The Republic is so violent

Chapter 67 Fighting Great Wuchang (3)
Veterans who understand this have all run away, and if they don't run, they don't need ignorant students to join the battle. As a result, the students on the second and third lines became anxious when they heard Feng Guozhang's cannonball. Let it go, but it is inevitable that the frontline soldiers will be shot through the back by bullets right in front of their guns.

It's bad enough that second-line soldiers in the field fight the front line.When the artillery got involved, the situation was already unimaginable.

Doesn't it mean that the artillery of the rebel army has not yet been formed?

There is no artillery establishment, but the rebels did grab a lot of artillery, including mountain artillery and field artillery, all behind the skirmish line.There are also some students who are studying these cannons. These students have all learned how to fire cannons in the books of the military academy, but they have never actually operated them.At this time, seeing Feng Guozhang's troops blatantly firing cannons here, the students were furious, so they immediately set up the mountain cannons, planning to start an artillery battle with Feng Guozhang.

To fire a cannon, one must first calculate and measure with a ruler, and then apply the parabolic formula in physics to correctly calculate the landing point of the cannonball.Of course, this landing point must be exactly on the enemy's skirmish line, and the effect will be greatly reduced if it is close to it.But the student of the cannonball is firing a cannon for the first time. He lay on the ground and took a draft paper to calculate for a long time. Finally, he calculated an angle and tried to fill in the cannonball and shoot it?
With a bang, the cannon was ejected, and it landed precisely on the skirmisher line.

The skirmish line of his own home.

With a bang, the students screamed in pain.

The students in the front line were going to be black-gunned by the brothers in the second line and the black cannons of the Paobao brothers. They all fell into a mess at once, turned their heads around, cursed the traitors, and fired indiscriminately towards the rear.

Because the students' positions collapsed across the board, Feng Guozhang felt embarrassed if he didn't take a few steps forward.

Feng Guozhang destroyed the Normal University and entered.

Once Hankou is lost, it means that the defense line of Wuchang has been breached, so the party members became red-eyed and once again organized death squads to launch a suicide charge against Feng Guozhang's troops. The residents of Hankou also climbed onto the roofs and threw tiles at Feng Guozhang's troops. all at once.

Feng Guozhang got angry and ordered the street to be burned.

From then on, the people of Hankou hated Feng Guozhang.

The fire that burned the street lasted for five days and nights, the sky was covered with smoke and dust, and the flames were everywhere. Hundreds of thousands of Hankou people cried and struggled in the raging fire, while the rebel army organized by the students wailed sky-high and marched towards Caijiadian in the west. run wildly.

There are several pontoon bridges in Caijiadian, which directly cross the Han River to reach the south bank. There are still many boats on the bank, but they are all collected civilian boats. The small boat can hold five or six people, and the big boat only has seven or eight people.The terrified students rushed onto the pontoon bridge, crowding each other, plopping, and countless people were squeezed into the water, and many people couldn't squeeze onto the bridge, so they jumped onto the boat crying, and the boat shook slightly. It overturned or sank immediately, and more students fell into the water, and Feng Jun chased them and shot them calmly.

On that day, thousands of corpses floated in the Yangtze River, and the Han River was dyed red with young blood.The huge and prosperous market in Hankou was burned by Feng Guozhang, leaving only ashes and ruins everywhere.

This is war.

This is revolution.

(10) Any conditions can be negotiated

The young and immature students were blood-stained in the Han River. This tragic situation was clearly seen by Huang Xing and the wartime headquarters of the Republic of China military government who were watching the battle on Guishan.

Accompanying Huang Xing to watch the battle was Ding Renjun, chief of staff of the military government's wartime headquarters.

But this Ding Renjun is actually a non-existent person.Just look at the name: Ding Renjun, which means...a person who will surprise you sooner or later.

Since this Ding Renjun does not exist, how can he accompany Huang Xing to watch the formation?

