… Its dreary night is not so silent anymore. From eight o'clock in the evening. The roar of the bucket suction machine came from the street, and the residents on the street opened their windows curiously to look, only to see one military truck after another driving sideways on the street, all covered with canvas canopies, and what was loaded in it could not be seen clearly.

The street lights were still bright, and the veterans and their families walking on the non-motorized lanes on both sides of the street were looking curiously at the fast-moving military trucks on the street.

"It's the army!"

"It's a regular Wehrmacht! small

"It should be the Gyeonggi garrison of the National Defense Force

"I was in the garrison

"Why did you bring these troops into the city?

"Maybe it's the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs asking for reinforcements

The veterans were muttering to each other, speculating about the purpose of the military trucks entering the city, while the residents of the city were also speculating that some wealthy families even turned on the radio and tried to listen to the official news, but there was no news, and the radio was still broadcasting international and domestic news as usual, and the opera channel was still broadcasting the singing of famous Peking Opera actors, as if everything was so normal.

But the movement in the streets tells everyone that the situation in the city is not normal.

On the one hand, there are veterans and their families who have entered the city to petition Li Yuanhong, the president of the Republic of China, and on the other hand, there are long queues of military trucks and communication armored vehicles that follow the convoy.

Those who had radios stayed by the radio almost all night, trying to get reliable information through the radio, but all night. There was no official announcement on the radio, and it was not until the early hours of the next morning that the radio station, which had been broadcasting the opera, officially released a political recommendation notice from the Capitol, and the signatory of this notice was none other than Li Yuanhong, the president of the Republic of China.

"Citizens, as the President of the Republic of China, I hereby formally promulgate an order with the power conferred by law: from half past eight tonight, martial law will be implemented in the whole capital, order and security in the city will be taken over by the National Defense Forces, and military control will be implemented at all important intersections, and during the period of martial law, it is recommended that the people stay at home, and it is best not to go out unless necessary, and if they need to go out, they must be inspected and interrogated by the military and police, and they must not gather, and they must not leave the local control area, and no non-military police personnel are allowed to carry guns and ammunition on the streets, so as to avoid misunderstandings, When the state of siege will be lifted will depend on the development of the situation

According to the content of this government circular, the order should have been issued last night, but it is not known why the official message was not sent over the radio until the early hours of the next morning.

"Martial law." This is a term that appeared in the Beiyang era, if it is counted from the time of the revolution in the year of the war, the capital seems to have been under martial law no less than five times, but basically it is the era of the Beiyang government, as for the political era and the constitutional era, it seems that there has really been no martial law, and now, Li Yuanhong actually broke this precedent and signed the first martial law order of the constitutional era. Citizens have no time to carefully analyze the complex political situation hidden behind this belated martial law announcement, and their main concern now is when the state of martial law will be lifted, after all, most citizens do not have much food in their homes, and this dish needs to be purchased.

Judging from the current situation in the city, it seems that the experience of the previous Beiyang government era is no longer useful, because the situation faced by the Le Yuanhong government this time is far more complicated and tricky than that faced by the Beiyang government in the past, and it is said that the number of veterans who went to the city to petition and their families together is more than 100,000, and there are still petitioners in the nearby counties and towns who are still marching towards Gyeonggi, so the Le Yuanhong government may have to send more national defense force troops to Gyeonggi.

In the past, military control was also imposed in some areas during periods of chaos. However, this is the first time that regular IDF troops have been used.

People sat anxiously at the radio, listening to the latest news, while also waiting for the dawn.

The occasional sound of gunfire in the darkness was terrifying, and no one wanted to see an armed conflict break out in the city, but fortunately the gunfire did not turn into street fighting, and by the time dawn came, the gunfire almost ceased.

At seven o'clock the next morning, when dawn had risen and the latest developments on the radio had begun to be broadcast, according to news reports, after entering the city, the F-FDTL units had quickly taken control of the important intersections in the city, forcibly entered the presidential palace, which had been surrounded by the petitioners, and had strengthened the defence of the Capitol.

In this case, it is necessary to be calm, but it is not clear how long you can stay calm.

At nine o'clock in the morning, a dense burst of machine-gun fire was heard in the direction of the presidential palace. The second heart quickly fell silent. This made the atmosphere in the city, which was gradually easing, suddenly Bao Fox surnamed no. Citizens did not know what was happening at the presidential palace, but the news on the radio indicated that the government still seemed to be in control.

