Chapter 506: The Boxer Rebellion
"Ladies and gentlemen, our Boxers now have more than 8,000 people, and the number is still growing. And we can then realize our great cause of expelling foreigners and helping to eliminate foreigners. When the time comes, everyone will be the heroes of my Qing Dynasty, and everyone will follow me to eat and drink spicy food. Zhao Sanduo said.
Zhao Sanduo is now in good spirits, since he has received the support of a group of people who claim to be "old-fashioned", he is very old and the Boxer Rebellion that has been suppressed has been organized again. Zhao Sanduo's Boxer Rebellion this time was many times larger than in the past, which made him feel a great sense of accomplishment. And the thousands of people under his command obeyed his orders, which made him feel very comfortable, and he also felt the taste of being in power, which was really intoxicating. And next, he hopes to make use of these Boxers, and then do things for himself, to strive for glory and wealth for himself, to become an official and a marquis, and even to make himself rich. And he has been dreaming this sweet dream, and he can't extricate himself.
However, when the Boxer Rebellion was in session, some people were looking at each other, and then everyone finally came to a room for a meeting after the meeting.
"Chief Zhou Chen of our Beijing Office has already issued an order, let us prepare to start the operation." One of the leaders said.
And immediately someone said: "Lieutenant Colonel Tian Lihui, what does Chief Zhou Chen ask us to do?" ”
"It's very simple, then you have to start looting foreigners in Shandong, robbing foreigners' churches, and all kinds of foreigners' commercial places. However, if you encounter those Boxers who kill innocents indiscriminately, you must find a way to stop it. We're only targeting foreigners, not our own people, you see? ”
"Got it!"
These people were actually sent by Wang Guorui to be undercover agents in the Boxers. And they were all natural person soldiers in the Taiwanese army. Then he was sent to the military academy to study a crash course for grassroots officers for a year, and he was sent here to blend in with the Boxers. And their contact person is this Tian Lihui, and Tian Lihui is under the leadership of Zhou Chen, director of the Beijing Office, so that Zhou Chen is mainly responsible for intelligence work on the mainland. And Zhou Chen's military rank has also been promoted to the rank of colonel, and the position is equivalent to the rank of deputy director of the General Intelligence Bureau.
As for the soldiers who were sent to serve as undercover agents, they were also selected from immigrants from the mainland. Then he participated in the outstanding elements of the army for a period of time, and then sent to the military academy to study for a year as a crash course for junior officers, and then he was sent over. Their accents are all continental, so they don't feel too unfamiliar. In addition, they have served as soldiers, gone through Taiwan's military training, and have studied military knowledge in the military academy system, and have a lot of organizational skills. And when they arrived here, they not only had strong ability, but also had enough "activity funds" to win people very quickly. Therefore, it is quite important in the Boxers. Very stuck to become a leader. The number of people under their jurisdiction ranged from more than 100 to more than a dozen or 20, so they had a lot of strength in the Boxers.
"How many people can you control in your hands?" Tian Lihui asked.
"I have one hundred and fifty under my command!" "I've got one hundred and thirty!" "Mine is less, about ninety!" "I'm seventy!" ……
After everyone's reports, Tian Lihui immediately began to count, and then said: "At present, we have a total of more than 2,000 people, which is enough to form a simple regiment." What is the quality of these people, do they have any problems with smoking big cigarettes or anything like that?"
"Nope. We have carefully selected them, and we all know that there are not many soldiers. So we've all gone through the best of the best. We're all capable forces, and I'm not going to expand our staff. Someone answered immediately.
Tian Lihui continued: "That's good, we will be sent by a batch of weapons next. These weapons are mainly pistols, and only a small number of submachine guns. And there are about 1,000 of these pistols and about 200 submachine guns, all of which we transferred through the connections of the Green and Red Gangs. When the time comes, you'll all form a pistol regiment with these guns, and then you'll be responsible for fighting behind enemy lines. ”
"Colonel Tana, since we are going to rob the foreigners next, what about the wealth we have robbed? According to our rules, all seizures must be returned to the public. So how do we get to the Father? Someone asked.
