Chapter 328: White Wolf (Lang) Banditry
What happened in Fujian was somewhat unexpected, because no one expected this to happen.
first killed Wang Mingrui in prison, and then let his own guards shoot at the people who rushed over to protest? As long as anyone who knows a little bit about Sun Daoren knows that he will not do this.
Although Sun Daoren would definitely not be willing to let Wang Mingrui go, but under the pressure from all sides, Sun Daoren could only choose to compromise. Sun Daoren had done this many times in the past, and this was also for why he didn't let those people into the Governor's Mansionββββββ because Sun Daoren really didn't want to see the faces of these people, but who would have thought that this kind of thing would happen in the future?
In fact, when Wang Mingrui was just arrested, the people of the Fuzhou branch of the Special Affairs Bureau had already reported to the Anqing General Bureau. It's just that Wang Mingrui is basically arrested and put in prison for this kind of thing every once in a while, and then released after a while, so no one on the side of the Special Affairs Bureau cares, and I didn't expect things to turn out like this after the worst...
The Fuzhou tragedy, which is the name of this tragedy by the outside world, is similar to the Chengdu bloody case, and the situation does have many similarities.
After the nationalization of the railway at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Erfeng, the governor of Sichuan, was ordered by the Qing court to trap Pu Dianjun, Luo Lun, Yan Kai, Zhang Lan, Deng Xiaoke and other leading figures of the Baolu Comrades Association and the Shareholders' Association, so as to close the railway company and the Comrades Association. At that time, the people of Chengdu rushed to the governor's yamen to petition, but the soldiers of the governor's yamen opened fire and shot more than 30 people on the spot, which eventually led to chaos in Sichuan.
According to the intelligence of the Special Service. After leaving Fuzhou, Sun Daoren had already gone to Shanghai with his family, cronies, and personal belongings, as if he was planning to settle in Shanghai first.
At the same time, Xu Chongzhi, who had just ascended to the throne in Fujian, also announced that Sun Daoren was wanted by the public. The Kuomintang headquarters in Tokyo even announced the expulsion of Sun Daoren from the party.
In fact, smart people can see that Wang Mingrui's death is definitely tired, after all, Sun Daoren has arrested him so many times, and he has been released every time, if he really wants to die, he will be killed a long time ago, there is no reason to do it nowββββββ not to mention that even if he borrowed Sun Daoren's eight guts, he didn't have the courage to do it.
"But now with this 'bloody case' in the back, even if it is found out that Sun Daoren is innocent. I'm afraid there's nothing I can do..."
Looking at the information sent by the Special Affairs Bureau afterwards, Li Liang sighed helplessly, obviously there was nothing he could do about this matter.
It turned out that Sun Daoren was more or less their ally no matter what. If it was just Wang Mingrui, they could find a way to help Sun Daoren find out the truth. But now that there is such a thing, even if it is found out later that it was not Sun Daoren who did it, it is useless.
"Yes..."Yan Shao also sighed, and then turned his head to look at Tang Li. Is there really no movement in Fujian? β
"For now, yes," Tang Li nodded. The Special Affairs Bureau only learned about this incident after the fact. But it can't be helped. Although the Special Affairs Bureau has developed a lot compared to the past, considering the size of China, and even the size of the world, it is still a little stretched when it comes to action.
Therefore, the distribution of resources of the Special Affairs Bureau is also hierarchical, and this level is based on the importance or threat to the National Socialist Party.
Overseas, the greatest threat to the National Socialist Party is naturally Japan, so the Overseas Special Affairs Bureau has the strongest strength in Japan.
And at home, it is Beiyang, the Kuomintang and Shanghai...
Among them, the threat to the National Socialist Party is the greatest due to Beiyang. The resources invested are also the largest. The words of the Kuomintang, as the second major threat. Considerable resources have also been invested. However, this resource was mainly concentrated in a few regions such as Nanjing, Guangdong, and Jiangxi, and Fujian was divided into secondary areas because of the deep contradictions between Sun Daoren and Xu Chongzhi, and the threat to the Kuomintang was not great.
As the financial center of the Far East, the Kuomintang relies on this city for many exports.
In addition to these places, other places, including Fujian, are classified as sub-regions. Otherwise, there are more than 20 provinces in China, even if each province only has 100 people, it is nearly 3,000 people, and the current special affairs bureau has less than 2,000 people, which is obviously not enough...
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"Judging from the information we have obtained so far, it seems that Xu Chongzhi has reached an agreement with many powerful forces in Fujian, so he can safely assume the position of governor, and this agreement does not talk about Fujian's involvement in the war between us and Beiyang until now..." It seems that these people also want to learn from Sun Daoren's past and watch from the sidelines, but Xu Chongzhi didn't seem to have any plans to send troops, so he agreed without thinking about it. β
"In addition, on the Guangdong side, we have just received information, Chen Jiongming in Guangdong seems to have stopped the mobilization for the war, and the Cantonese army that has been drawn to the border between Guangdong and Jiangxi is stationed in place, and has no intention of making a move, but according to another reliable information we have just obtained, the Guangdong side seems to have a great connection with the Japanese, and now there are many unknown people who are frequently in and out of Guangdong, and it seems that they are all soldiers..."
