"Go to Nanning and recover the whole of Guangxi!"

The cry was thunderous, passionate and exciting. In the midst of www.biquge.info the imposing shouts, the released Qing prisoners left in a panic and did not even dare to turn their heads.

Killing prisoners is ominous! Although Chen Wenqiang did not have such superstitions, he did not want the revolutionary army to have such bad deeds, so that the Qing army in the future had no choice but to resist desperately. The release of the prisoners, on the one hand, could weaken the resistance of the Qing army in the future battles, and on the other hand, it could also expand its influence and spread the heroic and good fighting of the revolutionary army faster and wider.

Of course, not all captives will be released. Public executions of blood debts and heinous crimes through whistleblowing and exposing them are to set an example; The rest of the creeps were released after some education. If you want to "join the revolution", you must first see whether you are physically strong or not, and then see whether your net worth is innocent, and then go to work in the transport team, and after the observation period, you will be officially recruited.

This is another fundamental difference from other revolutionary groups, which indiscriminately use what they have voted for, lest there will not be enough people and their momentum will not be strong enough. It was not for the sake of saving military salaries, but because it did not want to make the revolutionary army mixed, but on the contrary, it reduced its combat effectiveness.

And just when they were winning consecutive battles and shouting about attacking the important town of Nanning (Guilin, the capital of Guangxi Province at that time), the revolutionary army made arrangements for shrinking and retreating. Deliberately letting the released captives hear it, it was naturally a smokescreen, hoping that the Qing army could gather in Nanning and create favorable conditions for the revolutionary army to move to other places.

"It is not impossible to win the battle against Nanning, but if we want to fight, we will fight the most certain battle, do not take risks, try not to attack fortifications, and do not fight a war of attrition." Chen Wenqiang did not specifically command the battle, but the general direction must be grasped, "Although the revolutionary army is brave. But we need to avoid the risk of going too deep. So, we should—" his finger drew a line across the map, and nodded heavily, "to go deeper, it should be in this direction." Backed by Vietnam, inserted into Guangxi, and waited for an opportunity to develop in Yunnan. ”

Ningming and Longzhou are the border areas of western Guangxi, and further west is the famous Zhennanguan.

Guangxi, which fought between China and France, seemed to be suffering from post-war syndrome. The peace treaty was signed, the foreign war stopped, and it was replaced by many tribes of Youyong, green forest plus bandits, and the surging Hui party.

And You Yong, the sequelae left after the war, was caused by the Qing court itself, and the stones he lifted ended up hitting his own feet. It took time to form the army, and it was dismantled after the war. The dismissed soldiers gathered together, erratic. There is no fixed place to live, so as to become a brave swimmer.

These stragglers once fought to defend southern Xinjiang, and were abandoned because the imperial court compromised and sued for peace. They live in barren mountains and mountains, and are active in the Yunnan-Guizhou-Guizhou Triangle and the Guangdong-Yunnan border areas, either as righteous thieves or as evil bandits. There is both pity and hate.

"Executive Committee Chen, the revolutionary army has moved to Longzhou and Ningming, and it is necessary to beware of Lu Rongting, the commander of the patrol army stationed there." Wang Heshun tactfully reminded: "This person was originally a righteous thief, and later joined the army. Marksmanship is excellent. Later, he participated in the Sino-French War, and after the retreat, he gathered to gather and move on the border of Guangdong-Vietnam, and was recruited to suppress the uprising of the party in various counties and state capitals in Guangxi. ”

"With such a lot of experience, I should have some ability." Chen Wenqiang nodded, thought carefully for a moment, smiled slightly, and said, "The marksmanship is excellent, hehe, this is a bit interesting." Lu Rongting's patrol army had to be met sooner or later, and this was the enemy that the revolutionary army had to face if it wanted to operate in western Guangxi. Now, the morale of our army is at its peak, and the time is still okay to fight tentatively. If the attack does not go well, our army will cross the border, and there will be no major problem. ”

"I'm in favor of shrinking." Ge Zhichu cautiously put forward his own suggestion, "Qinzhou, Fangcheng, plus other recovered small cities, there are already three companies of scattered troops stationed there, which is not conducive to our army's continued fighting. I think I can retreat for the time being, return to the area around Fangcheng, and then develop to Ningming and Longzhou in the north depending on the situation. ”

Chen Wenqiang thought about it, this suggestion is relatively conservative than his own assumption, but it is also safe. He consulted others again, and then made a decision.

The momentum and influence of the revolutionary army in a few days from the uprising to the present are sufficient, and the top priority at the moment is to digest the recruits as soon as possible and establish a solid base in the border area between Guizhou and Vietnam. In order to maintain a long-term influence, it is also necessary to keep an armed force in Guangxi, that is, Wang Heshun's detachment, to harass and attack.

