What's going on?

Li Yuanhong and Jin Yongyan's excited and excited hearts just now were like falling into an ice cave, cold and dead silence, both of them were stunned and motionless, only a cold river breeze passed by.

Are they dazzled by the mistake, or did the foreign adults get the wrong script?

According to the development of the plot as it should be, shouldn't the Sichuan army provoke the foreign lord, and then the foreign lord will knock the Sichuan army down with an ear scraper, and then hold down the Sichuan army and beat him to death?

However, how did they see that the Sichuan army kept firing at the foreigner gunboats, and the foreigner gunboats not only did not fire back, but turned around in panic and fled from the surface of the Yangtze River in Wuhan?

"This ...... Maybe...... It may be that the foreigner's shells have run out, and they will go back to replenish ammunition for the time being......" Jin Yongyan struggled to spit out such an absurd reason that even he didn't believe in himself, explaining and excusing the foreigner's gunboat's behavior of fleeing.

"Let's go back, it's the age of young people now." Li Yuanhong let out a long sigh, his voice was extremely lonely, as if he had aged a lot in an instant.

If Jin Yongyan and Li Yuanhong were disappointed and lonely, then Tang Qianming and others on the Chinese Navy gunboat were frightened and shocked.

After the Sichuan army launched an artillery bombardment, Tang Qianming immediately ordered four gunboats to prepare for battle, as long as the foreign gunboats fired back, they would open their guns to assist the foreign gunboats to completely raze the Guishan Fort. However, what stunned them was that the foreign gunboat did not fire back, but turned around and fled.

It seems that something is wrong with the water level of the foreigner's flagship "White Goose". Tang Qianming hurriedly raised his binoculars to look over, and was shocked to see the big hole in the armor of the bilge on the right front side of the "White Goose" that was constantly flooding.

"White Goose" turned out to be injured, according to his estimates. The artillery on the Guishan Fort Hill could not pose a threat to the thick armor of the foreign gunboats.

Tang Qianming hurriedly turned his gaze to the Guishan Fort, and immediately saw ten strange cannons with extra-long barrels, which made him gasp.

"Plus...... Cannon! Tang Qianming swallowed his saliva, and a chill rushed up from the soles of his feet to the door of his head.

Others may not know, but Tang Qianming, who has studied naval knowledge in the UK, still knows what the cannon means. Seeing the hideous and terrifying cannons on the Guishan Fort, he could understand why the foreigner gunboats ran away in a panic.

At this time. A naval officer asked Tang Qianming for instructions: "My lord, the foreigner gunboat has withdrawn. Shall we immediately open fire on the Guishan Fort to clear the threat and continue to block the shipping lane, or will we withdraw from the waters of the Yangtze River in Wuhan? ”

Artillery fire at the Turtle Hill Fort?

Is this suicidal? If a salvo of ten cannons on the Turtle Hill Fort can take out a foreigner gunship, then deal with these weakly armored gunboats. One shot is possible.

"No, you can't fire!" Tang Qianming shouted in horror, "Immediately raise a flag and tell the Sichuan army on the Guishan Fort that we will immediately lift the blockade of the Yangtze River waterway and leave the waters of the Yangtze River in Wuhan." ”

"My lord, this ......" The officer looked at Tang Qianming in embarrassment, you must know that the blockade of the Yangtze River channel is the order of the president, who dares to lift the blockade and retreat without an order.

Tang Qianming certainly understood what these officers were worried about. But that's all later, and now the deadly threat of this cannon is just around the corner, so he said anxiously: "Hurry up." I will bear any responsibility after the incident, and quickly order all gunboats to withdraw immediately! ”

"Yes!" Although the officer didn't understand why Tang Qianming was anxious and afraid of being like this, he still chose to obey the order.

With Tang Qianming's order, four Chinese naval gunboats quickly lifted the blockade of the Yangtze River waterway, followed by the foreigner gunboats, and fled the Yangtze River waters in Wuhan.

Seeing the four Chinese Navy gunboats retreat as if they were burning their butts, Wang Mo had no intention of leaving them behind. Therefore, there was no order to open fire on the Kameyama Battery.

