However, when Wang Maoru was preparing to conquer Harbin, Duan Qirui and the Beijing government of President Feng Guozhang formally declared war on the German Empire and Austria-Hungary on August 1, abrogating the Sino-German and Sino-Austrian treaties.

Wang Maoru was dumbfounded, he didn't calculate that Duan Qirui would give him a fatal blow and let him go to Europe at this time, so what should Jilin do if he went to Europe at such a critical moment? What about Harbin? How can this be fought? Isn't the preparation for these days just to occupy the Middle East Road and Harbin again? Why did you Duan Qirui give me an order at this time. Wang Mao angrily smashed three valuable vases, and scolded Duan Qirui at the headquarters for not being authentic.

Jiang Fangzhen smiled bitterly: "This is probably not Duan Qirui's meaning, but Xu Shuzheng's meaning, the entire War Department, Xu Shuzheng's little fan can come up with such a trick." He smiled wryly and said, "I didn't expect the War Department to do this." ”

At this time, Li Pinxian and Zhao Zengfu sent a telegram saying that there was a tendency for the two sides in Harbin to gradually cease fire, and if they did not enter again, the opportunity would be rare, and Commander Wanwang issued an order.

"If you want me to say it, hit it! Don't care about anything, how can you be soft at this time, handsome! Colonel Staff Officer Guo Songling shouted from the side. He is in charge of the Military Training Department, since he got 30,000 returned workers, these 30,000 workers have become a supplementary source of soldiers, Wang Maoru's army has expanded so much, and it is precisely because of Guo Songling's right-hand man in the Military Training Department. He's a fighter and needs some voice at this time.

Jiang Fangzhen smiled bitterly and said, "You can fight." But what if the battle continues and you can't set off until the 15th? Is it to declare independence again? That would be treason. ”

Guo Songling said: "How can this be regarded as treason, at most he does not obey orders." Besides, which of the several overseers in the south listened to Duan Qirui's words? The central government is like that. will only bully the obedient, and if anyone is disobedient, he will have no tricks at all. ”

Zhu Yongquan nodded on the side and said, "Mao Chen's words are not coarse, if you want me to say, how about playing them first?" Let's knock down the Middle East Road first and see what the central government says. ”

Jiang Fangzhen said: "How can you say that, have you forgotten the slogan of Xiu Shuai at the beginning?" Transferred troops into Europe. The marshal said in front of the people of the whole country, and many people in the army are running for the marshal. Let the marshal not go to Europe at this time, how should the marshal face the whole country, and how should he face those students and officers who defected because of this? ”

Wang Maoru was also embarrassed and opened the world map. Looking at the Northeast and then at Europe, he sighed and said, "What you say makes sense, it all makes sense." ”

At this time, the officer of the translation and telegraph office hurriedly walked in and shouted, "Report." "Everybody look at it. The officer said: "The army chief ordered Xu Shuzheng, deputy commander of the army, to form the Second Army Corps of the participating army, with Xu Shuzheng as the commander-in-chief of the second army of the participating army, and Qu Tongfeng, commander of the seventh division of the participating army, Ma Liang, commander of the eighth division of the participating army, and Chen Wenyun, the ninth division of the participating army, recruited troops in Henan, Zhili, Anhui, and Shandong, and hereby urged the first army of our participating army to immediately report the number, equipment, and number of the participating army to the State Council. ”

Everyone looked at each other and asked in unison, "Where did this Qirui get the money?" ”

The biggest difference between Duan Qirui's current government and previous governments is that he has no money! Although he set up his own transportation department, also known as the new transportation department, the main personnel are Cao Rulin, the chief of transportation and president of the Bank of Communications, Lu Zongyu, the president of the China Huiye Bank, Zhang Zongxiang, the president of the Commerce Bank, and Lin Changmin, the chief justice (most of him is the Anhui department, not the important person of the transportation department, Lin Huiyin's son), but there are so many banks, but the bank also has to open its doors to do business, and someone has to save money. This warlord scuffle, the people don't say they have no money in their hands, even if they have money, they also keep it at home, and it is safer to dig a pit under the house to hide it. This warlord scuffle comes and goes, and who knows if this bank will fail. Therefore, although there are many banks, they are not profitable. What really makes money is the surplus tax of the tariff, that is, the part of the tariff that deducts the Gengzi indemnity, which will be returned to the Chinese government by foreign countries.

Not to mention that foreigners are arrogant, Gengzi's indemnity dragged down the Qing Dynasty, at least people sometimes keep their promises, although the country's total tariff is more, but China's tariffs are certain every year, so this remaining tax is also a lot. However, the Western countries did not embezzle the surplus taxes and returned them to the government in a very strict manner...... It is the Beijing government, and as for the extraordinary congress established by Sun Yat-sen in the south, which serves as a very large president, foreign governments do not recognize it.

However, it is difficult to use this amount of money as military spending, let alone increase the army, so the central government is poor, and it is convenient to collect wealth on the spot, which has also become a scene of the Republic of China, which is why the warlords are willing to fight. The central government cannot afford to raise soldiers, so the localities raise their own soldiers, and the soldiers they raise themselves naturally listen to themselves. And the soldiers that the central government can command are naturally paid by the central army. The reason why Wang Maoru does not belong to the Anhui system is because Wang Maoru's military expenses are self-raised, and he has almost emptied his old book to raise soldiers.

