The Hubei New Army's will to fight was not firm, and it was said that Zhang Zhidong suddenly fell ill after the first attack, so he did not relaunch the attack for several days after that, but only used gunboats and ground artillery fire to disturb it from time to time. Although this kind of harassment is very annoying, it also has a good effect, that is, after a long time, even the ordinary recruits have gradually adapted to a lot, so that they will not be frightened to run around as soon as they hear the sound of shells exploding.

A few days later, perhaps because Zhang Zhidong's illness had recovered or something, the Hubei New Army launched another attack. Their attack this time was much better organized than the last one. The shelling lasted longer, and the soldiers' will to fight became stronger. Later, according to the recollections of some people, before this attack, the Hubei New Army offered a very high reward.

Due to the lack of barbed wire and mines, coupled with the help of artillery, and the revolutionary army did not have many machine guns, so the Hubei New Army soon broke into the trenches of the revolutionary army.

In a sense, the bayonet assault is the best expression of an army's will to fight. The psychological pressure of white-knuckle fighting is far greater than that of rifle shooting. In the previous wars between the Chinese and the foreigners, whether it was a distant crow. Piece War Second Raven. The film war, or the more recent Sino-Japanese War and the battle of the Eight-Nation Alliance. The Manchu armies often lasted a while in the face of foreign fire, and in the face of bayonet assaults, there were few that did not collapse immediately and quickly.

The Hubei New Army was much stronger than the average Qing army, but in essence, they were still an army that didn't know why. In this era, there were no longer any troops who were truly loyal to our Qing Dynasty, and the reason why they came to fight the revolutionary army was simply because of orders from above, not because they themselves felt that they should do so. Such an army, even if well trained, would not have much courage to persist in fighting in a battle with bayonets. What's more, in terms of training, they are not better than the death squad led by Qiu Jin, and even in terms of assassination skills alone, they are much worse.

Comparing the military thinking of China and the West at that time, you often find a very strange thing: the Western powers, which were significantly superior in long-range firepower, paid much more attention to hand-to-hand combat than China. Needless to say, Lao Maozi, who has always believed that "bullets are stupid and bayonets are heroes", including the British and French armies, has always attached great importance to bayonet warfare. Even in the United States, there is an extensive and in-depth study of bayonet counter techniques, and there are many books on various techniques and tactics. The soldiers were also trained in bayonet warfare quite systematically. On the other hand, the weaker Chinese army often pinned its hopes on defeating the enemy by non-contact shooting, lacking not only research on bayonet warfare, but also little training in bayonet warfare. Therefore, once you engage in hand-to-hand combat with the armies of the great powers, even when morale is high, the exchange ratio is often very sad. This habit even continued into the later National Revolutionary Army. Until the Anti-Japanese War, the National Revolutionary Army, except for the 18th Group Army and the newly formed Fourth Army, basically lacked systematic bayonet combat training, and even the Northwest Army's broadsword team, which was the most proficient in hand-to-hand combat, was at a significant disadvantage in the bayonet confrontation with the Japanese army.

But the death squad of the Liberation Society is an exception, although their number is only a few dozen, but they have all received systematic bayonet combat training in Heishui, and have conducted many simulated bayonet confrontation exercises, although they cannot be compared with those veterans in Heishui, but whether it is individual skills or team cooperation, they are not without training, and the soldiers of the Hubei New Army who rely entirely on personal on-the-spot play are much stronger. As a result, in the bayonet confrontation, the revolutionary army with the Guangfuhui death squad as the arrow quickly defeated the Hubei New Army that rushed up and stabilized the situation.

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"Jingxiong is injured?" Tao Chengzhang, who got the telegram, was taken aback. The space of the telegram is limited, so I can't say it carefully, but Tao Chengzhang knows that Qiu Jin has a strong temperament, and if he is slightly injured, I am afraid that he will not mention this matter in the telegram at all. For a long time, the main responsible persons of the Liberation Society in the military side are Qiu Jin and Xu Xilin, and now if Qiu Jin is seriously injured, the battle in Anqing may have a lot of trouble.

"Paula. Protect. Where did the umbrella man go? Tao Chengzhang asked, according to them and Bao. Protect. The contract signed by the umbrella company is guaranteed. Protect. A 75 infantry artillery squad of the umbrella company and about a company of infantry first rushed to Anqing as fast as they could.

"The naval guns of the Hubei New Army blocked a long stretch of the river, so they went ashore in Zongyang yesterday, and then changed boats to pass through Caizi Lake and Baitu Lake. Calculate the time, and it will probably be there the day after tomorrow. Van Ainong replied.

