038 Battle of Canton

The days pass quickly, and a year will pass in the blink of an eye. When Huang Ke's army was well established, the dark clouds of a war were slowly hanging over the sky of Guangzhou.

Huang Ke knew that his opportunity had come!

In the spring of the ninth year of the Republic of China, the Dian army stationed in Guangdong had an internal strife, and the Guangzhou military government almost collapsed in this strife. At this time, Sun Yat-sen sent Chen Jiongming to lead the Cantonese army into Guangdong.

The Cantonese army returned to Guangdong and expelled the Gui family. The two sides are bound to compete in Guangdong. After several months of hard fighting, at the end of October, the Cantonese army led by Chen Jiongming captured Huizhou, and used Huizhou as an advance base to prepare for an attack on Guangzhou in three directions.

The Guangdong military government was already divided by many internal problems, and the attack of the Guangdong army was naturally a little unbearable. Since the loss of Huizhou a few days ago, the army has been even more discouraged and has no fighting spirit! Failure is already an inevitable end.

Huang Ke was greatly surprised when he received the news that the Cantonese army had captured Huizhou, and he was amazed at how quickly the Cantonese army moved. Everyone knows that as soon as Huizhou loses the door to Guangzhou, it will be a matter of time before the Guangdong army captures Guangzhou, but what matters at the moment is, does Chen Jiongming want to capture Guangzhou so soon?

Huang Ke muttered in his heart, and Mr. Sun also replied to the telegram he had sent to Mr. Sun last time, and openly criticized the Overseer's arrest of Huang Ke in the press.

He knew in his heart that if he wanted to achieve a career at this time, it was indispensable to hug Mr. Sun's thigh. The best way is to join forces with the Cantonese army now, and drive out the Gui family, so that they can occupy Guangzhou.

It's just that if Chen Jiongming stagnates, won't he be wiped out by the army in the city? Even if he is not wiped out and fights with tens of thousands of troops, he will lose all his old capital.

After thinking about it, Huang Ke was unwilling to tear his face with the current military government so early, after all, in this era, the barrel of a gun is the most effective.

There are many people with many ideas, and they can also brainstorm ideas. While discussing how to act, Huang Ke once again convened a military meeting.

A few people sat in a renovated factory building, and after instructing the guards to close the doors and windows, Huang Ke opened the chatterbox: "The Guangdong army is about to capture Guangzhou, and it seems that Lu Laoshuai and his gang are about to withdraw." Let's talk about it, what should we do? ”

Several people looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a while. Still the same, Huang Ke pointed at Yang Yibing and asked, "Tell me, don't you usually like to speak?" ”

Yang Yibing smiled bitterly: "Sir, I haven't thought about this before, and I don't know what to do?" ”

"Didn't you think about it before, didn't it make you think now? Think about it now, think about it for a while, and then say. Next! ”

Seeing that he had found himself, the treacherous and cunning Wang Mao smiled flatteringly and said, "Sir, I didn't think much about it before. However, if we take refuge in one side casually, when the Cantonese army falls again, we will have no place to stand. ”

Huang Ke nodded: "What you said makes a bit of sense, but this time the Yue army will return to Guangdong, and the Gui army will not come again." ”

Wang Maocai obviously disagreed with Huang Ke's judgment a little, and he said cautiously: "Sir, you may not know much about the Guangdong army when you come back from abroad. Since the beginning of Xinhai, the Cantonese army has been bumpy everywhere, and after several battles, the Cantonese army has basically dispersed, and there are many internal contradictions. Later, President Sun Da allocated 20 battalions of his pro-army from Guangdong Governor Zhu Qinglan to Chen Jiongming's command, which is now the Guangdong army. ”

Chen Jiongming regarded this army as his own, but the revolutionary party also regarded these soldiers as his own. Don't say that they can't defeat Guangzhou or two words, that is, they will be defeated. Do we follow the Revolutionary Party or Chen Jiongming? ”

Wang Maocai's words made several people feel that there was some truth, and several people nodded in agreement. Huang Ke just smiled contemptuously in his heart, if it were an ordinary person, Wang Maocai's analysis was quite reasonable, and there was not the slightest loophole, but as Huang Ke who had crossed over, he already knew the development trajectory of history.

