Of course, he can't tell anyone about these reasons, otherwise the consequences will be serious...... While the three of them were talking, an adjutant came in, gave a military salute to each of the three people present, and then reported to Yang Shuoming: "Report to the general!" General Chen Jiongming and General Cheng Biguang have arrived! ”

"They're really keeping their word." Yang Shuoming nodded with a smile, got up and said to Tang Xu and the others, "It's bold, let's go, let's go meet them!" ”

"The generals of the defeated army, forgive them and dare not keep their promises." Tang Jing smiled, got up with Xu Yuanjin, and walked outside the house.

Cheng Biguang, who got off the half-track armored car, looked at the large bombers parked at the airport, and his face looked a little ugly while being shocked.

Of course, he knew that it was these bombers that blew up the Yuexiu Building, where the Generalissimo of the Guangdong Military and Political Axe Mansion was located, into a blank field.

And the victims of that battle included almost all the important backbones of the revolutionaries.

This is also the reason why it was his turn and Chen Jiongming to come to negotiate with Yang Shuoming.

Thinking of the new Chinese Navy gunboats cruising in front of the Humen Fort, Cheng Biguang's heart felt a little excited because he was about to meet the mysterious young man.

The two Jiangxi army officers who came to meet saw Cheng Biguang in a lieutenant general's uniform and Chen Jiongming in a lieutenant general's uniform, raised their hands in salute, Cheng Biguang and Chen Jiongming raised their hands in return, and the two officers took them to a Western-style villa-style building in the distance, and after walking a short distance, Cheng Biguang saw three people in camouflage uniforms appear at the door surrounded by several officers and guards, and walked towards them.

Although Cheng Biguang hadn't seen Yang Shuoming before, he still recognized at a glance which of the three people was the main one.

The liaison officers of the two sides began to introduce them to each other, and Cheng Biguang, Chen Jiongming, Yang Shuoming, Tang Jing, and Xu Yuanjin greeted each other and exchanged polite greetings.

Chen Jiongming looked at the handsome young man in front of him who was like a beauty, and his eyes flashed with disbelief.

At this time, it is still difficult for him to combine the young man in front of him with the "Nanyang" in the famous "North Cai Nanyang" that expelled the Yue army to recover Qingdao.

The group then came to the living room, the guests and the host sat down, Cheng Biguang quickly looked at the furnishings in the living room from the corner of his eye, and found that there was no suspicious arrangement, and a slightly hanging heart was put down.

The living room is spacious, bright and simply furnished, but a table not far away is filled with several models of warships of different sizes.

As a veteran of the Chinese Navy who came from the Beiyang Navy era, Cheng Biguang noticed that none of these large and small warship models were seen before, and they looked very advanced, and he couldn't help but be secretly frightened.

"Brother Hengqi and Brother Jingcun came from afar, and they should have rested all the way, but they both know that the current situation will change greatly, so I won't go around in circles with the two." Yang Shuoming said straight to the point.

"What does Hanzhi mean is that we surrender unconditionally?" Chen Jiongming stared at Yang Shuoming's eyes and asked slowly.

"They are all Chinese, their own brothers, and they are peacemakers, and they can't talk about who surrenders to whom." Yang Shuoming smiled kindly and said.

Chen Jiongming didn't expect Yang Shuoming to give such an answer, so he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and he was speechless for a while.

"If it weren't for the sake of saving the people of Guangdong from the scourge of war, we wouldn't have to sit here today." Tang Jing may have been a little dissatisfied with Yang Shuoming's lack of momentum in his answer, and said coldly, "We don't imagine that your generalissimo is like that, not leaving a way for the people of Guangdong to live." ”

After listening to Tang Jing's answer, Chen Jiongming and Cheng Biguang's expressions became gloomy and sad.

Since the Chinese Revolutionary Party launched the "uprising" in Guangdong, Chen Jiongming and Cheng Biguang, who are Cantonese, have seen the suffering suffered by the common people in Guangdong, and they have been pained in their hearts, but they are powerless.

"Brother Hengqi and Brother Jingcun are both natives of Guangdong, and their love for the people is the same as ours, so at this point, I think we shouldn't have many differences." Yang Shuoming saw that there were some signs of coldness at the beginning of the negotiation, and said with a smile.

