Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Liao Lei changed what Liu Xing said to him and applied it to Liu Xuyi. Liu Xuyi was so angry that he couldn't speak at all. In the end, he had no choice but to pay a military salute and think of a solution.

That night, the 401rd Battalion of the [-] Regiment took over from the [-]st Battalion and continued to guard the main position, while the [-]st Battalion, which had completed the blocking mission for a day, was withdrawn forty miles and rushed to Changde City to be stationed and recuperate.

On the Beiyang Army's side, there was already a quarrel, the infantry blamed the artillery for not being strong enough, the 22nd regiment blamed the 21st regiment for not working hard, the regiment leader scolded the brigade commander for commanding blindly, and the brigade commander scolded the regiment commander for being incompetent and defiant.In short, they were all busy trying to shirk their responsibilities in front of Ma Jizeng, the king of Hades, deeply afraid that the commander would blame him for his ineffective combat.

However, Ma Jizeng, who had just been promoted to the first-class viscount, had no intention of dealing with anyone at all. The deepest impression left on him by this afternoon's battle was two points: the first point was the powerful firepower of the youth army. Yes, the youth army's equipment is a bit too powerful.The unsatisfactory attack made Ma Jizeng have to calm down and consider another question, how many regiments with this configuration of the Youth Army are there?Without intelligence support, this battle was a fucking strange one.The second point is the tenacity of the youth army. Under such a fierce attack, they can't hold on. How strict training is needed to achieve this effect? ​​How many soldiers like this youth army are there?If Zhujiaqiao's youth army is only a particularly elite one, then there is nothing to be afraid of, but if all the officers and soldiers are at this level, then I am afraid that I will not consider capturing Changde City, but will consider retreating eastward Into Changsha.

Wait, why not withdraw to Li County?Ma Jizeng suddenly remembered his old nest: "Chief of Staff, what's the situation in Li County?"

"Li County?" Ma Baochen was stunned for a moment, what happened to the teacher seat, and suddenly asked about this, he could only shake his head and answer truthfully: "There is no news about this."

Sometimes no news is the biggest anomaly. What Ma Jizeng didn't know was that at this time of their meeting, the agents of the Military Intelligence Bureau lurking in Lixian County successfully opened the gate of Lixian County.Xu Yuanquan's troops rushed in one after another, but the Beiyang Army who was in charge of a battalion guarding the city did not fire a single shot. They were trapped in bed and disarmed. At the same time, many officers of the Beiyang Sixth Division from the north were also captured. Families, now the fun is big.

Ma Jizeng felt more and more that something was wrong. He no longer had the complacency he had in the morning. He suddenly felt that he was a prey being watched by the hunter. No, he had to find a way to get rid of it. .

"Chief of Staff, let's organize immediately and retreat to Changsha." Ma Jizeng made a very prudent decision with difficulty.

Chapter 221 Bloody Battle in Changde ([-])

The chief of staff, Ma Baochen, was shocked when he heard the words: "Master, why? Why are we retreating? His Majesty's order is for us to take down Changde! How can we explain this retreat to His Majesty the Emperor?"

Ma Jizeng shook his head and said: "Changde, who is still taking a fart? How can I explain it? If I guessed correctly, Li County has already been taken by the youth army. We are all careless. How did Wang Zhenyu defeat Wang Zhengya in the second revolution?" Yes, it was to lure Wang Zhengya's troops to the decisive battle in Changde, and then take Li County, Wang Zhengya's old nest, from the west over the mountains. Looking at the posture of today's battle, if Wang Zhenyu's youth army only has 3 people, I would not believe it if I killed it, grandma Yes, I don’t know where he got so much ammunition to arm his army. Chief of Staff, believe me once, I’ve suffered a lot. Wang Zhenyu is not a fuel-efficient lamp. This guy is full of tricks. Think about it , if this battle itself is a huge trap, then if we continue to stay here, we will not explain to His Majesty the Emperor, but we will explain to ourselves here.”

Ma Baochen looked at Ma Jizeng darkly and said: "Master, what you said is a bit exaggerated, it seems that you are really afraid of well ropes after being bitten by a snake for ten years."

Ma Jizeng looked at Ma Baochen with eyes full of anger, and Ma Baochen looked back without giving in. The two of them didn't speak for a while.

