The military's resistance to organizations like the Secret Service Bureau is absolutely sincere, after all, few people have a good impression of organizations like Jinyiwei. However, even so, Fu Xiuming and the others still had to admit the role of those agents of the Secret Service Bureau. Because of the assistance of the Special Affairs Bureau, many things are really convenient.

Since the expansion of the Special Affairs Bureau, as the biggest opponent of the National Socialist Party, the Special Affairs Bureau has never relaxed its intelligence work in Beiyang. For most of the year, not only did they check the details of those high-level leaders in Beiyang, but even some platoon commanders and company commanders below made a list.

In fact, there is also a spy organization on the Beiyang side, that is, the more famous Gyeonggi Military and Political Law Enforcement Department, and the current person in charge is Lu Jianzhang. It's a pity that Lu Jianzhang's ability may be very good, but Yan Shao is more willing to spend money, the so-called intelligence war, sometimes it is silver...

(The Gyeonggi Military and Political Law Enforcement Department is a military and political law enforcement agency established in the capital Beijing in the early years of the Republic of China, which was reorganized and established in May 1912 by the Beijing Defense Battalion Office located in Beijing at the end of the Qing Dynasty.) Directly subordinate to the president, Lu Jianzhang, the former general office of the Beijing Defense Battalion Office, was reappointed as the director of the department. The Gyeonggi Military and Law Enforcement Department is nominally responsible for public security in and around the capital and in Tianjin, but in fact it is similar to the central secret service organization. ）

The so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible.

The most difficult thing in this world is to understand yourself, so confidant, few people dare to say this kind of thing, but knowing the other is beyond doubt.

Coupled with the rigorous training of the past half a year, plus the advantages of weapons and other aspects, even if the current situation is relatively disadvantageous. Fu Xiuming still didn't think he might lose.

That's right, in addition to Li Liejun in Jiangxi, Zhu Rui in Zhejiang. With Cheng Dequan in Jiangsu and Li Yuanhong in Hubei, the Kuomintang was surrounded by a large group of powerful forces. But except for Li Liejun, the rest are wall grass, if Yan Shao's side falls into the downwind, they will definitely fall into the well, and take the opportunity to rush up and take a bite, but if Yan Shao has the upper hand...

Naturally, everything will be solved...

So everything is as Yan Shao said. As long as the first battle is fought well, the rest will not be worried.

"Later send a telegram to the French legation and tell them. The main drama has begun..."After the meeting, Yan Shao said to Wu Qianqiu.

"Yes, I'll go now..."Nodding, Wu Qianqiu turned around and walked in the direction of the telecommunications office.

After the assassination happened. Yan Shao and Lei? Copa exchanged some views.

For taking advantage of this opportunity to launch. Thunder? Although Kopa was a little skeptical, he still agreed, because in his opinion, such a good opportunity is indeed difficult to come across. And now there are many French officers in Anhui, many of whom are retired generals and colonels. Kopa also learned a little bit about it.

According to those officers, the current National Army is close to the level of second-rate infantry divisions in Europe. Coupled with a very strong level of firepower, it may not be much in Europe, but in this part of Asia. At least it's already possible to walk sideways.

In fact, during the year in Anhui, the hardships and tenacity of the young soldiers of the National Social Army opened their eyes. It also reversed some of the original prejudices against the yellow race in their hearts. Although many French instructors were reluctant to admit their superiority, a few instructors privately felt that the fighting strength of the Nationalist Socialist Army, at least in French Indochina, was probably no match for the French troops.

It is precisely because of this evaluation of these people that let Ray? Kopa is full of confidence in Yan Shao.

However, he also made it very clear that the French government could not give any support in this matter, after all, Britain and France were still close allies, just as the British would not be enemies of France regardless of the threat of the Allies for the sake of their interests in China, and it was impossible for the French to really have any conflict with the British for a warlord in the Far East. Or diplomatic pressure or something like that...

For Yan Shao, these are enough. He would work with the French, and it was only for the sake of that support. And even if Ray? Kopa does not support this matter, and Yan Shao has also decided to do it, for the simple reason that he has decided to do it.

Because he wants to make the Kuomintang pay for what they have done...

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In the early morning, although it is still early, the Yangtze River, China's busiest shipping route, is already full of ships passing by. At the same time, a huge fleet of ships was also speeding in the direction of the mouth of the lake, but to the surprise, this fleet contained not only dozens of ordinary freighters, but even ten large gunboats.

Even if they were only seen from a distance, the boats on the river were far away, and they had no intention of coming forward to provoke them.

