Usually, people who know too much about the vicissitudes of the world think too much because they have the ability to think independently that is different from ordinary people, so they think too much and too much. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Although they will also try to fit into the reality of the environment, they are destined not to be fully assimilated. Because their ideas will not be easily swayed by some kind of propaganda or someone's words, no matter whether it is right or wrong, absolutely obey whoever is right, how can there be such a natural and righteous death?

Chen Wenqiang's thoughts were not calm. In this special historical period, the ever-present sense of crisis makes him pay more than others.

The more he thinks and sees farther, the more problems he faces, and he must often struggle against fears and hesitations that others are not aware of. This kind of taste can only be tasted by himself, and no one can share it.

The fundraising in Singapore went smoothly, after all, Chen Wenqiang is famous, and he has just returned from winning the award, and the joy and warm welcome of the Chinese can be expected. And this is different from revolutionary fundraising, industrial investment, the future is bright, and the income is stable and guaranteed.

But Chen Wenqiang's greatest concern is not this, but the issue of the revolutionary army's food and salary. Fighting a war is about logistics, uprisings, and victories, which is certainly exciting, but without financial support behind it, it is unthinkable. And the negotiations with the French are at stake.

"The number of people entering Yunnan from Vietnam should be limited, 100 people per month, and the legal person's agency in Vietnam will review and release them. The transportation of grain and ammunition is not permitted, and the legal person claims to maintain neutrality in accordance with international neutrality rules. Song Fuhua frowned and introduced the latest progress, "In this case, we can only send people to Yunnan with money and money to buy supplies locally." ”

"It's going to be a big cost." Chen Wenqiang said in a deep voice: "If you buy grain from Thailand or the Mekong Delta region, the price will be relatively low. ”

"That's true." Song Fuhua spread his hands a little helplessly, "But if the legal person doesn't back down, do you really want to fight with the legal person?" ”

Chen Wenqiang thought for a while, and said thoughtfully: "Although I don't know much about what neutrality laws are. But humanitarian aid shouldn't be banned, right? The legal person should not agree to the direct assistance of the revolutionary army from the outside world, but what about changing the banner and saying it differently? ”

"For example—" Song Fuhua seemed to understand, but still didn't fully understand.

"Like the Red Cross." Chen Wenqiang's thinking became clear, "They can travel through the war zone and provide assistance to the victims of the war, right?" Just like the Shanghai branch of the International Red Cross Society in Shanghai. ”

Song Fuhua blinked. He smiled slowly and nodded, "This is a good solution." So we don't have such an internationally recognized organization, do we? The Qing Red Cross Society does have it, but can they serve us? ”

In 1904, the Russo-Japanese War broke out between Japan and Russia for the privileges of China, and hundreds of thousands of compatriots were in dire straits. At that time, foreign nationals in Lushun were evacuated from the war zone by their own governments or the Red Cross. The Qing government, which had declared neutrality, also sent ships to transport Chinese compatriots, but Russia refused. Ships are not allowed to enter the port. In order to rescue Chinese refugees, Shen Dunhe and others from Shanghai Customs initiated the establishment of the "Red Cross Puji Charity Association of the Three Eastern Provinces" out of righteous indignation. It was the first organization in China associated with the Red Cross.

In order to gain international recognition, in March 1904, Lu Haihuan, Minister of Commerce of the Qing Dynasty, Sheng Xuanhuai, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Industry, and others invited neutral representatives of Britain, the United States, France, and Germany to jointly negotiate and establish the "Shanghai Branch of the International Red Cross Society" in Shanghai. It was recognized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that year. When the Qing government learned of this, it immediately recognized it and allocated 100,000 taels of silver as funds (gentry and merchants and yamen in various places also solicited 200,000 taels of silver). This was the predecessor of the Red Cross Society of China. It was later renamed the Qing Red Cross.

"First set up, and then seek international recognition." Chen Wenqiang smiled slightly. said: "In my opinion, the legal person was forced by the protest and pressure of the Qing court, and did not dare to completely offend the revolutionary army. In the name of it, they are most likely accommodating. In this way, it's not just food. Supplies such as medicines needed for relief can also enter Yunnan and Guizhou in the name of justice. ”

"By saying that the legal person is neutral, it also recognizes the revolutionary army as a belligerent group in disguise." Song Fuhua nodded in agreement and said, "Okay, it's best to negotiate with a legal person like this." If not, we actually meet the minimum requirements. ”

"Minimum requirements?" Chen Wenqiang smiled bitterly and said, "According to the current income and expenditure, I'm afraid we won't be able to support it for long, right?" ”

"Yes, the continuous expenditure of funds is indeed beyond our strength." Song Fuhua paused and shook his head, "The team has expanded too quickly, which is also unexpected. ”

It is true that the team is expanding rapidly, but this does not mean that the combat effectiveness has decreased significantly. First of all, the selection of soldiers, the revolutionary army is not dug into the basket or vegetables, and the surrender and rebellion are accepted by the original class. As a matter of fact, the expansion of the revolutionary army was not fast at all if it had been in the same way that the League had started an incident.

