readx; For a long time, the war in Hunan was the most complicated of many battlefields, where there were not only the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army, but also the Gui Army and the Dian Army, which was ostensibly the Southern Army under the jurisdiction of the Nanjing Republican Axe against the Beiyang Army, but in fact it was divided into several sides to fight. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

According to the private agreement between Yun and Tang Jiyao and Lu Rongting, the three parties jointly sent troops to Hunan, and finally defeated Yang Shande under the city of Changsha, and during this period, the territory occupied by the troops of each party was naturally each, for example, the national army marched west from northern Guangdong and Jiangxi, and occupied the southern and eastern regions of Hunan along the way, and although the Gui army also made some efforts in the follow-up Hengyang operation, the troops of the Gui army were always on the periphery and not close to Hengyang, which also led to Hengyang being controlled by the national army. The relative Gui army set out from the direction of Guilin, along the way also occupied Yongzhou and most of the southwest of Hunan, and the Dian army marching east from Guizhou also occupied Huaihua and Shaoyang areas in Hunan, and when the main force of the national army and the main force of Yang Shande fought fiercely, it sent a group to the north to capture Changde, which can be said to have greatly expanded the territory of the Yunnan army in Hunan.

In this case, Hunan is occupied by the Nationalist Army, the Gui Army, and the Dian Army, and there may be no problem before the Southern Coalition Army takes Changsha, at least the contradiction between the three will not appear so quickly, but after Yang Shande was defeated and retreated, the area of Changsha was vacant, and the Nationalist Army and the Gui Army and the Dian Army also broke out for the control of Changsha, which caused the contradiction of the control of Hunan.

"Hmph, they really have the courage to want Changsha, so they are not afraid of the wind flashing their tongues!" Lin Chengkun, commander of the Fourth Army of the National Army, had a black line on his face: "Tomorrow I will personally lead the 10th Division to Changsha, I want to see who they dare to be presumptuous in front of me!" ”

Lin Chengkun's Fourth Army headquarters was originally set up in Nanchang, but with the tension of the war in Hunan, the troops of the Fourth Army have already entered Hunan except for a mixed brigade deployed in Jiujiang, so Lin Chengkun also moved the headquarters of the Fourth Army to Pingxiang to command nearby. After capturing Zhuzhou and Xiangtan, the headquarters of the Fourth Army once again moved forward closer to the command.

"Call Yu Shaoying, so that his 10th Division can be ready to march with me to Changsha!" Lin Chengkun has been in a high position for a long time in the past two years, and he has been very handy in handling these things.

After thinking about it, he said: "Let the First Mixed Brigade finish its rest and immediately cross the river and garrison on the west bank of Xiangtan!" The Second Mixed Brigade continued to go north, striving to take Yueyang as soon as possible! The 3rd Mixed Brigade continues to deploy in Zhuzhou and Xiangtan! Hmph, I'd like to see if they have the guts to do something! ”

When Lin Chengkun was making emergency arrangements, he did not forget to call Chen Jingyun in Nanjing to report the Changsha dispute in detail.

Chen Jingyun, who was far away in Nanjing, also frowned after receiving the telegram, what he was worried about was not whether the troops on the Changsha side would be defeated after the conflict with the Gui army and the Dian army, but what he was worried about was that this conflict together would have a bad impact on the alliance of the three southern countries.

Guo Hengsi, the new director of the Operations Department of the General Staff, said in front of Chen Jingyun: "We still have a great advantage over Hunan, if there is a real conflict, the Fourth Army should be able to defeat the Gui Army and the Dian Army in a short period of time, so as to completely control Hunan!" ”

Guo Hengsi's words Chen Jingyun understood, and he also knew why he said this, although there were three coalition forces on the battlefield in Hunan, in fact, the main force fighting with the Beiyang Army has always been the troops of the Fourth Army of the National Army, although the Gui Army also sent a thirteenth division and the sixth mixed brigade to Hunan, but their sixth mixed brigade suffered a big defeat when it was in Yongzhou, and the thirteenth division was also heavily damaged by the Beiyang Army in the Battle of Hengyang, although Lu Rongting also continued to send reinforcements to the direction of Hunan, and the seventh mixed brigade stationed in Guilin was also sent. But in fact, the Gui army now has about 15,000 troops in Hunan, and only 10,000 troops on the Changsha front. The Dian Army initially sent the 16th Division of the Sixth Army to Hunan, and later reinforced a brigade under the 15th Division, with a total strength of more than 10,000 people.

As for the Nationalist Army in Hunan, the Fourth Army has the 10th Division, the 1st Mixed Brigade, the 2nd Mixed Brigade, the 3rd Mixed Brigade, and the 4th Mixed Brigade. Except for the Fourth Mixed Brigade, which was in Jiujiang, the other troops were all in Hunan, resulting in the strength of the Nationalist Army in Hunan reaching more than 20,000 people.

In fact, in the previous Hunan war, on the surface, the three companies jointly attacked Beiyang, but in fact, the main battles were concentrated between Beiyang and the Nationalist Army, the Gui Army and the Dian Army were fighting on the periphery, and the opponent was also the Hunan Provincial Army incorporated by Yang Shande, and did not fight with the main force of the Beiyang Army, that is, the Fourth Division of the Beiyang Army, Yang Shande's descendant unit.

