On April 15, with the end of the fighting in Nanchang and the surrender of the remnants of the Jiangxi army, there was basically no strength in the whole of Jiangxi that dared to oppose the National Socialist Party.

At this point, the war, which lasted for nearly half a month, was completely over, and Jiangxi was brought under the rule of the National Socialist Party.

It is not surprising that it has only been a little more than a year since the Xinhai Revolution Jiangxi was recovered, and in this period of more than a year, Li Liejun has no ability to control the whole of Jiangxi at all.

First of all, now that the Kuomintang has come in, they naturally don't need to work hard for Li Liejun.

Naturally, they had no reason to work hard for Yan Shao, and because Yan Shao had cleaned up the relationship between the bad officials and gentry in Anhui, the local gentry in Jiangxi also had great resistance to the National Socialist Party, but it was a pity that the strength in their hands was not enough to compete with Yan Shao, so even if they saw the National Social Army stationed, they could only endure it silently.

However, at this stage, the first thing Yan Shao has to deal with is Chen Jiongming in Beiyang and Guangdong, so he is not willing to clash with them for the time being.

And it was also thanks to this blessing that after occupying Jiangxi, one of the hidden dangers on Yan Shao's body was also removed, that is, his identity as a provincial person.

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Although Yan Shao has brought great changes to Anhui, there has always been a pimple in the hearts of many Anhui people, that is, Yan Shao is a native of —————— province, in this era of serious local complexes and serious xenophobia. This is no joke.

In these years, there are few people who can sit firmly in the position of governor from other provinces, and the rest are either driven away like Yang Xincheng. Either that or become a puppet, with nothing left but the position of a governor, and could be kicked out at any moment.

If Yan Shao hadn't been in Anhui for many years and brought great changes to Anhui, I'm afraid it would have become like this.

Although Yan Shao is doing a very stable job in Anhui now, he is in the hearts of ordinary people or gentry, and even some officials in the military government. His identity as a provincial is still a pimple. At this time, Jiangxi was occupied, and it became a good relief for this situation.

It's a very strange mentality, if it's just yourself here, you're ruled by a provincial. And if other places are from the province as governors, then the former will definitely feel uncomfortable psychologically.

However, if the person rules another province at the same time, and he is not from that province either. Then for the former, he's going to have a kind of, 'It's not just me.'" Others are the same as me', and my heart has become much more comfortable.

It's quirky, but it's also practical.

From a certain point of view, this can be regarded as stabilizing Yan Shao's rule in Anhui.

Although, now Yan Shao doesn't need this at all, because as long as he can defeat Yuan Shikai, the place ruled by him will become more or less. In turn, if he fails. I'm afraid that I won't even be able to keep the position of the governor of Anhui, and it's useless to talk about it no matter how much I talk about.

This world is very realistic...

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With the occupation of Jiangxi by the National Social Army. The KMT's rule extended from Anhui to almost 40 million people, and the Beiyang government's warnings to the KM became increasingly severe.

First, a governor of Jiangxi was appointed, and then the Nationalist Army was required to withdraw from Jiangxi within a week, otherwise the Beiyang government would perform its duties as a central government.

Immediately following this telegram, there was also a mobilization order of the Beiyang government.

Perhaps because of the large loan for the aftermath and the support of the British government behind the scenes, Yuan Shikai was very confident this time, mobilizing eight divisions plus a military guard army with a total of more than 100,000 troops.

With such a huge force, it is completely capable of crushing any force at home and abroad, except for the National Socialist Party. This is also one of the reasons why the Kuomintang will look so unbearable in the second revolution.

Not only in terms of quality, but even in terms of the quantity that the Kuomintang is most proud of, the Kuomintang at the time of the Second Revolution was far inferior to Beiyang.

On the other hand, the other warlords were happy to have a prejudice about the conflict between the Kuomintang and Beiyang.

As Yang Shiqi said, although the Kuomintang is now beating the KMT, they are not very worried. Because of the grievances between the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang, they knew very well that Yan Shaohui sent troops to Jiangxi this time because he was assassinated by the Kuomintang first, and it would be strange if he did not retaliate.

