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Chapter 530 Confrontation

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    At this time, Xiao Yao's 25th Division in the south was stationed in Yunmeng, Anlu, Xiaochang and other places. Feng Yuxiang's 11th Division took Suizhou, Guangshui, Dawu, Hong'an, Macheng and other places in northern Hubei to confront the 5th Division in Xiaogan.  , Huangpi area.  The Northwest People's Army is backed by the Han River, with Zhongxiang in the west, along Jingshan - Yingcheng - Xiaogan - Huangpi and Hexi, and in the east by Huanggang, an important town in the north of the Yangtze River.

    On the southern front, the main force of the 4th Division of the People's Army joined forces with the 1st Division, 8th Division, and 18th Division of the Hubei Army on the front line. Led by Han Linchun, they deployed defenses along the south of the Yangtze River and defended heavily at Puqi.  The Hunan army formed a stalemate.  A mixed brigade directly related to Jin Yunyu left the battlefield and stationed troops in Jiangxia.

    The situation is not favorable to the People's Army, at least the People's Army does not have enough soldiers to suppress the opponent.

    In the early Republic of China, a division consisted of 2 brigades and 4 regiments. The division also had 1 cavalry regiment and 1 artillery regiment, with about 11,000 to 14,000 people.  Due to lack of equipment, many artillery regiments were left without artillery and cavalry regiments without horses, especially local troops.  Due to limited financial resources, some troops are not full of personnel.  The People's Army inherited the organization of the Feng Army adapted from Zhang Hanqing. Except for some newly formed divisions that were only equipped to artillery battalions, the artillery regiments and cavalry regiments of the Feng Army were genuine.  For example, the artillery unit of the 1st Division of the Northwest People's Army, which inherited the old 1st Division, was full of regiments at first, and then merged two independent artillery battalions, plus hundreds of newly manufactured mountain guns from the Shenyang Arsenal to enrich each division. Except for the cavalry division, most of them  The structure of the divisional artillery regiment was realized.

    Before entering Hubei, the People¡¯s Army used Lanzhou and Xi¡¯an as its base camps. Now, Wuhan has become the new political and military center of the People¡¯s Army due to its superior geographical location.  Since Wu Peifu did not even use troops for such a major event as the attack on Wang Zhanyuan, he would not intervene in Shaanxi and Gansu unless the Zhifeng War broke out.  In this way, it becomes possible to mobilize troops from the northwest into Hubei to relieve the shortage of the People's Army.  Under this consideration, the main force of the 1st Division of the People's Army was ordered to go south and join the military confrontation.

    Soon after, a brigade of the 1st Division joined forces with the 4th Division, forming a military group of more than 20,000 people north of the Yangtze River (a cavalry division has only 8,000 people according to its establishment).

    These troops control 3 divisions, 3 mixed brigades of the Hubei Army, as well as 2 divisions of the direct army (Xiao Yaonan 25th Division, Feng Yuxiang 11th Division), and 1 mixed brigade (Jin Yun'e), a total of more than 30,000 people.  Downwind.  Because the Hubei Army's biggest enemy is currently the Hunan Army, and the People's Army has the superior firepower of two artillery regiments, so on the surface the People's Army is small in number, but considering the fierce firepower, the advantage of the enemy's large number of people is roughly offset.

    Zhang Hanqing solved Liu Xiang of Sichuan, and then dealt with Zhao Hengti of Hunan as a priority.  Taking advantage of the stalemate between the North Route Army, the 1st and 4th elite People's Army Divisions and the 2nd, 8th and 18th Hubei Divisions simultaneously launched an offensive against the Hunan Army.  Under the siege of five armies, the Hunan Army was defeated. Zhao Hengti knew that nothing could be done and repeatedly begged for mercy. The last benefit was not obtained from Hubei. Instead, the People's Army and the Hubei Army were stationed in Yueyang and occupied Peking University in Hunan.  Door.

    With the foreign aggression removed, Hubei Province¡¯s autonomy agenda is also on the table.  Zhang Hanqing only left the 1st Division stationed in key places such as Hankou, Wuchang, and Xiangfan, and stationed the 4th Cavalry Division in Yueyang, Hunan Province. This was regarded as fulfilling the previously electrified People's Army's vow to leave a division in Hubei.

