"Children, Dipolo is kind. He will not abandon anyone, nor will he turn a blind eye to any suffering." Sister Helen said to the workers who had already calmed down.

"What I want to say, what you want to do, has actually been done by a friend of mine a hundred years ago."

"Who is he? You can probably guess it, right?" Sister Helen said with a smile again.

"Mr. Brave?!" A worker asked.

"Children, do it boldly. Go for your own happiness, go for your own future!"

In an instant, Helen felt as if she had returned to 100 years ago. At that time, Sumarokov was still a young man in his twenties, and she was still a virgin with young feelings.Everything was so familiar, she once again thought of the songs Sumarokov had taught her and what he had said to her.

"Ula!"

All the workers shouted, and everyone excitedly raised their firecrackers and shouted for joy.At this moment, cannons rang out again outside the city. The comrades of the Revolutionary Army were ready to liberate Zhongnan City at any time and to support the workers in the city.Therefore, the soldiers were forced to return to the city wall, and most of them were transferred to prepare for the defensive attack, leaving only a small number of soldiers to continue to guard and monitor the situation of the arsenal.

"At six o'clock tonight, just after dark, we launched an uprising at that time and completely defeated the emperor!" Ford shouted, waving his hands.

"At that time, comrades will use the bell of the church in the city as a signal, and comrades will go to the main road to meet the workers of the armory and catch the mayor alive." Comrade Ford continued.

"May Dipolo bless you, children." Sister Helen and Comrade Ford hugged each other and said.

"Don't worry, Ms. Helen, we will complete the task." Ford said with a smile as he separated from Sister Helen.

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"Comrades! Are you ready?"

In the sailor cabin of the Dipolo, the sailors gathered together and listened to the words of the sailor lieutenant in front of them, and their hearts couldn't help but get excited.

"According to the resolution of the branch, just tonight, the comrades workers in Zhongnan City decided to take up an armed uprising and liberate Zhongnan City together with comrades from the revolutionary army outside the city." Standing in front of the sailors, the lieutenant said excitedly.

"Ulla!" the sailors shouted excitedly in a low voice.

"Comrades, we voted with a show of hands. We have also chosen tonight to hold an armed uprising and liberate our Dipolo. After that, we will go upstream to reach Tianyang Lake, where we will support the workers in Tianyang area Revolt, and support the Northern Expedition in the southeast to cross the river and march south!" The lieutenant continued.

All the sailors immediately raised their hands, and no one objected.The sailors of the Dipolo, who were deeply influenced by Leszek's thoughts, had been waiting for this moment. Later, a sailor wrote excitedly in his diary: "I have never been so disturbed and excited in my heart. I understand that great happiness is about to fall on my head, he has been late for two years, and finally came to my side!"

"Great happiness is about to fall in front of us." The sailor lieutenant said excitedly with his fists clenched.

"Long live Leszek! Long live the Central South Revolution!"

The Dipolo moved steadily on the river, as if there was no difference from usual.But if you are willing to calm down and listen carefully, you will probably hear such singing...

"Arise, slaves suffering from hunger and cold; Arise, suffering people all over the world." The sailors sang together on the eve of the uprising.

"The blood is boiling, and we must fight for the truth!"

The artillery of the revolutionary army outside the city is still roaring, supporting the uprising inside the city.At this time, the mayor and the bourgeoisie had lost their arrogance. They gathered in the government building in fear, hoping that Earl Simac's reinforcements would arrive quickly and rescue them from the internal and external crisis.

"Order the artillery unit to continue bombarding the enemy's city wall to support the comrades in the city. Also, order a cavalry brigade to move westward and prepare to block the enemy's reinforcements." General Rebio looked at the tall Zhongnan City in front of him, He said to Migucci with a pipe in his mouth.

The Second Revolutionary Army dispatched more than [-] people to Zhongnan City to organize a siege and prepare to liberate this ancient city.The remaining troops are still in the west, led by Commander Sherman, dealing with the main force of SMS Simak, organizing the liberation of the whole south and south, and driving the imperial devils out of the south.

In such a tense situation, the Revolutionary Army still drew out an infantry division and two cavalry brigades to attack Zhongnan City, intending to copy the back route of Simak and encircle them in the area north of Kunqi Mountain and south of Zhongnan City , closed the door and beat the dog, surrounded and annihilated the troops of SMS Simak.

