Chapter 197 Yang Deming's Confidence

Since Yuan Shikai was assassinated in early October, Zhao Dongyun's name and the names of several Beiyang bosses such as Wang Yingkai and Duan Qirui have been widely published in newspapers.

Especially after Zhao Dongyun, Wang Yingkai and Duan Qirui reached a de facto military alliance to enter Beijing in mid-October, the names of the above three people spread all over China overnight. Not only domestic and even many foreign newspapers will not forget to mention these three when reporting on the civil war in China. People.

Among them, Wang Yingkai and Duan Qirui are fine. Although they have great prestige in Beiyang, they are far less famous in the outside world than Zhao Dongyun. After Zhao Dongyun led the army to Shanhaiguan in 1903, with the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, as China's direct military leader in Fengtian region, Qingtingkou The "armed neutral" executor, his name was widely published in domestic and foreign newspapers in 1904, and many even published his photos side by side with Dashanyan, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Manchurian Army, and Kuropatin, the commander-in-chief of the Russian Far East.

It can be said that at that time, Zhao Dongyun was already a little famous in China, and then became one of the feudal officials after becoming General Shengjing. Coupled with his young and excessive age, more people were interested in him.

Therefore, before Yuan Shikai was assassinated, Zhao Dongyun's reputation was not small. Later, when Yuan Shikai was assassinated and the Beiyang generals directly led the army to kill the capital, Zhao Dongyun's name could appear in newspapers almost every day.

But these newspapers say that he is good and some say that he is bad!

For example, in southern areas such as the two rivers and Huguang, the overall public opinion in these areas has maintained criticism of the Beiyang generals, including Zhao Dongyun, Wang Yingkai and Duan Qirui, believing that they have destroyed domestic peace and plunged China into civil war.

Not only the people, but also the officialdom of the southern provinces have quite opinions on this. Zhang Zhidong named Zhao Dongyun's entry into the customs will greatly undermine the constitutional process, which is not a wise move.

As for the Manchu ministers such as Duanfang and Yingchang, they even scolded Zhao Dongyun as a traitor.

In fact, not only Zhao Dongyun was rejected and slandered by them, but even Wang Shizhen and Feng Guozhang, who stood with the imperial court, could not please them. A large group of people pointed to their noses and scolded them, saying that they were incompetent, which plunged the capital into war.

Generally speaking, the southern provinces are not divided into Manchu and Han. In fact, they don't like Beiyang. They can't wait for Wang Duan Zhao and Feng Wang to kill each other and both of them.

In addition to these traditional folk and official public opinion, those revolutionaries of the League also jumped out, but they expressed countless praises to Zhao Dongyun, saying that Zhao Dongyun and others are the heart of the country and the nation, and the hardship of republic.

And Sun Wen hid in Japan and published an article: If necessary, he will personally return to Zhili in China to lead the rebel army to carry out revolution!

However, he is just talking. If he really dares to run to Zhili to lead the so-called revolutionary uprising, it is estimated that Wang Yingkai and Duan Qirui will kill him first.

Recently, there has been a lot of public opinion, which has also made Zhao Dongyun's name spread all over the country again!

And this famous domestically in recent months, his every move has affected the whole process of Chinese history. At this moment, he frowned slightly. After putting down his telescope, he said, "The progress of this tenth target is a little slow!"

Chen Guangyuan, who was beside him, immediately came forward and said, "Opposite the tenth standard is the main force of the sixth town, and the terrain of the attack direction is relatively flat. If you attack rashly, you are afraid that the casualties will be too large, so the ministry ordered them to adopt steady tactics!"

Zhao Dongyun said, "Although it's good to avoid casualties, this battle still needs to be fought. It's almost winter. We can't spend a winter in Tongzhou!"

Chen Guangyuan's face showed bitterness. Looking at Zhao Dongyun's meaning, he seemed to want the troops to launch a forced attack, but in the contemporary war mode, if a forced attack was launched, the casualties were absolutely not borne by the third town. Immediately he said: "Now the sixth town is guarded by fortifications, such as If our army attacks rashly, I'm afraid..."

Zhao Dongyun directly interrupted his words: "The way to attack is not only tens of millions. Isn't it possible that you can order anything other than studying Japan and Russia to charge the sea of people?"

Chen Guangyuan was choked, and his face was also a little red. Zhao Dongyun also expected to get angry today. It has been five or six days since the attack on Tongzhou, but in addition to the smooth fight at the beginning, he fell into a stalemate in the next few days. Chen Guangyuan personally commanded the Fifth Association two days ago. There was an attack, but it was quickly repulsed.

In this case, Chen Guangyuan adopted a more conservative strategy to let the troops dig trenches and slowly advance, but the casualties are small, but it takes too much time.

In this case, it is normal for Zhao Dongyun to be dissatisfied with him.

However, Zhao Dongyun did not continue to criticize Chen Guangyuan at this time. It is enough to say something. If Chen Guangyuan can't achieve his expected effect, then Chen Guangyuan will not have a second chance.

The Soviet system is not big or small. A large number of young and successful officers are staring bitterly at these positions of unification and control!

If you Chen Guangyuan does not play well, then Zhao Dongyun will replace him without hesitation and replace him with a general who can win.

At this time, he turned around and said, "Mr. Staff, what do you think!"

Fangbi Yongdao: "Although the terrain of Tongzhou was average, the sixth town had built fortifications here for more than half a month before. Although these fortifications cannot be compared with the Liaoyang defense line during the Russian station period, they should not be underestimated. If this direct attack is launched, it may suffer great casualties. If you want to attack, you must bypass these places.

Speaking of this, he turned around and pointed to an officer who was about 27 or 28 years old, and said, "Chief Yang put forward a battle plan before, which may give the commander some reference!"