The staff officers discussed and discussed, and in the end there was no decision, but this is the role of the staff officers, who are only responsible for providing construction and joy, and everyone looks at Wang Maoru and waits for his decision.

Wang Maoru finished smoking half of the cigar, sighed, extinguished the remaining cigars, and laughed at everyone.

"Fight, fuck, before leaving, give me the Middle East Road, Harbin, and Jilin, this time we sent to Europe are the fourth and sixth divisions, but the 1235th division, kill the Russians, and take Jilin Province." Wang Maoru stood up and said, "I believe that my subordinates can complete the battle in Europe...... The commander-in-chief handed it over to Gong Xiaoqi. ”

"Yes!"

After the order of the General Staff Headquarters was issued, various departments began to operate, especially Wang Maoru's sentence of "fighting", and the three armed forces were given orders, and various orders were continuously sent to the troops.

The First Division had been stationed on the north bank of the Songhua River in Hulan County for more than 20 days, and it was already ready to go, just waiting for orders.

"Attack!"

Hulan, the headquarters of the First Division of the Heilongjiang Army, got the telegram, Li Pinxian stood up, his officers, Chief of Staff Li Jinglin, First Brigade Commander Zhao Qing, Eleventh Brigade Commander Xu Zhengyi, Twelfth Brigade Commander Wei Chenglin, Cavalry Battalion Commander Hu Yunshan, Machine Gun Battalion Commander Zhang Pingwu, Supplementary Regiment Commander Guo Buluo. Rong Hai (Long Qing's nephew), when he saw the master get up, he also stood up one after another.

Li Pinxian smiled slightly, held the electric order, and said, "Dashuai order!" After a pause, he said: "Immediately arrest all Russians in the Russian theater along the Middle East Road, march to Harbin, cooperate with the Second Division to suppress the Russians, occupy the Middle East Road, and occupy Harbin." ”

"Yes!"

Faith is the soul of an army, and for the first time, it regained the Shun of the Middle East Road, and shot a large number of Russians, so that the army did not fear the Russians. They also have a head and two legs, that is, they grow taller, their eyes are bigger, their noses are higher, and they are so frightened that they kneel on the ground and beg for mercy when they are surrounded by everyone. Old Maozi would also kneel in front of the Chinese and beg for mercy, which at first stunned many soldiers, born in this era, accustomed to seeing foreigners with high toes, but never seen foreigners kneeling and begging for mercy. The more inferior people are, the stronger the outburst, as the Chinese have always been.

The roar of cannons and the shouts of soldiers resounded through Harbin, but what caught Li Pinxian off guard was that his soldiers fought too hard, and thousands of fishing boats crossed the Songhua River on the first day. Fishermen living on the Songhua River crossed the river for the soldiers regardless of the danger. And the old Maozi over there has long been a lack of people, especially the Soviet workers, peasants and soldiers of Red Russia, half of whom are prisoners who have been released, and have long understood the crazy revenge of the Heilongjiang Army**, if they really resist, they will definitely be killed afterwards. The men threw their weapons (guns, sticks, knives, etc.) and ran away, leaving the instructor to shoot a few deserters to no avail. The real resistance was only by the soldiers who had come from elsewhere to join the Red Russian army.

But because of the firepower, the scene of these Red Russian soldiers shouting and charging with guns did not frighten the Chinese soldiers, and after crossing the Songhua River, the soldiers of the 1st Division organized themselves unhurriedly. When the Red Russian soldiers, shouting Ulla, rushed over, high-ranking officers organized an attack on the spot to support friendly forces, and Chinese artillery on the other side of the river also provided support. In particular, to the headache of the Russians, the Chinese soldiers actually sent planes, although the planes issued a letter of surrender in Russian, but also caused the Russians to almost collapse - it turned out that the planes of this era did not play a role in street fighting for the time being. But the S1 light machine gun and grenades did give the Red Russian soldiers a great blow, and at the same time suppressed themselves.

The weapons of the Chinese soldiers were more advanced, the period was high, and most importantly - they were all well fed and drunk, and when they left, the military kettle was filled not with water, but with wine. The Heilongjiang soldiers, who were obviously drunk, saw why this old man was so unresistant, well, beat the water dog. So the screaming girl chased after him, this is good, the defense line that was finally established, he threw it away, and went to chase Lao Maozi.

The 11th Brigade of the 1st Division of the Heilongjiang Army, which had crossed the river, immediately lost contact with the upper and lower organizations, and everyone entered the city of Harbin, almost going crazy. It is no wonder that the 1st Brigade that has not yet crossed the river is an elite infantry, and this will never happen, while the 12th Brigade, the other main brigade, is a division of the 2nd Division of the former participating army, and the main personnel, except for the peasants recruited, are the railway repair workers who fled from Russia intercepted by Wang Maoru. Li Pinxian made one of the biggest mistakes was that he thought that Xu Zhengyi's bearded brigade had strong survival skills and could immediately gain a foothold in Jiangnan (south of the Songhua River, that is, Harbin City), but he didn't think that these bearded people preferred to fight with the wind.