readx; Zhuang Xianhe pondered hard about whether the Beiyang Army had such a trick, for fear that he would step into the trap and conspiracy of the Beiyang Army, so after taking Dongguan Town, he did not rush forward, but planned to be more safe, and after gathering the main force of the headquarters, especially the artillery regiment and other troops, he would be ready to move forward slowly. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Anyway, the command of the Second Army just ordered him to continue to advance towards Chaohu, and it didn't take him how long to reach Chaohu City, obviously the headquarters of the Second Army was also afraid that the Ninth Division would advance too quickly and suffer losses.

You must know that the Ninth Division is now the absolute main force of the Second Army, and as the first unit among the more than a dozen divisions of the Nationalist Army to complete the expansion and full strength, the strength and weaponry of the Ninth Division have surpassed that of any unit of the Nationalist Army, and this is also the reason why the Second Army has let the Ninth Division serve as the vanguard of the whole army.

And when Zhuang Xianhe was slowly heading north, in Chaohu, Wang Chengbin looked at the telegram in his hand with a sad face, the telegram was sent by his immediate boss Cao Kun, the telegram said that Cao Kun had asked Feng Guozhang's second army for help, but it was still some time before the reinforcements arrived in Anhui, during which Wang Chengbin must stick to Chaohu and not retreat.

Although the telegram said that reinforcements would come soon, Wang Chengbin knew very well that it would be difficult for the so-called reinforcements of the Second Army to come to Chaohu. He knew very well that Cao Kun had asked Feng Guozhang for help many times, but Feng Guozhang was stunned and did not move, saying that he would never move the reserves lightly until the main force of the Nationalist Army was discovered. This made Wang Chengbin want to vomit blood when he heard it, the national army has four divisions across the river, what is this not counting the main force? Could it be that more than a dozen divisions of the Nationalist Army should enter Anhui together to be considered the main force?

Feng Guozhang did not send the 10th Division to Anhui, and Cao Kun had no choice, he had already sent the 6th Brigade to Feixi to support the 2nd Division of the Anhui Provincial Army. Now there is only one Anhui Provincial Army First Division and the Third Division and Fifth Brigade left in Hefei, and if you want to continue to send reinforcements to Chaohu, I am afraid that you can only let these two come. However, at the beginning of the fight, the third division was dismantled and used in two directions, which made Cao Kun also a little worried, worried and worried, but if he did not send reinforcements to Chaohu, it would be difficult for the Duli Brigade and the Third Division of the Anhui Provincial Army to resist the attack of the two divisions of the National Army alone. Therefore, he had already ordered a regiment to be drawn from the Fifth Brigade, and then a brigade from the First Division of the Anhui Provincial Army, and another battalion of mountain artillery to form reinforcements to reinforce the Chaohu direction. Wu Peifu, commander of the Fifth Brigade, personally commanded the reinforcement of Chaohu, but it was not a matter of one or two days to go to the reinforcements, and it would take at least four or five days to form the reinforcements and arrive at Chaohu.

But it's good to say, there are finally reinforcements coming, Wang Chengbin is a little relieved, and if there are these seven or eight thousand reinforcements, then Chaohu's strength comparison can surpass the two divisions of the national army, and even a small counteroffensive can be launched at that time. As for completely changing the offensive and defensive posture of both sides, he has little expectations. Even after Wu Peifu's reinforcements arrived at Chaohu, the strength of the Third Division, which was the core of combat effectiveness, was only three infantry regiments and two artillery battalions, which was equivalent to one division of the National Army. And those troops of the First and Third Divisions of the Anhui Provincial Army, whether they are Wang Chengbin or Wu Peifu, have never intended to count on them. Therefore, if this can hold Chaohu, it will be a victory, and it is not bad to launch some small counteroffensives, but as for a complete counteroffensive, the full strength of the third division is almost the same.

In order to be able to hold on until the reinforcements arrived, and also to avoid the rapid attrition of troops, Wang Chengbin ordered the troops to take the initiative to abandon Dongguan Town, leaving only a part of the old and weak to confuse the enemy, so to speak, it could be regarded as a day's delay. Then the main force withdrew to the area around Lintou. In Lintou, there are fortifications that the Beiyang Army has deployed for a month, and there is better terrain than Dongguan Town, and now Wang Chengbin has sent part of the main force out, so that Lintou has stationed a regiment of the Beiyang Army, and there is also a brigade of the Third Division of the Anhui Provincial Army, with more than 7,000 troops.

