Gwangju, also known as Huangchuan, is named after the crossing of the Xiaohuang River, a tributary of the Huai River. This is the original wharf of Caoyun, with convenient transportation and is a famous land of fish and rice. After the Xianfeng Dynasty, because the soil here was suitable for growing opium, the mountains were full of opium poppies. The huge profits from opium and the convenience of waterway transportation made this small city in southeastern Henan prosperous.

This is the place where the three provinces of Hubei, Henan and Anhui meet, with Dabie Mountain in the south and Tongbai Mountain in the east. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng hit Gwangju, set up 20 cannons to bombard, the city suffered heavy casualties, after the city was broken, there were no chickens and dogs, only a very small number of people fled to the mountains to survive. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the city of Gwangju was almost in ruins, the Qing Dynasty moved a large number of displaced people from Shandong, Jiangxi, and Anhui, and it was only here that there were people again, and until the 21st century, the old people here are still circulating the story of "Li Zicheng washed Henan Jiuxi Gwangju".

How much bitterness and blood and tears have been exhausted in a word washing, and this small city has been ransacked by Li Zicheng's thieves as many as nine times!

And in 1913, such a fate once again befell this small city that had no quarrel with the world. The bandits who came this time were not the thieves of Li Zicheng, who claimed to be the remnants of the party's royal family, but a "general" who was born and raised in Baofeng County, Henan.

The white wolf sat on a sliding pole carried by four people, rolled his eyes and watched his ragged bandits attack Gwangju City, two red flags separated from the left and right, one side wrote "Yu army to ask Yuan Dadudu", and the other side painted a hideous white giant wolf. The white wolf's eyes are more white and less black, and at first glance he feels like a blind man, so he had a nickname in his early years: the white blind man.

When he was a child, he went to private school for a few days, and he could write his own name with a few words, which was rare among the bandits. In the last years of Guangxu, he ate imperial grain for a few days in the patrol camp, and after the Qing Dynasty blew the lamp and pulled out the wax, the army was cut off in various places, and the white wolf returned to Baofeng's hometown. In fact, his real name is Bai Lang, because of the rumors of the white wolf chaos in the Central Plains in Henan, he naturally became a white wolf.

In the first year of the Republic of China, Henan suffered a catastrophe, but Zhang Zhenfang, the governor of Henan, not only did not provide relief, but relied on the cousin of the great president Yuan Shikai to intensify the exploitation, and the western Henan region, which was full of people's customs, suddenly boiled, and only in Baofeng, the hometown of the white wolf, more than a dozen poles were raised. The white wolf also pulled up a group of people in the sow gorge of Wuyang County near his hometown, he had been in the army for a few years, and he knew a little about marching and fighting, so he gradually became famous in the neighborhood. The white wolf was also bold enough, he kidnapped the son of the county magistrate of Baofeng, extorted ten foreign guns and hundreds of bullets, and carried the banner of "fighting the rich and helping the poor", and gathered the hungry people from all over the surrounding areas into his bandit village.

In the spring of 1913, the second year of the Republic of China, the pole of the white wolf had gathered more than 3,000 people, many of whom were officers and soldiers dragging foreign guns to serve, and the white wolf's momentum was greatly boosted. At the beginning, President Yuan heard that the white wolf was just a bandit, and he only needed to send a small number of troops to wipe it out, so why make a big fuss. But his uncompetitive cousin, Zhang Zhenfang, the governor of Henan, sent urgent telegrams one after another, saying that the bandits' voice was attacking the west and the west, and the officials and soldiers were so dizzy by them that the troops of the province were not enough to pursue them, and asked Yuan Shikai to increase his troops to assist.

This is not true, the white wolf's army gathers and scatters, erratic, gathering into an army, and scattering for the people, which makes the officers and soldiers very headache. Due to the mixed ranks and the large number of eyes and ears, Bai Lang's men and horses often dispersed when the officers and troops sent troops to encircle and suppress, but when they collected the troops, they suddenly gathered, giving the officers and troops a fatal blow.

At this time, the white wolf encountered a golden opportunity again, and the officers and soldiers in the Henan area were transferred to the south to fight with Sun Wen's army, and the door to the Central Plains was wide open. The white wolf dragged the homeless people all the way to the Xinyang area at the junction of Hubei, Henan and Anhui. Tens of thousands of bandits have broken through the county towns of Mall, Gwangsan, and Naksan all the way, and now they have blocked the siege of Gwangju City.