"Yes, according to Brother Hanzhi's wishes, we have achieved a ceasefire with your army on all fronts," at this time, Cheng Biguang had already developed a good impression of the young man in front of him, "There is no obstacle to the exchange of people on both sides." ”

"Doesn't look like it's a ceasefire on all fronts?" Xu Yuanjin smiled and said, "It seems that there was a fight a few days ago." ”

"That's what the Gui army and the Dian army did! I dare to vouch for my personality that my Guangdong soldiers will never fire at your army! Chen Jiongming said loudly.

"That means you can't restrain these 'revolutionary comrades'?" Tang Jing asked coldly.

"We'll solve this problem." Chen Jiongming thought of the "reinforcements" of Yunnan and Guizhou who were demarcated as kings and expropriated against the local people, gritted his teeth, and said.

"With your current strength, you can't deal with them." Tang Jing snorted and said.

A trace of anger flashed in Chen Jiongming's eyes, and he suddenly wanted to stand up and attack, but was tightly held by Cheng Biguang with his hand.

"Time is pressing, every minute we waste here, the people of Guangdong will suffer one more minute, only if we break the prejudice and work closely together, can we protect the territory and the people." Yang Shuoming said, waved his hand, and an officer stepped forward and handed over an agreement to Chen Jiongming and Cheng Biguang, "What I mean, Guangdong will immediately announce that it will be subordinated to the central government, local officials will retain their original positions, and the army will accept the reorganization of the central government's political axe to help the central government quell the rebellion, and the previous crimes will all be written off, what do you think?" ”

"If we want to be a slave for Yuan Shikai's son, I'm afraid we won't be able to do it." Chen Jiongming took the document and didn't look at it, but looked directly at Yang Shuoming and said, "I have a suggestion, there are many similarities with Hanzhi's method, I wonder if Hanzhi is willing to listen to it?" ”

"What Brother Jingcun wants to say is 'autonomy of the five southern provinces and provinces', right?" Yang Shuoming seemed to know what Chen Jiongming's suggestion was, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

Listening to Yang Shuoming's words, Chen Jiongming's body couldn't help but be shocked.

Chen Jiongming's eyes once again showed a look of disbelief.

"Exactly." Chen Jiongming turned his heart sideways and said loudly, "Chen is an old pawn in Xinhai, and he has been running for the Mingzhu Republic all his life, and he will never be an eagle dog of the emperor's family!" The slave of the Yuan dynasty, Chen has no interest! Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, with the same qi and branches, for my Chinese half of the foundation of the place, if the province can be autonomous, for my new example of China, clean up the imperfections, open a new world, why not be beautiful? ”

"Hanzhi self-governs western Jiangxi, strengthens the army and enriches the people, and the people of Jiangxi look up, if Jiangxi Province can join the autonomy of the provinces, my southeast Xintiandi will be completed, and half of China will be the division of the country, then the republic of China will be successful. What does Hanzhi think? ”

After Chen Jiongming finished speaking, he stared at Yang Shuoming tightly, waiting for his answer.

Yang Shuoming did not answer Chen Jiongming, but smiled quietly, and asked rhetorically: "The leader of your party raised an incident in Guangdong Province, and the slogan was 'overthrow the imperial system and restore the republic'. With the great talent of competition, why is it not reused? Can I be sued for competitive deposits? Is it also because of this idea of 'inter-provincial autonomy'? ”

"The reason why I advocate inter-provincial autonomy is to truly realize a boiled republic in China, unlike some people who hang the sheep's head of a boiled republic, but sell dog meat that reads talents." Chen Jiongming said, and suddenly took out a small pistol from his pocket.

Seeing Chen Jiongming's movements, the faces of the two generals Tang Xu and the guards beside Yang Shuoming changed, and their hands unconsciously touched the holster, but Yang Shuoming only narrowed his eyes slightly, but he didn't make any movements.

At this time, he had already judged through the "supercomputer eye" that Chen Jiongming's actions were not malicious.

Chen Jiongming smiled bitterly, waved his hand, signaled his guards not to act rashly, he owed forward, the hand holding the gun gently pushed forward, and the small pistol quickly crossed the long table, just stopping in front of Yang Shuoming.