Wang Chengbin was planning to fight a tough battle here, so Lin Tou failed to hold it in the end, and he also had to inflict heavy casualties on the Nationalist Army and slow down the pace of the Nationalist Army's march, of course, it would be better if he could hold on here for more than five or six days until the reinforcements of the Fifth Brigade arrived.

On August 9, the troops of the first battalion of the 92nd Infantry Regiment of the Ninth Division of the National Army arrived at Lintou, and Cheng Zixian found that this place was unusual, and then took out a telescope to observe carefully, only to find that the Beiyang Army in front was dense, and it was obviously a heavy army.

Seeing that this posture did not have to be in the past, Cheng Zixian did not dare to hold it up, but hurriedly tested the firepower and fell behind, and found that the opponent's firepower was dense and immediately withdrew, and then prepared to wait for the main force of the 92nd Regiment to arrive.

The commander of the front line of the Beiyang Army is the commander of the first regiment of the Duli Brigade, this person's surname is Fu, and he is a close confidant of Wang Chengbin. As soon as this person saw the arrival of the forward battalion of the national army, and saw that the forward battalion of the national army was not much and there were only less than 1,000 people, he immediately planned to take the initiative to attack, and then he immediately sent nearly 2,000 troops to take the initiative to attack the first battalion of the national army. The reason why he did not retreat was also very simple, because the main force of the 92nd Regiment was not far behind and would soon be able to arrive, and Cheng Zixian was confident that his more than 700 people would not have a problem holding on for a few hours, and as long as he dragged this enemy back, he would be able to fight a small counterattack when the main force of the regimental headquarters arrived.

The commanders on both sides have similar ideas, they all want to eat each other, but unfortunately, the ideas are very good, but the actual situation is not very good, after the Beiyang Army has been unable to attack for a long time, it is also found that a large number of national troops are arriving not far away, and soon retreated back, so that Cheng Zixian's plan failed.

After the arrival of the main force of the 92nd Regiment, it soon took the initiative to attack the positions of the Beiyang Army, but due to the disadvantage of the troops, and the troops directly under the Beiyang Army of the Duli Brigade defending here, the combat effectiveness was not weak. Under such circumstances, in order to avoid ineffective attrition, the 92nd Regiment slowed down the pace of the offensive and only carried out a firepower test, trying to test the firepower of the Beiyang Army on the opposite side. Then when the main force of the 9th Division arrived, it fell in one fell swoop.

After Zhuang Xianhe received a telegram from the 92nd Regiment asking for help, he ordered the troops to speed up their advance and sent a telegram to the rear, saying that they had engaged the enemy's main force and that the 9th Division was fighting to annihilate the enemy as soon as possible.

That night, the 91st Regiment of the Ninth Division arrived at the front line, accompanied by a battalion of mountain artillery, the next day, the main force of the Ninth Division arrived at the periphery of Lintou one after another, Zhuang Xianhe personally commanded the troops to attack Lintou, a fierce offensive and defensive battle began, and the battle report of the front-line troops crossing the river and a large number of main forces of the Beiyang Army was also transmitted back to the city of Nanjing.

Chen Jingyun just handed it back to Yuan Fang after reading the report, and just said: "Got it!" ”

Chen Jingyun has never interfered much in front-line warfare, and he is deeply self-aware of his so-called command ability, and it is not his hobby to command front-line warfare indiscriminately. And the battle of a division on the front line can't let him focus on, standing in this position, he is already concerned about things at the strategic level, for example, the target he set for the front-line generals is Hefei, as for how the second army on the front line will implement this goal, whether to lay Chaohu Lake and continue to go north, or bypass it, that is a matter of the tactical level, naturally there are many people in the command to consider this problem, and how to take Chaohu, there are also many staff officers of the second army command to consider this problem, There is no need for Chen Jingyun to bother himself.