The Yangtze River channel was restored, and two battalions of the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Division of the Sichuan Army immediately crossed the river. Completely controlled the important town of Wuchang in his hands.

Wang Mo was not in a hurry to deal with the affairs of the Governor's Mansion in Wuchang, but rushed to Jiujiang with five cannons and deployed the cannons on the Jiangfang Battery. As long as these ten cannons were stationed in the Jiangfang batteries of Hanyang and Jiujiang, he was confident that he would be able to control the upper waters of the Yangtze River west of Hubei.

However, the price is not small, one cannon needs a full 30,000 taels of silver to buy from the industrial machine, and ten cannons are 300,000 taels of silver, that is, more than 400,000 oceans. Coupled with the huge consumption of ammunition since the Sichuan Army entered Hubei in the east, as well as the expenditure on military rations and salaries, Wang Mo's 1 million ocean troops from the Kuomintang have been almost spent.

Fortunately, Wang Mo did not plan to continue fighting, and when Lu Dayong led his troops north to block Wusheng Pass, and he personally led the four regiments of the Sichuan Army to seal Jiujiang and Wuxue, it can be said that he had put the knife on the neck of the 2nd Division and the 6th Army of the Beiyang Army that entered Jiangxi to fight. As long as he is willing, he can seal his throat with a sword at the two elite field divisions of the Beiyang Army at any time, and I believe that Yuan Shikai will not fail to understand this.

Perhaps the Kuomintang wanted to take advantage of the victory and strike a fierce blow at the Beiyang Army, but they were doomed to disappointment. Wang Mo didn't want Beiyang to collapse, which would lead to chaos in the whole country. Now it's time to go to the negotiating table and use negotiation to solve the problem.

After the news spread that the Sichuan army had damaged the foreign gunboats, scared away the naval gunboats, and lifted the blockade of the Yangtze River waterway, the Chinese people were shocked.

Sichuan, southern Sichuan, Luzhou.

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers, watch our Sichuan Army artillery regiment damage foreigner gunboats, and raise the prestige of our country!"

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers, our Sichuan military artillery tells the world that the upper reaches of the Yangtze River are no longer a place where English people are rampant!"

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers, Wang Mo, the young marshal of our Sichuan army, said that our soldiers should straighten their waists and swear to die no longer as foreign slaves!"

……

On the streets of Luzhou, newspaper boys waved the China Revival Newspaper in their hands, selling them along the street with crisp and immature children's voices.

Originally, these days, because the Dian army had reached the last line of defense on the outskirts of Luzhou City. The atmosphere in the whole city of Luzhou was very gloomy, and the rumbling cannons outside the city every day made them very worried about being affected by the pond fish. At this time, when they heard such an exciting thing as the Sichuan artillery regiment wounding a foreigner gunboat, they naturally rushed to buy newspapers one by one. Get a look.

"Okay, it's better for our young marshal to get it, even foreigners are not scared!"

"That is, the big marshal and the young marshal are both from southern Sichuan, when did our southern Sichuan people ever have a bad seed?"

"Hey, if the young marshal and the main force of our Sichuan army are here, how can we not let the Dian army come to our southern Sichuan to spread wilderness."

Lao Tzu didn't believe it. The Dian army saw that the main force of our Sichuan army was so powerful, and dared to continue fighting. They won the war for the time being. Aren't you afraid that the main force of our Sichuan army will return to the division to clean them up? ”

"It's also said, even if the Dian army enters Luzhou City, do they dare to do anything to us ordinary people? If you really attack our Sichuan people, the young marshal will have to pull their skin when he comes back with a large army! ”

"Well said. I toast you, dry! ”

……

The people of Luzhou City were honored to show the might of the Sichuan Army in Hubei, and they all smiled, as if they had the confidence and courage to face the Dian Army overnight, and they were no longer worried about being affected by the war.

I have to say that the common people also have a pair of discerning eyes.

After receiving the news that the Sichuan army marching east into Hubei repelled the naval gunboats and foreign gunboats that tried to block the Yangtze River waterway, Cai Ye understood that there was no point in continuing to fight on the Sichuan side.

