Chapter 142 Two Heroes Fight for the Southwest (3)

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Qiu Wenbin didn't even have time to rein in his friend's shattered and charred corpse, and dust and stone chips were already flying around him, and the bullets hit the wall and the splashed stones scraped on his face.

Although the Han Yuan style pistol is of excellent quality, but the pistol is a self-defense weapon, it cannot suppress so many rebel troops of the Guizhou army. At this most critical moment, the well-trained soldiers of the guard squad finally rushed out, and after taking the Mauser 98 and ammunition packs thrown away, Qiu Wenbin took one last look at Huang Zelin's corpse, grabbed the gun and gave an order: "Six people guard the gate!" ”

"Machine gun on the wall."

"Zhijun, you go to protect the clerk and give them the pistol! If something happens to them, I'll kill you!" ”

"Grenades." The soldiers of the guard squad who had received the most rigorous training and had experienced more than a dozen battles, large and small, showed their superior strength, and quickly threw out a round of grenades, more than a dozen grenades were sprinkled on the main gate street, and in the rumbling explosions one after another, the soldiers of the Qianqian army who did not expect the opponent to have so many bombs turned on their backs, and before they could react from the grenades, the Han-1 machine gun that had climbed the wall emitted a unique hissing sound.

Ho ho

The unique sound of three long and two short shots, listening to the ears of the rebels is more terrible than the devil, the lack of machine guns, has not experienced the war, a still upright and upright charge of the Qian army does not understand how difficult it is for the infantry to break through the machine gun, not to mention that after the Hubei War exposed the lack of continuity of the 20-round magazine, the guard company has taken the lead in allocating 30-round magazines, and the continuity of firepower is even better. Moreover, the German-made 7.92 mm pointed bullet was also more penetrating, and several rebel soldiers hiding behind the brick wall were killed by the wall because they did not know the power of the bullet.

"Squad leader, look!"

In the reminder of his comrades-in-arms, Qiu Wenbin saw that the Governor's Mansion and the Privy Council, which were two streets away, were all lit up, and his heart suddenly fell to the bottom, and the dense gunshots and two fires confirmed that tonight's action was by no means aimed at Huang Zelin and himself, but a well-planned mutiny!

"What about the squad leader?" A young man from Chongqing named Zhijun ran over with a bag on his back and two clerks of the railway company who had already picked up their pistols, shouting: "I'm afraid it won't work if it goes on like this, we don't have much ammunition, and it won't last long!" ”

"I have a way." A clerk was in a hurry, pointed to the back wall and said: "There is a pond in the back, and there is a foreigner-owned trading house three streets over, I know the boss, and no one dares to enter with a foreigner's signboard." ”

Qiu Wenbin nodded: "Zhijun, you lead everyone to retreat to the foreign bank, if you can't bring a gun, just blow it up, I have to do one thing first to cover you." ”

The soldier thought that he was going to retrieve the body, so he hurriedly stopped: "Squad leader, no, there are too many rebels outside!" Qiu Wenbin waved his hand: "Don't worry, I don't want to die yet!" There is such a big incident in Guiyang, I must send a telegram back immediately, now their attention is on the political fu and the military camp, there must be no movement on the side of the telegraph station, and there will be no chance after tonight! After saying that, he immediately arranged for the machine gun and the clerk to withdraw first, and after taking cover with a few fighters himself for a few minutes, he quickly rushed to the telegraph station in the explosion of the grenade.

As he expected, the telegraph station was not attacked in any way, and there were no soldiers stationed there, and it seemed that both sides had forgotten about the place for a while. When Qiu Wenbin rushed into the telegraph room with his soldiers, he saw the telegraph operator and apprentice hiding under the table and shivering, taking out a handful of silver dollars from his pocket and shouting: "Quick, send a telegram!" ”

The telegraph operator was old, and he was a little stupid when he saw the silver dollar, and he had never seen the military master who spent money to send a telegram. But now that there was a lot of gunfire outside, he didn't even dare to say a word, and quickly asked the apprentice to shake the hand-cranked generator. Since it was not a radio, it was necessary to walk along the telephone line, so the news of the Guiyang mutiny arrived in Xiangtan first, but the translator of the Xiangtan telegraph station was not on duty at that time, and it was not until he went to work the next day that he suddenly realized that it was delayed, but he did not know that Yang Qiu was already in Changsha, so he sent the telegram to Wuchang first.

Qiu Wenbin did not know that the telegram had been delayed, and after sending the telegram, he did something that was later considered to change the situation of the war in Guizhou.

A grenade was stuffed under the telegraph.