"! Fill it! The white wolf army that spread all over the mountains shouted black words and attacked the low Gwangju City.

"Bang bang" The front-loading gun on the head of the city made a muffled sound, and the shotgun pierced the intestines of Bai Langjun, who was besieging the city, and his brain burst.

The white wolf's eyes narrowed, he didn't expect such a small city to resist so fiercely, the officers and soldiers in the city had long since disappeared, and now the city was defended by the Red Gun Society, which only had old-fashioned front-loading guns and cold weapons such as broadswords and spears.

The arrogance of the bandits was extinguished by the desperate resistance of the Red Gun Society, and they rolled back like locusts crying and crying for their mothers, which made the white wolf suddenly angry.

The white wolf stretched out his hand to the right side of the sliding rod, and his cronies handed over the pistol, the white wolf raised his hand and shot, and a bandit who was running back with his head bowed fell to the ground.

"Whoever is greedy for life and afraid of death, this is your example! Give Lao Tzu a rush, take Gwangju, and let you be happy for three days! The white wolf roared loudly.

The bandits were suppressed by the gunfire, exchanged glances with each other, and then launched a trembling attack on Gwangju City.

"Big brother, I'm back!" A bandit leader with a bloody knife came over, and behind him were seven or eight frightened foreigners, one of whom was a foreigner.

The white wolf looked back, and it turned out to be the second bandit leader Song Lao, who was in charge of the broken queen.

"How is it, have the officers and soldiers thrown off?" The white wolf asked in a hoarse voice.

Old Man Song wiped a handful of sweat with his bloody hands and said, "It's all thrown off!" Those bitches are afraid of foreigners, I tied foreigners behind, they didn't dare to chase after them, and then I saw that they were really annoying to hang on their tails, so I slaughtered a foreign devil priest, and the Beiyang soldiers didn't dare to chase them. ”

The white wolf sneered: "These foreign meat tickets we caught are life savers, and we must not lose them." ”

Old Man Song smiled and said, "Big brother, don't worry." ”

The White Wolf Army attacked twice, and the second time it had already rushed to the city, but was beaten back by the Red Lancers and the people in the city with broadswords, red tassels, and wooden sticks.

Old Man Song said in a low voice: "Big brother, we have a lot of dead, why don't you use flowering cannons?" ”

The white wolf said coldly: "I just have more than 20 shells with two cannons, it's not worth using them here, let the brothers rush a few more times, I won't be able to pile up this small Gwangju City if I don't trust it!" Let's go to Lu'an after defeating Gwangju, this small Gwangju city can't support our tens of thousands of people! Old age, you have worked hard and rest! After that, the white wolf smiled mysteriously: "What are you eating tonight?" Still eating bell noodles? ”

Old Man Song grinned, took out two walnut-sized silver bells from his arms, and shook them twice to make a crisp sound: "Let this foreign woman roll noodles for me today, this foreign woman's chest is big, the bell is good to listen to, and the noodles rolled out are also extraordinarily delicious!" ”

After saying this, Old Man Song took out a sharp awl and looked at the Dutch nurse in the blonde church hospital with bad intentions.

"Foreign woman, let's go, Lao Tzu will hang a bell for you in a while!" Old Man Song dragged the female nurse to an empty room next to him.

After a while, I heard a heart-rending cry from inside the house.

"Cry what cry! Cry again and kill you! Isn't it just two small holes in the breast? Damn, crying is worse than killing a pig! ”

The bandits of the White Wolf Army heard Old Man Song's scolding, and they laughed extremely obscenely.

Seeing that the third attack on the city still failed, the white wolf was furious and shot more than a dozen bandits one after another, but still couldn't mention the courage of these people, the white wolf said helplessly: "Dig a tunnel for me and use explosives to blast the city open!" ”

Baofeng and Wuyang are mostly coal mines, and many of the core bandits in the White Wolf Army are miners, and digging tunnels and blasting is their old job.

At half past six in the afternoon, with a loud bang, the low Gwangju Castle was blown down, and a gap of more than ten meters long appeared, and many people from the Red Gun Society defending the city were blown into the sky and became incomplete corpses.

The bandits suddenly lifted their spirits, "Irrigation", "Irrigation!" The shouts soared into the sky.

The remnant sun is like blood, and the dazzling red envelops Gwangju City!

