On July 8, 1918, on the same day that the Middle East Road robbery occurred, which shocked China and the rest of the world. In Guangzhou, Sun Yat-sen, Chairman of the Nationalist Government and Chairman of the Military Commission, officially signed the first national mobilization order in the history of the Republic of China! According to the caliber of the National Revolutionary Army's external propaganda, more than 3,000 townships and towns in Guangdong and Fujian will mobilize 200,000 young men between the ages of 18 and 22 to enlist in the army within two weeks!

This national mobilization system is actually not a new thing for China, as early as the Warring States Period, the Warring States Seven Heroes should have implemented a similar system. All young and middle-aged men were registered, and in the event of war, a "general mobilization" was carried out, and those vassal states with a population of only a few million people at that time were able to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops for conquest.

However, in later generations, this kind of system of educating soldiers for the people and all the people being soldiers was gradually replaced by the world military system and the conscription system. War and military service gradually drifted away from ordinary civilians, and China's huge population advantage could not be reflected in previous foreign wars. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, a large country with a population of hundreds of millions had emerged, and in the event of a war, the available soldiers were often only tens of thousands of people!

Therefore, in the view of our Chang Da military strategists, the direct reason for China's dominance in foreign wars in modern times is that there is no national mobilization and conscription system covering the whole country. The shortcut for China to become a world-class power before World War II is not to build many heavy industries and arsenals, let alone to take advantage of foreign financial crises to make a windfall, but to rebuild the national mobilization and conscription system that existed during China's Warring States period.

Actually, in the era of the Republic of China in history. Both the Kuomintang and the GCD have rebuilt similar systems in their jurisdictions. The most direct reason for determining the victory or defeat within the KMT and the CCP in the future is precisely the strength or weakness of the national mobilization or the overall war system of the two sides...... In this regard, the GCD undoubtedly has a great advantage, they mobilized 270,000 young people in the Central Soviet District, with a population of just over 2 million, for the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression during the Soviet War! And the basis of this superiority is precisely their agrarian revolution and their mastery of the countryside. Chang Ruiqing's policy in Fujian. It is borrowed from the historical Chinese g. His ideal is to organize tens of thousands of people in China and mobilize their strength! This is the biggest "golden finger" of this era!

But it's always hard to get started! At present, the national mobilization system of the national government still seems to be incomplete. Don't look at Sun Yat-sen's mobilization order, he was very determined, but when he went to the township mayors at the grassroots level and the principals and teachers of Zhongshan Primary School, they all encountered great difficulties.

Presumably because there have been more than a thousand years of distance from war and military service. In this era, most of the Chinese people are very disgusted with being a soldier and eating food or something! Isn't there a well-known folk proverb called "A good man is not a soldier, and a good iron is not a nail"? Therefore, when the first mobilization order of the national government was implemented, no matter how you look at it, it is a bit like pulling a strong man!

Guangzhou Tianzi Wharf is now crowded with strong men tied into strings with ropes. The whole wharf is full of "good men" crying and scolding, and their accents should have been "mobilized" from southern Fujian. This mobilization order is compulsory, and more than 3,000 townships and towns in Fujian and Guangdong, as well as administrative units at the district level in several large cities, have all received conscription quotas! If it can't be done, then I'm sorry, but the black gauze hats of the chief officers will be taken off immediately. At the same time as the mobilization order was issued, the "Anti-Corruption Office" in Fujian and Guangdong provinces also dispatched a large number of inspectors to supervise the lower-level officials in charge of conscription. It doesn't matter if they tie people up with ropes. If they dare to accept bribes from rich families through conscription, then what awaits them is imprisonment! Of course, these ICAC commissioners also have "arrest targets", so they can't be allowed to arrest all the grassroots officials......

In short, the conscription on the "mobilization order" of our Sun revolutionary. Uh, or rather, the catch indicator has finally been completed as an "overtime". In the end, it took about 20 days to catch more than 135,000 strong men. At the end of July, it was sent to Guangzhou one after another.

