Years of the Republic of China 1913

In the early days of the Republic of China, there were three kinds of places. First, there were many parties. After the Revolution of [-], various parties and factions sprung up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. There are so many parties, and the relationship between the various parties is intricate. The identities of more than a dozen parties are not in the minority.The second update of the biography is that there are many military leaders. After the Manchu abdication, from the overall situation, the Beiyang Department and the Southern Revolutionary Party New Army Department are the main ones. In addition to these two systems, there are also a lot of messy troops, such as Zhang Xun This is not only the case in Shandong, but also in other provinces, especially in the southwest region.The third is that there are many bandits among the people. Ganzi from Shandong, Huzi from Northeast, Nianzi from Hebei, and Bai Lang who made half of China uneasy a while ago are all serious local problems.

This time when he came to Shandong, Fang Zida specifically explained to Wang Xiaozhen that the real reason for pulling the soldiers out to suppress the bandits was to let the [-]th Division grow up as soon as possible in actual combat and become a usable elite. Second, he suddenly remembered the Republic of China on the train. The early big Shandong case, the Sun Meiyao train kidnapping case.This case was a sensation, and its influence was not only in China, because the kidnapping targets were almost all foreigners, and it caused a great uproar in the world.Fang Zida couldn't remember whether he saw this incident in a third-rate magazine or a story club at the train station, but the content of the story left a deep impression on him.Of course, at this time Sun Meiyao was still serving as his wife in Zaozhuang, and she wasn't the big brother Baodugu who would run across more than ten counties in the future.But the poles in Shandong are rampant, this is an undeniable fact, if you want the place to be peaceful, you must clean it up.

Wang Xiaozhen quickly started to encircle and suppress these poles. Before Fang Zida left, he sent a group of people to clean up the surrounding area of ​​Jinan, and, according to Fang Zida's request, he also made a detailed encirclement and suppression plan. The various regiments and battalions launched a sweeping raid on all poles in Shandong.Try to completely solve this problem that plagues the local government within one year.

Wang Xiaozhen was very satisfied with being Fang Zida after a while. Fang Zida was very concerned about the now strong Eighth Division and the established Fifteenth Division.Although.Huang Kaiyuan and Wang Xiaozhen are not suitable to be the leader of a division in terms of personal ability, but they have one important thing in common, that is, obedience!Between ability and obedience, Fang Zida would rather use the latter.So that he can control these two troops remotely.Sometimes, Fang Zida himself sighed, why do so many famous heroes in history always like to use villains to lead their troops? Could it be that their vision is so bad?When it happened to him, Fang Zida understood the real reason. &&Sometimes it is helpless to do so. At least until some qualified soldiers are trained, it is the best choice to use people who can grasp and be obedient to control the army.

Before and after, Fang Zida stayed in Jinan for three days, and soon continued to drive south.When he came to Nanjing, he suddenly saw a familiar figure among the crowd welcoming him.Can't help being surprised.

"Fujita-kun. Why are you here?" This person is none other than Ichiro Fujita. It stands to reason that this guy should stay in Beijing. Why did he appear in Nanjing?

"Fang Sang, I thought you would go directly to Nanjing first, but I didn't expect to stay in Shandong for a few days. If I knew this, I would get off in Jinan and come with you." Ichiro Fujita served in the Eighth Division Speaking of which, arriving in Nanjing can be regarded as returning to my hometown.Immediately said with a smile.

After listening to the explanation, Fang Zida suddenly realized that it was the second day after Fang Zida left Beijing.Fujita Ichiro also traveled south by car.However, he didn't know that Fang Zida stopped in Shandong, but went directly to Nanjing as the first stop.After arriving in Nanjing, I found several colleagues from the Eighth Division and found out that Fang Zida was still in Shandong after inquiring.

"What do you want from me?" Fujita Ichiro chased him from Beijing to here, what else did Fang Zida not understand?Immediately asked with a smile.

"Hi! Fang Sang's eyes are so bright!" Fujita raised his thumb and grinned, "I received a telegram from Tokyo not long after you left, and Tokyo has already decided on the cooperation for the next meeting. In the next few days, there will be A group of heads of business circles and financial groups from Japan have arrived in Hai, if it is convenient for Fang Sang, isn't it...?"

"Hehe, what's so inconvenient?" Fang Zida smiled and said, "It's a good thing to do business, and it's something I promised you. Now that you're all ready, let's pick a time to talk. However, I I’m afraid I’ll have to stay in Nanjing for a few more days before I can go to the sea, Mr. Fujita, please say hello to friends in the business circles of your country first, and welcome them when I get to the sea!”

"Hi!"

Fujita Ichiro showed joy and bowed quickly.Fang Zida smiled and waved his hands, turned around and nodded to Huang Kaiyuan and others who came to pick him up, and a large group of people left the station quickly.

Similar to the situation in the [-]th Division in Shandong, Fang Zida came to the headquarters of the [-]th Division to understand the situation first, and then briefed them on the Ministry of National Defense's plan to expand the division into an army.Compared with the [-]th Division, the situation of the [-]th Division put Fang Zida at ease. Apart from encouraging Huang Kaiyuan and others not to relax their training and to lead their troops well, there was no warning. Everything was going on in a harmonious and happy atmosphere.

