About two months later, on December 1, 1923, in the Marshal's Mansion in Fengcheng, the Three Eastern Provinces.
A man in military uniform, about 1.6 meters tall, who looked a bit gentle and like a scholar, was sitting in the main seat, looking at the Fengjun generals on both sides of the conference table.
"Wu Peifa's direct troops have been provoking troubles at Erlang Temple recently. I, Lao Zhang, have been on the edge of a knife until today. Do you think we can still tolerate it?"
That's right, this is none other than Zhang Yulin, the commander-in-chief of the Fengjun Army who is powerful in the Northeast and dominates the three armies.
The current patrol envoy to the three northeastern provinces, later nicknamed "Army and Navy Marshal" and "Northeast King"
Don't be fooled by his appearance, although Zhang Yulin looks gentle and gentle.
In fact, his character is very brave and strong, and he is a strong man with courage and perseverance.
Since the disastrous defeat in the first Zhili-Fengtian war, Zhang Yulin has retreated outside the customs and has been waiting for an opportunity to return to the customs. This time he decided to attack in advance.
Jiang Dengxuan was the first to express his position: "Huh, Commander, that Wu Xiucai in Pingjing is nothing. Since he wants to fight, then we, the Fengjun, will accompany him to the end!"
"Yes, we have passed the news to Guangdong Province and Huai Province in the past few days. Both of them have expressed their willingness to assist us in fengjun. We don't have to tolerate it anymore."
Tang Yulin raised his voice: "The direct line has been in charge of the power in Pingjing for so long. It's time for us to take charge of the matter, everyone, don't you think so?"
"Okay, then let's go in and have a blast!"
Seeing that there was no objection, Zhang Yulin became very angry. After the first Zhili-Fengtian War, he strengthened the military preparations of the army in order to make a comeback.
This attack will definitely seize power in Pingjing, and the appointment will be announced in public.
This time Zhang Yulin plans to invest 6 armies, totaling 170,000 people, and all the elites of the Feng army.
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On the afternoon of that day, dozens of military vehicles drove into the Jinling garrison headquarters. Six corps commanders and 20 division commanders of the Patriot Army, plus generals from the navy, army and air force, had received the news three days ago and came to Jinling for a meeting.
Lu Xiaojia was wearing a military uniform and standing in a large conference room, staring blankly at the map of China on the wall.
The begonia leaves of China were finally unified.
Nowadays, everything is going well for the development of the Yuhuai provinces, and he has strong troops, land, sea and air force. During this time, he also carried out some reforms in the army.
The 230,000 garrison troops were reorganized by Lu Xiaojia into a field army and an armored corps, while the excess troops were organized into railway troops and engineering troops.
300,000 original reserves were reorganized into garrison troops and reorganized into 15 garrison divisions.
The garrison division is equipped with hundreds of light and heavy mortars, 400 light and heavy machine guns, and about 300 vehicles of various types.
In other words, Lu Xiaojia armed all the 930,000 soldiers of the army.
The reserve force was changed to militia service, and young adults were redeployed from various parts of the two provinces for semi-military training.
Lu Xiaojia now has more than 900,000 army troops even without the navy and air force, of which 630,000 are armed combat troops. These soldiers have undergone nine months of intensive training and are undoubtedly elite.
Now, it is time to attack with thunderous means and unify this country divided by warlords by force.
Not long after, nearly a hundred generals arrived in the conference room, and Lu Xiaojia came to his senses and sat down in the main seat.
"Everyone, today's China is divided by warlords. Apart from our two provinces of Yu and Huai, there are still 20 provinces and 4 autonomous provinces. Most of them are in dire straits. The people there are in dire straits."
"And our Patriotic Army has been busy developing and training these nine months. Now the Fuso State United Fleet has been beaten to half health by the air force and can no longer make a fuss, so our Patriotic Army has also It’s time to get up and stretch your muscles, and the current task is very simple, which is to conquer China by force within three months.”
After Lu Xiaojia finished speaking, he handed the document to Zhuang Yan and asked him to take the baton and explain it later.
Dragon Emblem waved his hand, "Commander, there is nothing to say. Military unification of China is necessary. We want to create a new world to support the interests of the people, and the warlords must be swept away by force!"
"Commander, how should we deal with Guangdong Province and the three eastern provinces? Can we still attack them?" Lin Yi raised a new question. These two parties are actually allies with the National Guard Army.
