Returning to San Lucas from Deca Town, Wang Yongan received a gift from Xia Ming from the United States, Xia Ming bought 20 observation balloons in the United States and entrusted an American company to send them back. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, the Qing government had observation balloons, and the Beiyang Navy Division used observation balloons to reconnoiter the enemy situation in front of them, but observation balloons were not widely used. And in the six towns of Beiyang, each unit has its own observation balloon unit. Therefore, the main force of the Beiyang Army and the rebel army in Wuhan have been suffering losses in shelling each other, and if it were not for Yuan Shikai's dragging, with the training and equipment of the rebel army, they would have been killed many times ago.

With the observation balloon, the San Lucas Armed Police Force would have a reconnaissance area large enough to cover the entire state of Baja California Sur and the west coast of Mexico. Wang Yongan immediately handed over the observation balloon to Gong Wuyuan and asked him to immediately find some soldiers to form an observation balloon and follow the American instructors for training.

In fact, what Wang Yongan hopes to buy most is the American plane, but unfortunately the current plane range is not far, and Díaz was able to take the plane to San Lucas because the plane was refueled three times in the middle - fortunately, no one found that Díaz was hiding in the plane at that time - and compared with the current Western plane and the domestic Feng Ru No. 2 plane, Western countries have established an aviation brigade, and even domestic planes are a rare thing.

"Do you buy an airplane, or do you go back to China and build your own plane?" Wang Yongan also fell into a dilemma: it is easy to buy an airplane, but no matter how many planes he buys, he cannot increase the number of talents for the country, and it is difficult to build an airplane, but building an airplane can increase the country's strength reserves and scientific and technological reserves.

Why can't you buy it and build it at the same time, thinking of this, Wang Yongan patted his head and laughed, he ordered Xia Ming to buy ten planes in the United States and ship them back.

After receiving the telegram, Xia Ming couldn't cry or laugh, and called back and said, "The money is not enough." ”

"Okay, buy two." Wang Yongan rarely called back with a red face and said.

Well, in order to step up preparations for the war, the money obtained from the Mexican government was spent like water, and it really accelerated the speed of blackmailing Dias. So Wang Yongan changed his clothes, asked people to make good steaks, carried tequila into the castle where Dias was imprisoned, and talked to Dias "cordially".

The two sides had an in-depth exploration and discussion on the "money" aspect very friendly, and finally Wang Yongan was satisfied with what he wanted, and Decas was also very satisfied with the woman and wine......

On 3 November, Wang Yongan suddenly received an urgent telegram from Yangzhou, in which Wang Yongtai told him that the New Army had revolted in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, and other provinces south of the Yangtze River, and that the revolutionary party was also about to move in Jiangbei. Especially the armed uprising in Shanghi, Wang Yongan's good friend Chen Qimei led the army to revolt and recover Shanghi.

After the Wuchang Uprising, all walks of life in Shanghi have long been ready to move, at that time Shanghi had three powerful forces, the first is the gang force headed by Chen Qimei, they probably have more than 2,000 people, but their influence is the greatest, and the people have heard more about their folk reputation;

The second group is the Liberation Army led by Li Xiehe and Tao Chengzhang, a subordinate organization of the Alliance, whose combat effectiveness is very strong, but the number is relatively small, especially its leaders and army members are not Shanghi people, so they have no influence among the people, and everyone always thinks that Tao Chengzhang and others will only assassinate;

The third force is very huge, is Li Pingshu, Shen Manyun and other businessmen under the armed merchant group, the origin of this armed merchant group is also because of the Shanghai Beach mixed fish and dragons, often there are bold people to kill people and goods, especially in the face of merchants, so with the approval of Shanghi Dao, the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce has set up an armed merchant group, the number of which is about 5,000 people. (In addition, Wang Yongan's shipping company, retail group, industrial bank, real estate company, and clothing company are all protected by the Blackwater Security Company, and the headquarters of the Blackwater Security Company has also been transferred to Shanghai, with a total number of more than 1,500 people and sophisticated weapons and equipment, but they do not participate in the armed merchant group of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce.) ）

But in fact, after Wang Yongan left Shanghi, the revolutionary party of Shanghi was not twisted into a single rope, but split. At the beginning, Li Xie and Chen Qimei plotted to force Wang Yongan away, but afterwards Chen Qimei repented, thinking that she was not righteous enough, and took the initiative to admit and confess to Wang Yongan, but Wang Yongan did not blame him, which made Chen Qimei feel even more guilty.