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A battalion of the 61st Regiment of the Shanghai Army, led by Chen Yingshi, launched an attack on the Police Department and the Guanghua Company. Chen Yingshi deliberately burned two more cigarette bubbles to boost his spirits, followed by Yang Hu and other youth gang cadres. Chen Yingshi shaved his face blue, brandished a Browning pistol in his hand, and cheered his subordinates hoarsely, and from the window of the Sumitomo Trading Company building, he could clearly see the whole picture of the National Police Agency building.

"It's still the eldest brother who has a big face, and even he is willing to let us use their place!" Lin Hu was wearing a black oak silk gown, wearing prototype black sunglasses, with his chest open, and his gangsterism did not change.

The corners of Chen Yingshi's mouth picked out a smug smile: "What's the use of the Jianghuai Army if it can fight again?" This is Shanghai, not Manchuria, he is in Manchuria and he is at war with himself, does he still dare to attack the foreigners' industries in Shanghai? I can't get along with foreigners here, Chai Dongliang, a red guy, can't eat and walk around! ”

"High, big brother is high!"

Crowds of Shanghai troops surrounded the police department, the sound of bullets breaking through the air and explosions was endless, Yang Bangzi hid under the desk in his office and shivered, and several deputy directors and inspectors also curled up in balls, each shot made them lose their souls.

An officer in a grass-green camouflage uniform pushed the door open and walked in, and couldn't help but smile at the sight of their decrepit appearance.

"Director Yang, come out! With us here, Chen Yingshi wants to step into the door of the police department! The young officer laughed.

Yang Bangzi's face suddenly turned red, he climbed out from under the table, and tried to pretend to be calm: "Brother is very relieved, there is a brother of the Labor and Commercial Police Corps!" ”

The Merchant Police Corps is divided into three brigades, each brigade has three squadrons, and this person is the squadron leader of the second squadron of the first brigade, named Wu Jing. Wu Jing was born in the banner, Manchuria is the yellow flag, the old surname of Manchuria is Guo Luoluo, and the Hara beads of the three flags are serious. However, he was unlucky, he lost his father at the age of six, and at the age of twelve, he caught up with the imperial grain that the Qing court abolished the Eight Banners. Without hardcore sorghum, Wu Jing and his mother's life became more and more sad day by day, relying on pawns to barely make a living, and later was admitted to the artillery department of the Anhui Army Primary School and became a sentry commander of the Wuhu New Army.

A gunshot rang out during the Xinhai Revolution, Chai Dongliang seized Wuhu with two salted duck eggs, and the Anhui New Army became the Jianghuai Army again. Because he was born as a banner man, Wu Jing was very unpopular with those young officers who were determined to oppose the Qing Dynasty, although Chai Dongliang was very opposed to the formation of gangs in the army, but he could not get the officers and Wu Jing close. It wasn't until the establishment of the Commercial Police Corps this time that he was considered to be a pole Tailai, because of his hard training, he was appreciated by He Tianshou and brought to Shanghai as a squadron leader.

This time, he was ordered to lead the second squadron to guard the police department, and fortunately, even if these three hundred people came, otherwise it would be quite unreliable to rely on a few patrol officers to guard the police department.

After cheering Yang Bangzi up, Wu Jing returned to the command post again. He looked at the 61st Regiment of the Shanghai Army surrounding the police hall outside, and he also felt a little headache.

The 61st Regiment was born and raised in Shanghai and was very familiar with the terrain here, so they hid behind the building and fired their guns at the police department building, and they often fired two shots and then changed places, which made Wu Jing feel like a tiger had nowhere to go.

The training of snipers in the Jianghuai Army is the strictest, and they must not only be accurate in marksmanship, but also use all terrain and features to conceal themselves and minimize casualties.

There are snipers in almost every corner of the police department building, and any target that appears in the six-fold scope will be killed instantly, and the Shanghai army can hardly raise its head when it is coldly shot. However, the Shanghai army and the Qing gang had the advantage of being familiar with the terrain, and they also made full use of everything that could be used as cover, shooting at the police department with machine guns and rifles. If a soldier of the Jianghuai Army rushes out of the police department, he will also be hit by bullets flying out of nowhere.

The two sides were in a state of anxiety, the Jianghuai army could not rush out, and the Shanghai army could not rush in. The grenadiers that the Jianghuai army is proud of do not dare to shoot casually, and the police department is surrounded by residential houses, many of which are foreigners' buildings, which makes the Jianghuai army a little jealous.

