In fact, if you really want Li Yuanhong to come, it's easy, just send a telegram to others, and you can send the navy to pick it up? Cheng Biguang didn't know what to kick in his mind at that time, and sent Du Xiqi, the captain of the Hairong, and Lin Songzhuang, the captain of the Haichou, to take the second ship north to Tianjin, but they happened to be invited by Duan Qirui, and they couldn't withstand Duan Qirui's righteousness and commitment, so the two stayed and continued to serve the Beiyang Navy. At that time, Cheng Biguang was so angry that he slammed overtime on the warship and scolded the two for their treachery.

Soon it happened that Wang Maoru deceived the two near-naval ships of the Second Fleet, and after Rao Huaiwen's death, the commander-in-chief of the Navy Lan Jianshu concurrently served as the commander of the Second Fleet, and Duan Qirui let Du Xiqi serve as the commander of the Second Fleet, and Lin Songzhuang served as the deputy commander of the Second Fleet.

Du Xiqi immediately led the Second Fleet to regroup, especially after Feng Guozhang was forced to reactivate Duan Qirui as the prime minister, the Second Fleet was fully paid, the morale of the Second Fleet was greatly boosted, and Wu Peifu's army was assisted in breaking the Southern Army in Hunan.

The Beiyang Army even Keyue Tangzui, Yangjiaolou, Tongming, Linxiang, Gumi Mountain, Jiuling, Baigeling, Tianyueguan, forced Yuezhou City. Yuezhou is a key pass in Hunan, and the southern coalition forces can only support it by defending this place. Wu Peifu's Beiyang Army arrived at the city of Yuezhou, fought bloody battles for three days and three nights, and the Beiyang Army did not stop attacking the city for a moment, and finally conquered Yuezhou. After the southern coalition army was captured Yuezhou, they dispersed, the Cantonese army ran back to Guangdong, and the Gui army ran back to Guangxi, leaving only Cheng Qian's Hunan army crying like an abandoned young child.

Duan Qirui served as prime minister for the third time. Immediately focus on the establishment of the War Affairs Office. Jin Yunpeng is the chief of the General Staff Division, Zhang Zhitan is the chief of the Confidential Division, Luo Kaibang is the chief of the Armaments Division, and Chen Zhuo is the director of the Foreign Affairs Division. Xu Shuzheng served as the commander of the participating army, and Wang Maoru served as the deputy commander of the participating army.

Xu Shuzheng's subordinates included the First Division of the Participating Army, division commander Qu Tongfeng, the second division, division commander Ma Liang, and the third division, division commander Chen Wenyun. However, it has only been formed for less than a year, and no battles have yet to be fought, and training is still needed. Wang Maoru has many elites, so this time he participated in the war with Wang Maoru's soldiers as the main force in the early stage.

After Duan Qirui came to power, he mentioned sending troops to Europe for the third time. Wang Maoru applied to go to Europe to participate in the war, and Duan Qirui was naturally happy to see it, so he appointed Wang Maoru as the deputy commander-in-chief of the army participating in the war and the commander-in-chief of the first route.

This move also made the top priority of the Northeast Frontier Army to send troops to Europe, and the Fourth Division as the main force to send troops to Europe, the army began to train, and the armament has been greatly strengthened. The heavy firepower of the Fourth Division is inferior to that of the European troops, and the squadron and the European army are looking for death in terms of heavy firepower, but the light weapons are far superior to them.

At this time, the squad combat unit of the Fourth Division was composed of two automatic weapons, an S1 general-purpose machine gun and a C1 submachine gun, and the No. 1 and No. 2 Arsenals in the Northeast worked overtime day and night for the Fourth Division to produce weapons and ammunition, and the Fourth Division became the treasure Gada in the Northeast Frontier Army. Many people were jealous.

After successfully provoking Zhang Zuolin Town ** and Jiang Gui to lose peace with the Yi army, the Northeast is considered to be stable.

The Japanese consul in Shenyang, Yada Nanataro, received the order of the governor of the Kwantung Army, and came to visit Wang Maoru with great interest, saying that he would help the three eastern provinces to build a railway. He took Yanata's hand and pointed to the right flag from Hailar to Erkna. On the way, it passed through Chenbal Tiger Banner and Ercona Left Banner, a total of 14 stations, but they were all uninhabited places. Yada Nanataro said depressedly: "Your Excellency Xiushuai, this is a desolate Mongolian steppe, what is the use of building a railway here?" ”

Wang Maoru said: "Who said it was useless. Do you know where all the opium I grew for the past two years came from? They are all on the left and right of Ercona, and opium alone can already support one-third of my military expenses. Who said it didn't work. ”

"Did you build the railroad to make it easier for your opium to get out?" Nanataro Yata asked.

Wang Maoru pretended to be strange and asked, "Can't I transport opium?" ”

"It's just that in this way, the cost of the railway may be ......," Nanataro Yada said again and again.

Wang Maoru waved his hand and said angrily: "Short-sighted, short-sighted, if you can build this section of the railway, then I will hand over the railway from Hailar to Baicheng to you to build, and also, the railway from Uriya Sutai to Hailar will also be built for you, how about it?" But first of all, make sure that you are building the cheapest. ”

Nanataro Yada suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and said, "This ...... I need to discuss it with the Manchurian Railway, and I believe that the President of the Manchurian Railway, Mr. Kunitori Shinbei, is honored to cooperate with Xiushuai. ”

"Well, I hope to reach an agreement with Japan." Wang Maoru said with a smile.

