Beiyang reactionaries

But He Binglin and Xia Chao are different.

He Binglin does not have the strength of Xia Chao. He Binglin is a literati, and he was the director of the Zhejiang Finance Department before.But since He Binglin dared to speak out, he must have received support from Anhui.As for Anhui, who is currently the most powerful and supports He Binglin.

That is Zhang Wensheng, the governor of Anhui.

Zhang Wensheng has the Dingwu Army left behind by Zhang Xun, and the Anwu Army left behind by Ni Sichong.Although Lu Yongxiang became the patrol envoy of the Yangtze River, in order to control Anhui, he made a lot of arrangements and arranged some troops.But Zhang Wensheng, as an Anhui powerful faction, and as an Anhui warlord, is definitely very strong.It is impossible for He Binglin to dare to oppose Lu Yongxiang without the consent of Zhang Wensheng.

Zhang Wensheng's opposition was inevitable.

Anhui was originally a poor province with very little money in hand.You, Lu Yongxiang, even asked Anhui to transfer the money from his hands to him, how could Zhang Wensheng agree.

However, Xia Chao and He Binglin can directly oppose Lu Yongxiang, but Chen Yi cannot.Chen Yi is in Jiangsu, right under Lu Yongxiang's nose.Lu Yongxiang's main force is also in Jiangsu, so even if Chen Yi has any objections, it is difficult for Chen Yi to make any moves.

Lu Yongxiang is a warlord.

Although being suppressed severely at present, it really angered Lu Yongxiang, who knows what Lu Yongxiang will do, now is the most sensitive time for Lu Yongxiang, Chen Yi does not want to be targeted by Lu Yongxiang.

"Teacher, do you want me to make some noise in Suzhou. At that time, the teacher has a reason to go to Suzhou to deal with the fifth division. As long as we go to Suzhou, we can advance and retreat freely."

"To Suzhou?"

"Master, we can't do anything if we stay in Nanjing. The reason why Jiashuai is so anxious this time is because he has already felt the huge pressure from Beijing. Jiashuai already understands that there will be wars in the future, so he wants to prepare military pay in advance .Or prepare a retreat in advance. Judging from the current situation, conflicts may break out at any time. We should not stay in Nanjing at this time, so we are too passive, and it is better to observe outside for a period of time."

Lin Wei immediately persuaded Chen Yi.

Nanjing.

This is the current control center of Lu Yongxiang, and the office of Lu Yongxiang's patrolling envoy on the Yangtze River is in Nanjing.Under Lu Yongxiang's eyes, he couldn't do anything he wanted.

But as long as you leave Nanjing and go to Suzhou, then you don't have to be afraid of Lu Yongxiang.Because Suzhou is Chen Yi's territory, and there is Chen Yi's Fifth Division of the Zhejiang Army.

In the Fifth Division of the Zhejiang Army, many important officers were single-handedly selected by Chen Yi.Many of them are Chen Yi's juniors in the military academy, as well as the military academy students trained by Chen Yi in Zhejiang after the Revolution of [-].

"But?"

Chen Yi hesitated.

Seeing Chen Yi's hesitation, Lin Wei immediately said, "Teacher, you must continue to suffer from it. Chen Tiaoyuan wandered around in Nanjing and got too close to the teacher. We have already been suspected by Jia Shuai. Even if we continue to stay in Nanjing, we will not There will be no benefit."

"You make me think about it."

"Teacher..."

"Wait first, wait for the news from Marquis Zhan (Ge Jingen). It's almost noon, he should be here soon."

How could Chen Yi be honest with herself when such a big event happened.Chen Yi has dispatched Ge Jingen these days to investigate the situation.Including other provinces, including Beijing, and the situation of Lu Yongxiang's Yangtze River patrol envoy.He would report the latest situation to Chen Yi several times a day.

Lin Wei just shut up.

The room instantly became quieter.

very quiet.

About half an hour later, Ge Jingen walked in.Ge Jingen's face was not very good-looking. After entering, before Chen Yi and Lin Wei asked him, he immediately said: "Master, Chief of Staff, something big happened. Just now the Cabinet Police Department ordered to form a marine police force in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Shanghai. In Anqing, Wuhu, Nanjing, and Zhenjiang, four special marine police wharfs were opened up. Zeng Zhaoqin, the former Secretary-General of the Marine Police Force, was appointed as the captain of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui Marine Police Forces, with [-] ships under his jurisdiction and [-] marine police forces stationed The wharves in these four cities are in charge of the Yangtze River waterways in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Shanghai regions."

"Water Police Force?"

Chen Yi immediately stood up.

Duan Xun has a marine police force in his hands.As early as after the War to Protect the Nation, when Duan Xun began to serve as the governor of Sichuan, he formed a water police force based on the Sichuan Jiangfang Fleet.

Later, as Duan Xun served as the Southwest Frontier Defense Supervision Office, Frontier Defense Supervision Office, Deputy Prime Minister, and Prime Minister of the Cabinet, he has always been very supportive of the Marine Police Force.

