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The airship units of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, watched by the observer missions of the Great Powers, fully demonstrated how air power ravaged the fortresses.

They first used artillery, rocket artillery, and machine guns to slowly knock out the counterattack force of the fortress from a distance, and when it was almost time, they slowly flew over the fortress and dropped 25o kilogram bombshells to destroy the last turtle shell.

These fortresses were built according to the standard of defending against 2o3mm artillery, which is said to be enough, after all, the largest artillery of the revolutionary army is the German-made 19o2 Krupp 15omm howitzer and cannon, these two types of artillery are unable to penetrate the main defense of the fortress. The weight of the 2o3mm shell is only about 1oo kg, which is not an order of magnitude at all with the 25o kg bombshell, which can carry the defensive layer of the 2o3mm shell, and it is like paper paste under the 25o kg bombshell.

And this bomb is not an ordinary bomb, it is a semi-armor-piercing bomb specially prepared for the fortress, equipped with a time-delay fuse, and it will explode when it penetrates the target. Moreover, this is still an inertial guided bomb, which is equipped with a simple inertial guidance system, and the hit rate is several times higher than that of ordinary bombs. In order to prevent leakage and to prevent duds, the bomb is also equipped with two timed fuses that activate ten minutes after the bomb is dropped and the safety is released.

After lifting the three tortoise shells into the air, the remaining three fortresses raised the white flag and surrendered to the airship. Nima, it's not that we are not dedicated, but that the bandits are too rebellious. How could a war have been fought like this? The Qing army all thought so.

As a result, the revolutionary air force created a new example, the air force captured the 6th Army, and 8 airships captured 3 fortresses.

About 2 hours later, a train full of revolutionary troops arrived and stopped next to the fortress. A large group of revolutionary armies, the 6th Army, rushed out, and from the hands of those Qing troops who had lost their souls, Shun Lì took over 3 fortresses, and the last gate of Guangzhou was opened.

Subsequently, the revolutionary army continued to advance towards Guangzhou.

The wonderful performance of the airship further strengthened the judgment of the representatives of the great powers that the airship was an "epoch-making weapon", and they were ready to report to China immediately, and sent people to Sichuan to contact the top level of the Science and Technology Party.

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Xiliang had no troops available at this time, and the whole of Guangzhou was like an empty city. Well, in fact, there are also Guangdong sailors, but if you expect these sailors to fight with the revolutionary army, that is, to send people's heads, forget it. At this time, he also knew that he could not hold it, so he showed his demeanor and ordered the officials and officials to seal the treasury and hand it over to the revolutionary army entering the city.

He himself sat in the lobby of the governor's palace in full court clothes, and ordered his subordinates to prepare to commit suicide by poisoning alcohol.

"Your Excellency (proprietor) must not!" Several guards and masters hurriedly stepped forward and knocked over the poisonous wine to stop him.

"My lord, if you don't think about your own family, please think about the 40,000 flag people in Guangzhou. One of the guards knelt down and begged: "After the occupation of all parts of the city by the revolutionaries, most of the bannermen in the city have suffered terribly. Although the army of the Socialist Party is not bad, it is difficult to say what will happen in Guangzhou, and the heir of Wen De has always respected the people, and if an adult comes forward, then the heir of Wen De will give some face. ”

"Yes, yes, besides you, who else in these two areas is trying to persuade that Wendehe?" said the guard, and everyone agreed.

In fact, these people don't particularly care about the life and death of the banner people in Guangzhou, anyway, they are not the banner people in Guangzhou, especially those masters are Han people, and the flag people in Guangzhou are dead or alive. It's just that they all thought that Wen Desi had opened very generous conditions to recruit Xiliang, and his personal relationship was good, if he was allowed to die like this, how would they explain themselves? In case Wen Desi was angry with them, where would they be reasonable at that time? More importantly, they need someone to top the cylinder, who will top the cylinder if you don't come to the governor?

It's an excuse, but it's powerful. Some people also talked about the fate of the flag people in Xi'an, Fuzhou and other places who were almost completely wiped out, so that Xiliang had to dispel the idea of suicide. Since ancient times, it has been difficult to die only if you can live, no one wants to die, Xiliang is no exception, at that time, the temper came up, and it was okay to die with excitement, but as soon as this anger was vented, it would not be able to die, not to mention that there are still very good steps now.

Not long after, the main force of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army arrived at the city of Guangzhou. Xiliang asked to negotiate with the commander-in-chief of the revolutionary army, and Brigadier General Zhuang Jiaxiong, commander of the Second Infantry Division of the 6th Army, also agreed.

