Under the command of Hu Weishan, these rebel troops climbed the city wall and entered the city, and the students of the army primary school and the students of the painting and measurement school responded with arms, expelled the Qing army defending the city, and opened the city gate.

After taking over the regime, under the instructions of Xiao Zhenlei, Hu Weishan and others united with the members of the League to support Wu Jiezhang as the governor of the Jiangxi Military Government, Hu Weishan as the head of the military command department, Hu Weishan quickly gathered troops, and then the patrol battalion from Shangrao surrendered to the rebel army under the leadership of Li Zheng, under the command of Hu Weishan, the rebel army quickly defeated the patrol battalions that were unwilling to be attached, and took over the local political power and financial power, and then collected the patrol battalions from all over the country, so far the whole territory of Jiangxi was recovered.

Under Xiao Zhenlei's instructions, Hu Weishan reorganized the Jiangxi army, and at the same time recruited a large number of soldiers from the society to prepare for resisting the southward movement of the Qing army.

In accordance with Xiao Zhenlei's instructions, Hu Weishan reorganized the Jiangxi army into four divisions, namely the first, second, third, and fourth divisions of Jiangxi, with a total of 50,000 men after expansion. The first division was reorganized from the 53rd standard, Ma Yubao served as the division commander, He Qiqi, a member of the Jiujiang branch of the Iron and Blood National Salvation Party, served as the chief of staff and director of the political department, the second division was adapted from the 54 standard, Qi Baoshan was the division commander, Zhang Jiji, a member of the Iron and Blood National Salvation Party, was the chief of staff and director of the political department, and the third division was adapted from the original 55 standard. Han Xuecheng, a member of the Iron and Blood National Salvation Party, served as chief of staff and director of the political department. As a second-line unit, the commander of the Fourth Division was Li Zheng, the commander of the former patrol battalion who had defected to Cheng, and Zhou Dachang, a member of the Iron and Blood Salvation Party, was appointed chief of staff and director of the political department.

Soon, due to the illness of Ma Yubao, the commander of the first division, the military affairs of the director were lax, and the soldiers and horses were not restrained, so that some public resentment boiled, and representatives from all walks of life in Jiujiang sent people to Nanchang to petition for the removal of Ma Yubao, and Hu Weishan dismissed Ma Yubao from his post after consulting Xiao Zhenlei, and appointed He Qiqi to take over the post of commander of the first division.

After the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising, the Qing court was shaken, and then on October 12, Yinchang was sent to command the Beiyang Fourth Town, the Second Town was mixed into the Third Concord and the Sixth Town and the Eleventh Concord was organized into the Beiyang First Army to march to Hubei, and ordered Feng Guozhang to be the president of the Second Army, and led the Fifth Town and the Third Town of Beiyang to form the Fifth Concord, and the Twentieth Town to form the Thirty-ninth Concord to form the Second Army, and then reinforced Yinchang. Soon after Yin Chang led his troops south, the Qing court appointed Feng Guozhang as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy.

On October 15, Feng Guozhang led his troops to leave Beijing and go south, passing through Zhangdehuan Shangcun to meet Yuan Shikai, who told him not to fight lightly. On October 17, Yin Chang rushed to Xinyang to take command, but both armies were Yuan Shikai's old troops, and the soldiers did not listen to orders, Yin Chang was helpless, and the flames of the uprising spread rapidly.

On October 20, because Yin Chang could not command the Beiyang Army, Yi Xuan had to send Xu Shichang to invite Yuan Shikai out of the mountain, and on the 23rd, Yin Chang moved the camp to Xiaogan.

On October 27, the Qing court recruited Yinchang, who had failed to supervise the division, reactivated Yuan Shikai, and appointed him as the minister of the Qincha, with full authority to supervise the suppression of Hubei, Feng Guozhang was reappointed as the presidential officer of the First Army, Duan Qirui was appointed as the presidential officer of the Second Army, and Yinchang did not return to Beijing, but participated in the counteroffensive with Zhang Biao's eighth town.

After the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising until October 31, Hunan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Jiangxi, Yunnan and other provinces became independent, which made the Qing government bigwigs anxious.

On October 28, Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren arrived in Wuchang to command the defense of Hankou, and in the following days of fighting, the two sides won and lost each other, and the battle around Liujiamiao was in full swing.

On October 31, the Hankou side was turned upside down, but Changsha, Hunan, which had just recovered for a few days, Jiao Zuoda and Chen Zuoxin, who felt that they were being overhead, held a provincial congress with the support of the ** faction. At the meeting, he announced the abolition of the Senate and the Ministries of Military Affairs and Civil Affairs. Tan was forced to resign as president of the Senate and minister. But after the meeting, the constitutionalists instigated a mutiny, and Mei Xin led his troops to kill Jiao Dafeng and Chen Zuoxin, and supported Tan Yanmin as the governor. After that, Tan Yanmin reorganized the Governor's Office, divided into departments, departments, bureaus, and administrative affairs, and the bureaucrats and politicians and local gentry in the early stage were entrusted with important posts, and the Hunan military government was usurped by the constitutionalists.

After Xiao Zhenlei learned about this news, he felt a chill in his heart, it seems that for the sake of power, some people can do anything.