Yang Shuoming gently picked up the small German-made "Mauser" pistol with his hand, played with it curiously, and then cast an inquiring glance at Chen Jiongming, waiting for his explanation.

At this time, Cheng Biguang, who was sitting next to Chen Jiongming, also looked at Chen Jiongming with surprised eyes, not knowing what he was going to do.

"Does Hanzhi want to know the origin of this gun?" Chen Jiongming looked at Yang Shuoming and said, Yang Shuoming nodded.

"This gun was handed over to the guards to kill me by the guy you killed with a bomb dropped by an airplane." Chen Jiongming's words were full of indescribable bitterness and bitterness.

After listening to Chen Jiongming's words, not only Yang Shuoming, Tang Jing and Xu Yuanjin's faces changed, but even Cheng Biguang's face showed an extremely shocked look.

"He is bent on driving the people to the Northern Expedition, and I advocate protecting the territory and relieving the people, and the autonomy of the provinces, which is a political disagreement, and the main purpose of it is to serve the country wholeheartedly, and they are both comrades in the party, but it has reached the point of using this means, which is really chilling." Chen Jiongming said, his voice became hoarse.

After listening to Chen Jiongming's explanation, Yang Shuoming was shocked, and his heart was already bright.

In the original historical time and space, when he was in history class in middle school, the teacher said more than once that Chen Jiongming betrayed the revolution at the critical moment of the Northern Expedition of the National Revolutionary Army, launched a rebellion, and bombarded the Generalissimo Mansion in Guangdong, wanting to kill the great revolutionary pioneers, resulting in the failure of the Northern Expedition, and the great revolutionary pioneers were forced to flee to the warship for refuge, while the young mother of the country had a miscarriage in order to cover the leader's escape, and was infertile for life.

Yang Shuoming still remembers the teacher's expression of tears when he talked about this "tragic history".

But is this really the case for the truth of history?

Yang Shuoming, who likes to get to the bottom of things, and Chen Jiongming, who has always trusted the great revolutionary pioneers, why did he suddenly defect to the revolution when "the revolutionary situation is very good", and even caused the great revolutionary pioneers to die and couldn't figure it out.

And now, he knew the real answer from Chen Jiongming's mouth.

"How did Jingcun know about this?" Cheng Biguang asked.

"The person he sent to assassinate me was a guard from the Generalissimo's Mansion, and he gave this gun to the guard, but the guard knew that I Chen Jiongming was not guilty of death, so he didn't listen to his orders, but ran to tell me." Chen Jiongming said, "I was afraid that once this matter was publicized, it would hinder the great cause of the revolution, so I held back, but only told the guard not to leak it, and arranged for him to take refuge abroad." ”

"Now, these things are no longer afraid of others knowing." Chen Jiongming's gaze swept across the side, and finally stopped at Yang Shuoming.

At this time, Yang Shuoming, looking at the small pistol in his hand, remembered what happened to him when he was in Los Angeles, USA, and the little moral responsibility left over from the bombing of Yuexiu Building has disappeared without a trace.

"The autonomy of the southern provinces mentioned by Jingcun is an attempt to cook the republic, but now is not the time to make such an attempt." Yang Shuoming, who was extremely vigilant about anything that might lead China into a state of division, first expressed his understanding of Chen Jiongming's good intentions, but immediately denied it in euphemistic language, "Now that Ben is ready to move against our country and wants to split Manchu and Mongolia from our Chinese territory, if the southeastern half of the province is now autonomous, how is it different from standing on its own?" Isn't this a big gift to me? ”

Listening to Yang Shuoming's words, Chen Jiongming sighed and did not speak again.

Obviously, Chen Jiongming is also very clear about the long-standing ambitions for China.

He has always disagreed with the great revolutionary forerunners who have always accepted the help of the great revolutionary pioneers.

"I know the meaning of competing for survival, focusing on 'autonomy' rather than 'joint provinces', and the so-called 'joint provinces' are forced to protect themselves helplessly." Yang Shuoming seemed to have already seen through Chen Jiongming's thoughts, and said eloquently, "And 'autonomy' can only be realized in a republican country, if the 'republic' is restored, the 'joint province' will be meaningless, if I allow the competition to exist as a 'republic', can the competition give up the 'joint province'?" ”

"How can Hanzhi prove that he can promise me a 'republic'?" Chen Jiongming smiled and asked rhetorically.

