Jagged Warlord

Hu Hanxian, also known as Hu Weiwan, was born in Tianqiao Village, Runan Management District, Baihe Town, Kaiping City, Guangdong Province. He was born in an overseas Chinese family in 1884. He lived in Canada in his early years and graduated from Shacheng Flight School in Canada. He followed Sun Yat-sen to participate in the revolutionary activities that overthrew the Qing Dynasty.

When the Revolution of 12 broke out, Hu Hanxian returned from Canada and organized the "Yingzi Death Squad" with Tan Ying in Guangzhou. At that time, Hu Hanmin was the governor of Guangdong, and Chen Jiongming was the deputy governor. In December of the same year, Hu Hanxian was ordered by Sun Yat-sen to go to Shanghai to help organize the provisional government , Later, in order to cultivate his own power and eliminate dissidents, Chen Jiongming disbanded a large number of militias. The "Yingzi Death Squad" was also revoked.

In April of the first year of the Republic of China (1912), after Sun Yat-sen was forced to resign as the interim president, he went south to Guangzhou. Hu Hanxian went to Jin Dynasty to visit Sun Yat-sen and ask for instructions on where he would go in the future. Sun Yat-sen sent him to America to contact overseas Chinese, publicize and promote Huaqiao to invest in domestic industries. In the winter of the same year, Hu Hanxian went to Canada and founded the "New Republic of China Morning Post" in Victoria City. Through newspapers, newsletters, speeches, etc., he publicized the ideas of democratic revolution and called on overseas Chinese to donate money to return to China to start industries, build the motherland, revitalize China, and support the democratic revolution of the motherland. The campaign received positive responses from many overseas Chinese.

On July 1914, the third year of the Republic of China (7), Sun Yat-sen reorganized the Kuomintang into the Chinese Revolutionary Party, held high the banner of anti-Yuan, and put forward the call for "sweeping out the Communist Party and building a complete Republic of China". The Canadian branch of the Chinese Revolutionary Party was subsequently transferred to Midton to take charge of party affairs in central and eastern Canada.

Hu Hanxian and others considered that the overseas Chinese were interested in the motherland and the revolution, so they planned to organize the overseas Chinese to voluntarily ask Yuan Jun to return to China. In accordance with the opinions of the Tokyo headquarters, a military head office was established in Jiandun City, with Hu Hanxian as the head of the head office, and organized military training. At the same time, Toronto in the east, Shashi Jiacun in the middle, Victoria, Vancouver and other cities in the west were also established. Established a branch of the Military Society to organize military training.

In October of the fourth year of the Republic of China (1915), the general branch of the Canadian Chinese Revolutionary Party selected Hu Hanxian and other three people as representatives to report to Sun Yat-sen at the headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, and asked for instructions on the date of return to China. They were praised and encouraged by the headquarters and Sun Yat-sen. The three stayed in Japan and participated in the establishment of the Chinese Revolutionary Party Aircraft School in Lake Biwa, Yakaichi, Yawatacho, Nishikyo, Japan. Since then, Hu Hanxian stayed in Japan and participated in the establishment of the aircraft school.

After Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor, Sun Yat-sen issued the "Second Proclamation on Disputing Yuan" and sent Xia Zhongmin to lead the overseas Chinese to return to China with a vanguard of death-defying vanguards against Yuan. They entered Weixian County, Shandong Province and were compiled as the "Overseas Chinese Volunteer Regiment of the Northeast Army of the Chinese Revolutionary Army". Chang Xia Zhongmin, deputy head Hu Hanxian.

After the Northeast Army of the Chinese Revolutionary Party captured Weixian County, Sun Yat-sen ordered the aviation school to be relocated to Weixian County and reorganized as the "Aircraft Team of the Northeast Army Overseas Chinese Volunteer Regiment of the Chinese Revolutionary Army" and appointed Hu Hanxian as the management director of the aircraft team. , A total of 3 teams are formed, each team is equipped with 3 aircraft, 1 pilots, and 10 mechanics.

The first team is led by Hu Hanxian, and there are three Japanese instructors including Sakamoto Shouichi, Tachibana Kan, and Jiri Yasuhito. In addition to performing military tasks, the aircraft team still conducts training in accordance with the curriculum of Yakaichi Aircraft School. While training, it cooperates with the military. During the operation, the flying team has repeatedly performed tasks such as reconnaissance of the enemy, distributing leaflets, and dropping bombs and bombings.

In order to cooperate with the ground forces to attack Yidu, all the planes were dispatched. Hu Hanxian and Sakamoto Shouichi took a plane together, and Sakamoto Shouichi drove it. Hu Hanxian bombed the Beiyang Army stationed in Yidu from the back cabin. At that time, the Beiyang Army had no planes. This bombing caused the Beiyang army to be in a state of confusion, which effectively hit Yuan Shikai's restoration activities. The aircraft team played a role in the war against Yuan. This was the first time that the revolutionary army used aircraft to bomb ground targets under the leadership of Sun Yat-sen. The team's first attempt to use aircraft to participate in combat.

This time, Hu Hanxian and Sakamoto Shouichi took the same plane to harass and investigate the SS Army, but this time their opponent is the SS Army, a modern army built by traversers, not comparable to the Beiyang Army Yes, in the end, Hu Hanxian was shot down, and Sakamoto Shouichi had no bones left. Hu Hanxian was lucky to jump out of the cabin when the plane was about to fall. At first, Hu Hanxian thought that he would die, but it seemed that God was not willing to let him die. When he was dropped, he fell On a large tree with very thick branches, and was finally found by the SS search party.

The SS immediately sent Hu Hanxian to the Jinan SS Army Temporary Hospital for emergency treatment. After examination by the military hospital, Hu Hanxian had multiple fractures and burns. He received treatment in Jinan and was sent to Xuzhou for interrogation after his condition stabilized.

