Needless to say, the British Minister to China, Zhu Erdian, has repeatedly stated in public that China must end the current chaotic situation, and there must be a strong person to lead China to a republic, and this person is Yuan Shikai.

Germany's attitude is somewhat ambiguous, and Germany generally supported Yuan Shikai in power, but this is mainly because they need Yuan Shikai to maintain stability in Shandong and protect German interests in China. At the same time, Germany has carried out a large number of arms business with Chen Jingyun and other warlords, and Chen Jingyun has imported nearly 10 million yuan of arms from Germany. In fact, how to say it, Germany does not care who is Yuan Shikai or Chen Jingyun in power. As long as his interests in Shandong are protected, it doesn't matter if Sun Wen is put in power.

He said, "Ben, this is complicated, Ben supported Chen Jingyun before, in order to make Chen Jingyun stronger, and then fight against Beiyang, so that Ben will earn greater benefits from a divided China." Therefore, among so many countries, it is said that 'I hope that Chen Jingyun and Yuan Shikai will fight the most, and when the time comes, he will help whoever is weaker, in short, I hope that China will always be able to fight.'

Then there is the United States, which was originally neutral in the situation with China, but later the Feihong incident and the Bethlehem contract came together with Chen Jingyun, and then secretly provided Chen Jingyun with loans and arms, which was almost a disguised support for Chen Jingyun's reunification of China. If war breaks out between Chen Jingyun and Yuan Shikai, then the United States is very likely to stand on Chen Jingyun's side, after all, if this is not done, then the Bethlehem contract and the tens of millions of dollars loan provided to Chen Jingyun in the early stage will be in vain.

Although other France, Italy, Russia, Austria-Hungary and the like have some influence, they cannot determine the direction of the situation in China, so they don't need to care too much.

If we analyze the situation at home and abroad, we will find that Chen Jingyun's situation is actually very bad. Although it is said that there is the support of the national army system and the industrial and commercial class of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces internally, and there is also the support of the United States externally, if there is a real fight, then it is very likely that the national army will face the Beiyang Army and severe foreign pressure alone, and people will accuse Chen Jingyun of destroying domestic peace and provoking a civil war.

At that time, if the whole country is against him Chen Jingyun, no matter how strong the national army is, it will be destroyed sooner or later.

It was precisely because of this or that concern that Chen Jingyun repeatedly rejected the requests of the front-line generals in Hangzhou to capture Shanghai and southern Jiangsu in advance.

To a certain extent, military issues are now secondary, and political issues are important.

When Chen Jingyun confirmed that Cai Ji was going north, he couldn't dissuade him, so he began to prepare a preparatory plan and contacted Tang Jirao, as far as Chen Jingyun knew, this Tang Jirao was also a warlord nature, and he was not as bent on the peaceful reunification of China as Cai Jie, and the Dian army was very likely to continue to oppose Yuan under his control in the future, and no matter how bad it was, it should remain neutral.

It's just that after contacting, Tang Jirao has not given an accurate reply to Fuzhou, and it is obvious that he is also watching the domestic situation and does not want to bet too early.

While Chen Jingyun was pondering, Feng Qin and the others also came in one after another.

After seeing everyone walk in and sit down one after another, Chen Jingyun looked around and found that everyone's faces were extremely heavy, almost all of the national army had this kind of face in the past few days, Chen Jingyun couldn't force them to laugh No, he could only cough and said: "Chief Ouyang, how is the acceptance of the American artillery now?" ”

Ouyang Tian immediately took out a report in his hand and handed it to Chen Jingyun and said: "Yesterday, I have personally gone to the dock warehouse for acceptance, and the twenty-four seventy-five-millimeter field guns and twelve seventy-five-millimeter mountain guns that have been transported meet the standards of the contract. ”

Chen Jingyun took the report and read it, this batch of US artillery is part of the military aid treaty, and it was not expected to arrive so quickly, but because of the tense situation in China, they specially requested that it be delivered as soon as possible, so the Americans directly transferred the artillery from the stockpile, and then directly loaded it on a ship and shipped it to China, while the artillery of another regiment and a battalion of 105-mm cannons had to be delayed, and it would take about half a month to arrive. And in order to save money, this time when buying artillery did not match the corresponding shells, this is because imported shells are very expensive, a gun with a few hundred shells if the price has almost reached the price of the gun itself, when you buy this and German artillery you need to match shells that is because the Fuzhou Arsenal shell production is limited, a short period of time can not be so much reserve, at that time not only shells, but also bullets. And now the output of bullets and shells in the Fuzhou Arsenal has increased significantly, and even exceeded the output of the Hanyang Factory.

"With this artillery regiment, this eighth division can be regarded as putting up a shelf!" After Chen Jingyun finished speaking, he looked at Zhuang Dafu: "Since the shelves of the Eighth Division have been erected, you must strengthen training so that the Eighth Division can be formed as soon as possible!" You also know how urgent our situation is, so you have to know the progress of this training. ”

Zhuang Dafu immediately stood up: "Commander, don't worry, I will definitely train the Eighth Division well, and I will soon become an army and kill the enemy!" ”

Chen Jingyun pressed his hand: "Sit down, I am assured of your ability, just do it!" ”

The first eight divisions of the National Army basically have predecessors, such as the first division is the old second battalion, the second division is the old engineering battalion, the third division is Yuan Fang's battalion and the gendarmerie battalion, and the fourth division is from the original Fujian Navy Division soldiers and from the guard regiment and some soldiers of the former Qing Dynasty, the fifth and sixth divisions were originally changed by local garrison divisions. The Seventh Division was formed by the surrendered Zhejiang Army and some recruits on the Zhejiang side, and the Guard Division was expanded step by step from Chen Jingyun's personal guard.

