Among the southern provinces, although there will be various struggles in each province, such as the struggle for power between Chen Jingyun and Zheng Zuyin and Lin Wenying in Fujian, such as the contradictions and conflicts between Hu Hanmin and Chen Jiongming and Long Jiguang in Guangdong, and the separation of the two military and political axes in Sichuan, the power struggles of these identities are basically confined to their own provinces, not to mention affecting the situation in the whole country.

But Zhejiang is an exception, from the very beginning of Zhejiang's recovery, Zhejiang's governor has always been the key point of contention between the alliance and the recovery of the society, for which a Tang Shouqian was launched in the early stage, and later for the second governor of the dispute intensified the contradiction between the alliance and the recovery meeting, which led to Chen Qimei's assassination of Tao Chengzhang, which caused a complete break between the two factions, and the two sides fought fiercely so that the alliance would have the upper hand, thus launching a Jiang Zungui.

However, after Jiang Zunwei took office as the governor of Zhejiang, what he did was very different from what the people of the League thought at the beginning, and he made a public statement just a few days after taking office, saying that the battle between the League and the Guangfu Society was tantamount to ignoring the overall situation.

Then he carried out a series of military and political reforms in order to centralize the power of the governor, on the one hand, he abolished the ministry and changed the department, and set up four divisions of civil affairs, finance, education, and law, and were all subordinate to the governor's office. The second is to replace the old staff, appointing Lu Chung-yue as the secretary for civil affairs, Ying Demin as the financial secretary, Zeng Xiayou as the secretary for education, and Zhu Wenhao as the secretary for the law, basically all of whom he trusts.

In terms of military affairs, the Military Administration Department and the General Staff Office were changed to units of reading power, which were not under the jurisdiction of the Zhejiang Army Command Office, and military affairs should also be handled by these two departments through negotiation in the future, and the appointment and dismissal of generals should be handled by the Department of the Governor's order, and finally Chen Yi, a graduate of Lu Shi who had been friends with him, was appointed as the director of the Military Administration Department, Jiang Fangzhen was appointed as the general staff, and Zhou Fengqi was appointed as the chief of staff.

Basically, Jiang Zunwei changed everything that could be changed, and the main purpose was to centralize the power of the governor, but Jiang Zungui's move was strongly opposed by the military and political circles in Zhejiang, or the strong opposition of the League and the Restoration Society. Because if Jiang Zungui really does this, then the power of the Alliance and the Restoration Society, which has worked hard in Zhejiang for many years, may be swept away, and Zhejiang will become Jiang Zungui's hall.

In order to oppose Jiang Zungui's reforms, many military and political personages in Zhejiang joined forces, first the officials and staff of the military and political axes went on strike, and then some rebels stormed the Governor's Mansion, and the newspapers even scolded Jiang Zungui every day, saying that Jiang Zungui had appointed Han Annihilation, opposed the Kuomintang Party, acted unscrupulously, wantonly and authoritarian, and even demanded that Jiang Zungui be expelled from his membership.

In such a chaotic situation in Zhejiang, Zhu Rui returned to Zhejiang with the second division, and also gathered a lot of stragglers along the way, the number of more than 30,000 people, Zhu Rui's strong return made Zhejiang fall into chaos, and a storm was about to be staged in Zhejiang.

On the day he returned to Zhejiang, Zhu Rui openly opposed Jiang Zungui's proposal to reform the military and government, and then secretly instructed the rebels to storm the governor's mansion, and on the other hand, he created public opinion in the newspapers.

As Chen Jingyun, who occupies most of Zhejiang, he has long noticed the chaos in Zhejiang. Since Ma Cheng's first brigade entered Zhejiang, the situation in Zhejiang has always been extremely concerned by Chen Jingyun, because the previous dispute between the governor of Zhejiang did not involve Chen Jingyun's actual interests, and the alliance and the recovery association were making a fuss at that time, so Chen Jingyun did not interfere, but only paid attention secretly, but when Zhu Rui's more than 30,000 people returned to Zhejiang to cause turmoil in Zhejiang, Chen Jingyun had to pay attention to the situation in Zhejiang again.

"Now the situation in northern Zhejiang is very chaotic, and there are many troops gathered near Hangzhou, including Zhou Chenghua's 25th Division, Zhu Rui's 2nd Division, and Zhejiang's 1st Division. Among them, the first division of Zhejiang is a newly recruited unit of the previous Zhejiang military and political axe, about 10,000 and 3,000 people, but because it is a newly formed army, the backbone is lacking, and the members of the alliance and the Guangfu will are mixed, and it is not the same who can really listen to it, although Zhou Chenghua's 25th division is said to be a division, but the number is small and there are no heavy weapons, only about six or seven thousand people, the combat effectiveness is very weak, and it was controlled by Zhu Rui before, and it is difficult to guess the movement of this person. Finally, the second division that had just returned from the Xuzhou front.