It is precisely because the main force of the battle is the national army, which also led to the fact that when Yang Shande led the remnants of the Fourth Division to retreat northward, the 10th Division and the 2nd Mixed Brigade pursued them, although the remnants of Yang Shande were severely damaged, but also because they did not march into Changsha City, not only the 7th Mixed Brigade of the Gui Army entered Changsha, but even the 16th Division of the Dian Army also sent a brigade into Changsha.

And when the 10th Division of the National Army wanted to enter Changsha, it encountered their protests. This made a large group of generals of the Nationalist Army angry, they had been fighting with the main force of the Beiyang Army, and after fighting for life and death, they found that Changsha was occupied by others, how could they swallow this breath.

More importantly, this is actually not just about the ownership of Changsha, but also about the ownership of the whole of Hunan. Changsha is the provincial capital of Hunan, and if he can't actually control Changsha, how can Chen Jingyun actually control Hunan?

In terms of military strength, it is not too difficult for the Nationalist Army to recapture Changsha, a 10th Division is enough to take Changsha, and it is also very likely that it will cooperate with the 1st Mixed Brigade to severely damage the Gui Army and the Dian Army.

However, behind the military conflict, Chen Jingyun felt a strong sense of crisis.

It is not a problem to defeat this small part of the Gui army and the Dian army, but this also represents the split of the national army and the Dian army and the Gui army, and it will not be a union of the three at that time, and there may even be a situation where the national army will fight against other warlords in the country alone, including Beiyang, Gui army, Dian army and all other warlords.

Now at the critical juncture of the Northern Expedition, Chen Jingyun doesn't want his backyard to catch fire, if the three alliances are really split, even if the combat effectiveness of the Gui army and the Dian army is low, it will involve a considerable part of his own strength, resulting in his inability to use all his strength in the Northern Expedition.

At this time, Chen Jingyun even guessed that Tang Jiyao and Lu Rongting must have some secret agreement or something, and maybe they were even on the line with Yuan Shikai, after all, now that the strength of the National Army has risen sharply, everyone knows that after the National Army defeated the Beiyang Army, the next thing to do is to do the same as the Beiyang Army before: cut the domain!

Tang Jiyao and Lu Rongting's actions may also be a test of themselves, or it may be for the sake of the future situation!

Many possible surnames flashed in Chen Jingyun's heart, but even if Chen Jingyun really knew that Lu Rongting and Tang Jiyao had bad intentions, he still didn't have a good way to deal with it.

It is certain that the Gui army and the Dian army will be cleaned up, but it is by no means now!

Now the main goal of the national army is to defeat Beiyang, and after obtaining the name of the central government, it is time to clean up those warlords, now, Chen Jingyun took a deep breath: "Lao Tzu endures!" ”

On the same day, Chen Jingyun sent a telegram to Lin Chengkun, asking Lin Chengkun to handle the Changsha incident cautiously and avoid causing a military conflict between friendly forces.

Although Lin Chengkun was unwilling, he also knew what Chen Jingyun's order represented behind it, and knew that if he fought with the Gui army and the Dian army on impulse, the alliance of the three southern countries would be completely broken. The 10th Division was immediately suspended from marching, and then the Fourth Army led the troops under its jurisdiction to rest and recuperate, and even gave up the original plan to take Changsha and the main force of the Fourth Army to go north to Hubei, and now only sent a second mixed brigade to Yueyang, while the 10th Division was deployed in Xiangtan, the first mixed brigade was on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River, and the third mixed brigade was to go south to Hengyang. This clearly shows that it is to guard against the Gui army and the Dian army, and at the same time, it is also ready to turn against the Gui army at any time.

In addition to the Changsha incident, Chen Jingyun deeply felt the fragility of the so-called Southern Alliance, and more importantly, after the Beiyang Army retreated to Hunan, the Gui Army and the Dian Army had almost withdrawn from the sequence of fighting with the Beiyang Army, and the next North-South War could only be borne by the Nationalist Army alone, the Gui Army was hiding behind to digest the results, and the Dian Army continued to work hard to take Sichuan.

In order to prevent the situation in the south from deteriorating further, Chen Jingyun felt that it was necessary to strengthen the troops in the direction of Guangdong, and it was certainly impossible to send troops in an open and honest manner, but he could adopt a roundabout policy and not directly send troops, but strengthen the strength of the local troops.

It just so happened that the Jinpu line had stopped the war, and the Nationalist Army still had an advantage, so it was also possible for the Nationalist Army to draw out some of its strength to support the south, so the Nationalist Army supplemented the 14th Mixed Brigade stationed in Guangzhou, and the artillery, mortars, and heavy machine guns that had been lacking were all replenished at one time, and the 14th Mixed Brigade was expanded according to the new establishment, and a small amount of firepower was strengthened while adding a large number of logistics personnel. As a result, the total strength of the 14th Mixed Brigade reached 6,800 men, surpassing any mixed brigade of the Nationalist Army, and you must know that the mixed brigades of the Nationalist Army are generally about 5,500 people, while the troops on the front line who have suffered combat losses after fierce battles may only be more than 4,000 people.

Of course, a large area over there in Guangdong cannot be effectively defended by just relying on a 14th mixed brigade, so Long Jiguang, who had just surrendered to the Cheng National Army, also came in handy at this time!