As soon as Zhao Dongyun heard this, he knew that Fang Biyong was giving this young man a chance. That's how Duan Qirui recommended him to Yuan Shikai! He immediately looked over and said, "Oh, Yang Deming, isn't it? How have you been these days?"

This person is the only student among many elite students selected by Yuan Shikai a few years ago to be admitted to the Berlin Military Academy. He is the second student in the Beiyang system and even in China to study at the Berlin Military Academy after Zhao Dongyun. After him, in the past few years, four people in the Beiyang system have been successfully admitted to the school. However, the other four people have not graduated and returned to China, and Yang Deming has just returned to China in the second half of this year.

Because of Zhao Dongyun's successful experience, Yuan Shikai had high expectations for him. As soon as he returned to China, he was awarded the rank of assistant leader, and then entered Beiyang Officer School as an instructor. According to Zhao Dongyun's promotion in those years, if he showed it in his days as an instructor With his military talent, he will soon be able to go to the sky and directly serve as a standard belt.

This is not fast. Yuan Shikai spent a lot of money in recent years in order to cultivate a few talents from real military schools. For example, Yang Deming spent at least 3,000 pounds in Beiyang for several years of study in Germany. It took a lot of money to cultivate talents. It doesn't matter, but he is sorry for himself. My own money bag!

But the good times did not last long. As soon as Yuan Shikai died, Yang Deming's military career was immediately in danger. Why?

Because he is not only a student studying in Germany, but more importantly, Zhao Dongyun is worthy of his name, and he is also the only descendant of his school. Needless to say, he feels that the word Su is engraved on his forehead.

So as soon as he gritted his teeth, he went directly to Jinzhou to join Zhao Dongyun like many other young strong factions and Soviet officers.

Zhao Dongyun had anything else to say about such a talent. Of course, he immediately reused it. He did not learn from Yuan Shikai and let him go to the military academy to sharpen or something first, but directly waved his hand to give him a position as the head of the Operations Section of the Staff Office.

If he can show his due talent, Zhao Dongyun intends to let him bring a target to the army in a long time. If he can still show his loyalty to himself, Zhao Dongyun doesn't mind continuing to push him to a town.

So this Yang Deming, although he has just returned to China this year, his future is already red and purple. As long as he does not make mistakes, as long as he can reflect the quality that a graduate of the Berlin Military Academy should have, he will be able to grow up in a few years.

At this time, Zhao Dongyun was also a little curious about how Yang Deming could solve the current dilemma!

Yang Deming looked a little nervous. After all, he had a separate conversation in front of so many seniors and bosses to propose a battle plan, and it was normal to be under pressure. He only saw him take two steps forward and said, "If I go back to the senior, everything will be fine!"

Everyone is very resentful about his 'senior', because everyone is called commander or adult. A few young people who have been to Zhao Dongyun's training class, at most they don't have the nerve to shout 'teacher', but for the time being, Yang Deming is the only one who can call Zhao Dongyun a senior. .

However, Yang Deming did not care about other people's thoughts, but continued: "At present, our army has taken a frontal attack on the front line of Tongzhou, and it is certain that the fortifications of the sixth town will be blocked. Judging from the experience of the Russo-Japanese War and some of the war cases of our army fighting in the sixth town in the previous period, even if it is me The military quality and equipment exceed that of the sixth town, but the frontal attack is still very difficult!

According to the view of the Ministry of Service, leave the association to contain the attack in Tongzhou, and then transfer the association to the north and advance from the northwest. In this way, even if the other side divides troops to intercept, the enemy does not have pre-built fortifications, and the difficulty of the attack will be greatly reduced.

At the same time, you can also send cavalry troops to travel to the north and completely block the capital!

Beijing has a large population, and it will be a matter of time before the army is defeated during the period of full lockdown!"

However, Gu Lanyu, who was beside him, said, "General Meng's cavalry troops are going to stay in the south to guard against Tianjin. What if they are transferred to the north in case of any changes in the countries?"

Unexpectedly, Yang Deming said, "If there is any movement in the countries, then they will have moved as early as half a month ago and will not wait until now. Moreover, looking at the public opinion of various countries, there is no sign of China's interference in China at present. As long as we ensure the safety of Tianjin and the embassy area of Beijing, there is no reason for all countries to send troops!"

Speaking of this, Yang Deming had to: "Take a step back, even if they want to send troops? Who will send troops? Who can send troops? Britain, France, Germany and other countries are far away, and it is difficult to send troops, and the Russian army and the Japanese army, which are most likely and most convenient to send troops, have been killed by the Russo-Japanese War, and it is impossible to launch a foreign war in the next decade. If countries only send hundreds and thousands of people, do you think that thousands of them can defeat more than 100,000 of our Beiyang Army. Generals? So you don't have to worry too much about the interference of the armed forces!"

When Yang Deming said this, he seemed full of confidence, but several other people obviously disagreed. In many foreign wars in the late Qing Dynasty, to be honest, they had already scared the Chinese people. In the past, they looked down on foreigners and thought they were all barbarians, but now they are afraid when they see foreigners and do something first. Will you subconsciously think about what to do in case the foreign adults call?

However, Zhao Dongyun was also calculating the gains and losses in his mind and transferred the First Cavalry Association to go north, which can certainly form a certain military advantage in attacking the Beijing Division, but if there is no such a cavalry division in Tianjin, it is said that Zhao Dongyun is worried. In case he really comes again with the Eight-nation coalition, and then the coalition comes out. If the soldiers take down Tangshan and then capture Shanhaiguan, the situation will be very bad.

It's just that it can't rely on a third town now. Even if it finally wins Tongzhou, it is estimated that it will be a big loss. Then what capital will Zhao Dongyun rely on to compete with Wang Yingkai and Duan Qirui?