At the end of June, Wang Yongan led the overseas Chinese army to set off, and Tao Chengzhang came to Shanghi on the back foot, and immediately organized a meeting of the Shanghi Alliance, hoping to determine his leadership position in Shanghi through the meeting. Chen Qimei originally had a grudge against Tao Chengzhang, Li Xiehe and others, but now that she saw that Tao Chengzhang was going to become the "boss" of Shanghi Beach, she was even more angry and pulled out her pistol and shouted: "Who the hell doesn't do anything to come to Shanghi to pick peaches, first ask Lao Tzu's gun if he agrees." "The alliance will be in a mess, Tao Chengzhang left Shanghi in a bad mood and went to Nanyang.

After learning that the Shanghi Revolutionary Party was in chaos, Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren hurriedly came from Hong Kong to reconcile with them. Huang Xing has deep qualifications, Song Jiaoren is a revolutionary leader, and has always had great prestige within the revolutionary party.

Because of Huang Xing, Song Jiaoren and others, the revolutionary situation in Shanghi became very clear, but what I didn't expect was that the Wuchang Uprising suddenly started and shocked the world.

Everyone immediately prepared to start up immediately, but Song Jiaoren, who was old and serious, said: "Wait and see, see if the imperial court can control the army, if the imperial court can't control the army, I don't have to wait for another incident." In view of the lessons of the previous failed armed rebellion against the Qing Dynasty, everyone unanimously agreed with Song Jiaoren's opinion, and even Chen Qimei, who was anxious, was willing to wait and see.

A few days later, all provinces across the country influenced the Wuchang uprising, especially the overthrow of Manchu rule and the declaration of independence in Hunan Province three days later, which triggered a national imitation. Among them, Xu Shaozhen, the commander of the Ninth Town of the Beiyang New Army in Jiangsu Province, immediately summoned Liu Zhijie, the commander of the Beiyang New Army, and She Shoucheng, the chief of staff, to discuss their views on the "future".

Xu Shaozhen knew that Liu Zhijie had a very good relationship with Cheng Dequan, and now Cheng Dequan served as the prefect of Suzhou, and the 23rd Mixed Association was stationed in Suzhou, Xu Shaozhen asked Liu Zhijie to rush to Suzhou immediately to prepare for the army, while he and She Shoucheng stayed in Nanjing to lead the Ninth Town to raise troops against the Qing Dynasty.

After Liu Zhijie came to Suzhou, he immediately received the support of the 23rd Mixed Association, and Ai Zhongqi, the commander of the 23rd Mixed Association, opposed at first, but when he saw that his soldiers supported the anti-Qing Dynasty, he verbally agreed, and then absconded that night. Liu Zhijie was afraid that Ai Zhongqi would denounce him, so he immediately decided to start an incident. Although the incident was hasty, the situation in the whole country was like fire, and the 23rd Mixed Association obeyed Liu Zhijie, and it only took a few hours to conquer the Suzhou Prefect's Yamen and capture Cheng Dequan alive. Liu Zhijie knew that Cheng Dequan sympathized with the revolutionary party in his heart, so he persuaded Cheng Dequan to oppose the Qing Dynasty, and Cheng Dequan announced the recovery of Suzhou under the general trend.

Cheng Dequan then called Yun Zuqi, commander of the Changzhou Jiangfang Battalion, who immediately announced the recovery of Changzhou, and the recovery of Taicang and Kunshan on the same day.

