Chapter 146: Catching a Turtle in an Urn
Zheng Shiliang's shooting clubs have now blossomed in Liangguang and Fujian, which were earlier recovered, and the revolutionary government banned the ownership of firearms by the people, but it did not deprive ordinary people, especially design enthusiasts, of the opportunity. The club's relatively low prices also attract a large number of young people.
In addition to shooting clubs, there are also driving schools, airplane clubs, sailing clubs, etc., among which driving schools are the most widely applied civil organizations, in today's widespread use of trucks and other cars, becoming a driver is a very decent thing, which makes people flock to driving schools. Airplanes, sailing and shooting are more military clubs, attracting enthusiasts, especially airplane clubs, even in the West, few people have heard of airplanes, but here clubs have been able to provide full-fledged biplanes and venues.
This is part of the talent development program in Luliang, and although the number of participants is relatively small, these clubs cannot be expected to reach a very high level in the case of a relatively low level of education. However, starting to train them from now on will be more conducive to future development, because in wars, especially in large-scale wars, the number of military personnel needed is too large, and it is simply too late to train them from the army at that time.
Zheng Shiliang, who led the Assassins to the shooting club in batches for training, did not encounter much trouble, and the forged ID cards were not recognized by the club's management, and they successfully entered the club and began a five-day shooting training. During this time, 200 Assassins were trained in shooting and acquired a basic knowledge of firearms.
On June 22, 1904, the founding of the People's Republic of China was ready to enter the final sprint stage, but in fact, there was nothing to prepare, and most of the people who carried out this work were administrative personnel within the government. As the popularity of the people gradually faded, the number of articles promoting the founding of the country in the newspapers also decreased, all in order to ensure that the period of the founding of the country was passed in a low-key manner. Under the orders of Lu Liang and the efforts of the General Staff. There was not even much of a stir in the army because of the statehood.
On the afternoon of 22 July, Lu Liang went to Guangzhou to inspect naval construction, and this was the third time he had visited Guangdong, the shipbuilding center, in five months. There are so many things that he can't rest assured about, the speed of construction of battleships, the number of transport ships, the training of sailors, the secrecy before the war, the training of the navy, and so on.
In particular, there were too many forces in the vicinity of Canton, the French navy in French Indochina to the southwest, the US Navy ships occupying the Philippines in the southeast, the British Navy ships shuttling back and forth from Singapore to the coast of Japan, the Japanese Navy ships that were at war and gaining sea supremacy, and the transport ships on the busy routes. It almost makes the Zhenguo Navy have no chance to go to sea for training, and the probability of being discovered increases infinitely, which is very unfavorable to war preparations.
Previously, smaller cruisers and destroyers were trained to go to sea at night, trembling all the way, using radar to avoid ships on the water, and crossing the Bass Strait into the Pacific Ocean for training. Even on the endless sea, the fleet had to take shelter carefully, even fishing boats and transport ships. The ineffective radar made the officers and men of the fleet suffer, and when the Taishan joined the fleet, the secrecy work that needed to be done was even more onerous. Training at sea also requires more care.
Recently, a rumor has been circulating among the navies of various countries, especially the navies of the Far East, that a ghost fleet has appeared in the sea south of Taiwan, which is extremely powerful and mighty. The news was sent by a Taiwanese fisherman, and the Japanese were the first to get the news and sent warships to inspect the area. Because, according to the fisherman's description, the ghost fleet that didn't necessarily exist had terrifyingly large battleships, and their tonnage should be larger than the largest battleship in the world today. The fishermen's descriptions do not serve as conclusive evidence. There are all kinds of rumors on the sea, but most of them are nonsense. The Japanese sent warships to inspect and attach great importance to it.
Japanese warships cruised back and forth in the Bass Strait three times. The alleged ghost fleet was not found, and this information was classified as false information upon return. I don't know who spread the news, which caused the navies of the Far East to ridicule Japan, and instead of bothering to find the ghost fleet, it is better to capture the Norwegian sea monster!
The British were also a little concerned about this matter at first, because the sinking of the two British warships had not been answered, could it be that this ghost fleet did it? Of course. No one would seriously think that it was a ghost fleet, and even if it existed, it would not be outdated as a certain country's maritime power. Later, the British officer in charge of intelligence reported the matter to the Far East Fleet Command and was reprimanded heavily, after which the matter was put aside.
The Zhenguo Navy escaped, and it was the first time that the Taishan went to sea for training after joining the fleet. On the way back, he was spotted by a fishing boat in the Bass Strait, when the distance between the two was more than three nautical miles, and the wind and waves were strong, and the commander of the fleet, Lu Hai, did not order the pursuit of the fishing boat, but quickly returned to the sea. After that, news came out of the ghost fleet, and the fleet was forced to suspend its training at sea, and wait until the wind calmed down before making plans.
