"................ Dashuai, the one surnamed Wu is too arrogant, and he actually devalues the brothers as worthless, as if only their division can fight in the whole world!"

In Zhang Zuolin's home, a middle-aged man in his 40s with a bald head said angrily.

Next to him, almost all the other officers looked like this.

At the same time, looking at the appearance of the brothers, Zhang Zuolin persuaded with a wry smile. "Forget it, I heard that this surnamed Wu was very proud when he was in Beiyang, and he didn't come for us, not to mention that he was sent by the president, let's bear with it..."

"But that guy can't talk too much, right?"

"That's right..."

Listening to the complaints of the brothers, Zhang Zuolin was actually angry in his heart.

Because of the Sarajevo incident, the government was worried that the Japanese would take advantage of this opportunity to make a move in Shandong, and at the same time get the Qingdao fortress, they also got Shandong by the way.

Therefore, the government has made preparations in Shandong, and if war really breaks out, it will take the first step to get the Qingdao fortress. If the Japanese are still not good at giving up at that time—————— then the Japanese will fight with real swords and guns, so that they can also know that Chinese is not easy to bully.

However, if war really breaks out, it must be known that Japan has a regular army of divisions and regiments in Northeast China, as well as a large number of railway garrisons, plus the garrison in Korea, although in terms of troops, although it is less than the garrison of the Kuomintang government in Northeast China, most of the Japanese garrisons in Northeast China are elite. And the troops of the Northeast. Although there are quite a few people, they are all reorganized from the original Beiyang Army, and before they did Beiyang. Most of them were local patrol battalions, and their combat effectiveness was very weak, and the government was afraid that they would suffer losses after the Japanese took action, so they sent an infantry division reorganized from the old Beiyang to reinforce them, so that the strength of the Kuomintang government in the northeast reached more than 70,000 people, and if you count some security regiments and other troops, the strength can even exceed 100,000. However, the Japanese have been developing in the Northeast for many years, and they don't know how much they have to do with the road, not to mention the local security corps. Even in the three infantry divisions in the northeast, there may be many officers who have been bribed by the Japanese, which is also the relationship between Yan Shaohui and sending people to the northeast—————— and if they really do it, the main direction of attack of the Japanese will definitely be Shandong, even if they do it in the northeast. There won't be too many troops. As long as nothing else, these troops are absolutely sufficient.

As for the commander who led this infantry division, it was Wu Peifu...

At least in Yan Shao's memory, this Wu Peifu is one of the most warlike generals in this period, if there is such a person sitting in the Northeast, he can basically focus all his attention on Tianjin—————— and in later generations, Wu Peifu was also assassinated by the Japanese because he was unwilling to help the Japanese, so Yan Shaozhi did not have to worry about Wu Peifu colluding with the Japanese.

In fact, this is also something that Yan Shao has been worried about, although the whole of China is already under his control at the moment. But just as the Northeast is the range of power of the Japanese and the Russians, the Yangtze River valley is the range of power of the British. He also didn't know how many people in the original Beiyang government were in collusion with the Japanese...

It's okay to say it normally, but when it comes to the critical moment, things can be troublesome...

As for Wu Peifu's candidate, it is obviously good in terms of fighting, but Yan Shao obviously forgot one thing, that is, Wu Peifu is not an easy person to get along with...

Not to mention being able to fight, but the ability to offend people is no small few...

At least now that they have just come to the Northeast, they have already offended Zhang Zuolin and them. Although he didn't say it, in fact, Zhang Zuolin also had a lot of opinions about Wu Peifu.

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"Complaining is complaining, but there is one thing I want to make clear, if you really do it with the Japanese this time, it will be a national war, and it will be nothing in peacetime, but at this time, whoever dares to hook up with the Japanese is a fucking traitor, and when the time comes, I will be caught by Lao Tzu, but don't wronged Lao Tzu, I don't mean mercy..."

Seeing that the brothers had been complaining for a long time, Zhang Zuolin slapped the table and said loudly.

He knows very well that many of these brothers under his command are related to the Japanese, in fact, they are not the only ones...

However, although his temperament is no different from that of bandits, Zhang Zuolin has always understood that he doesn't mind calling the Japanese brothers and sisters in normal times, but at this time, he must not do anything treacherous...

Seeing Zhang Zuolin slapping the table, several other people looked at each other, knowing that Zhang Zuolin was absolutely serious this time, so he hurriedly patted his chest and said.

"Look at what you say, how could our brothers do such a thing!"

"That is, if you do this kind of thing at this time, won't you be poked in the back in the future?"

Naturally, there are also one or two people in this who have a little flickering eyes and a little lack of energy when they speak, but these are not something that Zhang Zuolin can manage...

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While Zhang Zuolin was talking, in his camp, Wu Peifu was also inspecting the situation below.

Zhang Zuolin and others' dissatisfaction is not unaware of him, but so what? He didn't take Zhang Zuolin and these people in his eyes.

"An army formed by a group of patrol battalions, can it also be called an army?"

