Jiang Li and Jiang Yuan did not play a delaying role, which Tang Qianming was not surprised, Zhu Tiansen would choose to surrender, Tang Qianming was not surprised, but He Wenjun and they actually chased all the way to Wuhan, which really surprised Tang Qianming.

"Damn, I have some deep hatred with them, as for chasing it to this point!"

Standing in Wuhan after receiving Tang Qianming's telegram, he hurriedly built the fortifications at the port, looking at the 15 gunboats (2 of which arrived later) indiscriminately discharging Yinwei, Tang Qianming gritted his teeth.

By the way, Tang Qianming's Flying Eagle, Lake Falcon and Lake Eagle two torpedo boats have sunk to the bottom of the sea along with other "suspicious" ships in the harbor...

As for the Hubei army on the shore and part of the Beiyang Army that arrived in advance? In the face of 15 German-made gunboats, as well as 120 120 caliber and 120 75 caliber naval guns on the gunboats, they were already very clever to hide out of the range of the guns.

There is no way, 240 artillery pieces with a caliber of more than 75 are already equivalent to one-third, or even half of the belongings of the Beiyang Army. In the face of such powerful heavy firepower, the defenders of Wuhan had no other choice but to hide within range and watch the gunboats discriminately release silver power.

However, not to mention how much loss He Wenjun brought to Li Yuanhong, his current actions alone have already dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Hubei army and the Beiyang army......... In addition to Li Yuanhong and Duan Qirui, who were full of anger.

In fact, while indiscriminately issuing Yinwei, He Wenjun himself was also very helpless.

Although there are many tributaries on the Yangtze River, there are not many of them that are wide enough for He Wenjunshi, especially in the distance from Yichang to Badong, although there are so many tributaries, but there is only one suitable one, and that one is not far from Yichang.

If He Wenjun wants to set up an ambush on the Yangtze River, block Tang Qianming's 5 ships, and then destroy them all, the only suitable one is there. But if He Wenjun really took the fleet there to ambush, would Tang Qianming's fleet still come to Badong?

In the end, there was no way, He Wenjun had to wait for Tang Qianming in the waters near Xiangxi, after all, the water area there was more than 1 kilometer wide, which was more suitable for He Wenjun's fleet...

After He Wenjun cleaned up the Jiang Li and Jiang Yuan ships abandoned by Tang Qianming there, he followed Tang Qianming all the way to Wuhan.

"Captain, there's a quarter of the ammunition left, do you want to keep fighting?"

Just when He Wenjun was standing in the bridge and watching the docks of Hankou and Wuchang turn into a sea of fire under artillery fire, He Jishi, who had just returned from outside, said to He Wenjun.

Although He Wenjun and the others also prepared a lot of ammunition for this operation, after shelling for such a long time, the ammunition in the ship was almost at the bottom.

"Is there only a quarter left?"

Nodding, He Wenjun said to He Jishi.

"Leave enough ammunition for self-defense, shoot the rest, and then let's set off for Patong."

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, the 15 gunboats, after leaving enough ammunition for self-defense, vented all the remaining ammunition to the docks in Hankou and Wuchang.

Although this will definitely hurt many innocent ships by mistake, as long as it can damage the prestige and morale of Beiyang, it is still worth it. Especially the morale, as long as the morale of the Hubei army and the Beiyang army is reduced, the next battle will naturally be much easier. As for the people's hearts and minds......... Just as Sun Yat-sen launched the Second Revolution but was unpopular, Yan Guang, who only read after the defeat of Yuan Jun, was also unpopular. After all, people are determined that except for the people of Sichuan and Guizhou who are willing to support Yan Guang for their own interests, the people of other provinces will not support this warlord who provokes a war on his own like Sun Yat-sen.

In their eyes, Yan Guang is nothing more than a careerist who destroys peace.

Therefore, the idea of pleasing the people is still to save the province, and it is better to think about how to take Hubei, and then implement more good governance to win the hearts of the people.