"Ask the army, why hasn't the SMS reinforcements arrived yet? It's almost too late, why haven't they come to support?" the mayor asked while standing in the office with his hands behind his back.

"Also, go and give the soldiers an order to immediately go to the houses of the mud-legs, arrest their wives and children, and ask them to surrender and give up resistance!" The mayor looked at the flames and roars everywhere in the city , and hurriedly turned around and ordered.

"My lord mayor, I'm afraid you won't be able to do what you want." The bearded adjutant pointed at the mayor and took out a short-fire gun from his waist.

"What are you doing?" the mayor asked, leaning on the table in shock.

"You'd better sit down quietly and don't have any other thoughts. If you do this, you will still be safe." The adjutant said, pointing to the sofa with his head sideways.

"Do you think you can succeed?! You are just dying!" Although the mayor was very scared, he still pretended to be tough.

"The regime built by you mud legs will not last long, it will collapse soon." The mayor sat down and turned his head to curse at the adjutant.

"That's right, that's it." The adjutant closed the door of the office and continued to point the cannon at the mayor.

"We want to be in power for a long time like this, let the people be the masters of the country, until you wipe out these pests."

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"The old world is broken; slaves rise, rise!"

"Don't say we have nothing, we want to be the masters of the world!"

The brilliance of Dipolo slowly disappeared from the horizon, and the moonlight of Xiangpa spread to the world, bringing a faint light to the world.Almost at the same time, a faint light shone on the bell tower of the cathedral in Zhongnan City, attracting the attention of all workers, peasants, businessmen, bourgeoisie, military police, and soldiers.Immediately afterwards, there was a clear ringing of the bell, and the sound of the bell spread, accompanied by the faint light spreading throughout the entire Zhongnan City.That was the signal of the uprising. Ms. Helen successfully left the arsenal by virtue of her identity and was not troubled by the army j. .

The workers in the arsenal immediately took action. They organized a team to come out of the factory and shoot at the soldiers, defeating the dog legs and finally breaking up.The workers of the armory also fought with the soldiers outside the warehouse, where the soldiers were still fighting on the idea that the mayor would call in reinforcements.But until they were beaten and fled, they probably didn't know that their mayor had been controlled by comrades lurking in the government, and now he was completely useless.

The workers of the arsenal and the armory joined forces and cheered on the central avenue. Several comrades of Leszek happily shook hands and directed the workers to move towards other important buildings in the city, including newspaper offices, vaults, granaries, etc. War collar important buildings, waiting for the final attack.

"This is the final fight, united, until tomorrow."

"International Xiong Naier, it must be realized!"

The sails of the Dipolo were lowered again, and all the sailors were on standby to steer the ship away from the pier and go upstream.The first officer and the captain had been controlled by the sailors and locked in the cabin an hour ago.The sailors lit torches to illuminate the way forward, marched forward singing the revolutionary songs of the sailors, and prepared to deal a heavy blow to the devils on the Tianyang Lake defense line.

"Stop! Stop! You are going there! Don't act without the general's order!"

Soldiers on the pier held torches and ran to the shore to stop them. Some soldiers even raised firecrackers and shot at the Dipolo, trying to stop the Dipolo from advancing.The sailors of the Dipolo resolutely manipulated the artillery that had just been put on the ship to fight back towards the shore. For a while, the artillery and gunfire rang out in unison, blowing up the troops on the shore, and no longer dared to stop the Dipolo's attack. leave.

"Go to hell!" A sailor manipulating the artillery yelled at the devil officer on the shore.

"Go to meet Death with your general!"

"It's the sound of gunfire from the direction of Tianyang River." Comrade Gilbert and Comrade Ford said as they looked out.

"It's time to attack the government building!" Comrade Gilbert drew out his short-fired blunderbuss and shouted to the workers behind him.

Several soldiers pushed the artillery moved out of the arsenal, aiming the shelling in the direction of the government building.The cannonball hit the front of the government building, which made the mayor tremble with fright, and caused the workers to cheer and sing with their guns raised high.

This is the final fight, unite until tomorrow!Intexonnar, it must be realized!

251 Fight of Sleepy Beasts

"What did you say? Zhongnan City is out of control?"

