On the wine banquet, the eight treasures of sea and land are ready, sweet and sour, hot and sour, gathered in one table. A beautiful lady with heavy makeup was on the edge of the banquet, babbling and singing to the sound of silk and bamboo strings.

The diners present were all regimental-level officers of the 10th Mixed Brigade of the Central Army and the 1st Mixed Brigade of Fujian, plus Yao Jianping and Ma Buyun, two brigade elders, all smiling like flowers. The stars surrounded the freshly baked Fujian Military Governor Tang Guomo and Fujian Governor Sa Zhenbing.

Tang Guomo pointed to the beautiful lady who sang and smiled at Sa Zhenbing: "Ding Gong, this little lady is a famous little peach fairy on Shanghai Sima Road, not only beautiful, but also sweet voice, and the little songs she sings are famous on the beach in Shanghai." If Ding Gong likes it, why don't you let her make a small bed for you, warm the bed, and serve your old man? ”

Sa Zhenbing smiled lightly, looking at the beautiful girl but frowning slightly. It's not that the governor of Sa Da is not a woman, but this kind of fireworks from Willow Lane really can't get into his eyes. In addition, he is here to inspect the military situation on the front line, so it is really not suitable to take the lead in "taking concubines on the battlefield", right? But at this time, it was difficult to refute Tang Guomo, the future Fujian overseer, so he had to smile: "Then the old man will thank Supervisor Tang for his kindness." ”

The officers at the table all looked at Tang Guomo and Sa Zhenbing, in fact, Tang Guomo invited Sa Zhenbing all the way from Fuzhou to Canghai Town on the front line in Xiamen to be a peacemaker. It turned out that Tang Guomo and Yao Jianping, commander of the 1st Mixed Brigade in Fujian, had a twist over the issue of attacking Xiamen, and the two mixed brigades of more than 10,000 troops froze on the seashore on the other side of Xiamen Island for almost a week......

Tang Guomo nodded with a smile and clapped his hands. The little peach fairy bowed, and then retreated, ready to be Aunt Sa's wife! Sa Zhenbing also smiled reluctantly, nodded at Tang Guomo and Yao Jianping, and said with a smile: "Guomo, Jianping, this time send troops to rebel." Thanks to the concerted efforts of the two generals, they saw that they had already hit Xiamen, the nest of Zang Rebellious. As long as you work harder, you will do your best. Will Duan Zhiquan still treat meritorious people there? ”

As soon as Sa Zhenbing's voice fell, Yao Jianping, who was sitting next to him on his right, laughed weirdly: "All the way to the fight, the brother's soldiers rushed to the front, and the brother's credit is enough." The big lottery of Xiamen was given to the Tang superintendent...... It's okay for the superintendent to go one step further as soon as possible and become our Fujian overseer! ”

Sa Zhenbing was choked, but there was still a spring breeze smile on his face. Yao Jianping's governor was robbed for himself, and Quanzhou, which he had worked so hard to fight, was taken over by his own marines, and his grievances were certain, and there was nothing to complain about.

He turned his head and exchanged glances with Tang Guomo, and said with a smile: "This credit should be made by everyone!" Of course, Supervisor Tang is going to send troops, and our navy will also send four companies of marines, and Brigade Commander Yao will send another regiment, so that it should be foolproof to attack Xiamen Island. ”

Tang Guomo also answered with a smile: "What Ding Gong said is extremely true. Brothers also let the 10th Mixed Brigade out of a regiment! How about adding a regiment of Brother Jianping, four companies of Ding Gong, and the artillery battalion of the 10th Mixed Brigade and the 1st Mixed Brigade of Fujian to attack Xiamen together? ”

Yao Jianping just lowered his head and remained silent. Tang Guomo gritted his teeth again and squeezed out a little smile: "Wait for Xiamen." Brother Baoju Jianping, how about brother Baoju Jianping as Fujian military affairs supervisor and Fujian town guard? In addition to Quanzhou County, all other counties in Fujian have garrisoned Brother Jianping! ”

This time, Tang Guomo can be regarded as having made a bloody investment! Fujian Province is just such a little territory, the fattest is the provincial capital Fuzhou, followed by Zhangzhou and Xiamen, and Fujian is again...... Now Zhangzhou and Xiamen were given to Chang Ruiqing, and Fujian was given to Yao Jianping and the Navy (Quanzhou). Northeast Fujian was given to Wang Qi, and northwest Fujian was under Chang Ruiqing's control, and it is estimated that he would not spit it out!

