Feng Qindao: "According to the information currently known, Huang Xing's three divisions are deployed in Nanjing and Zhenjiang respectively, forming a so-called defensive double angle, in addition to the Jiangsu First Division and Jiangsu Second Division in the south, there is also a garrison regiment and thousands of auxiliary troops. It is initially estimated that Huang Xing had 25,000 men available for the defense of Nanjing, and then there was another division of about 10,000 people in Zhenjiang. However, according to the investigation of the intelligence department, among the more than 30,000 people under Huang Xing, the equipment is chaotic, among which only the first division is equipped with a full artillery regiment, and the artillery regiments of the other two divisions are all empty shelves, and the rifles are fine, most of them are made in Hanyang, and the light and heavy machine guns are almost negligible, not only the ammunition is well stocked. ”

There is a Jinling Machinery Manufacturing Bureau in Nanjing, although it is far inferior to the Hanyang Arsenal and Fuzhou Arsenal in terms of technology and production capacity, but the early years are also brilliant, China's first generation of heavy machine guns is their imitation, although it declined after entering the twentieth century, but after Xinhai Huang Xing took control of Nanjing, renamed the Jinling Machinery Manufacturing Bureau Jinling Arsenal, and then resumed production, but Huang Xing did not have much money in his hands, naturally could not add updated machinery and equipment to the Jinling Arsenal, and the new artillery could not be produced, Even the rifle is unsustainable, and the cost of production is too high, and then Huang Xing simply bought a rifle from Hanyang, but the output of shells and bullets is good, with this Jinling Arsenal in hand, Huang Xing's troops still have a lot of ammunition reserves.

This situation is similar to that of other provinces, for example, Guangdong also had a Guangdong Machinery Manufacturing Bureau before, which was later renamed the Arsenal, although the output was low, but everything else could be produced except artillery, and it provided a large amount of ammunition and ammunition for Long Jiguang and the troops in Guangdong. After the Nationalist Army occupied Guangzhou, it also sent relevant technicians to the Guangdong Arsenal to resume production, and now it is mainly engaged in the production of ammunition and rifles, and other artillery and light and heavy machine guns and other machinery and equipment have all been moved to Fuzhou. Guangxi, Yunnan, Hunan, and Jiangxi all have large or small arsenals, but the output of these small arsenals is very low, and it is basically impossible for the warlords to complete the expansion of the army only by relying on the arsenals in their own hands, so many warlords are ordering firearms and weapons from Hanyang factories and foreign countries, and even many people want to order weapons and ammunition from Fuzhou Arsenal, such as Yunnan Cai Yi, Hunan Tan Yanhong, but although the output of Fuzhou Arsenal is large, the demand of the National Army is also large, and it is difficult for Fuzhou Arsenal to even meet its own needs. There is simply no excess production to be exported.

"Commander, the current situation has become very clear, the Beiyang Army is indeed going south, once they take Nanjing and Zhenjiang, then it will be equivalent to crossing the Yangtze River moat, their next step will definitely be to go straight to Hangzhou, then we will be passive!" Feng Qin felt the need to tell Chen Jingyun about the critical nature of the situation.

Chen Jingyun naturally knew how critical the current situation was, and after pondering for a while, he said: "What does the General Staff think of Nanjing, and how long do you think Huang Xing's side can hold it?" ”

Feng Qindao: "According to the previous deduction made by the General Staff, it is expected that the Beiyang Army will be the fifth division to attack Nanjing, and the eighth division will attack Zhenjiang, and the two will form a flanking attack. This is under the condition that both sides have exerted their strength, and the commander does not make a big mistake, if the Soviet army abandons the fortified city and takes a field battle, the Beiyang Army will only need three to five days to completely defeat them! ”

Speaking of this, Feng Qin paused for a moment and said: "But now the third division of the Beiyang Army has also appeared in Anhui, if the third division of the Beiyang and the fifth division of the Beiyang attack Nanjing together, if Huang Xing takes the initiative to meet the battle in the field, then I personally judge that the Soviet army may not be able to stop it for two days." If Huang Xing abandons the suburbs and enters the city to resist and hold on, he may resist for about three to ten days, depending on the situation!

However, there may be another situation, that is, one part of the Beiyang Army will contain the Soviet army in Nanjing, and then the other part will go directly south and join the Beiyang Eighth Division on the Zhenjiang side! If this is the case, it will be even more disadvantageous for us, because we may not have more time to support Huang Xing! ”

Chen Jingyun listened while looking at the map, and said after a while: "How is the situation in Shanghai now?" ”

Hearing Chen Jingyun's sudden question about Shanghai, Feng Qin was overjoyed, as a high-level member of the National Army, he knew very well why Chen Jingyun asked about the situation in Shanghai, because in the various plans made by the National Army, whether it was to actively go north or passively resist, then the first step was for the second division to go north to southern Jiangsu, and the first division to go north after occupying Shanghai. Since Chen Jingyun wants to ask about the situation in Shanghai, it already means that Chen Jingyun wants to send troops to Shanghai.