However, this does not mean that they are not wary of Yan Shao, to be precise, they are wary of anyone who can threaten their status as the Emperor of the Earth. This person is Yan Shao and Yuan Shikai, and even includes Sun Yat-sen who is far away in Tokyo—————— the Kuomintang people are all over the country, but there are many governors.

For the warlords in the provinces, war between the Kuomintang and Beiyang was inevitable. If the Kuomintang is defeated, then there will probably be no more power to block Beiyang at home. So they still hope that Yan Shao will not fail, so that they can sit in the position of soil emperor for a few more years.

But they don't want Yan Shao to win, the best result for them is that Yan Shao and Yuan Shikai will lose both, and neither side can attack them, that is the best.

And judging from the battle in Jiangxi, even if Yuan Shikai can defeat Yan Shao, I am afraid it will be a tragic victory...

"Actually, it's not easy to sit in our position..."

Standing in the Fujian Governor's Mansion, looking at the newspaper just delivered by the people under his hands, Sun Daoren often sighed.

Most of the above are public opinion hopes that the two sides will exercise restraint, and there are also remarks that hope that the Kuomintang and the Socialist Army will withdraw from Jiangxi. Roughly all of them are in this category, and of course, there are also some who condemn Yan Shao's arbitrary use of force.

As the governor of Fujian, Sun Daoren naturally got involved.

But at most, it's just going with the crowd and letting everyone exercise restraint, that's all.

That is, when Sun Daoren was still there sighing. Suddenly, a subordinate walked in from outside. "Governor, Master Xu is here..."Lowering his head, the subordinate smiled a little helplessly.

"Again?" I heard that Xu Chongzhi was coming. Sun Daoren frowned slightly.

Since the war in Jiangxi, this Xu Chongzhi has been running to him, hoping to get his support—————— no way, the army is indeed in his hands, but who told him that he has no finances.

Even if he can directly command the troops, without financial support, it is impossible to even move.

So these days, Xu Chongzhi has come to disturb Sun Daoren almost every day. It gave Sun Daoren a headache.

"Let's just say that I'm gone, and I'm gone..." After turning around in place twice, Sun Daoren looked up and said.

Endure it for so long. He also felt that he had endured long enough.

"Yes...", he nodded, and the servant didn't say anything more, but turned and left the room.

A few minutes later, Xu Chongzhi and the others, who were already waiting in the living room, learned about the situation from their subordinates. Although the next person had an apologetic look on his face. But the faces of those who followed Xu Chongzhi were still full of anger.

"Division commander...", with his hands on his waist, one of the officers said angrily.

As long as Xu Chongzhi nodded, he was afraid that he would have to wash this Governor's Mansion in blood today.

Not only him, but also most of the other officers.

However, after looking down and thinking about it, Xu Chongzhi slowly shook his head.

Although he really wanted to clean up Xu Chongzhi, but he couldn't, and now the Kuomintang was on the cusp because of the assassination a few days ago, which made the Kuomintang very passive in this matter.

Now public opinion will condemn Anhui. It is also because Anhui used this incident to take action against Jiangxi, but in fact, it was actually very disgusted by the Kuomintang using assassination at every turn.

If he really did it, he cleaned up Sun Daoren. In terms of public opinion, I am afraid that it will be even more unfavorable to Fujian.

"Divisional Commander!" Seeing that Xu Chongzhi seemed to want to swallow his anger, the officers beside him suddenly became excited.

However, Xu Chongzhi just shook his head and said to them. "Let's go." After saying that, he said to that subordinate again. "Since Sun Dudu is not at home, then we will come back another day..."

As he spoke, he led his subordinates to leave the Governor's Mansion, and Sun Daoren was also relieved after learning the news that Xu Chongzhi had left. Just now, he was only annoyed too much, so he said that, but in fact, he was already worried after the next person left.

Luckily, things were pretty much the same as he expected, but...

