readx; Chen Jingyun was stabbed on April 3, and Yuan Shikai was stabbed on April 4, the interval between these two assassinations was only one day, which has to make people wonder if these two assassinations are related, and even more have to sigh, what happened to China? Although assassinations were also extremely frequent in the late Qing Dynasty, and there were also assassinations in the early years of the Republic of China, none of them involved the top leaders, let alone the top leaders of the two forces were assassinated almost at the same time!

This assassination incident has become the most sensational event in China since Xinhai, and it is even more sensational than the resignation of the Qing Emperor and the outbreak of the war between the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army in southern Jiangsu in the second half of last year, and it is even more involved in the hearts of the Chinese people!

Almost as soon as the assassination incident occurred, it was on the headlines of various newspapers, and newspapers of all parties in China, regardless of which force they belonged to, were reporting the relevant news in a general trend, and all kinds of rumors were flying around, one would say that Chen Jingyun was dead, one would say that Yuan Shikai was dead, and the other would say that the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army had launched a major war in southern Jiangsu, and all kinds of news were flying all over the sky, true and false. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

So much so that Chen Jingyun had to be asked to issue a telegram in his private name, indicating that he was still alive, the people of the country should not worry, and the national army was as stable as Mount Tai. Not only did Chen Jingyun issue a telegram to refute rumors, but Beiyang also issued a telegram on the night after he was assassinated, informing Yuan Shikai of the assassination, and said in a positive tone that Yuan Shikai was safe and sound, and the people could rest assured.

In the relevant telegrams of the two parties, they only focused on refuting rumors and calming the people's hearts, because whether it is Chen Jingyun or Yuan Shikai, their personal safety is too important, and this is no longer a matter of life and death for them alone, but a matter related to the overall situation of the two sides, and more related to the overall trend of China's situation and affecting China's future. One of the more important purposes of these pacification telegrams is to convey a message to those military and political officials outside: Lao Tzu is not dead, don't have thoughts that you shouldn't have!

Shao Zhibo, chief of the Ministry of Justice under the Southeast Xuanfu Embassy, has already held a relevant press conference, saying that the Ministry of Justice of the Southeast Xuanfu Embassy has launched an investigation into the assassination, and strives to find out the rivalry in a short period of time and find out the mastermind behind it. However, those who understand also know that there must be an investigation in this investigation, but this investigation by the Ministry of Justice is estimated to be just a formality, and the real investigation is a matter for the Military Investigation Bureau.

Although Fujian, Zhejiang and Beiyang have not given the mastermind behind this matter, some people have already speculated that the assassination of Chen Jingyun is probably mostly Beiyang, and the assassination of Yuan Shikai is estimated to be on the part of the National Army. But why are these two things so close? Could it be a coincidence? But there are so many things in the world, how can they all be coincidences. Could it be that Yuan Shikai assassinated Chen Jingyun first, and then Chen Jingyun instructed his subordinates to assassinate Yuan Shikai in retaliation? But how can the time be so fast, only less than a day apart, strictly speaking, not even 24 hours are full, how can the national army arrange an assassination in such a short time, and it is an assassination that can almost succeed. If the Nationalist Army had this strength, Yuan Shikai would have been assassinated long ago.

In addition, people also speculated whether this was done by the revolutionaries, assassinated Yuan Shikai and Chen Jingyun at the same time, and then took the opportunity to obtain the power of the central government, and if they cooperated with the parliamentary election, they laid the foundation for fighting for the leadership of the central government in one fell swoop. There are quite a few people who think this way, and the revolutionaries originally started by assassinating riots, and even when the North-South peace talks were in the middle of the peace talks, the revolutionaries went to Yanjing to assassinate Liangbi, and many old and conservative Chinese people have always had no good impression of the revolutionary party in their hearts, thinking that they are just a group of rioters, and now it is not impossible to assassinate them in order to increase the number of cabinets and even the presidency.

