The pen is divided into two ends ().

At the same time as the flesh and blood collided in front of Wusheng Pass, the land of China was also at the beginning of the storm.

Hunan is recovered! Jiujiang is recovered! Shaanxi war!

Thirteen days ago, a gunshot sounded, woke up the whole of China, people from all walks of life have taken the stage, the hunting hot wind began to spread to the surrounding with Wuchang as the center, the famous Wangsheng Street is like a fully fueled engine, one after another front page, comments, shouts set off countless waves, countless people with lofty ideals who rushed to shout were recorded in writing, and the enthusiastic young people dropped their books after reading the reports and comments, and rushed to the battlefield, just to overthrow the decadent dynasty that had been pressed on their heads for more than 200 years.

In this frenzied atmosphere, Huang Keqiang also had an unquenchable violent heartbeat, and rushed to Shanghai from Hong Kong with his newlywed wife Xu Hanzong, and when he saw Song Jiaoren and Chen Qimei who came to greet him, he kept asking: "How is it?" How's going on in Hubei! “

Song Jiaoren immediately got to the point without delay: "Sun Wu and others have basically controlled the situation, but since the day before yesterday, Beiyang suddenly began to attack Wusheng Pass, and news came from Henan, this time the Qing court mobilized 30,000 Beiyang elites from two towns and three associations. Yesterday, Yuan Shikai also went to join forces to organize 25 battalions to patrol the city in Hubei to go south, and also transferred part of the third town of Beiyang to Shandong, it seems that he is determined to drag and kill Hubei! Drag and kill**! There is not much news over there now, but I think the situation must be very bitter, but there is good news from Changsha, Jiujiang and Shaanxi, and the national linkage is inevitable. ”

"Changsha and Shaanxi alone are not enough ()!" Huang Xing is the most anxious, before the Huanghuagang League will lose the elite of the elite to make him disheartened, the last time I came to Shanghai I heard that Sichuan thought that he could make a difference, but Zhao Erfeng's methods have been fighting for so long and still grasp the overall situation, so after waiting for a few days to see that there is no movement, he had to temporarily return to Hong Kong, but he didn't expect to come back just after the news of Wuchang's successful move, so excited that he didn't sleep well for a few days and nights, and contacted Guangzhou Hu Hanmin to ask him to come with his wife Xu Hanzong overnight after the move as soon as possible" So I heard that the situation over there was not good, and stomped his feet and said:" The two must be mobilized as soon as possible, Ince, you must also be mobilized in Shanghai as soon as possible, Sun Wu and they are under too much pressure, and they must be moved downstream as soon as possible to relieve the pressure over there. ”

"Sun Wu is Sun Wu" What is the matter with Shanghai? What's more, those people are now using the central government to electrify the whole country at every turn, and they obviously want to hold the whole country hostage. Chen Qimei secretly complained in her heart, not very satisfied with Huang Keqiang's fingers as soon as he came, as if he was really for the country and the people, and he became a grinding villain.

"By the way, have you found the ship, the concubine wants to go to Wuchang as soon as possible."

I heard that Zhang Zhujun was discussing with the British Jardine Matheson Company to charter a river ship and take the Red Cross ambulance team to Wuchang. ”

Zhang Zhujun is Xu Hanzong's best friend, I heard that she was ready to go, "immediately said goodbye to Song Jiaoren and others in a hurry, first went to discuss the matter of going to Wuchang with his girlfriend, and saw that everyone was busy preparing to go to Wuchang, Song Jiaoren pulled Chen Qimei and Huang Keqiang to the café, and after finding a corner where no one was around, he asked: "Keqiang" What are you going to do with that Yang Qiu? ”

Huang Keqiang then remembered that Yang Qiu was the first to inform the whole country of the restoration of Yangxia before Wuchang, and he was already a little famous in China, but he was always a little uneasy when he thought of his previous things, and asked: "Is there any news about him at the beginning?" ”

"It was sent to me by Juzheng." Song Jiaoren roughly talked about what happened in Hubei in the past few days, and when he talked about the death and injury of Liu Ying's brothers, Sun Wu used the excuse to force Yang Qiu to resign from the post of deputy minister of the Yangxia Branch and the Ministry of Military Affairs. Brother Liu Ying knew him when he was in Japan, and they were rare military talents, but he didn't expect to be wiped out by Yang Qiu by taking the opportunity of entering the north to recover the entire territory of Hubei, which shows that Hubei is not as simple as imagined.

