With Cai Yi's elimination of the Southwest Business Alliance, the prestige of the ** general once again shook the whole country. All forces have turned their eyes sideways, and it has become a consensus that the ** general has become the god of war. Moreover, Cai Yi annexed Guizhou Province with a thunderous momentum, and then Yunnan will inevitably bear the first of it, and people seem to see the southwest rise strongly again in the hands of Cai Yi. When Cai Ye eliminated the rebel general Long Yun, and the southwest restored the land of the three provinces again, although the power could not be compared with before, it was no longer a soft persimmon that anyone could handle.

Now the Beiyang battlefield is precarious, and there are frequent defeats. Beiyang zhèng fǔ is under unspeakable pressure. At this time, although Beiyang zhèng fǔ paid a little attention to the southwest, but he only understood the result, and Cai Yi was able to reorganize his armament and eliminate the deep-rooted Southwest Business Alliance in half a month, showing his ability to command troops and military commanders. Some people at the top of Beiyang have already proposed to unite with Cai Ye in the southwest to jointly fight against the National Defense Forces. Although it was rumored in many ways that Cai Yi and Běi Jīngzhèng Fǔ had a close relationship, after Cai Ye left the Southwest, Tang Jiyao faced the situation of the collapse of the Southwest, and Běi Jīngzhèng Fǔ did not help. As for the bias in Tang Jiyao's weaponry, it only proves that Běi Jīngzhèng Fǔ is trying his best to win over Tang Jiyao. Beiyang's intelligence network in the southwest had been withdrawn a lot when the southwest collapsed, and now most of them have entered the jurisdiction of Běi Jīngzhèng Fǔ, after all, for Beiyang, Běi Jīngzhèng Fǔ is the great enemy of life and death.

The Beiyang abacus didn't start at all. After Cai Ge strongly annexed Guizhou Province, he issued a national telegram in Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou Province: the Southwest Governor's Office was officially placed under the jurisdiction of Běi Jīngzhèng Fǔ, and the Southwest New Army officially joined the battle sequence of the National Defense Force. The 200,000 troops (more than 70,000 Yuan Zuming who surrendered on the battlefield were received by Cai Yi, making the total strength of the Southwest New Army more than 200,000) was reorganized into four armies and merged into the battle sequence of the Southwest Military Region of the National Defense Force. Cai Yi was appointed deputy commander-in-chief of the National Defense Forces and concurrently commander-in-chief of the National Defense Forces in the southwest region.

The power envelope shook the whole country. This telegram not only proved that the Wehrmacht had added another invincible commander, but also greatly increased the strength of the Wehrmacht, and it was easy to obtain the land of abundance in the southwest. The strength has swelled dramatically.

Nanjing, Beiyang Zhèng Fǔ Headquarters.

"Damn, Cai Ye really colluded with běi jīngzhèng fǔ!" Wang Shizhen said with anger on his face.

Feng Guozhang's face turned a little pale, he didn't think about this worst situation, but when it really happened, it still made him feel unacceptable. Cai's surrender to the Wehrmacht exerted tremendous pressure on Beiyang. Beiyang, Hunan, Hubei provinces and southwest contact. Although the Second Group Army under the command of the National Defense Force Zhenzhen had already entered Hubei, the Second Group Army's labor expedition was easy to cause great damage in the hinterland of the Beiyang Army, but it was extremely difficult to annex the two lakes. After all, the Lianghu region was blockaded by the Beiyang layers, and the Wehrmacht did not have sufficient logistics, and its combat effectiveness dropped a lot. But now it's different. The most intuitive manifestation of the annexation of the southwest by Běi Jīngzhèng Fǔ is that the logistics supply area of the Second Army has become close at hand, and with the strong level of firepower and equipment of the Second Army, once the logistics are sufficient, the combat effectiveness it shows is absolutely terrifying. All of this made Feng Guozhang feel tricky. And there is a sense of urgency that the end is coming.

"Governor, what shall we do? The current form is not good for us! Wang Shizhen said with a calm face.

"There is no good way to do it now, to concentrate all our forces in Beiyang and fight a decisive battle with the Wehrmacht. For the sake of Beiyang, we do not hesitate to fight to the death. Feng Guozhang sighed. Almost half of the eight provinces of Beiyang are now in the hands of the Wehrmacht. The armies of both sides are currently facing off on multiple battlefields. The form is very bad for Beiyang.

"Overseer, are we asking for help from Rì himself?" Wang Shizhen asked tentatively.

Feng Guozhang's eyes flashed with a sharp light. The god sè became a little ugly.

"We can give up the land north of the Yangtze River, ask Rì's own fleet to blockade the Yangtze River, and by virtue of the natural danger of the Yangtze River, we can prevent the large forces of the Wehrmacht from crossing the river. At that time, we will only face pressure from the two lakes. Now Cai Ye has not sent troops, Lianghu is still only a second group army of the national defense army, although they attack sharply, but it is still a little insufficient to fight with the entire Beiyang, as long as we prevent the offensive of the second group army. There is still hope for us in Beiyang. Wang Shizhen said in a deep voice.

What a beautiful idea to rule by rowing the river. Feng Guozhang is also very excited, but from a realistic point of view, this is impossible at all.

"Is the power of the person so useful? We only received some military aid, and the city of Nanjing was already full of rampant and domineering rì himself. If we ask Rì himself to send troops, it is not known whether the entire south of the Yangtze River is still under our control. We want to save Beiyang, not to be a dog for Rì himself. And the most important point is that the Wehrmacht has now crossed the Yangtze River, and now it has Cai Yi's southwest as its foundation. Even if we rely on the Yangtze River moat to block the attack of the large forces of the Northern Defense Army. Once Cai Ye sends troops, the strength of the southwest can soar to three or four hundred thousand in an instant, and then there is a military god like Cai Ye to lead the army to fight, how much hope do we have? Feng Guozhang said in a deep voice.