Guiyang City in the middle of the night is like a hell on earth, screams and shouts are heard from every place, and flames rise from everywhere. Why did the mutiny happen? Without the history of the Guizhou army to conquer Hubei, why would the two factions with equal strength suddenly and completely tear their faces and fight? The mystery is temporarily obscured by the sound of gunfire ().

In the early morning of the next day, when the news of the Guiyang Mutiny was delayed by telegrams, Yang Qiu had already gone to the Hunan Consultative Bureau under the protection of the soldiers, but as soon as he arrived at the door, he frowned, only to see that there were already hundreds of people waiting outside the gate who had been gathered by the black pressure because of the tax reform, the unemployed people who had been gathered by the squires and the local security guards, the ruffians and hooligans, and the officials of the Lijin Bureau.

If you were another warlord, you might just shoot and arrest people, who would want to explain so much, this year the gun is the biggest! But Yang Qiu walked into the conference hall as if he hadn't seen it, and walked into the conference hall under a surprised gaze. The conference hall was a bit like a large auditorium in the fifties and sixties, and banners had already been hung on the rostrum, and Tan Yanmin and others had been waiting here for a long time, and they immediately got up to greet him when they saw him.

"Let's sit down, I don't have so many rules, just get the errand done." As soon as Yang Qiu asked everyone to sit down, there were bursts of protests outside against the tax change, and Tan Yanmin hurriedly got up and said, "Nonsense, it's really nonsense!" Come, drive them away. ”

Unexpectedly, before he finished his words, a fat-headed and big-eared parliamentarian suddenly stood up: "Governor Tan, don't be angry, it's a republic now, we should always listen to the opinions of the people, right?" I heard that even the presidential palace is open to everyone in Nanjing, so let's listen to the opinions, so it doesn't matter, right? Inspector, don't you say? Tan Yanmin's face changed, and he scolded angrily: "Tang Zhendong, what do you mean by this? It is everyone's honor for the envoy to come to Hunan to preside over the meeting today, how can we let unscrupulous people mess around? ”

Yang Qiu narrowed his eyes and looked at the white and chubby deputy speaker, he only read the letter reporting him yesterday, and he jumped out today, who would he beat if such a person didn't fight? grabbed Tan Yanmin and said with a smile: "Speaker Tang's words still have some truth, since Yang is appointed by the central government, he should naturally speak widely." ”

"The Inspector is wise." Several parliamentarians immediately got up and patted their ass, Tang Zhendong also sat down slowly as if he had won, secretly squinted at Yang Qiu, and snorted coldly at the corner of his mouth, how many people can implement the new policy since ancient times? Not to mention that it still touches such a wide range of tax reforms.

After everyone sat down again, Yang Qiu did not mention the meeting, but slapped his face first, and in everyone's surprise, he saw nearly a hundred soldiers suddenly rush into the conference room, not to mention Tang Zhendong and these councilors, even Tan Yanhong's expression changed greatly, and he hurriedly asked: "Inspector, what are you ()." ”

"You'll find out in a moment." Yang Qiu glanced at Lei, who immediately brought up a thick stack of report letters, he picked up the first one and didn't open it first, and continued: "Originally, I was going to talk about the new deal today, but Yang changed it temporarily, let's solve some things first." ”

As soon as they heard that the new deal was not discussed, the meeting room suddenly exploded, and those officials who had been prepared for a long time didn't know what to do, but before they could come up with a way, Yang Qiu had already handed the first letter to Zhang Taiyan, who was sitting next to him: "Mr. Binglin, you are highly respected, you should read it." ”

"The Inspector is gracious." Zhang Binglin took the letter, got up and slowly unwrapped his belief: "Check, Tang Zhendong, deputy chairman of the Hunan Consultative Bureau, secretly purchased 200 spears in his hometown last month, and used bandits to hoodwink the governor to build a private security team, and set up a card to exploit the township. ”

Before the letter was finished, Tang Zhen, who was about to use the republic to suppress Yang Qiu just now, trembled, and the cold sweat on his forehead flowed down, and he hurriedly got up and shouted: "Lord Patrol, Governor Tan, this is a rumor!" Disinformation! Tang paid out of his own pocket to build a security team in order to stabilize the township, but there was no private card! There is no deception of the government. ”

"It's not up to you to be blinded, it's not up to me to say it." Yang Qiu took out the new deal power, got up and walked in front of him, pointed to the second one and said, "This is the power I sent ten days ago, see clearly!" Those who have not registered with the firearms management offices of the three provincial patrol embassies will surrender their guns within 10 days of arming, and those who disband the private army will not be held accountable. ”

