Volume 4 The Battle of Unification Chapter 556 Borrowing the Road to Suiyuan to Go Home
At this time, Yang Shande, the governor of Zhejiang, died of illness, and Zhejiang was an important place in Anhui. Although Lu Yongxiang pulled his back during the Northern Expedition of the Anhui system and only sent a miscellaneous unit to the north to support, except for Lu Yongxiang, there was no general in the Anhui system who could suppress Zhejiang.
Shanghai was supposed to be one of the richest prefectures and counties in Jiangsu, and it was Yuan Shikai who insisted on setting up a separate Songhu protector in order to suppress Feng Guozhang, and at this time, Li Chun, the governor of Jiangsu, proposed to take Shanghai back to Jiangsu. The direct family wanted Shanghai, and the Anhui family didn't want to give up Shanghai, so the contradiction of interests in Anhui broke out again. Because of Xu Shuzheng's arrogance, the Anhui system has actually been scattered and centrifugal, and Xu Shuzheng commanded the army to return from a great defeat in the northeast operation, everyone was indignant and secretly condemned Duan Qirui for favoring Xu Shuzheng, and hoped that Jin Yunpeng, the big brother of the Anhui system, would serve as the leader of the Anhui system.
But Jin Yunpeng didn't go out of the mountain at this time, he threatened that there was no Gong (Gong Xinzhan), and he didn't have me, which made Duan Qirui depressed. Duan Qirui knew that Jin Yunpeng was referring to Gong Xinzhan on the surface, but in fact he was pointing at Xu Shuzheng, which made him feel even more embarrassed, and only Xu Shuzheng was the only general in the Anhui system who was talented.
After Gong Xinzhan learned of Duan Qirui's thoughts, he knew that he had become an obstacle to the Anhui system, but Duan Qirui couldn't wipe his face, so he had to take the initiative to resign. Gong Xinzhan, the prime minister, deserves to be extremely coopy, and it coincides with the fact that the whole country is extremely angry because of the ambiguous attitude of the Anhui government towards Japan, and all walks of life have opened fire on the Anhui system, and Wu Peifu, the direct general, even directly expressed Gong Xinzhan as a traitor, and brought him into the grave through the ages. And because of the constant civil war. The Bank of Communications, a bank of China controlled by the Anhui system, continued to issue more banknotes, resulting in a drop in the denomination of Bank of Communications bills, and various citizens rushed to exchange huàn silver dollars, which further contributed to the gradual difficulties of the central government's finances, and local governors even pointed out that Finance Minister and Premier Gong Xinzhan was unfavorable. Gong Xinzhan felt deeply trapped at home and lacking at home, unable to solve both the problem of civil war and foreign affairs, and the failure of the Anhui crusade against the northeast, there must always be someone to take responsibility, so he had to resign and go into the wilderness.
Duan Qirui was anxious to see the Anhui system falling apart, just as Gong Xinzhan submitted his resignation. At the extreme of the conflict between Zhiwan and Anhui, the analysis made the direct family one step, so he accepted Gong Xinzhan's resignation, and proposed to President Xu Shichang to appoint Jin Yunpeng as prime minister. Although Jin Yunpeng is an old man of the Anhui family, he is also the brother of Cao Kun in his direct line, and he is also the son and daughter of Zhang Zuolin of the Northwest Army. Jin Yunpeng has long coveted the post of prime minister in his heart, and learned that he was elected as the new prime minister by the Anfu Congress. Happily announced that he had returned from illness. He deservedly became the prime minister, and finally pulled back the Anhui system that was about to fall apart. It's just that after Jin Yunpeng became prime minister. Xu Shuzheng didn't dare to do anything to him anymore, and even Duan Qirui was jealous of him.
