In May 1911, Xia Jun paid close attention to the situation in the country.

Historically, the road protection movement will break out in May, Hubei, Hunan and Guangdong provinces, and Sichuan will be in June, and Sichuan will be the largest.

The background of the Baolu Movement was the pressure exerted by the Bank of the Four Nations on the Qing court to build two railways, the Sichuan-Han and the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway.

On 9 May, Xia Jun learned from a telegram sent by a spy sent to the capital that the Qing court, at the instigation of Sheng Xuanhuai, the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, announced the policy of "nationalizing the railways" and nationalized the Sichuan-Han and Guangdong-Hanzhou railways, which had been run by commerce.

On May 13, 1911, various groups of the gentry, businessmen, and academics in Hunan issued leaflets attacking the traitorous behavior of the Qing political axe.

On the 14th, Changsha held a meeting of 10,000 people from all walks of life, at which it was decided to reject foreign debts and protect the right of way.

On the 16th, more than 10,000 railway workers in Changsha and Zhuzhou marched and demonstrated, advocating a strike by businessmen, a strike by students, and a resistance by the people to rent and taxes.

On the 18th, people from all walks of life in Hunan gathered in front of the governor's yamen to protest against the traitorous policy of "state-owned railways." In Hubei, after the Qing government announced the policy of "state-owned railways", people from all walks of life rose up to fight for the road.

Construction of the railway from Yichang to Wanxian had already begun, but the Qing government ordered a halt to work, and road builders and merchants immediately gathered to fight against it. Thousands of road construction workers picked up hammers and wielded sticks to fight fiercely with the Qing troops who came to suppress them, killing more than 20 Qing soldiers on the spot.

In Sichuan, officials felt that the announcement would cause chaos after receiving the telegram, so they did not send it.

Xia Jun received the news from the spies of various provinces and immediately immersed himself in training.

At this time, the Fujian First Division had already entered the stage of combat skills training, and when practicing marksmanship, bullets were fired casually, and every day it was practiced to the death. However, the barracks are also equipped with special cooks, who replenish the nutrition of the soldiers every day, and the quality of the food is greatly improved compared with eating canned food.

The reason why the soldiers were served canned food before was because the chef had not confiscated Luo Hao, and the taste of the food was not as good as canned food.

"Let's just stick to this food, how can we have such a good food to eat when we go home, and our hard training is also for the recovery of the nation, so that every compatriot can not be oppressed." The instructor would say so many soldiers every day when they ate.

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The second batch of cadets of the Army Academy was also enrolled at this time, and Xia Jun also separated the Army Academy from Jianzhou University at this time and established the 'East China Military Academy'.

Military academies are divided into three academies: the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force.

Xia Jun also created a song "The Soul of the East China Army" as a school song, in fact, it plagiarized the song "The Soul of the Whampoa Army" in later generations, the melody of the "Whampoa Army Soul" is really good, and it is also durable, it is estimated that the Kuomintang was created after the exile in Taiwan, and the lyrics have naturally changed.

Originally, Xia Jun wanted to plagiarize the theme song of Liangjian "Zhong [***] Soul" as the school song, but it turned out that it was not too suitable, after all, this is a military school, and "Whampoa Army Soul" is more suitable.

In later generations, there was a big difference in style between the military songs of the mainland and Taiwan, and the military songs of the mainland were relatively majestic in momentum, but the connotation was not enough, and it was easy to get tired of listening. Taiwan's military songs are softer in style, and there are not many high-quality products, but the song "Whampoa Army Soul" is definitely a high-quality product.

If you have to copy it, you will naturally have to copy it.

Every morning, the school song is played on the radio of the military academy.

"The dry city of the nation, the vanguard of rejuvenation, the integration of civil and military, the iron backbone, loyal to the country and the people. The new force, the same goal, such as hands and feet, one heart and one morality, all are heroes...... Restore the nation, unite and struggle, and be willing to sacrifice...... Let the spirit of East China grow in the blue sky and shine brightly......"

The lyrics were changed by Xia Jun for a long time, and the third day of the second phase of school was finally changed.