This matter is troublesome to talk about.It is said that as early as more than 200 years ago, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, destroyed the Ming Empire, and unified China. At that time, there was a scholar named Huang who died for his country. qing dynasty.Since the Huang family has been passed down from generation to generation, they have always been farming and studying families, refusing to be official, and finally passed down to Huang Xing's generation.So Huang Xing connected four classmates: Wan Shengyang, Li Buqing, Jin Huazhu and Li Shucheng, and they all came together to fight against the Qing Dynasty.The behavior of these five students was discovered by the authorities and they were severely criticized. As a result, Huang Xing was angered, so he registered Huaxing Company and contacted Ma Fuyi, the old leader of the Gelaohui, to prepare for an armed riot.

The other four students, Wan Shengyang went to Shanghai to open a bookstore, and Li Buqing and Jin Huazhu went to Tianjin to teach.There was only one Li Shucheng left. He found out that Futai, Zhejiang Province was sending a group of outstanding students to study at the Japanese Army Academy at the imperial court's public expense.Li Shucheng also wanted to get on this bus, so he asked a friend to secretly create a fake name on the recommendation list that didn't exist: Ding Renjun.

From then on, Li Shucheng took the name of Ding Renjun, who did not exist, and joined the Tongmenghui after he arrived in Tokyo, becoming a revolutionary party.Afterwards, when he returned from his studies, he was highly valued by the imperial court. Just in time for the Wuchang Uprising, Li Shucheng left Beijing immediately, and rushed to Baoding to prepare to raise troops to respond with Wu Luzhen, the commander of the sixth town of the army.During the trip, he suddenly received an urgent telegram from Zai Tao, Minister of Military Aircraft, ordering him to return to Beijing immediately.Li Shucheng is a real person, so he went back immediately. After returning, Zai Tao gave him an important task, asking him and the staff member Huang Yu to leave Beijing with the whole family, go to the south to contact the revolutionaries, and ask the revolutionaries Whatever the conditions are, feel free to negotiate any conditions, as long as the revolutionary party agrees not to engage in violence, any conditions can be negotiated.

It turned out that the imperial court was only thinking about finding opportunities to negotiate with the revolutionaries every day, and didn't care about destroying the revolutionaries. No wonder they were overthrown by the revolutionaries.

In addition, Zai Tao, Minister of Military Aircraft, gave such a beautiful job to Li Shucheng and Huang Yu, probably because he knew that these two people were revolutionaries.

So Li Shucheng and Huang Yu each brought their wives, children, parents-in-law and other family members, and left Beijing happily.Huang Yu went to Shanghai to help Chen Qimei, the boss of the Youth Gang, attack the manufacturing bureau.But Li Shucheng came to Wuchang. When he came, Feng Guozhang was burning the street in Hankou. Chief of the General Staff of the General Command.

People who came to Wuchang with Li Shucheng included Cheng Qian, an overseas student who had returned from studying in Japan, and students Jiang Guangnai and Chen Guofu from various military academies in Nanjing.In addition, there was a Japanese officer, Captain Ohara. Among these people, the most active one was the Japanese. He strongly demanded to join the Chinese revolution, and death would be an honor.Everyone saw that he was a Japanese, so they asked him to go to Hankou to spy on intelligence.Captain Ohara happily took the order, and had just arrived in Hankou, when a bullet flew from nowhere, hit him with a bang, and killed him.As a result, the revolutionary army lost a good and competent spy.

Even the Japanese wanted to come to Wuchang to participate in the revolution, let alone the Chinese.

So Wang Longzhong, commander of the Hunan Army Association, led the first association to rush to participate in this battle.

And this Wang Longzhong, although he himself graduated from the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy and was a classmate with Li Shucheng, he did not participate in the League and was not a revolutionary party—although he is not a revolutionary party, but because of his relatively strong military capabilities, so what? , of course he has reason to contribute to the Revolutionary Party.