"Rong Xuan, the young people now are really amazing. Even the English foreigners dared to fight, and the afterlife was terrifying. Cai Ye sighed, but he still appreciated Wang Mo's temperament of not bending his waist in the face of foreigners.

Luo Peijin, chief of staff of the Yunnan army, also said in shock and disbelief: "I heard that the Sichuan army also wounded one of the foreign gunboats. How did they do it? You must know that the iron armor of the foreigner gunboats is very thick, and there is no difference between hitting the past and tickling the artillery, let alone hurting. ”

"Maybe the Sichuan army has some powerful heavy artillery in its hands, haven't we always heard that the Sichuan army seems to have a very secret arms purchase channel?" Cai speculated that he didn't expect it to be a cannon, after all, that kind of artillery was too much of a threat to warships. Unless the foreigner's head is caught by the door, it is impossible to sell it to the Chinese.

"Governor. Since Beijing's blockade of the Yangtze River channel failed, it must have been the Sichuan Army that had successfully controlled Hubei and completely blocked the retreat of the 2nd and 6th Divisions of the Beiyang Army in Jiangxi. Then if we continue to fight on our side, I'm afraid there will be no point. Luo Peijin said.

Cai Yi nodded in agreement and said, "There is no need to continue fighting, give the order, stop the attack, and withdraw the army!" ”

In fact, at this time, the 6th Division of the Sichuan Army led by Xiong Kewu thought that the casualties were too heavy and was already on the verge of collapse.

In the front headquarters of the 6th Division of the Sichuan Army, Xiong Kewu shouted at the herald with red eyes: "Casualties? Tell them, don't listen to casualty figures! Even if everyone is dead, the fuck has to hold the position for Lao Tzu! ”

At this time, there was a burst of cheers from the Sichuan army soldiers outside the headquarters.

An officer ran into the headquarters in ecstasy and reported to Xiong Kewu: "Division commander, withdraw, the Dian army withdraws!" ”

Xiong Kewu's expression eased slightly, and he breathed a sigh of relief, but then he scolded with a calm face: "Then why don't you hurry up and organize the brothers to repair the fortifications and prepare to deal with the next round of attacks by the Dian army." Why are you stunned, why don't you hurry up! ”

The officer hurriedly said: "Division commander, the Dian army has retreated!" Their entire army has been withdrawn, and there will be no next round of attacks! ”

The Dian army withdrew?

The Dian army has withdrawn!

Xiong Kewu was happy at first, then his eyes went dark, and then he planted straight to the ground. He led his troops to fight for so many days, and when he heard the news of the withdrawal of the Dian army, his heart was relieved, and the string that had been tightened for several days was broken, and he fell to the ground in a coma on the spot.

"Divisional commander! Division Commander ......"

There was chaos in the headquarters of the 6th Division, and both officers and soldiers were at a loss.

……

On the Shanghai side, Sun Yat-sen and others of the Kuomintang Party were very excited when they learned that the Sichuan Army had broken through the blockade of the Yangtze River and successfully blocked the retreat of the 2nd and 6th Divisions of the Beiyang Army.

"The 2nd and 6th Divisions of the Beiyang Army are completely finished, and it's time for us to launch a counterattack! Sir, let's start a nationwide uprising! Not only the south, but also the northern and western provinces, all of them have been mobilized, and the Beiyang Army will definitely not be able to take care of it, and the end of Yuan Lao Thief has come! Chen Qimei laughed excitedly, as if she had seen the scene of the Beiyang Army being stretched thin and Yuan Shikai crying with a sad face.

Even Zhang Jingjiang, who didn't know much about military affairs, said at this time: "That's right, sir, this is a great opportunity, to annihilate the 2nd and 6th Beiyang Divisions first, it is to break Yuan Lao's arm." ”

Sun Yat-sen was also in a good mood, smiled slightly, and said: "Yuan Shikai's dictatorship* is unpopular in the end, with the help of the Sichuan army, why worry about the great cause of the republic!" Immediately telegraphed to Xia Ru in Jiangxi, cooperated with the Sichuan Army, annihilated the 2nd and 6th Divisions of the Beiyang Army in one fell swoop, and cut off Yuan Shikai's arm! (To be continued)