Ma Jizeng slapped the table suddenly and said angrily: "Ma Baochen, you bastard, let me listen carefully. I am the commander of the First Route Army and the commander of the Sixth Division, and you are just a staff officer. You can listen to me today. Whether you listen to it or not, you have to follow Lao Tzu's instructions, otherwise don't blame Lao Tzu for being rude."

Ma Baochen was so angry that his face was flushed, he was not afraid to tear his face and shouted: "The surname is Ma (it seems that his surname is also this), I am not afraid of you, today's matter is up to you, when I see His Majesty the Great Emperor, I will have my own share." explain."

Ma Jizeng snorted coldly: "Sue me for the black case, that's fine, then we have to jump out of this deadlock to sue. Come on, pass on my military order, and the supplementary brigade will transfer a regiment to continue the attack tomorrow morning. Follow me and turn in."

Ma Baochen struggled for the last time: "Master, don't forget, we still have family members in Li County!"

Ma Jizeng looked back and said: "As long as our Sixth Division is still there, no one will dare to do anything to them. You can also try to carry out orders in turn."

. . .

"Report to Commander Wan and Commander Liu, Liao Lei, Commander of the Fourth Division, is calling," the military staff reported loudly.

"Nian" looked at Wan Yaohuang counting peanuts with his head down, Liu Xing could only answer the words helplessly.

"This morning, the enemy launched a series of attacks on our Zhujiaqiao main position. In view of this, our army voluntarily abandoned the Zhujiaqiao main position, but no further enemy attacks were seen to expand the results."

Liu Xing nodded and said: "Very well, let them resist step by step according to the original plan, and continue to lure the enemy to the direction of Changde."

Wan Yaohuang said suddenly: "Commander Liu, it's not good. It seems that our plan has been seen through by Ma Jizeng. He is going to run away!"

Liu Xing was stunned: "No way, Teacher Wan, the telegram said that the Beiyang Army was attacked fiercely yesterday. How could it be possible to retreat? He Ma Jizeng did not attack Changde? He is not afraid that Lao Yuansheng will eat him!"

"It's just a cover-up. Quickly, call the [-]th Division to start a full-line counterattack immediately. Inform the [-]th Division Zhou Zhengming and the others to start outflanking immediately. We must cut off Ma Jizeng's troops and prevent an enemy from escaping across the Yuanjiang River." Wan Yaohuang resolutely issued an order.

Liu Xing still admired Wan Yaohuang very much. Although he was puzzled, he still nodded to the staff officer and signaled him to convey the order.

After the staff officer saluted and left, Liu Xing asked, "Teacher Wan, what kind of trickery, how did you see it?"

Wan Yaohuang picked up a peanut and threw it into his mouth, saying: "If something goes wrong, it's a demon. You also read yesterday's battle report. The loss of the Beiyang Army is definitely enough to hurt your muscles and bones, so logically speaking, It is impossible to attack more ferociously today than yesterday. And if Ma Jizeng is really a brave and reckless man, it is even more impossible to stagnate after a successful onslaught. So there is only one reasonable explanation behind all this abnormality , Ma Jizeng is going to run away, and he is definitely not going back to Li County, he is probably going to Changsha, otherwise he won't be able to play the gecko's tail-docking trick."

After Liu Xing realized it, he said bitterly: "It's not so easy to slip away the fat meat on the lips. I will go in person, come to prepare the horse, and send two guard companies to accompany me to accompany the Eighth Division."

Wan Yaohuang did not dissuade Liu Xing, because although Liu Xing was one year older than him, he was one of his students.His qualifications in the youth army are not considered early, and his military achievements are not outstanding, but he is the leader of an army.Some people have long been talking behind their backs that Liu Xing's current status is due to his younger brother marrying the daughter of the old Wang family.Liu Xing is not an idiot, and he is aware of these arguments, but he has been ignoring them all the time, but he has enough energy in his bones to prove his strength through war.

Another peanut was thrown into his mouth, and Wan Yaohuang's eyes were fixed on the map again, thinking like this for three consecutive days, but he still didn't rest.