Seeing off Yanada Shiataro, Wang Maoru laughed, and Adjutant Ma Liang asked, "Xiushuai, are you taking advantage of the Japanese?" ”

"The Japanese can certainly take advantage of me, but they pay more." Wang Maoru said.

Ma Liang didn't understand, frowned, Wang Maoru patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Call Chief of Staff Jiang Fangzhen here, I have something important to discuss with him." ”

"Yes."

Jiang Fangzhen was busy deploying troops and delegating officers, and when he heard Wang Maoru looking for him, he hurriedly came over and asked, "Xiushuai, why are you in such a hurry?" ”

Wang Maoru grabbed his hand, looked at him with affection in his eyes, and said, "Brother Baili, I have something important to entrust to you." ”

Jiang Fangzhen hit a spirit, pulled out his hand, gave him a punch and said with a smile: "What the hell are you kid doing?" ”

Wang Maoru laughed, and then said solemnly: "I am going to lead my troops to Europe to participate in the war, and I will leave it to you to watch for me." ”

Jiang Fangzhen persuaded: "Europe is full of war, how many people are you going to take with you?" There are more people with them, and they are used as cannon fodder, and when they bring fewer people, they can only be useless porters. If we stay in China and develop, we will make a difference, and we will ...... the next year."

"Hold still." Wang Maoru said.

"What?" Jiang Fangzhen said in surprise, "This is the time to show your strengths......"

Wang Maoru smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Baili, it's easy for you to say, do you know how much it costs us to fight?" We don't have much budget this year, so we can only be honest for a year, and we can only play when we have money next year. Otherwise, you can only borrow money from the Japanese or the Americans, but their money is poisoned. ”

Jiang Fangzhen said helplessly, he was a military strategist, and he had never considered the issue of money, as if he had never had a problem with money since he followed Wang Maoru. Now Wang Maoru said that he would have to take a year off because of the problem of money, and it was indeed a real difficulty in money, so he nodded and said: "In this case, then we will consolidate the territory this year and develop the three eastern provinces." He asked curiously: "But why do you want to go to Europe to participate in the war, isn't this contrary to this year's goal?" ”

Wang Maoru said worriedly: "Since the United States entered the war, the situation in Europe has gradually become clear, and I think the European war is coming to an end, not this year but next year." In the European war, although China participated in the war, it was just shouting from across the strait, and when the European war ends in the future and redivides the territory, what face will China have to be the victorious country? What kind of face does China have to compete with other countries for the fruits of victory? Not to mention competing for the fruits of victory, even Qingdao in my country will not be able to get it back. Wang Maoru said categorically: "Therefore, I want to lead the army to Europe to participate in the war, even if the army is just carrying shells for others, the army must set foot on the European battlefield, so that the name of my country's participation in the war is confirmed." Instead of the beam-jumping clown cheering and shouting on the sidelines. ”

Jiang Fangzhen nodded and said, "In this way, Xiushuai has already planned it. ”

Wang Maoru smiled and said: "European war, I have long wanted to go, but I didn't expect that everything would be delayed, and by mistake, the European war was not successful, and the entire three eastern provinces were defeated." ”

"That's a bit of luck." Jiang Fangzhen said with a smile.

Wang Maoru said: "Brother Baili, I will lead two divisions when I lead my troops to Europe, the fourth division and the seventh division, the fourth division is the trump card army, the seventh division, the soldiers are good soldiers." Generals, it is true that some generals are not good, when they go to Europe, they go into the big waves to sweep the sand, remove their dross and retain their essence, and when the seventh division returns, they will become elite again. For the rest, you arrange it, guard against the Japanese, guard against the Kuomintang, guard against Zhang Zuolin, guard against the Bolsheviks, guard against ...... Own. ”

Jiang Fangzhen stared at his eyes in surprise, guarding against his own people?

Wang Maoru grinned at the corners of his mouth and sneered: "I'm not in the Northeast, there must be many ambitious people who want to take the opportunity to take the position, Brother Baili, your task is very heavy, although I am not the White Emperor Tuogu, but I am also handing over the rear to you." ”

Jiang Fangzhen said sternly: "Okay, Xiusheng, if you go to Europe, I will definitely be optimistic about this family." It's just that the people you are talking about are Meng Enyuan and Zhang Zuolin? ”

Wang Maoru stretched out his hand and counted: "Zhang Zuolin is an outsider, not his own person, so he can't cause much consequences to our internal affairs." Meng Enyuan is counted as one as the Governor of Meng, one as Deputy Commander Gao Shibin, and one person is your student, you should also pay attention to it. ”

"Who?"

"Guo Songling." Wang Maoru said, "He is a person with lofty ambitions, you have to pay attention to it, I am here, I can suppress him, he doesn't dare to have two hearts, if I am not in trouble, he will be willing to be under you, willing to be under Meng Enyuan, willing to be under Gao Shibin." ”

Jiang Fangzhen's brows tightened, but he didn't expect that the third person Wang Maoru asked him to guard against was actually Guo Songling. Guo Songling is known as Guo Devil, strong ability, smart, strict self-discipline, as a soldier he can be called a model, no smoking, no drinking, no prostitution, no gambling, the only hobby is to study military research history and find someone to play chess. Moreover, in the new army, the eighth division and the ninth division are all organized and trained by him, and the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth divisions are also responsible for recruiting and forming troops.

Thinking of this, Jiang Fangzhen really paid attention to it, if Guo Songling took the opportunity to force the palace, it would indeed be too dangerous, but ...... Guo Songling is loyal to Wang Maoru, will he force the palace? How could he force the palace?