After this battle, Tang Guomo, the Fujian overseer, is almost the same as the mayor of Fuzhou......

Speaking of which, Yao Jianping was embarrassed to refuse. However, it is okay to send troops, and it is still necessary to discuss how to fight this battle.

Thinking of this, Yao Jianping nodded, put down the wine glass in his hand, and arched his hand at Tang Guomo and Sa Zhenbing: "The terrain of Xiamen, the two of you must be clear...... Xiamen is an island, not connected to the mainland, although the distance is not far, the nearest place is only about a thousand meters, but after all, it is also the same terrain as the moat. According to intelligence, Zang Zhiping also deployed heavy troops in the Xigang area of Xiamen, where the sea is the narrowest. There are two battalions of infantry, as well as four 75mm Krupp mountain guns, and four mountain guns on Xianyue Mountain, on the edge of Xiamen city, to block the entire strait...... If you want to hit the West Port from the front, I'm afraid the losses will be very heavy, right? Unless the naval side is able to provide fire support with gunboats. ”

Hearing this, Sa Zhenbing's face stiffened. The main force of the Beiyang Navy has long been taken to Guangdong by Cheng Biguang, and now the Guangdong side has not sent warships to bombard Mawei, which is already extraordinarily merciful! How dare the navy of Beiyang bomb Xiamen?

However, these words can only be taken to heart, and Sa Zhenbing still pretended to hesitate and said: "There is no problem with using gunboats to provide fire support, it's just ...... There is a British concession near Xiamen Xigang, as well as the Gulangyu Public Concession, and there are also many expatriates from foreign powers in the urban area of Xiamen. Why don't we shift the main direction of attack to the east and north of Xiamen Island? ”

Yao Jianping nodded: "Okay, my brother's troops will attack from the east of Xiamen Island, where the sea is wider and the wind and waves are strong, that is, the Fujian soldiers under my brother can withstand it." ”

Seeing that Yao Jianping had snatched the task of attacking from the east, Tang Guomo frowned slightly. Because the northwest side of Xiamen Island is close to the mainland, and the east side is far away from the mainland, so the focus of Zang Zhiping's defense is also on the northwest side...... However, this Brigade Commander Yao is finally willing to send troops now, so don't worry too much about it.

At that moment, he made arrangements for attacking Xiamen Island at the banquet, and initially decided that one regiment of the 10th Mixed Brigade and four marines would be responsible for attacking the north of Xiamen Island. The 2nd Regiment of the 1st Mixed Brigade of Fujian was responsible for attacking the east side of Xiamen Island; The artillery battalion of the 10th Mixed Brigade was deployed on the north shore of Xiamen Island, while the artillery battalion of the 1st Fujian Mixed Brigade was placed on the dog head mountain on the west shore of Xiamen Island. Bombarded Xiamen West Port with the most fierce firepower to attract Zang Zhiping's attention.

As for the day of the attack, it was set at 5 o'clock in the morning on 23 July, and after the troops in charge of the attack had successfully landed, the remaining two regiments would also be transported to Xiamen Island, and Zang Zhiping's troops would be crushed in one fell swoop with overwhelming numerical superiority.

In addition, in order to obtain the understanding of the authorities of the two concessions on Xiamen Island. The day before the attack was launched, Sa Zhenbing also specially sent a representative to Gulangyu Island to explain the situation to the foreign powers. And ask them to evacuate the diaspora in advance......

……

The night of July 22, 1917.

Fujian, Shaxi.

The summer rain is pouring down.

Two pontoon bridges are erected on top of Shaxi. A group of cavalrymen in raincoats and hats were patrolling the rain that almost formed a wall of rain.

In the midst of such a rainy night, two marching processions, which had no end in sight, were speeding through the two pontoon bridges in Guò. Each soldier was fully armed, carrying a rifle and a cloak, and marched on foot.

Chang Ruiqing was on the horse, surrounded by staff officers of the 31st Mixed Brigade Headquarters, as well as Japanese military adviser Okamura Ninji! Tonight's action was because he sent Chang Ruiqing key information -- Tang Guomo and Yao Jianping would launch a campaign to attack Xiamen in the early morning of the next day. And it's bound to fail! Because there was not only one brigade of Zang Zhiping on Xiamen Island, about 3,000 members of the Jiang Jshi detachment of the Guangdong army had quietly arrived in Xiamen by sea, and Cheng Biguang, the naval commander of the Guangzhou Military Government, had also personally led the main force of the fleet to lurk in the sea area 10 nautical miles off Xiamen.