Earl Simac took off his helmet and stared at the orderly in astonishment, he couldn't imagine that such news would come.He really didn't expect that the well-planned grand strategy would go wrong because of the most unlikely link. This kind of blow was very fatal. Earl Simac almost fell to the ground with his legs weak. It was still Derry. General Ke helped him avoid the embarrassment.

The large force led by Simak had gradually moved away from the direction of Zhongnan City a few days ago. They converged to the west and had to shift their battle lines in order to ensure that parts of the area south of Kunqi Mountain would not lose control.The current Earl of Simac is leading the army to continue fighting against the [-] revolutionary army in the pass, while guarding against the main force of the revolutionary army from attacking and guarding against the opponent's opportunity to encircle and fight decisively.

The location of the entire army has been far away from the original central and northern regions, and has begun to enter the front line to start confrontation.They were stationed in the middle of the two mountains and stuck there, leaving the favorable area in order to continue to ensure control of the area south of Kunqi Mountain.Now the logistics of SMS depends entirely on the troops connecting Zhongnan City and then connecting with Tianyang Lake and its own eastern plains to organize logistics supplies, and a small part of the supply is in charge of Qiangshan City in the west. Once Zhongnan City falls, the control of SMS The district will be divided into two halves, unable to echo each other, when the time comes...

"How is it possible?" Earl Simac stood up with his sword on the ground and asked in disbelief.

"There are troops and soldiers in the city. Although the defense force is small, it is not enough to make the city into such a mess. There are four thousand soldiers and more than 2000 troops. How could it be possible to destroy it with just a few spies? In the city?" Earl Simac grabbed the soldier's shoulder and asked.

"The workers and peasants are all rebelling! The workers from the arsenal and the armory have occupied key areas in the city, and have taken control of the granaries and weapons. Now Zhongnan City is caught between internal and external attacks, and it is in danger!" The orderly replied tremblingly.

"Count, it's still too late for us to send troops back for rescue. As long as the soldiers defending the city are strong enough, we can still arrive as soon as possible by dispatching cavalry." General Derek suggested.

"Why did they rebel? Don't they know that once the city is breached, they will also be burned, killed and looted? Don't they know how to defend the city together? Why did they rebel at this time?" Earl Simac was standing still. Tobu said after stopping.

General Derek and the messenger fell silent for a while. They really didn't know how to explain to Count Simac that it was no longer what it used to be.

"Count, times have changed." General Derek said with a sigh.

"The Fafnir Legion was defeated and retreated in the battle against the revolutionary army. None of the towns retreating along the way stubbornly resisted the sluggish revolutionary army. At that time, I realized that it is different now. Workers and peasants No longer seeing our wars as a hegemony, not having any interest in it, or just wanting to protect their turf. They have a sense that even on land that is not theirs, they are Support the Revolutionary Army and treat them as our own." General Derek smiled wryly.

"The revolutionary army is also a person and a force. How is he different from us! Wouldn't they burn the city? Would they treat everyone honestly? I don't believe it! It's impossible!" Earl Simac didn't believe it Said.

"The democratic republic is a new product, and it can no longer be compared with a hundred years ago." General Derek finally said.

"Now abandon the defense to the south of Kunqi Mountain, give up the confrontation with the revolutionary army, immediately return to aid Zhongnan City, and retreat to the front line of Zhongnan City, Qiangshan City, and Tianyang Lake. There is still time to do this. Before the Revolutionary Army has captured Zhongnan City, we There is still a chance to retreat." General Derek suggested again.

"Is it so difficult to let all the places south of Kunqi Mountain fall into the hands of the enemy?" Earl Simac said angrily.

"That would be giving up half of Zhongnan, and it will be difficult to attack in the future. No, you must not retreat! Send cavalry troops back to rescue, and the main force will continue to circle around!" Earl Simac said decisively.

"Besides, you said just now that you only need to send some soldiers to rescue them. Why do you suggest that the whole army retreat now?" Earl Simac complained again.

"Count, it is indeed possible to divide the troops to rescue and succeed, but if it fails, our main force will be completely besieged in the land surrounded by these two mountains. At that time, we will not even be able to hold the front line of Zhongnan City." " General Derek said, pointing in the direction of Zhongnan City.

"General, why are you so discouraged? You were once the chief general of the Fafnir Legion. Did you also lose your spine by the revolutionary army?" Earl Simac said disappointedly.