Chen Qimei fanned the wind next to him and said: "This Yang Qiu's ambition is too big ()!" On the one hand, he sent troops to the north, taking the opportunity to recover Hubei and take over most of Hubei, "Now in North Africa of Yangxia, he does not obey orders, and he also colludes with Hu Ruishuang and Tang Hualong, these constitutionalists and hand over the civil power to them, in my opinion, this red guy is simply a dog raised by the constitutionalists!" “

Song Jiaoren waved his hand and said: "You can't say that" After all, he is the commander, and he fought Liujiamiao and Wushengguan first, and now he personally went to Wuchang to command the army, and blood and sweat are also considered hard work. ”

"No matter what he thinks, Hubei is making too much trouble now! Every time the whole country is electrified, it is the central government, it seems that we have become marginal figures, Keqiang, you must find a way to hold the power of affairs, whether it is Yang Shu or Li Yuanhong, it is not our own people after all, and it is not safe to rely on them. ”

Huang Keqiang nodded and said to Chen Qimei: "Ince's words are right, no matter what, we must take the power of the matter this time." ”

Song Jiaoren also agreed, took out the letter paper and said: "Keqiang, let's sign a letter to Yuan Shikai together, it's not a way to fight like this, he is Han after all, and the Qing court almost killed him before, I think there is still hope to convince him." ”

Seeing that the two of them began to draft a telegram to persuade Yuan Shikai to do it anyway, Chen Qimei secretly sneered in her heart, if Yuan Shikai took refuge in his side, who could restrain him? So I didn't want to mix, so I simply left first on the grounds that something happened.

At the same time, Yang Qiu had already leaned on the stone wall to watch the third sunset of Wusheng Pass, compared with the previous two days, whether it was offensive intensity or investment, Beiyang's strength was obviously attenuated a lot, and a total of nearly 2,000 corpses were left in front of the pass for three consecutive days.

At the end of the day, the soldiers had no time to rest, and they needed to clear their positions by tomorrow morning, and as for the packing of the castle and the transportation of corpses and supplies, they would all be handed over to the hired master. According to Zhang Wenjing's statistics, the total number of masters recruited by the Right Route Army alone in various places has exceeded 20,000 and more than 100 large and small ships, and it is their efforts that can make logistics work.

Soldiers have their own ways of adjusting pressure, for example, the committee m1888 known as Mauser 88 dropped by Beiyang will always usher in a burst of laughter and robbery, and the sabers on the petty officers are also very popular, and Lei Da Hob has one in his hand, and I don't know who he snatched it from, which has aroused countless jealous eyes ().

Yang Qiu will not disturb this kind of relaxation, in fact, he is also happy to see this kind of picture, which can not only remind him of his life in the army in the future, "It can also subtly influence Wu Zhaolin's side in this way, if he can leave alive, these veterans will become priceless treasures, so after he arrived, he immediately ordered that the supply be opened without discrimination in military supplies."

Shi Xiaolou sat on the big stone and carefully rubbed the gun, this is the Mauser 98 brought by Yang Qiu" Yang Qiu walked over and asked, "How is this gun?" ”

"Good gun! It is better than the Mauser 88 and Hanyang in Beiyang, with high precision and great power, which is "...... After saluting, Shi Xiaolou his shoulder: "The stamina is too great, it's not suitable for us." He was right, the recoil of the Mauser 98 was too great for the Chinese soldiers, so Yang Qiu was only equipped with three battalions and a guard company for the time being after getting this batch of guns.

"Do you have any insights after a few days?" Yang Qiu sat down beside him," Shi Xiaolou said while loading his gun: "The artillery is not comparable, the infantry is very strong, but it is not to the extent that it can't be taken by gritting its teeth." The gap between officers is relatively large: "Grass-roots officers are very powerful, and many times they have clearly failed to raise their heads in battle, and it is they who have organized their troops to attack. ”

"What else?"

"And?"

Seeing him and shaking his head, Yang Qiu immediately picked up a branch from the ground and said, "In the past three days, they have launched seven strong attacks" It was very standard from the first time. First spread out in formation at 500 meters, then spread out again at 400 meters, and immediately lie down or find cover after 300 meters, and when you enter about 150 meters, you will start to fight back, and then look for an opportunity to charge. The heavy machine guns were all pressed on the front, and the infantry had to stop when charging to avoid accidental injury. It's exactly the same, it's exactly the same seven times! Do you know what this means? ”

Shi xiaolou didn't expect yang qiu to observe so carefully, and thought about it and said: it shows that they train hard and are skillful in cooperating, compared to the japanese army, they are not much more reckless, and. ”

"And too dogmatic ()! It's too rigid! Seeing that Shi Xiaolou didn't get to the point, Yang Qiu interrupted and said, "Do you know what the biggest problem between us and Beiyang is at the moment? It's thoughts! Tactical thinking! Our biggest mistake "is to imitate an army that has barely defeated second-rate Russia at the expense of 100,000 elite young talents in the country!" We need to learn from the Japanese spirit, but we need to be more open-minded. ”

Shi Xiaolou wrinkled his eyebrows and carefully commented on these words, Yang Qiu didn't interrupt him, because there were some things that he needed to take a break by himself, and he got up and was about to ask when the ammunition team would arrive, when he saw Lei Meng walking over with Qiu Wenbin, who was kicked back to Wuchang by himself, followed by more than a hundred young people dressed as students.

