Chapter 186 Entering the Shanhaiguan

For a while, a large number of middle and low-level officers in the military array also turned over and pulled out their command knives and issued various commands. Under the leadership of officers at all levels, the soldiers began to sing military songs and step out of the school!

And further away, the soldiers of the Third Cavalry Battalion also instigated their own horses, and hundreds of horses roared out one after another. For a time, the prestige in the school grounds was amazing, and anyone who looked at it would shout the mighty division.

However, in the eyes of those senior generals, these things are all face-to-face goods. The main function is to strengthen their own people and boost morale, otherwise they will not make these fancy things to make an expedition ceremony.

Compared with the fancy expedition ceremony on the side of the school yard of the daughter's hometown, the real entry trip in Jinzhou Railway Station, a team of soldiers entered the army, the artillerymen shouted to push the artillery onto the train, and the machine gunmen also brought the machine guns to the artillery. The heavy troops and those civilians filled the train with more shells, ammunition and various logistical supplies, and then these columns would carry soldiers and equipment south together.

In addition to these infantry and artillery-based main forces led by Zhao Dongyun, yesterday morning, the Fengtian First Cavalry Association led by Meng Enyuan has gone south ahead of schedule, and they will become the vanguards of the Fengtian Army and open a safe passage for the west entrance of the army.

After the expedition ceremony, Zhao Dongyun also boarded the military column with a group of senior generals. In addition to the officers and soldiers of the Third Town and the First Cavalry Association, there were also a large number of personnel from the Fengtian Army Command, mainly the staff, supplemented by some personnel of the Quartermaster Department. They are all the main members of the headquarters after Zhao Dongyun entered the customs, led by Fang Biyong. The main work is to provide Zhao Dongyun with various tactical solutions and solve various logistics supply solutions.

And those who stay in Fengtian are the main officers of the first and second towns of Fengtian and other left-behind personnel of Fengtian Army Command!

Because Fengtian is his own nest, it is impossible for Zhao Dongyun to hand over all the complete works to a person. Instead, he divides all the power to Xu Bangjie and Lin Yongquan. Before he left, he appointed Lin Yongquan as the 'address' of Fengtian Army Command, and the supervisor of Fengtian Army Command is Zhao Dongyun. As for the general office, there is no Established, so Lin Yongquan's 'acting office' is actually the temporary person in charge.

But he also ordered Xu Bangjie to be responsible for Jinzhou defense!

In this way, there are overlaps and contradictions between responsibilities to avoid any dominant family!

At the same time, he removed an infantry standard in Fengtian First Town as the preparation foundation of the Fourth Mixed Association of Fengtian, and also transferred an infantry standard in Fengtian Second Town as the foundation for the preparation of Fengtian Fifth Mixed Association.

He Zonglian and Cao Kun, the two masters of the mixed association, are both latecomers. Both of them came to Jinzhou alone to join Zhao Dongyun, and they are not too involved with the original generals in Fengtian, so they can further divide the power in the hands of Xu Bangjie and Lin Yongquan and others.

At the same time, he also strictly ordered any expansion of the army, and financial matters must be reported to his headquarters. Jinzhou cannot be self-determination.

The above methods are to prevent chaos inside Fengtian after he enters the customs. If Zhao Dongyun left, Jinzhou will mess up or even make some betrayal, and Zhao Dongyun will cry to death.

When Zhao Dongyun led his army from Jinzhou, Wang Yingkai had also led the first town to go north, but the journey was a little slow, because he could not run to attack the capital alone. He had to wait until Duan Qirui's fourth town and Zhao Dongyun's third town came.

After all, there are Wang Shizhen's sixth town and Feng Guozhang's seventh town in the capital. The seventh town is because there are a large number of other Beiyang officers of other factions, especially the officers in the Soviet system. The original two major associations are Soviet, and many middle and low-level officers are also Soviet. Therefore, in order to maintain control of the seventh town, Feng Guozhang cleaned up a large number of Soviet officers, and then transferred his students to the important position of the seventh town.

It has to be said that although the seventh town still has a large number of flagmen, in fact, Tieliang, the representative of the Qing Dynasty, failed to control this army from beginning to end. In the past, the Su faction and Wang Yingkai, Duan Qirui and other factions competed with each other, but now they have been taken by Feng Guozhang. There is basically nothing wrong with Tieliang!

This seventh town will also have an impact on combat effectiveness due to the mobilization of middle and senior officers!

However, Wang Shizhen's sixth town is not a big problem. Wang Shizhen's sixth town was originally organized with the Wuwei Right Army as the core, while the Wuwei Right Army is a serious old Beiyang army. All the existing Beiyang middle and senior generals, including Wang Duan Zhaofeng and others, are from the Wuwei Right Army.

This turbulent sixth town has no flagman problem, and the sixth town is Wang Shizhen's basic plate, so it hasn't changed much, but just transfer non-self factional officers like other troops.

And Wang Shizhen is not the only one who did this kind of thing. Wang Yingkai, Duan Qirui and Zhao Dongyun are all doing this. Zhao Dongyun's overhead Wang Zhanyuan is a clear example.

Other factions also did not show mercy to the Soviet generals. A large number of Soviet officers serving in other factions were transferred from important positions or simply dismissed, and then what about these excluded Soviet generals? Most of them, like Cao Kuan and He Zonglian, will go to Jinzhou to join Zhao Dongyun, the Soviet boss!

