Chapter 332 Cen Chun’s effect

The next morning, Wu Shaoting officially appointed Cen Chunxuan as the highest political consultant and the chief of the Guangdong Governor's Office, and almost handed over all the cultural and political powers in Guangdong to Cen Chunxuan, completely letting Cen Chunxuan play. As for Long Jiguang, he temporarily arranged to serve as a temporary consultant at the General Staff Headquarters, intending to arrange a real position for Long Jiguang after the reorganization of the Second Division. Before that, he was also given a period of time to observe Long Jiguang to see if this second largest warlord in Guangdong had any conspiracy.

Cen Chunxuan did not take office this day. Many gentry in the city heard that he came to Guangzhou and came to visit him in an endless stream early in the morning. Cen Chunxuan seemed to have the intention to reminisce with his old friends, and made a special trip to receive all the guests at his residence. He spent the whole day chatting about the past.

Wu Shaoting knew that this situation would definitely last for a while. Cen Chunxuan is a celebrity in Guangdong and Guangxi. Although he offended many officials during his tenure in Guangdong and Guangxi, he also won a lot of people's hearts and reputation. After receiving old friends in Guangdong, they also arrived. I believe that Cen Chunxuan will have some time to deal with these old friends.

He did not complain or worry. Cen Chunxuan had been away from Guangdong and Guangxi for several years and needed to lay the foundation for his connections again, which was an indispensable move for a family.

In the next few days, Wu Shaoting and the General Staff Headquarters focused on preparing for the Second Division. In order to cope with the threat from Fujian, he had to draw the Ninth Regiment of the Second Division and then transfer the First Teaching Regiment from Wuzhou. The two regiments went directly to Chaozhou to gather, waiting to form a new Second Division.

He Fuguang transferred more than 400 soldiers from the remnants of the Second Division, 800 new recruits from the Western Suburbs, and more than 100 police school graduates to Chaozhou. It took five days to plan and two more days to implement the Ninth Regiment, the First Regiment, and the Soldiers who did not have formations to form a team, and restored the Third Regiment.

Just as he graduated from the fourth regular class of the Whampoa Military Academy, he was quickly assigned to serve in the Third Regiment.

Wu Shaoting officially announced the restoration of the second division number and appointed He Fuguang as the commander of the second division, Guan Renfu as the deputy commander, and Long Jiguang as the commander of the third regiment. The 3rd regiment, the 9th regiment and the 1st regiment under the Second Division, the 1st regiment under the Second Division, the 1st regiment, the Division Headquarters directly under the jurisdiction of a guard company, an artillery company and a spy company. The battlefield hospitals and logistics agencies are all under the responsibility of the military headquarters.

The Guard Company was directly divided into *** from the Guard Battalion of the Governor's Office, and the company commander was Chen Qun. The artillery company was equipped with four Krupp's 80mm field artillery imitated by the Guangdong Arsenal and four mortars of the 1911-year-old Republic of China. The artillery was a recruit from the Western Suburbs military camp, and the company commander was Yan Jinglin of the fourth phase of Huangpu. Part of the Special Service Company was a correspondent soldier, and the other part was a secret spy of the Governor's Office's Special Service Office, and the company commander was personally assigned by He Fuguang.

On January 13, the Second Division set out from Chaozhou and advanced towards Zhangzhou in a mighty manner.

During the period when the Second Division was formed, some important events occurred in northern Guangdong and Zhangzhou.

The main force of the Second Mixed Brigade of Jiangxi bypassed the road blocked by mudslides and finally arrived at the front line in the four days from January 9 to January 12. Also in these days, the Sixth Regiment of the Guangdong Army, the Eighth Regiment, the Second Teaching Regiment and the Artillery Regiment almost completed the counter-encirclement of Nanxiong County.

Unfortunately, at the last critical moment, the Second Mixed Brigade of Jiangxi marched and fought in an encounter with the Sixth Regiment of the Guangdong Army in the north. The Sixth Regiment of the Guangdong Army had not yet had time to gain a firm foothold, and after a day of fierce battle, the Sixth Regiment of the Guangdong Army received a command from Shaoguan to retreat to the flank, resulting in a gap in the north of the Nanxiong encirclement, and the entire encirclement was not very strict.

But in general, the Guangdong army seized the initiative in the northern Guangdong battlefield and gained a certain advantage on the front battlefield for the first time.