Wang Shizhen was silent.

Feng Guozhang continued: "Even if we succeed in blocking the Wehrmacht, we will inevitably need to keep heavy troops on the Yangtze River for defense. How many troops can we draw on to fight? Moreover, the two lakes were disrupted by Zhenzhen's Second Army, and there were only three provinces left under our Beiyang rule. In terms of strength, it is not even as good as that of the southwest, and there is also the unruly Li Zongren in Liangguang, I always suspect that this Li Zongren's rise so quickly may have a lot to do with the national defense army. If Li Zongren is really a member of the Wehrmacht, we will be attacked from all sides. What's the point of keeping the current territory? ”

Feng Guozhang's words, Wang Shizhen said in a cold sweat.

"Send a telegram to the front line, let Cao Kun and Wu Peifu lead their soldiers to a decisive battle with the Wehrmacht. This is Beiyang's last hope! Feng Guozhang said in a deep voice.

"Yes!" Wang Shizhen got up and left, Beiyang has always been a behemoth in his heart, and now he suddenly found that the Beiyang forces were just like this, and even very weak, which made Wang Shizhen feel like his faith had collapsed.

Looking at Wang Shizhen's back, Feng Guozhang said in a low voice: "After all, we are Chinese, and the civil war is just a brotherly dispute, even if we are defeated, Beiyang disappears." China is still China, not only will it not perish, but it will become stronger because of reunification. The ambition of the little rì wolf son always wants to get involved in China's sovereignty, and accepting their military assistance is already the bottom line. The next step is to sell national sovereignty, and I, Feng Guozhang, have not yet reached the point of being a traitor. "As the leader of Beiyang, how did Feng Guozhang not know about the contact between Rì himself and Wang Shizhen. After all, it was he who was the first to contact Wang Shizhen before contacting him, and he himself couldn't get benefits from the tough Feng Guozhang, so he turned to look for Wang Shizhen, otherwise with Wang Shizhen's xìng style, he would not have said this today.

"If Beiyang is really exhausted, let him end it decently in my hands!" Feng Guozhang looked at a plaque behind him, and the word "Beiyang" dancing on it made his heart feel peaceful at this moment.

On the afternoon of the day when Cai Yi telegraphed the whole country, Long Yun, the overseer of Yunnan, once again became the focus of people's discussions.

If it is said that Cai Yi's entry into the Wehrmacht shocked all forces. It would be strange for Long Yun to join the Wehrmacht. You know, for the Viceroy of the Southwest. Long Yun is an out-and-out rebel. At least one-third of the responsibility for the chaos in the southwest will fall on Long Yun. The Southwest Governor's Mansion had just been incorporated into Běi Jīngzhèng Fǔ, and Long Yun, a rebel general, was subsequently incorporated into Běi Jīngzhèng Fǔ. Could it be that běi jīngzhèng fǔ is not afraid of the ladder in the heart of the governor of the southwest? There is also a deep fear of rebel generals in the army, and Long Yun's actions have been disqualified from surrendering to other forces in the eyes of outsiders. This is also the reason why Long Yun refused to take the initiative to surrender at the beginning. If it weren't for Feng Yong's handwritten letter, Long Yun would not have surrendered even if he died in battle.

All forces in the country were paying attention to the reaction of the Southwest Governor's Office, but to everyone's surprise, the Southwest Governor's Office was very quiet and did not express any opinion on this matter. This is very disappointing for those who want to see the excitement.

For Beiyang. Cai Ye, the big crocodile, has already surrendered. There is nothing surprising about Long Yun's little loach judging the situation. Now that Beiyang is concentrating its last strength to fight a decisive battle with the Wehrmacht, it naturally has no heart to pay attention to the situation in the southwest. In any case, Cai Yi has just taken Guizhou, destroyed the Southwest Business Alliance, and merged into the National Defense Force, there are too many things he wants to do, and I am afraid it will be difficult to send troops in a short time.

After Wu Peifu transferred to southern Anhui, he integrated the 300,000 Beiyang army in the Huaihe region, plus his headquarters soldiers and horses, Wu Peifu had more than 400,000 available troops. For a while, Wu Peifu's heart was a lot more stable, and he also had a lot of confidence in fighting with the National Defense Force. After receiving Feng Guozhang's order, he quickly set up a posture for a decisive battle with the Wehrmacht.

In the face of the decisive battle posture put forward by Beiyang, the Wehrmacht reacted quickly. Jiang Baili's front-line headquarters had also already moved south from Baoding to the Xuzhou area. and integrate the First Army and the Third Army to confront Wu Peifu. At the same time, a part of the troops was dispatched to the Jiangsu battlefield to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Fourth Group Army.

The Xubang area became the place of decisive battle between Beiyang and the National Defense Forces for a time.

Běi Jīng's Mansion of the Young Marshal.

Faced with the war situation in the whole country, Feng Yong suddenly felt very interesting. In the memory of the previous life, the Huaihai Campaign, one of the decisive battles of Dingding for the liberation of the whole country, was staged in this region by the Kuomintang, which the Kuomintang called the Battle of Xu Beng.

"Xu Beng battle! How similar the histories are. Fortunately, let me use this time-long overlap to unify the whole country and lead the Chinese nation to glory! Feng Yong clenched his fists tightly. Even with his city, he felt a surging heart in the face of this form of imminent unification of the country.

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