In Wu Peifu's view, if the Japanese really made a move in the Northeast, these guys would not be able to count on it at all, and it would still depend on his division at the end.

But...

"The circumstances of life are really a little different, more than half a year ago, I was fighting in Outer Mongolia, I was going to follow the team back to the Central Plains, and then go south to clean up the current Guoshe government, who would have thought that before I came back from Outer Mongolia, President Yuan Da had already been defeated, and this government has changed from the surname Yuan to the surname Yan, and the Beiyang government has become the Guoshe government..."

With a long sigh, Wu Peifu was very satisfied with the current situation.

In history, although Wu Peifu could fight, he was not very good at being a man. He was also a little too proud, so he didn't get ahead until the establishment of the National Government.

Historically, Wu Peifu only came to prominence after being reused by Cao Kun, in February 1912. In order to achieve the goal of becoming president in Beijing, Yuan Shikai instructed Cao Kun to lead troops to Nanjing to harass Yuan Shikai's residence, and finally forced the Nanjing Provisional Senate to electrify Yuan Shikai's request, so Cao Kun rose to the top of the official road. With the growth of Cao Kun's power, Wu Peifu's official position has also continued to rise. In the autumn of the year when the Beiyang government was established, Yuan Shikai changed the town to a division and the standard to a regiment. Cao Kun succeeded as the commander of the Third Division, and Wu Peifu succeeded as the commander of the artillery regiment, stationed in Nanyuan. Next year. Wu Peifu actively followed Cao Kun to suppress the 'Second Revolution'. Cao Kun was appointed commander of the garrison in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and Wu Peifu was promoted to adjutant general of the division, stationed in Yuezhou (now Yueyang, Hunan).

Yuan Shikai's confidant Tang Qianming was appointed as a vice admiral to supervise Hunan. One day, Tang Qianming held a meeting of celebrities in Changsha in Hunan. I would like to invite the division commander Cao Kun to deliver a speech. But Cao Kun is very bad at rhetoric, and Wu Peifu took the initiative to ask for help. Wu Peifu supervised Hunan from Tang Qianming, and was admired by all the people, saying that the Hunan people are outstanding and the Hunan generals have a strategy, Tang Qianming listened to it and praised it again and again, thinking that Wu Peifu was indeed a genius in the army, but unfortunately the official rank was too low, and after the meeting, he sent an official letter to Cao Kun in the name of the Hunan Provincial Governor's Office: "...... I hereby seconded you to accompany Wu Peifu to the military administration of the main patrol police brigade of our province. If your ministry thinks that it is necessary to exchange conditions, our province will definitely meet them at its discretion......" Cao Kun wants a dignified governor to see only Wu Peifu. It was even necessary to borrow it, and it was also necessary to be promoted to brigade commander. Presumably, Wu Peifu must have his own uniqueness, Chu Cai is used, and it is not as good as Chu Gong Chude. So he replied: "The headquarters has promoted Wu Peifu to the commander of the Sixth Brigade, in charge of military power, how to borrow it?" Wu Peifu was deeply grateful for Cao Kun's respect and vowed to follow Cao Kun all his life and become Cao Kun's confidant.

But during this period, although Wu Peifu followed Cao Kun to Outer Mongolia, because Outer Mongolia's opponents were too weak, he had no chance to play at all. So, of course, he didn't get much reuse...

As for the Second Revolution and Tang Qianming or something, it was because Yan Shao's relationship did not appear at all.

So until the establishment of the Kuomintang government, Wu Peifu was only a regiment leader under Cao Kun, which was obviously unacceptable to Wu Peifu...

But now...

After returning to Beijing from Outer Mongolia, he was first received by Yan Shao for a while, and then he was appointed as the commander of a main division adapted from the old Beiyang.

Such reuse makes many generals in Beiyang very red, after all, at this time, the strength of the army is the largest in Anhui, Beiyang is seriously compressed, there are very few Beiyang generals who can maintain their original positions, and there are even fewer generals like Wu Peifu who can be promoted two levels in a row, but for Wu Peifu, he is deeply grateful to Yan Shao for his kindness...

"Anyway, if the Japanese really come, I will give them some good looks, so as to repay the great president's kindness, and let those guys who chew their tongues behind their backs all day know that the great president's vision is not wrong..."

promoted an ordinary officer of the Beiyang Department from the regiment commander to the division commander, not to mention the people in Beiyang, even if it is the national government, there are many people who are red-eyed, after all, there are only 33 infantry divisions in the country at this time, and there are even some people who complain a few words behind their backs...

Wu Peifu had also heard these words...

If it was someone else, it would have been forgotten, but Yan Shao had the grace of knowing him, and he naturally hoped to be able to prove himself with some combat exploits.

It's a pity that the war at that time was basically over, and even some of them were just bandits or something. Exterminating bandits, this was a good way to train recruits when the Anhui military government was just established, but now...

A main division to exterminate bandits is a humiliating act...

But now...

In Wu Peifu's view, the Japanese are an excellent way to prove it...