"In other words, there are Japanese people behind this incident..."Speaking of this, Yan Shao also had a headache.
To be honest, he is really not afraid of the Kuomintang now. Because at present, in the local army, except for a few troops such as the Dian Army, they are basically miscellaneous troops, and their combat effectiveness is pitiful, even if the Kuomintang really sends troops from Guangdong and Fujian jointly, according to the estimate of the Ministry of Military Affairs, one regiment in one direction can already ensure the security of the border, and if a brigade is deployed in one direction, it can even launch a counteroffensive...
If Chen Jiongming and Xu Chongzhi really can't bear to send troops now, Yan Shao can even take advantage of the situation to take Guangdong and Fujianββββββ and now Yan Shao's troops are tight, but one division can still take it. Moreover, with Anhui's existing capacity, it can easily mobilize 20,000 or 30,000 people, and there is no need to worry about the difficulty of troops after the occupation.
It's just that now it seems that the situation is a little troublesome.
The patience of the Kuomintang. The changes in Fujian, coupled with the frequent arrival of Japanese in Guangdong, all show that there are Japanese behind this.
No matter what their ultimate goal would be, it would be a very troublesome thing for Yan Shao.
"It seems that you need to be cautious..."Thinking of this, Yan Shao looked at Tang Li. Send someone to make a good investigation to see what the Kuomintang and the Japanese are planning. Be sure to get some accurate information back. β
"Yes..."Tang Li saluted with both legs.
She was originally a beauty, but she has developed very well over the years.
But now half of Yan Shao's thoughts about women are focused on Kaoru Otsuki. So I didn't care about that.
At the same time, Tang Li retreated from the office after winking at Wu Qianqiu, who was standing in the corner of the room.
Noticing Tang Li's expression, Wu Qianqiu's heart tightened. But after discovering that neither Li Liang nor Yan Shao noticed this. Wu Qianqiu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
For now, the relationship between the two is still in a secret state, and naturally they don't want to be discovered by others.
As for going on like this, will Yan Shao have any thoughts about Tang Li? As Yan Shao's adjutant, Wu Qianqiu naturally knew that Yan Shao didn't have any thoughts about Tang Li at all, even if he had, at most it would be his brother's ββββββ to his sister, of course, the most important point was that Tang Li was already very peugeot. But there is still a long way to go compared to Elaino......... To put it simply, I just didn't like it. After all, after having them, Yan Shao's requirements for women's figures, appearances and temperament are already very high, and ordinary vulgar fans can't get into his eyes at all, which can be seen from the fact that he often goes to Qinglou but never stays overnight, so Wu Qianqiu is very relieved.
It's just that he probably couldn't have imagined that the matter of the two of them had already spread at the top of the National Socialist Party, and there was a trend of spreading more and more fiercely, the reason why Yan Shao and they didn't care about it was just because they had known the Tao for a long time, and there were more important things now...
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At the junction of the three provinces, the Beiyang and the National Social Army did not dare to say that the battle was turned upside down, but in fact, it was almost the same. The thousands of casualties per day were almost staggering, but gradually the situation began to turn in the direction of the National Socialist Army.
There is no way, who called the mobilization system on the side of the National Social Army better, and the Beiyang side has begun to re-recruit troops after most of the reserves have been exhausted, but it is a pity that perhaps they were frightened by this war, and there are few people willing to recruit soldiers.
In the end, when there was no way, Beiyang had to start compulsory conscriptionββββββ referred to as Lazhuang Ding.
Since it is to catch strong men, it is always necessary to start in a place relatively close to the battlefield. And the closest to the battlefield are undoubtedly the two provinces of Shandong and Henan.
It's just that Shandong is the foundation of Yuan Shikai after all, and Yuan Shikai is not willing to mess up Shandong because of this war, so in fact, most of the strong men were captured from Henan.
It is also because of this that the dark tide in Henan is surging...
Countless casualties and countless losses caused some headaches on both sides of the war, and even the Japanese and British standing behind Beiyang. It is important to know that since the beginning of the battle, even on the smallest day, the two warring sides have consumed tens of thousands of shells, and the rest of the ammunition is countless.
Yan Shao's family may not have a big business here, but the British and Japanese are a little painful, after all, such a large intensity of consumption is not at all something that Yuan Shikai himself can bear. If it were only Yuan Shikai's own words, I was afraid that it would not be long before the finances collapsed.
The problem is that just for Yuan Shikai's blood transfusion, the British and Japanese can't stand it.
Capitalism is not philanthropists, it needs to make money, and at the same time they are imperialists.
The only people who can laugh now are the merchants who provide all kinds of supplies to the warring sides.