The fierce battle in Changde was in full swing, but Wang Zhenyu, the supreme commander, did not devote all his energy to the war. He suddenly went to the Yuanjiang Daily at this moment, accompanied by Chen Gongbo, the second president and editor-in-chief of the newspaper.After several years of development, Yuanjiang Daily has become a well-known domestic media, and it is a sought-after newspaper in the whole southern China.After the outbreak of the War to Protect the Nation, the newspaper continued to issue calls against Yuan, although it was severely closed down by the military and political authorities in Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu and other places.However, the political image of Wang Zhenyu and his National Socialist Party became deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Chen Gongbo, who had been dismissed from the position of head of the National Socialist Party’s Propaganda Department because of poor grassroots propaganda work, also fought a comeback and was severely punished by Wang Zhenyu. After boasting a few words, the whole person seemed to be drunk, and walked lightly.

"Xiao Chen, this propaganda campaign was well fought, especially in the Shanghai area. After reading your newspaper, many patriotic young people spontaneously came to Anjiang to participate in the revolutionary work of our National Socialist Party. Li Delin from Guangxi also sent me a telegram saying that the team of doctors and nurses, which had been difficult to fill up in the expansion work, has also been filled up with the arrival of a large number of young men and women from Guangdong. This is you, and you Yuanjiang Thanks to all the colleagues in the Daily News, I will say hello to Wang Chunling later, and I must give you a good reward for your meritorious officials."

Chen Gongbo was about to cry when he heard this: "Marshal, you are not talented in a humble position. You have lost the trust of the Marshal before and failed to do a good job in our party's propaganda work. So this humble job is a painful experience. Fortunately, other colleagues in the newspaper office have worked together. It is really not a credit for fulfilling the entrustment of the commander-in-chief by chance."

Wang Zhenyu seemed to have seen through Chen Gongbo's small thoughts, he just smiled lightly, and then patted Chen Gongbo's shoulder in admiration.It seems that Chen Gongbo is indeed a young man with a lot of official addiction.After Wang Chunling was transferred to the head of the Propaganda Department, because of the obvious independence of her political views, she also had resistance to some of her own views, so it was not easy to use.Wang Zhenyu already had the intention to wait for the end of the war, so he transferred Wang Chunling to Xiangxi United University, which was composed of a medical school and an industrial technical school, as the principal and the education director of the Xiangxi Administrative Office. After that, he will be responsible for participating in the construction of Xiangxi.As for the Propaganda Department of the National Socialist Party, it may really need someone like Chen Gongbo to preside over it in order to meet his requirements. What Wang Zhenyu didn't realize was that his heart was already quietly moving closer to the protesters.

Just when Wang Zhenyu was about to encourage everyone, Huang Shaohong walked in and whispered in Wang Zhenyu's ear, "Marshal, Mr. Frankie, the general manager of Belgian Bank, said that he has something to see."

Since Belgian Bank successfully provided a loan of 1000 million pounds to Wang Zhenyu, Frankie's position in Belgian Bank has become different.Subsequent railway construction projects and industrial development projects made Belgian Bank executives realize that Xiangxi is not a barren land, but a huge cornucopia.

Then the European War broke out, which made the investment environment in Europe very bad. Coupled with the large-scale immigration of Luxembourg, European investors began to pay attention to the local government of Hunan and Guangxi in China.With the in-depth investigation, they came to a very effective conclusion. Wang Zhenyu and the Hunan-Guangxi local government led by him are different from the general Chinese government and Chinese officials. Although they are not service-oriented, they are indeed It is a constructive government.In the area under his leadership, investment in infrastructure construction is very important, and the development of light and heavy industries is also very encouraged. The most important point is that the governments at all levels are relatively efficient and clean, and the county-level government is modeled on the European direct election system. The scope of justice is limited to the middle class and the wealthy, but an independent judicial system restricts the possibility of tyrants doing whatever they want.The transportation is convenient, the society is stable, the resources are abundant, the labor force is cheap, and the returns are remarkable. Looking at the whole of China, you can't find a place more worthy of investment than here.

Under such circumstances, the European capital that entered the Hunan-Guangxi region through the Belgian Bank reached a staggering 1915 million pounds in the whole year of 2500, and this money should have been wasted in vain during the European war.The whole of Anjiang, Liuzhou, and Laibin are under large-scale construction. Among them, Anjiang has also formed a situation where the four cities of Luyang, Qiancheng, Hongjiang, and Anjiang are being built together.

After Wang Zhenyu decided to challenge Yuan, in order to ensure that the investment could be recovered, Belgian Bank urgently added an unsecured low-interest loan of 500 million pounds as military expenses for Wang Zhenyu's military dispatch this time.Therefore, Wang Zhenyu had to pay attention to such a big benefactor's request to see him. He immediately got up and shook hands with Chen Gongbo and others one by one to bid farewell.