Some of the brave citizens opened their windows and looked out into the street, and found that the streets were still crowded with the petitioners and their families, who were no longer moving on, standing or sitting, all gathered on the side of the road, some crying, some singing military songs, looking very confused, while the almost empty streets saw only a few military vehicles moving back and forth, the canvas canopies of the trucks had been removed, and the fully armed F-FDTL soldiers with machine guns on the vehicles could be seen.

Some veterans stood on the side of the street, pointing at the officers in the trucks and shrugging.

"Human-like dogs! Back then, Lao Tzu was like a dog like you, and he really thought that he was a national hero and was defending the country, but now, Lao Tzu is down, and Lao Tzu has found out that Lao Tzu is not defending the country, Lao Tzu is defending the big guys in the Congress! ”

"Brethren! Don't give your life to the bigwigs anymore! Our today is your tomorrow! Don't look at your majesty now, but when you take off this dog skin, in the future, you will also sleep on the streets! ”

"Now these days, the poor have no food or clothing, but the big guys are still bright, Zhumen wine and meat stink, and we poor people are about to become frozen bones on the side of the road!"

"Kill the officers! Come to our side! Hold the red flag high and fight to the end! ”

There are also some revolutionary slogans mixed with the invective, which makes people feel the extreme confusion of social thought now, and although the struggle between the left and the right is not as fierce as in Japan, there is no doubt that the Chinese people of this era have also begun to learn to follow the trend of the world.

Some veterans who were too arrogant attracted the attention of the officers, so from time to time, trucks stopped, and those who shouted "kill the officers and kill the big guys" were arrested, tied up and put on the trucks, of course, this process could not be peaceful, confrontation and conflict often occurred, but in the face of heavily armed Wehrmacht soldiers, the wooden sticks in the hands of the veterans were obviously too primitive, and they needed sharper weapons, so soon, some shops on the side of the road were smashed open, and the petitioners walked into the shops, Looking for all the tools that can be used as weapons, from kitchen knives to bricks, from firecrackers to gasoline, the weapons in the hands of veterans have gradually changed from cold weapons to hot weapons.

There is no doubt that if the situation continues to deteriorate, the conflict in the city will only escalate further, rather than "quickly under control," as President Le Yuanhong promised in his government briefing

In the face of this critical situation, the citizens were even more panicked, and at the same time, the congressmen who were hiding in the Capitol were also even more panicked, and they urged Li Yuanhong, the president of the Republic of China who was hiding with them, to order the forced dispersal of the gathered petitioners as soon as possible, otherwise, they would launch an impeachment case against the president, let the cowardly and incompetent President Li Da get out, and ask Vice President Zhang to take over the presidency and command the army to intercept the chaos.

Just when Li Yuanhong was in a dilemma, the voice of the announcer on the radio, which had been repeatedly broadcasting government announcements, suddenly stopped for a moment, and then a familiar and unfamiliar voice came from the radio speaker.

"Citizens, I'm Zhao Zhenhua. Now that I have entered Beijing, I am speaking to the people on Radio No. 1. According to some of the things I have observed since I entered the city, the situation in the city is very critical at this time, and it is meaningless to talk about who is right and who is wrong, this kind of moment is the moment when everyone needs to calm down, no matter where you are, whether you are rich or poor, as long as you are a citizen of this country, you have the obligation to maintain the stability and peace of the country! Here, as an ordinary citizen, I strongly appeal to both the government and the people to maintain absolute calm, because conflict and confrontation will not solve any problems, but will only further complicate the problems and alienate the feelings between the government and the people. As a former head of state, my heart is very heavy at this moment, and in the face of the current crisis situation in the country, I believe that any unilateral demand for accountability is anachronistic, and now we need unity, unity between the government and the people, unity between the poor and the rich

This voice came out of the radio, almost instantly relieved the nervousness of all the listeners, they held their breath, gathered around the radio, carefully listened to every word, every sentence that came out of the radio thief, and they also believed that since Zhao Bei had entered Beijing, then, this crisis would soon be resolved, they believed in Zhao Bei's political wisdom, and even more believed in Zhao Bei's prestige, this prestige was unmatched and no one could destroy, unless someone could prevent Zhao Bei from appearing in the public eye, But do they have the guts?

The incompetence of the Li Yuanhong government in this chaos also led most people to pin their hopes for resolving the crisis on this "Far Eastern madman." On the body, people are eagerly looking forward to the return of President Zhao and Commander-in-Chief Zhao.

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