Tian Lihui immediately said; "The next thing is to depend on your ability, Lord Wang said, I secretly want to hand over the wealth that I have captured, all of it will be used to recruit people, and then recruit enough to be our armed forces in the mainland, and we will use this Boxer Incident to take the opportunity to enter the mainland, so that we can also successfully gain a foothold in the mainland, and finally you can gradually turn these troops into regulars. Before we enter the mainland, you can recruit as many soldiers as you can. If the number of recruits becomes a regiment, then our Lord Wang will also let you be the battalion commander. If you are recruited to become a teacher, then our Lord Wang will also let you be the head of the regiment. So what level of officer you want to become depends on your own ability. As long as you have the ability, then everything can be obtained. ”
Hearing the good news, they all felt excited. Because they know that this is a good opportunity to become an officer, if it is according to the past situation, it will be difficult for them to be promoted quickly in the Taiwan army. They can only blame the qualifications step by step, and then gradually promote. At present, there is no opportunity for Taiwan to expand its armed forces on a large scale, and the expansion of Taiwan's army to 200,000 on one island is already very remarkable. In fact, with the weapons and equipment of Taiwan's army, it will not be able to use so many troops, and if there are more troops, it will be a waste. Therefore, it is impossible to expand the army on a large scale, which naturally means that it is impossible to quickly take advantage of the opportunity of military expansion to be promoted. And now that I have this opportunity, if I can take advantage of this opportunity to be promoted, I may be able to save at least five or six years, or at most ten years of struggle. Although the expanded manpower has to be lowered by one level to calculate, this one is worth it, because even one level reduction is not bad. Because the strength of Taiwan's army is not comparable to that of those turtle troops. Don't look at the level is one level lower, but it actually makes them have a lot more combat effectiveness.
The reason why Wang Guorui was able to allow them to expand their own army was actually because they had their own ideas. They can't do without Taiwan's support at all, and it is not so easy for them to betray Wang Guorui, because they need Taiwan's support for weapons and ammunition, and if Taiwan gives up its support, they will be vulnerable at all. His mother has experienced Taiwan's army, and naturally knows the strength of Taiwan's army, so naturally they can't have the idea of betrayal at all, they don't dare to betray at all. If it betrays, it will not only fail to obtain Taiwan's continued support, but will also be constantly hunted down by the intelligence department. Even if he escapes the pursuit, what can he do, he can only choose to keep running away, because Taiwan's strength is enough to constantly defeat them. Under the absolute superiority of the Taiwan army's weapons, it is impossible for them to resist the pursuit and killing of the Taiwan army, and then they will be defeated step by step. Therefore, a truly intelligent person will not choose to betray.
"Colonel Tanaka, are we going to take the initiative next?" Someone asked.
"Yes, take the initiative, and then go and stimulate the foreigners, so that we have the opportunity to take advantage of the situation. If the foreigners do not invade us, then on what grounds do we enter the mainland, then we may have no reason to enter the mainland, after all, as long as we in Taiwan are still part of the imperial court, then we will naturally not be able to directly disobey the order. We must enter the mainland in the name of defending our homeland and defending our country, so that we can truly seize a piece of territory in a stable manner. Otherwise, if the world is peaceful, then we don't have to think about how to enter the mainland to grab territory.
Now Taiwan is still a part of China, and if there is not enough reason, then I am afraid that there will be no chance to enter the mainland. If you rashly enter the mainland, you will probably be regarded as a rebel by the people, after all, the people of the mainland still recognize the Manchu court, and too many of them are used to the Manchu rule, so if Taiwan does not have a suitable reason, it is really impossible to enter the mainland. It's better to treat the people as rebels, can they still massacre the people at that time? This Wang Guorui couldn't do it, so he had to find an excuse for his soldiers to enter the mainland. And what excuse is more legitimate than defending the homeland and defending the country, so if the Boxer Rebellion does not break out, the multinational coalition forces will not invade, and the multinational coalition forces do not invade, then Taiwan will not have a chance to enter the mainland to seize territory on the grounds of defending the homeland and defending the country. Entering the mainland is not so simple, not only for military battles, but also for political reasons. It is a pity that Taiwan is an isolated island, and if it rushes in, I am afraid that not only will the people in China not support it, but will reject Taiwan from entering the mainland, believing that Taiwan is a rebel army. And at that time, foreign countries came to interfere again, then I am afraid that it was really Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror - he was not a person inside and outside.
Just like in later generations, it is not very, very easy for Chinese mainland to destroy Taiwan in later generations, but the problem is that there are too many political problems in people, and it cannot be explained clearly in one sentence. Therefore, this political problem is the biggest problem, and the military problem is secondary. As long as the political problem is solved, the military problem can be solved, otherwise the cart will be turned upside down, and this is the truth that war is a continuation of politics. (To be continued......)