After the two met under the city, Xiliang proposed to leave a way for the bannermen of Guangzhou to live. Zhuang Jiaxiong smiled and said: "Mr. Xiliang, our Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army is disciplined, we are not barbarians, we never engage in burning, killing and looting, even if they deserve death, we will only be punished after the public trial! As long as the bannermen in the city do not act hostile to us, I can guarantee that they will be treated fairly, and if they do not violate the criminal law, there is no need to worry about anything, we are the first to law." But if they resist, I can't guarantee what will happen to them. ”

"That's good, hey, I'll order them to surrender......" Xiliang sighed, this is already the best result. He knew very well that both the early Kyodo Society and the current CSD were very reputable, and they paid special attention to procedural justice. Most importantly, with the exception of those who are in great public displeasure or who are considered "ultra-reactionary", they generally do not kill people during non-war periods. He also knew that the banner people in this city would definitely kill a group, and some people even wanted to kill him, but at least most of their lives were saved.

Subsequently, under the order of Xiliang, the defenders of Guangzhou surrendered and handed over the city defense to the revolutionary army. Xiliang came to Mancheng again and ordered the bannermen to surrender. At this time, the Guangzhou banner people were shrinking in the city in panic, and several bigwigs such as the Guangzhou general and the capital commander who were supposed to be in charge of them secretly fled with their cronies and family members early in the morning, and now there is not even a leader in the entire city, and now since the governor speaks, they will naturally not die.

Half an hour later, Guangzhou opened without blood.

At 19:oo on August 28, the whole city of Guangzhou was liberated.

Afterwards, Xiliang asked about his disposition.

Zhuang Jiaxiong said with a smile: "Our Chairman Wen said that you have made meritorious contributions to the country and the people in Shanxi to defend against the invasion of foreign powers, to recover the right of way and mining rights in Sichuan, to consolidate the border defense of Yunnan, and to ban opium in the three southwestern provinces.......

"Huh...... I can't think of these things that the old man did, do you remember ......" Xiliang smiled bitterly, his expression was very complicated. These things that Zhuang Jiaxiong said are the most proud deeds in his life.

At the time of the Gengzi Incident, Lao Xi, who served as the political envoy of Hunan, was ordered to lead his troops north to King Qin, and before he arrived at the place, Cixi and Guangxu transferred to Xi'an. So he changed his route to Taiyuan, Shanxi, and was appointed as the governor of Shanxi, defending the back road and giving Lafayette their top cylinder. He actively deployed defenses, strictly ordered the vast number of officers and men to resolutely resist, and repeatedly thwarted the attempts of the coalition forces to attack Shanxi. But his main battle idea was unpopular at the time, because his troops often engaged in friction with the coalition forces, which made the coalition forces very unhappy, so it was not long before he was kicked away by Lafayette, who was eager to negotiate peace.

This matter has nothing to do with the Socialist Party and Wen Desi, but they still remember that it was the Qing court that he tried to protect, but he was very unkind to unload the mill and kill the donkey, if he didn't have some ideas, he would have a ghost.

Zhuang Jiaxiong said seriously: "Therefore, you are different from those people, and you, your family, and property are all protected by us. In addition, you are free and if you want to go north, we will contact you with the ferry. If you stay, we welcome you too. If you're willing to join us, that's even better. The country needs talented people like you......"

"North Side...... Hehe, I lost both Guangzhou, where is the face to go to the north......" Xiliang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "As for your Science and Technology Party, you don't treat me as a prisoner, you have already confessed it...... You are full of talents, and I won't mix this old bone with me. ”

Zhuang Jiaxiong knew that he was in a bad mood now, and he definitely didn't have the interest to take refuge, so he didn't force it at the moment, so he said: "Then you can choose your place of residence at will, if you change your mind, the door of the Southwest Autonomous Government will always be open......"

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August 3o, Lhasa, Tibet.

A few days after Xiliang made his choice, his good friend Zhao Erfeng also faced a choice.

Half a month ago, the eighteenth town led by Zhao Erfeng finally conquered Lhasa, more than a year earlier than the history of the original time and space, and the results were even more brilliant. The 13th Dalai Lama fled to India to join the British, but this time he failed to escape, and was killed by a shell from the Qing army in the process of fleeing.

After defeating Lhasa, Lao Zhao fully proved that the nickname "butcher" was not given in vain, the entire city of Lhasa was completely cleaned up, killing people's heads and bleeding like rivers, many great nobles who had been inherited for thousands of years were beheaded all over the house, and the living Buddhas of several large and small temples were "reincarnated" no less than 5,000 people, and the population of Lhasa was almost a quarter less.

Of course, the officers and soldiers of the Eighteen Towns also made a big windfall by taking advantage of this. Unlike other troops in the Qing Dynasty who were generally in arrears at that time, Zhao Erfeng's subordinates never worried about military salaries, on the one hand, Lao Zhao was an honest official, and never owed or deducted military salaries. On the other hand, you know. However, Lao Zhao's military discipline is also very strict, and his soldiers never dare to harass ordinary people, and they all attack those powerful people and temples who participated in the rebellion.