"My good boy, such a big warship..."Standing on a passenger ship, looking at the fleet of ships passing by by his side, a passenger standing on the deck was surprised, and after speaking, he looked at the captain who had just run out on the side. Captain, how big do you think those warships are? Although this passenger has seen some of the world, he still thinks that these things should be asked by experts.

"I'm afraid it's thousands of tons...", frowning slightly, the captain said with a somewhat solemn face. Such a large-tonnage warship, even the British may not be able to take it out in the Yangtze River, it should be the Anhui Navy from Anqing..."

"Anhui Water Army?" Such a large fleet passed by, and the movement was definitely not small, but after a while, many passengers had already run from the cabin to the deck, and at this time, they all came over when they heard the captain's words.

"That's right, Anhui Navy..."The captain has also been running on the Yangtze River for more than ten years, and he has some knowledge, so he naturally knows a lot." Last year, the Anhui military government purchased 10 large gunboats with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons from the British, and I heard that they were all equipped with 210mm heavy guns, which were very powerful..."

"In fact, these ten gunboats were bought, so the Anhui Navy became the most powerful group of sailors on the Yangtze River. The sailors of several other provinces were not convinced, but there was no way to do it..."

There is really no way, after all, these gunboats were bought by Yan Shao at a great price. Thousand-ton gunboats. It is no different from a destroyer, and it can be regarded as a large tonnage among gunboats of the same period, and it cost Yan Shao a lot of money for just one, let alone ten.

Although the naval armies of other provinces are red-eyed, the warlords of those provinces either take the money into their own pockets, or they invest the money in the army, how can anyone care about the navy—————— even the navy doesn't care...

"Thousands of tons...", I heard the captain's explanation. Some of the passengers on the deck suddenly showed abrupt expressions.

However, when those people looked at the fleet with a look of amazement, looking at the fleet floating on the water in the distance, the captain's face was a little ugly. "How did they end up here? This is no longer Anhui waters, and besides, the direction they are going seems to be the mouth of the lake, which is Li Liejun's territory..."

Come to think of it. The captain seemed to understand something.

Meanwhile. On one of the gunboats of the Anhui Navy that had just drifted past, Gu Chengzhou looked at the few ships in the distance and frowned slightly. "Pass the order down, let the fleet speed up, there are too many ships coming and going on the river, in case the defenders of Hukou react, the army will have to work harder to take Hukou again."

"Yes!" Nodding, an officer standing next to Gu Chengzhou nodded.

Wait until the officer runs to the phone to deliver the order, and then stands inside the bridge. Looking at the several warships surrounding the fleet, Gu Chengzhou became more and more satisfied.

These ten gunboats that Yan Shao ordered from the British. It was named the 'Wind and Snow' class, and the one under Gu Chengzhou's feet was the 'Wind and Rain' class of the lead ship 'Wind and Rain'. The remaining nine gunboats were named 'Wind and Snow', 'Storm', 'Wind and Frost', 'Storm', 'Wind and Waves', and so on...

The data of the wind and snow class is 1,000 tons of standard displacement, 1,300 tons of full load displacement, equipped with two 210mm heavy guns, one front and one rear, two 150mm guns, 75mm guns and several machine guns.

In terms of firepower, it is undoubtedly very strong. Even to the point that it is surprisingly strong, you must know that the Haitian ship with a displacement of more than 4,000 tons is only equipped with 8-inch guns, which is a little worse than the 210mm guns on the 'Wind and Rain' class gunboats.

However, the gunboat is originally heavy on attack and light on defense, and is characterized by being equipped with a small number of heavy guns, and almost no armor. Although the 'Wind and Rain' class has a certain ocean-going capability when it was designed, it is still a gunboat after all, so it also follows this characteristic—————— Yan Shao bought these ships only to train more manpower, and he never thought of using these ships to fight in the ocean, if he really wants to fight in the ocean, there will naturally be corresponding ships. If it really came time to use them to go to the ocean, it must be that Yan Shao was already in a desperate situation, and whether or not there were these ships at that time was actually not very important to the final result.

If he really wanted to let these gunboats fight in the ocean, Yan Shao would have ordered ten destroyers instead of ten gunboats.

Moreover, it seems not surprising that a gunboat of more than 300 tons such as the Flying Torpedo Gunboat can be equipped with 120mm caliber guns, and more than 1,000 tons such as the 'Wind and Rain'.

In addition to the above, each of the ten Tempest-class gunboats has a crew of more than 100 people, and has often gone to the open sea for training for most of the past six months, which is why the captain quickly figured out the identity of this fleet.