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Wu Peifu is still quite good at managing the army, seeing Wu Peifu walking in front of him, even under the scorching sun, those soldiers are still motionless.

Similarly, although Wu Peifu didn't say anything to them, they still know a little bit about the purpose of coming this time...

After some reprimands, Wu Peifu ordered the disbandment. The officers and men, who had been sweating profusely from the scorching sun, also went back to their respective tents to rest. By the next day, the whole division had gone out and entrenched not far from the Japanese infantry division. The whole division also began to build fortifications in the same place, and the intention against the Japanese was very obvious...

At the same time, under the orders of the Guoshe government, Zhang Zuolin's infantry division and the two infantry divisions originally stationed in Jilin and Heilongjiang also took action.

In particular, the two infantry divisions in Jilin and Heilongjiang were divided into an infantry brigade and entered the territory of Liaoning Province, where they joined Zhang Zuolin and Wu Peifu, and at the same time sent the cavalry regiments in the division. Only one infantry brigade and one artillery regiment were left in place—————— according to the prediction of the Ministry of Defense, if there was a real war in the northeast, there was the greatest chance of a war in Liaoning. Therefore, most of the troops are concentrated in Liaoning, while the troops in Jilin and Heilongjiang are only for self-preservation.

Of course, it is impossible for the Japanese to be unaware of this, after all, the Japanese are the strongest in the Manchurian and Mongolian regions, but at the moment the Japanese are most concerned about the Shandong side—————— before the outbreak of war. The Japanese don't think they're going to suffer in Shandong. Most importantly, they must take into account the attitudes of Britain and France, so even if a war does break out, it will only be limited to Shandong, but the whole of China...

But even so, the division stationed in North Korea still drove to the Sino-North Korean border, lest if there was a real war, the Chinese would frantically besiege that division in the northeast...

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In addition to the northeast, Shandong is also ready.

In Jinan and other cities. The citizens who entered and exited the city looked at the fortifications built outside the city with a panicked expression. Although the government has not said anything for the time being, the newspapers have been reporting news about the situation in Europe...

Of course. If only the news from the European side arrives, it will not make them panic like this, what will really make them panic is that the newspaper also reported some news related to the situation in Europe and Shandong...

For example, if war really broke out in Europe, the Entente would never let go of the Qingdao fortress, and the Nationalist government would not let go of the opportunity to take back Jiaozhou Bay...

Of course, it's not a big deal, the point is that the Nationalist government is likely to clash with the Allies in the process of recovering Jiaozhou Bay, for example, in a country called Japan, and if things don't go well, the war may even burn all over Shandong...

The devastation of the war, everyone knows very well, how can those Shandong people never think that the good days have just passed, and they will face the military disaster again...

For some people, it doesn't matter who Jiaozhou Bay belongs to, after all, many people in this era have never even left their own city, and Jiaozhou Bay is too far away from them. But they also know very well that if it really breaks out, they will only have the ability to accept, so they can only pray that the war will not affect them...

It was in the midst of this voice of prayer that all the 150,000 national defense troops in Shandong entered a state of combat readiness, especially in the places close to Qingdao and Jiaozhou Bay.

After noticing this, the Germans in Qingdao Fortress also panicked a little, after all, if the war really broke out, even if the 150,000 people outside were filled, they could fill in the Qingdao Fortress with only a few thousand people.

And they have been in the Far East for a long time, and they also know very well that the combat effectiveness of these yellow armies in front of them is definitely not as useless as described by the European side. The elite may not be the best, but the vast majority of them have reached the second-rate level in Europe.

It's just that when they were narrating their thoughts to the commander of the fortress, they strangely found that their commander didn't seem to be very anxious about this matter, and even reassured them, telling them that nothing would happen—————— this situation made many officers and soldiers in the fortress think that their commander was crazy...

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Just when almost all of the army was making preparations, in the port of Tianjin, the three dreadnoughts of the navy and other large and small ships also set sail one after another.

Standing in the harbor, looking at the ships that were gradually moving away, some people who were more concerned about the current situation thought that these ships were just planning to go south and participate in the battle against the Qingdao fortress.

Even the British, French, American, and Japanese in Tianjin thought so, but alas, they guessed wrong...

In fact, while the army was making all-round preparations, these navies were going to Shanghai and Fuzhou to either continue their sea trials or do some training, in short, they would not participate in the war.

The reason is also very simple, because Yan Shao only has such a little naval background.

At present, the navy is just starting, and he will never let them go to Jiaozhou Bay to have an egg and a stone with the Japanese, so that even if the battle of Shandong is won in the last round, the gain will outweigh the loss.

Therefore, there will be almost no fighting on the sea in this war, and the war will only take place on land, which means that the protagonist of the entire war will be the army...

But...

It cannot be said that all the navies have been able to go south, at least there is still one navy that is heading north to Qingdao from the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau at this moment, preparing to participate in the upcoming war...

This is a newly formed unit, and at the same time a special naval unit ... (To be continued......)