Back to the Republic of China as a commander

When the news of Ma Jizeng's suicide reached Changsha, Tang Xiangming was already flustered, and when the First Division of the Hunan Army in Hengyang City electrified to support the protection of the country and oppose the imperial system, Tang Xiangming's eyes turned black.

The situation was completely out of control. Tang Xiangming was surprised to find that he had no force to use except his own army guard and the police from Changsha Police Station. He felt that danger was coming.

At this moment, there are not all military forces that can be mobilized in Hunan. One is Guo Renzhang's mining police force, and the other is Zeng Jiwu's department in Yuezhou.These two armies together number more than 2 people, and they may be able to hold Changsha for themselves, waiting for reinforcements from Beijing to go south.

Tang Xiangming's thoughts were good and his actions were quick, but the results were often unexpected.

Guo Renzhang's character is really not very good. When Sun Wen and the others planned an uprising in Fangchenggang, Guo Renzhang made an agreement with them to participate in the uprising.When the time came, Guo Renzhang gave the order to suppress the revolution without hesitation.But this time he was ordered to lead the army to aid Changsha, which aroused the ambition hidden in Guo Renzhang's heart.

On January 1, when Chen Quzhen's 24st Regiment, the vanguard of the Eighth Division under Liu Xing's personal command, was approaching Xiangtan, Guo Renzhang made a move that was beyond everyone's expectations.

This old boy actually mobilized three battalions under his command to impose martial law on the entire city of Changsha. If Zeng Jiwu hadn't entered the city earlier, Guo Renzhang's army would have marched into the Governor's Mansion at that time.

In fact, the name Governor's Mansion is outdated. Tang Xiangming's current position is Hunan Jingwu General and the province's appeasement envoy (Old Yuan's official name was designed, it is very time-traveling).

Tang Xiangming, who is both a pacifier and a general, is actually not a close confidant of Lao Yuan, and has been suppressed by Yuan Shikai all the time, so he is not doing well as the governor.But despite this, during his term of office, the people of Changsha lived and worked in peace and contentment. It may be a bit of an exaggeration to not pick up things on the road and not close their doors at night, but at that time, when it came to selecting civilized cities across the country, Changsha was really the best choice.

But now that Guo Renzhang is making such a fuss, Changsha has become a battlefield before the youth army comes over.The citizens of Changsha fled out one after another, and the situation got completely out of control.

But soon, under the mediation of the Japanese consul in Changsha (what’s the matter with the Japanese here?), plus Guo Renzhang and Zeng Jiwu’s troops are all embroidered pillows, which are not useful, so don’t look at these guns The sound was so loud, in fact, the soldiers below shot at the right ones, and no one had the consciousness to work hard for the superiors.

Fortunately, the Japanese consul still felt that he was capable and spent 100 million oceans to quell the war. If he went to the street to see what the so-called war looked like, he would probably be so angry that he would yell: "Baga , The conscience of the Chinese people is greatly broken."

Moreover, this self-conceited act of achievement also caused trouble for himself. After the youth army entered Changsha City, they used the excuse that Changsha was not a diplomatic and consular area.Moreover, the Japanese consulate supported the enemies who protected Japan and directly closed the Japanese consulate in Changsha, and the Japanese in Changsha were also forcibly expelled.And the reaction of the Japanese government was also very unexpected. It just protested to the Beiyang government. Firstly, the Japanese are bent on overthrowing Yuan Shikai’s rule and messing up China; Compared with the benefits, it is really insignificant; Japan has no plans to carry out military operations in South China for the past three years, and naturally it is not interested in playing old tricks.

But a year later, the Japanese regretted missing this opportunity, which is another story.

At this moment, Tang Xiangming, Hunan's appeasement envoy and General Jingwu, also the governor of Hunan, felt the chill of doomsday.Just a month ago, he was the most powerful man in Hunan, and he was still firmly in control of the situation in the province.But in less than a month, the tortoise raped the snail, according to the jokes of later generations, and when the police questioned the snail, the snail's answer was that everything happened too fast at that time.

Tang Xiangming felt that he was really tired. He felt that it was meaningless to wait for reinforcements from Beijing. He finally decided to electrify the whole country, declare the independence of Hunan, and serve as the governor of Hunan. a little time.

After Wang Zhenyu saw Tang Xiangming's announcement of independence, he immediately smiled and said to the officials around him: "It seems that Tang Xiangming still cares about the position of the warlord, so we are embarrassed to push each other harder. It's very simple. Changsha Surround me, don't attack, if the army in the city is not reorganized for a day, the siege will not be withdrawn..."

This move is indeed too poisonous, whoever is surrounded by so many black cannons in the city, and the friendly army is the enemy who fought against not long ago, the psychological endurance is overdrawn.

Wang Zhixiang, then governor of Guangxi Province, also wrote a letter to his brother-in-law Liu Renjun, through whom he persuaded Guo Renzhang to surrender in Kaicheng. On February 2, Guo Renzhang led 1 troops to surrender.The Eighth Division of the Youth Army entered Changsha City, and before that, the Fourth Division had already entered Yuezhou Kongcheng.Not only was he trapped in an isolated city, but he also lost his old nest. Facing such a situation, Zeng Jiwu was naturally in a dilemma. On February 7000, the day after the youth army marched into Changsha, Zeng Jiwu, who could not even defend the isolated city, could only order his troops to accept the reorganization of the youth army under the persuasion of Yang Yongtai. False, Zeng Jiwu was disheartened and decided to retire, but was persuaded by his former classmate Liu Xing, and finally agreed to join the Youth Army. His department merged with Guo Renzhang's department to form the Tenth Division of the Youth Army. Zeng Jiwu served as the division commander, and Liu Zhenhuan He was transferred to be the chief of staff of the Ministry and head of the 2 regiment.

