Republic of China: Our great warlord has many children and many blessings

Ding Wei explained:"The president is like this. The Yunnan Army's military system is somewhat different from that of Beiyang.

(Echelon regiments are equivalent to brigades. In the military system of the Yunnan Army, during marching operations, brigades are changed to echelon regiments, and regiments are changed to echelon regiments. (For detachments), each echelon has two detachments."

Hearing this, Shen Hao suddenly realized

"One brigade, two regiments"

"He is such a president."

Shen Hao said:"To put it directly in terms of brigade, echelon and detachment sounds awkward."

""Yes," President

Ding Wei said:"If Cai E wants to attack Sichuan, he needs three elite brigades."

However, the Yunnan Yunnan Army only had two divisions and one brigade.

Tang Jirao would definitely not give so much.

That’s a lot for a brigade.

And Li Liejun threatened to take over our Guangdong and Guangxi. Huh, I don’t know where he got the confidence.

Don’t talk about our Guangdong and Guangxi.

Even Yuan Shikai's current army is difficult for them to compete with.

The Beiyang Elite has 12 divisions directly under the army, with a strength of more than 250,000. Compared with Tang Jirao and others, there is a huge disparity in military strength.

However, since Yuan Shikai ascended the throne, it is estimated that half of these troops cannot be commanded.

Our total strength alone is about 800,000, and we are well-equipped with land, sea and air. Li Liejun is simply hitting an egg against a stone."

Hearing this, Shen Hao nodded. Regarding Yunnan's strength, Shen Hao didn't take it seriously.

After all, no matter how strong he is, he can't compare to Shen Hao's strength.

Shen Hao said:"Tianfeng, what is the situation in Yunnan now? We can't fight. You must know yourself and your enemy, and intelligence must come first."

Wang Tianfeng said:"According to our intelligence, Tang Jirao, Cai E, and Li Liejun seem to have some differences.

Cai E's First Army, because there is no military pay, not only cannot the army move out, but even if they want to expand the army, there seems to be no progress because they have no money."

Hearing this, everyone was stunned. They all announced that they were going to rebel against Yuan Shikai, and they actually did it after a long time. There is no military pay.

How can we fight without military pay?

Shen Hao is a little surprised, is he so poor?

Li Yunlong said:"In that case, President, let me go, give me two divisions, and I can take Yunnan."

Ding Wei said:" It’s not your turn this time, Li Yunlong. You think so."

Kong Jie said,"That’s right, Lao Li, you are so shameless."

Seeing everyone quarreling again, Shen Hao said,"Leave this task to Ding. Great.

Don't grab it. There will be more opportunities in the future."

"Yes, President," several people said in unison;

Ding Wei was very excited.

He hurriedly pointed to the map and said:"President, Yuan Shikai ordered the establishment of the"Provisional Military Affairs Office for the Expedition of Yunnan". The troops divided into two groups and went south to crusade against the rebellion, and ordered Cao Kun to serve as two Commander-in-Chief of the Route Army.

The main force of Cao Kun's troops entered Yunnan from Sichuan, and the other flank entered Guizhou from Hunan to support Yunnan Province.

Yuan Shikai asked the president to march from Guangxi to Yunnan.

President, should we wait for them to attack Yunnan together, or should we do it ourselves?"

Looking at the map, Shen Hao narrowed his eyes.

"You mean, Cao Kun's main army entered Yunnan from Sichuan?

Ding Wei nodded and said,"Yes, President, what do you think?"

Shen Hao said:"My idea is very simple, that is to eat Cao Kun's main force. It just so happens that I have a little feud with him."

But I don’t hold grudges, and I will avenge them on the spot."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then became excited. Cao Kun’s main force was much more powerful than the Yunnan Army in Yunnan.

The equipment was also much better. Li Yunlong said:"President, I am Go ahead."

Kong Jie said:"Fart, I've been sitting on the bench for so long, it's my turn."

Jiang Daya said unconvinced,"It's my turn too. Without combat missions, my soldiers will rebel."

Li Yunlong said:"I can definitely take down Cao Kun."

Zhang Yidao:"I can do it too, President. I have many old subordinates in Sichuan, and I can also contribute." Looking at everyone's excited faces,

Shen Hao said:" Let's leave the matter of capturing Cao Kun to Kong Jie.

We will take action after Cao Kun enters Yunnan from Sichuan.

However, you can't be in a hurry. When the time comes, let Chen Yuli and Wai cooperate to deal with Cao Kun."