The predecessor of this division was the Zhejiang Army's Aid to Ning Detachment, which was the foundation of the Zhejiang New Army, participated in the siege of Nanjing, and later went north along the Jinpu line to fight in Xuzhou, and fought against Zhang Xun's department and the fifth town in Xuzhou for a long time, and had strong actual combat experience. Due to the short period of time, we do not know much about their weapons and equipment, but judging from other units near Nanjing, there may still be light weapons, but there should not be many heavy weapons such as artillery. ”

In the general staff of the Nationalist Army in Fuzhou, Feng Qin was briefing Chen Jingyun and a group of army commanders on the military situation in Zhejiang.

Lin Chengkun frowned and said, "In this way, aren't there more than 50,000 people in Zhejiang?" There is only one northern Zhejiang left in Zhejiang, can it afford to raise so many troops? ”

Sun Guangliang, chief of the logistics department, said: "Most of Zhejiang's economic aggregates are concentrated in Hangzhou, Jiaxing, and Shanghai, and it will not be a problem for them to use these places to raise 50,000 people!" ”

Ouyang Tian, the chief of the equipment department, also nodded and said: "These Zhejiang troops and Beiyang are different from our national army, the armament is incomplete, not to mention the lack of heavy weapons, and even the discounted military salaries are intermittent, and the money for us and Beiyang to raise a division is enough for them to raise three or four divisions." ”

Chen Jingyun looked at the large map of China on the wall, and then at the map of southeast China. When the others saw Chen Jingyun staring at the map and not speaking, they also knew that Chen Jingyun was thinking about the issue of strategic surname at this time, so they all obediently closed their mouths, and the people in a large room became so dull.

Chen Jingyun has looked at the map around Fujian since the uprising, and even the map of China has been seen countless times, and many details on the map are imprinted in his mind one by one.

From the Fuzhou Uprising to the present, the strategy arranged by Chen Jingyun has always been very prudent, and there is not much radical place, whether it is in the direction of Guangdong or Zhejiang, Chen Jingyun has tried his best to control the pace, such as Guangdong, and now the third division is still in Chaozhou, and there has been no further west except training for nearly half a year. Even in Zhejiang, he did not take any drastic actions except for the actual military control of the localities, and even the local political axes under his control still obeyed the orders of the Hangzhou military and political axes, and even the local officials were sent from Hangzhou, and Chen Jingyun did not interfere at all.

Chen Jingyun's purpose of forbearance is very simple, that is, to keep a low profile, for fear of facing the muzzle of Beiyang.

However, the current development of the situation in Zhejiang is beyond his original plan, the previous strategic arrangement was based on Tang Shouqian's lack of expansion ambitions, and the successor Jiang Zunwei was also too busy to tidy up the interior and had no time to look south. In other words, neither of these two governors of Zhejiang had the actual military power in their hands, and they had no ability to go south to restore the unity of Zhejiang. But if there is a strong military governor, such as Chen Jingyun himself, such as Zhu Rui, then the situation in Zhejiang is unlikely to maintain the current situation.

If Zhu Rui and Jiang Zunwei win the battle, then Zhu Rui will be able to integrate his army, and then the next step will definitely be to recover the southern part of Zhejiang, which may also lead to a conflict with Fujian.

No matter how you look at it, it is unlikely that anything good will come out then.

It's just that if you interfere by yourself, it may be even more difficult to deal with at that time, and it is easy to suffer from the unanimous xenophobia of Zhejiang, and it may even attract Yuan Shikai's attention, and it will not be good at that time, and even with the analysis of the situation that Chen Jingyun is now controlling, he can't judge what kind of changes will happen after he intervenes.

In these years, the relationship between various warlords, various powerful figures, and various forces is difficult for anyone to reason, and the mistakes are complex enough to make anyone daunted.

It's just that it's not good to do nothing, and wouldn't it be even worse if the changes in Zhejiang affect you at that time.

After thinking about it in his heart, Chen Jingyun returned to the table, and then asked Feng Qin: "In your opinion, can the troops on the Zhejiang side maintain the current stable situation?" ”

Feng Qin thought for a moment in his heart and said: "According to the training of the soldiers and the firepower of the troops, the two divisions deployed by our army on the front line of Shaoxing and Jinhua are enough to deter the troops on the other side of Hangzhou. However, our troops are all newly formed and have basically not gone through war, while the second division on Zhu Rui's side has fought and its combat effectiveness is not predictable, so it should not be a problem to defend, but the offensive will be insufficient. ”

Although Chen Jingyun integrated the military knowledge of Chen Jingyun in his previous life, he did not inherit the military talent that a soldier should have, so he always let Feng Qin and other professional officers take charge of specific war affairs. If Chen Jingyun is stronger than all the generals, then it is his overall vision, or forward-looking vision, he knows that Yuan Shikai will definitely unify China by force, and he knows that Beiyang will definitely be divided in the end.

After listening to Feng Qin's words, Chen Jingyun looked at the map again, and then said: "Give the first division Yuan Fang and the second division Ma Cheng an order to raise their vigilance and guard against turmoil in Hangzhou." ”

After saying this, he said to Ouyang Tian: "How many guns and machine guns are stored in the warehouse now?" ”