Chapter 16: The Xinhai Revolution
At the beginning of April 1911, an unprecedented storm began to slowly form on the land of China. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the early morning of April 11, a big uprising broke out in Huanghuagang, Guangzhou!
Unlike the results of the other world, the rebel army led by Huang Xing also received tremendous support from external forces! A large amount of money opened the way, allowing Huang Xing and others to maintain the secrecy before the operation, and contacted the support of many old armies in advance, and a large number of advanced Browning rifles, pistols, grenades, and explosives were transported into Guangzhou in advance by an American freighter, and three comrades who had studied in the United States also made a large amount of explosives - one even included four Type 1909 mortars produced by the Huntelaar Arms Manufacturing Company!
The team of more than 2,000 people is well-equipped and morale-boosting!
In the early morning of April 12, the rebel army, led by Huang Xing, broke through the Liangguang Governor's Office, and one of the shells exploded next to Zhang Mingqi, the governor of Liangguang, and the Liangguang governor died on the spot. At the same time, a large number of rebels came to the port, received a large number of weapons from an American-flagged freighter, and began to attack the Guangzhou garrison!
Ten Browning Type 1909 heavy machine guns, which played a decisive role in the melee.
On April 13, 1911, the revolutionary army completely took control of the city of Guangzhou, and at the same time, attracted by a huge bounty, a large number of old army troops who were disillusioned with the Qing government joined the revolutionary army, and they miraculously expanded to 11,000 people!
On April 14, the Guangdong Military Government was established, Huang Xing was elected as the governor, and the whole country was electrified, declaring the independence of Guangdong!
As soon as the telegram was issued, the whole world was shocked!
Before the Qing court could react, on April 18, the Wuhan New Army staged an uprising. Xiong Bingkun and Wu Zhaolin led the team to fire the first shot and capture the Chuwangtai armory. The revolutionaries stationed outside Wuchang also launched an uprising, and the raging flames began to sweep through the city.
On April 22, Jiao Dafeng and Chen Zuoxin staged a major uprising in Changsha in response to Guangzhou and Wuchang. It's just that this time, unlike history, after the rebel army successfully captured Changsha, a mysterious figure entered the barracks and met Jiao Dafeng, who was in charge. Then, on April 24, Jiao Dafeng gave up his plan to send troops to support Wuchang and began to purge the city of Changsha.
On 25 April, large quantities of cash and munitions miraculously appeared.
With the advent of one million silver dollars and 5,000 state-of-the-art Browning 1909 rifles, Jiao Dafeng quickly took control of the rebel army, and with the support of dozens of New Army officers, he began a purge of the army. At the same time, a large number of people began to monitor the constitutionalists in Hunan, so that they did not dare to act rashly.
On April 28, the Hunan Military Government was established, with Jiao Dafeng as the governor, and the first military order issued by him was that no subordinate troops should be allowed to disturb the people, and more than 100 soldiers were sent to the construction site of Xiangya Hospital and Medical College to ensure the absolute safety of all doctors and nurses. In return, Xiangya Hospital sent five doctors and 16 nurses into the barracks to help them treat soldiers wounded in battle......
After the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, the Japanese immediately took action and stood firmly on the side of the Qing government. An arms export consortium consisting of three companies, including Mitsui & Co., under the auspices of the Japanese Ministry of the Army, came forward to sell large quantities of weapons to the Qing government. However, not long after the introduction of this export combination, a group of mysterious people also took action, and they began to supply weapons to the provincial revolutionary military governments in large quantities, at least 10,000 rifles landed from Guangzhou, and more poured into China from Shanghai, Fuzhou and other places, and later statistics included at least 30,000 Browning 1909 rifles, 100 heavy machine guns, 30 mortars and 10 75-mm cannons, and countless ammunition......
For a time, public opinion in the Far East was in an uproar!
Not only did the Japanese and Russians jump up and down, but the British, French and Germans stood up at the same time and strongly condemned the actions of the Bank of Huntelaar! Especially for the British, the consul in Shanghai urgently summoned the head of the Huntelaar Bank to express the extreme dissatisfaction of the British government.
However......
On 4 May, the Huntelaar Bank publicly announced that it had nothing to do with the matter, and that the weapons and ammunition had already been sold and would not be asked.
Of course, no one believes this nonsense.
Therefore, in order to clear the suspicion and relieve Yuan Datou's dissatisfaction, the Huntelaar Bank soon reached a secret agreement with him, not only would it provide him with interest-free loans of up to 10 million US dollars, but also sold him 50,000 rifles and a large amount of ammunition at a flat price. Yuan Datou, who had received the benefits, was skeptical, but quickly calmed down his anger, after all, among so many foreigners, only the Huntelaar Bank had the best conditions, and there was never any political demand......
It's just that Yuan Datou has benefited, and other governments are still extremely dissatisfied.
Originally, all countries have their own spheres of influence in China, among which Britain, Russia and Japan are the strongest, and the Americans are simply not worth mentioning. However, in recent years, the Huntelaar Bank has become a dominant company, taking advantage of the rubber stock turmoil to invade in an all-round way, and even opened a large number of factories and schools in China, which has great influence. Now that he is involved in the relationship with Yuan Datou, how can this make all countries happy?
It's just that the dissatisfaction of countries has no effect.
In 1911, Europe was cloudy, Britain, France, Germany and other countries did not have the strength to do anything in the Far East, and the Japanese were too weak, so Huntelaar did not care about their protests at all, and the US government did not say anything more. Although Taft was very worried about the anger of the British and French, when he spoke with John several times, he could only pinch his nose and express his support in order to win the support of the Huntelaar consortium in the battle with Roosevelt......
Slowly drag it down, and it's over.
In mid-May 1911, after receiving a large number of sophisticated weapons, within a month, fifteen southern provinces declared their independence. On May 19, the revolutionary army captured Nanjing, and all the south of the Yangtze River was owned by the revolutionary army!
The Xinhai Revolution, which was half a year ahead of schedule, completely burned the land of China!
Then, as if history repeats itself, the north and the south negotiated peace, the provisional president was introduced, the Qing emperor abdicated under duress, and Yuan Datou soon became the second provisional president......
Except for half a year earlier, the general direction of the Xinhai Revolution has not changed in any way.
Although there is the appearance of John's butterfly, and it is still a very powerful butterfly, it is impossible for a country as large as China to be affected by an American consortium, not to mention that the influence of the United States in this country is far less than that of Britain, Japan, Russia and other countries. Therefore, the Xinhai Revolution was half a year ahead of schedule, which was enough to surprise John!
But......
After all, with his little butterfly, there are still some small changes in this revolution.
For example, thanks to the advent of large amounts of money and sophisticated equipment, the process of revolution was greatly accelerated, and the impact and damage on the local area were greatly reduced. This has brought a lot of benefits to China, and it has also saved a lot of people's names. Another example is that in the process of the Qing Emperor's forced abdication, more than a dozen Manchu leaders were successfully assassinated, and they were either key figures desperately trying to prevent the Qing Emperor's abdication, or the old nobles who were extremely hostile to the revolutionary party. However, no one noticed that several of them had secretly deposited huge sums of money in foreign banks, and when they died, there was nothing left......
The sum of this money was so large that it eventually became a mystery in history.
At least a handful of people know where the money ends up. After a few rounds of overseas bank accounts, they flowed back to China, and eventually became the foundation of countless primary and secondary schools, and grew in this difficult time......
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My political novice is pure conjecture, and everyone should not delve into it. (To be continued.) )