Chapter 46: History beyond recognition
Although the "Double Ten Incident" was finally suppressed, it undoubtedly ripped off the bottom pants of the Qing court, and at this time the world suddenly woke up, ", it turns out that the imperial court is already so weak!" So the powerful factions and revolutionary parties in various places began to think differently, and those with ambitions began to accumulate strength, and they were ready to move, and the situation in the world suddenly became chaotic.
This kind of indirect loss is not visible for a while, but the direct loss alone is enough. Prince Gong Pu Wei and Prince Li Shiduo were wiped out by the rebels, and two county kings, more than 20 Baylor and Guogong were killed, and the rest of the clans and ministers were killed hundreds of people. In addition to these, the mutiny caused nearly 30,000 deaths and tens of thousands, and because the inner city was forbidden to Han Chinese, the vast majority of those killed were banner people. Thousands of houses were destroyed, and the damage to looted and burned property is incalculable.
In this way, the second and fourth towns were basically abandoned, and the first town was also half abandoned, and in the initial fire and later suppression, more than 235o officers and soldiers on both sides were killed, and nearly 2,000 were wounded.
Because the suppressed Qing army was not enough to control the entire city of Beijing, some rebellious soldiers who had come to their senses saw that the momentum was not good, so they took advantage of the chaos to escape. Subsequently, more and more rebels reacted and fled with the booty. In order to maintain the situation, the Qing army did not dare to divide their troops to chase them, so they had to watch them go away with large bags and small bags.
Afterwards, Yuan Shikai and the others only captured less than 3ooo of rebellious soldiers, and most of them were wounded. According to later statistics, in addition to those killed and captured, about 52oo more than 500 rebels escaped.
For the disposal of the prisoners of the 3ooo rebellion, the Qing court still has a headache, if it was when the court was strong before, there must be no need to say, all of them were taken to the vegetable market to beheaded. But not now, many of the officers and soldiers in the six towns of Beiyang are fellow villagers and relatives, and most importantly, many middle- and lower-level officers and soldiers do not think that the rebels have done wrong, and most of them sympathize with them.
Now is the time when the people are panicking, what if the handling is too heavy and then provokes a mutiny? You know, there are still more than 5ooo rebels scattered outside, and it is the Beiyang Army that is protecting Beijing now.
Therefore, this time the Qing court had to take Yuan Shikai's Jianyì, raised it high, and gently put it down, only 21 officers and soldiers who were confirmed to have killed the ministers of the clan were shot, and the rest of the rebels were sent to various places to eat in prison after being beaten with a military stick, and the accomplices were reprimanded and ordered to retire.
Such a painless punishment even lost the last trace of face of the Qing court. Everyone who has a mind is overjoyed, and in just a few days, the world is surging.
Of course, because of the "Double Ten Incident", the plan to go to Hubei to suppress bandits also ended without a hitch.
The second and fourth towns, which are the main force, have been abandoned, and even if they want to be rebuilt, don't even think about it for half a year. The remaining Ninth Town was lonely, and naturally they didn't dare to go on the road alone. This crackdown on bandits can be regarded as completely yellow.
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After the Hubei New Army failed to suppress the bandits and was suppressed, they cowered in Wuchang and did not dare to take their heads. With the might of a great victory, Kyodo swept through western Hubei with the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and the patrol battalions and regimental drills in various places were completely vulnerable in the face of the open revolutionary army.
September 23, Padang, liberation. On the 24th, the entire territory of Yichang Province was liberated. On the 25th, Shinan (Enshi), Lichuan, and Xianfeng were liberated. On the 27th, Jingmen Prefecture was liberated. On the 3oth, the whole territory of Jingzhou was liberated. On October 1, the important town of Xiangyang fell. On January 5o, the western part of Duc An Province was liberated......
By January 15, 19o7, Kyodo had completely controlled the Shinanfu (Enshi), Yichang, Jingzhou, Jingmen, and Anliu (Zhongxiang), as well as most of Yunyang, Xiangyang, De'an, and Hanyang, which were roughly bounded by the "later" Chongqing-Han line. In the whole of Hubei, only the two complete prefectures of Wuchang and Huangzhou, as well as the county of Yiluozhou near the provincial border in the north, were still in the hands of the Qing court, and most of the rest of the regions had been planted with sickle and hammer flags.
In the early morning of January 15, the revolutionary army marched straight to the city of Hanyang. After the three regiments of the revolutionary army arrived at the city of Hanyang, they first sent two infantry regiments to the outside of the city, one regiment went straight to the Hanyang Iron Works, and the other regiment went to receive the Hanyang Arsenal. The equipment of these two factories was not looked down upon, but the thousands of engineers, technicians, and skilled workers were coveted by Wen Desi for a long time, so he specially ordered Kyodo to control the iron works and arsenals as soon as possible.
