795 Wuchang

Since its founding, the revolutionary party has held high the idea of overthrowing the Manchu Qing dynasty and establishing an independent republican federation. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Therefore, the revolutionary party attaches great importance to the development of members in groups that are conducive to the uprising. Apart from the industrial and commercial classes, which could be used as a source of funding, the revolutionary party had infiltrated more seriously than the Forces nouvelles.

The new army is not new today, it has been established for 20 years, the scale is more than 600,000, and it has basically achieved comprehensive firearms, and the original system of the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion has completely disappeared.

The management of the new army itself is not strict, and although it has learned from the experience of the Tang Dynasty in training and management, the Tang people naturally have a hand in teaching it. The new army also did not have any units for political work, and it also retained a relatively large number of remnants of the old feudal traditions.

Many of the shortcomings of the new army were seen in everyone's eyes, and some of the younger officers in particular were very dissatisfied with this. At this time, the emergence of the revolutionary party made this part of the young officers seem to see hope, so the revolutionary party has developed at an astonishing speed in the new army, and in some places about thirty percent of the middle-level and grass-roots officers of the new army have become revolutionaries. Wuchang is an area where the activities of the New Army are intensive and active.

After the branch leader, Chiang Ziyun, decided to launch an uprising, many revolutionaries began to operate in secret. They passed on news to each other and made plans, but after all, everyone was new to the revolution, and they still made a lot of mistakes.

If the planning action is not secret, it is still easy to be seen. Although the revolutionaries did not mobilize troops, the unusual flow of personnel also alerted some people. At this time, it was a time of chaos, the imperial court no longer existed, even the emperor was dead, and everyone was in a state of confusion or wait-and-see. The governor of Hubei has declared a state of martial law in Hubei, and Wuchang has also imposed a curfew to ensure local law and order and prevent small disturbances.

Immediately after the activities of the revolutionaries, the Governor's Office became aware of the problem and carried out a surprise attack on one of the premises of the Revolutionary Party, seizing on the spot the list of revolutionaries, the proclamation of the uprising, the flag, etc., and the secret was leaked. What's worse is that as the leader of the Hubei branch of the revolutionary party, Jiang Ziyun was also arrested during this operation. Before the uprising had even begun, the revolutionaries had suffered a major blow and were in a leaderless situation.

The Governor's Palace, on alert, prepared to begin a siege of the city and arrest the revolutionaries. At this time, the revolutionaries knew that they could no longer delay, and that their actions had to be launched, regardless of whether they were fully prepared or not. Zhao Lin, a revolutionary party officer who had previously belonged to the wait-and-see faction, led the rebel army of his headquarters to fire the first shot of the uprising at the Chuwangtai Ordnance Station near Zhonghe Gate when the whole city of Dasuo had not started that night.

The soldiers of Zhao Lin's entire battalion were very convinced of this very capable officer, whether they were revolutionaries or not, they all followed Zhao Lin at this time. The armory was raided, and the defenders did not react to what was going on, and most of them chose to surrender after only a few shots were fired without hurting anyone. The rebel army led by Zhao Lin successfully captured the Chuwangtai Ordnance Station and obtained the most important weapons and equipment of the Wuchang garrison, including tens of thousands of new and old rifles, hundreds of thousands of bullets, dozens of artillery pieces, and even some military vehicles of the Central China New Army.

The rebel army raised fire as a signal, and after seeing the signal, the soldiers and officers of the other rebels broke through their camp gate and assembled at Chuwangtai, and after more than an hour, the rebel army assembled at Chuwangtai had reached as many as 3,000 people.

Zhao Lin ordered the soldiers to carry several infantry guns up Snake Mountain, and the artillery was aimed at the Hubei Governor's Palace, before which he encouraged the soldiers to say: "If the enemy is not defeated tonight, as soon as the day dawns, our generation will be captured." ”

The soldiers of the uprising, whether they were the original revolutionaries or those who were coerced in, knew that if they did not succeed now, they would become benevolent, and the government would show no mercy to the rebels. However, everyone can also realize the optimism of the current situation, the sudden launch of the rebel army has made the Qing army stunned, and no one expected such a thing. Many Qing soldiers did not even garrison their strongholds, but simply fled. And the chaos of the command of the Qing army also gave the rebel army an opportunity to take advantage of, the Qing army officers could not find soldiers, quite a number of soldiers went to the uprising, and those who did not go did not know where to go, in short, it was a mess.

In the big picture, people know that Jiaqing has died, and the imperial court no longer exists, simply put, the world is ready to change hands, and this is a good time for the generation of Fengyun to seize a birth. As long as you get the first righteousness, you will definitely be able to make a name for yourself in the country, and then it is not impossible to win the world.

It is also fortunate to say that the governor of Hubei searched for the revolutionaries during the day, and even directly killed a group of people, and now that the revolutionaries are revolting, he is the most frightened person, afraid of being arrested by the revolutionaries and retaliating. The governor had no ability, and he did not even find out how much strength the revolutionaries had, and he was full of thoughts about escaping from Wuchang.

At this time, there was no imperial court, and some officials in the governor's palace asked where they could go even if they fled Wuchang.

Someone replied that they could go down the river to Huanggang to move rescue troops.

Some people immediately retorted, maybe the garrison in Huanggang was also infiltrated by the revolutionary party, and if they went to Huanggang, they might have thrown themselves into the net.

These people made the governor's head big, and he didn't make any decisions, no matter what, the first thing was to run away. So the governor had his men chisel through the back wall of the governor's palace, which was close to the docks, and fled directly to a river steamer. Anyway, now that there is no imperial court, no one will hold the governor accountable for his escape. This governor is a person who has no ambitions, and the feudal officials of other provinces are fluctuating at this time, but he is sitting on pins and needles, thinking that it is really impossible to go to the realm of the Tang people, and begging the Tang people for help.

"This world doesn't love Xinjueluo's family, and Hubei is not my governor's, so whoever you love is worried about it. Fortunately, the official had the foresight to buy a property in Shanghai, and it seems that it is good to be an apartment in Shanghai honestly. Thinking like this, the governor seemed to be in a better mood when he looked at Wuchang, which was raging in battle.

As soon as he boarded the river ship on the front foot and was about to flee, the cannonballs of the revolutionary army on the back foot fell into his governor's palace, and he might have been beaten if he was one step later. The evacuation of the governor turned Wuchang into an undefended city, and the rebels occupied important places everywhere, and even some soldiers of the new army, who were not originally revolutionaries, shouted slogans to join the uprising. On the side of the rebels, no one refuses, as long as they shout revolution, they are all comrades. (To be continued.) )