Chapter 327 The Three-Survey Crisis

Wu Shaoting's purpose of establishing a political party was not as simple as establishing a self-owned party, but it marked that he would rise from a military force to a powerful force, and at the same time he would compete against the supreme power of the Republic of China, intending to establish a new set of orders.

Chen Jiongming sighed with emotion, but his expression was a little complicated. He didn't know whether he should be optimistic about Wu Shaoting.

Of course, all of this has to wait for the end of the war in Guangdong. If Wu Shaoting leads the revolutionary Guangdong army to win a battle, he will undoubtedly be the second most powerful figure under Yuan Shikai.

He paused and asked again: "When it comes to political parties, in addition to political views, the most important thing is the Party Constitution and thoughts. It is not that you thought of establishing a *** party at the moment. How should you make a statement on the Party Constitution and thoughts?"

Wu Shaoting does have his own idea of ​​building a party, and the party's constitution and central ideas have already had a contour, but he believes it is too early to discuss these at this time. After all, we need to consider whether all aspects of the party can be unified.

"I know these theories are very important, but a party is an interest group, and the party's thoughts cannot be decided by only one person, otherwise this will become a bandit gang that will occupy the mountain and become the king. The first step we need to take now is to find a behind-the-scenes for the political party, and then everyone can sit down and slowly infer the ideas of our party."

"By the way, what are you looking for behind the scenes?" Chen Jiongming asked curiously.

"Just like the *** is a derivative of the Tongmenghui and the Progressive Party is the product of the constitutionalist party, I don't want my party to have no connotation. If I were to build the connotation of the party from scratch, I'm afraid it would be impossible without more than ten or twenty years. With the connotation of the party, its performance will be more prominent and more convenient for us." Wu Shaoting picked up the fork again and directly forked a whole piece of marinated bacon.

"What do you need me to do?"

"I hope to arrange for you to go to Honolulu as soon as possible to contact Hongmen. Hongmen has been committed to the great cause of anti-Qing and restoring the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years. Unfortunately, the Qing Dynasty was destroyed, but the Ming Dynasty could not be restored. However, today China has become the leader of the Han people, which is more or less fulfilling the long-cherished wish of Hongmen." Wu Shaoting said slowly while chewing the pickled bacon.

"Shocking, do you want to win over the Hongmen to form a political party? Is this... feasible?" Chen Jiongming was quite suspicious.

"If you can, try it or not. The people of the Hongmen are all patriotic people at least. If the revolution promoted by Mr. Sun in China is not guaranteed to be effective today without the support of the Hongmen, the Hongmen may not have the effect today. The Hongmen moved abroad to no avail of not wanting to be enslaved by the Tartars. Now that the Tartars are expelled, the Republic of China has become. Since they have patriotism, they will definitely be loyal to the country. What we need to do is to convince them to fulfill the rights and obligations of patriotic patriots!" Wu Shaoting said.

"It makes sense." Chen Jiongming nodded slowly, and then asked again, "Zhenzhi, I still don't understand a little bit. Why do you hope I will do this?"

Wu Shaoting smiled in his heart: In 1923, Hongmen transformed into the Zhigong Party, which was completed with your leadership. In history, you led the Zhigong Party, and now you are naturally left to you to take responsibility. Of course, these words cannot be put on the table. He also explained: "Because I have a plan, and you plan to be responsible for the party's government affairs after the party is formed. So you must do the preparations for the initial preparations so that you can understand what our political party looks like."

Chen Jiongming was stunned and said in a silence: "Shock me, you..."

Wu Shaoting interrupted Chen Jiongming and smiled and said, "It's true. I understand everything you want to say, so there is no need to say much. There are many people I trust in Guangdong, but among the people I trust, you are the one who is the most suitable to do this. I'll be relieved to leave it to you!"

After hearing Wu Shaoting's words, Chen Jiongming suddenly felt a little moved. He nodded deeply and said solemnly: "Don't worry, I will live up to my responsibilities and do my best to do this."

In the afternoon, Wu Shaoting went to the General Staff to listen to the latest report from northern Guangdong. Nanxiong's war was still in a stalemate, but this also shows that Wei Rucong's street fighting plan played a certain role. He was not completely sure that the street fighting plan could be persisted to the end. After all, the new battle has just begun, and the Jiangxi army has not yet launched a siege on Nanxiong.

He Fuguang answered a phone call, looked a little relieved, and then quickly came to Wu Shaoting.

"Chongshi, what good news is there?" Wu Shaoting had noticed He Fuguang's behavior a long time ago and asked first.

"The Jiangxi Army mobilized parts of the First Brigade and the Second Brigade to attack the Second Regiment of Cangshi Town. As a result, Yangshi Village was ambushed by the Second Regiment, and the vanguard was delayed for four hours." He Fuguang couldn't help but smile and said.

"Is that so? This is indeed a good thing. However, Chongshi, you have always been neither happy nor angry before. Even if you win in Lechang, you have never seen you as happy as you are today. What's going on?" Wu Shaoting asked strangely.

"That's because of this blocking battle, the Second Regiment sent a squad of fourteen people. After this battle, only one of our troops was killed by stray bullets when retreating, and the Jiangxi army lost 44 people." He Fuguang said happily.

"A class? Sniper class?" Wu Shaoting's first thought of was the sniper.

