long time, and it is a pity that a wise commander like Wu Peifu has been eliminated too much. What's more, now that the overall situation on the battlefield has been decided, Beiyang has no chance of turning the tables. It was also time for the Wehrmacht to reap the fruits of the war. For Feng Yong, the fruits of victory are not only the territory, but also the capable and outstanding generals in Beiyang. Although Beiyang has a rigid system, there are still many outstanding talents within it. The disappearance of these people who had greater influence in the original history is a loss for Feng Yong. Feng Yong's ambitions are very big, and his vision has already shifted from domestic to international, otherwise he would not be so generous and tolerant of everything. In Feng Yong's heart, he always firmly believes that a great country must have the bearing of a great country.

Outside Nanjing, the positions of the Beiyang Army were broken through one after another. The SS soldiers were not afraid of death, and as long as the Beiyang Army showed a little flaw, the defense line would be torn apart by the crazy SS troops, leading to a widespread collapse of the front.

Xiao Yaonan felt anxious, if it weren't for the fact that the SS did not carry heavy artillery, coupled with the small number of people, Nanjing City would have been captured long ago. Even so, in a half-day offensive and defensive battle, the Beiyang Army lost 30,000 soldiers. You know, the entire SS army was only a little over 20,000 men.

Now the people of Nanjing City are panicking, and the order of the Beiyang Governor's Mansion is in chaos. For an independent local government like Beiyang, this is undoubtedly a catastrophe. Under the so-called end of the road, people's hearts are moving. Not everyone wants to perish with Beiyang.

In the afternoon of the same day, the gunfire of the Battle of Nanjing had already reached the city from the distant suburbs, especially after the SS sent death squads to blow down the city walls, and the city finally reached the point of panic.

At this critical moment, some Beiyang officials secretly linked up, and finally launched a mutiny, took control of the Beiyang Governor's Palace, and all the high-ranking Beiyang officials, including Beiyang Governor Feng Guozhang, fell into the hands of these mutinous officials. After these officials took control of the Governor's Palace, they immediately sent a nationwide telegram in the name of the Beiyang Governor's Palace, demanding that all Beiyang troops give up resistance and accept all the conditions put forward by the Beiyang Government.

As soon as this telegram came out, the whole country shook. Everyone knows what this telegram means.

When the news broke, all the battlefields stopped. This news is so shocking that everyone is waiting to see the accuracy of this news. When the news of Feng Guozhang's house arrest came out, the entire Beiyang Army was in an uproar. Many Beiyang generals sent a telegram to reprimand these officials for eating inside and out, and committing the following crimes. There were even hot-tempered Beiyang officers who claimed to lead their troops back to Nanjing.

Although these generals had different opinions, a large part of the officers chose to remain silent. No one knows the difference between the Beiyang Army and the Wehrmacht better than they have personally come into contact with, and it is precisely because of this understanding that they choose to remain silent. After all, not everyone wants to die. ..., Feng Guozhang was placed under house arrest, and the backbone of the Beiyang generals was placed on Cao Kun's body. When the news spread, almost half of the Beiyang generals called Cao Kun, hoping that he would come out to preside over the overall situation. Almost all of them included ninety percent of the officers in Beiyang.

Faced with this situation of ascending to the heights, Cao Kun was rarely silent. It was precisely because he understood the situation that he felt that it was difficult for him to make a choice. Cao Kun is bent on becoming a master, and this goal is almost realized. The entire Beiyang system has regarded him as the leader of the next generation. But the rise of the government in Beijing has put all that up. Now he is faced with two difficult choices: the first is to ascend to the heights, all the forces in the entire Beiyang will be integrated under his command, and then fight with the national defense army to the end, with the current situation, I am afraid that he Cao Kun will come forward and integrate all the forces in Beiyang, and Beiyang will not last long. The second is to give up this opportunity and approve of the Nanjing government's electrification. The best result is that these high-level bigwigs will go to the big city to do apartments. How to choose all this, even an old fox like Cao Kun can't make up his mind for a while.

The Young Marshal's Mansion in Beijing.

Feng Yong was also surprised when he received the news. The mutiny actually happened when the city was about to be broken, and Feng Guozhang was really unlucky, he was betrayed by his subordinates, and he became a bargaining chip for his subordinates to live and even get reused, and it became difficult to even die. This is a situation that is worse than death for a hero who has been in China for more than ten years.

