But the rain began to pour down again, and the whole road was hazy, and the streets were deserted, and there were no civilians to be seen, except for a few heavily armed soldiers and combat vehicles.

At this time, no civilian dares to show his face on the street, from last night, to this morning, the gunfire in the city has been sparse for almost a night, and this morning the gunfire suddenly intensified, and then quickly fell silent, in this case, the wisest choice is of course to stay at home, not to go anywhere, just sit in the house and watch the radio, listen to the radio, fortunately, the electricity has not stopped, food does not have to worry for the time being, as a common people, of course, sit and wait for the situation to calm down before going out to inquire for news.

The government's curfew announcement was still being broadcast on the radio, but it started at half past six in the morning. A radio station abruptly stopped broadcasting curfew notices and instead broadcast a recorded speech by Zhao Zhenhua, the former president of the Republic of China, warning the people not to panic as rebels surrounded the presidential palace. The supreme commander of the army, navy and air force, President Li Yuanhong, could not effectively exercise his powers, so Mr. President decided to entrust Zhao Zhenhua with temporary command to command the government army to quell the military coup aimed at overthrowing the republican system and the constitutional system. Citizens can go out.

As soon as this speech was broadcast, this person's heart was immediately reassured, if nothing else, because the person who spoke was Zhao Zhenhua, as long as he made a move, there would be no trouble with injustice, in fact, the subsequent development of the situation also proved the speculation of the citizens, by 7 o'clock in the morning, the civilian telephone had been partially restored, which obviously showed that the counterinsurgency forces under the command of Commander-in-Chief Zhao had regained control of the telephone bureau.

However, when the civilian telephone is partially restored, the telephone on the Capitol side cannot be shaken anyway, why? Citizens can only speculate that it may have been cut off by counterinsurgency forces.

Citizens guessed right, the Capitol telephone communications had indeed been cut off by the counterinsurgency forces, and now. All the phones in the Capitol couldn't be shaken.

"Hey! Feed!

"Ministry of Internal Affairs! Interior! ”

"Police Headquarters! Police Headquarters! ”

"This is Congress, please reply if you hear it!"

"Hey! Feed! Who is in command of the General Telephone Directorate now? ”

In the midst of a shout, Duan Qirui exhaustedly pressed down the microphone in his hand, and the sound of electricity could be heard in the microphone, but no one replied, which confirmed the speculation of many parliamentarians, the General Telephone Bureau had fallen into the hands of troops loyal to Zhao Bei, and now, Duan Qirui couldn't even figure out the current situation, whether the presidential palace was still in the hands of the coup forces? It's also a concern for him.

"If I had known, I would have brought the president to the Capitol."

Rao Hanxiang glanced at the group of parliamentarians around him who were still shaking the phone, then wiped the sweat from his forehead and muttered a few words, which made Duan Qirui very dissatisfied.

"What's the use of you saying that now? Who made you procrastinate? I had already sent the tape over, but I was afraid that the army's heart would have been settled a long time ago. ”

"Li Songqing refuses to cooperate, what can I do? Later, it was the soldiers who put guns to his head. He just recorded the speech. ”

"! If you don't cooperate, you will be shot to death, and you are not afraid that no one will be president. Li Yuanhong, I know that he is stepping on two boats, and he still wants to wait and see. ”

Seeing that Duan Qirui was a little annoyed, Rao Hanxiang had no choice but to change the topic and said, "I don't know who is commanding the troops entering the city now?" ”

"Then you need to ask? Naturally, it was the people from the General Staff, they ran to Nanyuan, brought the Sixth Armored Division, and also controlled the First Motorized Infantry Division, the current situation is extremely unfavorable to us, and the key to reversing the situation is still on the Xishan side. Duan Qirui said.

"Is there any news from Xishan? After a night of fighting, it's time to take the mansion, right? Even if it was Lushun back then, it wasn't so difficult? Didn't you say that the howitzer was dragged over too? Why can't you take the mansion? It's not an impregnable fortress, it's just a Western-style villa, and it's just a mouthful. It's long overdue. ”

Rao Hanxiang really didn't understand, so he had to ask Duan Qirui, a coup d'état from the Beiyang military.