"I'm afraid I have to make some preparations first..."

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Although Beiyang has issued a warning, in fact, Yan Shao and others simply disdain this kind of warning. Therefore, after receiving the warning, the Anhui military government only replied with the words "Jiangxi is chaotic, and as a neighboring province, it has the responsibility to help stabilize the situation in Jiangxi", but as for how long it will be helped, this did not say.

From a certain point of view, this can be regarded as a response to Beiyang's most unscrupulous ultimatum.

At the moment of receiving the response, under Yuan Shikai's order, the eight divisions of Beiyang, plus Zhang Xun's pigtail army, began to assemble in the two directions of Henan and Shandong, and in Suzhou, northern Anhui, in addition to the Nationalist Army originally stationed in Suzhou, Yan Shao transferred two more divisions from the rear, so that the Nationalist Army's troops in Suzhou reached nearly 80,000 people in five divisions.

Although public opinion is lamenting this situation, in fact, the local powerful factions are all onlookers, which naturally includes Zhu Rui, Li Yuanhong and others.

If it weren't for the fact that no one organized it, I'm afraid that someone would have to make a bet on the outcome of this war.

That's right, Beiyang is indeed powerful, but the National Social Army is not vegetarian, and the nine infantry divisions add up to more than 100,000 people. What's more, it can be seen from the war in Jiangxi that the combat effectiveness of the Nationalist Army may not be a little weaker than that of Beiyang.

"Tell me how this battle should be fought..."

At the junction of Shandong, Henan and Anhui, looking at the opposite side of the National Social Army with a telescope, Feng Guozhang, who led the troops this time, looked back at his subordinates and asked.

Among the three heroes of Beiyang, Feng Guozhang is undoubtedly the one who is the best at leading troops, and this war is related to the fate of Beiyang, so it is not surprising that he will let him go.

This time, Beiyang used a total of eight divisions, plus one of Zhang Xun's pigtail troops.

Among them, the most capable of fighting, and at the same time, the most important thing for Feng Guozhang is naturally the second, fifth and sixth divisions from the old foundation of Beiyang.

The commander of the second division was Wang Zhanyuan, and the commander of the fifth division was Jin Yunpeng. There is also a sixth division, and the division commander is Li Chun.

Hearing Feng Guozhang's question at this time, Wang Zhanyuan was the first to stand up and say.

"Commander. The National Social Army in Anhui is a new army, although it is said that it was trained by the French, but the time is only one year, and it is definitely not as good as our Beiyang old foundation in terms of combat effectiveness, but..."After thinking about it, Wang Zhanyuan continued. "It can be seen from the battles in Cihu River, Jiujiang and Nanchang that the National Social Army still has some skills. Especially the machine gun, which we must pay attention to, got the news from Lu Jianzhang. Almost every division of the National Socialist Army is equipped with several hundred machine guns, and this time the National Social Army has assembled five divisions, and I am afraid that there are more than 3,000 of them. If you really charge head-on. Not to mention whether we can disperse those national social forces, I'm afraid our own casualties will not be less..."

Not to mention Wang Zhanyuan's temperament for the time being, he also participated in the original Yangxia Defense Battle, so he naturally knows how powerful the machine gun is. At the beginning, Beiyang fought so smoothly in Wuhan that the role of machine guns is not said to be decisive, but I am afraid that there are not many invariants.

It is also because of this that Wang Zhanyuan has always attached great importance to machine guns.

And Lu Jianzhang's Gyeonggi Military and Political Law Enforcement Department is not as good as Anhui's Special Affairs Bureau. But you can get some information. For example, the establishment of the National Social Army, as well as a more detailed firepower allocation.

When it was learned that each division of the National Social Army had more than 600 light and heavy machine guns. Wang Zhanyuan already knew that this battle must not be fought head-on, otherwise, he was afraid that the opposite defense line would die before he broke through his side, so he would say this when Feng Guozhang asked.

"Machine gun..." Hearing Wang Zhanyuan mention the machine gun, Feng Guozhang's face was also a little ugly.

