When Lan Tianwei came panting and puffing, the staff officer sent by Wu Fengling had already explained the misunderstanding clearly, it turned out that those gunboats and cruisers were not here to shell Hankou, they were sent by Admiral Sa Zhenbing to "guard", as for who they were guarding, it is not known.

"Sa Zhenbing? He's still in the fleet? Zhao Bei smacked his lips.

During the Xinhai Revolution, after several Qing gunboats responded to the uprising, Sa Zhenbing quietly left the fleet and did not take any measures to obstruct the uprising. In view of history, some time ago, Zhao Bei had ordered Li Yuanhong to write a letter of persuasion to Sa Zhenbing as a student, but Sa Tti did not accept the letter at all, if it were not for the unanimous refusal of the Hankou consular corps, perhaps Sa Zhenbing had already bombarded Hankou and Wuchang, of course, after that, the consular corps also jointly sent a strongly-worded informal diplomatic note to the republican army, protesting that the republican army had set up the artillery field behind the concession, and Zhao Bei also replied with a note and politely apologized, but the artillery position still did not move.

"Sa Zhenbing is still in Qiligou now? Yuan Xiangcheng didn't dismiss him? Zhao Bei asked.

"It's still in Qiligou. Now that Governor Sati is still the Admiral of the Navy, he has responded to the constitutional initiative by telegram, and Lord Regent Yuan has ordered him to still command the river defense fleet under his command. Wu Fengling's staff officer said, accentuating the words "Lord Regent Yuan".

Zhao Bei said "um" and didn't take the conversation.

A few days ago, Yuan Shikai sent a few more telegrams, the content of which was mostly an appointment order, and even Zhao Bei was "appointed" as the governor of the Hubei People's Army, and Li Yuanhong also became the Hubei Inspector, a few telegrams, and the things obtained by the Republican Army's bloody struggle became his reward from Yuan, in this regard, Zhao Bei scoffed, pretended not to know, and did not call back to thank him, but Li Yuanhong replied to the telegram on his behalf, and asked him to look at the draft of the telegram.

It seems that history has changed beyond recognition. Zhao Bei sighed helplessly, realizing that he had turned the wheel of history too hard, and what kind of history would develop in the future, he had no bottom in his heart.

"Let's take it one step at a time." Zhao Bei said in his heart.

Although the other party did not come to open fire, but it was necessary to take precautions, Zhao Bei repeated the order again, once the opponent's warship opened fire, the republican artillery immediately returned fire with the most fierce firepower, and at the same time ordered the electric mine officers lurking on the shore to detonate those mines if necessary, and at the same time withdrew the "Chuguan" gunboat to the upper reaches of the Han River.

Under the muzzle of the confrontation between the two sides, the Beiyang Army landed faster, and the requisitioned civilian ships gradually dispersed, Zhao Bei felt that it was indeed a bit suspenseful to let the whole town of the fourth town be concentrated in Hankou, so he suggested that it be divided into two groups to retreat, Wu Fengling agreed, and then ordered the infantry to escort the baggage and artillery to go first, follow the Republican liaison officer to Liujiahua, and after getting in touch with the cavalry at Liujiamiao Railway Station, he drove directly to Hukou Railway Station to standby.

Just like after going ashore, the Beiyang Army during the retreat was still orderly and orderly, and they were pulled out one by one according to the sequence, and those who had not yet been drawn were on alert on the spot, and those who had been pulled out did not squint, which made Zhao Bei feel a lot of emotion again.

"Xiuhao, look at the Beiyang Army, that is the division of the tiger. Look at us again, when we charge, we are also a swarm, and when we retreat, we are also a swarm, and if we don't rectify and rectify, I think we are really going to become the 'rabble' mentioned in the pseudo-Qing edict. Zhao Bei pointed at the Beiyang Army and said to Lan Tianwei with an angry face.

Lan Tianwei smiled bitterly and said, "What the commander-in-chief said is also right or not. Actually, our Southern New Army also has tactical courses, and I don't know about other provinces, but the Hubei New Army has practiced that kind of retreat tactics, and although the movements of the Beiyang Army are neat, they are not great tactics, and they are all basic subjects for the armies of the great powers. In my opinion, the main reason why our army's tactical literacy is poor at present is that the speed of expansion of the troops is too fast, and there are too many new recruits, who have not received training, and of course they do not understand what tactical actions are. ”

Zhao Bei nodded and said, "So, let's regularize and modernize the republican army as soon as possible!" The first priority is to train qualified officers, especially junior officers. Xiuhao, this matter can only be handed over to you to do, you are a non-commissioned officer in Japan, and you have been an instructor in the Hubei Military Academy, let's first set up a 'crash school for officers', and train those grassroots officers in batches and rotate them, so as to improve their tactical literacy in the shortest possible time, and do not expect them to be able to stand alone, as long as they can correctly understand the orders of their superiors. After the school is established, you will be the organizer of the school...... No, it's 'Vice Chancellor'. ”

"Who is in charge...... Or 'full principal'? Lan Tianwei was a little curious, and wanted to know who else in Zhao Bei's mind was more qualified to be the principal than him.