The navy is different from the army, the so-called century-old navy, the army, one or two years is enough, but the navy needs a long period of precipitation and accumulation. Therefore, even if a huge amount of money is invested in the water army, the Anhui water army is still only a water army, and cannot be called a water army.

However, Gu Chengzhou is already very satisfied with this, after all, with the current strength of the Anhui Navy Army, even if it can't be compared with the navies of the great powers, it is still no problem to bully and bully children.

At present, in China, except for the great powers and the Beiyang Navy, the others can only be regarded as children, and Gu Chengzhou can be said to be under no pressure to bully.

"The task this time is also simple, that is, to cover the landing of the army at the mouth of the lake, and by the way, carry out artillery support, and there is nothing else." Walked to the side and picked up the freshly brewed tea, took a small sip, and Gu Chengzhou put the teacup back in its place. "It's not difficult, but it's barely a real battle, so I can take the opportunity to hone my subordinates."

As the commander of the Anhui Navy, Gu Chengzhou naturally knows what his subordinates are like. Therefore, the usual training is very strict, and Yan Shao is willing to spend money, and the progress of the Anhui Navy is good. It's just that no matter how strict the training is. After all, there is still no real fight to hone people, although the difficulty of this task is low, but, mosquito legs are not also considered meat...

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In Hukou, although the contradictions between the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang have been very serious recently, the atmosphere in Hukou is not very tense, or not too many people are concerned about this matter.

That's why. The reason is also very simple, that is, few people think that the National Socialist people will attack Jiangxi.

Having said that, the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang are now in a big fight. As a hardcore member of the Kuomintang, Li Liejun also has to make enough momentum for his party.

In fact, Li Liejun himself actually wanted to lead his troops to Anhui to fight, but Ouyang Wu and others under his command did not agree to this matter, and felt that the odds of victory were too low. Be that as it may. But Li Liejun still transferred his first division to Jiujiang. Make enough posture and make a look like you can do it at any time.

It's just that I'm afraid Li Liejun can't think of it, he didn't think about taking the initiative, but the other side may not be like this...

At the Hukou Fort, a group of soldiers were boredomically rolling dice on the fort.

Although there is a lot of turmoil outside, it doesn't seem to have any impact on these ordinary soldiers.

"Lost again—" One of them shook his head when he saw the number of dice thrown into the bowl. Never mind. I'll go to the side for a while and you can continue! As he spoke, he stood up from his position. Then he staggered towards the edge of the battery.

"Alright, alright, hurry up...", waving his hand impatiently, the others continued to focus their eyes on the three dice.

With a snap, the soldier from earlier staggered to the edge of the battery, and then just stood there and made it easy to get outside. The latter few people who are still gambling don't mind, or that's how they usually solve problems.

It's just that just when the soldier was about to turn around and continue gambling with a few other people after solving the problem as usual, the soldier suddenly seemed to hear something...

Sharp, like the screeching of something...

"Strange, what's the sound?"

Listening to the screaming sound that was getting closer, and shaking twice, the soldier looked up. It's just that before he could see anything, he felt something push him off the turret and float himself, and then, there was no more...

While the Kuomintang was engaged in a war of words with the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang and was thinking about how to prevent the situation from escalating and save face, on 3 April, the Third Division of the Anhui Army, which had been stationed in Anqing, took a boat in Anqing and went straight to Hukou under the escort of the Anhui Navy Army.

Since the defenders of Hukou did not expect the Anhui Guoshe Army to do anything to themselves, although Li Mingyang, the commander of the 10th Regiment of the Independent Brigade stationed at Hukou, had ordered the troops to go on alert earlier, in fact the entire 10th Regiment was still in a very loose state.

It was at this time that the Anhui naval forces, which escorted the Nationalist Socialist Army, carried out a fierce artillery bombardment of the Hukou Fort for more than an hour more than 10 kilometers away.

After the blow, the defenders of the Hukou battery did not think of counterattacking. The problem is that Hukou is originally located in the hinterland of the interior, and in the former Qing Dynasty, there was not much attention paid to the issue of defense—————— in fact, if the foreign enemy can hit Hukou, even if the defense is properly done, I am afraid it will be useless.

In addition, Li Liejun, who later succeeded as the governor of Jiangxi, did not pay much attention to the defense of waterways and the shortage of funds, so the Hukou Fort also maintained its original appearance.

The artillery on the fort was basically old goods from the former Qing Dynasty, and it was not only small in caliber, but also had a short firing range, basically only six or seven kilometers. And on the ten wind and rain-class gunboats, even the smallest caliber 75mm guns have a range of more than six or seven kilometers, not to mention large-caliber 210mm heavy guns.