A few days later, Gan Xingdian, the commander of the Second Hunan Army, arrived with his unarmed troops, and the people in the three towns of Wuchang were greatly encouraged, thinking that with the help of the Hunan Army, they would definitely be able to defeat Feng Guozhang.

As if to confirm the good news, another Hubei native named Liu Chengen returned to his hometown Wuchang.

After Liu Chengen arrived, he found Huang Xing and told Huang Xing that he was sent by Yuan Shikai. The purpose of coming here was to ask the Revolutionary Party if there were any conditions?No matter what conditions the Revolutionary Party has, just open it up, any conditions can be negotiated, talk slowly...

Overjoyed, Huang Xing immediately picked up his pen and wrote a letter to Yuan Shikai, which said:

... Ming Gong's talent is beyond Xing and so on.With Napoleon and Washington's qualifications to establish Napoleon, Washington's achievements, directly attacking Huanglong, destroying the captives and eating them, not only Dai Minggong, the people of Hunan and Hubei, is Napoleon, but also Washington, that is, the authorities of the northern and southern provinces.The common people are raining, and the crowd admires Minggong.Once in a thousand years, I pray that I will not get lost...

Li Yuanhong also wrote a reply letter to Yuan Shikai, the content was exactly the same as Huang Xing's, and he asked Liu Chengen to bring it back.

(11) Ask the leader for instructions in everything

I never thought that the messenger Liu Cheng'en, on the way back, met Beiyang Feng Guozhang's soldiers interrogating him: "Come here, you are sneaky, you are not a good person at first glance. To be honest, are you a spy?"Liu Cheng'en laughed and said: "Boss is really funny, you can see that I look like an illegal trader at most, how dare I get involved in such things as spies?"But the soldiers ignored him, and searched the body on the spot, and found the letters of Huang Xing and Li Yuanhong.So the soldiers excitedly escorted Liu Chengen to Feng Guozhang to report his meritorious service.

With a swipe of his pen, Feng Guozhang said, "I've had an affair with bandits, and I've dragged him out and killed him."

The people around Feng Guozhang hurriedly advised: Marshal, should we discuss this matter with Zhangde's marshal first?

Zhangde's handsome man is Yuan Shikai.So Feng Guozhang frowned after hearing this: I don't know the old man better than you?The old man teaches us to be loyal to the Holy One every day, and we are utterly loyal to the Holy One, so this spy who has an affair with bandits will never have anything to do with the old man, so he can be shot as soon as possible to save worry.

The people around me persuaded: It is better to ask for instructions again. Ask the leader for everything, and the leader will be happy.

That's right, there's nothing wrong with making a phone call to make the old man happy.So Feng Guozhang called Yuan Shikai: Old Enshuai, how is your old health?Is athlete's foot not guilty?Hahaha, tell old Enshuai a joke, hahaha... Tell Yuan Shikai the matter of capturing Liu Chengen as a joke.

Yuan Shikai didn't say anything for a while, and then he said: I suggest you discuss this matter with the young master?
Master?Feng Guozhang was very surprised: what is the young master?Where did the young master come from?
Yuan Shikai said: "I'm talking about my great treasure, Yuan Keding."

Your big treasure...Feng Guozhang is confused:...What does this matter have to do with your big treasure?

Yuan Shikai: ...Don't worry about so much, talk to my Dabao and you won't lose a piece of meat!
Although his head was full of confusion, Feng Guozhang didn't dare not listen to Yuan Shikai's words, so he immediately called Dabao Yuan Keding. Just after he opened his mouth to talk about this matter, Dabao yelled, "You lost your mother, Lao Feng, how dare you hurt someone surnamed Liu?" One finger, I want you to look good, so you let me go as soon as possible!

At that time Feng Guozhang was stunned: ...Dabao, what do you mean by that...

Yuan Keding was aggressive and furious: Are your ears stuffed with chicken feathers?Is what Lao Tzu said not clear enough?You release me immediately!

