033 Backbone
As night fell, the heavily armed gendarmerie burst into the tent and dragged out the bare-bottomed members of several sleeping company commanders inside. These people were all inserted by the directors of the merchant group, and there was no change after the ideological transformation of ordinary times, and this kind of person who stayed was a scourge, and it must be eliminated when necessary.
Before a few company commanders could understand what was going on, Yang Yibing waved his hand and said, "A few of you dare to embezzle military funds, and now you are driven out of the barracks, and you can no longer be soldiers of my merchant regiment." ”
Those company commanders didn't understand what was going on, but as soon as they heard about the embezzlement of military funds, they had no bottom in their hearts, when the directors of the merchant group hired them over, they gave each of them some compensation, and they would give them a little more every month, how could these things hide from Yang Yibing?
After a little investigation, Yang Yibing got conclusive evidence, and then there was the above scene.
After driving out these people, the trumpeters also sounded the emergency assembly number, and all the officers and soldiers received guns and ammunition, just when everyone was puzzled, Yang Yibing and more than 30 members of the gendarmerie had already stepped on a fast horse and rushed to Guangzhou City, their target this time was Chen Lianbo and a director of the merchant group supported by Britain, the United States, Japan and other countries, Huang Ke knew that only by taking down these people could he do things profitably.
At this time, the city of Guangzhou had become a mess, and even more so at night, when the merchant army put on makeup and entered the city, it did not attract too many people's attention. Because here, the arming of the merchant group has always been legal.
In the middle of the night, the lights were still on in Chen Lianbo's mansion, and Chen Lianbo was about to go to bed after drinking a glass of whiskey, when there was a rush of footsteps at the door, and suddenly several people with Han faces ran in.
Chen Lianbo was about to angrily reprimand the steward for bringing people casually, but the man panted and said, "Mr. Chen, Huang Ke has rebelled, and he is going to arrest you." Let's go. ”
The person who came was none other than the company commanders sent by Chen Lianbo to the Shangtuan Army. After being kicked out, they ran straight to this side to report the news.
When Chen Lianbo heard the news, he couldn't help but be shocked, he didn't expect that the merchant army he had trained with one hand would actually turn the gun on him?
"What? Huang Ke defected? ”
"Yes, Huang Ke not only relieved us of our military duties, but also issued a notice of arrest in the ranks, and now the gendarmerie has come over."
"Ahh Sad and angry, Chen Lianbo packed up some soft and hurriedly left Guangzhou, and on the third day, he went from Guangzhou to Hong Kong, and never returned.
When the first rays of dawn fell on the city of Guangzhou, the guards of the merchant group had already eaten breakfast, and the whole team quickly marched towards the city of Guangzhou.
For Chen Lianbo and others to escape, Huang Ke did not blame Yang Yibing, it seems that the real Xiguan merchant group mutiny in history is exactly like this, is he still following the track of history in the dark?
Huang Ke didn't know what to do all of a sudden, did he change a lot of history by crossing by himself? Or did history follow his trajectory? In that case, he would have undoubtedly only advanced the event by a few years, and in this respect, he had already changed history.
Sitting on the pommel horse on the outskirts of the city, Huang Ke was in a daze for a few seconds, looking at this team with strict military discipline, Huang Ke suddenly felt a little excited, and now the whole team is heading towards Guangzhou City!
When the east was just showing the whiteness of the fish's belly, the heavily armed merchant army poured into the streets of Guangzhou.
The Japanese ronin, waving and babbling and singing a little song in their mouths, were beaten into a sieve by the merchant army when they were chasing the students.
The Japanese were suddenly woken up, didn't they say before that the Chinese police would not dare to shoot at them? When these ronins picked up* and were about to shoot back, the British guns in the hands of the merchant protectors had already gone off.
For a whole day, more than 1,300 officers and soldiers of the merchant regiment attacked everywhere in the streets of Guangzhou, and those Japanese ronins who had been rampant on the streets had nowhere to run.
"The whole city searched for Japanese ronin, and after discovering it, it was shot on the spot!" Huang Ke quickly gave an order to the troops, and the heavily armed merchant army began to search the whole city, and the Japanese ronin hid in the consulate one after another, not daring to show their heads.