Otherwise, if the fighting at home is lively and it is easy to retreat abroad, it will be easy for people at home and abroad who do not know what is going on to give the illusion that the revolutionary army has been defeated and has fled abroad. The Qing army in Guangxi will definitely boast and falsely report the results of the battle to win the reward of the imperial court.

"When retreating, we will hide the money, food, and materials in the deep caves in the mountains on the way, and send someone to you after drawing and marking." Chen Wenqiang pointed to the 100,000 mountains in Qinzhou and Fangcheng, and made a final explanation to Wang Heshun before parting, "The material hoarding points in Lingshan are to be found by yourself, and you can take as much money and food as you can seized." I've already said the specific operational points before, so I won't go into details. But I would like to remind you that after the main forces withdraw to the west, you must take action as soon as possible, even if it is to attack a village or a village, and you must constantly prove to the outside world that the revolutionary army is still within the borders of the country and has not fled to Vietnam. ”

"I see." Wang Heshun nodded vigorously, pointed to the map, and said: "One hundred thousand mountains stretch for hundreds of miles, distributed in several counties, we want to attack a certain place, there are many goals, and the Qing army can't defend it." ”

"Avoid the real and attack the false, be flexible and mobile, fight fast and walk quickly, come and go like the wind." Chen Wenqiang laughed self-deprecatingly and said: "There is no absolute tactic, what I said is for reference only, you have to make decisions and take action according to the actual situation." Well, without further ado, hurry up and prepare! ”

The Wang detachment, which was about to enter the 100,000 mountains to fight guerrillas, was no longer the 300-strong people it had originally planned, and the more than 300 recruits recruited in Lingshan County and Qinzhou were also incorporated into it and organized into five squadrons, and the training and integration time was shortened by adopting the method of one belt and one belt. And these local soldiers will undoubtedly bring more convenience to the actions of Wang's detachment.

Ammunition, money, food, medicine were needed, and there was also a low-power radio station to be able to communicate with bases in Viet Nam. The staffing is also very complete, such as government affairs, newspaper personnel, military doctors, ambulance soldiers, military industry, etc., so that the Wang detachment can operate as an independent unit.

The level of support is not insignificant. But what the effect will be, even Chen Wenqiang does not dare to predict. Therefore, when the troops were marching out and shaking hands with Wang Heshun and others to say goodbye, he could only hesitate for a long time and say a plain "Take care." See you after victory".

See you after victory! What a great dream, but how long it will be in the future, and it will not be surprising that it will never be seen again after victory.

But compared with the simplicity of death, life is more long-term and difficult, more tortuous and bumpy. Revolution needs a kind of optimism to support. With this kind of support, people will be stronger and more powerful. More persistent. Because living, living for the ideal, will make you dialyze a kind of happiness, a kind of happiness, you will feel the meaning of life alive, and will reflect the happiness of striving for the ideal.

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Uprisings, attacks, and rebellion are rampant. Break through several cities in a row...... The Guangxi government, which was caught off guard, slowly recovered from its panic, and the orders to mobilize the army were transmitted to all sides one after another. Zhang Mingqi, the governor of Guangxi, urgently transferred the border supervision of Long Jiguang and the commander of Lu Rongting. and the armies of Guilin, Liuzhou and other places went south to encircle and suppress, and sent a report to Zhou Fu, the governor of Liangguang, requesting reinforcements.

The smoke bombs released by the revolutionary army also had an effect, Zhang Mingqi was deeply afraid that the important town of Nanning would be lost again, and the imperial court would be more serious, so he first transferred Long Jiguang of Youjiang Province in Guangxi to lead troops to help. So. Lu Rongting, the commander of the Longzhou Patrol Army, felt that he was alone, and his southward movement was very slow, and he did not want to confront the revolutionary army too early.

The retreat of the revolutionary army did not drag the mud and water at all, abandoning Lingshan and Qinzhou. With captured and new soldiers, they quickly assembled in the defense city. At this time, Lu Rongting had just led the army into Ningming County and stopped at Baiyan Pass.

It was the initiative to go north to face Lu Rongting; Or transfer to Vietnam first, and then wait for the opportunity to move. The revolutionary army assembled in the Fangcheng area did not react immediately. However, the training of recruits and the arrangement of supplementary companies did not stop for a moment. There are more than 1,200 recruits, which is not much compared with the record of breaking through several cities, recovering several counties, and taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.

The recruitment of new recruits is strict, which ensures the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the team, and also accelerates the speed of training and integration. One belt and one belt, a more luxurious way of training and improvement, not only allows recruits to become familiar with weapons and master combat skills more quickly, but also enables them to make progress in their thinking and concepts, understand why they are fighting, and the meaning of revolution.

No way, you don't want to hear it, you can't stand someone talking about it all the time! I can't understand the big truth once, but I can memorize it ten or eight times.

