While organizing troops to march to Hanyang and Hankow, Sun Wei sent members of the Communist Association to secretly infiltrate the New Army barracks in Hanyang and Hankou to inform the comrades in the New Army there to prepare for a pre-battle uprising.

What Sun Wei didn't expect was that before the army had all crossed the river, the new army camp facing Hanyang on the other side of the river was filled with gunfire. Thinking that the uprising had leaked, Sun Wei hurriedly ordered the army to quickly cross the river in order to meet the army that failed in the uprising. But what Sun Wei didn't expect was that when the army had just crossed the river and was ready to attack, the liaison sent by Sun Wei to Hanyang came back and brought back the news that surprised Sun Wei that Hanyang had been recovered, and Zhao Chengwu, the leader of the rebel army, led the rebel army to attack Hankou.

Sun Wei immediately decided to change the order that the army should march to Hankou. When Sun Wei's army arrived in Hankou, Zhao Chengwu had already led his army to capture the new army camp in Hankou and led his troops to join Sun Wei. Sun Wei couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the world had been tired of the Qing Dynasty for a long time, and even the army was unwilling to give his life to the Qing Dynasty, and the demise of the Qing government was a historical inevitability.

Zhao Chengwu led the army to meet Sun Wei, and Sun Wei personally led the crowd to greet him. Sun Wei saw that the army behind Zhao Chengwu was more than 2,000 people, and immediately ordered Zhao Chengwu to be the standard, and Zhao Chengwu recommended Hu Yuzhen, Qiu Wenbin, and Ming Mengsen as the pipe band, and Sun Wei adopted them one by one. Sun Wei immediately ordered Wang Hu to take the letter of appointment, and ordered Zhao Chengwu to be the third standard commander of the Hubei Revolutionary Army, Hu Yuzhen to be the fifth battalion band, Qiu Wenbin to be the sixth battalion band, and Ming Mengsen to be the seventh battalion band. Immediately, Sun Wei issued a list of security and recruitment, preparing to settle the people and recruit new soldiers.

Sun Wei ordered Zhang Shouyi and Han Dong to lead the gendarmerie battalion into the Hankou City bomb area to prevent those Manchu remnants and young people from counterattacking. He himself led the army into Hanyang, and set up camp in the Hanyang military camp to make a fire and cook. Sun Wei himself took Wang Hu and the two brigades of the guard battalion to the Hanyang Arsenal.

The Hanyang Arsenal originally had a general office and a superintendent, equivalent to the director and deputy director of the factory, but they ran away at the beginning of the revolution, and the biggest official in the current arsenal is a manager surnamed Liu, named Li Xilin, who is also a technician. When Sun Wei arrived at the Hanyang Arsenal, Steward Liu had already led the technicians and apprentices of the arsenal to wait outside the factory. Seeing Sun Wei's guard of honor, Liu Xilin led people to greet him, and after seeing Sun Wei, he led the crowd to kneel down and said: "Liu Xilin, the manager of the arsenal, led all the technicians and apprentices of the arsenal to greet the overseers. There was a cry of applause from the Overseers. Overseer is an honorific title given to a warlord during the warlord melee of the Republic of China.

Sun Wei said: "Now that the revolutionary army is in power, there is no need to bow down, get up and answer." Liu Xilin said yes and led the crowd to stand up. Sun Wei looked up at the gate of the sapper factory and couldn't help but sigh. This is the Hanyang Arsenal, which will not only affect the present, but also the whole of China for twenty or thirty years in the future. The Hanyang and old sleeves made in the Anti-Japanese War were made from here.

Sun Wei stood at the gate of the factory and looked at the gate without moving, and Liu Xilin did not dare to urge. Sun Wei stood at the door for a while before waking up from his memories. Seeing that everyone was standing there, no one dared to speak out, and when he thought of his power today, he suddenly felt a sense of accomplishment. He said to the arsenal, "It's mine." Everyone was stunned! Sun Wei knew that he was a little out of shape, smiled and entered the factory. Liu Xilin came back to his senses from his stunnedness, and he didn't dare to think about it before he followed. And when they saw that the leaders had gone in, they followed them.

Hanyang Arsenal covers an extremely large area, with a total of more than 500 factories and about 4,500 employees. In the original history, the arsenal at this time should have suffered a military disaster, destroying part of the factory building, and production was temporarily suspended. But in Sun Wei's eyes, the arsenal was not very damaged except for a little messy, and the Qing army did not dare to resist when the Qing army learned that Sun Wei's army was coming. Thinking of this, Sun Wei couldn't help but laugh in his heart, it seems that his buddy's work to change history has already borne fruit.