Xia Jun's plagiarism is of great significance, and the appearance of this school song can strengthen students' beliefs, which is equivalent to improving students' loyalty to him.

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In order to deal with unexpected situations, such as the sudden outbreak of the revolution in advance, the Fujian First Division only trained combat skills for a month and entered the stage of tactical drills.

Xia Jun called the staff and decided to conduct a marching exercise, Xia Jun said to them: "This marching exercise, the plan is to go from Jian'an to Yongding, the road situation is unknown, and we will set off immediately after two days, judging from the map, we are about 350 kilometers away from Yongding, and we plan to arrive at the destination in 5 days, and the staff will immediately give a specific plan." ”

"Only two days?" Chen Xuanyu asked with his mouth wide open.

"Wrong, strictly speaking, you only have one day, the task is very difficult, come on!" Xia Jun patted Chen Xuanyu's shoulder and smiled, as if it was none of his business. Indeed, Xia Jun is now the shopkeeper, and the war is naturally fought with the General Staff, and he is responsible for decision-making.

Xia Jun walked out of the conference room of the military headquarters as he spoke, and Chen Xuanyu immediately said urgently: "Hurry, hurry, hurry, bring the map, Liu Wenhong, you calculate how many cans you will bring with you on this march, and how to arrange the logistics." ”

"Yes, Chief of Staff."

A day later, Xia Jun walked into the conference room of the military headquarters, Chen Xuanyu and Liu Wenhong and other staff officers all had dark circles under their eyes, and when they saw Xia Jun coming in, Chen Xuanyu hurriedly got up and walked over with a document, and said to Xia Jun: "Chairman, this is the marching plan we have prepared. ”

Xia Jun took over the marching plan and looked at it, and Chen Xuanyu reported on the side: "On this march, the General Staff plans to send a reconnaissance company to explore the front, and at the same time send an engineer battalion and an infantry battalion as the forward troops, and the second echelon is equipped with a transport company to be responsible for transporting the equipment required by the engineers......"

"Okay, just follow this plan and start tomorrow." Xia Jun nodded and said.

"Yes."

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On 21 May, there was a sudden uproar in the barracks of the Fujian First Division, and cars and three-wheeled motorcycles drove out of the barracks, and the soldiers of each battalion either rode on cars or drove forward on three-wheeled motorcycles, and the entire division drove mightily toward Yongding, forming a large convoy that stretched out, and the logistics battalion in the central part of the convoy was the largest, driving nearly 500 trucks loaded with ammunition, medicine, and canned food.

Xia Jun sat in the Chinese army, sitting in a command car, equipped with a high-power wireless walkie-talkie (a smaller version of the wireless telephone that has appeared), and commanded the troops to advance.

A reconnaissance company reconnoiters at the forefront, mapping the road ahead and the surrounding terrain, followed by an engineer battalion and an infantry battalion.

The engineer battalion was responsible for opening the road and building bridges all the way, but the section from Jian'an to Zhangping was easier to walk, because the road had already been repaired before, and although the road had not yet been paved with cement, the road had been widened.

It was still very fast to drive on such roads, because the 1st Division was equipped with a large number of trucks and three-wheeled motorcycles, and the maneuverability was very strong, and driving 200 kilometers a day was only a small matter, but it was only 10 hours of advance at a speed of 20 km/h.

In this marching exercise, the General Staff Headquarters ordered Yongding to arrive in five days, setting the advance speed at 30 km/h, and in less than a day, the troops smoothly arrived in the Zhangping area.

After arriving in Zhangping, the situation changed, and the road ahead was in very bad condition, and according to the report of the reconnaissance company, many sections of the road ahead were completely impassable for vehicles.

The engineer battalion soon entered the state of operation, and the engineer battalion contracted some construction with strong technical surnames, while those with no technical surnames were handed over to the infantry to complete, and each infantry had an engineer shovel on his body.

The advance immediately stopped, and the infantry marched on three-wheeled motorcycles to the five construction sites in front of the large army.

When the first section of the construction section was opened to traffic, the large army immediately drove over, and soon the second section of the construction section was blocked, where the sappers and infantry were already in full swing.

Just then, it suddenly rained.

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