As the most capable of fighting among the three heroes of Beiyang, and at the same time a person who has experienced the battles of Hanyang and Hankou, Feng Guozhang naturally knows the power of machine guns. What's more, there is also the example of Cihu River in front, so he has been thinking about how to deal with these machine guns before setting off.

More than 3,000 machine guns, this is probably the most headache for Feng Guozhang.

In Feng Guozhang's view, there are too many recruits in the National Social Army, and there is still a gap between the actual combat capability and the Beiyang ratio, at least compared with the old Beiyang, and in fact, it is true. But those more than 3,000 machine guns, if you don't have a proper way to deal with them, it's really troublesome...

Not only him, but everyone else was there thinking about it.

They all know very well that this battle is related to the status of Beiyang. If it wins, then Beiyang can achieve substantial domination over China, at least most of China, but if it loses, then everything everyone has at the moment is afraid to...

So in this matter, everyone is very hardworking.

I don't know how long it took for Lu Dao to speak, and Jin Yunpeng, who had been standing by his side, spoke. "It's definitely not okay to advance head-on, the casualties will be too great, but can we learn from the people's army at the time of Cihu River, using the method of night attack?"

A few people came up with the same idea, but they all looked at it in unison.

"Night Raid." Jin Yunpeng nodded affirmatively. "A head-on breakthrough is definitely not going to work, we all know this, then there is only a night attack. If it's nighttime, no matter how many machine gunners the opponent has, it won't be able to function as well as during the day, and even if there are enough flares, then we will suffer far fewer casualties than in a frontal assault..."

Hearing Jin Yunpeng say this, everyone present nodded.

The Battle of Yangxia in Wuhan and the Battle of Cihu River, in both battles, the role of machine guns were well known to those present. It is precisely because of this that after the Battle of Cihu River, the Beiyang Army purchased a large number of Makqin heavy machine guns from the British, and although they were not as skilled as the National Social Army, they also had hundreds of them.

It is also because of this that they are more aware of the power of machine guns.

Although they don't know how many casualties the Allied troops suffered in one day in the Battle of the Somme in the later generations, Feng Guozhang and the others could guess how many casualties they would have in the face of more than 3,000 light and heavy machine guns, if they were really stupid enough to launch a frontal charge—————— at least they would definitely not be able to bear it...

Theoretically, the best way to do this is to wait for the Nationalist Army to rush up on its own, so that the superiority of the Nationalist Army in equipment can be at least half offset. The problem is that they represent the Beiyang government this time, that is, the so-called Central Army. And what about the National Socialist Army? is the object of their crusade.

It is impossible for the Central Army to go south to fight, but it has to wait for the target of the crusade to take the initiative to fight on its own, which is too unusual. Then the Beiyang Army has only one way to take the initiative to attack, and night fighting is obviously the only realistic option for the Beiyang Army at this stage.

Aside from the night attack, Feng Guozhang couldn't think of any better way, so after thinking about it for a while, he finally nodded.

"Since that's the case, then it's decided..."

Hearing Feng Guozhang say this, everyone else was also relieved.

It's just that when they looked at the position of the National Social Army opposite, whether it was Jin Yunpeng or Li Chun, their faces looked very heavy.

Because the opponent's advantage in equipment is real, even if they can use the means of night attack, no one knows what the final result will be.

In case a night attack doesn't work, I'm afraid it's really going to be filled with human lives...

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Time flies quickly, and a week has passed in a blink of an eye, which also means that the time limit for Beiyang's ultimatum has arrived.

During this period, both the Beiyang and the Nationalist Army made a lot of preparations, and built a number of defense lines at the junction of Anhui and Henan, and other people who were concerned about this war were also holding their breath and waiting quietly, waiting for the war that would determine the fate of China...

On April 22, at the moment when the sun rose to noon, the cannons of the Beiyang and the Nationalist Socialist Army rang out almost simultaneously, and the war that decided the fate of China officially began... (To be continued......)