The journey starts from the Titanic

"Xu Xiangqian, from Shanxi."

After talking, Wang Tieniu realized that the Shanxi youth in front of him was actually a college student, what military school he was studying in Wuhan, and he just caught up with this train after returning to Shanxi to visit relatives during the holiday.

Wang Tieniu has gained a lot of knowledge these days.On the train, I heard people talk about some things in the South, and I know how rare it is for college students to go to military academy.

"Oh. I didn't expect you to be a general!" Wang Tieniu said in awe.

As the saying goes, good iron does not strike nails, and good men do not serve as soldiers. Soldiers are not highly rated by traditional concepts, especially in the northern regions where Wang Tieniu lives.Many people went to the army without food, and died half their lives as soon as they joined the army.

However, people seem to have different evaluations of officers. Officers are officers, and officers are adults, and their status is naturally different from ordinary soldiers. Therefore, Xu Xiangqian is an adult whom Wang Tieniu will respect.

"You have passed the award, I am a fresh graduate, not a general yet."

Xu Xiangqian shook his head and waved his hand.I thought that military academy graduates are generally awarded the rank of second lieutenant. I never thought about becoming a general. I went south for the Southern Revolution.The revolutionary weather in the south is much better than in the north.It turns out that the original choice was pretty good.

The fly in the ointment is that other students were lucky enough to either be assigned to the headquarters or the ten field divisions of the first to tenth divisions. They should be very promising, but he was assigned to Nanyang, which was completely out of Xu Xiangqian’s expectations. It stands to reason. His results are among the best.Should not be assigned to a strange Nanyang.When they told the news to the family, they were also very surprised.

"Probably because I am the most stupid and will not please my superiors!"

Xu Xiangqian thought about his treatment.Secretly depressed, but nowhere to talk.Even if you apply for transfer back to China in the future, it will be a few years later.

He immediately thought that a large number of middle-level and high-level soldiers in the Revolutionary Army had participated in the South China War of Independence. For example, the two generals Situ Yong and Zhang Dongliang led their troops back to China to participate in the revolution. frequently.

Thinking of this, this time going south is probably also a chance, Xu Xiangqian is finally not so pessimistic about the future.

At this moment, he was depressed and didn't know how surprised Situ Nan would be when he met his marshal in the future!Although he has a boring face and a strong Shanxi accent, most people don't understand him, but Situ Nan especially likes this tough general, he is notoriously honest!

Perhaps it was because the conversation was relatively speculative. Xu Xiangqian put aside his worry for the time being, and said to Wang Tieniu that he might be going to Nanyang.

"Oh, I also want to go to Nanyang, what a coincidence."

Wang Tieniu was very happy.

"What are you doing in Nanyang? Work or business?" Xu Xiangqian asked.Looking at the simple father and son in front of him, they looked like they had escaped.He traveled all the way south from his home in Shanxi to Henan, where refugees from the north flocked to the south. There were too many.

"My brother works at a logging farm in Borneo and writes to let me pass. I think that the countryside is sad day by day, so I might as well go to Nanyang."

Wang Tieniu smiled slightly, and asked again, "It is said that gold is everywhere in Southeast Asia, and it is easy to be assigned to the land after the past. Sir, do you think it is true?" After seeing Xu Xiangqian's eyes, he was a little expectant. Of course, he wrote to his brother. I believe what I said.

Xu Xiangqian was taken aback for a while, and he had never been to Nanyang, but according to the information he inquired in Wuhan, Nanhua and the South are in the same vein, and the situation is largely the same. They are both engaged in industrial construction, and the party is also in charge.It is natural for the Chinese regime to take care of the immigrants in the country and allocate land to the Chinese. This is probably the reason for the tension between the Chinese and the indigenous people!Soldiers like myself are assigned to Nanhua for internships, and they will definitely encounter trouble in the future.

He thought for a while and said, "It should be, otherwise, why would millions of people go to Nanyang? At least some of the classmates I know, their family has a lot of industries in Nanhua, and most of them have a history in Nanhua."

"That's good."

Wang Tieniu was very happy to hear that. The Mr. Xu in front of him was really knowledgeable. Among the classmates he knew were rich people from Nanyang, which is really amazing!

Unexpectedly, how congenial each other, two people who have never seen the sea so another topic, crossing the ocean seems to be a risky and exciting thing.

When the train arrived in Xinyang, Xu Xiangqian felt that the atmosphere was not right. The railway station was under martial law, and his eyes were full of military police. Tanks and armored vehicles were dispatched!

"Something happened!"

Xu Xiangqian reacted immediately.