After Jin Yunpeng came to power, he immediately re-selected the cabinet candidates, and the prime minister and army chief were naturally Jin Yunpeng himself, the chief of internal affairs and the chief justice were served by Zhu Shen of the Anfu department, the chief financial officer was Li Sihao of the Anfu department, the chief of foreign affairs was served by Lu Zhengxiang, the chief of education was continued to be served by Fu Zengxiang, and the chief of communications was continued to be served by Cao Rulin (these two were forced to resign because of the May Fourth Movement in history, but they were affected by Wang Maoru's change of history.) The May Fourth Movement did not break out, and the June 16 Movement won a small victory because Japan took the initiative to cede part of the territory of Shandong, which only triggered a discussion of cultural innovation in the cultural circles, so the two men proudly continued to stay in office), and the chief of the navy, Liu Guanxiong, temporarily remained in office, and Tian Wenlie, the chief of agriculture and commerce, remained in office.
As soon as Jin Yunpeng took office, he dealt with a thorny matter, which temporarily alleviated the contradiction between the Anhui family and the direct line. The Songhu Protector was abolished, and the envoy was demoted by half a rank to the town guard envoy, and He Fenglin, the commander of the Eighth Brigade of the Fourth Division subordinate to the Anhui system, was appointed as the Songhu town guard envoy. There are two reasons for this, one is that the town guard envoy is under the jurisdiction of Li Chun, the overseer of Jiangsu, but Li Chun does not have the right to appoint and dismiss. And the high-ranking military envoys are under the jurisdiction of the central government. Just like when Wang Maoru was the envoy of Hulunbuir, he could ignore Zhu Qinglan, the overseer of Heilongjiang at that time, and Xu Lanzhou, the commander of the Heilongjiang Army. The downgrading of the Songhu Protector to the Town Guard Envoy made the direct line directly govern Songhu, which seemed to alleviate the grievances of the direct family on the surface. Second, this Anhui general He Fenglin is a student of Li Chun, the direct overseer, so it is unlikely that the teacher will swallow the student or the student will beat the teacher, right?
Of course, the ideal is beautiful, and the reality is full, but Jin Yunpeng's move has provoked condemnation from both sides of Zhiwan and made both sides unpleasant. The Anhui system suffered a loss, and the direct family did not take advantage, so they published telegrams and fought with words. And because Zhang Zuolin entered Henan, the direct family became vigilant, and then focused on guarding against Zhang Zuolin, and the Anhui department took the opportunity to take a breath.
The conflict between Feng Yuxiang and Zhang Zuolin was not resolved in the end, but the central government transferred Feng Yuxiang and appointed Feng Yuxiang as the commander of the Sichuan-Hubei border bandits, stationed in Wufeng County, Hubei, and disbanded the two mixed brigades he annexed, so that he could guard against the northward movement of the southern army. Feng Yuxiang thought that he would be electrified to go to the field, but he didn't expect that the central government would raise it high and fight lightly, so he disbanded the two mixed brigades that were not in his heart, leaving the guns and ammunition elite generals, and expanded his 16th mixed brigade into a super-large mixed brigade of ten regiments. He is also waiting for the opportunity, waiting for the conflict between Zhiwan and Anhui to break out, so that he can wave his troops north to conquer the city, and he can master the real territory.
It was Zhang Zuolin who was really injured in the internal strife of the Fourth Group Army of the Intervention Army, and as soon as the troops entered Henan, Feng Yuxiang gave in to the central authorities. In order to prevent his troops from pressing the border and attacking the city, the two departments of Zhiwan and Anhui strictly defended it, and Zou Fen's two mixed brigades were also safely sent back to Shaanxi. Wu Peifu led the army, and Zhao Qi, the overseer of Henan, led 20 battalions of the Henan Yi Army to stop in front of Zhang Zuolin, forcing Zhang Zuolin, who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity, to return helplessly.
It happened that Wang Maoru led his troops to pass through Suiyuan Province, where Zhang Zuolin was located, so Lao Zhang took his unsuccessful son to visit his little brother, who was also an enemy and a friend.
