In fact, the previous gap between the Zhi-Anhui-Feng faction within the Beiyang was gradually disappeared invisible with the continuous development and growth of the model army of China participating in the war. Duan Qirui was still stubborn and Xu Shuzheng's spirit was still the same. However, under the reconciliation of Wang Geng, whether it was Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun, or Zhang Zuolin, these former bosses found their place in the country's political life.

Speaking of ambition, none of the direct and Anhui Fengtian masters were easy to use, but this year they found that their vision and pattern were too small compared to Wang Geng. Now, when looking back, it is not worth mentioning.

When these former governors, acting presidents, Premier of the State and Deputy Army Chiefs focused on the complex factional struggles and separatist territory in China, Wang Geng's eyes were always on the global perspective.

This model Chinese army that has been in operation for less than a year has developed, with the formal establishment of the 18th, 19th and 20th Divisions at the end of March, has now grown to twenty divisions, sixty mixed brigades, and 600,000 people. The firepower and maneuverability are the world's largest.

Wang Geng formed and trained this army, not to defeat the direct system and unify China. In his opinion, it will be a natural thing in the future. This model army of this war is simply used to fight against the great powers!

This is a fact that the military leaders from the government and the public who have always supported and opposed him have suddenly discovered over the past few months.

Unanimously defending the country and defending the territory, Wang Geng instilled the idea of ​​building a military that Wang Geng has instilled in the past year with all the soldiers of this model army participating in the war, especially in the past six months, this has gradually become the consensus of all soldiers in the north.

With the arrival of a new batch of US aid armies at the end of March, and the production and delivery of US equipment from China's Xuanhua Arsenal, Wang Geng formed a new reorganization division of the three participating troops, including the Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentyth.

When Wang Geng's military army launched the "Defend the 18th Recovery of the Land" military operation at the end of February 1918, four mixed brigades were transferred from Suiyuan and Chahar to Outer Mongolia, and four mixed brigades were transferred from Rehe and Jilin to Heilongjiang.

The above eight mixed brigades were supplemented with the original garrisons of the above eight mixed brigades, and Suiyuan and Chahar each owed one brigade.

By the end of March, with the rise of the military craze in March, the supplementary brigade formed by the new recruits of the Nanyuan army after joining the army reached eight brigades again. Rewards on merit were the main tone of this expansion. The best one on the Western Front was the Sun Liangcheng Armored Brigade temporarily organized by Wu Peifu.

Based on Sun Liangcheng's armored brigade, Wang Geng switched back to Bai Chongxi's 12th Mixed Brigade from a Supplementary Brigade from Nanyuan and the Fourth Division of Guo Songling, Shandong. In addition, a newly-organized Supplementary Brigade exchanged for a Cavalry Mixed Brigade from Wang Chengbin's 10th Division, and established the First Armored Division of the Participating Army, which was under the jurisdiction of two Armored Mixed Brigades, a Cavalry Mixed Brigade and a Division-owned Armored Regiment, a Division-owned 150mm Heavy Artillery Regiment, and an Engineer Regiment.

Sun Liangcheng was appointed as the commander of the First Armored Division and the commander of the Irkutsk Military Sub-district. At the same time, Wu Peifu's Third Division was supplemented with a recruit supplementary brigade from Nanyuan.

Zhang Zhijiang's brigade of the 49th Brigade of the 17th Division on the Eastern Front finally ushered in his spring with his achievements. Wang Geng transferred a brigade from the 13th Division of Jiang Fangzhen in Shanxi, and the Mixed Brigade from Suifenhe to the north from Jilin, and Zhang Zhijiang's 49th Brigade formed the 18th Division of the participating army, with Zhang Zhijiang as the commander of the 18th Division of the participating army and the commander of the Binhai Military Sub-district, and was stationed in Vladivostok.

The fourth and fifth recruits supplementary brigade of Nanyuan were organized back to Jiang Fangzhen's 13th Division and Zhang Zuoxiang's 17th Division.

Wang Tingzhen's 7th Division also made an indelible contribution to the conquering Boli. The vanguard of the Guozhigang Brigade was also invincible. Wang Geng transferred the 17th Mixed Brigade from the 6th Division of the Fengtian Governor Li Jishen, and the Mixed Brigade from Suifenhe, which went north from Jilin, formed the 19th Division of the participating army. The division commander of the Guozhigang, and the 19th Division was stationed in Hailanpao. Guozhigang also served as the Hailanpao Military Sub-district.

The sixth supplementary brigade of Nanyuan has filled the establishment of the 6th Division of Li Jishen, Fengtian.

At the end of February, another mixed brigade heading north from Jilin made up for Wang Tingzhen's 7th Division, Wang Tingzhen's 7th Division returned to Harbin, Zhang Zuoxiang's 17th Division was stationed in Boli, and Zhang Zuo also served as the commander of the Far East Military Region, under the jurisdiction of the Hailanpao Military Sub-district and the Binhai Military Sub-district.

The three divisions of the Far East Military Region were organized into the Second Army of the Participating Army, which was a major breakthrough in the organization of the Participating Army. In fact, Wang Geng was already preparing for the future war with the West, and Zhang Zuoxiang became the first commander of the Second Army and the commander of the Far East Military Region. At the same time, Jiang Deng was elected as the commander of his 17th Division.