"Haha, of course I will hit you right!" Lu Xiaojia showed an expression that said she didn't eat beef. Zhang Yulin was also a warlord, and Mr. Sun from Guangdong Province also passed away, so there was no need for Guangdong Province to keep him.
Seeing that no one had any objections, Lu Xiaojia also expressed solemnity and began to explain the battle plan.
Zhuang Yan walked to the map in the rear, looked at the document, pointed at the map with his baton and began to explain.
"The first stage of this military reunification operation for Zulong is to quickly occupy the four provinces of Fujian, Gan, Anhui, and Shandong surrounding our Yu-Huai provinces.
"Then the garrison troops stationed in the occupied areas and carried out clearance work, while the combat troops continued to advance to the three sides, and then launched attacks on Guangdong Province, Hunan Province, Hubei Province, Yu Province, Hebei Province, Jinmen and Pingjing."
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"Then, by analogy, we launch offensives in Guizhou, Guizhou, Shu, Shaanxi, Long... and other provinces, and we will take them all, no matter what the size of the warlords are!"
This is the strength of the Patriot Army. To be clear, even if it is just a garrison division, it can defeat the two strongest warlords in China today.
“In this military reunification, it is planned to deploy the 1st Armored Corps, the 13th Combined Division, the 3rd Mountain Corps, the 4th Mountain Corps, and 10 garrison divisions. At the same time, the Air Force, Navy, Railways, Engineers, etc. are also all in preparation for war at any time. Provide support to the Army."
"The attack directions of each army are as follows. The two mountain armies mainly attack areas with complex terrain such as South China, Southwest, and Central China, while gentle areas such as Northeast, North China, and Northwest are left to the armored corps and combined divisions."
After speaking solemnly, Lu Xiaojia stood up again: "This battle is entirely up to your army commanders and division commanders to arrange the operations of your troops, and then report it to the headquarters."
"And my request is very simple. After three months, I want to see all 24 provinces and 4 autonomous provinces in China unified. Chinese people need to unite."
"Yes, we will live up to the commander's expectations and promise to complete Operation Zulong within three months and unify China by force!" All the combat generals stood up and gave a sonorous reply.
Feng Manying, the commander of the 1st Armored Corps who looked exactly like a mixed-race man, raised his own questions.
"Commander, we still have a problem right now. How to solve the ammunition logistics problem?"
Lu Xiaojia had already prepared for Feng Manying's so-called problem. The system also provided railway lines and highways, which could be placed on the map.
Although the terrain in the inland areas of China is not good, you still have a few basic muddy roads. As long as you have roads, I can place railways and highways, and engineers can also build boat bridges when encountering water.
Since the advent of railways and trains, their military applications have been continuously explored.
During World War II, trains could move thousands of soldiers and weapons to another city within one or two days. Its strong transportation capacity was its greatest advantage.
Lu Xiaojia also knows this. The railway force now has 100 BR52 steam trains and 8 BP44 heavy armored trains.
Among them, the BR52 transport trains can each travel at a speed of 65 kilometers per hour and tow cargo weighing up to 2,000 tons. This means that all trains can transport 200,000 tons of cargo along the railway line at one time.
Deutsche Bahn's BR52 freight train
Therefore, this so-called logistical problem was easily solved: "It doesn't matter, I will solve the logistical problem. This is not a problem for you to worry about."
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At 9 o'clock in the evening on December 1, 1923, Wu Peifa of the Zhili Army took the lead in tearing up the "Kerliu" armistice treaty, and the whole country was electrified, declaring war on Fengjun Zhang Yulin.
Zhang Yulin and the Guangdong Province were not to be outdone and immediately declared war on the Zhili Army.
At Lu Xiaojia's signal, the Weiguo Army directly electrified the whole country and arrogantly declared war on all the warlords in China. Their main focus was to be arrogant.
At the same time, the 1st Armored Division, stationed at the Suqian Military Camp in Huai Province, had taken advantage of the darkness to divide its troops into three groups and advance towards the three cities of Zaozhuang, Linyi and Rizhao respectively.
Yes, the first battle of the Patriot Army was in Lu Province, the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, which was also the hometown of Lu Yongxiang.
As for the reason why Shandong Province should be operated on, the reason is very simple, because deep underground in Shandong Province, there is the liquid gold that Lu Xiaojia is most coveted at the moment, and the Shengli Oilfield with an oil storage capacity of 5.4 billion tons!