The British Times published a headline on 5 April about the assassination in Far East China, saying that the assassination had a major impact on the situation in China. The fact that this is still making the headlines of The Times at a time when the situation in Europe is becoming more and more tense and that war in Europe is about to break out at any time is enough to prove that this assassination incident is a sensational name.

Regardless of outsiders' speculation, the Nationalist Army remained calm, and there was no sound except for the initial telegram, and some of the relevant investigations that were reported later were also insignificant. In the past few days, Chen Jingyun was busy appeasing his military and political officials on the one hand, and on the other hand, he ordered the General Staff to formulate a battle plan for Jiangxi and Anhui.

The Nationalist Army has always been Chen Jingyun's word, especially when it comes to strategic issues, there is no room for others to point fingers, so although many people within the General Staff Department were worried that rashly launching a war against Jiangxi and Anhui would trigger a crusade against other warlords in the country, and even fall into the dilemma of multi-front warfare, they still quickly formulated a detailed battle plan in accordance with Chen Jingyun's instructions.

Chen Yi and Yuan Fang, the directors of the Operations Department, who were known as the 'lame generals', brought the relevant battle plan to Chen Jingyun on April 5.

"According to the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Department, Li Junlie on the Jiangxi side has now been organized into four divisions, stationed in Ganzhou, Nanchang, Jiujiang and other places, with a total strength of nearly 50,000 troops.

Anhui has Huang Xing's Soviet army three divisions, stationed in Wuhu, Xuancheng, Anqing and other places, Huang Xing's main force of the army is the Soviet army brought from Nanjing, later supplemented part of the local Anhui soldiers, and expanded a division! However, judging from the performance of the Soviet army in the war in southern Jiangsu at the beginning, the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army was limited.

On the Anhui side, there are also three divisions controlled by Bai Wenwei, and most of the three divisions of the Anhui Army are reorganized from the former Qing patrol battalion and the new army, and only one division is a newly organized and trained unit. In terms of weaponry and equipment, it is basically the same as Huang Xing's Soviet army, and the light weapons are acceptable, but the heavy weapons are seriously lacking.

The combined strength of the revolutionary armies in the two provinces exceeded 100,000 troops, but according to the calculations of the Operations Division, although the number of enemies was large, there was nothing to worry about, and it was enough for our army to send only two divisions in Jiangxi to determine its strategic superiority, and if external interference was excluded on the Anhui side, two divisions would be enough to take Anhui. ”

Chen Yi did not pause when he said this, but continued: "However, considering the Beiyang Army on the Jinpu Line, our army's strategic arrangements in the direction of Anhui must be quite cautious, in addition to guarding in the direction of Nanjing and Zhenjiang to prevent the Beiyang Army from crossing the river to the south, we must also take into account the Beiyang garrisons in Chuzhou and Bengbu. When our army sends troops to Anhui, it is very likely that they will also send troops to Anhui, whether it is to unite with the revolutionaries to fight against our army or to take Anhui while the fire is burning, this is a great threat to our army! ”

In addition to the Fifth and Seventh Divisions in the Jiangbei region, Cao Kun's Third Division, which was originally stationed in Xuzhou for rest, has already moved south and deployed in Chuzhou and Bengbu, two important places on the Jinpu line. In addition to facilitating the troops to reinforce the Jiangbei front at any time, this was also to prevent the revolutionaries from taking advantage of the fire to rob and cut off the Jinpu line. After all, a long section of the Jinpu line is located in the eastern part of Anhui, almost running through the entire eastern Anhui region, and this part of the railway is also an important area where the Beiyang Army is stationed.

Therefore, if the Nationalist Army wants to march into Anhui and Jiangxi, the reaction of the Beiyang Army cannot but be taken into account.

"In addition to the Jiangxi and Anhui directions and the defense of the Beiyang Army, the Operations Division believes that it is also necessary to strengthen vigilance in the Guangdong direction to prevent the Gui Army from moving!" After Chen Yi said these words, he stopped talking.