Staring at the army train not far away, the soldiers are getting on the train, and at the same time there are armored vehicles and tanks boarding. These steel monsters easily climbed onto the train platform and looked murderous.

Xu Xiangqian was very excited, he wanted to be assigned to such a team at the beginning!

Far away, Xu Xiangqian didn't know which unit was the fifth division stationed in Wuhan or the sixth division stationed in Hunan?Or is it the troops coming from the southwest?

Equipped with tanks and armored vehicles, it must be the main force.Xu Xiangqian thought to himself.

In less than ten minutes, the row of troops left, and then the second row of troops was about to enter the station.

When the passengers saw the troops falling to the north, they couldn't help but talk. There was a commotion in the carriage, and everyone was saying that Wuhan was going to expedition to the north!

After several years of propaganda, the reputation of the warlords in the north has become bad in the hearts of the people, and the people in Henan are looking forward to the noble, just and invincible past Beiding Zhongyuan!They are eager to see, at least the southern revolutionary army will come, the rent will be reduced a lot, and there will be a way out.

The revolutionary army is going to send troops?The whole station boiled, and the news followed the long line of refugees, as if nerve transmission, and suddenly the whole Jinghan Railway became lively.

Xu Xiangqian and his train could continue to go south after the military trains left northward. During the process, they saw several military trains going north, so the passengers became more and more sure that the Wuhan government sent troops.

"Mr. Xu, the South is going to fight Marshal Wu?"

Wang Tieniu asked. He heard people say that the most powerful commander in Henan was Wu Peifu from Luoyang, who was on the road of the revolutionary army going north.

"It's very likely." Xu Xiangqian said casually.

It happened suddenly and he didn't know much. When he left school, he didn't hear that the government announced the mobilization of the Northern Expedition. If so, maybe he didn't need to go to Nanyang.

It is exciting to participate directly in the Northern Expedition, defeat the Northern Warlords, and unify the country.What is going on will be clear after arriving in Wuhan.

However, Xu Xiangqian was disappointed that when he arrived in Wuhan, the troops were not recruited by him. He was dispatched to Nanhua according to the plan and a group of classmates.

...

"Snapped!"

Wu Peifu, who was in Luoyang, was very angry. He slapped the telegram in his hand on the table and said angrily: "It's really bullying!"

He had long known that there would be such a day, but he didn’t expect it would come so soon. When he received the troops from Wuhan to go north, the vanguard had already got off the car in Xuchang. Disarmed others.

What a tragedy!

Wu Peifu thought ironically.

Chapter 139

Turning on the map, Xuchang is up to Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou is Luoyang on the left, and Kaifeng on the right. It can be said that the enemy is close at hand, and perhaps tomorrow will be the enemy.

Luoyang, Zhengzhou, and Kaifeng, these three cities are basically on the same latitude and are the core areas of Wu Peifu's forces.Since the last war's rudeness, Wu Peifu's turf has shrunk, leaving only an incomplete Henan lingering.

The most terrible thing is that Henan’s strategic location is certainly important, but in a poor province, there is no money if there is no territory, and no money can not raise an army. Wu Peifu adds up to less than 50,000 troops. The quality of the army is only 10,000 people. Even the Direct Third Division, which was maimed by the Revolutionary Army in 1924 and then reorganized, is estimated to have little combat effectiveness.

At this time, Wu Peifu’s Chief of Staff Xiao Yaonan came in and reported: “It was found out that the two regiments of the Fifth Division of the Southern Revolutionary Army were attacking Xuchang. The Fifth Division was stationed in Wuhan. A large number of artillery machine guns, as well as tanks and armored vehicles, have fierce firepower.

The tank suddenly came down from Xuchang Railway Station. Our troops were caught off guard. When they saw the rumbling tank coming, they were immediately scared!"

Xiao Yaonan frowned when Wu Peifu saw Wu Peifu. He also felt a headache. He thought that when he was in Wuhan, the direct troops suffered a lot from the armored vehicles of the Revolutionary Army.

"Also not long ago, the southern plane also made a round in Luoyang. They were the most difficult to deal with."

Xiao Yaonan added another sentence.It's not that Luoyang doesn't have Wu Peifu's own planes, but when I think that these planes are all used goods bought from Wuhan, there are only a dozen in number.The quality is definitely not better than the new models of other original manufacturers.

Today's wealthy revolutionary army has the Hanyang Arsenal, and it must produce more aircraft and artillery than it did three years ago, and there must be more tanks and armored vehicles.

On the other hand, relying on the half-dead Luoyang Arsenal, even machine guns can hardly match the troops, let alone artillery, let alone tanks and armored vehicles.