Beiyang reactionaries

Therefore, the first batch of new army training was 10 people, and there was no transition at all.For the training of 4000 recruits, the Ministry of the Army has been very busy these months.Duan Xun personally went out to help the army find military pay, contacted the Ministry of Finance, withheld part of the Japanese loan, even took out the antiques and cultural relics of the Forbidden City and quietly disposed of them, raising more than [-] million military expenses for the army.The equipment department is also producing weapons and ammunition day and night, and is responsible for providing arms for the expansion of the army.The mobilization department is fully training recruits.

The training of this batch of recruits has basically ended.

Allocation is left.

"We are the only ones here today, and I don't hide from you. The main task next year is to solve the problem of Lu Yongxiang and the problem of the current Chinese warlord separatism."

Step by step.

Duan Xun has a plan.

The main task in 1921 was to stabilize and gradually control the Beijing government.In this regard, although many things have happened this year, this year's work is still very perfect, and the completion is very good, and Duan Xun's goal has been achieved.Now Duan Xun has completely controlled the Beijing government.

More than half of the chief ministers of the cabinet are direct descendants of Duan Xun, and many temporary agencies have been added to increase the control of the cabinet.And those cabinet chiefs who are not directly related to Duan Xun basically rely on Duan Xun now, and basically listen to Duan Xun now.After stabilizing the Beijing government, Duan Xun will of course start to organize local forces. In 1922, Duan Xun's main job was to slowly solve the warlords who ruled one side.The main target is Lu Yongxiang, the most powerful warlord at present.

Xiong Kewu, Xu Yongchang, and Yang Jie were not surprised either.Because they have followed Duan Xun for many years, they all know what Duan Xun thinks.When Duan Xun was in the southwest, his goal was very clear, that is to complete the unification of government and military orders across the country.In fact, this is not Duan Xun's idea.

No one will look at the existence of separatist forces in those places when they are in Duan Xun's position.

Including Yuan Shikai in the past, Duan Qirui who later controlled the Beijing government, and Cao Kun, after they came to Beijing, their goals were very clear.That is to eliminate the major warlords in the country and complete the unification of government and military orders across the country.

At present, there are Zhang Zuolin who controls Fengtian, Lu Yongxiang, who controls the Yangtze River, who controls Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Anhui, Yan Xishan, who controls Shanxi, and Yang Zengxin, who controls Xinjiang. The four major forces belong to semi-independent kingdoms.Nominally obeying the orders of the Beijing government, in fact, they completely ignore the Beijing government in the provinces they rule.Duan Xun will never allow the existence of a state-owned China, so Duan Xun will deal with them sooner or later.Among the four forces, Lu Yongxiang is the strongest, and Zhang Zuolin is the second.

As for Yan Xishan and Yang Zengxin, they are nothing.

As long as Lu Yongxiang and Zhang Zuolin are dealt with, dealing with Yan Xishan and Yang Zengxin is very simple.Among the four major forces, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Anhui controlled by Lu Yongxiang are the most developed places in China.

How could Duan Xun let Lu Yongxiang control such a wealthy place.

"Teacher, how to deal with Lu Yongxiang?"

Xu Yongchang asked Duan Xun.

"What do you think?"

"Teacher, Lu Yongxiang currently has about 16 troops. Over the past year, with the support of Japan, he has purchased a large number of munitions, so the army is not short of munitions and can continue to expand at any time. But Lu Yongxiang also has many problems. The main reason is that his troops have Half of them were the reorganization of the Jiangsu army of Li Chun, the former governor of Jiangsu, and the troops of Ni Sichong, the former governor of Anhui, and the troops of Ma Lianjia. Lu Yongxiang's development speed was too fast in those years. He reorganized so many troops in a year, and there was not much cohesion. More The serious problem is that we have surrounded Lu Yongxiang's control area in a general direction. We have many points to attack, which will make Lu Yongxiang's troops be on guard everywhere."

"Lu Yongxiang has a lot to guard against, and we also need to guard against a lot."

In fact, it is relative.

Duan Xun can besiege Lu Yongxiang from many sides, and Lu Yongxiang also has many attack points.Lu Yongxiang's troops can attack from all directions and attack Duan Xun's important places.

"Teacher, how dare Lu Yongxiang have such courage. He can only pray that we don't attack him, how dare he attack us."

Xu Yongchang smiled.

I don't really think highly of Lu Yongxiang.

There are so many Duan Xun's troops around the province controlled by Lu Yongxiang now, how could he dare to take the initiative to attack.Moreover, Lu Yongxiang's control over Jiangsu and Anhui is not very good.

"kindness."

Duan Xun nodded.

Whether Zhang Zuolin or Lu Yongxiang, Duan Xun is really not afraid of them if they fight.

