Chapter 30: The Southern Front After the War
Another parallel world, this world is very similar to our real world history, but not exactly similar.
This parallel world on the evening of October 3.
A road from the Guide City area to the Yangtze River was full of soldiers marching into Hubei Road.
Some of these soldiers still have braids, some have shaved heads, and they are wearing the colors of the New Army, and the symbol on their chests indicates that they are men and horses of the 9th Battalion of the 6th Army of Guide.
On the other side, there was no queue, and they walked towards the Yangtze River in a chaotic manner, and Xiangyang was already a firelight in the distance.
Wang Yangming, the commander of the sixth company of the first battalion of the third regiment, walked in the queue, full of grief and indignation! The Ninth Brigade of Hubei Province has such a deep foundation in the masses, and the ancestor Zhao Sheng has contacted so many colleagues and people with lofty ideals here, and it is known as the same as the Eighth Brigade of Hubei Province, which is also the pillar of the south of the Yangtze River.
The 8th Brigade took the lead in recovering successfully in Hanchang City, while the 9th Brigade's Molingguan uprising ended in a fiasco!
The brigade commander Xu Guqing's indecisiveness and indecisiveness, the supply of bullets cut off by the governor of Liangjiang, and the ferocity and stubbornness of Zhang Dabraid, the governor of Jiangnan, may be the objective reasons for the failure of this uprising.
But the real reason is that the Ninth Brigade is such a big force, but it lacks a truly knowledgeable leader!
But failure is failure, and there is still part of the strength of the ninth town in Zhenjiang, and it is only possible to meet there and then try to make a big move.
In the current team, there are already officers who can't find soldiers, and soldiers can't find officers, only he relies on his past prestige, and also gathers two companies or so of the routed soldiers, maintaining the formation and marching towards the Yangtze River.
Suddenly, the eyes of his soldiers widened as they watched a cloud of blue light flash on the hillside on the left, accompanied by a loud roar.
The artillery of the Jiang Defense Army?
Wang Yangming immediately denied his idea, because there was neither fire nor blown earth, and the artillery of the Jiang Defense Army in the city could not hit it at all.
Then I saw a young man, dressed neatly dressed and carrying a large suitcase, running down the hill with a rolling belt.
He was also holding a small thing with a metallic sheen in his hand, and he was screaming loudly to feed it in his ear.
As soon as Wang Yangming waved his hand, several soldiers with rifles forced him in the middle.
Wang Feng really didn't know what was going on, and when he regained consciousness, he found himself holding the car keys and standing on a small dirt slope in a daze.
There was a road down the slope in the dark night, a group of people were looking in his direction fixedly, he didn't care what was going on for a while, he ran down with the box, and took out his mobile phone to try to make a call, but found that there was no signal at all.
When he came to his senses from the chaos, he saw several fierce-eyed, short, but sturdy soldiers, holding rifles and drawing on their chests.
"Mauser Type 88 rifle? Antiques! ”
Wang Feng still had the mind to distinguish the model of the rifle in front of his chest, and he had now temporarily lost his normal logical thinking ability.
For his car, not long ago, he was suddenly changed by the system to this barren mountain and wilderness, and his performance was already very restrained, and he thought he had returned to the original world.
Wang Yangming separated the soldiers who were blocking in front of him and took out his pistol: "Who are you?" Is it a spy of the Jiang Defense Army? ”
Wang Feng only reacted at this time, looked at the symbols on the chests of the soldiers, and looked at the guys in their hands.
It is certain that these people are not making movies, and Chinese film directors will definitely not be able to find such detailed props.
He was familiar with history, and immediately reacted: "You are the 9th Brigade of Nanyang? The uprising failed? Today is September 17th? ”
Wang Yangming's eyes were fierce: "How do you know?" But today is not September 17th, but September 1st, if you don't explain your origin, Lao Tzu will kill you? ”
He was also full of depression.
The history of this parallel world has a small bifurcation here, and the first uprising in the south has been brought forward from November 8 to October 3.
Wang Feng was really confused at this moment, this time and space transformation actually fell on his head, could it be that God felt that he was not miserable enough!