"Me." Zhao Bei's answer was very simple, and he didn't explain much, although he was not a soldier, but he was a pseudo-military fan, and he may not be as good as Lan Tianwei in terms of tactical cultivation, but if it comes to strategic vision, I am afraid that no one in China can surpass him.

Lan Tianwei immediately closed her mouth, although she felt that the commander-in-chief's official addiction was a little bigger, but who called someone the commander-in-chief? Counting carefully, the current Commander-in-Chief Zhao has held several positions, such as "Deputy General Representative of the Propaganda Speaker of Current Affairs", "Hanyang Arsenal General Office", "Acting General Manager of Hanyeping Coal and Iron Works and Mining Co., Ltd.", "Acting Mayor of Wuchang Special City", "Governor of Hubei Military Government", "Governor of Hubei People's Army", ...... He seems to have a lot of energy and the confidence to do the job well.

"In addition to the training of officers, it is also necessary to complete the reorganization of the troops as soon as possible, and the new officer titles and the new military rank system must be put in place one by one." Zhao Bei's words interrupted Lan Tianwei's thoughts.

"Let's first reorganize five infantry divisions, and your staff will be specifically responsible for selecting qualified soldiers from the Revolutionary Guards. However, the Revolutionary Guards themselves do not need to be fully reorganized for the time being, but they should not be disbanded either, many of those people are party members, and this battle will be wild as soon as they are defeated, and now they will be disbanded, and they will be bandits when they go out, so we have to watch them closely. When the situation calms down further, I will personally preside over the reorganization of the Revolutionary Guards. ”

Lan Tianwei nodded, in fact, there is also a military rank system in the new army, three classes and nine levels, which is very strict, but Zhao Bei insisted on having another set of military rank system, and everyone had nothing to say, as for the new troop establishment, most officers agreed with this, not only because the troops were more flexible and mobile, but also because there were more officers, and there were naturally more opportunities for promotion.

The retreat of the Beiyang Army took a whole afternoon, and it was only in the evening that they all left Hankou, and the Qing gunboats on the Yangtze River also began to retreat, Zhao Bei breathed a sigh of relief, now he has a firm foothold, and he has just cleaned up the troops, there are some problems with the morale of the army, if the Qing army attacks with all its strength at this time, he really does not have much confidence to hold Hankou and Wuchang.

Zhao Bei led the staff officers out of the storehouse, walked to the headquarters, and met two acquaintances at the street entrance, one was Wang Zhanyuan, the other was Lu Yongxiang, the two were walking towards the ferry with a few horses, and they both covered their cheeks with their hands, with a gloomy face.

Zhao Bei felt curious, so he sent someone to stop the two horses to inquire, and only then did he learn why Wang and Lu were so depressed.

Hearing that the fourth town of the Beiyang Army returned north from Hankou, Wang Zhanyuan and Lu Yongxiang thought it was better to go back to the north to join the old master, so as soon as the fourth town arrived, the two immediately rushed to the dock with Ma Ben, and pulled their card friend Meng Enyuan and others to cry and complain, they had to meet Wu Fengling, and let Wu Tongzhi take them back to the north together and continue to serve Yuan Shikai. Meng Enyuan couldn't grind the two of them, so he had to send a boat to send the two of them to Wu Fengling's ship, but who knew that when they met, Wu Fengling didn't say a word, first slapped the two of them a few times, and then scolded them, although Wang Zhanyuan and Lu Yongxiang begged bitterly, but in the end they were driven off the ship by Wu Fengling.

Beiyang is a group, everyone in the group must be loyal to the overall interests of the group, and must also be loyal to Yuan Shikai, Wang Zhanyuan and Lu Yongxiang not only surrendered to the enemy, but also the power of the two almost collapsed the Beiyang group, hurting the interests of everyone in the group, so Wu Fengling will not forgive them, and many of the Beiyang generals will not forgive them.

From this moment on, the two have actually been kicked out of the Beiyang Group, and if the IRA does not take them in, they will be truly homeless.

Being a man can't eat inside and crawl outside, you have to start from the beginning, this principle is common everywhere, the Beiyang Army is like this, and the Republican Army is not like this?

"Poor thing, grandma doesn't love uncle or uncle, and you can only eat Jiangcheng together." Zhao Bei sighed for the two of them for a moment in his heart.

Just as he was about to lead the staff officers back to the headquarters, he heard several long whistles from the Yangtze River, and two soldiers guarding the roof of the stack house ran to the street, ran all the way, caught up with Zhao Bei, and said: "Commander, that big warship has turned back again!" ”

Everyone was startled, hurriedly ran back to the storehouse, stood on the roof and looked through binoculars, but saw that the cruiser "Haichen" of the Qing army was moving westward, and sure enough, it ran back to the Hankou River to cruise, and after a while, the dragon flag on the mast slowly fell, a white flag was raised, and the cannon muzzles on the bow and side of the ship were all lowered, only the gun at the stern of the ship was still carrying the muzzle, but it was pointing to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

"Revolt? Defecting to me? Zhao Bei put down his binoculars and looked at the staff officers.