"You ask me, who do I ask? Now that the Capitol has all been cut off from external contact, I don't know if the Xishan side has conquered the mansion. But I can tell you that if Zhao Bei really runs the mansion as a fortress, it will really not be easy to eat. I have also been to the mansion, I have carefully observed, on the geographical advantage, the mansion is condescending, easy to defend and difficult to attack, on people. Zhao Bei has been in business for many years, up and down are dead to him, the dead soldiers he trained are much stronger than the group of mercenaries we invited, now, our side occupies a day, while Zhao Bei is trapped in the West Mountain, eat him in one bite, let his power collapse, this was also our calculation, but now it's good, didn't wait for us to take the West Mountain, but first called Zhao Bei's group of dead soldiers to rush into the city, but at this time, we ourselves quarreled again, "He, no matter what, I can't count on it!" ”

Speaking of this, Duan Qirui sighed and looked over the corridor, only to see that there was still a quarrel over there. There is a fierce verbal struggle between parliamentarians who support the coup and those who oppose it, and it is impossible to say when they will fight.

"As long as you take the mansion, everything is easy to say. Everything is well said. ”

Rao Hanxiang wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief while chatting with Duan Qirui, but it looked more like he was talking to himself.

Just as Duan Qirui and Rao Hanxiang were pondering whether to leave the parliament immediately or continue to stay in the parliament, a congressman suddenly rushed into the corridor and shouted at everyone.

"Listen to the radio! Listen to the radio! Zhao Zhenhua has spoken! Zhao Zhenhua has spoken! ”

Hearing the shouting, the people were stunned for a moment, and then they dispersed in a hurry and rushed to the nearest radio to listen to Zhao Bei's speech.

Duan Qirui and Rao Hanxiang were both stunned, and after a while, Duan Qirui suddenly said: "So, Zhao Bei is not in Xishan at all?" ”

Rao Hanxiang hadn't come back to his senses yet, and asked: "Zhao Bei is not in Xishan, so who is the commando team in Xishan fighting?" I made a phone call before the attack began, and the person who answered the phone was Zhao Bei. ”

Duan Qirui ignored Rao Han, hurried to an office, and finally squeezed to the radio, listened carefully to the radio, and listened to the old mouth... 8 (Fisherman's Book) A different body clam! , I only understand that what is being broadcast on the radio is actually just a volume of recorded audio tapes, not Zhao Bei's real-time speech.

"This is an audio tape, Zhao Zhenhua may not be in the city."

"This is Radio One, is it that the counterinsurgency forces have already taken over there?"

"What counterinsurgency forces? This is the counterinsurgency force. There are rebels! ”

"When is it, it's still! It doesn't matter if he is a counterinsurgency or a rebel army, Lao Tzu is leaving! This Capitol building, Lao Tzu will not stay for a moment! ”

"Don't go! The vice president is still going to speak! ”

"What is it that the vice president jumped out before the president died? Usurper? Coup? ”

Members of parliament and Capitol staff gathered over the radio, and there was a lot of controversy, but there was a great deal of unanimity on one thing: no matter what happened, the Capitol could not stay any longer.

Just as Duan Qirui was discussing with the lawmakers which way to leave the Capitol. But I saw a captain officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs hurrying into the office, glancing at everyone, and then turning to leave.

Duan Qirui grabbed the upper shot and asked, "Where are the enemy troops hitting now?" ”

"Where did you hit? You push open the window and look. Just get it. ”

The captain shouted, broke free from Duan Xirui's hand, and fled again.

The parliamentarians hurriedly opened the curtains, pushed open the windows, and looked downstairs through the rain curtain, and were dumbfounded, only to see that several tanks were rampage in the distance on the pedestrian street in front of the Capitol, and the sound of tank engines could already be heard, and on both sides of the pedestrian street, two lines of infantry advancing towards the Capitol could be seen in battle formation.

The enemy had already rushed in front of them, but strangely, they didn't hear the gunshots nearby!

"Where are the blocking forces? Where are the blocking forces? ”

Someone was shouting, but the mother replied with a moment of silence.