    "But Zhang Hanqing will not make wedding clothes for others in vain.  He called the central government to "please" organize Wang Jinshan's 3rd Mixed Brigade and Zhao Ronghua's 18th Mixed Brigade into the Hubei First Division, with Zhao Ronghua as the division commander, stationed in Yichang, and take over Jingzhou, which is regarded as a part of the People's Army.  A side branch.  The remaining troops were reorganized into the Hubei Armed Police Corps, and of course they were all reorganized by personnel sent by the People's Army.  Except for the 1st Division, Hubei will no longer maintain troops in order to realize the declaration of autonomy for the Hubei people.

    Later, Wang Ruqin of the 8th Division stationed in Sha City was dismissed from his post as commander of the 8th Division and was transferred to the nominal Yangtze River Patrol Envoy on the grounds that he committed robberies and failed to discipline him. The remaining commander of the 8th Division was replaced by Sun Chuanfang, the former commander of the 18th Division.  , and appointed Sun Chuanfang to concurrently serve as the commander-in-chief of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

    Sun Chuanfang is also a great hero in the future in official history. Although he is unwilling to stay under others for a long time, he is also a person who adapts to the wind and is good at observing the situation.  Seeing that the power of the Feng clique has reached half of the country and has the power of the central government, which is difficult for all parties to match, he tried his best to claim credit for Zhang Hanqing and worked very hard in dealing with Wang Ruqin.  Wang Ruqin had few troops. Under the coercion of Zhao, Wu and the superior troops of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division of the People's Army, he had no choice but to give up his command.

    Zhang Hanqing was very familiar with Sun Chuanfang's name. By transferring him from the 18th Division to the 8th Division, and placing the headquarters of the Upper Yangtze River Headquarters in Jiujiang in the form of a central telegraph order, Sun Chuanfang's traditional power was weakened.  Put an end to its influence in Hubei.  On the other hand, it also suppressed the possible support of the Jiangxi Chen Tiaoyuan Department for the Zhili Clique, which could be described as killing two birds with one stone.

    The 2nd Division under Wang Zhanyuan was revoked and merged with the original part of the 18th Hubei Division to form the 7th Division of the People's Army, with Ji Yiqiao concurrently serving as the division commander.  The remaining part of the 18th Division was integrated into the 4th Cavalry Division of the People's Army¡ª¡ªAs the vehicles were gradually equipped with the Fengjun??Zhang Hanqing had already planned to gradually reduce the proportion of cavalry in the army.  Although these cavalry made great contributions to the People's Army's assault, the long-distance raids in the past few days still exposed a major problem: in terms of long-term long-distance combat, horses are still not as durable as humans.  If conditions permit, it is better to implement mechanization.

    The 4th Cavalry Division equipped part of the cavalry regiments to the Shaanxi 5th and 6th Divisions and the Hubei 1st Division. These veterans of the People's Army who had fought with Zhang Hanqing for a long time were both constraints and direct constraints for the newly formed Shaanxi and Hubei garrisons.  Influence.

    Therefore, Zhang Hanqing controlled several provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu and Hubei. He had 8 divisions of the People's Army with more than 100,000 troops. He also directly controlled 2 divisions in Hubei and 2 brigades of the Zhili Army. His total strength was no less than that of the Zhili Clique, slightly less than  Fengxue.  In this way, "Northern Feng" and "Southern Feng" (People's Army) together accounted for nearly half of China's army at that time.

    At this time, the Northeastern Fengjun Army had completed the establishment of 9 division-affiliated artillery regiments, and formed another 3 independent artillery regiments. The Fengjun Army divisions became the only effective forces among all forces in the Republic of China that were not inferior to the Japanese regular divisions in terms of division-level firepower configuration.  .  By the end of 1921, Fengjun had formed 2 seaplane squadrons (12 aircraft each), 1 land aircraft squadron, and 1 reconnaissance aircraft squadron (4 aircraft). The booming air power was daunting to all parties.

