"Young Marshal, that's too much. As long as you give the order, I, Li Yun Long, will lead a division under me to destroy him!”
"Damn it, do you really think that just because you're the commander-in-chief, you don't know what you're capable of?”
Li Yunlong, the commander of the First Division, stood up and slammed the table when he saw the declaration of the Northern Expedition and felt the oppressive atmosphere in the war room. There was no respect for Jiang Gong in his words.
Although his words were disgraceful, they expressed the thoughts of all the generals under Cai Rui.
Cai Rui glanced at the furious Li Yunlong, but his expression didn't change much. Instead, he picked up the declaration on the table and read it word by word.
" The purpose of revolution is to create an independent and free country to protect the interests of the country and the people.”
" If our party had been able to eliminate the forces based on the interests of the country and the people at that time, even if the goal of eliminating the forces had not been completely achieved, it would have been decisive to achieve the goal of reaching the light with the sun.”
Cai Rui read it in cadence. When he read this declaration, he could even imagine how motivated and vigorous the commander was.
After the time it took to brew a cup of tea, Cai Rui had finished reading the entire Northern Expedition Army's declaration. However, in the next moment, he suddenly tore the document in his hand into pieces.
" Although the declaration is good, in essence, it is nothing more than a grandiose statement of a new warlord replacing an old warlord. I don't believe that Jiang Gong can do what Mr. Sun couldn't!”
"Moreover, Jiang Gong's original intention of the Northern Expedition contained his own ambitions.”
When Cai Rui thought of Yan Shan, Feng Xiang, and the other old warlords changing their banners, swearing to crusade against the warlords in exchange for the right to join the National Government, he felt that this Northern Expedition Manifest was a joke.
On the surface, he had eliminated Wu Fu and Sun Fang, the two major warlords. However, in the dark, countless small warlords had joined the revolutionary government, making the entire government corrupt and corrupt. This had fundamentally changed the nature of the revolutionary party that Mr. Sun had established.
It was precisely because of the change in the government that new warlords were born.
"But…"
"Since Jiang Gong has already drawn his sword against us, we will just receive it. Otherwise, Jiang Gong really thought that he could take us down with just Li Fulin's 5th Army!”
Cai Rui gestured to the guards beside him, and a map of the Republic of China period was unfolded in front of everyone.
"At present, Li Fulin's 5th army is still in Guangzhou. The fastest route to reach the border of the Southern Region is through Guangzhou. In this case, we will fight a battle of annihilation with him in Fuzhou!”
Cai Rui pointed the baton in his hand, and it landed on Fuzhou, which was at the border of the Southern Region.
"Hehe, Fuzhou is close to the Guang-Qian railway line. If I were Li Fulin, I would definitely march from here. Otherwise, he would have to use Guizhou to enter Yunnan from Luoping. This journey is hundreds of miles long!”
Cai Ruiyan's words had directly determined the route Li Lin would take to attack the Southern Region.
"Young Marshal is right. Fuzhou has a wide terrain and is one of the rare plains. That is the place where we will fight the decisive battle!”
Chu Yunfei agreed, but then his eyes fell on the border areas of Yunnan, Tongpozhou, Sanchuan, East Asia, and South Y.
"But Young Master, when we are facing the enemy, we have to be wary of the Qian Army under Zhou Xicheng of the poor province, the Sichuan Army under Liu Xiang of Sanchuan, and the British-French mixed combat brigade that is heading towards the Yunnan border!”
The Southern Mountain Range was facing internal and external problems.
Cai Rui nodded in agreement.
"Zhou Xicheng from the poor province and Liu Xiang from Sanchuan are not a threat. Now that the northern expedition has caused the warlords all over the world to panic, they can't even take care of themselves. How can they send troops to us?”
"In comparison, our focus is still on the 9th army from Guangdong and the British-French mixed brigade near the border!”
"So, I've decided…!”
When Cai Rui said this, all the generals present immediately stood up and prepared to accept Cai Rui's appointment.
"The commander of the Second Army, Chu Yunfei, will be the commander of the eastern front. He will lead Wang Ben's 4th division and Zhou Yuan's 5th division to fight at Fuzhou!”
"As for Lu Tianhan's sixth division, they will be stationed in Zhaotong, which is close to the poor state. As long as Zhou Xicheng's Qian army dares to make any strange movements, then destroy him!”
"Understood!"
Seeing Cai Rui's plan, Chu Yunfei, who was appointed as the commander of the eastern front, had no objections at all.
With the firepower of the 4th and 5th Dians, it was more than enough to deal with Li Fulin's 5th Division.
"Also, I will give you the only ten howitzers that the Dian army has. Remember, you must give me a beautiful wipe out of Li Fulin's troops!”
Cai Rui added, and directly threw ten howitzers into the eastern battle under Chu Yunfei's command.
As for why he didn't use the howitzer in the battle against the allied forces, Cai Rui had his own thoughts. The borders were mostly mountainous and forested, and heavy howitzers were far less effective than portable mortars on the battlefield.
Zhou Xicheng from Poor Province and Li Lin from the Revolutionary Army had chosen their opponents. Now, the only thing left was to guard against Sanchuan and Liu Xiang.
"Cunqi, listen up. I order you to lead the 2nd division to defend the front line of Huaping and keep an eye on Liu Xiang's Sichuan army!”
"Your humble servant accepts the order!"
Cunqi stepped forward and replied to Cai Rui loudly.
However, it was not over yet. They had to leave a force to guard the capital city to prevent their nest from being taken over. At the same time, they had to stay in the center to support the front line.
Therefore, Cai Rui looked at the 3rd division commander, Fang Chen. This man, who was willing to give him the killing sword and was absolutely loyal to him, had become the best candidate to stay in Kunming.
"Fang Chen, I'll leave the important task of staying behind to you!”
Cai Rui didn't say much, and only gave a simple sentence of trust.
"Don't worry, Major. As long as I'm here, the Southern Mountain Range will be here. If anyone dares to cause trouble, I won't let them off!”
Even though he was disappointed that the young marshal did not allow him to lead his troops into battle, Fang Chen, who had regained his senses, also knew that Cai Rui valued him greatly by staying in the capital city. Thus, he responded to Cai Rui with a solemn vow.
Taking a deep breath, Cai Rui looked at the border of the Southern Mountain Range and slammed his fist on the map.
"Hehe, I will personally kill the last Yingfa Mixed Brigade!”
Cai Rui's voice was filled with an uncontrollable excitement. The 1st Division Commander, Li Yunlong, was also in the same mood.
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