"Ziyu, I met Mr. Cao in the capital a while ago, you old leader is not easy!"

Seeing Wu Peifu, Fang Zida couldn't help thinking of Cao Kun, and talked to him with a smile.

"Hehe, look at brother Zhang Ming's expression, did he suffer from brother Zhong San?" Wu Peifu asked with a smile.

Fang Zida nodded. Of course, he would not mention the things that Cao Kun tried to test him. He just picked out the thing that forced him to drink at the banquet, which made Wu Peifu laugh out loud.

"Zhong San is like this. Although he is usually careless, in fact, he has a lot of troubles in his stomach. If you don't pay attention, you will get into his tricks. But then again, Zhong San is still a good person. He is loyal. Enough friends, you will know after a long time." Wu Peifu explained a few words cheerfully, it seems that he still has a good impression of Cao Kun, after all, he has been serving under Cao Kun all these years, and Cao Kun knows him well Grace.

Frowning slightly, Fang Zida soon looked normal, and laughed together with Wu Peifu.He deliberately singled out the matter of Cao Kun, mainly because he wanted to see Wu Peifu's reaction. It seems that Wu Peifu still has deep feelings for Cao Kun, but it can also be seen that Wu Peifu didn't know about Cao Kun testing himself. , This made Fang Zida a little uncomfortable, but at the same time he relaxed a lot.

"Ziyu, I want to ask you a question." Fang Zida said suddenly in front of Huang Kaiyuan.

Wu Peifu was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly said that he didn't dare to say anything. He was also curious about what Fang Zida wanted to ask him.

"Ziyu is good at using troops, and he is a rare general in our army. From Ziyu's point of view, how far is there between the National Defense Force of the Republic of China and the world powers?"

This topic is too big. Although Wu Peifu is proud that the soldiers he brings out will never be much worse than the armies of the great powers, war is not only based on the individual ability of soldiers or the combat effectiveness of an army, but the overall performance .Take the Eighth Division as an example, the current Eighth Division has strong soldiers and horses, and after changing their costumes, both their mental outlook and weapon firepower have improved by more than one level.The quality of individual soldiers is no less than that of the armies of Britain and France, and even the German soldier Wu Peifu dares to compare.But on the whole, there is still a big disadvantage. Apart from other things, it is just the artillery, and the armies of the western powers are too strong.

Wu Peifu thought for a while before expressing his opinion cautiously.Fang Zida nodded slightly after hearing this, and didn't say much, but asked again: "Aside from these, what about the application of tactics?"

"I'm afraid it's not as good as it is. After all, our National Defense Forces have never fought against the armies of the great powers. The exact difference will only be known after fighting." Wu Peifu replied realistically.

"Ziyu, you underestimate us too much. We Chinese are the ancestors of those foreign devils in terms of the art of war. We are not as good as them in weapons. How can we be better in terms of military use? Foreigners also have one head and two legs. If we really fight, whoever is afraid of whom!" Unconvinced, Huang Kaiyuan interjected, seemingly disapproving of Wu Peifu's words that arouse others' ambition.

For Huang Kaiyuan, although Wu Peifu respected him on weekdays, he didn't value him very much. In his eyes, Huang Kaiyuan had no strengths other than being loyal to Fang Zida.Hearing what Huang Kaiyuan said, Wu Peifu was secretly amused. The Chinese are indeed the ancestors of the art of war. When the Chinese studied the art of war and "Sun Tzu's Art of War" was published, the western powers had just come out of the cave wearing animal skins. Far worse than that.Can strategy and tactics be the same thing?Huang Kaiyuan's words seemed to make sense, but in the ears of a knowledgeable person, he would laugh out loud.

Fang Zida's stomach was also secretly amused, but Huang Kai's words could be regarded as eminent to himself, Fang Zida did not deliberately correct him.

"Now that the war in Europe is getting bigger and bigger, how does Yi Ziyu feel about it?"

"It's hard to say..." Wu Peifu shook his head: "I have been paying attention to the European War since the beginning, and learned a lot of new tactics from it, but after all, I learned a lot of news from the newspapers, and I didn't know the real situation. It is inconvenient to answer. However, regarding the warring parties, I am a little worried about Germany, and I think Germany is likely to lose."

"Oh, why is Ziyu making such a judgment?" Fang Zida raised his spirits and asked hastily.

"Germany is so powerful that since the war started, France has been almost wiped out by Germany. It was not until a few days ago with the help of Britain that it desperately defended the line of defense. Now all countries in the world are optimistic about Germany, but they forget that Germany is now two countries. Fighting on the front line, there are strong enemies in the east and west, this is a big taboo for military strategists! If the troops are scattered and look at the head and the tail, once the stalemate is too long, there will be serious troubles."

"Ziyu is very knowledgeable!" Fang Zida praised, and then asked with a smile: "Ziyu, do you want to go to Europe to see it? Learn the skills of the warring countries?"

Wu Peifu was startled and stood up uncontrollably.To be continued. .