January 7, 1923.
The strange movements of Qi Xieyuan in Huai Province had long been noticed by the great powers of various countries. The great powers that sensed the flames of war also sent warships to station in Shanghai in order to prevent the war from burning to the capital and affecting their own concessions.
At the Wusong Wharf in Baoshan, Shanghai, several warships are moored at the moment, including the Fuso Sea Wind destroyer, the Sam Vickers destroyer, the John Caledon light cruiser, the Gallic Tornado destroyer, and the Roman Lion destroyer... …etc.
"Woo! Woo! Woo!"
A dull whistle came, waking up the sailors stationed on the ship from their sweet dreams.
In the cabin of the cruiser Caledon, Navy Captain Charles got up cursing.
“Damn it, it’s a warship from that country that chose to dock at this time!”
Charles looked through the porthole and discovered that these were three warships that he had never heard of, and they had not yet flown the national flag. They were sailing upstream against the current.
On the deck of the destroyer Umikaze, Major Yoshino Akihata looked at the strange warships in front of him with a puzzled expression.
"It's really strange. An unknown warship without a flag is heading upstream. What is it doing?"
On the destroyer Mujiao, Deng Shichang calmly looked at the foreign warships moored at his dock one after another, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart.
This is the price of a weak country. The so-called protection of territorial waters from aggression is a joke.
Since the John State launched the Opium War in 1840 and used force, it marked the beginning of China's modern history of humiliation. Since then, foreign warships have been able to roam the rivers and rivers of China wantonly.
Later, the Western powers even began to use naval guns on warships to coerce the corrupt and incompetent China to declare dynasty and sign a series of unequal treaties that were humiliating and humiliating.
This situation lasted until the Battle of Crossing the River in 1949, when the Third Field Army of the Chinese Army fired artillery and damaged the frigate John's Amethyst.
This ended the "gunboat diplomacy" of John and other Western powers in China.
"Captain, this is an urgent message from the Commander-in-Chief."
Deng Shichang came back to his senses and took the note from the translator. After reading it, he crushed it and said:
"You call the commander-in-chief back and tell him that our three destroyers have entered the Yangtze River estuary and will definitely reach the target basin within two days."
"In addition, you can use lantern language to send signals to the two ships Kanglong and Cangrao, asking them to reduce their speed. Inland rivers are not as good as the sea. What's more, it is only 165 nautical miles from the mouth of the Yangtze River to Zhenjiang. It is not an urgent matter. There is a risk of running aground or running aground so soon.”
Two hours later, a military convoy was speeding down the bumpy dirt road outside Hangzhou.
Lu Xiaojia, who was sitting in the back seat, felt like her butt had been smashed, and couldn't help but curse.
"Damn it, when I get rich, labor and management will repair all the roads as soon as possible!"
"Little bastard, you killed Xu Fuliang a few days ago and completely pissed off Qi Xieyuan. I heard that he has been transporting troops to the riverside of Yangzhou City these days."
"Many soldiers and horses have already crossed the Yangtze River. It is said that there are 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers and horses in Liyang City alone now. Now that we are really going to fight Lao Qi from Huai Province, how are your soldiers doing? "
"And the three million I gave you last time, did you buy the arms? It's too late to buy them now. It will take a long time to transport them back from abroad."
Lu Yongxiang, who was sitting next to him, seemed a little uneasy. He kept asking questions along the way, which made Lu Xiaojia a little impatient now.
"Dad, can you have some confidence in me, your son? Not to mention Qi Xieyuan, who has only 70,000 to 80,000 troops. Even his eldest brother, Wu Xiucai, who has 120,000 direct troops, I still don't look down upon."
Just kidding, it's not an exaggeration to say that the mechanized infantry regiment provided by the system can easily defeat an army of hundreds of thousands in an open area.
Although the 1st Anhui Division and the 2nd Anhui Division have just completed the first phase of training, their ideological learning has just begun.
But the combat effectiveness is by no means comparable to that of warlords like China's warlords who only drink the blood of their soldiers.
Why did Lu Xiaojia tighten military discipline on the day of training and strictly prohibit drinking soldiers' blood to protect the interests of soldiers?
They also increased the soldiers' food, military pay, and even provided them with 150 silver dollars for their resettlement allowance. You must know that this is basically five times that of other warlord armies.
Because Lu Xiaojia understands people so well, you can't expect to pay an employee a salary of 5,000 yuan a month to make him obedient, obey your instructions, work hard for you as 007 every day, and pay 100,000 yuan for sudden death.
And this is especially true for today's era. What are people thinking about now?
It’s not a monthly income of 100,000 yuan, it’s not that complicated, it’s just a matter of eight words to have enough food and clothing with dignity!
Just by relying on him, he allows the soldiers to eat meat every day, wear brand-new military uniforms, let them live with dignity, and can give them 150 silver dollars for housing expenses.
Even if the ideological study of the 1st Anhui Division and the 2nd Anhui Division is still in its infancy, the military discipline, morale, and combat effectiveness of these soldiers are 50% higher than those of other warlords.
All this does not mention the huge advantages of weapons. Of course, the current combat literacy of these soldiers is not yet able to take advantage of all the advantages of these weapons.
After all, more than two months is indeed too short. You must know that many of the expeditionary forces back then were elites, and they had to undergo three months of intensive training in Sam Country.
But this has no impact at all. After all, beating Qi Xieyuan and using the training team is enough.
What's more, Lu Xiaojia also received news just now that the three destroyers had sailed into the seaport.
When all Qi Xieyuan's main forces arrive at the south bank of the Yangtze River, the warships will block the river.
Give him a way to catch a turtle in a jar, and then let the ground troops launch an offensive with the cooperation of bombers.
Just thinking about it makes me feel excited.
