Chapter 365 Shelling of Hankow
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"The Wuchang rebels attacked Hankou Liujiamiao ten days ago, and Hunan, Shaanxi and Jiangxi became independent on the 22nd and 23rd, and the rebel bandits grew stronger and stronger......
After Feng Guozhang reinforces the Beiyang Second Army and went south, along the way, only Yuan Shikai's secret order was to listen, ignoring Yin Chang's command, and the Qing court was forced to officially appoint Yuan Shikai as the Qincha on January 27 to lead the Beiyang Army to attack Wuhan.
After Yuan Shikai arrived in Hubei, he naturally stationed in Xiaojiagang, Jiexiaogan, while asking Feng Guozhang to take over the post of commander of the First Army of Yinchang, the minister of the 6th Army, while lining up on the river, echoing the warships of Britain, the United States, France, Germany and other powers, so there was the gentleman and the minister just now, and they looked happy.
"There are foreigners' warships lined up on the river, the forces of the rebellious party can not be deployed at all, bulldozing the rebellious party is just around the corner, these days, Huafu has worked hard, it is better to rest again tonight, and wait for the time of the artillery bombardment agreed with the British army tomorrow to deploy troops and generals, and attack Hankou and Hanyang in two ways......
"Tsk!"
Looking at Yuan Shikai's confident expression, Feng Guozhang naturally knew how to behave, and deployed Li Chun, Wang Zhanyuan and Chen Guangyuan in front of him, and planned to divide his troops in the early morning of tomorrow and take turns to attack Hankou and Hanyang, and then he raised his glass respectfully, "The marshal will go out of the mountain at the time of danger, and the Beiyang soldiers will definitely boost the morale of the army, just wait for tomorrow's battle, and if you want to come, you can turn the tide, and then sweep the ...... in the region."
"Hahaha. Don't be in a hurry, and let this group of clowns struggle for a few days, and wait for Yixuan to resign as prime minister when he says he is sick, so that we can have a ...... without worry."
Yuan Shikai looked at Feng Guozhang with a smug face, laughed loudly, and glanced at Feng Guozhang pointedly, and then rewarded the proud soldiers of the Beiyang Army. He also did not hesitate to respond to them one by one......
This banquet made everyone drink and drink hotly. This can be regarded as hastily dispersing under Yuan Shikai's suggestion, but in the military camp on the other side of the river, the military formation is in full swing......
Coincidentally, Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren also arrived in Wuchang by ship from Shanghai today. As a marshal of the rebel army. Huang Xing naturally went to the front line of Hankou to supervise the battle. As the person Huang Xing values and trusts the most, Yang Meng still has no intention of appearing......
"In this way, the Qing army may have to change its outlook this time. Ready to get real? ”
"Yes, after the master Yu Wuchangyi pursued the governor of Huguang Ruizheng, he rushed thousands of miles to attack Zhangde overnight, although he failed to take off Yuan Shikai's head for many reasons, but also made three chapters with him, and got the exact news from his mouth, and learned that the Beiyang Army has been under the leadership of Duan Qirui, and the rear road is exhausted, once the two armies meet in Wuhan, the battle of Hankou and Hanyang may be difficult to preserve, only the Wuchang line, or can take advantage of the enemy's situation to defend the river......"
Seeing that the faces of Huang Xing and several commanders of the Wuchang Righteous Army were a little solemn, Wang Yaqiao, who led a group of agents from Chengdu to Wuhan early, hurriedly stepped forward to explain in detail, but looked at the righteous appearance on everyone's faces, obviously did not listen to his own advice at all, so he had to change his words and speak out in another set of words according to Yang Meng's meaning......
"Yuan Shikai has always been good at the army, our rebel army is not in terms of quantity or quality, I am afraid it is difficult to face the Beiyang Army for a long time, the master said to me before leaving, if you do not want to lose the two places and retreat to the river to defend, then you must be prepared to divide the troops and fight in the streets, so that even if our army is really defeated, it can also cause certain casualties to the Beiyang Army......"
"Good!"
After Huang Xing heard Wang Yaqiao's words, his eyes lit up suddenly, he stretched out his hand and patted the dazzling military map, and grabbed Wang Yaqiao with some excitement Haha laughed, "Your master, this person, has always been a dragon who can't see the end, and the matter of running thousands of miles at night to assassinate Yuan Shikai alone is really a bit too risky, but this vision is unique, but it is still above me Huang, I don't know what else he has to say for you to convey?" ”
Wang Yaqiao smiled, and secretly praised the master in his heart for being really powerful, and he actually felt the thoughts of everyone in front of him clearly in advance, the same thing, according to the statement he instructed, immediately won the willingness of everyone, it seems that although this rebel army has a fearless dedication, but if you don't use the Beiyang Army to sharpen and beat it well, I am afraid that in the future, it will really be because of this uprightness, and finally someone will steal the fruits of the victory of the revolution......
Perhaps, this is the difference between a politician and a revolutionary party.
The master also said that the ultimate success or failure of this revolution does not lie in whether the three towns of Wuhan can be defended, but in whether the general trend of the revolution in other provinces and regions can spread throughout the country in the shortest possible time......