Li Mohan agreed to Xiao Wenlong's request, and at the same time asked him to send someone to Juzheng Office to visit Hu Hanxian in Jinan. At the same time, Sun Yat-sen in Japan also received a telegram from Li Mohan.

Regarding Li Mohan's telegram, Sun Yat-sen's die-hard fan Wang Zhaoming was the first to object.

But Sun Yat-sen seemed to have great confidence in Li Mohan. He said to Wang Zhaoming, "Zhaoming, try to return to China immediately and get in touch with Li Mohan. We must unite with Li Mohan and fight against Yuan together!"

Wang Zhaoming was very surprised. He asked, "Sir, why do you still believe in these speculators? Li Mohan is a warlord, a revolutionary speculator through and through. He also killed many of our revolutionary partners. Have you forgotten, sir?"

Sun Yat-sen said with a smile: "Li Mohan stayed abroad and joined our revolutionary army in the year of [-]. As for Yuan Shikai, he is an old bureaucrat and a figure of the old school, while Li Mohan is a new school figure like us. Now, he is not Have you also electrified against Yuan?"

Wang Zhaoming said: "This Li Mohan is a person who only allows him to revolutionize and not ours. If he is sincere in revolution, he can send his troops to the north and drive directly to Beijing. Why bother to compete with our Northeast Army for territory in Shandong? He will put the meat in his mouth. Spit it out and share it with us!"

Sun Yat-sen said with a smile: "I have confidence in him!"

Sun Yat-sen pointed to the telegram and said: "He made an agreement with me that as long as the Northeast Army occupied the city first, the SS would never get involved. In the city occupied by the SS first, we also asked our Northeast Army not to intervene. I think it is very good." Well!"

Wang Zhaoming had no choice but to say: "Then since Mr. Li Mohan has so much confidence in Li Mohan, I, Wang Zhaoming, will go and hope that he is sincere!"

Ten days later, Wang Zhaoming arrived in Qingdao by boat. Through Juzheng and Xiao Wenlong who was stationed in Jinan, Wang Zhaoming first went to the hospital to visit Hu Hanxian, who was still recovering from his injuries. After that, Wang Zhaoming, as Sun Yat-sen's special envoy, negotiated with Xiao Wenlong.

The conditions proposed by Xiao Wenlong were just like what Li Mohan said in the telegram. Whoever captured the city first would belong to him. Supplies, conscription, and more.

Xiao Wenlong proposed that this was a new clause and Li Mohan needed to be consulted, so the negotiation did not end until the third day with Li Mohan's approval.

After the negotiation ended, the SS and the Northeast Army each grabbed territory based on their own abilities. Because the Northeast Army had Japanese help, most of the eastern part of the Shandong Peninsula fell into the hands of the Northeast Army, while the SS mainly captured the west of Shandong and gathered in the north of Shandong. Jin Yunpeng's department was the most unlucky. Under the pressure of the SS and the Northeast Army, the territory became smaller and smaller.

After the conflict with the Revolutionary Party was resolved, the SS army concentrated its forces and began to march northward. Jiang Fangzhen, who was using troops for the first time, was quite cautious. He marched steadily from Jinan all the way north, aiming at North Mende County in Shandong.

De County was originally called Dezhou, but was renamed De County after [-]. It is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, in the northwest of Shandong Province. It is not only the northern gate of Shandong, but also the southern gate of Beijing and Tianjin. , facing the Bohai Sea in the east, Taihang in the west, the North China Plain in the north, the natural danger of the Yellow River in the south, and the two major cities of Jinan and Tianjin in the north and south. Therefore, the strategic position of De County is very important.

In addition to the first time, Dexian also has the Dexian Arsenal, one of the five largest arsenals in China in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The annual output of the Dezhou Arsenal is up to 2000 million rounds and 40 tons of smokeless gunpowder. Once the Dexian Arsenal is won, Yuan Shikai Beiyang The guys in the army are in danger of running out of food. Therefore, in addition to mobilizing Qu Tongfeng to garrison De County, Yuan Shikai also mobilized a part of the Yi Army from Jiang Guiti in Rehe and Jin Yun'e from the northern part of Henan. Pull to guard De County.

According to Yuan Shikai's own order, the plan for defending Dexian County is to contain the stations of Yucheng and Sangzi Town first, and destroy the railway if it cannot be controlled, so as to prevent the enemy soldiers from the south from using the railway to transport troops. Jin Yunpeng's troops in the Wuding area assisted in the defense from the flanks, but Qu Tongfeng and Yuan Shikai were not of one mind. He voluntarily abandoned Yucheng and Sangzi Town Station, but retreated all the soldiers and horses to the north of the Tuhai River. A very short but deep front was opened in the Zhanghekou area.

Tuhai River, originally one of the nine rivers Shu Shu by Yu, was formed by the dredging and merging of two rivers, Tu River and Shang River. A civilian husband was injured, and all the disciples were afraid of heavy labor and wild boars, so it was named Tuhai. For thousands of years, the old river was buried long ago, and its traces are hard to find. Today's Tuhai River is not the river of Yu Shu, but the river of gold. A flood control and drainage channel excavated in the Yuan Dynasty and named after "Tuhai".

Chen Guangyuan of such a model regiment expressed his objection, "It's hard for our army to stick to such a small area with the first division and the second regiment!"

Qu Tongfengsheng had a small round face with a mustache on his mouth. He twirled his mustache and said unhurriedly: "I am the commander in chief, and Commander Chen is only the second officer. The priority cannot be reversed. In addition, Qu This is also a follower of kindness, I don’t know what good suggestions Chen thinks there is!!”