There is a garrison in the Hanyang Arsenal, and the 3rd Battalion of the 42nd Standard of the 21st Independent Mixed Formation is the guard here, but this battalion is already a frightened bird, and many of them don't want to sell their lives to the Qing court, so the 7th Infantry Regiment of the Revolutionary Army only fired a few cannons, and these guys surrendered.
The ironworks did not even have garrisons, and the 6th Regiment that received the ironworks completed the task more smoothly, and they also got an extra trophy, Sheng Xuanhuai, the actual controller of the ironworks, the minister of commerce and commerce.
Boss Sheng received an edict some time ago, informing him to enter Beijing. During this time, he was arranging things after entering Beijing with his henchmen at the iron factory, and he was ready to enter Beijing as soon as he was ready. But he didn't expect the revolutionary army to come too quickly, and by the time he knew that the revolutionary army had attacked Hanyang, it had already been blocked in the factory.
", it's Sheng Xuanhuai, this is a big fat sheep!!" The commander of the seventh company who grabbed him looked at him ecstatically. Because the revolutionary army often pushes bandits and car bandits, it is inevitable that they will learn some bandit jargon.
The company commander held a stack of playing cards in his hand, and at this time, the Kyodo News Agency's special wanted warrant poker was printed with portraits and profiles of important figures in the Qing court. Basically, each squad has 2 pairs, on the one hand, as a recreational item, on the other hand, as a literacy card, the main purpose is, of course, to make the soldiers familiar with the appearance of these guys, so as not to let go of the big fish because they don't know each other.
He flipped out a square 8 and compared it with Sheng Xuanhuai in front of him.
"That's right, it's him, Block 8, Sheng Xuanhuai!hahahaha......"
"You...... What do you want to do? The old man is the Minister of Commerce!" Boss Sheng said with a sneer.
He looked very wolfish now, he was dressed in the clothes of an ordinary worker, and his face was smeared with soot. He was originally hiding in a coke warehouse, ready to get through the tricks, but he didn't expect to be found out. He didn't want to think about it, just his white and chubby appearance and temperament, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like an ordinary worker.
"Company commander, our 6th regiment can reach this time. Boss Sheng is one of the most famous corrupt officials in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, with a net worth of at least 10 million......" the instructor said with a smile.
"Block 8, oh, no, Sheng Xuanhuai, you ...... with us now" Seeing Sheng Xuanhuai's dejected appearance, the company commander said with a smile: "Boss Sheng, you should be proud, our headquarters ranks you in square 8, and the Zhang Biao across the river is the 7 of hearts......
Lao Tzu has been arrested by you, and he is still a proud bird! Sheng Xuanhuai almost fainted.
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The guards of Hanyang City are all patrol battalions, and they have little combat effectiveness, if it weren't for the tall city walls, they would have run away.
However, it was useless for the city wall to be tall, and the combat sappers dug a tunnel to the bottom of the city, filled it with more than 100 kilograms of explosives, and then pressed the piezoelectric pole, and a section of the city wall dozens of meters wide flew up. Two hours later, the city of Hanyang was liberated.
After Kyodo Society conquered Hanyang, Wuchang, on the other side of the Yangtze River, was shocked three times a day.
Governor Zhao Erxun hurriedly mobilized the Hubei fleet to deploy defenses on the Yangtze River, which was a good move, and Kyodo did not have a warship yet, so the two sides confronted each other across the Yangtze River.
The Hubei Fleet is a river defense fleet built by Zhang Zhidong and is part of the Hubei New Army. The main force of this fleet is 6 Chuzi-class gunboats (Chutong, Chutai, Chuyou, Chuqian, Chuguan, Chuyu), and 4 Huzi-class torpedo boats (Hupeng, Huyu, Huying, and Hufalcon).
These ten ships were all ordered by Lao Zhang at Kawasaki Shipbuilding in Japan. The Chuzi-class gunboats had a displacement of 74o tons, a voyage of 13 knots, two 12o mm guns for the main gun, two 76 mm guns for the secondary guns, and four machine guns, each costing 455,000 yen (about 44. 50,000 silver dollars).
At present, there are only 2 Hupeng and Hulu torpedo boats, and the Lake Eagle and Hu Falcon are still in the Japanese shipyard and have not been manufactured. Each torpedo boat of this class cost 380,000 yen (about 37. 170,000 silver dollars). Displacement 96 tons, 23 knots, 2 47-mm cannons, 3 14-inch torpedo tubes.
These 8 ships are not very good, they are the part of delivering food at sea, but in the Yangtze River, they are tigers, or at least big bad wolves. 6 The confrontation on the ground was not afraid at all, and as many cars flew as they came, but the battle on the water was embarrassing, and there was really nothing to do with them for a while.
