On February 21, 1895, Changzhou Island in Guangzhou Bay

Cheung Chau Island, narrow in the middle and wide on both sides, the topography of the island resembles a dumbbell, so the local fishermen also call it dumbbell island.

As a result, the west side of the island forms a natural deep-water dock and a sheltered harbor, and the island has been inhabited by groups of fishermen for centuries, but just a few days ago there were some "strangers" on the island, and this evening it suddenly increased to hundreds of people, and in a blink of an eye the original desolate island has changed its appearance.

These people were naturally the first landing force from Seris.

At this moment, this island, which covers an area of only 3 square kilometers, has truly become one of the transshipment and supply bases of the Fifth Division of the Chinese Army.

Late at night on 21 February, under the guidance of personnel from the local intelligence department in Guangdong, dozens of transport fleets carrying 23,000 officers and men of the Fifth Integrated Division, escorted by the Second Detachment of the Seris Navy, swaggered deep into Guangzhou Bay.

At 11:40 p.m., 23,000 soldiers of the Fifth Division successfully landed at Humen under the command of division commander Ma Wenyu.

Humen, the fulcrum of the strategic geography of Guangdong's coastal areas, was thus captured by the Seris army.

Just an hour later, Ma Wenyu, the commander of the Fifth Division, was already sitting in the local mayor's mansion drinking tea.

At this time, all the strategic places and facilities in Humen have been occupied by the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Division, although they can't look down on the old coastal defense artillery on the Humen Fort, but who makes the terrain in these places really dangerous, the division commander Ma Wenyu had to divide another battalion of troops to garrison here and by the way to take care of the prisoner's servants and soldiers, and after the arrangements were made, the army continued to go north.

At about 3:35 a.m., the 501st Brigade, the vanguard of the reorganized Fifth Division, had arrived outside Guangzhou.

Surprisingly, there was not a single sentry post at the head of the city.

I didn't have the heart to sigh at the quality of the Qing army, and I didn't want the roar of the artillery to alarm the 501 Brigade in the city, so I directly dispatched the special forces directly under it!

Under the summoning of Yang Yan, the commander of the special service company, soon, the hundreds of soldiers who looked lazy and lazy who were originally walking in the large army seemed to have changed into a group of people in a blink of an eye, these soldiers wearing black and green camouflage uniforms were like elves in the night sky, and before the other soldiers of the 501 Brigade could react, these people had already jumped onto the high city wall in front of them through dozens of climbing ropes.

The moonlight in the night sky slowly sprinkled on the earth, and when the huge gate of Guangzhou City in front of him opened, many soldiers of the 501st Brigade who were waiting outside blinked their eyes unconsciously, not to mention the depression, like a fist smashed on cotton! This group of, Guangzhou City was taken down like this? I haven't let go of the gun yet!

At this time, the rest of the troops of the Fifth Division also caught up, and the division commander Ma Wenyu grinned happily when he saw that the forward troops had entered the city. At least the soldiers of his fifth division can have a relaxing night, no, looking at the faint red light in the east, Ma Wenyu decided to solve the army's breakfast problem in the restaurant in the city first, and then say, wonton noodles, Shahe noodles, and snacks in Guangzhou are a lot of breakfast.

It's not just the division commander who thinks so, but many soldiers of the Fifth Division unconsciously touched their bellies, after all, it's not okay to eat compressed biscuits and dehydrated vegetables all the time.

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Early the next morning, the local people walking on the streets of Guangzhou City found that something was wrong!

The firewood dealers from outside the city were also dumbfounded, and the officers and soldiers who had been opening their doors early in the morning to collect the city tax at the gates of Guangzhou City had disappeared one by one! Instead, there were soldiers with raw faces in black military uniforms, and what was even worse was that these individuals all had short hair, and there were no braids at the back of their heads!

Look again, some clever people have already found two official documents posted at the gate of the city.

Literate people took the initiative to step forward and look, and the first one was called "Open and Honest Advice to the Chinese People"! Obediently and loudly, the Manchu Qing Ai Xinjue Luo clan was scolded from the beginning to the end, and the Han people rebelled. Looking at the second one, it's simpler, which means that the heavenly soldiers and generals have come, so you don't need to panic when you wait for your duties......

