readx; After staying in Yanjing for ten days, Chen Jingyun's presidential train began to return south, this time Chen Jingyun did not make too many stops at various stations along the way, only stayed in Jinan for one night and once again summoned Xu Lishan and several other army generals, and a number of generals had secret talks, and explicitly asked the Third Army stationed in Shandong to strengthen training and prepare for war at any time, and asked the Third Army to be ready to attack Qingdao by force, in addition to strengthening the training of the troops to adapt to the surname and strengthening ideological mobilization. It is also necessary to collect detailed topography of the Shandong area and other local conditions, and to do it thoroughly, and in addition, it is necessary to carry out preliminary reconnaissance of the situation of the German army in Qingdao. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

For example, the navy's fleet should cooperate with the army and use the heavy artillery on the warships to provide timely support for the army's attack on Qingdao, and the air force should also deploy more troops in Shandong to conduct air reconnaissance in all aspects of Qingdao and support the army when war breaks out.

Chen Jingyun is now determined to fight in Qingdao, whether it is with the Germans or with himself, he will be ready to fight, if Chen Jingyun's attitude is somewhat relenting at that time, it will endanger the foundation of his rule in China, and this will never be allowed by Chen Jingyun.

Chen Jingyun's attitude this time was more serious than the last time, and most of those generals also knew that after Chen Jingyun arrived in Yanjing, he not only met with military and political dignitaries and inspected them, but also talked with those foreign envoys in China one by one, and judging from Chen Jingyun's attitude in Jinan, it was obvious that the negotiations with various countries did not achieve the expected results, otherwise Chen Jingyun would not have clearly pointed out that the troops on the Shandong side would have strengthened their combat readiness.

After strictly ordering Shandong's Third Army to strengthen its combat readiness, as soon as Chen Jingyun returned to Nanjing, he instructed the military industrial enterprises under Huaxia Bank to speed up the relocation work, especially the Fuzhou Arsenal. At present, there are many arsenals in the national army system, including the Fuzhou Arsenal, the Guangzhou Arsenal, the Shanghai Arsenal, the Nanchang Arsenal, the Nanjing Light Weapons Arsenal, and the Wuhu Heavy Weapons Arsenal. Other regions such as Anqing, Yanjing and even Northeast China also have some small arsenals, but the combined output of these places is not much, mainly for the maintenance of weapons and the production of small quantities of ammunition.

Among the many arsenals owned by the Nationalist Army, the Nanchang Arsenal produced a small amount, mainly focusing on ammunition production. The output of the Guangzhou Arsenal was slightly higher, and like the Nanjing Arsenal, it was also concentrated on the production of ammunition, and the two did not have a large-scale weapons production line, but only had the ability to repair weapons. The Shanghai Arsenal is mainly inclined to the navy, mainly producing artillery shells, torpedoes, naval guns and other weapons used by the navy, and some other weapons production equipment owned in the late Qing Dynasty has been transferred to the Nanjing Arsenal in advance, which is now the Nanjing Light Weapons Arsenal. The Nanjing Light Weapons Arsenal is Chen Jingyun's latest plan for a super-large arsenal, which is designed to supply the entire domestic army, and is built to replace the Fuzhou Arsenal, but at present, although it has accepted some equipment from the Shanghai Arsenal, and has also received some equipment and personnel from the Fuzhou Arsenal, and has also purchased a large number of machinery and equipment, it is still not of great use at present, and the current output is still limited.

The Wuhu Heavy Weapons Arsenal was completely newly built, and it also relied on the technical equipment supported by the artillery factory under the Fuzhou Arsenal in the early stage.

In fact, in addition to the investment in the later period, the Nanjing Light Weapons Arsenal and the Wuhu Heavy Weapons Arsenal were fundamentally separated from the Fuzhou Arsenal, and after these two arsenals were completed, the Fuzhou Arsenal would basically be empty.

The fundamental purpose of Chen Jingyun's vigorous efforts to build the Nanjing Light Weapons Arsenal and the Wuhu Heavy Weapons Arsenal was to move the Fuzhou Arsenal to Fuzhou, otherwise in the event of a war with the enemy country in the future, as long as the enemy's navy blockaded Fuzhou Port, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Nationalist Army would have no guns and ammunition available. After all, there is no way to transport such a large amount of ammunition by land alone, and as for the railway, don't think about it for at least one or two decades, even if the Fujian Railway will build that kind of simple war-ready railway.

Although it was very difficult and expensive to relocate the Fuzhou Arsenal, the Fuzhou Aircraft Factory, and the Fuzhou Iron and Steel Plant, Chen Jingyun still wanted to move them to the Yangtze River and along the railway line for the sake of strategic security considerations in the future.

At the beginning, the relocation was just slow, but as the time became more and more urgent, Chen Jingyun did not want to wait too long, and immediately personally issued instructions to several arsenals such as the Fuzhou Arsenal, requiring them to complete the relocation work within three months, and the reduction in military production during the relocation period is also tolerable, although the number of the current national army is large, and it is still fighting in Henan and Hubei, and at the same time it has to prepare for the Qingdao war, but this will be the pressure on the supply of ordnance of the national army is far less than last year. A large number of weapons and ammunition have been seized from Beiyang, and there have been quite a few ordnance produced by major arsenals in the past six months.

When Chen Jingyun was preparing for the Qingdao War, the Nationalist Army was marching in other directions in the country as planned, and after the Second Army received reinforcements from the Seventh and First Divisions, it soon captured Zhengzhou, and the remnants of the Ninth Division of the Beiyang Army surrendered, followed by the army continuing to move south to threaten Xinyang.