Moreover, the backbone personnel of the revolutionary army have always firmly controlled the troops, and the method of training troops by "using the old to lead the new" is also a good way to make the new recruits mature as soon as possible. At the beginning, it was one belt, and when there were more and more soldiers, it would be two in one belt, or three in one belt, seven in one belt, or even ten in one belt. In this way, it is possible to quickly form new units with combat effectiveness. Besides, whether a veteran brings one recruit or five does not make much difference to the growth of the recruit.

Of course, this may lead to the phenomenon that some units are strong in combat effectiveness and others are weak. But there are too many people and horses, and it is normal and unavoidable that the combat strength is different, and the commander can be reasonably deployed according to the battlefield situation.

"The force isn't expanding too quickly." Chen Wenqiang said more fairly: "You calculate the backbone personnel in the army, and under the continuous replenishment, they will always account for one-third or one-quarter, right?" In this way, the troops can be firmly mastered and controlled. If the requirements are relaxed, the original squad will accept those who have surrendered to generals and stragglers, and the current number of people will be doubled! ”

"You're right, but now this person is ten thousand, and it costs thousands of yuan a day just to eat." Song Fuhua grinned, "The revolution is really not easy, I used to think about it simply. ”

"I think—" Chen Wenqiang's hand waved a few meaninglessly, and said as he thought: "The territory of the revolutionary army is still too small, and it is difficult to implement the war by war. I have seen the recent plan of action, the Qing army has stopped, and our army has also concentrated its forces, let's say it is a confrontation. Always a little passive. Isn't it okay to passively wait for the enemy to divide his forces or go deeper? ”

"If this Qing army can be wiped out, or inflicted heavy losses, our army will have no one to stop in Yunnan Province." Song Fuhua asked suspiciously, "Then what do you think?" Divide the troops, so how to resist the Qing army in Yunnan Province? ”

"Resist, what you said will enlighten me." Chen Wenqiang patted his thigh lightly. said: "The original strategy was to avoid the enemy and attack the weak, be flexible and maneuvering, make the enemy exhausted, and then choose the opportunity to annihilate. However, the battle was not fought too smoothly, and the confidence was swelled, and although troops were also sent to areas where the enemy's defense was weak, I felt that the strength was not enough. Moreover, now that the confidence is sufficient, he is still putting on a posture. If you want to fight a big battle with the Qing army, you want to decide the winner in a battle? ”

"When you are strong, you are naturally not afraid of enemies." Song Fuhua didn't feel anything wrong, and said: "You also know that now the main force of the Qing army is in Yunnan Province, if you ........."

"That doesn't seem right." Chen Wenqiang shook his head and said, "I want to go back to Qiongzhou immediately and discuss it with Lao Wu and them." I am afraid that this is not a deliberate change in strategy and tactics. But after the strength grows, people's hearts will naturally change. ”

"Make corresponding adjustments according to changes in the situation between friend and foe. I don't see anything wrong. Song Fuhua paused, and then continued: "However, for the military, I am a layman. If you carefully discuss it with Lao Wu and the General Staff, you should be able to make the right decision. ”

"I don't dare to say that my conjecture is right." Chen Wenqiang is not very sure. frowned slightly, "It's just that this is very different from what I thought beforehand, and I think something is wrong." ”

Song Fuhua smiled and diverted the topic, talking about the impact of this great uprising. It's not just Nanyang where there is a branch of the Revival Society. The branches of the Americas have also ushered in a climax of development. In Japan, where there are the largest number of Chinese students studying abroad and the atmosphere of revolution is strongest, a large number of young people are applying to join or have already joined. Even some members of the League turned to the Renaissance.