This news also made Lu Liang break out in a cold sweat, the advantage is that the outside world does not believe that such a large warship will be launched at all, and the most powerful country in the navy, Britain, does not have half the size of its warship, how can there be such a warship in the Far East?
The Zhenguo Navy Fleet has been named the Huaguo Pacific Fleet since the Taishan joined, and its home port is tentatively located in Zhanjiang. Both Guangzhou and Huizhou were too close to Hong Kong and the Guangzhou Sand Island lease, and the huge warships were easily spotted by many foreigners. Zhanjiang is a newly developed area, after being placed under martial law, even ordinary people are rare, let alone foreigners, as a military restricted area, a radius of 20 kilometers near the port is not allowed to enter, surrounded by a layer of barbed wire, in which an infantry regiment is responsible for security.
Lu Liang came to Guangdong this time to arrange the secrecy of the fleet and the training of going to sea, and the top level of the navy, including most of the middle and senior levels of the shipyard, most of them are genetic people, and it is too sensitive here, and it is not convenient for ordinary people to participate in the decisions of the top level. The decisions made by genetic people are often dull and the strain is insufficient, so Lu Liang has to worry more.
As soon as he boarded the train from the Wuhan Railway Station, the news of Lu Liang's departure was transmitted to Wang Jingwei through the intelligence officers arranged by Zheng Shiliang.
"Immediately arrange for the people in Guangzhou to get ready, take the train, then you must get off at the Guangzhou railway station, it seems that it is best to do it at the railway station. We don't know the other lines of action of Lu Liang, a traitor, and it is helpful for us to prepare ourselves at the railway station to send a telegram to Hu Hanmin in Guangdong, only success and no failure! Wang Jingwei said that the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has finally arrived, and the day he arrived in Guangzhou was Lu Liang's death!
"Have the whereabouts of Wu Yue, Lu Yi, Zhang Zhidong and others been confirmed?"
"They are not with Lu Liang, it is estimated that they are still in Wuhan, and their specific location has not been determined, and their apartments in Wuhan are protected by people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so it is difficult to start." Zheng Shiliang was a little regretful, the whereabouts of the high-level traitors were uncertain, and there was no insider to provide information, so it was difficult to find them. As for the Ministry of the Interior, it is a newly established security department that is responsible for the protection of high-level personnel, and the personnel are all selected from the army to be outstanding soldiers with clean backgrounds, strong will, and excellent quality.
"The opportunity can't be missed, start with Lu Liang first, killing him is victory, the rest of the people are just clowns jumping off the beam, and they can't do big things without Lu Liang. As soon as Lu Liang dies, there will definitely be civil strife within the Zhenguo Party, and our alliance will take the opportunity to win over the revolutionary forces and replace the Zhenguo Party as the ruler of the south just around the corner! The more Wang Jingwei spoke, the more excited he became, as if he had seen the scene of himself leading the League, and as for his revolutionary mentor Sun Ge, he was selectively forgotten. Hiding in Japan and not daring to see people, saying that there are too many people who know him here and the risk is too great, but in fact, he is not afraid of death! The ever-expanding Wang Jingwei also has a lot of complaints about him!
Hu Hanmin laughed dumbly after receiving the telegram, it was really ridiculous, it was so ridiculous, if it weren't for the fact that there were still many people in the site, he would have laughed out loud! Sun Ge, Wang Jingwei, Zheng Shiliang, Inoue Tengzaburo, you just wait to collect your body, Lao Tzu has participated in the revolution for many years, and his qualifications are not much worse than Sun Ge, but now he has become a subordinate of Wang Jingwei, a descendant, how can he be willing?
The intelligence officer is Zheng Shiliang's, the assassin is found by Xu Run, and the ninja is from Japan, these are not his subordinates, and Hu Hanmin has been very empty in recent years. However, isn't it ironic that he happened to be responsible for the assassination in Guangzhou?
In order not to arouse suspicion, and also to catch all the people involved in the assassination, Hu Hanmin pretended to arrange the assassination according to the plan, and replied to Wang Jingwei in Wuhan with a telegram that everything was going on normally to reassure him.
On the afternoon of June 23, 1904, the special train that went straight to Guangzhou all the way arrived in Guangzhou, and the train slowly entered the Guangzhou Railway Station. There were only thirty soldiers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs waiting here, and the mayor of Guangzhou, Li Jingxi, did not appear here to greet him, and there was no martial law in the station, as if he was not a big man, but this was also in line with Lu Liang's character, he did not like pomp and false ceremonies, which did not arouse the suspicion of the assassins who were mixed in with the waiting passengers, and the person in charge, Hu Hanmin, disappeared after arranging the division of labor among the people, and the waiting hall was crowded, and the assassins did not care where the leader went. (To be continued.) )