"Count, you still value me so much after my defeat, I have to tell you the truth even at the risk of displeasing you." General Derek said while grabbing Earl Simac's arm.

"The revolutionary army is gaining momentum, and there is no longer any worry about drought in the rear. Now they are not easy to defeat. There are other nobles in our rear who are not completely united, and they are still struggling to recover from the drought. You have to Think clearly, and don't follow in the footsteps of the Fafnir Legion." General Derek said sincerely.

"General Derek, let me ask you, is there really no hope of defeating the revolutionary army at all?" Earl Simac asked again, pressing General Derek's shoulder.

"Yes, look for a decisive battle with the main force, take advantage of the opportunity of the revolutionary army to attack Zhongnan City, and then avoid fighting with the [-] troops in the south. With [-] versus [-], our army has a slight advantage." General Derek said solemnly. replied.

"However, the quality of our soldiers and weapons are not as good as those of the Revolutionary Army. Not to mention that once the contact with Zhongnan City is cut off, our army will only have enough supplies for a week, so we must fight quickly. If the Revolutionary Army puts on the defensive at that time... ’ General Derek said after a pause.

"I'm not asking about this, General Derek." Earl Simac pulled out his ancestral sword and looked at it, and looked at the letters on the sword: Warrior's heart, only stop fighting.He seemed to have regained his motivation, and said to General Derek with a stern face.

"If we give up the area south of Kunqi Mountain, it will be impossible to unify Central South in the future. Instead of standing still, it's better to fight and gamble!"

"How many generals in ancient times won the great war by making surprise and dangerous troops. I believe that Dipolo is always on my side."

"[-] vs. [-], the advantage lies with me, not him!"

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The workers fought fiercely in front of the government building, fighting with the soldiers guarding the building.Although they did not have any military training and did not know how to fight in formation, they still moved forward one after another with the courage not to fear death.Under the light of fire and night, they must capture the government building as soon as possible to control the entire city, and then march towards the city wall to join the revolutionary army outside.

The soldiers on the city wall were still watching. They watched the situation in the city without daring to act rashly, and continued to stick to the city wall and stick to their positions.The fact that the mayor hasn't sent a letter asking for help means that the situation hasn't deteriorated to the point where the soldiers and soldiers in the city can't control it.They just need to continue to stick to the city wall, wait for the soldiers to suppress the riots, and finally wait for the support of Earl Simac.

"Comrades, go!"

Ford jumped from a corner with a firecracker and ran to the front of the team. He led the armed workers into the open space in front of the government building and fought fiercely with the soldiers guarding the building.The sound of gunfire was endless, and from time to time even the sound of incendiary bombs being thrown and exploded echoed in my ears.This is the last moment, as long as the government building is captured, everything is settled.

"Shoot!" shouted a worker with a red scarf tied around his arm.

Fireworks appeared, a round of salvo.The workers stood together unevenly and shot at the ferocious soldiers.Immediately afterwards, the soldiers began to fight back, counterattacking the workers' attack.In this small open space, the workers and the remaining soldiers were fighting for control of the place. After being shot, one worker fell down holding his chest, and another worker rushed in and shot at the soldiers to fill the gap.Fierce battles broke out here. This was not a struggle for hegemony, but a war between compatriots.It is a fight to the death for the future and the ranks of hope, a desperate struggle for a bright future.

"My lord mayor! My lord mayor!"

A few soldiers knocked vigorously but could not open the door of the mayor's office. They simply kicked open the door and broke in. At a glance, they saw the adjutant holding a short gun and the mayor sitting on the sofa.

The adjutant immediately started shooting at the soldiers. One soldier was shot and fell straight down, but the soldiers behind also shot the adjutant's wrist and knocked off his short-fired gun.The soldiers swarmed up and fought with the adjutant. They scuffled in the office, trying to knock the adjutant to the ground with their fists and legs.The adjutant was not a vegetarian either. He threw his bow left and right, knocked down a soldier with one punch, and kicked away the person who rushed forward, and immediately wanted to pick up his short-fired blunderbuss and shoot at the frightened mayor. .

A soldier picked up his firecracker and fired another shot at the adjutant. The adjutant clutched his chest and shook, and staggered towards the mayor with difficulty.

