novelbest Chapter 294
Chapter 294
After receiving the letter of appointment, Wu Qishan hurried to Hankou to take up the post of the general office of the arsenal after handing over the work in Jiangbei.
After Xiao Yaonan, the governor of Hubei Province, learned about this incident, he naturally knew that this incident had something to do with Lin Hongfei, which immediately aroused his anger.
But Xiao Yaonan had no choice, after all, the relationship between Wu Qishan and Wu Ziyu was extraordinary, plus Wu Yongquan was in western Hubei, and Hankou had a salt police brigade stationed there, no one could do anything to Wu Qishan.
In desperation, Xiao Yaonan could only watch Wu Qishan take office, which made him sulky for several days in a row, and the hatred for Lin Hongfei in his heart increased a bit!
But Lin Hongfei didn't care, just hate it, anyway, the arsenal was already under his control.
After returning to Jiangbei from Hubei Province, Lin Hongfei basically handled the official affairs at hand. Taking advantage of this gap, Lin Hongfei gradually handed over the things he signed during this period to the Jiangbei Army under his command in batches.
First of all, there are 6 British-made Camel fighters, plus the 4 Camel fighters obtained before, Lin Hongfei already has a fighter flying brigade.
In addition to fighter jets, Lin Hongfei also acquired 4 British-made DH-10 bombers, which allowed Lin Hongfei to have an air force with preliminary combat effectiveness.
Secondly, there are 8 Renault tanks, plus the previous tanks, Lin Hongfei already owns 18 Renault tanks.
Then there are two iron-clad gunboats of the same model as the Zhongshan ship. Lin Hongfei already owned four iron-clad gunboats before, namely "Jiangdu", "Jiangbei", "Jiangwei" and "Jiangwu". For these two gunboats Lin Hongfei named them "Jiang Jing" and "Jiang Yuan" respectively.
The rest are some heavy machine guns, mountain cannons and other weapons, all of which have been handed over to the Jiangbei Army, so that the soldiers can become familiar with the weapons as soon as possible and form combat effectiveness.
The current Jiangbei Army has been expanded many times, and the number of soldiers has reached more than 3. Most of these soldiers are ordinary peasant children, and their backgrounds are considered innocent.
In the process of expansion before, when the Jiangbei Army suppressed bandits in Lingnan Province, they had captured many bandits. At that time, Chu Liangyi also suggested that these bandits be incorporated, but Lin Hongfei did not agree with this suggestion.
To be honest, Lin Hongfei didn't trust these bandits, what's more, these people had almost no discipline at all, even if they were incorporated, it would take a lot of effort to train them well.
It is even possible that the bandits were not trained well, but other soldiers were influenced by these bandits and contracted some bad habits of eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.
What's more, many of these bandits are masters who have milk and mothers. If they don't keep them together, they will be bribed and betrayed by outsiders.
Therefore, Lin Hongfei would rather spend more money and food to recruit peasant children than recruit these bandits with a lot of stink and problems.
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As the power of Zhili in the country grows stronger, the relationship between the Zhifeng and Fengtian families has also rapidly cracked. The allies who have always been external are now showing signs of turning against each other.
However, even if the Zhifeng two families fought, the battlefield would be concentrated in the Zhili area and would not spread to Lingnan Province. It seemed that it had little to do with Lin Hongfei.
But in Dongjiang City, the capital of Lingnan Province, an uninvited visitor came to the home of Governor Zhang Zhiqing.
Since Lin Hongfei drove He Taikang away, the military and political power in Lingnan Province fell into his hands, and Zhang Zhiqing, as the governor of the province, was still a puppet.
However, Lin Hongfei did not work in the provincial government, but continued to stay in Jiangbei, which made Zhang Zhiqing feel that there was an opportunity to unite with the local gentry in Dongjiang to find a way to regain some of his power.
However, with the arrival of Chu Liangyi, Zhang Zhiqing's idea came to nothing!
As the mayor of Dongjiang City, Chu Liangyi directly stuck Zhang Zhiqing's decree in the provincial government. After Zhang Zhiqing's several plans, he suffered from having no soldiers in his hands, so he had to give up in resentment and continue to be his puppet governor.
But today, Zhang Zhiqing seems to see hope again!
This uninvited guest is none other than the special envoy secretly sent by the Feng Faction to Lingnan Province. This person is named Li Jiang. Zhang Zhiqing.
The location of Lingnan Province is critical. If you go north, you can invade Shaanxi Province, go south, you can threaten Hubei Province, and go east, you can go straight to Henan Province. If you can control Lingnan Province, then in the future, if there is a war between the Zhifeng and Fengzhou, the Fengjun will go out and go south. Going east and going north, you can form a two-sided attack on the Zhili.
Moreover, Lin Hongfei, as a rising star of the direct lineage, if he could eliminate this person's power in advance, would also weaken part of the direct lineage's strength.
Although Zhang Zhiqing is a puppet governor, after all, he has served in Lingnan Province for many years and still has some influence.
The Feng Faction planned to secretly support Zhang Zhiqing with a batch of arms and military pay, so that he could pull up a team. Even if Lin Hongfei could not be expelled, he could still contain Lin Hongfei's Jiangbei Army and the direct army in Hubei Province.
In this way, it can prevent Lin Hongfei, Xiao Yaonan and others from leading the army north to support Cao Dashuai!
It has to be said that the Feng family had a good plan.
After Li Jiang saw Zhang Zhiqing, he didn't exchange too many pleasantries, and after a few chats, he revealed the real purpose of the trip.
After Zhang Zhiqing heard this, he immediately fell into silence. Although he also coveted the position of the governor of a province, he, who has been in the officialdom all year round, would not make hasty decisions just because of the words of outsiders.
Soon, Zhang Zhiqing looked at Li Jiang and said, "Mr. Li, although Governor Lin is young, he is very good at running the army, and his [-]-strong army is even more difficult to find an opponent."
"Lingnan Province is blessed with young talents like Governor Lin in charge of military affairs. I just pretend I didn't hear what you said just now!"
Li Jiang is also an old fritter, he can't understand Zhang Zhiqing's subtext, the Jiangbei army under Lin Hongfei is really powerful, Zhang Zhiqing has no confidence to defeat the Jiangbei army!
Li Jiang smiled slightly and said, "Grandpa, maybe I didn't make it clear just now, and you misunderstood me."
"Before coming, Marshal Zhang repeatedly told me that as long as you are willing to call to support Marshal Zhang, Marshal Zhang will give you a military salary of 25 yuan, plus [-] quick guns!"
"In addition, Chief Liu Baoshan, the guardian envoy of southern Shaanxi, has agreed to support Marshal Zhang. At that time, he will personally lead the southern Shaanxi army to support you."
"and......"
Li Jiang paused for a moment, pointed to the map hanging on the wall and said, "Once the Zhifeng two families go to war, Lin Hongfei, as a strong general of the Zhili lineage, will definitely lead the main force of the Jiangbei army to Zhili to join the battle."
"At that time, the internal strength of Lingnan Province will be reduced and the defense will be empty. As long as you raise the banner, there will be a large number of people to respond."
"As the people want, Lingnan Province will be controlled by you!"