Chapter 216 Grey Republic

At this time, although there is no shortage of arms in the arms market in the Far East, in fact, the price is generally relatively high. His troops, Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen, use 7.92 mm rifles and bullets. Japan, Russia and even the United States cannot supply them, resulting in only two sources. Is it domestic or imported from Germany?

German imports must be as many as you want. There are a lot of rifles and bullets in stock. The key is that they are expensive!

However, in terms of domestic production, there are only three factories that can mass-produce 7.92mm rifles and bullets in China. Among them, the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and Hanyang Arsenal are now in the hands of the Southern Federation, so they can't count on it. The rest can only be purchased from Fuyuan Machinery Factory.

The key to the problem now is that this Fuyuan Machinery Factory is also in Zhao Dongyun's territory. Although Zhao Dongyun cannot openly confiscate or directly interfere in the production and operation of Fuyuan Machinery Factory, he can buy all the ordnance products of Fuyuan Machinery Factory without using it.

In this way, if Duan Qirui, Wang Shizhen and even other warlords want to get ordnance from Fuyuan Machine Factory, they have to buy it from Zhao Dongyun, a second-way trafficker.

Zhao Dongyun's move is not to seek a lot of economic benefits from it, but just to control the flow of ordnance from Fuyuan Machine Factory. Isn't it for this Fuyuan Machine Factory that he has spent so much effort to protect Tangshan? Therefore, the ordnance products produced by Fuyuan Machine Factory naturally have to be given priority to equip his Fengtian Army, and must When necessary, you can also sell part of it to other warlords in exchange for politics.

This time, Zhao Dongyun supplied a total of 8,000 Fuyuan rifles to Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen at a price lower than the Far East ordnance market price of only 32 taels of silver each. This is not the used second-hand goods, but brand-new. In the munitions market, the price is at least 35 taels of silver.

And Zhao Dongyun promised to provide them with 1,000 rifles and 300,000 bullets within a month, which is quite important for them who are about to fight south, much faster than importing from Germany.

So Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen promised Zhao Dongyun to support Wu Fengling!

After solving the matter between Wu Fengling and Shanxi, the candidates for the Rehe unification had to be discussed again. However, this time, Wang Yingkai had a tough attitude and completely cut off Zhao Dongyun's intention to let Meng Enyuan or Chen Guangyuan serve as the Rehe unification, and even revealed in his tone that the negotiations did not hesitate to break down. Finally, everyone fought again. The posture.

However, Zhao Dongyun took Wu Fengling to Shanxi in order to take Rehe, so he also insisted on not retreating. Seeing that the negotiations fell into a deadlock again, the two sides finally began to compromise. Zhao Dongyun said that he could give up the position of Rehe, but he must station troops in Chengde County.

At this time, Wang Yingkai was also unwilling to continue to entangle with Zhao Dongyun on this issue. He directly said that he could abolish the jurisdiction of Rehedu and change it to the jurisdiction of Zhili. The two sides jointly sent troops to garrison. The two sides were stationed north of Tangshan, Zunhua and Chengde counties as the boundary, and returned to Zhili garrison in the west, and Fengtian garrison in the east.

However, the administrative power still belongs to Zhili. At the same time, with Chengde as the center, the number of troops on both sides within a hundred miles shall not exceed 5,000.

This proposal basically divides Rehe into two, with Wang Yingkai and Zhao Dongyun taking half, and also limiting the number of troops stationed on both sides, which eliminates the military strategic position of the area to a certain extent.

For Zhao Dongyun, he will not have to worry about Wang Yingkai or Wu Fengling going directly south from Chengde and cutting off his rear supply line. For Wang Yingkai, he does not have to worry about Zhao Dongyun being surrounded from the north.

After talking about the hot river issue, this Tianjin meeting can basically come to an end, but at the last moment, Zhao Dongyun said, "Big brothers, have you forgotten something?"

Wang Yingkai frowned. To be honest, he really didn't know what had been left in this meeting, so he said, "Oh, Ziyang, what do you mean?"

Zhao Dongyun smiled and said, "I also went to the battle of Beijing, but only you three families entered the capital in the end, and I heard that hundreds of people were raided in the capital. Yi, Zaifeng and others were confiscated by all the raiders. I'm afraid there are no more than 50 million here!"

Hearing this, not to mention Wang Yingkai's dissatisfaction, even Duan Qirui showed a bad face: "On that day, the capital did not close the door to Ziyang. You can't blame others if you don't come!"

Zhao Dongyun smiled and said, "At the beginning, I was not feeling well, so I went back to Tangshan first, but I always thought that all my brothers were reasonable people. After this, I had to give me a share. Otherwise, I would have been killed and injured by thousands of soldiers and spent millions of people. Now I haven't even got the pensions of my brothers. How do you guys ask me to face the families of the dead and wounded soldiers?

Looking at Zhao Dongyun's face, Wang Yingkai's face was gloomy and terrible, but he looked at a lot of drafted documents on the table, which were only waiting for four people to sign their names, and then today, even if the 'Chinese Republic' is done, he will become the first republican president in China's history.

So he said, "Say the number!"

Zhao Dongyun raised a finger and said, "I don't want much. We have four families here, so I only need a quarter. The property you have obtained in Beijing is at least 50 million. I only want 10 million taels, and I don't want one more!"

Wang Yingkai finally couldn't help humming, "Ziyang, you should know how to be self-respecting!"

Then he turned his head to look at Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen, and then said, "I'll pay 500,000 yuan. You can each take out 250,000 yuan and collect millions to give it to your son Yang, and then it's over!"

