Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai should not have any problems in this regard, and although most of the troops of the 27th Mixed Association of the New Army in Jiangxi have been controlled by the Iron and Blood National Salvation Party, there is still no high-level level of the Iron and Blood National Salvation Party to preside over the overall situation, especially in the military aspect.

Xiao Zhenlei thought about it and decided to transfer Hu Weishan, who had been training the escort team in Zhenhua Company, with his status and qualifications in the Iron and Blood Salvation Party, he should be able to suppress Qi Baoshan of the 54th standard and Zhuang Shouzhong of the 55th standard. As for Ma Hanlong, he will continue to stay in Zhenhua Company, after all, Zhenhua Company is one of his biggest financial resources now, and there is no room for loss.

Subsequently, Xiao Zhenlei summoned Hu Weishan and ordered him to go to Nanchang, Jiangxi, as the supreme commander of the iron-blooded National Salvation Party in Jiangxi's military affairs. Hu Weishan was immediately ordered to go to Nanchang to preside over the overall situation.

With the passage of time, the day that Xiao Zhenlei waited for finally came, due to the outbreak of the road protection movement everywhere in Sichuan, the people around the country rose up, the Sichuan government could not suppress the bullets, the Qing court had to appoint Zhao Erfeng as the governor of Sichuan, Zhao Erfeng took over as the governor and then immediately killed the military and civilians of the road protection movement, which further aroused the resistance of the Sichuan people, the Qing court's troops in Sichuan were insufficient, the Qing court had to transfer troops from Hubei, and appointed Duan Fang to lead the eighth town of the 16th Association of the 31st standard and the 32nd standard of a department, A total of nearly 3,000 elite troops of the Hubei New Army entered Sichuan, and the total strength of the Hubei New Army at that time was only more than 10,000 people, and a considerable number of the new officers and soldiers did not return from autumn training in the north, which meant that the Qing army's strength in Hubei was empty.

Jiang Yiwu and Sun Wu of the Gongjin Association and the Literary Society found an opportunity to prepare to organize an uprising, and on September 24, the two ** groups held a joint meeting and decided to launch an uprising on October 6. Representatives of the party members of all standard battalions of the new army left behind in Hubei participated in the meeting, and the "draft personnel" and the "uprising plan" were passed, and the military commander-in-chief was Jiang Yiwu, the chief of staff was Sun Wu, and the prime minister was Liu Gong.

On September 28, Hunan Party member Jiao Dafeng sent a letter to the Wuchang Uprising Command, saying that it was difficult for Hunan to prepare for the uprising on October 6, so he asked for a 10-day extension. In addition, the important leaders of the League, Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren, failed to arrive in Wuhan. Therefore, the uprising command decided to launch a simultaneous attack in Hunan and Hubei provinces on October 16.

However, on October 9, Sun Wu and others accidentally caused an explosion while preparing a bomb in the Russian Concession in Hankow. When the Russian patrol heard the news, they searched the list of party members, the proclamation of the uprising, the flags, etc., and the secrets of the uprising were leaked. Russia patrolled and arrested Liu and six others, and then extradited them to the Hubei authorities.

Ruicheng, the governor of Huguang in the Qing court, ordered the closure of the four cities and searched for the ** party members everywhere. In desperation, the ** party decided to immediately launch an uprising at 12 p.m. on October 9. However, Wuchang City was heavily guarded, and the party members of the standard battalion could not get in touch, and the plan for that night fell through. After losing the organization and contact of Jiang Yiwu, Sun Wu, Liu Gong and others, the low-level ** party members in the new army had to contact themselves and agreed to launch an uprising on the evening of October 10, 1911 with the sound of gunfire.

On the evening of October 10, the first shot of the Wuchang Uprising was officially fired, with Wu Zhaolin, the officer (company commander) of the left team of the Eighth Town Engineering Battalion, who was the highest military rank at that time, as the temporary commander-in-chief. At a heavy price, they seized the Chuwangtai Ordnance Station near Zhonghe Gate, and captured tens of thousands of rifles, dozens of cannons, and hundreds of thousands of bullets, laying the foundation for the victory of the uprising. At this time, the ** party members of the baggage team, artillery battalion, and engineering team stationed outside Wuchang City also launched an uprising with the name of raising fire, and gathered at Chuwangtai. Cai Jimin, the 29th target, and Wu Xinghan, the 30th target, also led some of the rebel soldiers to rush out of the camp gate and rushed to Chuwangtai; Later, the ** party members of the standard camps inside and outside Wuchang City also led the people to revolt and rushed to Chuwangtai, with more than 3,000 people in the uprising.

At 10:30 p.m., the rebel troops attacked the Governor's Yamen and the nearby Eighth Town Headquarters in three directions, while the Eighth Artillery Commander occupied firing positions at Zhonghemen and Snake Mountain, and shelled the Governor's Yamen and the Eighth Town Headquarters. At the beginning, due to the lack of effective command of the rebel army, the attack was extremely unsmooth, and coupled with the lack of troops, the attack was frustrated several times. After the early morning, the rebel army launched another fierce attack, and threw torches into the governor's palace and the eighth town headquarters, leading artillery to carry out artillery shelling, the Qing army hit by artillery fire could not resist, the governor Ruicheng broke the back wall of the governor's office, and fled by boat from the Yangtze River, while Zhang Biao, the commander of the eighth town, still resisted stubbornly in the headquarters. After repeated attacks, the rebels finally captured the Governor's Office and the town headquarters before dawn. Zhang Biao had to withdraw from Wuchang, and the whole of Wuchang was under the control of the rebel army.