The Second Army was in charge of Jiang Deng, the 17th Division, Zhang Zhijiang's 18th Division and the 19th Division. Although the organization was ranked as the Second Army, it was the first army formed among the participating troops.

Zhang Zuolin, the chief of staff of the participating army, was so happy that he could not stop. It was obvious that the Fengtian clan in New Beiyang was inseparable from Wang Geng's support. He actually made his own brother Yu Jue Longmen three major steps in three months. Since then, the brothers of Lao Zhang and Zhang Zuoxiang have become one of Wang Geng's most loyal supporters and followers.

On the eastern front, Li Mingzhong's troops of the Western Route Army also ushered in an expansion. Wang Geng, a mixed brigade stationed in Manzhouli, joined the Xiong Shihui's troops, and a new recruits' brigade heading north from Nanyuan, formed the 20th Division of the War Army, with Xiong Shihui as the commander of the 20th Division and the commander of the Nibuchu Military Sub-district, and stationed in the Nibuchu Military Sub-district.

At the same time, a new recruit brigade in Nanyuan was transferred to supplement the 9th Division of Li Mingzhong, who was also the commander of the Chita Military Sub-district, and led the Ninth Division to garrison Chita.

The former third division Wu Peifu's troops were stationed in Ulanwude, and at the same time established the Third Army of the War Army, with Wu Peifu as commander and commander of the Baikal Military Region. The commander of the third division was replaced by Zhang Weixi, the commander of the 8th Brigade. The Third Division and the Military Region were stationed in Ulanwude.

The Baikal Military Region is under the jurisdiction of Chita Military Sub-district, the Nebuchu Military Sub-district, and the Third Army is under the jurisdiction of the Third Division of Zhang Weixi, Li Mingzhong, the Ninth Division and Xiong Shihui's Twentieth Division.

As for the civil affairs of the three Irkuts, the Baikal Krai and the Far Eastern Krai, the major military regions under the Northern Federal Autonomous Region will temporarily be replaced by the militarized management of military-government integration. As for when the military-government separation will begin, we will wait until the parliamentary elections in August and the amended constitution is passed before making arrangements.

In fact, the purpose of the two signs of the military group and the military region that participated in the war is to prepare for the future of the military region's logistics and local armed forces, and the field army is responsible for national defense and military operations and war. As for the title of the military commander, it will sooner or later be thrown into the trash can of history.

In the future system discussed by Wang Geng, Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng, the army will gradually deviate from civil affairs. The civil affairs of each province will be managed by the governor appointed by the central government and the provincial government formed by him. The elected provincial parliament will play the role of legislation and supervision within the province. In the future, when the democratic system is improved, the governor will also be elected. Of course, everything is still far away at this time.

At this time, the participating troops stationed in the entire Northern Federal Autonomous Region, two armies and one armored division, with a total of 210,000 troops from seven reorganized divisions. At the same time, the field airports of Teket, Tulun, Irkutsk, Ulan Ude, Shilok, Chita, Nibchu, Mogocha, Skovorodino, Hailanpao, Boli and Vladivostok were also under rapid construction.

These airports are almost every 300 kilometers, which makes the entire Northern Federal Autonomous Region of China woven a huge net in the air in addition to the connection between the Siberian railway and highway network on the ground.

For such a vast land in Siberia and the Far East, relying on the DH4 reconnaissance bomber of the participating military aviation team for air patrols and surveying and mapping has become an indispensable and twice the result with half the effort. It can even be used directly to track the traces of Soviet guerrillas and strafing and bombing from the air. The results are quite brilliant. No matter how fast the people run, how can they compare with the plane, especially on the vast snowfield.

Also at the end of March, in addition to three new infantry reorganization divisions and a brand new armored division were formed, a wave of reclaiming wasteland, gold hunting and immigration in mainland China, which was rushing to the newly recovered Northern Federal Autonomous Region.

The land tax is exempted for three years, and the land that has been reclaimed will be owned by the individual for five years. Each person is limited to no more than 40 mu of land. The land that exceeds 40 mu per capita will be redeemed by the government. Half of the land redemption price is paid in cash and half is paid in newly issued by the government in the seventh year of the Republic of China. This is the basic land management method of the Northern Federal Autonomous Region.

In addition to the three border regions of the Northern Federal Autonomous Region, the above land regulations are also extended to Outer Mongolia, Suiyuan, Chahar, Rehe, Jilin and Heilongjiang.

In addition, the "Three-Seven Five-Year Rent Reduction Regulations" are fully promoted from several provinces that were originally piloted to all provinces controlled by the war army north of the Yellow River!

A series of such policies were implemented from April 1, 1918. While further improving people's livelihood, an immigrant from the south to the north who went north to hunt for gold and reclaim land was launched. Immigrants not only exempted train fees from trains, but also paid travel fees, and were able to obtain subsidies and loans for seeds, farm tools, and house construction paid by the local government after arriving at the land reclamation destination.
Chapter completed!