Yang Shuoming smiled slightly, waved his hand to several guards around him, and motioned for them to move all the warship models on the table.

"This ship is the latest type of battleship I ordered in the United States, with a full load displacement of nearly 50,000 tons, three 406 mm 45 times the diameter triple main gun, the main armor belt is 350 mm, and the maximum speed can reach 31 knots. Yang Shuoming pointed to the largest of these warship models and said.

Chen Jiongming and Cheng Biguang's eyes widened, and they looked at the battleship carefully, their eyes full of surprise.

"Do Brother Jing Cun and Brother Heng Qi know the name of this ship?" Yang Shuoming then asked.

Chen Jiongming and Cheng Biguang glanced at each other, and subconsciously shook their heads slightly.

"This ship is called the Republican-class battleship." Yang Shuoming said.

"Republican-class battleships?" Cheng Biguang muttered to himself, and Chen Jiongming's eyes suddenly emitted a strange light.

"Yes, it's called a Republican-class battleship." Yang Shuoming said, "There are a total of six ships in this class, the first ship is named 'Republic', the second ship is named 'Mingzhu', the third ship is named 'Constitution', the fourth ship is named 'Free Spirit', the fifth ship is named 'Reading Power', and the sixth ship is named 'Nation'. ”

Hearing Yang Shuoming say the names of the six new battleships, Chen Jiongming gasped with relief and nodded unconsciously.

"Where are these six ships now? Is it built? When will I be able to return home? Cheng Biguang asked anxiously, not realizing that his voice was trembling at all.

"The six ships have been built and completed sea trials in the United States, but they still have to 'experience' in Europe before returning home." Yang Shuoming smiled and waved his hand, and an officer delivered an English newspaper to Cheng Biguang and Chen Jiongming.

Looking at the steel giant ship in the newspaper with black smoke and waves, the English flower headline below, and the detailed explanation, Cheng Biguang, who was very familiar with English, also began to tremble with his hands.

Chen Jiongming's English skills are not high, but he still recognizes the eye-catching "the-imperial-Chinese-navy" under the newspaper photo.

This is the second time since the establishment of the Beiyang Fleet in the late Qing Dynasty that the Chinese Navy has been given such a name!

At this time, Cheng Biguang's eyes unconsciously shed tears.

Chen Jiongmingqiang, who was beside Cheng Biguang, couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, he couldn't understand the English introduction below, but the eye-catching Shuanglong emblem on the bow of the battleship and the huge Chinese character name on the stern of the battleship on the photo undoubtedly indicated their identity.

"When this ship returns to China, it is the time to rebuild the republic." Yang Shuoming's voice pulled Chen Cheng and the others back from their excited thoughts.

"Maybe it won't be that long." Xu Yuanjin interjected with a smile on the side.

"I can't imagine that Hanzhi can do such a great thing." Chen Jiongming sighed, glanced at Cheng Biguang, turned his head to look at Yang Shuoming, and said, "Since this is the case, dare to disobey your fate." ”

Portsmouth Military Port, United Kingdom.

"Stand - right! Salute! ”

Accompanied by the command of a Chinese naval officer, on the high mast of the battleship "Republic", a military flag was raised, but to the surprise of many overseas Chinese who were present, the military flag raised this time was no longer the "red ground blue light and white petal plaster flag" they had seen before, but a flag that they had never seen before!

On this flag, between the red and blue, is a bright yellow big Chinese character "person"!

Almost at the same time, some auxiliary ships of the Chinese Navy moored not far away lowered the "blue sky and white and red ground" naval flag on the mast of the previous ship and replaced it with a red, blue, and yellow "human" flag.

"What the hell are the Chinese doing?" Standing on the deck to watch the ceremony, a slightly obese British gentleman in a tall bowler hat and a crisp tuxedo asked a British naval officer beside him.

"Yenching has sent a telegram ordering all these warships to be replaced with this new naval flag, Sir Churchill." The officer replied, "The original naval flag, which was said to be the flag used by the Chinese rebels, has now been abandoned. ”

(To be continued)