At this time, the city of Guangzhou also changed the scene, the people in the city found that the streets were full of short-haired soldiers in black clothes patrolling, everyone was a foreign gun in one hand, I will give you a lung! After a long time, it was the "foreigners" who called, and even the "foreigner flags" were planted on the roof of the Liangguang Governor's Palace, and the city was full of blocks!

After the initial panic, some well-informed people in Guangzhou were the first to recognize the origin of this group of "foreign soldiers".

Originally, in the past, there were often Ceris merchant ships coming to anchor at the wharf in Guangzhou, and the common people occasionally heard that there was Ceris, a country of the Chinese themselves. Unlike the mainland, Guangdong is the first port to open up after all, and there may still be a lot of backwardness compared to the West, but the people here are by no means ignorant.

Some Guangzhou citizens even recognized a few of their fellow villagers from the patrolling soldiers, and for a while, the onlookers in Guangzhou suddenly exclaimed. Since it is not a "foreign devil", everyone has let go of a heart that was originally a little bumpy. Many people in Guangzhou, who originally thought they had encountered a military disaster and were hiding at home, also ran out one by one.

For a time, the citizens rushed to tell each other and "watched" these "foreign soldiers", which made the officers and men of the Fifth Division of Seris stationed in Guangzhou City wonder.

At this time, Ma Wenyu, the commander of the Fifth Division, did not have this leisure, and he was now having a headache for the many prisoners on hand.

The soldiers of the Green Battalion who surrendered in Guangzhou City, the government service, and a group of local Manchus who were later driven out of Manchu, the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Division captured no less than 8,000 Qing surrendered soldiers.

Looking at these surrendered soldiers who had all been captured by the Fifth Division at this time, Ma Wenyu, the commander of the Fifth Division, had a little headache and let them go? Shook his head and killed? Not at all! Ma Wenyu took two steps back and forth, looking at the Qing army prisoners in front of him who were honestly walking in a row under the guns of his soldiers, and looking at the braids of the past, yes! With the braid on the back of his head, Ma Wenyu's eyes lit up.

Soon after, the people of the entire city of Guangzhou, including the Qing prisoners, were forced to cut off their braids, and unexpectedly, the soldiers of the Fifth Division did not encounter much resistance, and several of the more fierce ones were also captured by the children of the Eight Banners. For these "reactionary class objects", if there is no Chinese blood on his hands, Ma Wenyu will let them go, if the public grievances are slightly greater, Ma Wenyu will let them all take the flag and shoot them directly, and extraordinary measures must be used at extraordinary times!

Huairou alone is not enough, at this time, you have to see some blood to suppress these people.

Facts have also proved that this move has won the "heart" of the people of Guangzhou, and the people's will can be seen in general!

At this time, the accompanying political workers came over to ask the division commander Ma Wenyu to sign, mainly the official silver seized in the city before.

Ma Wenyu was amazed when he saw that the soldiers on hand actually found more than six million taels of silver from the official service and the treasury of Guangzhou City. It's not that I'm surprised by the scale of this wealth, but that I sigh that a parent official in Guangzhou City can have such a big fortune.

When his subordinates reported the results, Ma Wenyu figured it out and caught a big fish after a long time. Li Hanzhang, the local parent official and governor of Guangdong, was actually caught by his rabbit cubs.

These silvers turned out to belong to this governor, and it didn't seem to be a good official, when Ma Wenyu found this person, Li Hanzhang was holding the braid that had been cut off with both hands and howling......

In addition, in accordance with the requirements of the superiors in advance, the troops will also "clean up" some of the gentry and bullies in the city who are very angry among the ordinary people. According to Chen Zeyu's original statement, he had to do it sooner or later anyway, even if he earned some military expenses in advance.

More than 20 million taels of silver were scavenged out before and after, which was more than 20% of Seris's budget for the political axe that year. Knowing that he had actually gotten so much money, Ma Wenyu drooled, but he and his officers and soldiers didn't dare to touch half a cent of the money. Of course, the Republican political axe is not a benefit to these desperate troops, according to the seizure regulations, a part of the wealth captured each time will be taken out of it and distributed to all the soldiers of the participating troops as a reward, but this is all a matter of the post-war statistics department.

Before that, all these seized gold and silver will still be handed over to the government officials stationed in Guangzhou in accordance with the regulations, and all the personnel who handle it must draw and sign, and the republic has strict regulations and procedures in this regard......

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