After three days of fierce fighting, the Nationalist Army occupied at least one-third of Nanjing's area, and the defenders of Nanjing, after either dying or fleeing or surrendering, now only have more than 20,000 people left, which can be regarded as the kind that is more determined to the revolution―――――― of course, it is not excluded that some people want to surrender, but they have no chance.

The losses of the Kuomintang were not small, but the losses of the Kuomintang were also not small. After three days of fierce fighting, the Nationalist Army had suffered more than 5,000 casualties. And of these more than 5,000 people, at least half fell under the cold guns of the defenders...

In addition, the error of the artillery is too large, and at least nearly 20,000 people are in the city at the moment, and the artillery group that the National Army is most proud of cannot be used at all, and the only thing that can be relied on is the bombers of the Air Force.

It's just that the bombers can only drop 10 100-kilogram bombs per sortie, which can't pose much threat to the defenders at all, and even Sun Yat-sen and others in the city only need to hide in the basement under the presidential palace, so now the Kuomintang Army can only continue to advance with difficulty.

Fortunately, although the artillery group could not be used, the Nationalist Army had a huge advantage over the defenders of Nanjing, especially in terms of equipment. While the defenders were still defending the city with 38 and hand grenades, the siege troops of the National Socialist Army were attacking with Mauser G98s, shotguns, Madsen, 40 grenade launchers, 37 infantry guns and mortars.

In particular, the 120mm caliber heavy mortar, although the range is only two kilometers, but the trajectory is curved, which is suitable not only for trench warfare, but also for urban warfare and street fighting. Especially against opponents hiding behind walls or alleys, the curved trajectory can completely allow mortar shells to fall from the top of the enemy's head, not to mention that mortars can also be fired horizontally―――――― although the range is not far...

Although the range is not far, it is still no problem to use it in street fighting, after all, there is not much distance in the streets and alleys, and a range of 2 or 300 meters is enough. In addition, the defenders in the city also made a lot of 37mm infantry guns and 40mm grenade launchers that could not be damaged, and the 120mm mortars were just right.

In fact, if it weren't for the help of mortars, the siege force probably wouldn't have been able to take one-third of Nanjing's land. Now in Nanjing, not to mention the bunkers piled out of sandbags, there are also a lot of fortifications poured with cement, the former can still be dealt with with 37 infantry guns, and the latter can only let 120 mortars go on...

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"Minister..."

In the headquarters, Wang Yaowu's adjutant walked in and handed him a document.

After taking the report, Wang Yaowu flipped through it in his hand.

"More than 5,000 casualties were killed and wounded in three days, but I didn't expect the defenders in Nanjing to be very resistant..."

After throwing the materials on the table, Wang Yaowu rubbed his temples.

What the adjutant had just handed over to Wang Yaowu was a casualty report of the besieging troops in the past few days.

In the past three days, although the besieging Nationalist Army has completely suppressed the defenders in the city, it has also paid more than 5,000 casualties. Of these, less than 1,000 died, less than 2,000 were killed, 3,000 were slightly injured, and 500 were seriously injured...

"Sure enough, as the Governor said, street fighting is never easy..."

After sorting out the information that Wang Yaowu threw on the table, the adjutant smiled and said.

"Our casualties are very large, but the Kuomintang people didn't take advantage of it, did they?"

That's right, before the siege, although the Kuomintang defenders in Nanjing suffered a crushing defeat at Yuhuatai, in the end there were still more than 40,000 people left. But now? The dead died, the surrendered, and even those who took the initiative to surrender, and by now, there are only more than 20,000 defenders left in the city.

"If we continue to fight in this situation, in a few days, the defenders of Nanjing will be able to deplete us."

Wang Yaowu nodded, that's right, if it goes on like this, the defenders of Nanjing will definitely be consumed soon, but...

"Pension..."

If a soldier dies in battle, each soldier's family will receive a pension of 300 yuan, and the political axe will take care of their lives in the future. Admission is free, medical treatment is halved, and when the situation improves in the future, maybe you can still send points every month...