On the third day after the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising, that is, on October 12, the Qing court urgently ordered the naval commander Sa Zhenbing to lead the main force of the naval cruiser fleet to Wuchang to suppress **, when the fleet arrived in Shanghai, the chief of staff of the fleet Tang Qianming received Xiao Zhenlei's order to convene a meeting of the officers and men of all ships, and persuaded the officers and men of the ships to throw themselves to the **, and the captain of the Haiqiao ship, Huang Zhongying, expressed their support, and for a time the officers and men of the ships responded one after another, and it was too late for Sa Zhenbing to learn the news, and the heart of the army had been shaken, and it was useless to go to Wuchang again, so he prepared to quietly go to the concession for refuge.

But at this time, Tang Qianming found him, and Sa Zhenbing couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw this: "Zhuxin, it's just your uprising, what are you stopping me from?" My heart is dead, and I am determined to go to the concession to live the rest of my life as a public servant, so you don't want me to be that disloyal and unfilial person, right? ”

Tang Qianming saluted: "General, I want to take you to meet someone, and after that, whether you go or stay, I will never say much!" ”

Sa Zhenbing sighed: "Okay, who are you going to see?" ”

"The general will know if he goes with me, please!"

Soon, Tang Qianming brought Sa Zhenbing to the concession, which made Sa Zhenbing very puzzled, could it be that the person he wanted to see was in the concession? Is it a foreigner? But the people he saw afterwards surprised him.

"Saxon, I am Xiao Zhenlei, secretary general of the Iron-blooded National Salvation Party, and I am also the 23rd Mixed Association Commander of the New Army, welcome to you!" Xiao Zhenlei stretched out his hand.

Sa Zhen Bing Ran stretched out his hand to shake hands with Xiao Zhenlei, and then reacted: "I have heard of you, but I didn't expect you to be the leader of the Iron and Blood National Salvation Party, it is really surprising, you have already obtained the control of the main force of the Navy Cruiser Fleet, why did you let Zhuxin bring me over?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei poured two cups of tea, and then said: "General, a country needs a navy, China especially needs a navy, and the Chinese navy needs you, on behalf of the Iron and Blood National Salvation Party and all the officers and men of the naval fleet, I implore you to stay and continue to serve as the commander-in-chief of the navy, and develop and strengthen our navy."

Sa Zhenbing saw Xiao Zhenlei's sincerity, and his heart was quite moved, but he still shook his head and said: "I'm already old, the navy should be carried out by young people, I still have a house in the concession, you just let me spend my old age here, right?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei did not give up, and continued to persuade: "General, although my navy is weak, but the foundation is still there, if you want to develop and grow, go to the deep blue of the sea, you must have someone like the old general to take the helm, General Cheng Biguang, who is visiting Wèn in London, has promised to bring back several ships ordered before from London and join the new government, I hope that if you and Cheng Biguang are in charge of naval affairs, our navy will definitely be able to catch up with and surpass the powers!" ”

Then Xiao Zhenlei threw a bombshell again: "And before you came, I had already ordered two New York-class battleships with a standard displacement of more than 27,000 tons and two heavy cruisers with a standard displacement of 13,000 tons from four shipyards on the American side in the name of the Chinese Navy, with a total cost of 33 million taels. I don't know the bottom of my heart!"

"What? What did you say? Sa Zhenbing excitedly grabbed Xiao Zhenlei and asked, "You said that you have ordered two battleships and two heavy cruisers from the United States?" It's true? ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and said, "Of course, can I still deceive you?" As he spoke, he walked to the safe against the wall, squatted down, opened the safe with the key, took out a copy of the text, and then turned around and handed it to Sa Zhenbing.

"This is the order contract I secretly signed with four shipyards in the United States, look at it, black and white, Tong Su is not deceitful, I have paid a deposit of 10 million taels, these four warships, I will buy them back no matter what!"

It stands to reason that as long as you buy a ship, it is best to buy it from the British side, after all, Britain's shipbuilding technology is the most advanced in this era, but now European countries are engaged in an arms race, and the British shipyards have no gap at all, Xiao Zhenlei had to retreat to the United States, which is not very busy, to order, and the Americans are easy to talk to, as long as they have money, the owners of those shipyards can sell their ancestors, in order to be able to sell the warships, they also find a way to ask the US government for shipbuilding quotas, nominally for the US government, It was actually built for Xiao Zhenlei. The purpose of this is naturally to conceal the news from other countries, which is also a special request from the owners of those shipyards in the United States before Xiao Zhenlei bought the ship.

"Okay, okay, we finally have battleships, finally we have!" Sa Zhenbing was so excited that he almost cried, and when he calmed down, he asked again, "How come you have so much money to buy a battleship?" In case the battleship is built, you can't pay the final payment, won't it be cheaper for someone else? Also, why would you be willing to spend so much money for the Navy? ”

Xiao Zhenlei held the teacup and gestured to Sa Zhenbing, and after taking a sip of tea, he said: "General don't worry, I have all the money for the purchase of the battleship, and this money will be deposited in the bank until the battleship is delivered!" As he spoke, he took out a check from Wen Jiàn's bag and handed it over: "This is the final payment, we will buy more warships in the future, and even we will build our own warships, you just said why I am willing to spend so much money for the navy, because I know that if a country's strong army is not strong enough, it cannot defend the country, it cannot go to the sea and go deep into the sea, it is impossible to guarantee China's maritime frontier, and even the maritime frontier cannot be kept, so what is the sovereignty?" Look at the fact that the naval warships of the great powers are moored everywhere in the coastal ports of our country, this is a shame, our generation has suffered a lot of humiliation, and we must not allow the next generation to continue to survive under the mercy of foreigners! ”

Sa Zhenbing heard the old tears, and stood up excitedly and said, "Okay, I'll work this old bone for another twenty years!" ”R1152