It's not easy to deal with these mobs. Huang Ke stood up, it seems that no matter how much we discuss this time, we can't come up with any good results, you just don't say a word to me, it's better to have an arbitrary dictatorship yourself.

"Listen to the few of you, it is impossible to stop the Cantonese army from returning to Guangdong, the Gui faction's power in Guangdong is over, and taking refuge in the Cantonese army is our only way out. But you have to remember that taking refuge in the Guangdong army is not taking refuge in Chen Jiongming, and Chen Jiongming can't jump for a few days, we still have to master these guns by ourselves, do you understand? ”

Huang Ke asked loudly, and several people replied weakly.

"You haven't eaten? Say, is it clear? ”

"Clear!" After getting a satisfactory answer, Huang Ke ended the meeting unhappily. After going out, Huang Ke asked people to go to the telegraph room and take a telegram for Mr. Sun. In the telegram, Huang Ke made clear his revolutionary position to Mr. Sun, and said that when the Cantonese army attacked Guangzhou, he would lead his subordinates to attack the Gui army in the city, so as to achieve the goal of combining the inside and the outside.

After the telegram was photographed, Huang Ke felt that he should really build a telegram room. Poor communication of information will be a major taboo on the battlefield in the future. But where does the money go? Huang Ke knew in his heart that getting a telegraph room was not a matter of one or two money, and the last time he developed a mule and horse army and bought more than 100 donkeys and mules, he went to Fu Wangshan and other overseas merchants to raise money.

Who else can I go to now?

Huang Ke didn't have the bottom in his heart, so he didn't care about it for now, and then he took the telegram over. Chen Jiongming has now captured Huizhou, and it is a matter of time before he captures Guangzhou, as long as he takes advantage of the situation to attack the Gui system, he will not only be able to enter the ranks of the revolutionary party, but also be able to hone and test the army, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?

Not long ago, Chen Jiongming also sent him a telegram saying that Guangzhou is an important town, and the enemy has a large number of troops stationed in it, and the defense is tight, and after capturing Huizhou, he plans to repair a section before making plans. Now it seems that Chen Jiongming has nothing else to say?

Seeing Mr. Sun's happy look, Mr. Liao next to him shook his head and smiled: "Mr. seems to be too optimistic, Chen Jiongming is unwilling to enter, and he will always make up reasons." He regarded the Cantonese army as his own personal army, and now he is fighting Guangzhou to gnaw hard bones, not to mention consumption, and he will lose too much, which is not good for himself. ”

Mr. Sun stood up and said impatiently: "Draw up a telegram and order Chen Jiongming to attack Guangzhou immediately while the Gui army is tired and there is internal strife!" ”

After listening to Mr. Sun's message, Liao Zhongkai also stood up: "Then how should Huang Ke reply to this message?" ”

"Do you have any suggestions?" Mr. Sun asked.

"Since Chen Jiongming wants to grow big alone, I think it's not always bad to find a loyal revolutionary person to contain him."

"Then it's up to you, I'll send someone to draft a call back to Huang Ke now."

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Under repeated urging, Chen Jiongming led his troops to take Guangzhou.

The officers and men of the Cantonese Army under Chen Jiongming have been stationed in Fujian for more than two years, and because they were driven away before, and because they were displaced and oppressed by others, the officers and men all held their breath in their chests, and they all wanted to return to their hometowns as soon as possible.

Therefore, when the order to return to the division was issued at the beginning, the morale of the whole army increased greatly, and they successively attacked many cities garrisoned by the Gui army.

When the Cantonese army was preparing to attack Guangdong, Governor Mo Rongxin hurriedly mobilized Mo Zhengcong, the elite of the Gui army, Lu Yanshan, Jiang Yonglong, Liu Daqing, and Li Gengen of the Dian army to resist separately, but it was still difficult to defeat the Cantonese army, which was eager to return home.

Soon after, the Cantonese army was under the city of Guangzhou, and a major battle was essential for both sides.

At this time, Huang Ke also led his troops to make all preparations. A military force that has never been seen before will come to the stage of history in this war.

(It's late!) It's late for this update, sorry! )