When the news broke, even the western Gozo was frightened. The magnates of Shigatse panicked and cried as if the end was coming. Houzang is the territory of the Pan-Lama, and it is said that this time it is none of his business, but the Pan-Chan was indeed frightened by Lao Zhao's butcher methods, coupled with the pleas of the magnates, he had to go to Lhasa in person overnight to express his respect to Lao Zhao.

This Panchen has always been deferential to the imperial court, and besides, he will have to rely on him to maintain the situation after the Dalai Lama is finished, but Lao Zhao did not trouble him, but comforted him, saying that this time he was only punishing the rebellious Dalai Lama and others, and as long as the others were obedient, they would be fine.

Even Lianyu, the former minister in Tibet who had always been jealous of him and had repeatedly stumbled to prevent him from coming to Tibet to take over, had no choice but to obediently hand over the seal letter of the minister stationed in Tibet under the authority of the army, and honestly get out of the way after handing him over.

The whole of Tibet was trampled under his feet, and for a while, Zhao Erfeng seemed to have reached the peak of his life, which was really good.

However, he had not been happy for a few days when he received a thunderbolt from the blue.

Sichuan rebelled against the Qing uprising in May, and the leader was Wen Dehei, who had always vigorously supported him, and Wen Desi was still the real brain of the Kyodo Society, which had turned the world upside down in Huguang, and by last month, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, and southern Shaanxi, five and a half provinces had fallen into the hands of Wen Desi's Science and Technology Socialist Party.

This news was brought by a British diplomat, and in order to convince Lao Zhao that the news was not a forgery, he also specially collected a large number of newspapers and imperial court newspapers from various places during this period, as well as some propaganda photos distributed by the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Science and Technology Socialist Party.

That's right, in the months after the Sichuan Uprising, Zhao Erfeng has been kept in the dark, not knowing that the world has been turned upside down outside. It may sound incredible, but Tibet at that time was a fact. At that time, there was not as much information as that of later generations, especially in the backward areas of Tibet, where "transportation basically depended on walking, and communication basically relied on roaring", there were only a few roads that could be taken. In the immediate aftermath of the uprising, the Socialist Party of Science and Technology took control of the passage into Tibet, the only telegraph line between Tibet and the outside world, with the help of the inner line.

In other words, under the actions of the Science and Technology Socialist Party, an information island was artificially created, and all the outside news he knew was what Wen Desi wanted him to know.

Of course, there are still several other roads in Tibet that are connected with the outside world, such as the Ancient Tea Horse Road from Yunnan to Tibet, but this small road has long been controlled by the Science and Technology Party, and the messengers sent by the Yunnan government have been arrested. In addition, there are Qinghai and India, but these roads are under the control of hostile forces, and it is strange that Lao Zhao will believe the news from them.

Therefore, although he had heard some relevant news from the captured Tibetan rebels, he always scoffed at them, believing that the other party was "spreading rumors to confuse the masses with the intention of disturbing the hearts of our army," and then invited the other party to eat "bandao noodles."

The most important thing is that the letters from the rear, as well as the salaries and supplies, have never been broken, and the weapons are getting better and better. By now, the original main weapon of Eighteen Towns - the German-made M1884 rifle (nine-shot Mauser gun) has been completely decommissioned. The entire Eighteen Towns and Towns have M19O3MK1 rifles (Springfield Demon revision), Cobra light machine guns (Bren Demon revision), 19O7 75mm infantry guns (92 Infantry Gun Demon revision), as well as mortars and conscienceless guns of various calibers. There are also grenades, camouflage uniforms, steel helmets, hiking boots, insulated water bottles, armed carrying belts, down sleeping bags, military sunglasses, and so on, all kinds of advanced equipment that you could not think of before for fighting in the mountains and snowfields.

In June, Lao Zhao asked the rear to send some reinforcements to help the Eighteen Towns defend the back road and clean up the areas that had been laid, and this request was not discounted by the rear at all, and the amount was satisfied. Sichuan sent tens of thousands of well-equipped and well-trained reinforcements to guard the back road and clean up the liberated areas for him...... made Lao Zhao think that Chen Kuilong had changed his sex.

After seeing a lot of evidence brought by the British diplomat, Lao Zhao was still skeptical, after all, in the past five thousand years, there has never been an example of taking such care of the enemy, which is too subversive of common sense. Don't talk about Lao Zhao, even if it is replaced by someone else, he won't believe it. What's more, the British were the biggest black hands of the Tibetan rebellion, and it was strange that Lao Zhao would believe the information they provided.

However, the pile of things obviously did not look like a fake, so Lao Zhao personally sent a telegram to Chengdu to ask if the Science and Technology Socialist Party had already started an incident and occupied Sichuan.

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