However, the most crucial reason why Okamura did not tell Chang Ruiqing was that the Japanese side had already learned of his entire battle plan through the advisers sent by Guò in the Tang Guomo army. And the restoration was conveyed to Zang Zhiping and Jiang Jshi in Xiamen!

Chang Ruiqing glanced at Okamura beside him, took a deep breath, and muttered to himself in his heart.

"Fuck, these little Japan are really powerful, Lao Tzu is now seeking skin with tigers! I have to be full of energy all the time to guard against this evil tiger on the side of the couch......"

An officer in charge of communications rode over. Loudly reported: "Brigade commander, a secret message from Fuzhou." ”

Chang Ruiqing stretched out his hand to take the Wen Jiàn clip, opened it and glanced at it twice, then laughed loudly at Okamura Ningji next to him: "This afternoon, the board of directors of the Bank of Fujian decided to stop cashing banknotes...... The banknotes issued by the Bank of Fujian are already a piece of waste paper! Tang Guomo and Yao Jianping's two armies seem to have used the bank's banknotes to pay their military salaries, right? Mr. Okamura, I am afraid that this is also a credit to your country, right? ”

Okamura Ningji smiled faintly: "Let's be with each other, if Fujian Bank is not missing 3.5 million for no reason, we can't squeeze it even if we have great ability." ”

Chang Ruiqing smiled noncommittally, rode on the pontoon bridge, and together with the 6,000 soldiers of the 2nd Road of the 31st Mixed Brigade, he set foot on the main road to Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian Province.

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At the same time, in the temporary residence of the Fujian Military Affairs Supervisor in Houxi Town, north of Xiamen Island.

Tang Guomo was also holding a telegram, his face was gray, his hands trembled slightly, and the room was even more silent.

The content of this telegram is the same as what Chang Ruiqing received in Shaxian, that is, Li Houji's Fujian Bank has decided to stop cashing paper money due to lack of cash (paper money at that time could be exchanged for silver dollars)!

Suddenly, Yao Jianping slammed the table, stood up, and almost shouted loudly: "Don't fight, don't fight, this battle can't be fought again!" My salary for the 1st Fujian Mixed Brigade is 10% of the banknotes...... Even the brothers who were killed and injured were given bereavement benefits in banknotes, and if this news is announced, don't mutiny! ”

Originally, there were five mixed brigades in Fujian Province, but only Yao Jianping's Fujian No. 1 Mixed Brigade was a local unit in Fujian, and the military salary was all paid by the local government, so it was ten percent of the banknotes. The rest of the departments, Tang Guomo's 10th Mixed Brigade and Wang Qi's 11th Mixed Brigade, were all in half of the money. Chang Ruiqing's 31st Mixed Brigade was still paid directly by the central government, and Chang Ruiqing was in charge of all the banknotes given to the Bank of China. And Zang Zhiping's 14th Mixed Brigade has always been raising military salaries in Zhangzhou and Xiamen, and they are all silver dollars!

Therefore, this time the Bank of Fujian suspended the exchange, and the biggest loss was the officers and soldiers of the 1st Mixed Brigade in Fujian, and the soldiers of the Republic of China are all mercenaries at present. Without salaries, the army will immediately be in danger of mutiny, and there will be no way to fight a war at all.

When he made such a fuss, everyone in the room looked at each other. Now there are only a few hours left until the offensive is launched! If the 1st Fujian Mixed Brigade withdraws at this time, this battle will be in vain!

Everyone turned their attention to Tang Guomo. Tang Guomo smiled reluctantly: "It's nothing big, temporarily block the news, don't let the people below know." Wait until this battle is won. Are you afraid that there will be no money to make up for the salaries of the two brigades? I am in charge, the 10th Mixed Brigade and the 1st Fujian Mixed Brigade will all be paid an additional three months, all of which will be given to the ocean! ”

Yao Jianping still bit his lip and refused to speak. Sa Zhenbing on the side couldn't help but reminded in a low voice: "Anyway, there is no place to find cash now, and it is also necessary to make trouble by pulling the troops down, so it is better to take Xiamen in one go." When the time comes, let the chamber of commerce in Xiamen City raise a fund, there will always be hundreds of thousands of oceans, and more than 10,000 brothers will share a point, and the matter will be settled? ”

Yao Jianping said coldly with a blushing face: "What if you can't take Xiamen all at once?" Zang Zhiping's 14th Mixed Brigade has always been elite, what if this battle drags on for a while? ”

