Since the Nationalist Army marched into Hangzhou, the First Division and the Second Division soon marched into various parts of northern Zhejiang, and soon actually controlled the entire northern Zhejiang region, and then incorporated Zhou Chenghua's 25th Division, which can be said to have turned the whole of Zhejiang into the territory of the Nationalist Army.

But on the other hand, Chen Jingyun must also consider whether his dispatch of troops to northern Zhejiang will have an impact on the situation in the whole country, whether Beiyang and Nanjing will crusade against him, and whether several warlords in several nearby provinces will make other moves.

To this end, Chen Jingyun ordered the establishment of the Seventh Division with some soldiers of the former 25th Division and the former Zhejiang First Division captured by the Zhejiang Army as the core, and the establishment of a garrison division, with officers drawn from the existing divisions, and the division commander Chen Weihua, deputy commander of the First Division, to be transferred, and stationed on the coastal line from Shaoxing to Ningbo after the reorganization was completed near Hangzhou.

At the same time, recruit battalions were urgently transferred from all over the country to replenish the 1st Division, which had suffered heavy losses.

The formation and training of the Seventh Division, a garrison division, is to a large extent to stabilize the troops of the former Zhejiang Army, after all, it is impossible for so many people to be dismissed at once, and some of them are willing to join the National Army, so they have made a Seventh Division.

In addition to supplementing the first division and establishing the seventh division, Chen Jingyun once again ordered to prepare for the expansion of the sixth division into an infantry division, and the expansion of the sixth division was an idea that Chen Jingyun had always had.

Of course, the order was issued, but the relevant ordnance was still insufficient, and it would take time to replenish it slowly.

In order to expand the troops, Chen Jingyun had already ordered 50 artillery pieces from Henry's foreign firm half a month ago, and after deciding to continue the expansion, Chen Jingyun ordered 60 artillery pieces from Henry, including 12 105 howitzers. These two purchases are the same as before, the purchase is old products, but the price has risen by more than 20% compared with the first military purchase before, but no matter how expensive it is, it is not as expensive as those new guns, so Chen Jingyun gritted his teeth and could only admit it.

In addition to the plan to establish the Fifth Artillery Regiment and the Sixth Artillery Regiment, it is necessary to replenish the artillery losses of the First Division and maintain a considerable stock for reserves. Of these, 12 105 howitzers were prepared for the existing 105 howitzer battalion. Now the 105 howitzer battalion has 24 105 howitzers, which is too small as a regiment and too many as a battalion, so simply buy one more battalion to make up a regiment. In this way, the total price of this batch of guns, plus some of the shells delivered, is in the millions.

As for the heavy machine guns and light machine guns, although the output of the Fuzhou Arsenal is still not high, Chen Jingyun did not expect to be fully equipped in one day. Rifles, this is the best, Chen Jingyun has nothing else, but there are still a lot of rifles in stock, and the Type 12 rifle is still being produced in large quantities, so the rifle is the least lacking.

Since the Fuzhou Arsenal imitated the Luger pistol and did not get the favor of the army, the light weapons factory of the Fuzhou Arsenal selected several other foreign pistols for testing and imitation, and then handed them over to the Equipment Department for testing, and after tossing for more than a month did not determine it, and finally Chen Jingyun personally made the decision, and the imitation was finalized last year, and it began to be equipped with the US Army's Teerte M1911 pistol at the beginning of this year, in order to avoid the so-called patent trouble, The Fuzhou Arsenal changed some of the details of the exterior design, and then renamed it the Yuannian style pistol, that is, the first year of the Republic of China, and also avoided the namesake of the Type 12 rifle. Since it was finalized, the Fuzhou Arsenal began small-scale trial production, and then gradually increased production.

These equipment matters have to be done slowly, and at least in the next two or three months, the newly expanded Fifth and Sixth Divisions will not be able to truly reach full strength.

While the Nationalist Army was doing military integration, the eyes of the domestic people were focused on Hangzhou and Fuzhou because of the war in Hangzhou. Since the official battle broke out between Zhu Rui's Second Division and the First Division of the Nationalist Army on 17 May, people in China, whether ordinary people or powerful figures in various places, have been closely watching the war in Hangzhou.

On the one hand, this is because this war can be regarded as the first large-scale war after the reunification of the north and the south, although the military conflicts in various places have not stopped since Xinhai, whether it is in the process of Li Junlie's integration of Jiangxi, as well as several prefectures on the Sichuan side attacking each other or small-scale battles in other provinces, but these small-scale and even tens of thousands of civil wars on the Sichuan side have not attracted people's attention, because very simply, these battles do not have the ability to affect the national situation.

But the war in Hangzhou is different, the two warring sides are both members of the Alliance, and they are the first to lead the troops against the Qing Dynasty New Army generals, not to mention, and there are tens of thousands of troops under their hands, among which Chen Jingyun's national army has always received people's attention, although Chen Jingyun has repeatedly wanted to keep a low profile, but the huge 7 divisions are placed there, which can be seen by everyone, so that Chen Jingyun and Cai Yi are compared, and because these two people are young, It was also Lu Shi who graduated, so he was regarded by the Chinese people as the two great heroes in the south.