Therefore, in the face of the bombardment of those gunboats, the defenders on the battery can be said to be powerless, and the entire battery was turned into a sea of fire by the shells.

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Standing in the bridge of the Wind and Rain, looking at the Hukou Fort in the distance has turned into a sea of fire, putting down the telescope in his hand, Xiao Yongyan said to Gu Chengzhou beside him.

"Commander Gu, stop the shelling for a while, and leave the rest to our army..."

Hukou Fort, said to be a fort, but located inland, the location is not very important, plus the warlords at this time are heavy army higher than the sea (water) army, not to mention the disrepair of the fort is almost the same, bombarded for more than an hour, although it is impossible to collapse the fort, but in fact, the fort may not have too much counterattack ability left, that little bit of strength is not a big deal for the whole battle situation at all...

also put the telescope down, Gu Chengzhou seemed a little reluctant. "You really don't need us to bomb him for another two hours?"

There is no way, although in the past, when he was training, Yan Shao had never been stingy with ammunition or anything, but this kind of opportunity to brush up on experience is too few after all. Gu Chengzhou also knows what kind of character his army is, even if he bullies and bullies children in the Yangtze River, if he really encounters a difficult one, such as the Japanese or British navy, even if the other party's ship is smaller than them and there are fewer people than them, I am afraid that they may not be able to win against the other party...

Naval battles are not only more than equipment...

"No need." Smiling, Xiao Yongyan said. "If the bombardment continues, the fort is probably going to collapse, and now it has been bombarded for more than an hour, I'm afraid that the Jiujiang side has already known the situation of the road, and now we are gathering troops and horses to support it, if we can't take the mouth of the lake before the enemy rushes over from Jiujiang, I'm afraid there will be some trouble next, and then we will trouble Commander Gu, block the river, and don't let the ships of the Jiangxi army transporting reinforcements pass..."

"Don't worry..."After thinking about it, Gu Chengzhou glanced at the Hukou Fort in the distance, which was still a sea of fire, and continued. Later, I will send three gunboats out of the river to patrol the river, and as long as I find the ships of the Gan army, they will all be sunk immediately, and the shelling on our side will continue first, and then we will wait until your army men have landed..."

He is not worried that the defenders of Jiujiang have set off now, although the Jiangxi army is good among the local armies in the provinces, but if you want to assemble, prepare the weapons and ammunition needed for the battle, and even the ships to cross the river, I am afraid it will take more than half a day, if it were not for this, Gu Chengzhou would not have placed all ten gunboats here, instead of blocking the river first.

Originally, Gu Chengzhou wanted to transfer three gunboats to Jiujiang and bombard the city directly, but before leaving, Yan Shao also made it very clear that this time they were going to take Jiangxi, which means that Jiangxi will be their land in the future.

In these years, the people rarely have a good impression of those warlords above them, and from a certain point of view, Yan Shao's Anhui can be regarded as an outlier, but Jiangxi is obviously the same as other places.

Therefore, as long as Yan Shao can take Jiangxi, the local people may not be able to resist the Nationalist Army stationed there, after all, now is not the anti-aggression war during the Anti-Japanese War, and the compatriots do not need to fight to the death, otherwise it would be impossible for the Beiyang Army in history to drive Li Liejun out of Jiangxi in such a short time.

However, if you come up and let the gunboats bombard the city first, causing a lot of casualties among the people in the city, then I am afraid it will be difficult to say...

In a war, it is actually a very normal thing to accidentally injure the people, to be exact, it is strange that there is no accidental injury, but this kind of deliberate injury to the people is not allowed.

If too many people were injured by mistake after reaching the worst of the world, then it would also be an obstacle to the rule of the Kuomintang in Jiangxi afterwards.

So it is inevitable to reduce the casualties of the people as much as possible, naturally, this is the way to do it when dealing with one's own compatriots, if it is to treat other races...

To be merciful to one's enemies is to be cruel to oneself...

However, Xiao Yongyan didn't understand this, and after hearing Gu Chengzhou's words, he suddenly said with joy. "In that case, thank you really Commander Gu!"

For Xiao Yongyan's thanks, Gu Chengzhou just smiled to himself.

Although Xiao Yongyan is the commander of the main division, he is also the commander of the navy, and his status is only above Xiao Yongyan, so there is no need to say anything more to him.

In a short time, three gunboats in the fleet sailed into the river between Jiujiang and Hukou, and at the same time, in the fleet, many transport ships slowly sailed out, and put small boats full of people on the river, and after more than ten minutes, more than 100 small boats floated on the river and slowly rowed towards the Hukou Fort... (To be continued......)