    As a gradually growing military strategist, Zhang Hanqing spent so much energy to win Hubei not only to make it "autonomous", but to obtain political, economic and even strategic benefits is the first element.  It's not that Zhang Hanqing doesn't care about people's livelihood, but that the task of unifying China is completed faster now, so that China's culture and people's livelihood are qualified for development.

    For the military, Wuhan has the famous Hanyang Arsenal in China, ranking only below the Shenyang Arsenal.  The "Made in Hanyang" rifle during the Sino-foreign Anti-Japanese War was the best standard weapon that the Chinese anti-Japanese military and civilians could not find. Although it may not be very good in itself, it must be considered that it is in China.

    After settling the situation, Zhang Hanqing took the time to take a look at the Hanyang Arsenal, which he wanted to rely on as the capital of the "revolution". However, he was disappointed at first glance.

    Relying on the benefits of the Han River, the Hanyang Arsenal was able to manufacture rifles, machine guns, mortars and various types of shells and bullets. Among the three major arsenals in old China, their important position was still above the Taiyuan Arsenal.  However, due to financial problems at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Hanyang Arsenal ceased operations of the gun mount, gun factory, shells, cast bullets, and copper shell factories. In fact, the manufacturing of mountain guns had stopped.

    It was destroyed again during the Revolution of 1911. In 1915, Yuan Shikai was afraid that the power of gun and ammunition production would fall into the hands of the southern revolutionaries, so he transferred the gun-making machinery and technical backbone to the Gongxian Arsenal in Henan, causing the current Hanyang Arsenal to decline day by day.

    "But Zhang Hanqing still wants to take a look. After all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse?  Maybe there will be something available.  However, after going there in person, the young marshal was inevitably disgusted: the equipment was simple and the workmanship was rough. It was impossible to believe that this was the famous Hanyang Arsenal in history?  No wonder "Made in Hanyang" was used to explain the poor equipment of the Chinese army during the Anti-Japanese War. It really lived up to its reputation!

    The Shenyang Arsenal has now achieved a monthly production capacity of 15 cannons, 30 mortars, 36 machine guns, 1,000 rifles, 10,000 artillery shells, and 100,000 rounds of bullets. It was the largest in China at the time and one of the best in Asia.  ordnance factory.  Of course, the main force now is to build artillery - for Zhang Hanqing's military reform, artillery is currently the most important.

    ?Compared with the Shenyang Arsenal, this place can be regarded as a step back from modernization to primitive society.

    Such an arsenal cannot meet the combat mission of the People's Army under any circumstances.  He was depressed when he thought that the equipment replenishment for his eight divisions had to be transported thousands of miles from the Northeast to Yinchuan, Lanzhou, Xi'an and then to Wuhan via the Guisui people.  Since the Wuhan Arsenal has been acquired by yourself, let's regenerate it from scratch.

    Wuhan is a gathering place for all parties and is rich in materials. In addition, Zhang Hanqing has financial support and the Shenyang Arsenal¡¯s selfless assistance. Building China¡¯s first-class arsenal is not a problem.  But another problem arises: some machines are huge and bloated, how to transport them?  The important communication lines with the north, Jinghan and Jinpu, all pass through the Zhili territory. When these important strategic materials catch their eyes, are they just trying to beat a dog with a meat bun?

    There is a way to solve the People's Army's problems, and that is to use the convenience of Yangtze River shipping to transport equipment from the Shenyang Arsenal to the Hanyang Arsenal, so that it can regain the ability to independently produce guns and ammunition.  This can solve the problem of the People's Army's self-sufficiency in equipment, and can put the direct line beyond its reach. The cost of shipping is much less than that of railways and highways. Otherwise, it would be such a long journey from the northeast to Chahar, Suiyuan, Shaanxi, and Hubei.  The journey and the many harsh terrains in between damaged the good machine.

    Of course, in addition to investing heavily in rebuilding the arsenal, Zhang Hanqing is also focused on the trend after Hubei's autonomy.  According to the agreement, Zhang Hanqing's People's Army could only station one division in Hubei. Wu Peifu also used this as an excuse to keep the direct troops in Hubei. If this situation is not broken, the People's Army will be extremely passive.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)The direct troops will stay in Hubei and will not leave. If this situation is not broken, the People's Army will be extremely passive.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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