In such a situation, the war between Zhu Rui and Chen Jingyun has attracted the attention of many people, and even many people from the press have rushed to Hangzhou to try to go to the front line to report on the war.

So when the Nationalist Army defeated Zhu Rui, these reporters with a keen sense of smell immediately sent a message to their respective newspapers: Zhu Rui was defeated, Chen Jingyun was victorious!

As soon as the news was issued, it attracted the attention of the whole country, and then when the Nationalist army marched into Hangzhou, such a move officially proved that Chen Jingyun had achieved a complete victory in this Fujian-Zhejiang war.

On the same day, not only did newspapers across the country carry the news of the great victory of the Nationalist Army, but even the real power factions across the country even got the relevant news.

In Yunnan, after Cai Ye learned that the National Army had marched into Hangzhou, he sighed after looking at the map: "It seems that my junior brother is also an unwilling ordinary person, and he is afraid that he will give many people a headache with Fujian and Zhejiang provinces in his hands!" ”

Nanjing, after Huang Xing learned the news, he also pondered for a long time, and then successively sent telegrams to Song Jiaoren and Sun Wen about this matter, but Song Jiaoren is now obsessed with reorganizing the party, and he is not very concerned about this kind of dispute in Zhejiang, and he has no heart to care, so after condemning Zhu Rui according to the old rules, he accused Chen Jingyun of destroying domestic peace. And Sun Wen had just returned to Shanghai after visiting relatives, but after learning the news, he pondered for a long time, and then said: "Zihua is also a member of my alliance!" "There's no more to follow.

Huang Xing, who was in Nanjing, couldn't pay attention to it, so he simply dragged it out, ready to see what Yuan Shikai's reaction was on Beiyang's side.

It's a pity that Yuan Shikai's reaction is much smaller than him!

"It's over so soon? I'm counting on them for a few months! Yuan Shikai was a little puzzled when he spoke, and then asked carefully: "Isn't there more than 30,000 people on Zhu Rui's side, and he Chen Jingyun brought so many troops to clean up Zhu Rui in three or five days?" ”

Duan Qirui stepped forward and said: "According to the information we have received, the first, second, and sixth divisions of the National Army participated in the battle, and then there were two mixed brigades that Chen Jingyun came from Fuzhou by sea. In this way, the number of troops is close to 40,000, and I heard that the national army has purchased a lot of guns and artillery, and the training is not bad. As for Zhu Rui's side, although there are 30,000 people, most of them are collected along the way, and I estimate that there are only more than 10,000 people who can really fight. In this case, it is normal for Zhu Rui to lose! ”

Duan Qirui naturally didn't know much about the battle situation in Hangzhou, and even a lot of news was learned through newspapers, so his estimate was very biased, but even if he told Duan Qirui. In the early stage of the Nationalist Army, only about four regiments of troops were put into battle, and it is estimated that he would not believe it.

Yuan Shikai said: "In this way, Chen Jingyun has transferred half of the troops. That's in the past! ”

Duan Qirui said: "Now that Chen Jingyun holds the two provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang, I am afraid that raising tigers will be a problem!" ”

Yuan Shikai said: "Don't worry, take it slowly." The overall situation in the south is not something that he Chen Jingyun can turn over alone! Now the aftermath of the big loan has to wait for a while! ”

The meaning of Yuan Shikai's words Duan Qirui is clear, that is, Yuan Shikai is waiting for the money to borrow a lot of money for the aftermath, as long as the money is in hand, it will be the time to unify the south. Duan Qirui's current situation in Beiyang is also clear, and the biggest problem now is the lack of money, and it is very short of money.

Beiyang has not been the central political axe for more than a month, but it has already begun to experience the dilemma of lack of money at that time of the Nanjing Provisional Political Axe. The area controlled by Beiyang is only a few provinces in the north, and almost all the wealth in the south is in the hands of warlords everywhere, although Sun Wen before and Yuan Shikai now have repeatedly ordered the provinces to pay taxes, but the provinces are crying and shouting that there is no money, anyway, there is only one meaning, if you want money, you want a life, if you forcibly ask for money, then you have to fight first!

It is not an easy task to maintain a central political axe under such circumstances. Since the provinces refused to hand over their financial endowments, they couldn't get much pocket money in their own territory, so just like Sun Wen at the beginning, Yuan Shikai also pinned all his expectations on foreign loans.

If you can borrow money, there is hope, and if you can't borrow money, it is useless to have the name of this central political axe.

Therefore, Yuan Shikai is now waiting for the aftermath to borrow a lot, and with this money, he can use it as military spending, and then unify China.

Based on this consideration, Yuan Shikai turned a blind eye to the southern provinces, so although he saw that Chen Jingyun's strength would swell after occupying Zhejiang, Yuan Shikai still planned to maintain his previous attitude.

This is also Yuan Shikai's confidence in his Beiyang Army, thinking that as long as he has military spending, with the army under his command, no matter what party members such as Huang Xing and Sun Wen, or governors like Cai Yi and Chen Jingyun, they can be swept away. With this self-confidence, Yuan Shikai did not believe that Chen Jingyun would be able to stop his pace of unifying China in the future.