Feng Guozhang: ...but why is that...

Yuan Keding: Shut up!Release immediately!
Feng Guozhang: ...Dabao, listen to what I tell you, the general is away, and the military orders will not be given...

Yuan Keding: Give your mother the size, surnamed Feng, will you let him go or not?

Feng Guozhang put down the phone and cried.Said: I just want to do something practical for the Holy Majesty and the country, why is it so difficult... Liu Chengen was released and successfully brought Huang Xing's letter to Yuan Shikai.

But Huang Xing, after writing the letter, thought about it.No, if you want Yuan Shikai to be obedient, you must first admit defeat.Well, yes, I first defeated Feng Guozhang in Wuchang, until the Beiyang Army was frightened and cried when they heard about the Revolutionary Army. At that point, things will be easy...

Just do it!

The wartime headquarters of the military government of the Republic of China ordered:

The first route: Cheng Bingrong, unified by the Third Infantry Association, led his troops across the river from Qingshan, Wuchang, landed at Zhanjiaji, Hankou, and captured Liujiamiao recently.

The second route: Command Yang Xuanqing with the sixth infantry standard, lead his troops on small armored steamers and civilian boats, set off from the northeast coast of Hanyang, and land forcibly at the Dragon King Temple in Hankou, occupy the position and annihilate the enemies encountered.

The third route: Huang Xing will be the commander-in-chief, the right wing will be led by Wang Longzhong, the first commander of the Hunan Army, the left wing will be led by Gan Xingdian, the second commander of the Hunan Army, and Xiong Bingkun, the fifth commander of the Hubei Army Infantry The Department is the General Reserve.The rest of the Artillery First Standard and the Engineering First Battalion marched along with them—there were three groups of troops on this route, so Huang Xing was now commanding the Fifth Army.

The five-way army set off majestically with strong soldiers and majestic horses. They wanted to retake Hankou. If Feng Guozhang was beaten into tears, crying for his father and mother, the matter would not be over.

(12) Mysterious Disappearance of the Five Route Army

After dusk, the Five Route Army began to move.

Cross the pontoon bridge from Qinduankou, gather at the designated location, enter the position, and prepare to attack the enemy in the Yudaimen and Qiaokou areas of Hankou at dawn the next morning.

The Fifth Route Army set off for 4 hours, and it is estimated that they have entered the designated position.Commander-in-Chief Huang Xing and Chief of Staff Li Shucheng led the headquarters across the Broken Bridge.There is a military saying for this, which is to move the headquarters forward.

After crossing the bridge, it was just catching up with the heavy rain, and in the rain, I saw a big torch, which made the sky and the earth black and red.

Where did such a big candle come from?
It turned out that the troops in the front burned down the houses of the common people, one for heating and another for lighting... You can’t burn down the houses of the common people even if you are heating and lighting. Fellow countrymen, we are the revolutionary army. The revolutionary army does not burn down houses, but the Beiyang Army Feng Guozhang burns down houses. When we see Feng Guozhang later, beat him.

After preaching the truth of the revolution, the general headquarters set off again in high spirits.Although the torrential rain is pouring in and the night is as dark as the bottom of the pot, everyone's fighting spirit becomes more high as they walk, and the more they walk, the more... fear... The more they walk, the more scared they become.

No, the headquarters stopped: the situation is not right, the night is so dark, and so quiet... so quiet that apart from the sound of rain, no human voice can be heard... It's not right, I can only hear I heard the voice of the general headquarters, but I couldn't hear the voice of the Five Route Army... What's going on?What about them?Why is there no sound at all?

The general headquarters panicked, so they sent people to the left, right, forward, backward, upward... unable to go up, they went to the sky to find the troops, but all the people who came back were pale, and the answer was even more frightening:

No one, no troops.

The frontline troops mysteriously disappeared into the rainy night, which made the general headquarters panic and uneasy.

