Crimson Dawn

"Duan Qirui did a lot of harm in Shanxi. If he surrenders, we have to guarantee Duan Qirui's personal safety. It's better to go into Shanxi, capture him and kill him. That's an explanation to the people. It can be regarded as an explanation for the brothers who rebelled in Boxer Boxing before." Hua Xiongmao said to Chai Qingguo.

Wu Xingchen remained silent all the time. Hearing what Hua Xiongmao said, he couldn't help but say, "Minister Hua, it's over after the Boxer Fist fails. The current revolution has nothing to do with Boxer Boxing. Even if we don't let Duan Qirui, so many Hebei soldiers of the Beiyang Army just obeyed orders to eat. It would be good for everyone if they could surrender. Even if Duan Qirui is eliminated, it is best to only eliminate Duan Qirui and his die-hard members."

Hua Xiongmao actually wants to fight. Although he is called the Minister of Defense, he is in charge of military orders.However, the functions and powers of the Ministry of National Defense are increasingly being taken away by the Military Commission, the General Political Department, the General Staff, and the General Logistics Department.The Department of Defense has increasingly become a figurehead.Faced with such changes, Hua Xiongmao became more and more anxious, and when he was anxious, he naturally became impetuous, and there were more and more things about speaking gaffes.

However, the opinions of the Military Commission were easily unified. Everyone first asked Chen Ke when and how long the Russian Civil War in the north would last.Chen Ke knew that 1919 was a very difficult period for Comrade Lenin in history. At that time, he called out to the Beiyang government at that time and began to fool the Beiyang government.But in this time and space, Chen Ke couldn't guarantee what would happen.The parameter of the People's Party is too variable, so let's talk about it in a small way.Historically, Russia also had an army composed of Chinese laborers in Russia, numbering tens of thousands.Due to the emergence of the People's Party, there has not been a large-scale movement of Chinese people to work in Russia.Needless to say, it is definitely impossible for this Chinese ** regiment to appear in the battle order of the Bolsheviks of the Soviet Communist Party.

Seeing Chen Ke's hesitation, Hua Xiongmao simply asked: "Chairman Chen, when do you think we must reach the border at the latest."

Now Chen Ke had no choice but to answer: "Today, one year from now at the latest."

"One year?" The comrades of the Military Commission looked at each other. On the basis of clear strategic expectations, the attackers easily reached a consensus, "Try to solve Duan Qirui in half a year, and control the border line in half a year. And Push the border north to where we want it to be."

"The problem in the frontier is not about fighting, but whether it can be stabilized." Chen Ke has let the comrades of the Military Commission do it, and he only cares about strategic planning.Now in the actual battle command, Chen Ke believes that he can at most rank in the top [-].

"That means the railway needs to be built?" For the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, this was not even an idea, but just common sense.

During the break in the meeting, Hua Xiongmao approached Chen Ke, "Chairman Chen, I think Comrade Wu Xingchen can now be the Minister of Defense."

Chen Ke could understand Hua Xiongmao's thoughts. Among the many senior commanders, Hua Xiongmao's military achievements can be said to be the lowest, "Then what do you want to do?"

"Before I became Minister of Defense, I had at most one division commander. I can still be a division commander." Hua Xiongmao replied.

"Zheng Lan, you are cunning enough." Chen Ke couldn't help laughing out loud, "I think you can be an army commander."

Seeing that Chen Ke agreed with his idea, Hua Xiongmao immediately replied excitedly: "Army commanders and division commanders are fine, but let me fight. Otherwise, I will sit with everyone, and I feel ashamed."

"How about going to Inner Mongolia?" Chen Ke asked.

"No problem." Hua Xiongmao happily agreed when he heard that there was finally a battle to fight.

As a result, after the break, Hua Xiongmao put forward his own ideas. The comrades in the Military Commission are not smart people, and they can understand what's going on as soon as they hear it.Wu Xingchen didn't want to be the Minister of Defense either. Such a well-known position with few actual jobs was really not attractive.He suggested: "How about we let Comrade Pu Guanshui be the Minister of Defense?"

As the commander of the Northeast Military Region, how could Pu Guanshui be interested in the Minister of Defense? He immediately gave in and said, "I think Comrade Wu Xingchen or Comrade Chai Qingguo are suitable. I am really not suitable."

A group of people refused to be the Minister of Defense. At this time, everyone remembered the benefits of others and began to strongly recommend each other.It is really impossible to recommend. After seven or eight comrades recommended Xiong Mingyang, Xiong Mingyang put forward a nonsense suggestion out of desperation, "Let's draw lots."

Chen Ke almost went up and kicked Xiong Mingyang angrily. Even if he didn't value the position of Minister of Defense any more, it would not be his turn to use lottery to decide this position.Is this the choice of spokesmen by the army chiefs, or is the organized revolutionary army selecting cadres?

Finally, Chen Ke suddenly thought of a good candidate, "Should we make Comrade Yan Fu Minister of Defense?"

This suggestion was immediately approved by everyone in the Military Commission. Yan Fu was in Fuzhou to rectify the navy and did not attend this meeting.Moreover, Yan Fu became the Minister of National Defense. In addition to having sufficient qualifications and reputation, he can also reassure the Beiyang navy that has defected to him, and it will also have a very positive effect on recruiting the Beiyang army in the future.