The wounded soldiers are similar, regardless of the minor injuries, if they are disabled because of serious injuries, they will also find more than 200 yuan of settling-in expenses―――――― which cannot be more than the sacrifices...

Enrollment and medical treatment are also the same, and the political axe will also arrange people to the Invalides farm or something, help raise chickens, feed ducks, and improve the food of the nearby garrisons. Strive for each regiment to have an invalids farm next to the garrison, so that customers are close by, and there is no need to worry about having nowhere to sell the things raised.

And next to it is the garrison, if you encounter any trouble, contact the garrison directly―――――― as long as the people on the farm are upright, what is there to put in the way when the garrison comes forward?

It's just that behind this excellent treatment, it does require huge financial resources to pay...

From the beginning of the Northern Expedition to the end of Nanjing, the Nationalist Army lost at least 20,000 people, and this loss refers to death, not injury, not even serious injuries. If you count the serious wounded, then the National Socialist Army has now lost more than 30,000 people...

Although these vacancies of more than 30,000 people have been filled by the huge reserve forces of the National Social Army in Sichuan and Guizhou. But the loss of more than 30,000 people, that is, the National Socialist Party had to pay at least 10 million silver dollars to pay compensation for these sacrifices.

In addition, there is the wear and tear of weapons and ammunition, which is not less than the cost of the pension at all―――――― especially the group of artillery guys, who are they fighting artillery, they are clearly playing money...

And the National Social Army has to spend at least 2 million yuan a month on military salaries? Since the beginning of the Northern Expedition, the war has been going on for almost a year, and if it goes on like this, I'm afraid it will be another 20 million yuan...

If all kinds of forests and forests are added up, there will definitely be no forty or fifty million in the entire campaign.

Forty or fifty million...

Excluding the agricultural tax (because it has been exempted), the annual fiscal revenue of Sichuan Province is only about 5 million, in other words, this year's war is equivalent to Sichuan's fiscal revenue for 10 years.

"If this war drags on for a while, maybe it will break 60 million..."

Unlike many people, Wang Yaowu positioned himself as Yan Guang's personal minister.

If Yan Guang betrayed the country to seek glory like many Han Jians in history, maybe Wang Yaowu would turn his back on him, but now Yan Guang has not done anything to betray the country, and he has done a lot of good things. As his "subordinate", Wang Yaowu naturally had to think more about his boss.

"Sixty million, I don't know if the boss's financial resources can support it..."

No one knows how much Yan Guang's personal wealth is, but his order for 10 million pounds of German equipment is well known in the Socialist Party.

At this point, Wang Yaowu is also worried about whether Yan Guang's financial resources can support it...

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In the headquarters, Wang Yaowu was worried about financial problems.

In the Jiangsu Governor's Palace, no, it should be the Provisional Presidential Palace of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen was worried about the war situation.

Since Yuan Shikai died, and Yan Guang was aggressive, in order to firmly grasp the banner of "righteousness", on the first day of the siege of the Nationalist Army, Sun Yat-sen also announced his appointment as the provisional president of the Republic of China in the original Nanjing Presidential Palace and later the Jiangsu Governor's Palace...

There is also a reason for Sun Yat-sen to serve as president again, that is, the country cannot be said to be without a king, and now that Yuan Shikai is dead, none of the people left by Yuan Shikai can take this position, so he Sun Yat-sen had to serve again―――――― anyway, the first person to serve as president in Chinese history is him, and it is not unfounded.

At the same time as serving as the provisional president, Sun Yat-sen also declared Yan Guang to be a rebellious Yunyun...

It's just that with the current situation, not to mention the people who responded to Sun Yat-sen, there are not even many who support Sun Yat-sen to re-serve as interim president, after all, it is no longer the Xinhai Revolution...

After learning the news that Sun Yat-sen was back as president, Yan Guangzhi, who was still in Wuchang, did not react.