On June 10, Cao Kun received a handwritten letter from Duan Qirui urging him to surrender, and on behalf of the Nanjing Republican Political Axe, he proposed the conditions for surrender: retaining the rank of lieutenant general and the number of a division. Cao Kun also had to fall into contemplation after receiving Duan Qirui's letter of persuasion, Cao Kun was quite dissatisfied with Duan Qirui and others to surrender to Chen Jingyun, and even he suspected that Yuan Shikai was killed by Duan Qirui, and then Duan Qirui's nemesis Feng Guozhang also secretly came to Xinyang from the Tianjin Concession, and then regarded himself as the heir of Beiyang, and even got the support of Duan Zhigui and Cao Kun and the support of the Ninth Division of Beiyang.

Although these people have strange thoughts, they also refused the surrender of the national army when they were in contact with Feng Guozhang in the play, and have resisted until now, but with the fall of Zhengzhou, seeing that the army of the national army is about to be pressed down from Zhengzhou, Cao Kun's third division and the brigade sent by Duan Zhigui who are sticking to Xinyang will definitely not be able to hold it at that time. The Sixth Division and the 19th Mixed Brigade of the Nationalist Army in the direction of Xinyang already had considerable pressure on them, and if the tens of thousands of troops of the Second Army of the Nationalist Army came again, Cao Kun would not have the confidence to hold on.

Just when Cao Kun seriously considered whether to surrender, Wu Hongchang, the 12th Brigade of the 6th Beiyang Division who fought side by side with him, accepted the surrender of Nanjing first, and like other generals of the Beiyang Army, Chen Jingyun generously offered to retain the rank of major general, and the 12th Brigade of his department gave the number of the 26th Mixed Brigade, with the precedent of people like Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng, and Xinyang really couldn't hold it, so Wu Hongchang accepted this condition without hesitation.

and soon turned the muzzle of the gun and launched a mutiny in Xinyang, Cao Kun gritted his teeth in such a situation and accepted Duan Qirui's surrender.

After Cao Kun and Wu Hongchang accepted the surrender, Chen Jingyun immediately gave them the numbers of the 26th Mixed Brigade and the 30th Division, and let these two units join the Eighth Army.

Li Jimin, commander of the Eighth Army, had no other scruples, and immediately ordered these two troops to turn around and go south to Hubei, while behind these two forces were the Sixth Division and the 19th Mixed Brigade of the Eighth Army, and at the rear were the main forces of the Second Army.

Regardless of whether Cao Kun and Wu Hongchang are willing or not, since they are already in the national army, and the main force of the national army is following behind, they have to contribute.

And at this time, Duan Zhigui from Wuhan, Hubei Province, looked at Feng Guozhang with a deep face!

"Brother Feng, at the beginning, you patted your chest to ensure that there would be no problems in Henan, but now!" Duan Zhigui's face was a little unkind, and Feng Guozhang on the side also sighed: "It's in vain to say more now, now Henan has not defended, and said, 'This side will not come up with any real money to support!'" ”

Duan Zhigui said: "I said, 'I have never counted on my side!'" But Brother Feng, what do you say we should do now? Is that all there is to it? ”

Feng Guozhang stood up at this time and said: "Surrender, if Brother Duan, if you want the title, I'm afraid you would have surrendered a long time ago, and you don't have to work hard to support it until now!" However, it is definitely not possible to hold on here in Wuhan, and as soon as the main force of the Nationalist Army on the Henan side arrives, our troops will definitely not be able to stop it at that time. ”

Duan Zhigui took a deep breath and said, "It seems that there is only one way left to go now!" ”

Feng Guozhang said: "The situation in Sichuan is complicated, not only Tang Jiyao is there, but there are also many military leaders in Sichuan, and I am afraid that I will not be able to suppress the situation when the time comes!" ”

Duan Zhigui shook his head and said: "Now Yucheng Ma Jizeng is my old department, and the Seventh Mixed Brigade under him is okay, and now he controls the situation in Yucheng." ”

In the first half of last year, he sent Ma Jizeng to lead the 11th Brigade to Yucheng, and then Ma Jizeng and other Sichuan warlord troops suppressed Tang Jiyao and even recaptured part of the eastern Sichuan region. At present, the two major regions of Sichuan, Yucheng and Chengdu, still control Beiyang and Sichuan warlords, and although Tang Jiyao's Dian army controls many areas of Sichuan, it has never been able to conquer these two large cities.

When Feng Guozhang heard Duan Zhigui say this, he knew that Duan Zhigui had already made up his mind to enter Sichuan, so he no longer planned to continue persuading. But the psychological side is clear, if Duan Zhigui can block it in Hubei, it's okay, if he can't stop it, even if he surrenders, he can at least get a position as a military commander, but Duan Zhigui doesn't dare to be under the crowd and wants to keep this little army and power under his command, and even does not hesitate to enter Sichuan. And once he enters Sichuan, even with the strength of the remnants of the second and sixth divisions under him, I am afraid that he will not be able to suppress the many local snakes in Sichuan, not to mention that Tang Jiyao is there.

The outcome of the future is to control Sichuan, and on the other hand, the Nationalist Army now controls most of China, if Hubei is captured again, then the Nationalist Army will almost control the entire lifeline of China, and it will be easy to sweep away the warlords in the southwest at that time.

But Duan Zhigui didn't think so, in his opinion, the possibility of seizing Sichuan was very large, and when the time came, his strength would not be lower than Tang Jiyao after controlling Sichuan, and when the time came, he would come to talk to Chen Jingyun about the conditions, at least he would have to keep the power of a province's autonomy. And if Chen Jingyun wants to be strong at that time, how can Tang Jiyao, Lu Rongting and Yan Xishan watch Chen Jingyun march into Sichuan?