"Young marshal, what should we do now? Shouldn't there be a reaction to this nationwide electrification? Li Yang asked. It's too sensitive at this time. Neither Li Jun's Government Council nor Li Yuanhong's presidential palace dared to react to this matter in the slightest. After all, this has a bearing on the overall situation of national reunification.

"Well, a reaction is necessary. I think it's certain that Beiyang's power is on, but it doesn't need to give Beiyang time to think about it. Send a telegram to the general command of the front, asking them not to relax their offensive, and if the Beiyang soldiers do not surrender for a day, the Wehrmacht will definitely not stop the war. Feng Yong said in a deep voice.

Now Beiyang has lost its bargaining capital, although Feng Yong values some talents in Beiyang, but he only values it, and it has not yet reached the point where he will change his battle plan for these people.

Feng Yong's strong electrification is a heavy pressure on Beiyang, and behind it is incomparably strong strength.

As Feng Yong finally made up his mind, the smoke of gunfire rose again on the battlefield. The resistance of the Beiyang soldiers was greatly reduced. From time to time, there are Beiyang troops who surrender, and the number is increasing.

In the encirclement, Wu Peifu tried to break through several times, but failed. Wu Peifu called Cao Kun many times, hoping that he could stand up and make a decision for the future of Beiyang.

In the face of pressure from all sides, Cao Kun finally telegraphed the whole country after facing another defeat and made the decision to surrender on behalf of the entire Beiyang Army.

When Cao Kun's order spread throughout the Beiyang Army, many Beiyang generals breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. After all, no one wants to fight in the face of a war that must be lost. But there are also many generals who are loyal to Beiyang who are stubborn, but these are a minority after all. There is no threat to the Defence Force at all.

Squad by squad of the Beiyang Army surrendered, and officers and enlisted men were screened out. All high-ranking officers were transported to the theater headquarters. Ordinary soldiers who are willing to join the army are selected to be able to join the national defense force, and those who are unwilling to join the army are to be repatriated to their places of origin with travel expenses. After all, the soldiers of Beiyang are obtained by catching strong men, and these soldiers have a lot of worries in their hearts, and it is difficult to perform well on the battlefield. In addition, after the end of the civil war, the Wehrmacht will definitely have to be reorganized, and some unqualified soldiers will also be eliminated. Naturally, they are more tolerant of these surrenders.

The Beiyang Mutiny, the surrender of the Beiyang Army reached Japan for the first time. The Emperor of Japan almost overturned the imperial case when he saw the telegraph. Prime Minister Terauchi Masashi was directly scolded for a bloody squirt. In order to limit the development of the Wehrmacht, Japan has spent a lot of resources, especially interest-free loans to strengthen the strength of the Beiyang government. Now Japan is not short of money, but it is not enough to spend too much money. The most important thing is that the money spent in Japan is not worth it at all, and it is not at all what they expected. On the contrary, because of their intervention, China was reunified more quickly. The emperor knew very well how great the power of a unified China was, and even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty was such a weak and rotten government, because it was a unified country, even if it was weak in military forces, it was still a great power in the Far East. Now China is unified again, and the rulers are the Feng father and son, who have always been known for their toughness. This is definitely not a good thing for Japan, a powerful country in the Far East at the same time. After all, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and China and Japan are not one male and one female. Ever since the Opium Wars, China's rulers have had an instinctive fear of foreign powers, as can be seen from China's decades of foreign wars. Later, with the rise of Japan, especially after the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan finally joined the ranks of the Western powers and exerted its power over China, the suzerain. Whether it is the powerful Empress Dowager of the Manchu Qing Dynasty or the horizontal and domineering president of the Republic of China, they all maintain a sense of reverence for Japan. But this is not the case with Feng Yong's government in Beijing. Feng Yong was extremely tough on the outside world, and this was most evident in his relations with Japan. Not only did a border conflict break out between the two sides, but even fought with a real gun, and Japan, which had the advantage of national strength, was beaten by the squadron, and the elite army lost most of it, losing the face of the empire. Japan is the only country in the world that does not have an embassy in Beijing, and the Chinese government seems to be very unwelcome, let alone afraid, of Japan.

Japan's top brass did not understand that the Imperial Combined Fleet was often operating in China's coastal waters, and even made provocative moves from time to time, and although the two sides did not go to war with real swords and guns, they did not confront each other at sea once or twice, and tensions on the border also occurred from time to time. But instead of being suppressed by this pressure, the Beijing government has become more assertive. With Japan's intelligence capabilities, it is natural to understand that all this comes from the young marshal Feng who controls everything behind the scenes.

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