In the final analysis, the most important thing in this world is strength, as long as there is strength, even if there is no popular will and righteousness, it is no problem. What's more, neither the will nor the righteousness is on Sun Yat-sen's side now, but Yan Guang has an absolute advantage in terms of strength.

So after the news reached Wuchang, Yan Guang just asked Wang Yaowu to step up the offensive and strive to take Nanjing as soon as possible.

This is also why in just three days, the siege troops can take a third of the city's relations―――――― the order is down, and the people below are also desperate.

On the defenders' side, they are still struggling with how to defend the city.

"Ince, what do you think we should do now?"

However, Chen Qimei, who was asked by Sun Yat-sen, did bow her head after hearing his words.

The National Socialist Army is strong, but they are weak, and now that the National Socialist Army is coming to the city, he can't do anything.

Seeing Chen Qimei, who he reused, Sun Yat-sen shook his head in disappointment.

It's just that just when Sun Yat-sen wanted to pick up the teacup on the table and take a sip, a bomb landed near the presidential palace. The shock wave caused by the aerial bomb directly shook the entire presidential palace, and even the teacup on Sun Yat-sen's table was shaken down, and the tea in the teacup directly soaked the tablecloth on the table.

Liao Zhongkai on the side waved his hand, and Jiang Zhiqing quickly stepped forward to remove the tablecloth and wipe the table clean.

And Sun Yat-sen, who was sitting there, kept smiling bitterly.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it to be so difficult for me to even drink saliva now."

Hearing Sun Yat-sen say this, Chen Qimei smiled reluctantly.

"Don't be discouraged, sir, the difficulties are only temporary..."

"Temporary..."

Sun Yat-sen shook his head.

"How's Xia Ru going there?"

As one of the very few generals in the Nationalist Army, no matter whether Li Liejun's personal ability is incompetent or not, he is Sun Yat-sen's only choice. Therefore, after Li Liejun fled back to Nanjing, Sun Yat-sen appointed Li Liejun as the commander of a division of the Soviet Army, and was responsible for the defense of Nanjing together with several other people.

After hearing Sun Yat-sen's words, everyone present shook their heads.

Now they are all hiding in the basement under the presidential palace, and all external intelligence depends on liaison officers, and they haven't gone out all day today, so how can they know the situation of Li Liejun.

Seeing them like this, Sun Yat-sen naturally sighed again.

It's just that in this situation, he can't blame others, so he can only be silent there.

Even when the atmosphere in the basement was heavy, Yan Guang was waiting for someone on the dock in Wuchang...

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On the Wuchang wharf, although the whole city is desolate a lot because of the war, but now that the war has ended, it has more or less regained some of its former prosperity.

And today, Yan Guang took those idle officials in Wuchang City, standing on the dock and waiting for someone to ―――――― Jiang Baili...

In later generations, Yan Guang was like a thunderbolt to this person, such as China's most powerful "military scientist" and so on, and even Yan Guang had considerable expectations for Jiang Baili.

So after Yuan Shikai died, and all the officials and generals of the Beiyang family surrendered to him, Yan Guang sent a telegram to Xu Shichang, who was still in charge of Beiping, asking him to send Jiang Baili over.

At present, Yan Guang is the boss, so after receiving Yan Guang's telegram, Xu Shichang naturally has no reason not to allow it. Therefore, after receiving the telegram, Xu Shichang directly arranged for Jiang Baili, and Jiang Baili's lady to get on the train, and went straight to Hankou through the Jinghan Railway, and took a boat from Hankou to Wuchang―――――― originally Xu Shichang wanted Jiang Baili to take a boat, but Nanjing and Shanghai still belonged to the territory of the Kuomintang after all.

After learning the news that Yan Guang was going to invite Jiang Baili to Wuchang, even Cai Yi, who had already gone to Sichuan to take sick leave, ran out and ran directly to Wuchang by boat.

Yan Guang was naturally helpless about Cai Yi's move.