And Chang Ruiqing, the initiator of this qiē, is wearing a neat and tidy general uniform of the National Revolutionary Army today, with a vote of adjutant guards. It appeared majestically on the Tianzi number. His appearance is extremely tall and mighty, and he looks even more intimidating when he wears a straight military uniform, so that the children of southern Fujian around him don't even dare to make a sound.

However, he did not come to Tianzi Wharf today to scare people, but to welcome Comrade Zhou Elai who came all the way from Europe on behalf of the Nationalist Government, the Military Commission, and the Chinese GCD to welcome Comrade Zhou Elai who came all the way from Europe and the huge amount of Russian military aid.

Zhou Elai walked from the gangway of a British steamer to the wharf at this time, and he was accompanied by three older young people, all of whom he had gone to France with him to work and study, and the travel expenses were also provided by the China Frugal Society, and they were also the leaders of the "anti-imperialist struggle" between Chinese workers and Chinese students in Europe at the end of last year and the beginning of this year.

But these three people are not members of the Central G Party...... Although Zhou Elai has a close relationship with them, and has made a lot of efforts to fool them into joining the organization, these three people are the kind of people who are not very easy to fool. However, those three people are still Zhou Elai's revolutionary fellow travelers, and they are also preparing to join the Nationalist Government when they return to China.

"Brother Xiangyu, what's going on on this Guangzhou dock today? Are these prisoners or sold piglets? ”

It was a dark-skinned, short-pitched young man who opened his mouth to speak in a thick Sichuan accent, with a bit of ridicule.

Zhou Elai's thick eyebrows also frowned slightly, and he didn't know what crime the young man who was tied up in a string on this dock had committed? As for Sun Yat-sen's national mobilization order, he didn't know about it at all. In this era, the communication conditions were limited, and it was inconvenient for them to contact the country when they got on the ship. I could only learn about some major international events through the Western newspapers that were delivered when the Guò steamer docked, and during this time. There was no mention of the Nationalist government in Fujian and Guangdong in the Western newspapers, and the attention of these foreigners was drawn to China by the robbery of the Middle East Road on July 8. Newspapers often see the remarks made by the governments of several imperialist countries threatening to send troops to China, in addition to critical articles on China's Beiyang**, and even some Western political commentators who have proposed that China should be jointly governed by the great powers, turning China into a public colony!

"Brother Mu Han, let's get off the boat and buy a newspaper to read!" Zhou Elai glanced at the Sichuan man who was talking just now, and then raised his hand to Chang Ruiqing and the others, who were standing on the dock and looked very eye-catching, and said to the other two people beside him: "Brother Shunsheng, Brother Youchun." The tallest one there is the General Chang Yaoru that I mentioned to you...... But he is a great person, and many of the policies of the Nationalist Government are copies of the policies he implemented in Fujian! If you want to do something for the rise of China in the future, but you are not willing to join our China GCD. Why don't you go to his door? ”

The three of them all looked in the direction that Zhou Elai was pointing, and they saw a group of officers in strict uniforms surrounding the tall Chang Ruiqing, on top of their heads. There was also a red banner with the words "Welcome Comrade Zhou Elai, member of the Central Bureau of the Central Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, to return to China" in large golden letters.

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This time the Nationalist Government was a bit like the scene of La Zhuangding's "national mobilization", and naturally it was also noticed by the Beiyang Government, which was always paying attention to every move in Guangdong and Fujian. These people in Beiyang all believe in "elite soldierism", and those strong men tied up with ropes are a group of rabble in their eyes. Since it is a rabble, there is no need to consider the threat of the National Revolutionary Army for the time being...... This is probably also an ostrich thinking, right? Anyway, they don't have the energy to deal with the Nationalist Government at the moment.

Or to put it more seriously, even if these people in Beiyang know that the National Revolutionary Army will fight Beijing and overthrow them in the future, they can only use the little strength they have to deal with the urgent need outside the Guanguan! Moreover, the forces available in Beiyang now are indeed unable to contain the national government of Fujian and Guangdong.