Hua Xiongmao got his wish and became the commander of the army, responsible for marching into Inner Mongolia along the Beijing-Suizhou line.Mu Husan is preparing to march into the eastern part of Outer Mongolia and Nerchinsk, and Chai Qingguo is in charge of marching into Shanxi from the east.Before the military strike, the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants implemented a final persuasion to Duan Qirui's troops in Beiyang.

If you want to persuade Duan Qirui to surrender, the best candidate is Wang Shizhen.Duan Qirui may not even be able to talk about how loyal he is to Yuan Shikai, but he almost obeys Wang Shizhen.At least when he encountered trouble, he was still willing to listen to Wang Shizhen's advice.The Military Commission immediately ordered the comrades in Hebei to persuade Wang Shizhen to help.

Li Runshi, the acting secretary of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee, immediately paid a visit in person.

Beijing is now also engaged in large-scale construction projects, and is making every effort to build residential quarters.The southern part of Beijing, which is dominated by the poor, has now become a large construction site, while the residential areas of the rich in the north have not been moved for the time being.Wang Shizhen's family lives in this area.

Although there was no time for community construction, the neighborhood committees and owners' committees started construction anyway. When Li Runshi saw Wang Shizhen, the old man was sweeping the street with a big broom.According to the recommendations of the neighborhood committee, every family has to contribute labor to sweep the streets.At this time, the living standards of the people are not high, and it is obviously not yet time to establish a property industry.Li Runshi admired Wang Shizhen sweeping the floor.Wang Shizhen's sweeping was not very clean, but Wang Shizhen swept every place on the street.

Li Runshi didn't care so much, he picked up an idle broom next to him and joined the ranks of labor.The two obviously had very consistent attitudes towards sweeping the floor. The alley was swept from one end to the other, without a single dead corner, and there was no place that was very different from others.After sweeping the first time, the two of them tacitly filled up some places that needed to be cleaned again.

Wang Shizhen put away the broom and said to Li Runshi, "Excuse me, this is..."

Li Runshi quickly replied: "My servant, Li Runshi, is the current Secretary of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee."

"Oh." Wang Shizhen sized up Li Runshi before saying, "Please go inside and have a drink of water."

After sitting down in the room, Li Runshi directly told Wang Shizhen the intention of his visit, and Wang Shizhen was not surprised, "Chen Ke asked the old man to persuade Duan Qirui to surrender. Isn't Chen Ke afraid that Duan Qirui will resist after knowing the news?"

Li Runshi explained: "If we directly persuade Duan Qirui to surrender, I'm afraid he will resist. If the prince is willing to come forward, those who are willing to fight will naturally fight, but those who want to surrender will surrender if they want to."

Of course Wang Shizhen knew the meaning of Li Runshi's words. He said politely: "I know the reason for your visit. Let me think about it for three days, and I will give you an answer in three days."

After Li Runshi left, Wang Shizhen closed the gate and sat under the eaves of the courtyard. He knew very well that if Duan Qirui didn't surrender, he would definitely end badly.When Wang Shizhen persuaded Duan Qirui to retreat to Shanxi, he knew that Duan Qirui really wanted to annex the world, and Wang Shizhen didn't think the People's Party was so powerful.

However, as before, Wang Shizhen misjudged the strategic direction of the People's Party.He thought that the People's Party would pursue Duan Qirui, but he didn't expect that the People's Party let Duan Qirui go, and instead fought with the Japanese in the Northeast, driving Japan out of Northeast China.

This time, even though she still doesn't like the People's Party, Wang Shizhen has to admit that the People's Party does have the heart of an emperor.Similarly, Wang Shizhen also saw Chen Ke's usual treachery and cunning.After Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao at Guandu, he did not march into Hebei.Instead, he waited for a struggle within Yuan Shao's group, and after Yuan Shao's death, Hebei was in chaos, and Cao Cao easily took Hebei.Chen Ke is undoubtedly the same.

The People's Party first defeated Japan, colluded with the United States, and joined the Allied Powers.While solving the biggest external trouble, Duan Qirui's department in the northwest has fallen into great chaos.

After fleeing to Shanxi, Duan Qirui thought that the People's Party would take advantage of the victory and pursue it, so he could only vigorously expand its army and prepare for war.As a result, the People's Party stood still, and Duan Qirui soon fell into a financial crisis.Not only did the governors of the northwest provinces fail to unite, but internal conflicts intensified.Fortunately, Duan Qirui still has a strong wrist. He suddenly swung his army into Shaanxi and seized control of Shaanxi.With the land of Shanxi and Shanxi provinces, Duan Qirui can stabilize his situation.

Wang Shizhen could see clearly that the war between the People's Party and the northwestern provinces of Beiyang had already been won or lost before it was fought.In terms of military strength, equipment, training, and even local control, the People's Party completely overwhelmed Duan Qirui.If the People's Party really persuaded them to surrender, it would be a good opportunity for Duan Qirui and those people in Beiyang.

But some things still make Wang Shizhen feel uneasy.The killing of Cai Yuanpei has caused a sensation all over the world, and Duan Qirui has blood on his hands. If the People's Party pursues Cai Yuanpei as it did, Duan Qirui will definitely not survive.Whether the People's Party will pardon Duan Qirui's crimes, Wang Shizhen is very worried.