Chapter 84 Cai E's Power On
On July 15, 1915, with the assistance of the Iron Blood Party, Cai E formed the Ninth Army of the National Defense Army and occupied Kunming and announced that Yunnan was separated from the Beiyang government and merged into the Su-Anhui government. Cai E was also appointed as the commander of the Ninth Army of the National Defense by #Zansen as the two-star general of the Jiangsu-Anhui government. This treatment almost made all the Beiyang warlords jealous, and many Iron Blood Army generals found it incredible.
In the Su-Anhui government, generals are divided into one-star to five-star generals, from general to one-star general. If there is no great military achievements, there is almost no possibility of ten or eight years. The Field Marshal is even more out of reach. Now the highest in the Su-Anhui government is Tian Ding, second only to Deng Sen, and is also a relatively low-key existence. He is the highest military rank in the Su-Anhui government except Deng Sen, a five-star general. Below them, the commander of the group army such as Jiang Baili, Zhang Xiaozhun, Li Fang, Li Ran, and Guo Huai is just a one-star general, and other military-level commanders are just a general. Now, Cai E has just been incorporated into the Su-Anhui government, and immediately transformed into a one-star general. If there is a truth in the future, he will be activated, and he will immediately become a commander of a group.
Amid the national exclamation, Cai E did not have any conceit. He now has only 20,000 soldiers, and Yunnan has not many troops, but his soldiers are of high value. One-third of them are SS soldiers of the former Su-An government, and they have been sent here to hide.
"Congratulations to the military officers for becoming the sixth first-star general of our Jiangsu and Anhui government. The great head of state definitely values the general very much!" An Iron Blood Army officer stood beside Cai E and said to him with a smile on his face.
"Haha! Maybe Baili and Xiaojun and others have spoken well for me! But Lanmu, how are our army's preparations?" Cai E smiled. He had no contact with Deng Sen. After he was trapped from Beijing this time, he returned to Yunnan to prepare for an uprising. Unexpectedly, when he was summoned his old subordinates, he was approached by the Iron Blood Army people and brought him more than 5,000 elite soldiers. When he saw the high morale of the Iron Blood Army soldiers and had their combat capabilities, he was very shocked. He carefully asked his subordinates and then realized that the Su-Anhui government had reached this state, and nearly one million such regular troops were truly unrivaled in the country.
"It's ready! You can attack Guizhou at any time, but we'll wait for two days. Now the war in Hunan has come to an end. My second and third army has occupied the entire Jiangxi. It is expected that half a month later, the forces of the two armies will reach the Guizhou border. At that time, our army will attack Guiyang and give Tang Jixiao a cauldron to remove the firewood." The blue curtain pointed to the combat map and was full of confidence. Their Yunnan troops plus the second-line troops were only 50,000. The entire Ninth Army had only one division. Although the weapons were not weak, they did not have heavy equipment, no armored vehicles, and no heavy artillery. Of course, as the main weapon of the army, there were many mortars, but there were not many shells. Because of Guizhou's blocking, foster care could only be transported from Thailand through Myanmar. This was a lot of hard work.
"Okay, let's board for half a month and step up the training of the troops. When you have the chance, you will eat Tang Jixiao in one fell swoop!" Cai E stroked his beard and was not afraid of Tang Jixiao, although Tang Jixiao had more than 100,000 troops in his hands.
After Yunnan announced its incorporation into the Su-Anhui government, Guangxi, which was still hesitating, immediately made a decision to accept the request of the Su-Anhui government. The SS and the subsequent reserve troops quickly took over the Guangxi military camps, and the reserve troops stationed in Guangxi reached 240,000. They would be responsible for suppressing bandits, equalizing fields, and maintaining public order before Guangxi was reorganized.
In this short period of time, Guangxi experienced a shocking change. Countless soldiers with flags on their shoulders entered villages. Of course, there were still many armed forces in this area trying to resist. For example, some Zhuang Tufan forces refused to disarm due to the fortress. Then the mortar fire was greeted. After more than ten days of rectification, Guangxi was pacified and all work was in an orderly manner.
At this time, Hunan was under attack from nearly 600,000 troops in three aspects. Almost no city dared to resist every time, and went all the way to their respective targets. The target of the Second Army was Huaihua, Henan, and the target of the Third Army was Yongzhou City. These two cities happened to be the entrance to the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.
However, at this critical moment, Yuan Shikai in Beijing could no longer sit still. Several provinces in Jiangnan had completely fallen in less than a month, and only Guizhou was still surrounded everywhere. Although Tang Jixiao was one of Yuan Shikai's confidants and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau was also difficult, victory and defeat had long been obvious. Now Yuan Shikai no longer expects resistance from the south. However, the 160,000 volunteer army built by Japan made Yuan Shikai raise hope. After the Japanese army was in place, Yuan Shikai gathered more than 600,000 troops to contract the Japanese army to press forward to Shandong. Tian Ding felt a huge pressure for a moment. There were a total of 1,000 taels of armored vehicles in the Beiyang army this time, which was something Deng Sen had not noticed before. The Beiyang government actually bought armored vehicles from Japan, and Japan's armored vehicles were quite advanced. However, Japan has not yet developed how to make tracked armor, and they do not have so many resources.
"Head of the People's Republic of China, so many armored vehicles suddenly appeared in the Beiyang Army. I need to use those weapons with my pen!" Jiang Baili said to Deng Sen in the military headquarters with the report in his hand.
"Well! Use all transportation methods immediately to transport anti-armored light tanks and anti-tank guns to the Xuzhou war zone. You cannot let any problems in the north!" Deng Sen now feels that this matter is his own mistake. Now all the troops in the entire Jiangsu and Anhui region are dispatched, with only the first army on the back. If there is a barrier of 700,000 or 800,000 enemy troops, the consequences will be unimaginable. Therefore, the anti-tank guns used in future wars, as well as the machine guns and tanks equipped with anti-tank heavy machine guns, will also be used on this battlefield. However, even in such a dangerous situation, his ace army is still not used, and those troops are left for the Japanese to enjoy!
However, the problems in the north will not affect the war in the south. The southern army of the Iron Blood Army is still preparing to attack Guizhou as planned. At the two entrances, more than 400,000 troops are preparing to pacify the last province in the south in one fell swoop...
Chapter completed!