A day later, the 36th Standard of the 18th Association of the Ninth Town stationed in Zhenjiang launched an uprising, and Lin Shuqing, the leader of the 1st Battalion, took the lead in announcing the uprising and attacking Zhenjiang City. The Eight Banners of Zhenjiang were powerless to resist and committed suicide by taking poison one after another, and Zhenjiang was recovered. Since the Yangtze River Naval Division was stationed in Zhenjiang, and many officers and men of the Yangtze River Naval Division were concerned about the revolution, they immediately expressed their participation in the uprising after Lin Shuqing's inquiry. Due to the haste of the incident, the Zhenjiang Patrol Battalion and the Zhenjiang River Defense Battalion could only announce their participation in the uprising and join Lin Shuqing's rebel army.

Before Zhang Renjun left, he ordered Zhang Xun, the governor of Jiangnan, to act as the agent of Liangjiang, but because the Jiangbei region was controlled by the Wang brothers, Zhang Xun was only responsible for managing Jiangnan. After Zhang Xun learned of the Suzhou Uprising, he ordered a strict investigation of the rebellion in the army, especially seeing that most of the rebel army was a new army, so Zhang Xun, who was already jealous of the Ninth Town, ordered the weapons of the Ninth Town to be confiscated (in order to guard against the revolutionary party, Zhang Xun ordered the 36th Standard to be moved to Zhenjiang, so only the 33rd, 34th, and 35th Bids were left in Nanjing) and moved to Moling Pass.

Xu Shaozhen immediately sent his subordinate Li Xianmo to Shanghi to contact the headquarters of the League on the one hand, and on the other hand, he led the army to move to Moling Pass, and after arriving at Moling Pass, the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Town were furious. Xu Shaozhen saw that the army's heart was available, and immediately announced an uprising. But because all the bullets in the army were collected, and there were only three bullets per person on average, Xu Shaozhen sent people to Shanghi to buy bullets. However, the recovery of Suzhou and the Zhenjiang uprising were almost bloodless, so Xu Shaozhen's subordinates threatened that the Qing demon had no backbone, and we only needed to hold the banner to recover Nanjing.

Xu Shaozhen was also infected by the revolutionary enthusiasm in various places, so he led more than 5,000 people from the Ninth Town and the Three Bids to attack Nanjing. The army marched to Yuhuatai, and the defender of Yuhuatai was Jiangning General Tieliang. Tie Liang was a rare military genius among the Manchus in the late Qing Dynasty, and his Yuhuatai artillery battalion was also loyal to the Qing court. Tie Liang took advantage of the terrain of Yuhuatai and the poor firepower of the enemy to launch an attack on the Ninth Town, and Xu Shaozhen's troops were defeated in several life-threatening attacks, and after thousands of casualties, they had to retreat to Zhenjiang and join the 36th Standard.

After the recovery of Suzhou and Zhenjiang, all walks of life in Shanghi obviously couldn't sit still, and Li Xianmo, who was sent to Shanghai by Xu Shaozhen, was immediately reused after arriving in Shanghai. Because Li Xianmo was an officer, he was immediately appointed by Li Pingshu, chairman of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, as the commander of the armed forces of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce. Li Pingshu secretly contacted the Zhang Guan Belt of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau's Artillery Battalion and the Liang Guan Belt of the Songhu Patrol Battalion, and obtained the support of Jiang Guoliang, the commander of the Wusong Fort.

On November 1, the three forces of Shanghi jointly rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, and the rebel army wrapped a white cloth around his left arm and held a white flag high. The commander-in-chief of the rebel army naturally fell on Li Xianmo, who then ordered Chen Qimei and other allies to attack the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, the Guangfu Army to attack the outside of the city, and the merchant group to attack the city.

With the sound of a gunshot shot from Li Xianmo pulling out his pistol towards the sky, the Shanghi Liberation Movement officially began.