Chapter 31: Victory in the First Battle

Tang Chun's goal is too obvious, his fat body is riding on a horse, there is no more suitable target than him among thousands of people, he was hit and fell down at the first time, and when he cleaned up the battlefield after the war, he found that he had more than twenty bullet holes on his body, and it was impossible to check whose credit it was, and he could only average it among all the soldiers. Lu Sanda, who was following Tang Chun, was lucky to dodge the bullet because he had to run back and forth to maintain the team.

Lu Sanda, who was lying on the ground holding his head, was in no mood to maintain the team at all, and this stormy blow completely collapsed him, and his mind was blank. The dust kicked up by the continuous explosions fell on Lu Sanda's body, and the sound of the "chirping" bullets cutting through the air around him made him tremble constantly, and a thing fell from the air to his side, Lu Sanda took a look, a broken arm! A broken, bleeding severed arm! "I'm going to die, I'm going to die!"

The battlefield full of artillery fire completely stimulated Le Fei's fighting spirit, and he mechanically pulled the trigger, and at least a dozen people fell under his guns. Le Fei changed into a magazine, he had already finished three magazines, and after changing it, he looked up and saw that there was no target worthy of his own shooting on the battlefield, and all the enemies either fell to the ground or knelt and raised their guns, and those who stood became gun targets.

"Stop shooting, stop shooting!" The sound of the order spread throughout the battlefield, "Shoot or kill!" Preferential treatment for captives! The fighters rushed forward and found that the battlefield slogans were useless, and all the living enemies consciously obeyed the order.

"Gather the prisoners of war, clean up the battlefield, and count the casualties!" Lu Hu grinned and said that this battle was not a real battle at all, and he didn't even notice that the enemy had fired a gun. Two battalions of fifteen mortars, hundreds of light machine guns, twenty heavy machine guns, and thousands of rapid-fire rifles were as powerful as they were during World War II.

"Report to the regimental commander, the enemy suffered 1,765 dead and wounded, captured three intact guns, but after a brief inspection found that they were not usable at all, and captured more than 3,000 flintlock guns, most of which were rusty. Our army suffered no casualties, 1,421 enemy prisoners, Huizhou Admiral Tang Chun was killed on the spot, and Jieshi General Lu Sanda was captured by our army and was not injured. ”

"Immediately send a power generation to Huizhou and inform the news of the victory. All the captives were brought back to the source of the river, the weapons were burned and destroyed on the spot, and the departments were notified to withdraw to the source of the river! Lu Hu almost didn't yawn, but he held back in order not to affect his morale. That is, when I first started to open up the firepower, I was excited, when I had a move with a harder opponent, at least let these recruits taste the taste of being bombarded by artillery, such a relaxed battle played a very limited role in actual combat training.

"Chief, Lu Hu called, the battle started at 9:15 this morning, lasted 30 minutes, completely annihilated the enemy, killed Tang Chun, the governor of Huizhou, and captured Lu Sanda, the general soldier of Jieshi, and there were no casualties on our side." Lu Min reported.

"How's our ammunition consumption?" The military factory has not yet been put into operation, and there are too many things that need to be produced in the steel base, and Lu Liang has also experienced the embarrassment of insufficient ammunition, coupled with the inconvenience of transportation in the direction of Heyuan, and is in a state of shortage of ammunition at this stage.

"110,000 rounds of ammunition are consumed, **150 rounds, mainly the consumption of machine gun ammunition." Lu Min said, Lu Liang nodded, he didn't tell Lu Hu to save ammunition before, and since the founding of the army, he has been emphasizing giving full play to the intensity of firepower and gaining battlefield superiority with powerful and overwhelming firepower, so Lu Hu did it right. Even if there is a shortage of ammunition, there is no shortage of supplies on the front lines of the battlefield.

The effect of LΓΌ Hu's victory on the battlefield was obvious, first of all, the Manchu military forces in the Huizhou area were empty and could not be restored in a short time. He also did not expect that Guangzhou would send troops from Huizhou instead of sending troops from other places, and perhaps he could make a fuss in this regard and put on a legal cloak for his military strength. The second is that the imperial court will definitely be intimidated by the rebel army, and will not attack hastily again until it is fully prepared, Lu Hu can use the strength of the two regiments to expand the territory, expand the influence of the provisional government, attract the attention of the outside world, and buy time for his side.

Lu Liang's calculations were soon cooperated by the squires, and the Heyuan Revolutionary Army not only shocked the Manchu court, but also made the gentry in Huizhou tremble. The huge industry was threatened, and the gentry hurriedly gathered and came to Luliang.

"Mr. Lu, the chaotic party is raging, the life and death of Admiral Tang and General Lu are unknown, and more than 3,000 soldiers of the Green Battalion have not survived, and our Huizhou is in danger."

"What does the court say?"

"Who dares to be the first bird in the court now, whether it is the prefect of Huizhou or the bigwigs in Guangzhou, they are all silent, the defeat of Tang Chun and Lu Sanda will lead to the resignation of a group of bigwigs, they are busy keeping their official positions, where can they take care of us? Guangzhou General Bao Nian surrounded most of the green battalion soldiers around Guangzhou, repairing guns and buying cannons, but he was also anxious, I don't know if he will send troops to suppress bandits, in my opinion, he is protecting himself, making a response posture and waiting for the order of the imperial court. The entire Guangdong officialdom is a wise move to protect oneself, and if we want to protect Huizhou from soldiers, we have to rely on ourselves. ”

"I understand, you are all elders, if you have anything to say, I am willing to listen." The meat drama is coming, Lu Liang said in his heart, what I want is for you to panic, so that I can justifiably develop the armed forces.