Fortunately, Cai Ye's condition at this time was not serious, and he had not been treated by the German quack doctor, so although his body was a little thin, his spirit was very good, so after learning that Cai Ye ran out of the sanatorium, Yan Guang did not stop him.

In fact, after arranging Cai Ye to undergo nutritional therapy in a nursing home, Yan Guang didn't tell anything else.

For example, Cai Ye is never allowed to go out, and there is someone to take care of him every day...

If he did this, wouldn't it be similar to imprisoning Cai Yi?

And it is precisely because he has enough freedom in the sanatorium, he can go out for a walk and walk around at any time, and he can usually meet his old subordinates and learn about some things happening in Yunnan, so Cai Ye can stay in the sanatorium. If Yan Guang really regarded Cai Ye as strict and serious, with a posture of putting him under house arrest, I am afraid that Cai Ye would have already run far away, just like Cai Ye escaped from Beiping in history―――――― although there is no little phoenix fairy in the sanatorium, but there are also many female nurses, and if they develop and develop, maybe they can also develop one...

"Dudu, Baili should be almost there, right?"

Standing beside Yan Guang, Cai Ye asked with some excitement.

Since he studied abroad, Cai Ye has not seen Jiang Baili for a long time, which is why Cai Ye is so excited, and when he learned the news that Jiang Baili was coming to Wuchang, he ran directly from Sichuan to Wuchang.

And seeing Cai Ye so excited, Yan Guang was also helpless in his heart...

"A telegram just came from Hankow, saying that Jiang Baili and his wife have arrived, and now Hankow is arranging ships, and I believe it will not be long before they can come."

Saying that, Yan Guang secretly glanced at Cai Ye a few times.

Cai Ye has been in Wuchang for several days, and Yan Guang naturally knows why he is so excited in the past few days, so seeing Cai Ye's excited appearance, Yan Guang complained fiercely in his heart.

"Why are you so excited, aren't you classmates who haven't seen you for many years, if you don't come to Wuchang, it won't be long before Jiang Baili wants to go to Sichuan to see you......... And you don't know, do you? If it weren't for my appearance, I'm afraid you would have gone to Beiping to meet your old classmates a few months earlier, and then you would have been locked up in Beiping by Yuan Shikai, if it weren't for the help of a little phoenix, it would probably not be easy to go back to Yunnan..."

Thinking of this, Yan Guang thought in his heart again.

"But then again, with my appearance, there will be no incident of Cai Ye entering Sichuan to suppress Xiong Kewu under the order of Yuan Shikai during the Second Revolution, and naturally there will be no matter of Cai Ye being deceived into Beiping, and naturally, Yuan Shikai will not be able to board the plane and become the emperor......... Now they're all sick and dead, and they can't afford it. And then Cai Ye and Xiao Fengxian hooked up with no more, so in this way, isn't it that Xiao Fengxian and Cai Yi have no chance to meet in this life? ”

Thinking about it, Yan Guang looked at Cai Ye who was excited on the side.

"So, should I arrange arrangements for Cai Ye and Xiao Fengxian? So that the original pair in history can be made together again? But then again? Who knows if Cai Ye is playing tricks on the spot with Xiao Fengxian, and what happened to Cai Ye at the moment is very different from history, in case Cai Ye didn't take a fancy to Xiao Fengxian......... You know, Xiao Fengxian is a celebrity in the Eight Hutongs, and Cai Ye is not the down-and-out general who was locked up by Yuan Shikai in history, if the two of them don't look at each other, I am afraid that I will complain if I arrange Cai Ye and Xiao Fengxian like this, especially Xiao Fengxian is still a girl, if I really arrange it, will Cai Ye think that I am looking down on him, or even insulting him? ”

Thinking of this, Yan Guang smiled bitterly in his heart.

"Your mother, I didn't expect it to be so difficult to be a matchmaker these days, forget it, or leave it alone, anyway, the experiences of the two people are very different from history, why do I have to force the two people together?"