Seeing Yang Qiu, Qiu Wenbin looked a little embarrassed, gritted his teeth and immediately took out the letter handed to him by Zhang Wenjing: "Director Zhang has already written the situation on it, because he was afraid of sending a telegram to leak the news, so I asked me to rush to report to the commander overnight." ”

The letter was written in great detail, Zhang Wenjing elaborated on the situation in Wuchang, and also talked about the matter of sending the recruits outside in a planned way, and also said that Qiu Wenbin took the initiative to report the news. After reading it, Yang Qiu smiled coldly in his heart, stood quietly for a while, and then stuffed the letter paper into his pocket, as if nothing had happened, and glanced at Qiu Wenbin, who was still waiting: "Join the guard company for the time being." ”

"Yes, Commander!" Unexpectedly, as soon as he came back, he was assigned to the guard company, Qiu Wenbin even forgot about the trouble in Hanyang, pointed to the students behind him and said: "Commander, they said that they came from Nanjing, and they insisted on joining our right army on the way." ”

The young people had seen Yang Qiu for a long time, and everyone didn't expect that this commander, who had been connected to the whole country earlier than Wuchang and had made the name of the National Defense Force, was so young, and seeing that the officers around him were not very old, they obviously attached great importance to the training of young officers, so they hated not to surround him immediately. Now Qiu Wenbin introduced them and couldn't bear it, hula squeezed over, and one of the young people with a camera on his back rushed to the front: "Commander Yang, I'm Dai Tianqiu, a reporter from Shanghai's Tianfeng Daily, can I write you an interview?" ”

"Dai Tianqiu?"

"Yes! I had just arrived from Shanghai, and these were the friends I met on the road, and they were all students of Nanjing Lushi School. We heard that you personally led your troops to fight to the death in Wusheng Pass, so we changed boats from the Chen family to come here. This is their captain. Commander Yang, you just let us join ()! Dai Tianqiu excitedly pointed to the students behind him, and the three young people immediately walked out: "My name is Wang Zhuo, Zhan Meng, Chen Zutao!" “

Dai Tianqiu, Chen Zuxi, and Yang Qiu had an impulse to laugh, more than 100 students of Nanjing Lushi Academy, and he was unwilling to let go of these young people for this alone. But he didn't agree immediately, and said slowly in a kind tone: "War is very cruel, not what you think. Look around you. The longest soldier stationed here has been almost three months, and the shortest is two days. We fought with the Henan patrol battalion and Beiyang, and every day there would be shells on our heads, and our comrades and partners would die every moment, look at these stones, blood stains, and maybe there are stumps and broken arms under the stones! Are you sure you're ready? We are not a Japanese army, but a young, strict, hard-working army that will one day support the defense of the entire country! “

At first, the slow pace of speech and the terrifying battlefield scenes around them gradually calmed down these young people, but when they got to the back, they suddenly mobilized their emotions again, Wang Zhuo, who was tall, with thin cheeks and very delicate eyebrows, took the lead in standing up: "In Nanjing, we are the students of the Lu Normal School, we are ready."

"Wen Bin. You tell them about the military regulations of our Wehrmacht, and then take a squad to protect them and go to the front positions to see. After Yang Qiu finished speaking, he swept them away and said, "I will arrange for you to live with the veterans tonight, and they will tell you in detail about military regulations, war and death!" Tomorrow morning you're telling me your choice, if you're still willing to stay, then! You are part of our Defence Forces. ”

Yang Qiu turned around and walked into the commander, and the smile on the corner of his mouth made He Xi and Shi Xiaolou catch it, and the two of them were also very greedy for these eager young people, and the former even began to think about whether to dig a few to enrich the next group after these little guys came to the front line.

Only Wu Zhaolin sighed in his heart, holding the beef strongheads issued by the Left Route Army, which were said to have been bought from the people of Shanghai, looking at these future army officers who were mobilized in a few words, and always felt bitter in his heart. After two days of getting along, he also got to know Yang Qiu a little, he did things very simply, he was also very good to soldiers and officers, his military talent surpassed his own, and he often spoke with a charm that made people fall into it unconsciously.

It's a pity that there is still a former mentor between him and Yang Qiu! So after glancing at the beef powerhouse in his hand, he sighed quietly.