As for Fujian, Zhangzhou was ultimatumed by Li Houji on January 6. While Li Houji sent a telegram, the first infantry brigade had all assembled in Tong'an County and Xiamen Island. The Fujian Navy also displayed more than ten armed speedboats and two troop transport ships at the port of Xiamen and launched an attack on Zhangzhou at any time.

It was also on the afternoon of this day that two cruisers and five gunboats of the Guangdong Navy arrived in the Chaoshan Sea and formed a confrontation with the Fujian Navy. At 5:30 pm, the Fujian Navy flagship "Jingqing" sent a telegram to the Guangdong Navy flagship "Chu Tai", inviting the captain of the "Chu Tai" Gao Guangzheng to board the ship for a sigh.

Gao Guangzheng knew that the captain of the "Jingqing" was Du Xigui, a senior brother of the Jiangnan Naval Academy. He had interned on the same warship before. Although he was the master of his own, the other party would not frame his fellow men after all. After receiving the telegram, he almost did not hesitate and immediately decided to take a boat to the "Jingqing".

The officers and soldiers of the "Chu Tai" were surprised by the captain's risky behavior, but after several persuasions failed, they could only watch the captain leave the battleship.

However, judging from the current battleship formation, the seven warships of the Guangdong Navy are more beneficial than the five warships of the Fujian Navy. What's more, four of the seven warships have a larger tonnage than the main battleships of the Fujian Navy. If they really want to fight, the Guangdong Navy will be sure to win.

When Gao Guangzheng boarded the "Jingqing", he suddenly found that all the muzzles of the "Jingqing" had not been unblocked. It can be seen that Du Xigui had not planned to start a war with the Guangdong Navy at the beginning. When he arrived at the deck, Du Xigui and his subordinates had already been waiting for the welcome. When the two met, they saluted each other first, and then shook hands enthusiastically.

"Brother Weiran, since I parted in Shandong, we have not been in contact for about eight years. I didn't expect that we would meet again today on such an occasion. I have to sigh that luck is so good!" Du Xigui sighed and said sincerely.

"Senior Jinwu is really a memory. After graduating from the third phase of Jiangnan Naval Academy, I have the honor to have an internship with my senior in the 'Laiyuan' account. I have witnessed the shame of Sino-Japanese War 1894-1895." Gao Guangzheng nodded sadly.

"Yes, my navy power in Greater China... That's it... Alas, I won't talk about this anymore. Today, Brother Weiran and I are their own masters, facing each other's fingers on this sea. This sorrow is even more sad for me than the devastating defeat in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. Come on, when I set out from Fujian, I specially brought a bottle of Kinmen sorghum wine. Today, our fellow disciples and brothers will have a good talk." Du Xigui said with emotion. Before he finished speaking, he stepped forward and pulled Gao Guangzheng's hand, turned around and walked towards the cabin.

When he arrived at the captain's office, Du Xigui left only his adjutant and the first lieutenant, and the rest were held back.

Following Gao Guangzheng's two followers who boarded the ship, they also stayed outside.

Du Xigui had already ordered people to prepare a few plates of side dishes, which were not large in size, but it was already very luxurious for the food on the warship. After arranging Gao Guangzheng to sit down, Du Xigui walked to his private cabinet, took out a bottle of unopened sorghum wine from it, and opened the bottle seal in front of everyone.

"Brother Weiran, you may not believe that this bottle of wine was given to me by Instructor Lin." Du Xigui said deeply when pouring wine for Gao Guangzheng.

"You mean, Lord Lin Yongsheng, Lord Lin?" Gao Guangzheng asked in surprise.

"That's right. I am a student of the last torpedo class taught by Lord Lin. Brother Weiran should have taught with Lord Lin before. On the day I graduated, Lord Lin had already left the school and went north to re-employed. He heard that I was going to Shandong for an internship, so he sent a telegram to ask me to bring a bottle of sorghum wine from Fujian. I couldn't drink the wine from my hometown in the north. Unfortunately, after I arrived at the 'Laiyuan', I had no chance to give the wine to Lord Lin. Not long after...ah..."

Du Xigui's eyes were red, and tears flashed with tears in the corners of his eyes. He sighed a long time and sat down in his seat, but for a moment he was sobbing that he couldn't speak.
Chapter completed!