Chapter 33 The state of the world is like a cloud

There was no turning back from the bow, and once the shot was fired, things slipped in the direction of not being cleaned up. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Hubei army is the local head snake, with many people and a large number of people, and it has geographical advantages. The Cantonese army was a hodgepodge, not only the army of Guangdong, but also many troops in Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan and Guizhou. These people have just been withdrawn from the battlefield in Henan, and they have fought countless battles, all of which are fierce and tight.

The two sides first fought chaotically, and after the real fire was fired, the friendly troops dragged machine guns and artillery to join in. The top governors of both sides, Huang Xing and Yang Hongsen, were not in Wuhan, one in the rear urging the provinces to send more troops and supplies, and the other in Laochao, Jiangxi. Now in the three towns of Wuhan, the highest status is Hu Hanmin, who claims to have accepted the secret order of the Generalissimo's Office.

Although Hu Hanmin won Sun Wen's trust, he was able to command the various armies on the battlefield in Henan. But now they haven't withdrawn from Henan? So, a lot of people don't listen to him very much. The troops sent by the provinces were all beaten in Henan, and they only wanted to go home at this time.

Why was the local army in Hubei reluctant to send troops to Henan from the beginning, and during the Central Plains War, it was just for show. Everyone made a fortune, and suddenly Sun Wen said that there was going to be a war, and then he slapped Hu Hanmin, Chang Kaishen and the like, and they were pulling Zhuang Ding and extorting money and materials, and everyone hated those guys in the south.

After this fight, new hatreds and old grudges fought together, and it was dark. After Yang Hongsen received the telegram from Wuchang City, he was stunned for a while, and then quickly reflected and ordered: "What troops are around?" Everything we can get our hands on is transferred, and no matter what, we must hold Hanyang in our hands. Yes, no matter what! ”

Huang Xingzheng was arguing with the local military government in Hunan, and after hearing about the incident in Wuhan, he was about to vomit blood. Among the forces gathered under the banner of Sun Wen, the most capable of fighting is the Gui army that dominates Guangxi and Hainan, and penetrates its tentacles deep into Yunnan and Guizhou. And the strongest is still Yang Hongsen's lineage.

Sitting on the land of two provinces, there are many generals and strong financial resources. Ever since Yang Hongsen raised his army, he has been developing his forces along the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Seek to take Wuchang, that is for the iron and steel mills, arsenals and other industries here. Going down the Yangtze River, his power reached into harm, in order to gain access to the sea, and to obtain money through trade.

With money, people, soldiers, and a stable supply of arms, Yang Hongsen's family is already the strongest among the southern princes. This time, there was the Hanyang Incident, which was the counteroffensive of other princes against him. Of course, the sickle and axe tricks he played in Jiangxi also attracted a lot of hatred to him.

In addition to his hometown in Jiangxi, Yang Hongsen attaches the most importance to the money bag of Shanghai and the industrial base of Wuchang, and there are heavy troops in both places. When Hanyang was turned into a pot of porridge, Yang Hongsen's nearby army came in and blasted out the Cantonese army together with the Hubei army.

By the time Yang Hongsen arrived in Hanyang overnight by train, things had largely calmed down. After the Cantonese army finished firing the shells, the field artillery and heavy machine guns dragged out of the Hanyang Arsenal by the workers' guards were all over the field. Not only were thousands of corpses left behind, but more than 1,000 people were taken prisoner.

Yang Hongsen looked at a blast furnace in a steel plant that had been damaged by shells, and his heart was blazing with anger. Although he was angry, his face remained impassive and he asked, "Will production here be affected?" ”

“..... will be affected," the factory director was already in a cold sweat, he lowered his voice and said: "At least a month's steel production will be affected.......

"When will it be restored?" Yang Hongsen asked bluntly: "Can this year's production task be completed?" ”

"This ...... Probably...... Maybe .......," the factory director couldn't say anything about the meridian for a long time, and he turned his eyes to the militia commander on the side, with a look of anticipation in his eyes.

The militia commander stepped forward and said loudly: "Many of the workers have been collected, and our equipment has been damaged a lot, so it is good to be able to complete eighty percent of the tasks this year." ”

"Uh," Yang Hongsen looked at the militia commander and said, "Then tell me how this thing came to be?" Didn't I say that this is a military stronghold and must be well defended? How could this happen? ”

The militia commander said the matter fiercely, and then said loudly: "Dashuai, I'll just say that those Cantonese are not good people..."

"Shut up!" Yang Hongsen reprimanded angrily, and then said calmly: "Find out the first Cantonese soldiers in the captives, can you tell the difference?" ”

"Yes!" The militia commander said with confidence: "Many people saw it at that time, and they will definitely be able to recognize them all!" ”

"Very good," Yang Hongsen nodded, and said, "Send them to a military court." ”

"Yes!" The militia commander was in his heart.

The state of the world is changing. After the Hanyang Incident, tension immediately broke between Guangzhou and Nanchang. The situation in China as a whole has entered a strange state.

The civil war between Chongqing and Chengdu in Sichuan has not yet been decided, and it seems that there is a posture that has not been able to distinguish the winner from the loser, so leave it alone for the time being. The Generalissimo's Mansion in Guangzhou first gathered a huge force known as a million army and launched a full-scale attack on the strong enemy of the North Wind, which once had the momentum of destroying this dynasty.

But only a few months later, things turned around. The Northern Expeditionary Army was defeated on several battlefields. That's it, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers. The Beijing government has ten times as much steel production as the south, and twenty times as many shells, so it is normal to lose.

But the next thing is that everyone can't understand it. As the strongest prince under Generalissimo Sun Wen, Yang Hongsen pinched with Sun Wen's best partner Hu Hanmin. The scene was awkward at one point..... Ah, no, it was once spectacular, and half of the sky in Hanyang was red by artillery fire.

In the end, it was the enemy in the north who calmly attacked the city, while the princes in the south were playing left and right on their own. The Northern Expedition of the Southern Army can be said to have achieved nothing and was a mess. In the early stage, the Warring States period was not preserved in the end, but Shaanxi and Henan were lost to the Northwest Town Guard.

The only thing that can give Sun Wen the face of the Generalissimo Mansion is the original Beiyang Fleet, and now the First Fleet pulls the anchor on its back and shells it.... Shelled several small fishing villages and several small fishing boats.....

Qingdao is a free city, Tianjin is a concession of the great powers, and the First Fleet did not dare to cause trouble, and then sank a few fishing boats that came out to fish, which can be regarded as giving an explanation to the cannon comrades. Further north, where the Japanese and Russian forces were now fighting, the dead remnants of the First Fleet did not dare to go there.