The same good governance that will be practiced in Sichuan and Guizhou will also be practiced in Hubei, shelling ports, accidentally damaging ships, and so on......... As long as Hankou and Wuchang are not bombarded into ruins, the people's hearts can be easily taken back, after all, the people are easy to buy...

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After shelling for more than half an hour, Jiang Jiao and the other ships, which had exhausted their ammunition, first honked their horns on the river to demonstrate, and then left in a dashing manner.

Standing in the fortifications at the port, Li Yuanhong, Duan Qirui, and Tang Qianming, who had become the commander of the light pole, almost gritted their teeth.

And Yuan Shikai, who was far away in Yanjing, also smiled bitterly after getting the news.

"Sichuan Water Army?"

Standing beside Yuan Shikai, Yang Shiqi also smiled bitterly.

"This Yan Guang is really unexpected, I thought that after he bought back those shallow gunboats from Germany, it would take at least a year to put them into service, but I didn't expect that it would be only a few months..."

"yes, that's unexpected..."

Saying that, Yuan Shikai sat down in his seat with some trembling, and one of Yuan Shikai's North Korean concubines on the side also hurriedly walked behind him and hammered his shoulders for him.

"Xingcheng, what do you say to do now?"

"This..."Hearing Yuan Shikai ask, Yang Shiqi thought about it with some embarrassment, and finally shook his head with a wry smile. Gong Bao, my subordinates don't know much about naval affairs, do you think you can use the telegram to ask Liu Ziying's opinion? ”

Liu Ziying is Liu Guanxiong, who personally led the main force of the navy to suppress the Yuan army after the Second Revolution.

When the Beiyang Army attacked Nanjing, he commanded all naval ships to bombard Nanjing day and night, which greatly shortened the time for the Beiyang Army to capture Nanjing.

However, at this time, the Second Revolution had just ended, and Liu Guanxiong and the main force of the navy were still repairing in Shanghai, so Yuan Shikai had to ask him for advice by telegram.

"Liu Ziying?"

Hearing Yang Shiqi say that he wanted to ask his opinion, Yuan Shikai also nodded.

No one is perfect, Yuan Shikai knows very well that his henchman cannot be proficient in everything, especially the navy, which requires years of study, so after nodding, Yuan Shikai also agreed with him.

To be honest, Yuan Shikai didn't particularly care about Yan Guang's Sichuan Navy.

Although the 15 German-made shallow-water gunboats of the Sichuan Navy did look very scary, they not only captured the two gunboats Jiangli and Jiangyuan, but also showed off their might in Wuhan, sinking the three ships Flying Eagle, Lake Falcon and Lake Eagle.

But at the naval level, Yuan Shikai's strength is definitely stronger than Yan Guang.

For example, the Haiqi ship, with a displacement of 4,300 tons, not only has two 203-mm Armstrong main guns, but also ten 120-mm secondary guns. The Beiyang Army suppressed the campaign against Yuan's army in Shanghai, and this cruiser participated.

It can be said that the Haiqi ship is the largest displacement cruiser in the Chinese Navy, and in addition to the Haiqi ship, Yuan Shikai also has three cruisers with a displacement of 3,000 tons (fully loaded), Hairong, Haichou and Haichen, as well as 2,600 tons and 2,460 tons of Zhaohe and Yingrui, 550 tons of Jiang Heng and Jiang Zhen, 752 tons of Chu Tai, Chu Tong, Chu Yu, Chu You, Chu Guan, Chu Qian 6 Chu Zi class gunboats...

Although Yan Guang's Sichuan Navy is huge, it is really a real conflict, and it is definitely Yan Guang's Sichuan Navy that suffers in the end.

After all, a single Haiqi ship is not easy to deal with, not to mention ships such as Hairong, Haichou and Haichen?

However, the waterway of the Yangtze River is very complicated, such as the water depth from Yucheng to Yichang is only 2.7 meters, and only ships of about 1,000 tons can pass, so there is no need to worry about Yuan Shikai's warship going to Yucheng...

(To be continued)