However, he has been up and down in society for so many years, and he has mastered the ability to talk to people and talk nonsense.
Thinking of the 9th Brigade, Mr. Sun has a great influence on them, and Mr. Sun's prestige here is also surprisingly high, so he suddenly has a plan in his heart.
Wang Feng raised his hands high: "Don't get me wrong! Don't get me wrong! My brother's name is Wang Feng, and I just came back from the United States, and Mr. Zhongshan and Brother Bo Xian sent me back to contact you! Who would have thought that you would have done it earlier! ”
"Brother Boxian? Mr. Nakayama? ”
The defeated soldiers, as if they had found their mother, laid down their guns and surrounded him.
Wang Yangming was still unrelieved, and pointed a pistol at Wang Feng: "What credentials do you have?" What did Brother Bo explain to you? ”
Wang Feng's mind turned quickly, and he opened the suitcase in his hand and took out the frame: "This is a small photo of me and Mr. Zhongshan in San Francisco before leaving." In addition, I also met Brother Bo Xian in Hong Kong, and he explained to me that the brothers of the 9th Brigade were the backbone of the uprising! But Xu Guqing is really not a person who does big things, he is indecisive, and he still has illusions about the Qing court. This time, Mr. Sun sent me to take the 9th Brigade into the hands of our comrades! As for the Epistles and Seals? When the ship arrived at Shenhai, the officials searched and arrested me tightly, and I had already secretly thrown it into the sea. ”
The soldiers lit their torches and looked at the photograph that to them Mr. Sun was nothing more than a legendary idol on the first page of those pamphlets.
And Zhao Guqing is the most admired and admired figure in their minds. Listening to this person in a dress, Brother Bo Xian called affectionately, and these stragglers were at a loss for the future and the six gods had no owner, so they immediately regarded the person who came as the support of Mount Tai.
Wang Yangming put the gun away: "A misunderstanding!" But now we have lost so badly, and we have failed Brother Boxian, what expectations we had back then! Now the gentleman came, and the gentleman said, what shall we do? ”
Wang Fengzheng breathed a sigh of relief, and his mind was full of thoughts, what should he do at this time?
Looking at these hundreds of stragglers of the 9th Brigade, he suddenly gritted his teeth, and his chest swelled with blood, in the future era, will he succeed in the first uprising, will it change history!
Now that I have such an opportunity, with my familiarity with history, why can't I make a career?
If you can grasp what you can grasp in your own hands, you must not give up.
Now that the Molingguan Uprising has been advanced to October 3, the Hanjiang City must not have been recovered!
He looked at the hundreds of stragglers around him who had just suffered defeat, and looked at himself with a blank eye, not that they were too gullible to be gullible, but now these soldiers who were accustomed to listening to orders suddenly had no hope, and suffered such a painful defeat, and now there was a person sent by Mr. Zhongshan and Zhao Boxian to contact them, and came to find them, this kind of expectation for him is also human nature.
Wang Feng asked in a deep voice, "How many of you are now?" How many more people can be contacted? How many weapons are there? How many bullets? And the officers are not? ”
There was a disturbance at the bottom, and Wang Yangming came over with a wry smile to report: "Now the biggest officer, I am the only one, the others are just the main and deputy squad leaders, the platoon commanders, other officers, those who have horses have already run away, we have 207 people here, 140 rifles, and 200 bullets." ”
Wang Feng looked at him: "Then are you willing to listen to my command?" ”
Wang Yangming still smiled bitterly: "Now that we are all in this situation, we really don't want to go to Xu Guqing, we would rather lead the horse for a good man than be an ancestor for Lai Hanzi." Besides, you were sent by Brother Bo Xian, what else do we have to say, if you say east, we will look to the east, and if you say west, we will run west. ”
Wang Feng nodded his gaze, and slowly swept over the faces of those tired soldiers: "Since everyone can trust me, brother, I will not be respectful!" Anyway, it's all for the purpose of overthrowing the Great Qian Empire and recovering the rivers and mountains of my Han family, brother, and I'm not afraid to be the first to stand on the cusp of this storm! Now the domestic situation is very good, Huang Keqiang has arrived in Hankou and is in a bloody battle with the army of the Great Qian Empire! Other states have also recovered............"