"This time, they repelled the Hubei New Army, and they should be able to support it for a while. Then classified protection. Protect. When the advance team of umbrellas arrives, it should be able to stabilize the situation. Tao Chengzhang thought so.

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"The Hubei New Army failed in its offensive?" Yuan Shikai's face showed some surprise. Although he is not directly in charge of Beiyang now, he is still very concerned about the current situation. In his original expectation, although the Hubei New Army was not enough to change the whole situation, it would not be a problem to take Anqing. Because of the level of the Hubei New Army and the level of the Anhui New Army, he still knows it in his heart.

However, this is not a bad thing for Yuan Shikai, Yuan Shikai knows that the worse the Hubei New Army fights, the more important the Beiyang Army is, and the greater the losses of the Hubei New Army and the Revolutionary Army, the stronger the relative strength of Beiyang. In today's chaos, whoever has more strength in his hands will get a bigger share.

"Zhang Xiangshuai is old and won't live for a few years, so I'm afraid he's thinking more about the reputation of future generations. But I can't do that with him. I'm going to be like this with him, I'm afraid that the chaos will be even bigger. Yuan Shikai thought so.

The so-called bigger mess is actually simple, that is, the Beiyang Group has actually become an independent interest group. Now this interest group obeys him, not only because the Beiyang Army was brought out by him from the small station, but also because he can safeguard the interests of this group. If he intends to sacrifice the interests of the Beiyang Group for the sake of the so-called reputation, then I am afraid that the direct consequence will be the split of Beiyang. And if China's strongest military bloc splits all of a sudden, then China will immediately enter the same melee as the five dynasties and ten countries, in an environment surrounded by great powers, China makes it like this, in Yuan Shikai's view, it is simply out of control. So, he can't do it like Zhang Zhidong.

"Tell Zhiquan, don't worry, don't worry. Be calm. Yuan Shikai said to the adjutant who was waiting on the side.

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"I'll just say that the Han people are unreliable!" Zaifeng roared angrily, "Zhang Zhidong's Hubei New Army, known as well-trained and well-equipped, is under the city of Anqing, and he can't advance an inch, what the hell is he doing!" Did he want to ...... And Beiyang, what does Tieliang eat? I can't even move a single soldier! The six towns of Beiyang spent so much money on the imperial court, raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, and now they don't listen to the dispatch? Are they trying to rebel? And that Yixuan, I really don't know how much silver Yuan Shikai gave him, he actually wrote a book, saying that the current situation must enable Yuan Shikai to lead the troops, doesn't he know, now let Yuan Shikai take back the military power, then our Qing Dynasty will really be over soon. Even Han people like Zhang Zhidong know that Yuan Shikai must not be allowed to be in charge of Beiyang again, and he actually speaks for Yuan Shikai again, he is really a good courtier of the Qing Dynasty! And those foreigners, they actually asked me to reactivate Yuan Shikai one by one, their intentions ......"

But no matter how angry he is, Zaifeng knows that there is nothing he can do. The first of the six towns in Beiyang was all banner people, and it was said that they were obedient and willing to serve the Qing Dynasty. However, as soon as they heard that they were going to disrupt the party, these flag men actually retreated. In Tie Liang's words, the first town is the capital of the Qing Dynasty and cannot be moved lightly. But Zaifeng knew that Tie Liang was actually saying that the first town had no combat effectiveness at all, and if he didn't go to the battlefield, he could still scare and scare people.

"Hey, the big green fruit pill!" Zaifeng, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

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"Is there anything unusual about the Japanese?" Greystone asked his military secretary, Lemon.

"The Japanese are in contact with some people in Mukden...... Lemond replied.

"Don't care about the Mukden side first, let the Russians think about the affairs over there, and our hands can't reach there. I mean, in Shanghai, did they do anything? ”

"The Japanese Marine Corps transferred two squadrons of men from Taiwan to Shanghai, saying that they wanted to protect the expatriate. In addition, they have a lot of contacts with the people of the League. Lemon replied.

"Keep an eye on them first." Greystone said, "What about the British? ”

"Not long ago, the British minister united the envoys of several countries to meet with the regent of the Qing State and asked him to immediately appoint Yuan Shikai to quickly restore the stability of the situation in China and ensure the interests of all countries in China. In addition, Sun Wen of the League announced that he had borrowed $1.5 million as the start-up capital for the new Republic of China, and was now preparing to go to Nanjing, China, and hoped that the revolutionary parties everywhere would unite to build the Republic of China. ”