"Shiba-old. The British Minister, Eston, told us that, in accordance with the agreement reached between us and the Great Powers at the beginning of the year, the Legation had decided to stop transferring the surplus to the Treasury from next month...... The surplus will be used to compensate the Russians for their losses in the Middle East Road robbery. ”

Cao Rulin stood in front of Duan Qirui's desk dejectedly, reporting to his true master the results of the negotiations with the British minister. Although Minister Eston is indeed willing to do his best to help the Beiyang government, the agreements reached by the Beiyang government with the foreign powers still have to be fulfilled! This. Eston had no choice. In addition, the money that the Bank of Merquarie originally promised to lend to the Beiyang government has also been lost! It turned out that someone had written a letter to the Taipan of the Macquarie Bank in the name of the Red Brigade...... The British Taipan can ignore the threat of the Nationalist Government's "default", but they dare not take the words of the Red Brigade as air! The Red Brigade is going to send someone to ask for their lives!

Now that Guan Yu is gone, and the big loans can't be done, there is a Beiyang government in Nuoda, and there are so many Beiyang troops. I can only rely on a little tariff, the commercial tax of Beijing and Tianjin, and the road payment of the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway. Duan Qirui sat slumped in the chair behind the desk, his face so gloomy that he was about to come out of the water. It was hard for him to imagine that his Beiyang Army was willing to help him fight with 20% of his salary, and he didn't know that it was 30%. Not to mention the National Revolutionary Army in Fujian and Guangdong, even the Red Brigade in the Northeast is probably not willing to deal with it, right?

He turned his head to look at Xu Shuzheng, who was standing beside Cao Rulin. Xu Shuzheng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "After Zhang Yuting returned to Fengtian, he tried to redeem his ticket through various channels to contact the Red Brigade, but the other party did not hear back. Bao Tingjiu (Bao Guiqing) and Meng Shucun are still arguing...... Bao Tingjiu said that the robbers came down from Changbai Mountain in Jilin, and the hostages were also taken into Changbai Mountain, which is not under the jurisdiction of Heilongjiang, and the soldiers of Heilongjiang cannot control it. Meng Shucun also refused to be responsible, he said that the place where the incident occurred was in Heilongjiang, and there has been no trouble with the Red Brigade here in Jilin, so this incident has nothing to do with Jilin, it is all caused by the unfavorable suppression of the Red River in Heilongjiang, so Bao Tingjiu must be responsible. If the army in Jilin is to be used, then the military salary must also be paid by Heilongjiang Province......"

Bao Guiqing and Meng Enyuan are both old foxes, and they know that this incident must be a thankless errand! If anyone admits that the Red Brigade is on their own territory, they will be able to run away afterwards on a charge against the Red Army? Extrapolation, of course! Thinking of this, Duan Qirui smiled bitterly. Looking at Cao Rulin, he said, "What is the opinion of the legation?" Do they think that the Red Brigade is in Heilongjiang or Jilin? ”

Cao Rulin sighed and shook his head: "The meaning of the envoy is very clear, we must ensure the safety of the hostages!" As for whether Heilongjiang or Jilin should be responsible for this matter, they don't care much about it now. ”

Duan Qirui sighed heavily: "If you want to keep the hostages safe, you can only care, but the other party is the Red Brigade!" How do you do this? He wouldn't want a division commander or brigade commander for Zuo Min, right? As for spending money on the ransom...... Where do we have the silver? It's really not good, I'm going to go into the wild again? As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Xu Shuzheng.

Xu Shuzheng shook his head slowly: "Old Zhi, you can't go into the wild...... Now the situation is different. The Fujian and Guangdong sides are already conscripting troops, and in a few months at most, they will have a big military operation. The target is either Guangxi or Hunan. If we have another group of dragons without a leader. I'm afraid that they can win without a fight just by relying on the momentum of hundreds of thousands of troops. And if the foreigners really think that we can't be responsible, maybe they will have to support Sun Yat-sen! ”

Duan Qirui gritted his teeth and snorted heavily: "Let them support Sun Yat-sen." I don't believe it, that Sun Cannon will be better than our Beiyang! ”