At this time, Yuan Fang said: "According to the operational plan drafted by the Operations Division, the preliminary operational plan has been jointly agreed upon within the General Staff!" ”

"On the Guangdong side, with the 10th Division as the main force, it will attack the southern part of Jiangxi from the northern part of Guangdong and capture Ganzhou and other places, and the 1st Mixed Brigade will go to Jiangxi as a reserve at any time to support the 3rd Division. If the progress goes well, the 1st Mixed Brigade will stay in the northern Guangdong region to cooperate with the 3rd Division to guard against the movement of the Gui Army.

On the Fujian side, with the 2nd Mixed Brigade as the main force, it attacked from the direction of Shaowu and captured Fuzhou.

On the western part of Zhejiang, with the 3rd Mixed Brigade as the main force, it attacked from the direction of Quzhou, captured Shangrao, Yingtan and other places, and then cooperated with the 2nd Mixed Brigade to capture Nanchang. The 6th Division attacked northward, captured the Huangshan area, and threatened Anqing.

At the same time, the Ninth Division, stationed in Hangzhou, went north to attack the Xuancheng area, and at the same time sent a regiment from the direction of Nanjing to march west along the river to threaten Wuhu.

In addition, the Fifth Division stationed in Ningbo was stationed in the Lishui area, preparing for the Beiyang Army to reinforce the Nanjing front line at any time after crossing the river to the south, and cooperating with the Ninth Division to capture Xuancheng and Wuhu from the side! ”

Yuan Fang simply stated the operational plan planned by the General Staff in the early stage, and in this operational plan, the strategic goal was obvious, that is, the Nationalist Army would devote its main forces to Jiangxi and southern Anhui, and simply put, it did not have the idea of attacking the hinterland such as central Anhui. This is mainly a question of troop deployment, and this plan is simple to say, but in fact the movement distance of the troops is quite long, casually more than several hundred miles, and even if the revolutionaries do not resist and let the Nationalist army go all the way, the time required is not three or five days to complete, but a considerable period of time. During this period, the command of the National Army will make a new round of strategic adjustments according to the development of the situation. After taking Anqing and Wuhu, it was time to attack other Anhui regions north of the Yangtze River.

At the beginning of the war, the strategic goal of the Nationalist Army was to take Jiangxi and southern Anhui, and the follow-up battle plan remained to be discussed.

After all, plans are dead, people are alive, and the situation is changing day by day, and it is completely impossible for the current command to predict the domestic situation half a month or even a month after the outbreak of the war. This is not the short-sightedness of the National Army, but a conservative strategy based on reality.

In this plan, although troops were dispatched from Jiangxi and Anhui from all directions, in fact the main force of the Nationalist Army was not used much, the main force of the Third Division in the direction of Guangdong was not moved, the main force in Zhejiang and even the Jiangnan region was not moved, the Second Division in Nanjing, the Seventh Division in Zhenjiang, and the First Division in Shanghai were not moved, and the Fourth Division stationed in Hangzhou was not moved. Even the Fifth Division was only stationed in Lishui to cooperate with the operation, but the main task was to serve as a reserve in the direction of Nanjing, in case the Beiyang Army crossed the river and went south.

Among the troops planned to attack Jiangxi and Anhui, there were two newly formed mixed brigades, the 10th Division, which was equipped only with a 60-mm rapid-fire mountain artillery regiment, and the 6th Division, which had been stationed in Jinhua for a long time and had not yet experienced the baptism of large-scale warfare. In addition, the Ninth Division, which had just been formed into an army and had never even experienced small-scale warfare. Although the total strength of the army has reached more than 40,000 people, the combat effectiveness of these units cannot be compared with the main forces of the Nationalist Army.

The real main force of the Nationalist Army was not sent to participate in the battles in Jiangxi and Anhui. The 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, and 5th Divisions are still deployed on the front line in southern Jiangsu, the 3rd Division in Guangdong is also used to defend against the Gui Army, and the Guard Division is still in Fuzhou.

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