Chapter 222

The retreat of more than 1 people was easier said than done, when the First Regiment of the Supplementary Brigade was coaxed by Ma Jizeng's heavy rewards and launched a desperate charge towards the main position of Zhujiaqiao against the fierce firepower of the Youth Army.Zhou Wenbing, Zhang Zhonghe, and Huang Zhenkui have already retreated towards Wenjiaping with their troops.

In the headquarters of the Second Army in Changde, a carrier pigeon from the east sent important news about the retreat of the Beiyang Army.Wan Yaohuang, who had already seen through Ma Jizeng's plan to get rid of the golden cicada, snorted coldly at the increasingly prosperous Changde South Gate Wharf outside the window after his judgment was confirmed: "Ma Jizeng, Ma Jizeng, I really underestimated your ability, but I'm afraid it won't be that easy to run away after you've entered the urn, right?"

Sure enough, it was not easy. On the night of January 1, just as Ma Jizeng was about to retreat across the board, the fleet transferred from the Xiangjiang River by Governor Tang Xiangming caught fire. . .

Wu Junmei, male, Han nationality, 27 years old, from Zhuzhou, Hunan, has been working in the dock since childhood.Because of being brave and ruthless but also very loyal, Wu Junmei, who is not tall, has gained her own prestige among the people who are begging for life at the dock over time.

At the end of the second year of the Republic of China, He Jian was ordered to set up the Military Intelligence Bureau, and Wu Junmei, whom He Jian had known since childhood, was naturally developed into the organization. At first, the Military Intelligence Bureau did not pay much attention to this pawn, except for a certain amount of funds allocated on a monthly basis. No more errands arranged.

But Wu Junmei is very righteous. In just two or three years, she has quietly developed more than 40 people in the boatman team.

And this time in the battle of Changde, Wu Junmei's idle chess can finally come in handy.

Although some people are small in stature, they have a lot of ghost ideas. Wu Junmei is such a person.The task assigned to him by the Military Intelligence Bureau is to drive away or destroy all the ferries. If this task is to be completed, it can be said that there is almost no chance of death.Because Ma Jizeng is not a rookie, he is a veteran who has led troops for many years. There are a total of 5 big ships, and [-] soldiers are guarded on board every day, just to prevent accidents in the fleet at critical times.

With this battalion of Beiyang soldiers guarding it, if you want to easily drive away so many ships, then you are really writing science fiction.

But cats have cat ways, dogs have dog ways, Wu Junmei has his own tricks, and he is destined to be included in the history of combat compiled by the Military Intelligence Bureau.

On the night of January 1, the entire Wenjiaping area was busy dismantling, packing, and packing up.In the old port where the fleet was moored, Wu Junmei and the owner of the ship went to invite the battalion commander who guarded the fleet to eat dog meat hot pot.

"Boss, it can't be done tonight. Didn't you see that the Wenjiaping side is brightly lit? Our family Zeng Shuai has already sent someone to send a message. There is a big move tomorrow, and we need to use a boat. Brother, don't dare to leave your post without authorization." .”

"Captain Hou, this is your mistake. If you are on the same boat, you are a family. In the cold weather, the brothers who ran the boat managed to get the best dog meat from the shore. I would like to ask you to eat it A hot pot, don't you give face? You are an official and we are civilians, so you don't look down on us, do you?" Wu Junmei resorted to aggressive methods.

"No, no, absolutely no such meaning, but my brother is a soldier, so I'm afraid that he will miss Zeng Shuai's affairs, which requires military law to deal with," Battalion Commander Hou quickly explained.

"It's not a problem, Battalion Commander Hou. If you eat some dog meat and drink some wine on the boat and don't get off the boat, the person in charge of the boat is also your brother. It's not a problem." The battalion commander is a good person after all. Hearing what the ship owner said, it was naturally difficult to refuse.

"I said that you southerners are too polite and enthusiastic. Well, well, tomorrow I will point to the brothers to buy some strength. Let's go and see what it feels like."

But what Battalion Commander Hou didn't expect was that the officer leading the team had just left, and the soldiers on each boat on the back foot also received invitations from the boatmen. Except for one on duty, the other 400 people were concentrated in the boat. The delicious dog meat hot pot was eaten on the five boats, and the whole fleet was filled with the smell of dog meat.