At this time, Tang Guomo had no way to retreat, he slapped the table: "You have to get it, you Yao Jianping's team just retreat." A small Xiamen, Lao Tzu's 10th mixed brigade bag hit! But don't think about the errand of the envoy of Minzhong Town, and there is no way to pay for three months! ”

Yao Jianping also showed no weakness: "This is what you said, and your subordinates just obey the order." As he spoke, he threw off his arms and was about to leave. Sa Zhenbing on the side hurriedly pulled him back: "Brother Jianping, General Jianping." Just give the old man a little face...... There are still hundreds of thousands of dollars on the finance department of the provincial government, so the old man will send someone to send them over, so it's okay, right? ”

Yao Jianping stopped, turned around and asked, "When will the money arrive?" ”

Sa Zhenbing gritted his teeth and stretched out three fingers: "Two days!" I will personally take the navy ship back to Fuzhou to collect the money, and then use the warship to transport the money! ”

"Good! Lao Tzu's Fujian 1st Mixed Brigade will fight for two more days. When the time comes, if there is no money to come, then you can only break up! Yao Jianping exhaled heavily and returned to his original seat.

Tang Guomo also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but he was thinking in his heart: "In two days, Lao Tzu will be the overseer of Fujian by then!" Let's see how Lao Tzu rectifies you Yao Jianping when the time comes! However, the smile on his face became very kind, and he raised his hand to look at the time: "Gentlemen, the time is coming to finish the battle, let's go down to supervise the battle!" As he spoke, he raised his voice: "Pass the order, the first one to land on Xiamen Island will be promoted to the third level and rewarded with five hundred!" Kill a rebellious party and reward the ocean for fifty ......"

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At this time, it was still dark on Xiamen Island, and it was drizzling in the sky. The soldiers of the Zhangxia detachment of the Cantonese army commanded by Jiang Jshi had quietly entered the position in the northern part of Xiamen Island. This detachment has a total of 3,000 officers and men, half of whom are Mo Qingyu's subordinates, half of whom are drawn from Chen Jiongming and Xu Chongzhi's troops, and are also attached to an artillery company with four French fast guns. Jiang Jshi was now standing on the artillery position, holding a telescope and looking at the pitch-black sea and the scattered fires on the opposite shore.

It is clear that the Beiyang Army on the opposite side is preparing for the offensive with great fanfare! Their main direction of attack is to the north and east of Xiamen Island...... The Japanese did not deceive themselves this time.

Thinking of this, he put down the telescope in his hand and breathed a sigh of relief. Although he has always considered himself to be China's first-class military strategist, he has never seemed to have any opportunity to lead troops.

This is the first time that a regular army has been commanded in such a regular battle! Moreover, he also pretended to be a "military expert" who graduated from a Japanese non-commissioned officer and helped Zang Zhiping formulate a defense plan for Xiamen Island...... Concentrate your forces and annihilate the enemy all the way!

Including Jiang Jshi's Guangdong Army Detachment, as well as Zang Zhiping's Yang Huazhao Regiment plus an artillery company, a total of 5,000 officers and soldiers, and eight mountain artillery pieces, all deployed in the north of Xiamen Island, just waiting for the other side to come up and send them to death. As for the headquarters of the 1st Fujian Mixed Brigade from the east, Jiang Jshi's plan was to let them go ashore first, and then turn back to deal with them after defeating the enemy troops on the northern route, and at the same time the navy would send warships to block the retreat of the enemy troops in this area, and if nothing else, the whole army would be annihilated. And he, Jiang Jshi, will become famous in this battle, and no one in the Guangdong army will dare to look down on him in the future......

Time passed slowly in waiting and anticipation, and it was only past five o'clock when a flash of artillery fire suddenly broke the silence on the battlefield. Immediately after that, balls of fire appeared on the beachhead of the North Island of Xiamen Island, stirring up pillars of fire and smoke -- the artillery preparations of the Northern Army had already begun! The defenders were on the ground, but there was no sign of a counterattack.

From where Jiang Jshi was, the sky was already illuminated by clusters of firelight. At some point, hundreds of small wooden boats appeared on the sea, all of them heading towards them as fast as they could. Among them, in front of the dozen or so fishing boats that rushed to the front, there were strings of flames spewing out from time to time! It was the enemy's water machine guns firing.

But the defenders' positions remained silent!

Jiang Jshi's palms were already full of sweat, but he couldn't hear the sound of gunfire in his ears. Only an official dialect with a bit of Ningbo flavor was shouting: "Closer, closer...... Wait until these damned Beiyang troops are on the beachhead and then open fire, then they won't be able to run away! ”

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