Entering the yamen of the former Arsenal General Office, Sun Wei saw that Liu Xilin lowered his eyebrows and was very respectful, although he knew that he was afraid of the full strength in his hands, but he was also comfortable. Sun Wei said: "You are in charge of the general office of the arsenal first, hurry up and start production, make more explosives and bullets, and help me repair the damaged rifle by the way, and the manufacture of guns will be stopped first." ”

When Liu Xilin heard that Sun Wei appointed him as the general office, he was very happy and knelt down and said: "The overseer is so appreciated, and he must do his best to repay the overseer's kindness." Sun Wei didn't know if it was true or false when he saw him so excited, and said: "Mr. Liu, let's do it, the revolutionary army is not the same as the court, and the bow will be exempted in the future." If I appoint you as the general office, you will have to show your political achievements, so as not to be in vain in my promotion of you. Liu Xilin stood up and replied, "The humble post will definitely live up to the expectations of the Overseers." ”

Subsequently, Sun Weiping retreated, leaving only Wang Hu and Liu Xilin in the yamen. Liu Xilin knew that Sun Wei had confidential things to order, so he immediately pricked up his ears. Sun Wei said: "Your people who are tight on your life will help me build twenty one-meter-high iron buckets, with an inner diameter of about fifty centimeters and a barrel thickness of three centimeters. I made about 200 explosives bags with a diameter of 50 centimeters and a weight of 15 kilograms, and I sent someone to pick them up five days later. Liu Xilin knew that this was Sun Wei's first test for himself, and if he did well, he would have a bright future in the future, although he didn't know what Sun Wei was for, but he immediately replied: "The humble post will definitely live up to the expectations of the overseers, and this matter will be handled impermeably." ”

Sun Wei said to Xu Hu again: "You take two teams to stay here to protect General Manager Liu's office, and bring them to me as soon as they are built." Those two squads will be the guards of the arsenal for the time being, and the world is not peaceful now, remember to leave a machine gun in case of accidents. ”

Liu Xilin knew that Sun Wei had sent someone to spy on him, but he couldn't object to it, so he had to respond. After visiting the Hanyang Arsenal, Sun Wei ordered Tan Feng, the first captain of the guard battalion, to lead his troops to remove all the weapons and ammunition from the arsenal, and he led the rest of the people back to the barracks.

It was already evening when Sun Wei arrived at the barracks, and all the troops were having dinner, and when they saw Sun Wei coming from outside, they all occupied and saluted Sun Wei. Sun Wei kept responding, and let them continue to eat, and he entered the big tent of the Chinese army. Sun Wei hastily ate dinner and sent people to invite Zhou Dingyuan, Cai Jimin, Ma Mingxi, Xu Wannian, Cai Hanqing, **** Sheng, Zhang Bin, Cheng Zhengying, Guan Xinyuan and others to discuss tomorrow's recruitment and the direction of the future march. Zhou Dingyuan said: "Governor, Liujiamiao is the only way for the Qing army to go south, and now Zhang Biao leads the remnants of more than 2,000 people to garrison, we should take there first to block the Qing army reinforcements." "Everyone is good.

The next day, Sun Wei received a telegram from Chunting's military order. The Chunting court dismissed Ruicheng's governor of Huguang and told him to make meritorious contributions. He ordered the Minister of War Yin Chang to lead the two armies of the Beiyang Army to take a train from north to south along the Jinghan Line, and the naval commander (commander-in-chief) Sa Zhenbing led 15 warships, including the "Chuyou" and "Hairong", to set out from Shanghai and sail up the Yangtze River to Hankou. The army and navy were caught between the two sides, and the Qing court dispatched the strongest troops to deal with the revolutionaries in Hubei, trying to stifle the Wuchang uprising in its infancy.

Sun Wei couldn't help sneering in his heart when he received this telegram, if Chun Ting had sent Yuan Shikai to command the battle from the beginning, this battle would still have to be fought. Now that Chunting actually sent a person who didn't know how to soldier, Sun Wei didn't want to give Yuan Shikai the opportunity to command the battle. Sun Wei knew that according to the original history, the army sent to suppress the revolution should be Feng Guozhang's second army, but Feng had already received Yuan Shikai's order to stay put, so Yin Chang would not do anything.

Sun Wei knew that everyone listened to him now, and that was because the revolutionary army did not have anyone who could suppress the scene, and no one was convinced, so Sun Wei, the fake Sun Yat-sen, was cheapened. Sun Wei also knew that according to the original history, Huang Xing came to Wuhan on October 28, and if Sun Wei could not recover the whole of Hebei and defeat the army in front of Chunting before this, then this command could only be handed over to Huang Xing, and all he had left was his guard battalion, and if Sun Wei was lucky, he might be able to take away the gendarmerie battalion.

But this is not what Sun Wei wants, Sun Wei not only wants to be the governor of the Hubei military government, he also wants to be the boss of China, change the fate of China, and stop the brutality of Japanese militarism in China. Therefore, Sun Wei not only had to defeat the enemy in front of him before the 28th, but also had to fight a beautiful victory and make his name sound all over the country. At that time, Sun Wei's position will be unbreakable, even if Sun Yat-sen knows that Sun Wei is not a person sent by him, he can only pinch his nose and respond.