Xu Shuzheng knew that Duan Qirui was angry, so he no longer picked up his stubble, but turned the topic back to "robbery": "Old Zhi, with the humble opinion of his humble position, he should still be appeased and used...... Otherwise, those people in the Red Brigade will definitely ask for a price, and we are not afraid that they will ask for official territory, but we are afraid that they will make any more demands on foreign affairs...... When the time comes, if we don't agree, we will be traitors, and if we agree, we can't handle it, which is really passive. ”

"Suppress and soothe?" Duan Qirui snorted angrily: "What do you mean by Bao Tingjiu and Meng Shucun and Zhang Yuting?" Did CSKA be allowed to station? And also. What do the following division commanders and brigade commanders mean? Is anyone willing to take on this errand? ”

Of course, the errand of going out of the customs to suppress the Red Brigade was not a fat shortage, and those division commanders and brigade commanders who had territory naturally refused to go. And those who don't have territory, some people are willing to take a trip, but they all open their mouths to ask the central government for military salaries! Among them, the lowest price is Wu Peifu, commander of the Third Division of the Army, who asks for 600,000 yuan. There is also a replenishment of weapons and ammunition.

As for the three overseers in the northeast, this time there was a rare unanimity of opinion, and they did not approve of the suppression and appeasement, they meant "ransom", and it was handled according to the method of the Red Brigade kidnapping the little emperor Pu Yi last time. As for the ransom, they are willing to help raise it. Zhang Zuolin of Fengtian is willing to bear 2 million! Meng Enyuan of Jilin and Bao Guiqing of Heilongjiang are both willing to pay 2.5 million ...... It seems that they don't want the central forces to take the opportunity to intervene in the Northeast, and they are willing to spend money to buy peace!

After listening to Xu Shuzheng's report, Duan Qirui was silent for a long time before finally sighing: "Okay, since that's the case...... You Zheng, you personally go to Fengtian and tell Zhang Yuting that the central government can give him the errand of the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces, and he will be fully responsible for solving the Middle East Road robbery! I gave him a month, whether it was to suppress, caress or buy, in short, I couldn't let the hostages lose a little. If a month has passed and it has not been resolved, then the central government can only send the Third Division of the Army out of the customs to suppress the bandits! ”

At present, Zhang Zuolin and Duan Qirui are still allies, and the radio station of the War Department is in constant contact with the Marshal Mansion in Fengtian. Before Xu Shuzheng left Beijing, Zhang Zuolin already knew his intention and Duan Qirui's meaning.

Regarding the errand he was about to get as a patrol envoy to the three eastern provinces, Zhang Zuolin's reaction was a sigh.

"Momfuck! At this time, appointing Lao Tzu as the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces didn't he roast Lao Tzu on the fire? The red brigade is also right, we have offered a ransom of eight million, but we still ignore it...... What do they want? Zhan Ao, what do you think should be done about this? ”

Of course, the patrol envoys of the three eastern provinces have been coveted by Zhang Zuolin for a long time. It's just that now that he has taken on this errand, the task of rescuing the hostages and encircling the Red Brigade will also fall on him! There is no problem if it is done well, but if it is messed up, not only will he definitely not be able to keep it, but even Heilongjiang, which has been accused by him, will be let out! Xu Shuzheng made it clear in the telegram to him that in a month, if the foreign hostages could not be rescued, the central government would send Wu Peifu and the Third Division of the Army out of the customs to the northeast to suppress Chi! If Wu Peifu does this errand well, how can he have a share of the three governors of the Northeast, right?

"Zhanao" is the word of Sun Liechen, the commander of the 27th Division, Zhang Zuolin's confidant. He picked up the telegram sent by Xu Shuzheng, flipped through it and read it a few times, and finally laughed with a sneer: "Brother Yuting, this is a good thing!" Isn't it your dream to patrol the three eastern provinces? Now it's finally here...... As for Wu Ziyu's third division, what can he do? That red brigade dreadlock doesn't give us face, will he still recognize who Wu Ziyu is? In my opinion, if you want to buy those foreigners out of the Red Brigade, you have to rely on us local snakes. Otherwise, brother, I will take a risk and go to Changbai Mountain in person to meet the left leader of the Red Brigade! ”

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