"There is no need to look for any blocking troops, the blocking troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have long been gone. Since the battle in Beicheng, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has withdrawn all the troops that can be contacted, and now I am afraid that Lu Jianzhang, the chief of internal affairs, has gone to be loyal to Zhao Beibiao! ”

One person stood at the door and shouted, and everyone looked back, but saw that the person was Tang Hualong, the speaker of the Senate of the National Assembly, so people surrounded him with a "hula" and questioned him.

"Tang Hualong, what the hell are you kid doing? Who the hell is doing the coup d'état? You'll have to make it clear to us! ”

It's raw soup, didn't you say that your brother's Xiangming will soon be able to transfer the Marines? Where are those troops now? ”

Faced with questioning, Tang Hualong smiled miserably and lifted a grenade in his hand, and said: "Everyone, you don't need to ask anything now, look at this posture, this Capitol is about to become a battlefield, over there, the presidential palace has been occupied by tank soldiers, Jiang Fuzhi has been defeated, and his remnants of the defeated generals are also pulled over, shouting that they want to live and die with the Capitol, and gave me an anti-tank grenade, telling me to go with him to blow up the tank." ”

Some of them fled the Capitol at once, others scurried about like flies, and clashed with the soldiers who kept order and prevented them from escaping the Capitol.

Duan Qirui pulled Tang Hualong into the corridor and clamped him with Rao Hanxiang on the left and right.

"Speaker Tang, isn't Lu Jiandan one of ours? How can you say that a mutiny is a mutiny? Duan Qirui asked.

"That kid is a guy who eats inside and out! I can see it now. Lu Jianzhang has not been with us from the beginning, he is a false and wronged snake, and at worst, he is a chess piece buried by Zhao Bei at the beginning! Moreover, I think Lu Jianzhang is not the only traitor among us.

The dragon said hatefully.

"You mean, the reason why Lu Jianzhang took refuge in us was on Zhao Bei's orders?" Rao Hanxiang was stunned for a moment, and was immediately shocked.

"Do you think, if it weren't for Lu Jianzhang's sworn assurance, once the incident started, his Ministry of Internal Affairs would definitely be on the side of the president, so would we have the courage to do it? Now, the situation is very clear, Zhao Bei has not been on the side of the mansion since the attack, this is a bureau! A bureau set up by Zhao Bei has trapped us all! And Lu Jianzhang is the bait! You say that Lu Jianzhang has no position, he only obeys the president, this is! Lu Jianzhang also has a position, and his position is to follow the strong. ”

Tang Hualong said miserably, and after finishing speaking, he waved his hand, ignoring Duan Qirui and Rao Hanxiang's questions, and went to take care of the anti-tank grenade.

Duan Qirui hesitated for a moment, and decided to leave the Capitol immediately and invite Rao Hanxiang to go with him, but Rao Hanxiang refused.

"Even if I fight to the end, I have to fight to the end! Do you think you'll be fine when you're gone? Your opponent is Zhao Bei! His credo is to be a friend or a mortal enemy, and now we are enemies with him. ”

After speaking, Rao Hanxiang hurried to the conference hall of the Capitol to find Vice President Fu Yantu, and finally found Zhu Yantian in the same chaotic conference hall and asked.

"Do you still want the recording of the president's speech?"

"It's been handed over to him, and he said he's going to send it to the radio station himself." Ping Yantian said.

Zhou Xuexi is also an important member of the coup group, a key figure, and it is actually he who tried his best to promote the coup, and it was he who persuaded Xu Shichang to acquiesce in the coup d'état.

"When did he pass?" Rao Hanxiang asked again.

"Half an hour ago." "Why is there no news on the radio? Was he arrested by Zhao Bei's troops on the way? Who went with him? ”

"Bu Shunqing went with him, and he also brought some servants to escort him, all with submachine guns. When you say this, I'm also curious, is it really the troops who called Zhao Bei on the road to be caught? ”

Zhen Yantian and Rao Han looked strange, but the two didn't think much about it, because they didn't have time to think about it, and just before their conversation was over, there was a roar of tank guns, and the battle in the Capitol began. (To be continued.)