Yang Qiu raised his head and glanced around: "I remember, today is the eleventh day, right?" ”

"That's not right! This is not right! My brother's security team was reported to Governor Tan, and there was a signed reply. Tang Zhendong hurriedly took out Tan Yanmin's approval from his arms, but Yang Qiu didn't look at it and threw it to the side, and spread his hands: "Give me the approval of the Patrol Embassy Gun Management Office or the army." ”

Isn't this a pit man! When the security team was established, there were no patrol envoys! Tang Zhendong was so angry that he trembled, but Yang Qiu didn't give him a chance at all, turned his head and asked, "Lei Meng, what's going on with the Yongzhou security team?" ”

Lei Da Hob Meat had been waiting for cooperation for a long time, and he stood up and said: "Report to the commander, as soon as the time limit passed in the early morning of last night, a company of the third division went to the door to disarm, but the security team dared to openly shoot and rebel, so the brothers could only forcibly disarm ()." A total of 37 people were killed, and all the rest were captured. Lei Meng deliberately glanced at Tang Zhendong and sneered: "The younger brother of the deputy speaker resisted stubbornly and was killed by a shell!" ”

"Cannonballs!"

This sentence made everyone dumbfounded, Yang Qiu not only really dispatched the army, but also pulled out the cannon! Oh my God, is this a war? Or disarm! Just when everyone was sweating in the conference room, Yang Qiu slapped the table, not only frightened Tang Zhendong to sit directly on the ground, but the others also flickered their eyes and did not dare to look at each other.

"Excellent! The army dares to move, this is still not a military and political fu?! Yang Qiu glanced at everyone and said coldly: "No need for interrogation, all of them will be shot!" As for Speaker Tang, he bought guns privately, connived at his brother, and the resistance army was also shot and his house was raided! ”

In just a few words, like a gust of cold wind, everyone shuddered with their teeth, who doesn't have a few guns at home these days? And I haven't heard of this Patrol House Gun Management Office at all! What can I do? After the soldiers pulled out Tang Zhendong, who was already stunned, Yang Qiu dragged out and pointed to the letter: "Next." ”

"Liao Xinglian, a member of the Hunan Consultative Bureau, privately possessed two long guns."

"Shoot and rob the house."

"The current chief of the Changsha police, the former Hunan patrol camp manager Chen Mingqiu."

"Shoot, raid."

"Changde squire Jiang."

"Raid your home and expel you from the province."

The entire conference room was silent, only hearing the sound of reading letters and constantly "shooting and raiding homes", everyone's faces were like ashes, and a small half of the seats were vacant in the conference room in just ten minutes, and seeing that there were still a lot of report letters, even Tan Yanmin trembled (). Seeing that the big fish were almost all gone, Yang Qiu asked people to bring a big brazier, picked up a letter and shook it: "Support the new deal and surrender the gun, I will throw the letter in, don't support me to send soldiers to read it to you!" ”

Is this still a choice? Almost instantly, everyone expressed their support for the new deal, Yang Qiu immediately asked people to bring paper and pencils, and when everyone signed the proposal for the new deal, he immediately handed it to Chen Guofu and said loudly: "Publish in the newspaper!" Let's take a look. ”

It was lively inside and cold outside, when Tang Zhendong and other officials who were once prominent in Hunan were escorted out on charges of possession of guns and other crimes, those protesters were all frightened, and everyone didn't expect Yang Qiu to be serious! The timid ones fled immediately, and it was rare for the few bold ones to see that there were fewer and fewer people around them, and they also knew that the general trend had disappeared without a trace.

On the morning of 2 February, the Wehrmacht, which had been a friendly group before, suddenly launched a military operation codenamed "An Min" in the three provinces of Hunan, Hunan, and Sichuan, and more than 50,000 soldiers began to collect weapons scattered among the people to crack down on bandits and bullies in various localities, and in just one day, more than 3,000 people were arrested and 511 people were killed on the spot. According to later statistics, more than 35,000 guns of various types and 310,000 rounds of ammunition were seized during the three-month clean-up operation. A total of 130,000 people including various militia groups and autonomous armies were disbanded, and more than 30,000 people were killed and arrested.

The impact of this action was huge, and after the news came out, the whole country was in an uproar, with admirers believing that it should be used in troubled times, critics believing that Yang Qiucao had disregarded human life and abused force, and some suggested that the central government should immediately investigate Yang Qiu's dismissal.

That's all for later.

After the new policies such as the tax reform finally began to be slowly implemented at gunpoint, Yang Qiu also got the news of the long-overdue Guizhou mutiny

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