Many small ships were purchased from Japan to supplement the water police force.Moreover, Duan Xun's shipyard in Wuchang mainly builds those inland ships.Basically all allocated to the Marine Police Force.At present, the Marine Police Force has more than 60 ships in its hands.Most of them are small ships of one hundred tons or several hundred tons, but there are also some ships of one thousand tons, three to four thousand tons.

Unexpectedly, Duan Xun is now blatantly planning to put the fleet of these marine police forces in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Shanghai.And control several important cities in the Yangtze River waterway.

"Master, this is just the beginning. Just now, the Ministry of the Navy also issued an order to set up special docks for the naval forces among the docks in Shanghai and Ningbo."

Just after Ge Jingen finished speaking, Lin Wei stood up anxiously.

Then he walked up to Chen Yi and said, "Teacher, it's too late, time is not allowed. The pressure on Jiashuai from Beijing is increasing. The conflict may break out at any moment, we can't stay in Nanjing any longer."

Chen Yi stood up and walked back and forth anxiously.

About a minute later, Chen Yi suddenly said: "Well, send a telegram to Suzhou. Mutiny, yes, mutiny. Create a mutiny for me. Now I can leave Nanjing only with this excuse."

"Yes."

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"General Chen, this seems to be a matter for our provincial government."

"Humph."

Anqing.

Duan Xun continued to persecute Lu Yongxiang.

Especially on May 1922, 5, the latest order from the police department made Lu Yongxiang furious, and at the same time made Lu Yongxiang feel that he could no longer retreat, and he would definitely fight back.Because although the marine police force is affiliated to the police department, it is a group of policemen in name.

But the marine police force is not an ordinary police force after all, but a force.

Although they are all ships cruising on the Yangtze River, they are all equipped with cannons.Some ships over a thousand tons are even equipped with several cannons, some with more than a dozen cannons.Moreover, many of those ships are equipped with a lot of mortars and machine guns. A ship unit has more firepower than a battalion of army units.Coupled with those cannons, the firepower of these ships is very powerful.These ships must be joking when they go to sea battles, and they are not even qualified to fight soy sauce.

But along the Yangtze River, it is very useful to attack some designated targets and attack some cities along the Yangtze River.Especially in civil wars, facing those domestic warlords, they have the upper hand in terms of firepower.Four or five ships of two to three thousand tons went up, and it was impossible for one or two regiments of domestic warlords to suppress them in terms of firepower.

And it is said to be the marine police force, but the police department said that there will be more than 2000 police forces stationed at the pier. More than 2000 people, this is not a small number.With the cooperation of these troops and ships, they can easily control many docks, and even control the cities along the Yangtze River.In Anhui, such as Wuhu and Anqing are under threat.

This is even more so in Jiangsu.

Many large cities are threatened by marine police forces.Moreover, Duan Xun began to mobilize a large number of naval forces, so that the warships of the naval forces began to approach Jiangsu, Shanghai, and Zhejiang.Lu Yongxiang was required to open the important ports in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions and hand them over to the naval forces for control.

The firepower of the warships of the naval force far exceeds that of the water police force.Especially naval guns, which are heavy artillery that can destroy any fortification.

How could Lu Yongxiang agree.

Lu Yongxiang has already given way too much, it can be said that he has retreated step by step, and his power in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Shanghai has been dealt a huge blow.Otherwise, how could Xia Chao, He Binglin and the others reject Lu Yongxiang directly, just because they saw that Lu Yongxiang's power has been greatly reduced now.Now that Duan Xun actually wants to send troops into the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Shanghai areas, Lu Yongxiang really cannot agree.If the marine police force and the navy are allowed to control those important ports, Duan Xun can control these cities with ports anytime and anywhere.And precisely these cities with ports are the most economically developed cities in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Shanghai regions.If these cities are lost, it will deal a huge blow to Lu Yongxiang.

Therefore, Lu Yongxiang began to actively mobilize troops to guard against Duan Xun.Lu Yongxiang must not allow Duan Xun's marine police force and navy to enter his control area.It is even more impossible for Duan Xun to hand over the port that Duan Xun requested.

As for Xia Chao embarrassing himself before, Lu Yongxiang has no energy to care about it.

Xia Chao wanted to be a warlord in Zhejiang and a veritable governor of Zhejiang, but Lu Yongxiang could no longer control him now.As long as Xia Chao doesn't fight back and goes to Duan Xun, Lu Yongxiang will be satisfied.Now Lu Yongxiang is most concerned about only one.

That's how to stop Duan Xun's marine police force from entering Anhui along the Yangtze River.

Lu Yongxiang is currently in Anhui. In addition to the Dingwu Army and Anwu Army controlled by Zhang Wensheng, there is also a unit stationed in Anqing, which is the fourth division of the Zhejiang Army, Xie Hongxun's unit.Xie Hongxun is from Hebei, and Duan Xun and the others are graduates of Baoding Military Academy.However, his grades in school were mediocre at that time, and he had no connections. He was just an ordinary student.