Another shot was fired, and the adjutant finally lost all his strength and fell down.Blood flowed all over the ground, soaking the white blanket, and turning the blanket red, just like this Zhongnan City, from white to red.

The clearing was finally lost, and the soldiers scattered or returned to the building for further resistance.The workers rushed up the steps with their firecrackers and ran towards the building, while Ford fell down under the statue of Dipolo, covering his wound, and looked at the door of the building that was opened by the workers.His eyes were full of light of hope, he wanted to see the victory of the uprising, but the breath of death finally entangled his soul, Ford reluctantly let go of the firecracker in his hand, closed his eyes, and left This beautiful world.

252 Battle of Tianyang

"Why is this river suddenly closed? Boats are not allowed to pass through?" An old farmer on the bank asked the people around him suspiciously.

"The sailors on the Tianyang River have rebelled, don't you know?" The fisherman next to him with a basket replied in a low voice.

"I don't know, when did it happen? Why did it happen?" The old farmer became even more puzzled.

"The night before yesterday, the sailors rebelled, and the cannons were loud, hitting the pier on the shore. Now those sailors have snatched the boat and are rushing to our place. It is said that they want to join the rebels in the east and fight them in one fell swoop."

"What kind of thing is this? Everyone is rebellious and chaotic. This Simak is also unpopular, so let it go." The old farmer said disdainfully.

"Why didn't he leave? We didn't care about us during the drought, and we let the grain merchants hoard grain during the war. It should be over by now." The fisherman also sneered.

There was a sudden ringing of the bell, and the soldiers on the bank immediately became nervous and waited aside with their firecrackers, and the artillerymen on the bank turned their muzzles to aim at the river, getting ready.There are still a few small boats floating alone on the river, and the only larger boat is a merchant ship for transport. The calm river surface suddenly became turbulent, and it looked like it was about to fight.

The Dipolo moved forward slowly on the water surface, going up the river from the lower reaches.The current Emperor Polo has withdrawn the flag of the Republic, because the uprising hastily found a piece of red cloth from the ship to serve as the uprising flag.The sailors were ready to fight on the deck. They were preparing to break through the blockade and join the Northern Expeditionary Army. They simply broke through the defense line in the direction of Tianyang Lake in one fell swoop and contributed to the victory of the Northern Expedition.

The soldiers on the shore waved flags to signal the Dipolo to stop, and the ships in charge of the blockade also turned sideways to intercept.Upon seeing this, the sailors of the Dipolo immediately prepared for the shelling of the artillery, and attacked the artillery on the shore first.There is no compromise in fighting, and there is absolutely no peace between revolution and bourgeoisie.The Dipolo and the artillerymen on the shore shelled each other, fighting and moving forward, and continued to go upstream to Tianyang Lake.

"I mean the brothers in front!" A sailor of the Dipolo shouted from the front.

"Earl Simac's feudal rule is doomed to perish. Why should you be his gunmen? The revolution is unstoppable. The workers in Zhongnan City have already launched an uprising. There is no need for you to stop the revolution!"

"Kill that rebel! Don't retreat!" shouted an officer on the merchant ship ahead.

"My lord, we are just a merchant ship, and we were the ones who collided with the Dipolo and sank in the end." A sailor ran over to dissuade him.

"What are you! How dare you order me?" The officer grabbed the sailor by the collar angrily, and slapped him twice before pushing the sailor to the ground.He could only look at Di Polo with helpless resentment.

"Turn the rudder, turn the rudder! Avoid colliding with the Dipolo! Shoot them with muskets!" said the officer still unwilling to give up.

"Haha, a group of cowards!" The sailors on the Dipolo laughed, and they immediately resumed their seriousness and formed a neat line on the deck. The merchant ship that was firing returned fire.The soldier in charge of the helm saw that the Dipolo was about to turn all its firepower to this side, and hurriedly turned the rudder and drove towards the shore in a panic. Under the scolding of the officer, only the stern of the Dipolo was left, and then fled in a panic. up.

"Look, there are so many people, so many guns in the water on the shore, they can't beat a boat. No one dares to fight." The old farmer laughed and said from a safe place.

"It's better to ask the revolutionary army to come over as soon as possible. The revolutionary army divides the land and doesn't bully others. Just these soldiers, if they go for a long time, they don't know how to bully us." The fisherman also laughed.

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"Is the news accurate? Are you sure?"

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