It's horrifying, but how is this possible?
Huang Xing was in a hurry: Everyone look again, look again, I saw the troops crossing the river with my own eyes, how could it disappear?Even if they were all taken away by Feng Guozhang...then they could still hear something, right?How could there be no sound at all?Look for it, everyone will look for it again.

So everyone had to spread out to search again, search and search and find friends, and found a group... Wow, an excited report sounded in the darkness: found, finally found the troops, all found.

So where exactly are the troops?
He is hiding in the homes of ordinary people to avoid the rain.

Shelter from the rain?

Didn't they order them to march quickly?How can I avoid the rain?

What's the matter?Soldiers are also human beings, raised by their parents, so why can't they avoid the heavy rain?Wet and frostbite, why don't you get medicine for them?
At this time, I can't take care of it and don't think too much. I will go to the homes of ordinary people first and then talk about it.When he arrived at the common people's house, Huang Xing was stunned.

In the darkness, the kangs of ordinary people's houses were packed up and down, and there were poor soldiers squatting there, children of seventeen or eighteen years old, all barefooted, with terrified faces, and carrying a bag on their backs. Bundles of wet thatch, it turns out that the soldiers used thatch as coir raincoats.

Seeing this situation, Li Shucheng, the chief of the general staff, became anxious at that time, and said to Huang Xing: Hurry up, before Feng Guozhang notices that we are coming, you have to quickly order the troops to withdraw.It’s not that I’m talking about you, Ah Huang, that’s not the way to fight. Our strongest middle lane has such a virtue. It’s easy to imagine those two troops. Such a troop will not lose when they meet the Beiyang Army. That's a weird thing.

Li Shucheng's remarks angered all the personnel in the headquarters.His old classmate Tang Mang Dayi Mie from the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy was the first to rush out and reprimand Li Shucheng: "Old Li, I found out that you are a traitor when I was in the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy, and now it has been confirmed."I am actually a classmate with you, a traitor. It is really distressing to think about it.

Li Shucheng was in a hurry: Old Tang, you are making nonsense again. I am talking about the army, what are you talking about.

Tang Mang is stern: Before the enemy comes out of Hankou, they say that retreating is a traitor. Revolutionary soldiers will advance and never retreat. Like you, Li Shucheng, you only know how to retreat and surrender blindly. You are not a traitor, what kind of animal can you be?
Huang Xingdao: Don't quarrel, traitor or not, let's put it down first, who of you has the ability to call out the troops in the residential area and let them go to fight?

(13) General Headquarters at the forefront
The general headquarters tried to pull out the soldiers who were hiding in the house to shelter from the rain, but encountered stubborn resistance from the soldiers.Everyone gritted their teeth fiercely, pulled their arms and legs, and finally dragged one soldier out. They were about to drag the second one, but the first one slid back into the room with a squeak.

After dragging on for most of the night, all the staff of the General Headquarters were exhausted and wheezing.In the face of the tenacious spirit of resistance of the soldiers, they finally surrendered.

It was dawn and the rain stopped.The soldiers finally walked out of the private houses, and they behaved very positively. As soon as they went out, they opened fire on Feng Guozhang's Beiyang Army.

Open fire when you go out?Isn't it inappropriate not to wait for the officer to order?

There is nothing wrong with it, the troops have rushed up, and they are advancing steadily.

The battle situation improved unprecedentedly. The whole morning, the revolutionary army was advancing. Feng Guozhang's side seemed to be very weak, and there was no sound of returning gunfire.

Not fight back?It's a good thing not to fight back, keep fighting... At noon, the damn Feng Guozhang ordered his subordinates to fight back.This counterattack was terrible, and with a bang, the revolutionary army collapsed across the board immediately, and everyone turned around and ran wildly.

Such an improvised army originally had no combat power at all. If the opponent did not fight back, they might persist for a while. Once the opponent fought back, would there be any reason not to collapse immediately?

(End of this chapter)