"Captain Wu! Opposite the Sumitomo Trading Company building, there are people from the Shanghai Army! The captain of the squad angrily threw down the steel helmet: "What kind of battle is this?" This dare not fight that dare to fight, suffocated to death! ”

The two machine guns were set up on the fourth floor of the Sumitomo Trading Company, and the Shanghai army condescendingly pressed and fired, and the Jianghuai troops in the police department building could not lift their heads.

"Squadron leader, can you transfer two cannons?" The team leader asked.

Wu Jing was silent, the knuckles of his fists were white, and his nails had sunk into the flesh.

"Why don't you call Captain He and Deputy Captain Fang for instructions?"

Wu Jing smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Do you think the phone can still get through?" No matter how stupid Chen Yingshi is, he knows how to cut the phone line, right? ”

"Boom!"

With a cannon shot, a 75-millimeter mountain cannon shell fell into the courtyard of the police department, shattering a rockery.

"Raised by a son of a bitch, they bombarded us with cannons!"

Wu Jing was an artilleryman, and judging by his voice, he dared to conclude that the artillery of the Shanghai army was also hidden in the Sumitomo Trading Company building.

"Give Lao Tzu a cannon to fight back, and blow up Xiao Yuben's building!" Wu Jing roared angrily.

The team leader hesitated: "I'm afraid this will cause trouble!" Wu Jing glared at his eyes and said, "You are a soldier, just carry out the order!" The sky is falling, and the lord is on top! ”

Two 75 mountain guns and four 120-millimeter heavy mortars made by the Guanghua Arsenal were dragged out, and the artillerymen of the merchant police corps skillfully adjusted the shooting of Zhu Yuan with a sextant.

"Boom!"

A cannon shot shot landed on the wall of the Sumitomo Trading Company building, and immediately carved a deep pit into the reinforced concrete building, and the concrete was splattered everywhere.

Chen Yingshi was shocked and said: "These Anhui red guys really dare to shoot? ”

"Knock knock!"

Two mountain shells hit the building, and the machine gun, which had been arrogant just now, suddenly fell silent. Seeing that the Jianghuai army really fired back, the machine gunner was frightened and dropped the machine gun and ran away.

The sound of artillery was an order, and the Jianghuai soldiers stationed in the National Police Agency building bombarded the Sumitomo Trading Company building with rifles, machine guns, grenadiers, mortars, and other weapons.

The staff in the trading company were scared and cried wolf, they never dreamed that there would be a Chinese army that would dare to fire at their own industry!

The Jianghuai army fought a battle with the Yue army during the Mukden Incident, completely annihilating the Kawamoto squadron of the second garrison brigade, and defeating the Fujimoto brigade, and finally wiped out more than half of the elite Morita brigade in the artillery battle at the head of Mukden Castle. But he didn't know that although he saw these news from the newspapers, they stubbornly refused to believe it, and instead took it for granted that it was a lie made up by Chinese newspapers and Westerners, trying to belittle the invincible Imperial Army.

The staff ran out of the building crying wolf, and the Shanghai army, which was hit by the powerful firepower of the Jianghuai army, also collapsed in an instant. The spiritual pillar that originally supported their confrontation with the Jianghuai army also collapsed, and they didn't expect that the Jianghuai army would really dare to use heavy weapons to attack their own trading company.

Chen Yingshi was stunned by the scene outside, and countless machine gun bullets and shells poured into Sumitomo Trading Company from the corner towers of the police department building, smashing the reinforced concrete building into a thousand holes, and the Shanghai soldiers fled in all directions crying and shouting for their mothers.

"How can this be, how can it be so?" Chen Yingshi stood at the window in a daze as if he was stupid.

"Big brother, let's go, the green mountains left behind are not afraid of no firewood!" Lin Hu pulled the depressed Chen Yingshi and ran.

At this moment, I saw the commander of the 61st Regiment, Chen Yingshi's brother Huang Ying, rushing over, his military uniform was full of mud and muddy water, his military hat didn't know where it went, he lost one of his leather boots, and his face was also scratched with skin and blood.

"Big brother, it's not good, the two battalions that attacked the Guanghua Group have been completely wiped out by the Jianghuai army, and the brother escaped by luck to report to you, big brother, run away!"

Chen Yingshi was stunned for a moment, as if he had lost three souls and seven spirits, and muttered to himself: "How can this be? How can this be? ”

"Destroy the rebels and capture the bandit leader Chen Qimei alive!"

The Jianghuai soldiers in the police department, led by squadron leader Wu Jing, rushed out of the building and went straight to the Sumitomo Trading Company building.

(To be continued)