"It is a machine gun squad, equipped with a heavy machine gun and a sniper. The vanguard of the Jiangxi Army is marching lightly, so there are no heavy weapons. One of our squads occupies a favorable position to block the enemy, and the enemy has no way to do it. This battle is simply too morale!"

"Very good. How many people did the Jiangxi army send to attack Cangshi Town?"

"There are about two thousand people involved in the meeting, all of which are under Fu Liangzuo's command. It seems that Tang Tianxi really has a large number of them."

When Wu Shaoting heard this, he fell into deep thought. The follow-up troops of the Jiangxi Army had not all arrived at Meiguan. Now they were divided into two groups to attack Nanxiong and Cangshi Town at the same time. Isn’t this just what he was worried about now? What he is most worried about now is that the Jiangxi Army concentrates firepower to attack Nanxiong. Once the Nanxi Army breaks through on the front line, even if the Jiangxi Army has gained a foothold in Guangdong, the next battle will probably not be easy.

At this time, He Fuguang sighed, cleaned up his previous happy mood, and changed back to the calmness he used to be, saying, "There is news from Fujian, which was sent this morning. On the 29th, Li Houji personally inspected the Fujian Navy. The Fujian Navy received an order from the Navy to assemble two cruisers and three gunboats to prepare to attack Guangdong. If the speculation is good, these five warships have already set off today, and there will be war within three or five days."

Wu Shaoting nodded slowly. In terms of naval strength, several warships of the Fujian Navy may not be able to beat the Guangdong Navy. You should know that the Guangdong Navy controlled three-fifths of the warships of the Yangtze River Fleet in history, and with several Guang-type warships, unless the Fujian Navy and the Shanghai Fleet united, they would not be able to seize the power of sea control at all.

He Fuguang said again: "I have notified Minister Gao Guangzheng of the Navy that he will leave the Shaoguan affairs to Ren Guangyu, and he will take action personally to deal with the affairs of the Fujian Navy."

Wu Shaoting sighed and said, "This is really difficult for the Fujian Navy and Gao Guangzheng. We are all Chinese navy, but now we have to kill each other. We must die."

He Fuguang glanced at Wu Shaoting and said calmly: "Governor, I don't think there is any need to worry about the naval war. If Li Houjizhen planned to use the navy to restrain Guangdong, he would not have sent only five warships. The Naval Office of Fujian Naval Affairs College is not a fool. Of course, they know the current strength of our Guangdong fleet. It would be a waste of time to invade Guangdong with five warships. What's more, since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, our Chinese navy has been sluggish. Most of the generals and officers of the fleets in various places have been classmates from previous ship schools. They remember the national humiliation and embrace national grace. They can sacrifice their lives for the country without tragic death."

When Wu Shaoting heard this, he understood what He Fuguang meant. He sighed: "Chongshi, what you said makes sense. This time, the Fujian Navy sent five warships to come. Tenth *** was just a gesture and would definitely not really fight a bloody battle with the Guangdong Navy. This matter was left to Minister Gao for full responsibility. I believe he will definitely handle this relationship well."

He Fuguang said: "I think so too. However, the Fujian Navy has moved, and Li Houji's Land Master is probably ready. Li Houji has been slow to move now, considering Xu Chongzhi in Zhangzhou. On the 25th, Ma Jinchun sent a telegram from Xu Chongzhi Command, which has mentioned that Zhangzhou is in danger for the fifth time."

Wu Shaoting's face looked a little heavy, and he said slowly: "Yes, Fujian is not as good as Guangxi. Xu Chongzhi alone can't stand Li Houji's army. Li Houji is quite kind and cannot bear to turn against Xu Chongzhi directly, but this is not a long-term solution after all."

After he finished speaking, he sighed heavily, and his expression changed to contemplation again.

It has been several months since Ma Jinchun went to Fujian. During this period, he has been following the orders of the Guangdong Military Government to coordinate Xu Chongzhi's relationship. Since Cao Kun sent troops to attack Guangdong from Hunan, the situation in Fujian has become increasingly tense. Ma Jinchun kept sending critical telegrams from Zhangzhou. Although he did not make any clear requests, it is not difficult to guess that Xu Chongzhi deliberately asked Ma Jinchun to create a tense atmosphere, with the purpose of hoping that Guangdong could provide assistance.

But with the current situation in Guangdong, what effective aid can be provided besides supporting arms and materials?

Some time ago, Wu Shaoting thought about this issue carefully. Once Li Houji made up his mind to attack Guangdong, Xu Chongzhi could not defend Zhangzhou and when the war spread to Guangdong, he still had to demolish the east wall to repair the west wall to stop Li Houji's army. If he couldn't do anything about Xu Chongzhi, an ally, faced a strong enemy and had no foreign aid, so he simply turned against the Beiyang government. This was the real loss.

Sooner or later, we will face the threat of the Fujian army. The risk of demolishing the wall one step later will be even more serious. It is better to grit our teeth, put our belts in, and draw a part of the Guangdong army to help Xu Chongzhi. This is not conducive to the war in northern Guangdong, but it can tie Xu Chongzhi tightly, and the war does not have to break out in Guangdong Province. It can also create a momentum at home and internationally. When the war in northern Guangdong is in a stalemate, it can still send troops to help Fujian. What ambition is this.

Wu Shaoting did not intend to tell He Fuguang this idea for the time being. Everything will have to wait until the official news in Fujian is released, so that all walks of life in Guangdong will know that the situation is serious and that by that time this idea can be brought out.
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