On this night, many people across the country received the news of the outbreak of the uprising in Wuchang, and Xiao Zhenlei was no exception, and he immediately sent a telegram instructing Hu Weishan and others, who had already arrived in Nanchang, to immediately contact the party comrades in Jiangxi and Qi Baoshan, the commander of the 54th standard of the 27th Mixed Association of the New Army, and Zhuang Shouzhong of the 55th standard, to prepare to respond to the Wuchang uprising.

And on this night, there are some people who learned the news of the Wuchang uprising, Baoding Military Academy's ** party members He Guanzhong and Li Jishen immediately organized after learning the news, and sneaked out of the school overnight to blow up the Caohe Iron Bridge with a bomb, which is the only railway artery in the six towns of Beiyang and the Qing army to the south, the Caohe Iron Bridge was bombed, and the Qing army's trip to the south to suppress the uprising movement was delayed, which not only greatly supported the next military operations of the Wuchang Rebel Army in Hubei, but its greater significance lies in the fact that this is the first The party gained ample time for a nationwide campaign.

In the early morning of October 11, the rebel army occupied the entire city of Wuchang and immediately issued a proclamation to reassure the people. At noon, a joint meeting was convened at the Consultative Bureau to discuss the organization of a military government, and the rebels were all low-level officers, and Wu Zhaolin, who held the highest military rank, was only a company commander, who believed that his prestige was not enough to serve the public, and wanted to forcibly elect Li Yuanhong, the former 21st Mixed Association Commander, as the governor, but Li did not allow it. Li Yuanhong was worried that the ** party would be exterminated by the Qing court, and the time was not far off, so when he was elected as the governor by the ** party, he shouted: "Don't harm me, don't harm me!" ”

At first, the ** party wanted to kill Li Yuanhong, but Wu Zhaolin, the temporary commander-in-chief of the rebel army, was a student of Li Yuanhong, and he came forward to protect Li Yuanhong, and explained to the officers of the rebel army that he and others were not prestigious enough to lead the rebel army, so he elected Li Yuanhong as the governor of the military government.

In any case, Li Yuanhong's position as the governor was solid, and he couldn't get rid of it if he wanted to, so Li Yuanhong had to issue a "Letter to the Fathers of the Whole Country" announcing the establishment of the Military Government of the Republic of China and the Hubei Military Government, and assuming the post of governor. It has nine departments, including military orders, staff officers, military affairs, internal affairs, foreign affairs, justice, communications, financial management, and editing, as well as a general supervision department, and a secretary, advisers, and inspection departments, with Tang Hualong, the head of the constitutionalists, as the chief of civil affairs.

The news of the success of the Wuchang uprising spread all over the world on October 11 the next day, and the major newspapers at home and abroad reported the news one after another, and the most authentic news of the uprising was also reported subsequently.

In the next ten days, the undercurrent surging all over the country, the first party in various places have been unable to hold back, on October 22, Jiao Dafeng and other members of the Communist Association took the lead in responding in Changsha, and cooperated with the constitutionalist Tan Yanmin and others to successfully revolt in one fell swoop, and set up the Hunan Military Government, and then Jiao Dafeng served as the governor of the Hunan Military Government, Jiao Dafeng was the governor of the military government, and Chen Zuoxin was the deputy governor. The Governor's Office has established institutions such as the Secretary and Supervisor, the Comptroller's Office, the Advisor's Office and the Supervision Office, which preside over the day-to-day work. Under strong pressure from the constitutionalist, the junta was forced to set up a separate Senate, with Tan Yanmin as its president. The constitutionalists passed a resolution of the Senate to coerce Jiao Dafeng to set up two ministries of military administration and civil affairs under the governor, with Tan Yanmin as the minister of civil affairs and Huang Luanming as the minister of military affairs; The Ministry of Civil Affairs consists of the Accounting Inspection Yuan, the Salt Administration Office, and six departments of civil affairs, finance, justice, education, communications, and foreign affairs, and the Ministry of Military Affairs has four departments: staff officers, quartermasters, military lawyers, and adjutants, all of whom are appointed by the constitution.

On October 23, under the instructions of Xiao Zhenlei, Hu Weishan and others coordinated and commanded in the center, and He Qiqi, a member of the Iron and Blood National Salvation Party, and others rebelled against Ma Yubao, the commander of the 53rd standard, before Li Liejun and other members of the League, and Ma Yubao, the 53rd standard, immediately declared an uprising in Jiujiang.

After the recovery of Jiujiang, the whole body was shaken, and the new army in various places was preparing to respond, and the students of the army primary school, the painting and surveying school, and the students of the surveying department were also eager to try. Jiangxi Governor Feng Ruqi, General Office of the Military Garrison Department Zhang Jiyi, and other senior officials such as the Fan and Xiaotai discussed countermeasures overnight in an attempt to suppress them. They discussed and decided to take the following measures: first, to order Zhang Jian of Xiaotai to lead his troops to Fujiujiang to exterminate the independent rebel officers and soldiers; Second, house arrest mixed with Wu Jiezhang, the co-ordinator. Third, Liu Zheng, the commander of the Shangrao patrol battalion, quickly led his troops to Nanchang day and night to monitor the marching troops outside the city and the students in the city. Fourth, Zhang Jiyi transferred the students of the army elementary school out of the city to conduct field exercises and seized the opportunity to confiscate their guns and ammunition; fifth, he pacified the new army and the students in an attempt to win the hearts and minds of the people.

These measures by Feng Ruqi and others further aroused the feelings of the military and civilians and accelerated the date of the uprising.

On the evening of 30 October, after the fall of Hu Weishan and others, Qi Baoshan, the 54th Standard of the New Army, and Zhuang Shouzhong, the 55th Standard of the New Army, also announced an uprising in Nanchang and Pingxiang at the same time. R1152