Needless to say, those arms dealers are consuming huge amounts of weapons and ammunition on both sides every day, and these things can bring them great profits. This is especially true of the Germans, after all, the Anqing Arsenal alone can only provide part of the needs for the time being.
Naturally, British and Japanese arms dealers were also quite happy about this.
Besides. It's some businessmen here in Anhuiββββββ that's right, from Anhui.
From the most basic military boots to the food needed by the soldiers, these have brought huge business opportunities to Anhui. At the same time, because this war was completely supported by Yan Shao's personal funds (based on the current financial situation of the Anhui military government. It can't support such a large-scale war), so if it weren't for the fact that there are many dead and wounded on the front line every day, this war would definitely be beneficial to Anhui.
Even now, there are still many factories built in Anhui, and many young people who were originally working in the fields have also left their hoes and walked into the factories.
Although the work in the factory is very hard, it is still more profitable than working in the fields. Moreover, in the field, it depends on the weather, but in the factory, there is no need for this.
What's more, there is an example of the 8-hour working system of the Yushi Group, although not every factory can be the same as the Yushi Group. However, most of them still maintained their working hours at 10 hoursββββββ which may have been high in later generations, but it was already very low in this era.
Because of this, the working class, which had just had a certain size in Anhui, did not show much resistance.
Judging by the current situation of the previous line. No matter who it is. Even the warring sides believe that this 'extremely tragic' war will not be able to be won or lost in a short period of time, and even the most optimistic estimates will take half a year, and a little longer will be about a year.
Naturally, this is based on the premise that there are no accidents, but although there have been many accidents in China in the past, accidents that can affect such a large-scale war are still rare, so no one will worry about accidents.
And because of this, when the accident does happen. Everyone was stunned, especially the disadvantage...
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Tang County, Henan (that is, the current Tanghe County. It happens to be located at the junction of Henan and Hubei), and many people entered the county seat after paying the city entry tax.
As far as the present situation is concerned, since the Beiyang and Guoshe armies are only engaged in an exchange of fire at the junction of the three provinces, the people of Henan are not directly implicated in the war at presentββββββ to be precise.
Don't mention anything else, but a problem of catching strong men has made the people of Henan very panicked. Due to the large casualties among the officers and men on the front line, many troops stationed in the rear could not act rashly, and Beiyang had no choice but to continue recruiting troops when there was no other way.
But after understanding the severity of the front, it can be said that there are only a handful of people who are willing to join the army for a salary of 7 yuan.
As far as Jing'an is concerned, Beiyang's troops are still a long way from being exhausted, but in order to avoid the situation of digging wells on the verge of thirst, Beiyang can only start to do so first.
Out of affection for Shandong, the main place to catch Zhuangding is concentrated in Henan.
Of course, at this time, Beiyang was still relatively kind, with military salaries and ordnance, and food that was very good in this era. If it were in normal times, this kind of opportunity would not have come to them, but now they would rather not have this kind of opportunity.
In addition to catching strong men, what makes the people of Henan most angry is the tax...
In the early years of the Republic of China, Henan could be said to be full of disasters, coupled with the expropriation of local officials, the life of the common people was already very difficult. Now that the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army are at war, although the British have provided Yuan Shikai with a large amount of financial assistance, this is still far from enough for Yuan Shikai after all.
So in order to raise funds as much as possible, Yuan Shikai added a few more taxes within the scope of Beiyang's powerββββββ since the recovery, except for Anhui and Jiangxi, there are not a few provinces that have taken the initiative to exempt taxes, more are more, so it is not surprising, and as a front-line province, Henan is naturally the place where the most taxes are levied.
Naturally, this also made it more difficult for the people of Henan, who were already living, just because the Beiyang Army had guns in their hands, so the people did not dare to resist.
Mostly...
"Have you already been contacted?"
In a forest near Tang County, after looking at the county seat with a telescope, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his early 40s looked back at his subordinates behind him.
"It's all connected, don't worry..."Seeing the middle-aged man ask, a young man of 2 or 30 years old next to him said with a smile.
"That's goodβ" Hearing the young man say this, the middle-aged man nodded. Tell the brethren that they are all ready, and we will speak the Dharma at 11 o'clock..."After saying that, the middle-aged man looked up at the position to the east. "Lei Zhenchun's troops have been transferred to the front line, and now Tang County and several surrounding counties are empty, this is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us, if we let go of this opportunity, it will not be easy to think of the next chance..."
"Understood..."
On May 15, five days after the Fuzhou tragedy, bandits broke out in Tang County, Henan Province.
Due to the internal response of the defenders of Tang County, the rebel army captured the county that night, seized a large number of weapons including artillery and machine guns, and abandoned the city to the north on the same day, and successively conquered several villages and towns to take Lushan.
At the same time, because the Lei Zhenchun Division of the Beiyang Seventh Division, which was originally stationed in Henan, was fighting fiercely with the Nationalist Army on the front line at this time, Henan's internal troops were empty, but there was nothing they could do about this huge bandit army.
This is the famous white wolf (Lang) bandit rebellion in history... (To be continued......)