On the same day, Sun Wei led Liu Fei and the guard battalion back to the Chuwangtai Ordnance Institute, leaving the army on the other side of the river, and letting the commanders of the various auxiliary battalions lead the team to reorganize and run in. Xiong Bingkun learned that Sun Wei had returned victoriously, and personally greeted Sun Wei at the gate of Wuchang City with Tang Hualong and everyone in the Ministry of Political Affairs. After a little greeting with Xiong Bingkun and Tang Hualong, Sun Wei was like a general who returned from victory in ancient times, and accepted the greeting of the citizens of Wuchang with his head held high.

After arriving at the armory, Tang Hualong congratulated Sun Wei: "The governor is brave, so that the enemy army is frightened, and he has set Hanyang and Hankou on the eve of the day, and he is a model of my revolutionary army." Sun Wei knew that what Tang Hualong said was some nonsense that was not nutritious, but officialdom is like this, everything has to pay attention to the scene, so the scene has to be said. Sun Wei arched his hand and said: "Fortunately, thanks to the lives of the three armies, the enemy army was discouraged when he heard the revolutionary army, it was not the power of Xu, it was not the power of Xu, it was not humanly possible." Then he said: "Wuhan Civil Depends on Minister Tang's troubles, and Xu has thanked him here." Tang Hualong said: "This is all within Tang's responsibility, and Tang can do some things to benefit Sangzi in his lifetime, and they are all fulfilled by the governor." Then Tang Hualong said some words that had no effect and retired.

After Tang Hualong left, Sun Wei said to Xiong Bingkun: "There is no food in the Hanyang military camp, and Brother Xiong took the people from his headquarters to transport grain and grass to the Hanyang and Hankou military camps, where can I help me reorganize the army?" Xiong Bingkun said: "Don't worry, the governor will do his best to help the governor train the army well." Sun Wei said: "Brother Xiong doesn't have to be like this, you and I are brothers in the same life and death, so we will be divided." Xiong Bingkun said: "I am a personal friend of the governor, and now it is a business matter, and it should be done according to official business." ”

Sun Wei knew that a true revolutionary like Xiong Bingkun had some persistence and stubbornness, so he stopped arguing with him. After Xiong Bingkun led the team across the river, Sun Wei began his recruitment journey. Sun Wei was very concerned about recruitment, and although the original Hubei New Army was well-trained, the new army was already impure, and it was seriously infiltrated by the Hui Party forces, so the command was not very flexible. The newly recruited soldiers are different, they are a blank slate, as long as he, Sun Wei, can show the transformation ability of Grandpa Mao back then, then this army will be loyal to him. It's not that Sun Wei doesn't want democracy, it's just that China's national conditions force it.

At that time, China had a population of 450 million, and with the Qing government's statistical capacity at that time, the Chinese population should have been far more than that. But there were very few intellectuals in China at that time. Those who have gone to Xinxue primary school or studied private school for a few years have a very high status in the township, those who have gone to middle school or have been talented in the township are called Mr., those who have gone to university or have raised people are elites, and those who have stayed abroad or have been in Jinshi are the elite of the elite. These people are a very small part, especially those who have stayed in the foreign and middle schools, and there are only a handful. A large part of the Chinese are peasants facing the loess and even more miserable hired peasants, who do not know what a republic is or what democracy is, they just want to know when they will be able to eat enough and when they will be able to pay a little less tax.

For them, republicanism and democracy are not as affordable as a steamed bun, and to them talking about democracy is to play the harp to the cow. Those Chinese elites understand democracy, but the democracy that comes out of their mouths is a democracy that is beneficial to them, just like Tang Hualong. Who are they, they are big landlords and big capitalists, although there are real revolutionaries among them, like Xiong Bingkun, who is willing to exchange his life for the republic and democracy, and like the communists, scatter all their family property just to divide the land rights equally. But more often than not, there are some selfish people, who want democracy and republicanism to exploit the peasants and workers more, so that they can get more status and more money to squander. Therefore, it is still too early for China to talk about republic and democracy, at least until China is reunified and literacy education is completed, and when the people are wise and enlightened and understand true democracy, instead of relying on holding a large amount of money and being in power, and whoever has a strong gun is democracy.

If it weren't for Yuan Shikai's desire to be emperor, he would have hurt the interests of those small warlords under him, and caused everyone to rebel and die of anger. This is the case in China, and if China does not have a strong leader in charge of centralized power, then loose politics will be a fatal weakness for China's future development. Like France, without the dictatorship of Napoleon, there would have been no great record of conquering almost all of Europe. Just like Germany, if it were not for the iron-blooded prime minister Bismarck's iron-blooded rule, where would Prussia defeat the mighty France with a small state. (To be continued.) )