This series of events is known as the Guangzhou Incident.
Although the Guangzhou incident inspired the Chinese people, it also alarmed the Japanese.
Huang Ke knew that in this era, he caused a * annoyance, a big trouble! Although he had estimated the trouble in advance, the final result surprised him.
On the morning of the third day when Huang Ke announced the order, the Japanese broke out in silence.
First, the Japanese Embassy lodged a protest with the Beiyang Government, and then the Japanese State transferred its warships stationed in Taiwan to the port of Guangzhou under the pretext of protecting its own nationals, preparing to launch an attack on Guangzhou.
When the formation of the two destroyers arrived at the port of Guangzhou, the Guangzhou military government hurriedly made representations to the Japanese consulate. At the same time, in order not to anger the Japanese, the Beiyang government initially declared Huang Ke a criminal and declared the merchant army a rebellious army.
However, this still could not appease Japan's convenient anger, and the hard-line forces in Japan advocated using this as an opportunity to attack China. At the same time, the destroyers of the Japanese navy arriving at the port of Guangzhou aimed their guns at Xiguan and threatened to bombard the city of Guangzhou.
On the third day after arriving at the port of Guangzhou, a formation of two destroyers of the Japanese Navy test-fired several training shells in the direction of Xiguan under the pretext of exercises.
The sound of the cannon roared and shook the sky, although there was no warhead, but the roar of the large-caliber artillery was really heard by everyone, and the roaring cannon made the people very afraid.
After the artillery test fire, the Japanese navy demanded that the Guangzhou military government disarm the merchant army and shoot Huang Ke and other commanders of the merchant army.
Without waiting for a reply from the Canton Military Government, more than a dozen officers and men of the Japanese naval fleet went ashore in small boats, and they came out this time to make trouble by being ordered to land. After arriving on the shore, these Japanese soldiers smashed and looted everywhere, and the weak and incompetent military government did not dare to hold them accountable.
At this time, the Japanese ronin, who had not dared to act in Huang Ke's suppression, were ready to move again, and they began to come out at night to harass Chinese women.
For a time, the city of Guangzhou was in chaos, and a large number of residents were ready to move out. At this time, Huang Ke posted a notice and voiced to the whole country through newspapers and periodicals: The army is sworn to maintain public order and safety in Guangzhou, and anyone who violates the law here will be punished!
The tip of the needle was against Maimang, and both sides did not back down at this time, and the focus of public opinion in the whole country was suddenly concentrated in Guangzhou.
In front of a Western-style building in Shanghai, Mr. Sun and his followers were talking about revolutionary ideals, and Huang Ke's affairs in Guangzhou also attracted their attention.
After being silent for a while, Mr. Sun finally opened the conversation: "What do you think of Huang Ke and the Guangzhou incident?" ”
"Huang Ke is more than reckless, but he is not resourceful enough. Although the revolution advocated the overthrow of imperialism, as far as the present situation was concerned, we were not capable of competing with the Japanese. ”
"Yes, yes, the Japanese sailed the warship to the port of Guangzhou, it seems that they want to put pressure on the Gui department, if they don't deal with Huang Ke, I'm afraid it's hard to say that this matter will end like this."
Several veteran members of the League expressed their opinions, and the consensus was that Huang Ke would inevitably be arrested by the Canton military government.
"Zhongzheng, I see that you haven't spoken, don't you want to talk about your opinion?" Mr. Sun asked the young officer next to him.
The young officer arched his waist and said in a thick Jiangsu-Zhejiang accent: "I thought that this man was not only brave, but also resourceful. ”
"Oh?" Mr. Sun felt something novel, and he motioned for the young officer to continue.
Judging from the two warships they mobilized, this was just a deterrent, and its purpose was to eliminate the anti-Japanese forces and force Beijing to stop some of the current resistance to Japanese goods. As for that Huang Ke, he must have his intentions in doing so. The young officer smiled.
Mr. Sun nodded: "You are right, this person is indeed resourceful. But you have made it simple to think about Japan, you are studying in Japan, and you should know about the ambitions of young officers against China, which makes us have to be vigilant. ”
Several officers nodded one after another, and no one could predict what Huang Ke's fate would be next?