Li Yunlong's eyes lit up and he immediately understood what Shen Hao meant.

"President, what do you mean, after Cao Kun enters Yunnan, let Chen Chen announce that he will join the National Defense Army?

Shen Hao smiled and said,"You are really smart.""

"The president has said so, just let me, Lao Li, deal with Cao Kun."

"You see that Li Yunlong is really a dog. He pokes his nose and gets hurt. You think so well. I won’t give in this time." Kong Jie said;

Li Yunlong said:"Old Kong, just give it to me."

"What a beautiful idea (abbg), there is no such thing in the world."

Shen Hao said:"Okay, don't argue, just do what we said before.

Ding Wei was responsible for taking over Yunnan and dealing with Cao Kun, so he left it to Kong Jie." (To read exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

"Yes, President"

"Prepare immediately to enter Yunnan from Guangxi in three days"

""Yes, President" lacked military pay, which prevented Cai E's First Army from starting.

So Cai E went everywhere to raise military pay.

Soon, the Chief of Staff of the First Army, Luo Peijin, borrowed 110,000 yuan of public funds and It was lent to the First Army as a departure fee, which was also the fund of the Huguo Bank that would follow the First Army.

Then, Cai E began to order the expansion of the National Protector Army to officially begin.

It was decided to move the Yunnan Army that had moved to the Yunnan border. The first and seventh infantry regiments were organized into the first brigade of the first national defense army, and Liu Yunfeng was appointed as the brigade commander. Deng Taizhong, the former commander of the first infantry regiment, and Yang Zhen, the commander of the seventh infantry regiment, were appointed as the first brigade. , commander of the second regiment.

Zhao Youxin was also appointed commander of the second brigade of the First Army, commanding the third and fourth regiments, with Dong Hongxun and He Haiqing as the third and fourth regiments.

However, because he wanted to attack Sichuan, Cai Cai E needs at least three elite brigades.

But two brigades are already the limit of Tang Jirao.

After all, Yunnan is the base camp that also needs to be protected.

Cai E only has two brigades and has no troops to mobilize. The third brigade has been delayed. The First Army, which was quickly formed and located in Kunming, was delayed in setting off.

The Second Army of Protecting the Country, with Li Liejun as commander-in-chief, also prepared three brigades because there were no troops to form.

The Yunnan Army only had two divisions and one brigade. The army was completely insufficient to meet the needs of the National Defense Army's three-way deployment plan and the entire National Defense War.

Tang Jirao also felt deeply pressured.

So, Tang Jirao, Cai E, and Li Liejun combined, and the recruitment was imminent.

But there were The new question is, where is the money?

There is a huge lack of funds to support this war. Where can they get the money? They are not as wealthy as Shen Hao.

Yunnan is located in the southwest and is very remote. The total income is not enough to cover expenses.

Yunnan is extremely poor. It is still difficult to raise troops.

The total military expenditure of Yunnan in the Republic of China was only about 2.4 million yuan. In order to carry out the war, Tang Jiyao and others misappropriated salt tax and other income, and also raised funds, and raised a total of more than 2 million yuan in military expenditure.

These military expenditures It was slow to come, so Tang Jiyao simply allocated 1 million silver dollars (a total of 2 million) from the Yunnan Branch of the Bank of China (originally Shanghai Daqing Bank, renamed in 1912).

Intense recruitment and expansion work was immediately carried out in the Yunnan Dudu Mansion. The Yunnan Governor's Office set up a recruitment office in the provincial capital Kunming, appointed Ma Weilin as the director, and mobilized a large number of recruiters to go to various counties in Yunnan to recruit new soldiers.

In addition to first recruiting former retired officers and soldiers, a large number of young and middle-aged farmers were also recruited from the countryside. Enlisted in the army; quickly organized 20 new infantry regiments, one regiment each of artillery and cavalry, and two regiments of guard corps; bringing the total number of the National Guard Army to 28 regiments of infantry, two regiments each of artillery and cavalry, and four regiments of guard corps. There are a total of thirty-six regiments and several independent companies.

There are more than 80,000 people in total.

But only 20,000 people are considered trained. Most of the others are recruits recruited from rural areas, and some do not even have guns.

Yunnan is so poor. , Recruiting so many people at once is a huge financial pressure.

Once it is delayed for two months, without Shen Hao, Tang Jirao and others will directly collapse because they cannot pay military pay.