Then without waiting for Zhao Dongyun to speak, he signed his name on those documents with a cold face, then pushed the documents, pushed them to Zhao Dongyun, and then stared at Zhao Dongyun.

Zhao Dongyun saw Wang Yingkai's terrible cold look and did not say anything. This is only a temporary move. After all, it is impossible to say that Wang Yingkai robbed so much money in Beijing, but he also knew that it was no less difficult to escape the money from their pockets than to beat Jingshi. Less, now we can get back one million taels of silver, not to mention that this military hole in the battle has been filled.

So he was not in the mood to continue to anger Wang Yingkai, but smiled, and then picked up the pen and signed his name on the document. At that time, Qirui and Wang Shizhen saw Zhao Dongyun and Wang Yingkai coldly at the last moment, and they didn't know what they were thinking, but Yes, he quickly signed his own name one after another.

Looking at the documents signed by the four people, Wang Yingkai took a deep breath and then said loudly, "I will return to Beijing immediately and hold the founding ceremony tomorrow!"

Wang Yingkai came slowly. The Federation in the south has been established for ten days, and the Northern Expeditionary Army shouted by Zhang Zhidong is about to go north. The establishment of a republican government in the north can no longer be delayed. A day is more troublesome.

Wang Yingkai hurried away with a black face. Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen beside him were not happy to establish a republic at all. They also went out with a worried face. After they went to Beijing to participate in the founding ceremony, they had to lead the army south to fight.

As for Zhao Dongyun, the last one to walk out of the conference room, he saw Li San trotting up and asked Li San with a worried face, "Commander, is the discussion broken?"

Li San just saw Wang Yingkai come out with a black face in a row, and then Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen also looked bad. No matter how they looked like they had reached a negotiation agreement, otherwise, they would not say that everyone would laugh and talk about the wind, but their faces should at least be kind. However, the three people who went out in front of them, All of them are thoughtful, and there is a trace of festive color.

Zhao Dongyun looked at Li San, sighed, and then said, "What are you worried about? Negotiations have been completed!"

When Li San heard this, he was even more puzzled. This negotiation turned out to be a good thing. Why did they all look worried?

Zhao Dongyun did not stop in Tianjin. As soon as the negotiations were over, his special train left Tianjin Railway Station and then went straight to Tangshan.

As for going to Beijing to attend the founding ceremony, to be honest, he wants to go, but he dares not go. This capital has now become Wang Yingkai's territory. If he wants to go to Beijing, unless he takes a whole division, it will be very tragic next time.

If he goes to the capital alone, Wang Yingkai will not hesitate to kill him Zhao Dongyun, and then pull over the Soviet generals. Today's Soviet system is the Beiyang in those years. Zhao Dongyun died, and the Soviet system is about to split. At that time, it will not be difficult to attract most of the Soviet generals with his prestige of Wang Yingkai. Even if Lin Yongquan and Zhao Dongping's few loyal loyal people want to rebel, it will not affect the overall situation.

So although the negotiations have been reached and Zhao Dongyun is still the future vice president of the Republic of China, he still does not have the courage to go to Beijing to attend the founding ceremony, let alone serve in Beijing.

After returning to Tangshan, Zhao Dongyun immediately began to deploy a new defense line. First of all, he had to withdraw his troops from Baodi and Ji County in accordance with the Tianjin peace talks agreement, and then rebuild the defense line with Tangshan, Zunhua and Chengde to prepare for a long-term military angument with Wang Yingkai.

At the same time, due to the Tianjin peace talks agreement, the number of Zhao Dongyun stationed troops in the customs, that is, a mixed association in Tangshan, a mixed association in Chengde, and the rest have to be withdrawn from the customs.

In this case, Zhao Dongyun transferred the first association of the former Fengtian First Town, together with artillery, Chongzhong and other troops, and formed the 'Central Army Seventh Mixed Association' and dispatched He Zonglian's Fourth Mixed Association, who was originally stationed in Shanhaiguan, to Chengde.

The above two mixed associations will become Zhao Dongyun's main armed forces in the customs!

And the rest of the main forces, including the 3rd Division, 10th Division and 1st Cavalry Brigade, are to withdraw from the customs!

In addition, because there are three patrol police camps in the area from Tangshan to Shanhaiguan, and according to the agreement between Zhao Dongyun and Wang Yingkai, Zhao Dongyun's troops stationed in the customs are two mixed associations, with a total force of no more than 10,000, and this total strength is not limited to the regular army, patrol battalions, patrol police battalions, etc. In short, no matter what name you use, as long as you carry a gun, it will be included. Therefore, Zhao Dongyun had to transfer the three patrol battalions back to the customs.

In the next few days, Zhao Dongyun was busy withdrawing from the army!

At the same time, Wang Yingkai, a master, also ushered in the most glorious moment in his life. On December 11, the sky in Beijing, the sky was extremely gloomy. Under the gray sky, Wang Yingkai hurriedly held the founding ceremony and stood on the altar of heaven and announced the establishment of the Republic of the Republic of China. At the same time, he was sworn in China. The first president of the Republic.

Looking at the photo of Wang Yingkai sworn in a presidential dress in the newspaper, Zhao Dongyun also showed a trace of envy. As a man, what is more fulfilling than building a new country?

No matter what Wang Yingkai will do before or in the future, just this move to create a republic is enough for him to wear the dazzling aura of the father of the republic!

After Wang Yingkai announced the establishment of the Republic of China, even before the first cabinet officially took office, the Beiyang Army, which had just changed the name of 'Central Army', conducted a large-scale military parade in Beijing. As soon as the parade was over, Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen led the First Army and the Second Army respectively to the south to prepare for the battle. The Northern Expeditionary Army of the Southern Federation!