The troops of the 20th town and 2 associations of the Zhejiang New Army, because of the fact that a small number of members of the Xingzhong Association and the party took advantage of the night battlefield uprising, there was chaos, so that the Fujian ** army should cooperate with the outside world, and swallowed the 20 towns and 2 associations at once, and a large number of prisoners were absorbed by the Fujian ** army.

20 towns and 2 associations counted the members of the Xingzhong Association and the party of the uprising, at least 6,000 people joined the Fujian ** army, and the 2 associations added up to 24 75 mm mountain guns were also completely captured by the Fujian ** army, which made Fujian's shape reversed instantly, and the Fujian ** army pursued by victory, even under Longyan, Quanzhou, Putian, Xiamen and other places, to the end of March 1902, half of Fujian Province was occupied by the Fujian ** army, and the Fujian ** army also developed to 3 towns and 9 associations, with a total strength of nearly 50,000 people.

However, due to the rapid development of the Fujian ** army, there is a shortage of weapons and ammunition. Many soldiers of the Fujian ** Army have just joined the army, and there are only more than 10,000 veterans of the new army and patrol battalions in various places, so that the overall combat effectiveness of the Fujian ** Army is not strong.

On March 27, 1902, a transport ship with the Japanese flag docked at a wharf in Xiamen, and on the wharf, a group of people wearing the uniforms of the officers of the Great Fresh Army were standing on the pier, but these people had a red silk scarf tied around their necks, and unlike other officers of the Great Fresh Army, their braids were cut off, these people were the officers in the Fujian ** Army, headed by Wang Heshun, the commander-in-chief of the Fujian ** Army.

The Zhangzhou Uprising was only a short period of 1 month, and the Fujian ** Army was basically fighting and expanding, and there was no time to order any unified military uniforms, and the lack of military spending was also one thing, the officers and soldiers of the original new army and patrol battalions in various places in the Fujian ** Army continued to wear the military uniforms of the original Da Xin Army, and the new people who joined the Fujian ** Army could only continue to wear the clothes of the common people, but the officers and soldiers of the Fujian ** Army all tied a red silk scarf around their necks to show the difference.

Many people walked down from the transport ship docked at the Xiamen wharf one after another, and the first person in the front had a straight beard under his nose and was wearing a white suit, and the whole person was full of energy.

After Wang Heshun saw this person, he took more than 20 officers of the Fujian ** Army behind him to greet him and salute and said, "President, we have finally waited for you to come to Fujian!" ”

The person in the white suit was Sun Wen, the president of the Xingzhong Society, and Sun Wen saw Wang Heshun holding his hand excitedly and said: "Dexin, you have made great contributions to our Xingzhong Society, and you have also made great contributions to our China!" "Wang Heshun is a cousin of Dexin.

Wang Heshun said with a smile: "President, this is the result of the joint efforts of the comrades, and Dexin is ashamed to take credit." ”

Sun Wen patted Wang Heshun on the shoulder and said, "Okay, Dexin, don't be modest, has the current situation in Fujian changed?" ”

Wang Heshun said: "President, now the Qing army has not made any big moves, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Xu Yingqi, led the remaining troops of 19 towns, as well as the troops of the 16th town and 1 association from Jiangxi, guarding Fuzhou City, our Fujian ** army now has 3 towns and 9 associations, I have sent the most elite 1 town and 2 associations, moving closer to the direction of Fuzhou, preparing to launch an attack on Fuzhou, and strive to recover the whole of Fujian before the Manchu Qing Dynasty mobilizes a large army into Fujian!" ”

After the fiasco of Changtai County, the frightened governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Xu Yingqi, personally sent a telegram to Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, begging to be stationed in Fuzhou City. 20 towns and 2 associations only escaped back with about 200 people, and all of a sudden the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Xu Yingqi, was overstretched, so he had to make a thick face and ask for an old friend.

Since several major governors have trained new armies in the provinces under their jurisdiction, they have all become powerful factions like Li Hongzhang, and the Qing court wants these powerful governors in the south to transfer troops to suppress the rebellion in Fujian, and they have to discuss with them, and these governors have also figured out that as long as you have military power, even the imperial court will not dare to touch you, just like Li Hongzhang.

After the defeat of 20 towns in Changtai County, the Qing court ordered Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, and Cen Chunxuan, the governor of Liangguang, who were in neighboring Fujian Province, to mobilize new troops into Fujian to suppress the rebellion in Fujian.

However, Cen Chunxuan, the governor of Liangguang, complained that last year, the Xingzhong Society launched a rebellion in Guangzhou, which greatly damaged the vitality of the 22nd town in Guangdong, while the 23rd town in Guangxi was not strong enough, so he was now unable to send troops into Fujian Province to quell the rebellion, so the imperial court wanted to think of other ways.

And Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, sent one of the 16th towns of Jiangxi to Fujian, but that was for the sake of his old friend Xu Yingqi, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, for the Qing court's several telegrams urging Liu Kunyi to send him at least one town of new troops into Fujian Province to suppress the rebellion, Liu Kunyi threw it away.