While Wang Yingkai slowly went north, Duan Qirui also began to lead the army to the west! In fact, a few days ago, Duan Qirui had sent a target unit to Tangshan.

It is mainly to protect Fuyuan Machinery Factory in Tangshan!

Seeing that the war was about to break out, without Zhao Dongyun, Duan Qirui immediately sent troops to control Tangshan and cut off the foreign military orders of Fuyuan Machinery Factory.

However, he still considered Zhao Dongyun's reaction, so he did not directly pull away a large amount of arms in the Fuyuan machine factory, but took away the arms after giving the money. However, Duan Qirui had no money on hand, and the money given was naturally not even the cost price.

Looking at the crying telegram sent by Zhao Chenbin, Zhao Dongyun didn't care. Now the situation is so chaotic, and the Fuyuan machine factory is within Duan Qirui's sphere of influence. If they did not directly forcibly recruit him, it would give him Zhao Dongyun's face.

"You still need to be cautious about the blessing factory. In my opinion, it's better to move the blessing factory to Fengtian as soon as possible!" Zhao Dongping said, "After all, Tangshan is located in the land of four wars. If there is a war in the future, it will be easy to deal with!"

Zhao Dongyun also had a headache in the situation of Fuyuan Machinery Factory. When he founded Fuyuan Machinery Factory, he did not expect that he would come to Fengtian to be the king of Northeast China. If he had been unpredictable, he would have built Fuyuan Machinery Factory in Jinzhou long ago. Why is it so troublesome?

And now, if you can control Tangshan by entering the customs, this is naturally the best. If the situation is not in seconds, such as losing the war and being forced to return to the customs, it is estimated that you will dismantle the Fuyuan machine factory and bring it back to Fengtian.

As for now, it is very undesirable to move the Fuyuan Machinery Factory to Fengtian just because of the four words of preparing for a rainy day.

In the current war period, whether it is Zhao Dongyun, Duan Qirui or even Wang Yingkai's troops, it is a time when a large amount of arms are needed. Fuyuan Machine Factory can't move at this time. How can it produce arms once it is moved?

This relocation is simple, but it is not just as simple as moving a place. If you move, you can't restore the current output in a year or two, so it's better not to move, especially at this critical moment.

As for being defeated after entering the customs and being driven back to the customs by others, that's another matter. At that time, it is necessary to be a demolition office and move the whole Fuyuan back to Fengtian.

"How did Lao Meng's cavalry go? When will you arrive at Shanhaiguan? Zhao Dongyun put down Zhao Chenbin's message and then looked up to ask Fang Biyong.

Fang Biyong said: "General Meng's Cavalry Association has passed Suizhong, and it is expected to arrive at Shanhaiguan tomorrow!"

Meng Enyuan's cavalry set out two days in advance, but compared with Meng Enyuan's cavalry, they directly rode the horse west. In fact, Meng Enyuan's cavalry, like the infantry behind them, also take the train to maneuver. Otherwise, the horses will not stand the long-distance horse. It is estimated that they will die if they walk dozens of kilometers. A large number of war horses, if they walk with horses, the march is estimated to be slower than that of infantry!

The cavalry in ancient times, especially the Mongolian cavalry, were able to maneuver for hundreds of kilometers in a short time, mainly by one person, three or even four riders.

Zhao Dongyun's cavalry are all single riders. When maneuversing, they are mainly medium- and short-range maneuvers. The mobility of modern cavalry generally refers to short-range tactical maneuvers, especially after arriving at the battlefield, which is not the kind of journey of thousands of miles as the novelist said!

This Meng Enyuan's cavalry is not a god general, but he can't run from Jinzhou to Shanhaiguan within two or three days, and he has to rely on the train!

Just from Zhao Dongyun's entry into the customs, it can further prove the importance of the railway in the contemporary war. There is no railway inside and outside the customs. It is impossible for Zhao Dongyun to arrive at Shanhaiguan from Jinzhou in two or three days. He can only walk with his legs honestly, and now the early winter is coming, waiting for the time of Shanhaiguan. It is estimated that there will be heavy snow.

On the morning of the 13th, in Shanhaiguan, Meng Enyuan got off the train with Hua Zhenji and other cavalry generals, and in front of him was a large group of fourth town generals who came to welcome him. Meng En took a closer and did not find Duan Qirui and others. Obviously, Duan Qirui had taken his army south ahead of schedule.

It was just a battalion management belt in the fourth town that came to greet him. He came forward and said, "General Meng, now this Shanhaiguan is handed over to you!"

There is only one infantry battalion left in the fourth town in Shanhaiguan. If it hadn't been for Zhao Dongyun to keep the Shanhaiguan, it is estimated that Duan Qirui's battalion would not have stayed. Therefore, after handing over the defense of Shanhaiguan to Meng Enyuan, the infantry battalion in the fourth town immediately went south to chase Duan Qirui's main force.

Meng Enyuan looked at the soldiers who got off the train one after another, and then turned to Hua Zhenji and said, "Let the brothers settle down the war horses first!"

Then he said to his adjutant, "Let's write to the commander that my department has arrived at Shanhaiguan and ask for follow-up instructions!"