Even if they accept military aid from Japan, they are not at the same level as Duan Xun.As the scale of wars is getting bigger and bigger, tens of thousands of people, 10,000+ people can be invested in each war.Therefore, the ammunition consumed in each battle is astonishing, which is completely different from that in the year of [-].

They are receiving foreign aid.

But Duan Xun produces weapons and ammunition by himself, so he obviously has the advantage.Because Duan Xun owns three large arsenals, although he dare not say that he has an unlimited supply of ammunition, it is more than enough to deal with Lu Yongxiang.

Japan supports them, but it is impossible for Japan to support them without restriction.Japan is a country that can't get ahead without profit. Even if they support them, they still need money.

So they are far behind Duan Xun in terms of arms preparation.

In terms of the size and combat effectiveness of other troops, they are no match for Duan Xun.Moreover, Duan Xun can mobilize the whole country's navy. Even before the second Zhiwan War, the naval forces that took orders from Lu Yongxiang all obeyed the orders of the Ministry of the Navy after Duan Xun took control of Beijing.

Many places in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai are within the attack range of the navy.

Duan Xun not only has a naval force, but also has a Yangtze River Fleet.There are many convenient places to attack the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions.

As well as Duan Xun and the Air Force.

Although it is a very poor air force in the world, most of them are purchased by Duan Xun from abroad.The aircraft manufactured by itself cannot be mass-produced at all, and only five or six aircraft have been manufactured.

But even so, Duan Xun currently has more than 170 bombers alone, plus more than [-] other aircraft.In the current China, the strength is still very strong.

Lu Yongxiang can't.

Although he could see the development trend of the air force, he had no time to train pilots, buy planes and form an air force.Of course, there is still time to buy a plane, but he doesn't have a pilot.

All the pilots in China are in the hands of Duan Xun.

So fight?

Xu Yongchang and the others looked down on Lu Yongxiang, Duan Xun also understood.Duan Xun has more people than Lu Yongxiang, more guns than Lu Yongxiang, more cannons than Lu Yongxiang, more ammunition than Lu Yongxiang, and the navy and air force crush Lu Yongxiang even more.

"But you still have to be prepared. Minister Xiong, tell me how to distribute it."

"Yes."

Xiong Kewu gave the materials in his hands to several people, and then said: "Prime Minister, if Lu Yongxiang is the main solution next year, then we will focus on developing the military strength of the five provinces. Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi, and Fujian, because their five provinces They can directly attack the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, and Anhui areas controlled by Lu Yongxiang. If military forces are increased in this area, once a military conflict occurs, Lu Yongxiang should not be given any chance to react. The Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai areas are the most developed areas in China. If the war continues, it will greatly affect the economies of these places, and it may also cause the intervention of Japan and the United Kingdom. Therefore, a quick battle is needed.”

"En. You have a good idea."

Duan Xun agreed with Xiong Kewu's analysis.

Fighting Lu Yongxiang must not be procrastinated.Once a military conflict occurs, the war should end within a few days.Otherwise, the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions have British interests and Japanese interests, and they might interfere.

Therefore, Lu Yongxiang must be beaten before everyone reacts.

"Prime Minister, let me start with Shandong. Shandong is very important. Not only can it directly threaten Jiangsu, but after all, this place was once the territory of the Japanese army. Even now, Japan has a great influence in Shandong. Shandong is where Yuan Xiangcheng (Yuan Shikai) ) is a province focused on building, coupled with the construction of Germany and Japan before and after, it is a place with a very good economy, education, and transportation in China at present, and it is a very important province in the north. So I suggest that Shandong At least three armies should be deployed."

"Three armies? Tell me what you think."

"Prime Minister, at present we have four divisions in Shandong, the Guard Division (Division Commander Hu Jingyi), the Security Division (Division Commander Yang Hucheng), the No.20 Division (Division Commander Long Yun), and the No. The Independent Brigade (Brigade Commander He Guoguang), and Yue Weijun’s Division (Yue Weijun’s Brigade, Jiang Shijie’s Brigade, Feng Yuxiang’s No.20 Mixed Brigade, Sun Liangcheng’s Department) who have just been transferred to Shandong, the troops already have the size of two armies.”

"kindness."

Shandong is indeed very important.

Going south can attack Jiangsu and Lu Yongxiang.And after all, this is Japan's sphere of influence, and Japan's influence here is still very large.Although the Japanese army withdrew, the Japanese police system was still there, and the Jiaoji Railway was still under Japanese control.There are many forces that listen to Japanese.

Duan Xun really wanted to clean up those pro-Japanese forces in Shandong.

But now is not the time to turn against Japan, those pro-Japanese forces can only stay.But although they cannot be cleaned, it is necessary to increase some army strength here.