"Oh? What does he mean to use peripheral independence to obtain reinforcements to hold the three towns of Wuhan? ”
Wang Yaqiao looked at everyone's expressions of deep disapproval, and shook his head with a smile, "At this time, five provinces have declared their independence one after another, as long as our army insists on holding out in Wuhan for one more day, there may be a few more revolutionary righteous people at home and abroad and even several provinces to raise the banner of righteousness, forming a general trend of independence that leads from point to point, vertical and horizontal, and then shocks the hearts of the Qing court and even the Beiyang army, and invisibly influences Britain, France, Russia, Germany and other powers, in an attempt to interfere in the evil intentions and other measures of China's democratic revolution......"
Everyone looked at each other, and then they felt Yang Meng's strategic vision of looking at the overall situation, and as for Marshal Huang Xing, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "I'm waiting to talk about the army on this paper, I don't want your master to have already calculated it, and regardless of his personal safety, he went north to the capital alone...... With such good words, I can't wait to hear my brother in my ear......"
Speaking of this, Huang Xing discussed the feasibility of this move with everyone one after another, and after fully understanding Yang Meng's strategic intention to go north alone, he read from Wang Yaqiao's unfinished gaze that Yang Meng probably had other arrangements and back-ups, "What else do you have to say, hurry up and say it together!" ”
Wang Yaqiao looked at several other childish commanders of the rebel army, and was finally completely shocked by Yang Meng's repeated strategy, and then showed a solemn look on his face, and nodded to Huang Xing, "The master finally said to me, my Wuchang army is forging ahead alone, although it can also rely on the independence of the provinces to affect the morale of the Beiyang Army and form a stalemate across the river, but it cannot change the fact that the military strength is insufficient, once Hankou and Hanyang are lost, the morale of our army will be greatly reduced, and even affect the general trend of the entire revolutionary uprising......
Speaking of this, Wang Yaqiao's confidence did not become stronger, and he raised his hand to draw several markers on the map one after another, and then continued: "Therefore, the best strategy is to divide part of the rebel army into pieces, take advantage of the geographical advantages of Hankou and Hanyang, and delay the time of the entire campaign with the strategy of guerrilla street fighting, and at the same time, return the main force of our army to Wuchang to temporarily avoid its peak, and when Yuan Shikai does not move, he can naturally take the initiative to contact him, and use his heart of disobedience to join forces with the independent military governments of other provinces first, forcing the Qing court and the royal family to abdicate and establish a precedent for Chinese republican democracy." , and then awaken the people's heart to help themselves and form a parliamentary ...... of the military-political alliance."
"In this way, we can put Yuan Shikai in the dilemma of being the enemy of the whole country, and get a steady stream of reinforcements from other independent provinces!"
Huang Xing clapped his palms, and walked repeatedly on the ground with some excitement, and when he came to the tenth round, he resolutely deployed the task to everyone, "I order, the sergeants of the first battalion retreat from the first line of defense and lurk in the Hankou dwellings on the spot, the second battalion and the fourth battalion retreat to Wuchang together, and guard across the river to prevent the Beiyang Army from making a momentum like a tiger, and the third battalion set up a straggler line at the junction of Hankou and Hanyang, and prepare for street fighting, as for the artillery battalion ......"
"Marshal, don't forget our CIA ......"
Seeing Huang Xing standing in front of the table and pointing out the country, Wang Yaqiao, who had already learned from Yang Meng's mouth that his attainments in military command were by no means a famous general, hurriedly followed his words and took over the second half of the task in the Hankou street battle, and roughly talked to Huang Xing about the current equipment and combat strength of the CIA.
Huang Xing looked at the tactics that Wang Yaqiao said were all remarkable, and then he nodded and laughed in surprise, "Very good, I didn't expect that the strength of the CIA has also grown one after another under your management, so that the pressure on Hanyang's side will be able to withstand the third and fourth battalions with all their might......"
Just when everyone was discussing the battle situation without sleep, they suddenly heard a noise outside the window, including quarrels and crying, and when everyone hurriedly walked out of the headquarters in surprise, they felt that there was a faint sound of wheels and maneuvers on the river, and even before everyone could convey the tactics that had been discussed, they felt the determination of the warships of the great powers to move together from the river that was suddenly blown up!
"The foreigners are testing the shooting of Zhu Yuan, and it is likely that they will tear up their neutral statements, and ask the marshal to promulgate the battle order first, and then lead the main force back to Wuchang......"
Wang Yaqiao raised his binoculars and looked at the river in the distance, only to see that on the open river, more than 20 warships were slowly turning around......
"Quick, hurry up and get the artillery battalion ready to return fire, and at the same time let the second and fourth battalions withdraw to Wuchang with me, as for the Hankou front......"
"The marshal will go first, and the street battles behind will be handed over to our CIA!"
Wang Yaqiao saw that a large number of soldiers appeared on the streets of Hankou, and with the help of the Cao Gang who stayed on the dock, they scattered and lurked in various hidden places, and quickly interrupted Huang Xing's momentum of continuing to issue orders, and asked Jiang Yiwu and others to forcibly pull Huang Xing away, but before everyone could finish lurking, they heard the roar of cannons, and then Hankou, which was full of flowers, fell into a series of explosions and fires......
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (To be continued......)