However, the 8th and 9th Divisions did not have any predecessors, they belonged to the newly formed units, and officers and senior non-commissioned officers were drawn from other units of the National Army as the skeleton, and the soldiers were all new recruits from the new barracks of the General Staff.

Chen Jingyun also has high hopes for these two brand-new troops, unlike the 10th Division that was temporarily formed some time ago, the 10th Division is only a product of emergency situations, and can only be placed in Guangdong to strengthen the defense of the Third Division, and even now there are not many light and heavy machine guns and mortars, and the artillery is only a 60-mm rapid-fire mountain artillery regiment, and because it is to be stationed in Guangdong, Chen Jingyun also asked Yu Shaoying, deputy commander of the Third Division, who has been in Guangdong for a long time, to serve as the commander of the 10th Division.

Although the artillery regiment of the Eighth Division has artillery, it is still impossible for the Eighth Division to form combat effectiveness for a while, on the one hand, the training of new recruits is insufficient, and on the other hand, the Eighth Division has to wait for light and heavy machine guns and mortars to be in place.

At present, the output of light and heavy machine guns and mortars in the Fuzhou Arsenal has seriously restricted the expansion of the Nationalist Army, and in particular, the output of mortars cannot meet the needs of the Nationalist Army.

But this is also a helpless thing, so I can only wait patiently.

Chen Jingyun didn't plan to ask too much about the formation of the Eighth Division, and the detailed work would naturally be completed by the following departments, and after closing the report, Chen Jingyun said to Feng Qin: "How is the aviation wing doing, how are the preparations for combat readiness?" ”

Feng Qin said: "The first batch of a squadron of reconnaissance planes and a squadron of fighter-bombing aircraft have arrived in Hangzhou, and the relevant bases have been prepared and relevant reconnaissance activities have been launched. ”

The aircraft in these years are still very primitive, and if they are built, the engine will be more expensive to import, and the others will not be very expensive, so the equipment department of the national army has always maintained an order for the aircraft, in order to enhance the strength of the aviation force, and at the same time, it is also for the Fuzhou aircraft factory to obtain enough funds to maintain the research and development of the aircraft, and Qin Guoyong, the director of the Fuzhou aircraft factory, even said to Ouyang Tian that as long as the domestic materials are clear, they will be able to design an engine that is not weaker than foreign imports within two years. It's just that this material used to make engines is not simple, and if you rely on domestic forces alone, it is estimated that it will not be possible to make it in ten or eight years. However, there are still advantages in these years, that is, there is basically no technical blockade, as long as you have the money to buy anything, as long as you have the money, even the most sophisticated weapon system super dreadnought can be bought, not to mention the engine of a mere aircraft.

Chen Jingyun has always been concerned about the development of the aviation force, but at this stage he also knows very well that the biggest role of the aviation force at present is to play the role of reconnaissance, and as for bombing and the like, it can only be an embellishment, which cannot affect the overall trend of the war.

"Now the training of the aviation unit must be stepped up, but don't relax and slack!" After Chen Jingyun's words fell, Feng Qin naturally said yes, and then everyone talked about the situation in northern Zhejiang.

Liang Xunqin pointed to the map and said: "The Fourth Division of our army has arrived in the Shaoxing area and has already connected with the Seventh Division in Hangzhou!" "The Fourth Division was originally stationed in Wenzhou, but as the situation became more and more tense, the Fourth Division also slowly went north, first to Taizhou, but at this time it did not go further north, because it was afraid that the Northern Army would use the navy to carry out landing operations on the coast and cut off the supply lines of the National Army. However, after Wen Tinghe led the Haiqi and other four ships to Fuzhou, the threat of this sea was greatly reduced, and even a small garrison group that landed in the local area could resist one or two waiting for the arrival of the main force, so the Fourth Division moved further north to Xinchang to station. But the situation in the north became more and more tense, when the Nationalist Army completely occupied Guangzhou, the Fifth Division of the Beiyang Army also left Xuzhou and went south along the Jinpu Line, although I don't know whether the Fifth Division of the Beiyang Army will attack Nanjing, but the Nationalist Army also made corresponding moves, and the Fourth Division continued to go north to Shaoxing.

At the same time, the Beiyang Army was transferred to Cao Kun's third division stationed in Shandong to enter Xuzhou, seeing that the three Beiyang divisions were moving south, Chen Jingyun didn't care about anything else, and directly announced that he was going to Zhejiang to inspect, and the more important meaning was that he was preparing to take the headquarters to Hangzhou to command the operation, and to take the guard division to northern Zhejiang for reinforcements, after all, if Chen Jingyun did not go to Zhejiang, this guard division could not be transferred to Zhejiang.

To a certain extent, the tension on the Jinpu line is caused by both sides, Beiyang has increased its troops, the Nationalist Army has also increased its troops, and at the same time as the Nationalist Army has increased its troops, Beiyang has also to increase its troops, which is basically a process of continuous military increase. It's up to you to see who can't help it and can't hold it up first.