On December 7, 1919, arriving at Baotou Mansion in Suiyuan Province, Zhang Zuolin rushed to Baotou to warmly welcome Wang Maoru on behalf of the Northwest Army. After arriving in Baotou, it was not far from Guisui, the terminal station of the Beijing-Sui Railway, and the Japanese intervention forces could take the Beijing-Sui Railway to Beijing first, and then take the Beijing-Tianjin Railway to Tianjin Dagu Port, and then return to Japan by sea ship. The Japanese cabinet has sent troop carriers to Tianjin, where they are eagerly hoping to take away the mourning soldiers. Because of the cold winter, the sea surface of Tianjin Weihai froze, and the Japanese had to use artillery shells to bombard the ice to break the ice. Therefore, the Japanese could not delay, and arrived in Guisui under the escort of Zhang Zuolin's Northwest Army in the heavy snow. The moment they saw the railway, the Japanese burst into tears and were finally able to go home.
The Japanese were numb by this time, they got on the train like a walking corpse, and then walked away without looking back. The commanders of the four divisions were speechless for a long time in the face of Wang Maoru, they didn't know what to say, whether they were grateful or hateful, they had a variety of feelings. They just said, "Come back, and hopefully the next time we meet is not on the battlefield." Wang Maoru responded with a smile: "Maybe it's at a banquet to celebrate the victory." "Choked them hard.
In addition to showing his enthusiasm, Zhang Zuolin also guarded against Wang Maoru very strictly, and his army frequently moved back and forth, nervously preventing Wang Maoru from encroaching on his territory, but Wang Maoru did not have much interest in his territory. When the two of them talked about wine, they didn't break this relationship, but just talked about the old days and talked about the recent past. Wang Maoru learned that Zhang Zuolin had now annexed Suiyuan, Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, so he congratulated him, saying that he had known that Brother Qi was a talent, and wished Brother Qi to make further progress in the future.
The Japanese intervention army returned to China in despair, and the intervention army led by Wang Maoru also went through many difficulties and dangers, and temporarily rested for some days in Guisui, preparing to return on New Year's Day in the ninth year of the Republic of China. However, at this time, it was learned that a battalion of the Intervention Army was attacked by bandits from Suiyuan, but the Intervention Army responded calmly, not only repelling the bandits, but also surrounding and capturing the bandits in turn. The bandits were terrified, these horse bandits were the black gods of Puzi Temple on the grassland, and they could be called the most powerful bandits in the northwest. Its leader, He Ying, had a habit of skinning the last enemy who resisted every time he killed an enemy, and then everyone talked to him differently.
The destruction of the Black Evil God was greatly deterred by the various warlords in Xiguan, especially Zhang Zuolin, who had sent two regiments to encircle and suppress the Black Evil God, and was beaten so hard that he did not dare to go out of Beiguan, but he didn't want the Northeast Intervention Army to capture the Black God He Ying with only one battalion, what is the situation? The reason for this is that the bandits are still those bandits, but the opponents are not old opponents.
Zhang Zuolin occupied the land of the four northwestern provinces, but he fell into a financial dilemma, but the land in the four northwestern provinces was scarce, and the grain produced could not even feed himself. The total annual financial revenue of the four provinces does not reach 7 million oceans, and Zhang Zuolin has 10 mixed brigades with an establishment of 70,000 horses, and his military salary is 3 million a year.
At present, a battalion of Zhang Zuolin's Northwest Army has only four heavy machine guns plus four light machine guns purchased from the Northeast Army. Wang Maoru's troops are equipped with one machine gun, one submachine gun, and 10 fast guns in one squad, and one battalion is also equipped with various types of infantry guns, mortars, bazookas, heavy machine guns, six light machine guns, 30 light machine guns, 30 submachine guns, two infantry guns, two mortars, and 10 rocket launchers.
The Black Evil God's sneak attack on the intervention army can be regarded as a hard bone, not to mention that an enemy army was not killed, and nearly half of his own people were lost, and then when he fled, he found that he was surrounded, and he was forced to surrender on his knees. The bandit chief He Ying disguised himself as a small bandit in an attempt to get through the barrier, and after the battalion commander used a guillotine to kill four bandits in a row, he was pointed out by the rest of the bandits who were trying to survive.