Wang Feng is doing political mobilization there! Wang Yangming said in a low voice: "These brothers know, Mr. Wang should talk about the next step!" ”
Wang Feng choked, swallowed and foamed at the mouth and smiled: "It's okay!" Then the brother will tell me what we are going to do next. Now that we're in trouble, we can't put the tiger skin of the 9th Brigade on our bodies anymore! I think we're just called the Predators, right? I will be the chief officer first, and after this battle, I will wait for the virtuous ............ Jinling, we can't go! There is neither replenishment nor food support, so we can only collapse by ourselves, and I think our goal is the Han River! ”
Although it cannot be ruled out that he is the head snake of the land, coupled with the factor of internal cooperation, if he leads hundreds of strictly trained new troops, why can't the manufacturing bureau itself be defeated? Now that the people's will is fluctuating, it will be a situation of all kinds of responses, and the Hanjiang Manufacturing Bureau, the Customs Road, and the Daqian Bank all have a lot of money and munitions, and this strength will expand when it is said to be expanded.
Some soldiers below expressed their objections: "Commander Lin's Wu County has been recovered first, and he is our loyal comrade, why can't we go to Wu County, beg them to contain him, and then make plans?" ”
"Ask them to be contained? Is it a take-in? Why should we rely on others for manly husbands and greetings? We have guns and people, so why rely on others? Can't we do it ourselves? I think people have to have backbone! ”
Sure enough, among the soldiers of the 9th Brigade, there are many talented people who have joined the army, and they are all very organized.
Wang Feng looked around and said with a smile: "Brother, it turns out that when I was in Xiangjiang, I had already talked about this issue with Brother Boxian. Brother Song Ting (Lin Yanjunzi) is really our own comrades, the 35th Regiment is stationed in Zhenjiang, the 36th Regiment is in Jiangyin, and it is certain that Wu County will be recovered, and we don't need our help at all! But the military reserves of our 9th Brigade are all on the Han River, even if we win Wu County, there is nothing we can do with Shenhai? It is not helpful to respond to Mr. Huang Keqiang's big move downstream. And if you take the Han River, you will intercept the whole situation. The Hanjiang Bank has salaries, and the Hanjiang Manufacturing Bureau has arms! And after the capture of the Han River, the shock to the imperial court was also the greatest! Brother Bo Xian, I have repeatedly told me that the elite will be transferred from the 9th Brigade to assist in the recovery of the Han River, and everyone is also the greatest contributor to the recovery! ”
These soldiers all showed yearning expressions when Wang Feng said it, and Wang Yangming also looked eager to try.
He was originally the youngest and most promising platoon commander of the 9th Brigade, and later was escorted back from studying to become a commander.
The failure of the Molingguan uprising already made him feel that he was holding his stomach, and the young man was fine when he was in high spirits, but he would feel that the future was bleak when he encountered a slight setback.
Suddenly, someone fell from the sky, pointed them out of the bright road, and the blood in his chest surged, so he folded his arms and shouted: "Support Commander Wang to fight to the Han River!" ”
With such a call, Wang Feng's title as the commander of the iron-blooded army can be regarded as a real one!
More than 200 soldiers were reorganized into two detachments, with Wang Yangming serving as the commander of the first detachment and Wang Feng concurrently serving as the commander of the second detachment, and this small contingent returned to the appearance of a regular army.
The whole army formed a battle queue of vigilant marches and marched towards the Han River, and the stragglers along the way, finding that the ranks here were tightly organized, they themselves approached and were willing to join the Iron Army.
Wang Feng put them all into two detachments, and those who didn't want to get off their guns and threw them wherever they wanted.
By the time dawn reached the Han River, the team had expanded to more than 400 people, and of course these more than 100 people were officers (or special combat officers) that he had exchanged from the system.
Each detachment had three companies with a full range of guns, but there were still too few bullets, averaging less than three rounds per shot.