At the beginning, the Hubei fleet thought that its "giant ship cannons" should be coaxed, thinking that the bandits were all turtles, and they must have never seen a 12o mm cannon, so they approached the shore with the intention of shelling the revolutionary army troops. Where did you know that the revolutionary army had already dug holes and was ready to let them jump in.
8 15o mm heavy guns, 12 1o5 mm howitzers, 2o 16o mm mortars, 2o 12o mm mortars, 8 artillery positions gave the Hubei fleet a head-on attack. The artillery of the revolutionary army has the advantage of firing range, and there are unmanned exploration vehicles in the sky helping to calibrate the firing, while the guns of the Hubei fleet are all direct-fire guns, and they are completely powerless against the artillery positions arranged on the anti-slope, and they can't even see it.
The first salvo of the revolutionary army, a 16o mortar shell hit the front turret of the "Chu Tong", and the heavy shells that fell at a high angle pierced through the weak armor and exploded in the ammunition magazine. After a loud bang, the "Chu Tong" completely disappeared and sank into the Yangtze River in less than three minutes.
The third salvo, two 15o mm misses, flipped the Osprey to the ground.
In the fifth salvo, the Chuguan was shot, and a 1o5 mm grenade hit the bridge, which was blown into a pile of scrap metal, and all the people inside were reimbursed.
In the process of retreating, the Hubei fleet suffered four more volleys, the Chu You was shot on the starboard side, and two machine guns were damaged; the engine room of the Chutai was flooded, and the main gun was damaged.
The Hubei fleet was completely frightened and fled back to the east coast in a hurry, only to find that almost every ship was wounded, and now they no longer dared to approach the west coast, not even the middle line.
However, although the revolutionary army won a game, it could not completely destroy them, and although the Hubei fleet did not dare to approach, if the revolutionary army crossed the river, they would not watch dryly. The two sides had no choice but to confront each other for the time being.
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"Hubei fleet, it's really a problem...... Wen Desi also felt a little big, and he didn't have a good way to deal with them for a while, so he had to say: "Ignore them for the time being, anyway, the most important iron factory and arsenal in Hubei are in our hands, and it won't be a ...... for Wuchang to take it later."
"The Hubei fleet is really annoying, should you send airships over to blow them up, or send water ghosts?"
Just when Wen Desi hesitated, Gu Xiaolu hurriedly came in, and she said excitedly: "Mr. Wen, the Shanghai branch reported just now that something big happened in Nanjing......
Wen Desi hurriedly turned on the light brain and connected to Chromie from the Shanghai branch.
Chromie appeared on the screen, and she said hello and went straight to the point: "Mr. Wen, I received news that something happened in the ninth town of the Qing army." At this morning's oath-taking meeting to go out to suppress bandits, an officer of the team suddenly pulled out a gun and fired at the banner officials who came to the meeting, and the special envoy of the Qing court, the director of the Military Science Department of the Sixth Military Department, and the senator Shanglu Liangbi died on the spot, and the governor of Liangjiang, Duan Fang, was seriously injured......
"What? Something happened in the Ninth Town, this is really lively enough...... Wen Desi felt that the Qing Dynasty was really unlucky, and the matter in Beijing had not yet been settled, and there was an accident in Nanjing.
"Where is this guy?" Wen Desi suddenly remembered that during this period of time, there have been reports from various places that the revolutionary parties such as Tong Menghui have begun to move, and the situation in the south of the Yangtze River is the most complicated, and there are many forces. Maybe this person is one of those revolutionaries.
"According to our intelligence, this person does not seem to have an organization, at least not the intelligence to officially join an organization......" Chromie thought for a moment and replied, "...... However, he seems to have more dealings with the Restoration Society. ”
"Oh, that's the righteous man of his own, what's his name......" Wen Deji didn't care, in the late Qing Dynasty of the original time and space, this kind of thing was not uncommon at all, so he asked: "So how is the situation in Nanjing now?"
"This person's name is Si Guxin, Xiucai was born, joined the Ninth Town the year before last, and is currently the former officer of the 2nd Battalion of the 33rd Infantry Standard. He was taken down red-handed after the assassination, and it is said that he was beheaded three days later. Now that martial law has been imposed in Nanjing, the Ninth Town is conducting a comprehensive inspection of the revolutionary party...... According to the information I have received, the morale of the Ninth Town is extremely unstable, and there may be a mutiny. Mr. Wen, should we push it up?" Chromie looked very expectant in his eyes.
"Of course, why not?" said Wen Desi.
He knew very well that there was also a competitive mentality among these high-level biochemical people, especially before the heads of several regions, it was inevitable that there would be the idea of comparing results. Banazal of the San Francisco branch (in charge of the western United States) and Liu Yang of the Tianjin branch (in charge of North China) all made a big move, and Chromie, as the head of the Shanghai branch in charge of the East China area, inevitably couldn't sit still.
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