In just three days, he is far from being a veteran, but the recruit has no problem aiming and shooting, and he has mastered a few simple tactical movements, such as lying down. Then, the unit underwent another reorganization, according to the ratio of five veterans to one belt, with officers, and organized into ten recruit companies; The old company was basically restored to its original state, and only a few new recruits were replenished, so as to ensure that the combat effectiveness of the six main companies in the battle could be absolutely trusted.

The Qing army was adjusting and slowly pressed up. Lu Rongting, the commander of the patrol army, still moved slowly, advancing three and retreating, wandering in the mountainous area at the junction of Fangcheng and Ningming; Long Jiguang, the border superintendent, led the army from Nanning, took the road of Fusui and Shangsi, and blocked the road of the revolutionary army to the north; The second standard of the Guangdong New Army passed through Lianzhou and Qinzhou, and attacked from the east.

The situation became dire, and it seemed that the revolutionary army had no choice but to withdraw westward from the border. But Chen Wenqiang didn't see it that way, the reason why he didn't leave was also to prepare to pass the biggest test after the uprising with the revolutionary army and break the first big counterattack of the Qing army.

As early as after returning to the army to defend the city, Chen Wenqiang and the staff committee agreed that the troops of the two companies would return to Vietnam in a hurry, outflank them from abroad, and make a surprise attack on Zhennanguan. Counting the days, how can there be news in another day or two.

"Great things can be done." Chen Wenqiang took the coded telegram translated by the telegrapher, read it quickly, and a smile bloomed on his serious and calm face.

The staff had circulated the telegram before they came to their senses. It turned out that the troops were gathered in the Fangcheng area, and the Qing army was pressed from three sides, and it was a two-handed plan. The first is to retreat into the cross-border, which is naturally the safest; The second is to wait for news and intelligence, and if there is an opportunity, make arrangements for counterattacks to crush the siege of the Qing army.

Who knew that among the three Qing troops that were violently pressing, the eastern road could basically be ignored, because the second standard of the Guangdong New Army turned out to be the standard of the members of the Renaissance Association, and among the soldiers of the New Army, according to the internal deployment and call of the Renaissance Association, there were already many members mixed in.

Accumulation and accumulation, the dark chess that the Revival Association has arranged over the years, and the infiltration and infiltration can finally play a role. Although it is not yet complete and cannot be effectively and completely controlled, with the cooperation of the revolutionary army, it is still expected that the second standard of the Guangdong New Army will defect or be dismantled from within.

Chen Wenqiang is decisive and meticulous, and he can remember even the subtleties that professionals ignore. He regarded combat as an engineering technique or a kind of arts and crafts, and carved it with great care. He was not destined to become a superb, commanding general, because he had an engineer-like prudence in him. But when it comes to taking risks, he doesn't know how to take risks, but he rarely does.

"Now, it's time for us to get moving." Chen Wenqiang stretched out his hand and pointed to the map, "The whole army will go north and face Lu Rongting first." Then he flanked Long Jiguang with the new rebel army and completely defeated the Qing army in Guangxi. In order to respond to the uprising of the new army, he telegraphed Wang's detachment to transfer to the mountainous area of Qinzhou and wait for the next instructions. ”

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Fifty and knowing the destiny of heaven, Lu Rongting is exactly forty-nine this year, from the loneliness and sorrow of the child, to the young and middle-aged career of wandering in the green forest, and then to the Qing Dynasty military attache for more than ten years, whether he began to reflect on himself and realize himself, or whether he wanted to make things happen in people and achieve things in heaven, he actually didn't know.

But he knew that the revolutionary army was not easy to mess with, no better than the Hui Dang and You Yong that had been exterminated before, and his five battalions of patrol troops might not be the opponents of others. Even if he can win, he will definitely suffer heavy losses, and he will no longer be able to sit on an equal footing with Long Jiguang, the border defense supervisor of another large army in Gui Province.

Therefore, he instigated the patrol, hoping that the revolutionary army would turn to attack other places, or wait for more friendly troops to arrive and attack when there were many people.

The revolutionary army did not seem to have any intention of fighting with it, and stationed its troops in the Fangcheng area, across the line between Fangcheng and Ningming County, the 100,000 mountain branches, and the two armies were on guard against each other, but they were at peace with each other.

But illusions and hopes are shattered so suddenly, so quickly that it is unexpected, so fast that it is dizzying.

“…… Race stun gun (common name for machine gun), many, many, many, bullets hit like rain; One bomb after another, one after another, exploded in a large area, and the sound was like thunder and deafening......"

“…… The rebels didn't want to die, shouting and screaming, rushing up, stabbing with guns and bayonets, and throwing bombs one after another. The brethren have never seen this, and in a moment they will break down......" (To be continued. )