Feng Qin immediately replied: "The situation in Shanghai has not changed much now, the troops there are a little complicated, part of the Shanghai army formed during Chen Qimei's tenure as the governor of Shanghai, the number of about 5,000, and the other part is the merchant group, this is a civilian military force formed by wealthy businessmen in Shanghai, and the number is more than 1,000 people, mainly used to maintain public order." The other part is the Marine Battalion of the Navy stationed in Shanghai, with a number of about 600 people. ”

The situation in Shanghai since Xinhai is also complex and changeable, after the Xinhai Uprising, Chen Qimei served as the governor of Shanghai, and then formed the Shanghai Army, and sent troops to Nanjing and joined the Southern Coalition Army, at the beginning of this year, Chen Qimei was involved in Tao Chengzhang's assassination case, under the pressure of public opinion, Sun Wen had to remove Chen Qimei, and later Chen Qimei was appointed as the Minister of Industry and Commerce by the Northern Political Axe, or something, but Chen Qimei did not go to office, some time ago he and Sun Wen went north to meet Yuan Shikai, saying that it was to discuss state affairs, But I didn't talk much about it, and after a walk, I returned to Shanghai, although I didn't have the name of the governor of Shanghai, but he still secretly controlled the situation in Shanghai.

Some time ago, the Jiangsu military and political axe demanded that Shanghai return to the jurisdiction of Jiangsu, although Chen Qimei opposed it, but it was useless, so now Shanghai has no Shanghai governor but has become an ordinary city under Jiangsu.

Although there is no governor in Shanghai, there is still a business group in Shanghai, Shanghai's business community has been trying to fight for Shanghai's autonomy, try to avoid Shanghai being involved in the current domestic warlord scuffle, the Shanghai concession authorities and the great powers also support this proposition, after all, the rest of China is chaotic and nothing, but Shanghai as China's largest, most open, most important city inhabited by many foreigners, is also the front station of the countries to set foot in China, because they do not want Shanghai to fall into chaos, in such a situation, Shanghai set up a parliament and a municipal axe to take over the ostensible power.

These are all secondary, Chen Jingyun does not care too much, nor does he pay much attention to how the internal situation of Shanghai does not affect the overall layout of the Nationalist Army. It is impossible to say that because Shanghai has a municipal axe, the National Army will not march into Shanghai, and it is impossible to say that because Chen Qimei controls the Shanghai Army, the National Army will not enter Shanghai.

Chen Jingyun's eyes still looked at the map again, and then demonstrated various possible situations over and over again in his mind, and then analyzed the pros and cons of various situations for himself and the National Army.

When Chen Jingyun was thinking, his fingers were also used to tapping on the tabletop, and the crisp and loud impact sound sounded over and over again, and Feng Qin next to him also calmed down and waited quietly for Chen Jingyun to make the final choice.

Chen Jingyun thought for a quarter of an hour before he put away his hand, took his gaze back from the map, and then said in this flat tone: "Call everyone over, convene an emergency meeting!" ”

Half an hour later, in the huge meeting of the headquarters, many high-ranking officers of the National Army sat together again, Chen Jingyun sat down and looked at the large group of generals below, and then said slowly: "Presumably you also guessed what happened when you came, that's right, the intelligence department has received accurate information, the fifth and third divisions of the Beiyang Army have appeared in Chuzhou, Anhui, and the next step is to take Nanjing directly, and the eighth division of Beiyang has also appeared near Zhenjiang and Nantong." What Yuan Shikai wants to do is already very clear. ”

Chen Jingyun glanced around at everyone and continued: "He Yuan Shikai wants to fight, then we will accompany him to fight, as long as they beat them up, they can look at us squarely, and then they will know that our national army is not everyone to bully!" ”

"I don't want to say more, you know very well who this war means to us, and you should all know how much impact it will have on the national army if we lose this time. You all know what's at stake, so even if it's not for me, for your own sake, for your family, you have to fight well. Chen Jingyun stood up when he said this, propped his hands on the table and looked at everyone: "This time, if we lose, then we have to obediently go back to Fujian, maybe in the end, we won't even be able to keep Fujian's hometown, and if you don't say that I am going to fall, you won't have a good time!"

But if we win, what do we get if we win? ”

As soon as Chen Jingyun's question came out, everyone below thought about it, if they won this time, what would they get, more territory? Expand more armies?

Chen Jingyun didn't give them much time to think, but said directly: "What we get is the future, the future of China!" ”

This sentence is almost a naked oath of Chen Jingyun's ambition to dominate the Central Plains, and such seemingly rebellious words are very pleasant to the ears of the generals of this group of national army generals, if the national army wins, then it is not impossible for the national army to replace the Beiyang Army as the central political axe of the country, and then it will be equivalent to reopening a country, and he is the founder of the country! If that happens, even if it's decades, hundreds of years from now, their names will be on the history books.

Chen Jingyun never thinks that the so-called loyalty is an ethereal thing, in his opinion, the loyalty of his subordinates to himself is reflected in how much benefit he can give him, this benefit can be ambition, fame, power or other strange things.

When one's own interests and those of his subordinates are fused and properly distributed, then loyalty is secure.

The Nationalist Army was not established by relying on personal loyalty to Chen Jingyun, but by combining the interests of all the people, and then forming an interest group, keeping the interests of all people consistent, and maintaining the foundation of the Nationalist Army.