Lao Liu, I can send troops into Fujian Province to quell the rebellion, but you have to pay attention to the imperial court and take out the silver! Is it easy for my Lao Liu to form a new army in these 3 towns? The court did not allocate 1 tael of silver, it was all the silver that I had scraped together, and now I want to put down the rebellion, the consumption of weapons and ammunition, and the compensation for the casualties, who will take it? You can't let me pay for it! My Lao Liu is now sending a new army of the 1st Association, which can protect at least half of Fujian Province, and if the imperial court wants to completely suppress the rebellion, then the imperial court has to take the silver out.

Wang Heshun has not yet said something to Sun Wen, although the 16th town only sent 1 association, but the 16 towns have 20,000 troops divided into 3 associations, and 1 association also has more than 6,500 troops, plus the remaining nearly 2,500 people in 19 towns, and counting the Fuzhou patrol battalion of more than 1,000 people, Fuzhou's troops are enough for 10,000 people, and there is no shortage of weapons and ammunition, and he is ready to attack Fuzhou's 1 town and 2 associations, although there are 27,000 people, but more than half of them are still equipped with cold weapons, Wang Heshun himself has no bottom in his heart about whether he can capture Fuzhou City.

Sun Wen nodded and said, "Okay!" Dexin, the matter of the war will be handed over to you, I brought over more than 400 overseas backbones of the Xingzhong Association this time, some of whom are ready to set up our own government in the area of Fujian to replace the yamen of the Qing Dynasty, and some people are arranged to join the Fujian ** army to strengthen the strength of the Fujian ** army. In addition, didn't you send a telegram saying that the Fujian ** army was short of weapons? I brought a large amount of arms from Japan to the Fujian Army, which just solved the problem of the lack of weapons in the Fujian Army. ”

Wang Heshun was immediately excited when he heard the arms, you must know that the most lacking thing in the Fujian ** army is weapons and ammunition, "President, arms?" How many? Although there are nearly 50,000 people in our Fujian ** army, only 16,000 people are equipped with rifles, and some of them are old-fashioned single-shot rifles. ”

Sun Wen said with a red face: "This batch of ammunition has a total of 8,000 Japanese 30-type repeating rifles and 6 million bullets. There are 100,000 Japanese Type 13 single-shot rifles and 30 million rounds of ammunition. 50 Japanese Type 30 heavy machine guns with 500,000 rounds of ammunition. 40 guns with a caliber of 47 mm, 40 guns with a caliber of 57 mm, and more than 10,000 shells. These weapons and ammunition are on the transport ship we came. ”

Wang Heshun looked at the transport ship docked at the dock and shouted in surprise: "So many! President, could it be that the Japanese gave it? ”

Sun Wen nodded and said: "It is indeed Japan that supported us, and it was the Japanese government that took the initiative to contact us Xingzhonghui. ”

The Japanese Type 30 repeating rifle is currently the standard rifle equipped by the Japanese Army, which began to be produced in 1897, with a caliber of 6.5 mm, a gun length of 1275 mm, a weight of 3.95 kg, a range of 2000 meters, a loading of 5 rounds, and a bolt type is adopted, that is, you have to manually pull the bolt to shoot a shot, and then you can continue to shoot, the reason why it is said to be a burst is because it can hold 5 bullets.

The Japanese Type 13 single-shot rifle is the standard rifle of the Japanese army during the War in the First Sino-Japanese War, but it has now been eliminated by the Japanese Army and replaced by the Japanese Type 30 repeating rifle, but Japan also sealed a large number of this single-shot rifle, and most of the single-shot rifles that were sealed for the Xingzhong Society this time.

The Japanese Type 30 heavy machine gun was also produced in 1897, with a caliber of 6.5 mm, a total gun length of 1448 mm, a weight of 55.2 kg, a firing range of 3000 meters, and a 30-round ammunition plate feed, with a theoretical rate of fire of 400 rounds per minute.

Wang Heshun frowned and said, "President, the Japanese have given us so many weapons and ammunition, what are the requirements?" They won't give it to us for nothing, will they? ”

A gleam flashed in Sun Wen's eyes and said: "It's really almost for nothing, you first arrange someone to unload the arms on the transport ship, and we'll talk about it in detail later." ”

It turned out that at the end of 1899, after signing an armistice treaty with Lin Daxin, Japan lost South Korea, the Ryukyu Islands, the Ogasawara Islands and the Kuril Islands, and also borrowed 20 million pounds from Britain to pay Lin Daxin.

The Japanese see it very clearly, the decaying Manchu Qing Dynasty can't resist the wolf-like Dingbei Army at all, and Beiyang, the strongest of the several forces in the Qing Dynasty, almost wears the same pants as Lin Daxin, as long as Lin Daxin waves his troops south, it won't be long before the entire Qing Dynasty has to be included in Lin Daxin's pocket, and now Lin Daxin is terrifying enough, if he gets the land and population of the entire Qing Dynasty, will Japan not be able to live?

Therefore, the Japanese hope to support the Xingzhong Society to overthrow the Qing Dynasty by force, and there is a new force to replace the Qing Dynasty, perhaps, eighty percent, can prevent Lin Daxin's comprehensive occupation of the Qing Dynasty, and it is best that the forces established by the Xingzhong Society can fight Lin Daxin to the death, and the entire Qing Dynasty will be the happiest! R1152