Edward VII had his own considerations, if the first battle between the British army and the Huaxing army on home was to retreat without a fight, it would be a heavy blow to the morale of the Huaxing army.What's more, giving up Plymouth is equivalent to laying a nail in the coffin for the Huaxing Army in Britain.If you give up like this, wouldn't you give up Plymouth to the Huaxing Army.In the face of strong opposition from Edward VII, the military top brass finally made a joint decision.Not only was the army not allowed to withdraw, but another 500,000 troops were mobilized to press Plymouth.The 500,000-strong army had just arrived from Scotland in the north, and was supposed to defend London, but Edward VII overwhelmed them at the front.Because of Field Marshal John French's passive resistance attitude, the Prime Minister and Edward VII discussed and temporarily resigned from the post of Field Marshal John French and let Ian Hamilton serve as a temporary position.When John French received the order, he sighed helplessly, and after handing over his duties to Ian Hamilton, he took the train back to London.It was a week's worth of work when he got off the train in the city of London.Outside, there were marching London citizens everywhere, waving slogans and shouting in the city of London, "French, coward", "French, traitor", "Down with French, resolutely resist the Huaxing Army" French was so depressed that he was about to vomit blood, and he didn't know who deliberately stirred up the situation at this time.The purpose of hitting him like this is to get up to the top in the army.As soon as he left, all the pressure fell on Ian Hamilton's shoulders.Originally, Ian Hamilton was also resolutely opposed to the storm, and was ready to retreat to London to fight trench warfare with the Huaxing army.But the situation forced the higher-ups to take Plymouth back, and no one could oppose it.After all, Huaxingjun's next plan has not yet been implemented, everything is their conjecture, and they only want to see the results in front of them, and they don't want to think about it so far.Ian Hamilton reorganized his troops and brought in all the military supplies within a week.The soldiers were afraid of the artillery of the Huaxing Army, and even during the day they did not dare to make a fire to make food, so they could only eat some raw potatoes and corn.Many soldiers have suffered from indigestion, and they can't pull out the hard.Judging the orientation of the British army with cooking smoke and open flames was an important means for the artillery of the Huaxing Army to attack the British army.Otherwise, it would just be a blind bombardment of the British positions, which would be too wasteful of ammunition and would have no effect.Yang Jincong, commander of the Huaxing Army, inspected the enemy situation on the front line, and inspected the eastern, western, and northern battlefields.It hadn't rained for a week, and the soldiers were comfortable in the trenches.The British were completely silent for a week, without even a single charge.The Huaxing army did not take the initiative to attack, and the two sides each defended in a trench 500 meters away, and those who didn't know thought the battle was over."
Commander, when are we going to attack" "Commander, let's fight, it's almost moldy in the trenches" "Yang Jincong passed by the trenches, and the soldiers on the front line saluted him excitedly."
Continue to defend, the enemy will not move, I will not move" Yang Jincong always patted them on the shoulder and smiled slightly, so that everyone could be patient and act according to the predetermined plan.If you are alone, you will be wiped out if you are not careful.He didn't want to joke about the 300,000 soldiers, and the British troops around him were several times larger.Although it can achieve a temporary victory, it is not good for the overall situation.After inspecting the three fronts, the high-ranking generals of the three military regions were also summoned and prepared for a meeting.The movements of the British army in the past few days have been seen in the eyes of the scouts, and according to the statistics at the front, at least half a million British troops have rejoined the battlefield.After the generals sat down at the headquarters, Yang Jincong soon arrived.All the generals stood up and saluted in unison."
Okay, sit down and talk" Yang Jincong waved his hand, and after the generals sat down, he pointed to the map and said solemnly, "To make a long story short, there are new moves on the front line of the British army.According to accurate information, more than half a million British troops had just arrived at the front.In these days, the British army is likely to launch the next round of attacks.You must be ready for battle, if anyone comes out of the fork, don't blame me for not being merciful" "Commander, our weapons are far better than the British army.Hiding here and suffocating to death, it is better to take the initiative to attack the British army and catch them off guard" Li Yuanhong, commander of the Hubei Provincial Military Region, shouted loudly in a loud voice.He is already thirty-seven this year, although his life trajectory is different from Qiao Zhiqing's era, he still relies on his own efforts to stand on the stage of history.In his early years, he served in the Hubei Military Region, and later was admitted to the Nanjing Military Academy in the army.When he was a small soldier, he followed this unit to the South Seas and fought in India, and he was already an old man in the Huaxing Army.Qiao Zhiqing was still a little surprised when he saw his name for the first time.The later President of Li Da still can't be buried in the sea of people.However, at this time, he was a little more clear than the era Qiao Zhiqing had traveled from, and he was not as stubborn as Qiao Zhiqing in that time and space."
Li Bodhisattva, are you in a hurry to capture some more foreign girls to play" At this time, Duan Qirui, commander of the Anhui Provincial Military Region, joked, he and Li Yuanhong were born in the same year, and their life trajectories are roughly the same, they have known each other for a long time, and the two often joke together.Li Yuanhong's appearance is graceful, wealthy, and charitable, and people call him "Li Bodhisattva"."
I said Lao Duan, are you jealous of us.You don't play with women, don't you envy us to play, Lao Tzu just wants to take down a few more cities, and then loot his tens of thousands of women to play slowly" Li Yuanhong responded with a big grin, causing all the generals to laugh.Duan Qirui is known as the six generals, and he is as clean as water.His life's creed is "no smoking, no drinking, no prostitution, no gambling, no greed, no possession".In this era, because of Qiao Zhiqing's intervention, the corruption situation has basically been suppressed.Most of the generals in the Huaxing army have some minor problems, or blockage, prostitution, or greed, and these have nothing in Duan Qirui's body.Of the tens of thousands of women captured in Plymouth, Duan Qirui has never used any of them, and they are all unique in the Huaxing army.Qiao Zhiqing was really glad that he didn't follow Qiao Huaien to Manchukuo at the beginning.The original Beiyang Sanjie, Qiao Huaien brought two of them at once.In recent years, the situation in Manchukuo has gradually improved.The first two heroes of the Beiyang Three Heroes, Feng Guozhang and Wang Shizhen, both held important positions in Manchukuo.Qiao Zhiqing wanted to transfer them back, and they were indeed a little condescending in Manchukuo.In recent years, the border between New China and Manchukuo has long been lifted, and Manchus and Hans can also intermarry.At the beginning, Qiao Zhiqing was afraid that the Manchurians would not leave the Guannei, so he drove them all out.However, allowing the Manchus to develop as a single nation could easily lead to the spread of national sentiment and the split of Manchuria.Therefore, if the policy of intermarriage is started now, it will not be a century later, and there will be no ethnic distinction
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