After Yuan Fang and Chen Yi, who came to report on military affairs, left, Lin Changming, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, came in.

"What do those foreigners say now?" Chen Jingyun asked.

Lin Changming said: "Although there are some difficulties, there is still progress!" Now the United States and Japan have recognized the Generalissimo's Office as a belligerent group in the Chinese Civil War, and have declared their neutrality in the Civil War of our country. But Britain and other countries have not given a clear response! ”

After Chen Jingyun reconvened the National Assembly in Nanjing, he established a generalissimo office by himself, temporarily assuming the post of provisional zhèngfu in the south, just like when the Nanjing provisional zhèngfu was established in Xinhai year, after the establishment of the generalissimo's office, the people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were in contact with the great powers and countries to try to obtain their recognition and neutrality commitments, and the United States and ri's side are very good to say, directly recognize the generalissimo office in the south as a belligerent group in the Chinese civil war, and promise to remain neutral. However, Britain and France, as well as Germany and even Russia, remained silent, did not declare the Nationalist Army a rebellion, did not recognize the Nationalist Army as a belligerent group, and did not publicly commit to neutrality. Although the consulates in Nanjing and Shanghai have been in close contact with the Generalissimo's Office, there has still been no public announcement.

There are many factors involved in this, such as the first customs clearance, and then the salt administration, as well as the Generalissimo's Office's refusal to recognize the aftermath of the big loans, and so on.

First of all, the customs customs surplus, after the establishment of the Generalissimo's Mansion and the announcement of the Northern Expedition, it was announced that the customs customs of the southern provinces under its jurisdiction would not be handed over to Beiyang zhèngfu, but now the customs surplus is in the hands of the banking group, and the bank group insists on handing over to Yuan Shikai, Chen Jingyun can only stare dryly, for which the Generalissimo's Office has repeatedly publicly condemned and issued some innocuous threats, such as recovering tariffs!

But now it is just a slogan to say that the tariffs are withdrawn, on the one hand, it is used to win the hearts of the people, and on the other hand, it is used to threaten the powers of various countries, but it is not an ordinary difficulty to do it, if Chen Jingyun insists on doing it, it is to completely tear the skin with the powers, which is not a fun thing.

Therefore, in addition to condemning the external threats, Chen Jingyun also proposed another solution, that is, to mortgage the customs surplus of the southern provinces, and then borrow money from other countries. In view of the fact that Britain will not give Chen Jingyun a loan to support the army under any circumstances, Chen Jingyun also directly stated that the money from this loan will only be used for people's livelihood and industry, and the loan funds can be supervised by the banking group, and he guarantees not to interfere in the slightest.

Despite this, the British side also sternly refused.

In addition, the salt administration, the aftermath of the big loan can be mortgaged by the national salt administration and the finances of the four northern provinces, but the salt administration of the southern provinces is basically controlled in the hands of the national army, the Yunnan army and the Gui army, Yuan Shikai must not be able to get a dime of the salt administration of the southern provinces as collateral, so this has also caused a contradiction with the powers, the powers require the salt administration of the provinces controlled by the generalissimo's palace as collateral, and the provinces must not deduct the salt administration, this requirement is completely to the lives of the southern provinces, Chen Jingyun, Tang Jiyao and Lu Rongting, even if their brains burned out, would not let out these salt administrations, which occupied a huge part of their financial revenue.

This series of problems caused great contradictions between the Generalissimo's Office and Britain, France, Germany, Russia and other countries, which made Britain and other countries slow to recognize the Generalissimo's Office. In the final analysis, this is also the reason why the banking group of the five countries lent so much money to Yuan Shikai to unify China in the first place, borrowing to earn interest is on the one hand, and the semi-duli state of the southern provinces has damaged their many interests on the other hand.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to talk, but there is no need to rush, this matter is a name if it is negotiated, and it doesn't matter if it can't be negotiated!" Chen Jingyun does not have much urgency to admit the so-called powers, whether he admits it or not, the actual support is the most important, and the competition between himself and Yuan Shikai will not change anything because of a mere confession.

Although he said that, there was also discomfort in his heart, Chen Jingyun waited for Lin Changming to go out, and muttered: "When you will beg me in the future!" ”