But for the governor Tang Xiangming, the youth army unexpectedly did not touch him, but the order of the governor could not leave the governor's mansion.

Marked by the entry of the youth army into Changsha, the entire Hunan battlefield of the National Defense War officially came to an end. The [-] troops of the Beiyang forces headed by Yuan Shikai in Hunan collapsed, and the national situation changed drastically.

In the new year of the fifth year of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai heard the news that Hunan had fallen. At this time, a large group of his concubines and wives were still yelling at the dinner table about who was the concubine and who was the concubine.Suffering from uremia at this moment, Yuan Shikai said angrily, "Why are you arguing? This family is going to be ruined. What else is there to argue about?"

The day after the war in Hunan ended, the war in Guangdong also came to an end. Long Jiguang, the governor of Guangdong, was not as lucky as in history to escape to Hainan Island this time, but was forced to go to the field and fled to Hong Kong. . .

Time goes back to January 1, the third day after the Third Army of the Youth Army and its affiliated National Socialist Party Work Team and Security Detachment entered Guangdong, Long Jiguang finally made up his mind to block the Youth Army in the Zhaoqing area, otherwise Starting in Guangzhou, he really didn't think he had much chance of winning.You must know that compared with the youth army, the opposition forces in Guangzhou are the most troublesome existence for him, so Long Jiguang almost personally commanded the main force, and wanted to defeat the youth army in Zhaoqing in one fell swoop.

It's a pity that Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi didn't seem to have the intention of a decisive battle with him. For seven or eight days in a row, neither of these two launched an attack on Long Jiguang's carefully constructed Zhaoqing defense line.The Youth Army was busy seizing the territory in western Guangdong. Li Zongren even personally led a part of the Seventh Division to cooperate with the newly formed Ninth Division of the Youth Army to take Shaoguan.

Long Jiguang was the one who felt sad as the days dragged on. He only left three battalions in Guangzhou, led by his two elder brothers, but the strength of these three battalions couldn't withstand the surging rebellion.During these seven or eight days, at least 330 attacks broke out in Guangzhou. Although Long Yuguang and others fought hard to suppress them, they killed thousands of revolutionaries and dealt a heavy blow to the revolutionaries.However, the instability of the old nest directly affected the morale of the troops on the front line. You must know that the family members of the officers are all in Guangzhou, so the call for returning to Guangzhou has gradually become stronger, and Long Jiguang has to pay attention to this.

The criterion for testing the strength of an army in this era is not attack, but retreat.For now, the entire Chinese army, including the youth army, is only qualified for offense, and it can only be described as nonsense when it comes to retreat.

On February 2, Hunan fell, and Fujian was captured by Xu Chongzhi. Long Jiguang suddenly found himself surrounded by the guards.And the officers below all threatened that if they didn't withdraw to Guangzhou, the big guys would collectively stage a mutiny.In this situation of internal and external difficulties, Long Jiguang made a decision that he regretted all his life, and launched a retreat in front of the Third Army of the Youth Army.

Relying on the spies lurking in Long Jiguang's army, Li Zongren even knew the detailed deployment of the Ji army's retreat earlier than Long Jiguang's head of the regiment.

In the early morning of February 2, the battle broke out. Just when Long Jiguang was about to run away in the dark, the largest artillery attack since the youth army became an army began. . .

It is not unreasonable to say that a person can get stuffed between his teeth when drinking cold water, at least for Long Jiguang, at this moment, he has stuffed his teeth.

Retreating was originally a very challenging thing, and retreating at night made it even more difficult, but it was nothing, and it could still be overcome by gritting your teeth.

But if you are under heavy shelling at this time, it will not be fun.

The casualties that can be caused by shelling are always limited, but the psychological pressure caused by the huge roar of mountain cannons on soldiers is infinite.

What does such intense shelling mean?The enemy is about to attack on a large scale.

So what are you waiting for? At this moment, Long Jiguang's army was in disarray, and everyone lost their organization. Everyone ran towards Guangzhou like headless chickens.

Except for the guards around him, Long Jiguang could no longer command any units, and he could not find any other subordinates except his son. The chaos brought by the night continued until dawn.

Bai Chongxi fought the most beautiful battle since he joined the army. With less than a hundred casualties, he defeated nearly [-] enemy troops in one fell swoop.

When Long Jiguang fled back to Guangzhou with his guards, there were less than [-] people to gather, and there was no possibility of escape from Qiongya. It is said that the young army had already landed on the island in a small canoe.Long Jiguang lamented that the only thing he could do was to deposit the wealth he had seized during the three years he supervised Guangdong into HSBC, and then the family boarded a boat and left northern Guangdong to plead guilty to President Yuan Da.

On February [-], the sixth year of the Republic of China, Guangdong declared its independence. . .