"Mr. Lu, our Huizhou belongs to your industry with the largest industry and the most fields, what we mean is that you will organize the Huizhou group training, and the squires will pay for it, and we will protect ourselves, what do you think?" Wu Shimin took the lead and said, among these gentry, he is the one who understands best, Lu Liang had found Wu Shimin in advance, and after a long talk, he said openly and honestly that I Lu Liang is determined to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty and establish a new country. If Mr. Wu doesn't want to mix in this troubled water, I understand, but I still very much hope that Mr. Wu can support me. Wu Shimin vaguely felt that Lu Liang's ambition was not small before, but he didn't expect to confess to himself directly, so he would withdraw now or be a minister from the dragon? Wu Shimin thought about it for a while before sitting down and deciding, this is a decision that concerns the safety of the entire family, and it is not so easy to think about. It wasn't until Lu Liang said that he still had a large amount of industry in the United States, and it was a big deal to go back and be a rich man, and he also liked Wu Yue very much, and then the old man would be his father-in-law, and he would never let the Wu family be in danger when he became a family, Wu Shimin nodded and agreed.

After tying Wu Shimin to his chariot completely, many things that Lu Liang did were much more convenient, such as the logistics passage to Heyuan, which was carried out with the cooperation of the Wu family, which made the secrecy work the best. Before this meeting, Lu Liang and Wu Shimin had a conversation and explained their plans and plans, and Wu Shimin also tried his best to cooperate with Lu Liang's actions, exaggerated the threat of the revolutionary party among the gentry, and put forward a proposal to establish a regimental training.

The gentry have been frightened, after Wu Shimin finished speaking, everyone looked at Lu Liang expectantly, this is not so simple to take the lead in forming a group training, first of all, we must come up with the most resources, but also be responsible for the usual organization and training, once the chaotic party comes to attack, after the failure, the first to find trouble with this leader, so everyone very much hopes that this foreigner will be the head.

Lu Liang looked at everyone with a smile and said, "In this case, for the safety of my Huizhou, I will take on the leader of this regimental training without giving in." The formation of a group practice has to be nodded by the imperial court, and the matter of contacting the imperial court is also invited to Zhang Luo, we have money, food, and population, and we are not afraid of many people, and the strength of many people is great, so the imperial court approved the number of people we formed to form a group training as many as possible; The regimental staff, weapons, and clothes required for the team training are all provided by me, and the training ground is set up on our factory security training ground. ”

"We can't let Mr. Lu bear all of it, we are willing to share part of the formation costs according to the proportion, we can make a fortune with Mr. Lu, and we can also share the hardships with Mr. Lu, please don't shirk it."

Lu Liang smiled and agreed, they spent money to buy peace, and they just kept it themselves. Ten days later, Wu Shimin came to visit, saying that the imperial court had approved the formation of the Huizhou regimental exercise, the governor Tao Mo closed the door to thank the guests, and the governor Deshou simply approved the application, and there was no limit to the number of people! The imperial court is now at a loss, wishing that the local government would organize its own resistance forces, just as it had formed a group against Changmao. Since this is the case, Lu Liang is not welcome, more than 10,000 reserve soldiers have formed a regiment training in Huizhou, and they can finally train openly.

"Master Tao, I have an idea below, I am anxious to report to you, and I will ask Haihan for the rudeness." Since the imperial army is not of great use, and the loss is too great for the future of the political everyone, then use the group training, and it is not unprecedented, and the local clans in Guangdong are powerful, and the people have countless guns, without the order of the imperial court, they will spontaneously organize to fight against the chaotic party. Just like in Huizhou, there are not only the gentry, but also the newly risen tycoon Lu Liang, where there are countless factories and workers, and the wealth is huge; if a regiment is organized to train the army, the threat to the direction of Heyuan will certainly be not small, and perhaps the pressure on Guangzhou will be relieved.

Deshou said this to Tao Mo, which made Tao Mo's eyes shine, although this method could not completely solve the problem, but it could reduce the pressure on himself. Li Zhongtang, who is in Tianjin, sent a telegram yesterday asking if there have been any riots in his jurisdiction. He also asked about the whereabouts of the governor of Huizhou and the general soldier of Jieshi. Such a big thing is not something that he can hold, according to reliable information, Tang Chun's fool has died in the battle against bandits, and he wanted to give him a fortune, but he didn't expect that stupid guy to lose his life. Bao Nian assembled the green battalion around Guangzhou, saying that it was to ensure the safety of hundreds of thousands of bannermen in the city of Guangzhou, and that he would not send troops to death. He is a banner man, with a strong background, and he can't command himself, and now he is worried about the suppression of bandits. Now for the time being, Li Zhongtang is blocking the pressure of the imperial court for himself, and the imperial court is also concentrating on negotiating with foreigners, and he can't take care of himself for the time being.

"How is Lu Liang? Can it stop the rebellious party? Tao Mo asked.

"This person is from the United States, I heard that he went to the United States with his father to build the railroad a few years ago, and after coming back at the beginning of the year, he didn't know what wealth he got in the United States, and he built factories and recruited workers in Huizhou, and also used shares to envelop most of the powerful squires in Huizhou, and now the factory has been built in Guangzhou City, and many big gentry in Guangdong have entered his shares. This person has made such a big family business in a short period of time, and the scale of the factory may exceed that of Li Zhongtang and Zhang Xiangshuai. This person is good friends with many Americans, and he can grow steadily and steadily, without the factor of foreigners supporting him. The strange thing is that after this person became bigger, he actually spent a lot of money to build roads and bridges, and they were all gray roads, as well as new schools, and they also built a lot. Deshou Road.