Thinking about it in his heart, Yan Guang's face calmed down again, and he looked at the other side of the river intently, hoping that the boat carrying Jiang Baili would come over sooner.

It's just that what he didn't know was that a year later, when Cai Ye and his friends went to Bada Hutong......... cough cough, when I went to the Bada Hutong to socialize, Cai Ye fell in love with Xiao Fengxian at a glance at the banquet.

It is very natural and natural, in history, Xiao Fengxian can look at Cai Songpo, who was down-and-out at that time, and naturally she will look at Cai Yi, who has now become "rich and handsome", so it didn't take long for the two of them to hook up together.

In the end, in less than half a year, Yan Guang, who had given up on connecting the two people, had to bring a thick red envelope to attend the marriage of the two people―――――― but fortunately, Yan Guang had not abolished the law of three wives and four concubines at that time...

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On the dock, Yan Guang and Cai Ye were looking at the river with expectant eyes, and behind them, the other military and political officials were somewhat unaware of why Yan Guang valued a little-known guy, but since Yan Guang valued him, the people below had no reason to object.

Of course, not everyone is like this, at least many people know that Cai Ye is the principal of Baoding Military Academy, and Baoding Military Academy? It was the best military school in China at that time, and if you exclude some miscellaneous subjects, the teaching quality of Baoding Military Academy is even higher than that of Sichuan Military Academy.

The principal of such a military academy is believed to be not a mortal himself, right?

Thinking so, many people frowned...

"MD, another job-grabbing one..."

Of course, Yan Guang didn't know that there were many people complaining behind him, and there was another one who grabbed a job, he was just staring directly at the river with his eyes.

However, Yan Guang has never been a patient person, when he was in Chengdu, Sichuan, he dared to throw everyone outside when he greeted Zhu Qinglan's surrender, and hid alone in the house holding the stove to avoid the cold wind. Although in Yan Guang's heart, Jiang Baili's status is definitely higher than Zhu Qinglan's, but now Yan Guang has waited for Jiang Baili a lot more than waiting for Zhu Qinglan, so waiting like this, Yan Guang's patience has been almost consumed...

"I've waited so long and still haven't come..."Yan Guang touched his chin. Do you want to go back and drink some juice first? ”

What a cup, after coming to this era for so long, Yan Guang is actually such a hobby...

It is said that Yan Guang also thought about collecting beauties and forming a big harem, but...

"There is a thief's heart but no thief's courage..."

What's more, he still has to maintain his image of "Wei Guangzheng"? And Xiuchunlou and other places are places where "soldiers" and "officials" gather, and he can't go at all...

Just when Yan Guang was about to find a place to rest first, a small boat finally appeared on the river.

"Here we are."

Cai Ye shouted, so much so that Yan Guang, who was looking for a place to rest, was startled.

But since Jiang Baili had already come, Yan Guang naturally couldn't go back.

Fortunately, Yan Guang was originally here to greet Jiang Baili, so he was not annoyed.

"Is it Jiang Baili's ship?"

Saying that, Yan Guang took the telescope that had been prepared a long time ago from Yue Chang's hand.

Through the binoculars, Yan Guang saw a square-looking man standing on the bow of the boat.

Because he had seen Jiang Baili's photo, Yan Guang recognized the person on the bow of the boat as Jiang Baili at a glance.

"It's finally here..."

Not long after, Jiang Baili's boat docked on the dock.

As soon as he got off the dock, before Yan Guang could say anything, Cai Ye on the side had already rushed up and grabbed Jiang Baili's hands.

"Brother Baili, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

Jiang Baili was also taken aback, but seeing that it was Cai Yi, Jiang Baili also said with a smile on his face.

"yes, Songpa, we really haven't seen each other for a long time."

Once again, he complained in his heart about the fate of the two in history, but when Yan Guang was still complaining about the fate of the two people, in the Governor's Mansion in Wuchang, an officer was looking for Yan Guang with a telegram.

As you can see from the windswept pages of the telegram, what it reads is exactly ...

(To be continued)