"Originally, I wanted to use the Huanggang Uprising to disperse the forces of the Qing army and reduce the pressure on the revolutionary army, but the effect was unsatisfactory." Song Fuhua shook his head with some regret, "It's not good to rush, the internal strife of the alliance has affected the support for the uprising. Xu Xueqiu and other members led some more determined rebels into Luofu Mountain, and it is difficult to speculate whether they can hold on. ”

"It still played some role, Li Zhun was not ordered to send people to reinforce Chaozhou." Chen Wenqiang touched his chin and said: "This party is really unreliable, it's okay to make trouble for the Qing court, but it's difficult to make things happen." ”

"It would be nice if the party could succeed." Song Fuhua sighed and said: "Not to mention the elder brothers in Huxiang and the robe brothers in Sichuan, where are there no such heroes in all provinces and regions?" ”

"At the beginning, the Huaxing Society used the mobilization of the party as the main revolutionary means, right?" Chen Wenqiang pondered for a moment and said: "There are internal disputes in the Alliance, and the Restoration Society will act independently, they should be relatively powerful in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, right?" Let Lao Cai try to contact them, and it will be beneficial for us to make some movements, right? ”

"W-no?" Song Fuhua felt that this idea was very similar to letting others send them to death, knowing that the party was unreliable, but letting other revolutionary groups launch it, sacrificing in vain just to relieve the pressure on the revolutionary army?

"Hehe, even if we don't get in touch, they probably won't be idle." Chen Wenqiang pouted with a smile, "You said that the party is unreliable, and people still think that we are afraid that they will steal the limelight of the revolution!" If you don't actually experience it, who doesn't think that anti-Qing righteous people are valuable? ”

"That's not our responsibility." Song Fuhua pondered for a moment, "They are all revolutionary groups, and there are differences, but there is also the possibility of bridging." It is not right to be misleading, even if it is properly guided. ”

"You're far from a politician or a politician!" Chen Wenqiang shook his head a little helplessly, "If you want to talk about bridging, that's a matter for the future; Now, it's a competitive relationship. Since we firmly believe that our revolutionary path is correct, we must lead the revolution without giving up. To lead the revolution, you have to rely on the organization, on our Revival. Then you have to think about the Revival Society, and for the sake of the comrades who follow and support you. ”

Song Fuhua pondered for a while and said, "Then there must be a bottom line, right?" Didn't you also say that no matter what you do, you can't do it by any means, and it has nothing to do with religion or belief? ”

Conscience is something that cannot be seen or touched, but it can restrain a person's actions, just as Buddha and God do not exist, but believing in them can make people feel awe. Leo Tolstoy once said: A person who does not believe in God (religion) can do any kind of bad thing. And a person without conscience, in the eyes of Chen Wenqiang, can he still be called a person?

Chen Wenqiang was stunned and smiled bitterly, he didn't expect Song Fuhua to use his own words to justify. Of course, he is not unreasonable, but his idea is not unscrupulous and unconscionable, right?

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Chen Wenqiang's feelings about himself are not easy to judge whether they are right or wrong now, even when he hurried to Qiongzhou by boat and began to discuss with Wu Luzhen and others, who had been waiting for the news, his tone was not very firm.

"At the beginning of the incident, the policy was to try to 'feed the war with war', which means that we had already estimated the difficulties after the blockade. At present, the revolutionary army is fighting quite well, but it is still difficult to implement the 'war by war'. If it continues, we really can't support it! ”

Wu Luzhen and others were mentally prepared for the difficulty of expressing financial support for Chen Wenqiang when he came up; after all, the General Staff Headquarters was not only in charge of operations, but also in statistical planning of logistical supplies.

"It's still difficult to get food on the spot for the time being. Imagine, now there is a corner of the enemy of the whole country, so if this corner is not solid and stable, after several wars, the people are killed and wounded and scattered, and the place is destroyed into ruins, how can it still be supported? Wan Fuhua expounded his opinion from the perspective of the people, "Before the situation is decided, if the people are levied for grain and money, the people will have doubts and will not be willing to comply." ”

"The situation will not be certain for a long time." Chen Wenqiang shook his head and objected to this, "After defeating this Qing army, there will still be that force, how can the Qing court let the revolutionary army be stable?" Also, the recent actions of the Revolutionary Army have made me a little confused—"

Turning to Wu Luzhen, Chen Wenqiang continued: "Originally, I wanted to lure the enemy deep and wait for an opportunity to strike, but the enemy did not move, and the revolutionary army was consumed with the Qing army like this? Isn't the plan before the incident to avoid the real and attack the weak, to be flexible and maneuvering, to exhaust the enemy, and then to choose the opportunity to annihilate him? Most of the Qing army in Yunnan Province has been transferred to the vicinity of Kunming, and the large areas of western Yunnan, southwestern Yunnan, and northwest Yunnan are empty to guard, should the revolutionary army carry out a large-scale transfer and open up base areas in these areas? It not only lays the foundation for the collection of grain and levies, but also mobilizes the Qing army and forces it to divide its troops. ”

"The main force is transferred in, and if the Qing army attacks southward in person, the strength to resist will be insufficient." Wu Luzhen pointed to the map and explained: "If the Qing army occupies southern Yunnan, won't it divide the revolutionary army into two parts? ”

…………… (To be continued.) )