Chapter 160, Northern Expedition

"You've found a treasure!" said Brother Wu, "these two guys are good things that money can't buy." "Unless you have the money to buy a batch of arms directly, a foreign company will not sell it.

"That's!" Fang Yun said with a smile, "Although this mirror box is not as small as the Browning pistol, it is also not as conspicuous as the spear. And it is much more powerful than Browning, but the muzzle beats a little more when shooting. ”

"Well, this shot should be flat when it is fired. Brother Wu said. Although he has not used it, he has heard people say how to use it.

When the other two came back, there was no need to scrape together the money that was not enough, and a group of people packed up and left Shanghai to go south.

After Fang Yun left, Li Shucheng thought about it and sent a batch of firearms to the Salesian Institute. There were only a dozen guns in the Salesian House before, and it was okay to scare and scare the little thieves and gangsters. But then it gets more and more chaotic, and it is better to have more guns to protect yourself.

"Wei Hai, you are in charge of these guns. The older children in the courtyard should also teach them to shoot guns, and they usually put their guns away. Li Shucheng said, "The world is getting more and more chaotic, and the Salesian Institute must also have the power to protect itself." We can't afford to hire so many guards, so we need to train the children to resist when danger comes. And these two boxes are machine guns, which are very powerful, and you can find time to practice how to use them. ”

"I shouldn't be able to fight for the time being, right?" Liu Weihai said. Two years ago, the fighting broke out in the north, but it ended quickly and did not spread to the south. Besides, there are large areas of foreign concessions here, and even if there is a war, it will converge a little.

"It's better to be prepared. Li Shucheng said.

Sure enough, within a few months, the Jiangsu warlord Qi Xieyuan and the Zhejiang warlord Lu Yongxiang fought, and Zhang Zuolin, who was far away in the northeast, couldn't wait to join. Qi Xieyuan is a direct line, Lu Yongxiang is an Anhui line, Zhang Zuolin was defeated and withdrew from the customs with his direct family two years ago, and this time he naturally had to enter the customs again under the banner of supporting Lu Yongxiang.

This time Zhang Zuolin came prepared, and his direct Feng Yuxiang was dissatisfied with Wu Peifu's exclusion of dissidents, conspired to defect, and did not move, resulting in the defeat of the direct front line. Feng Yuxiang thought that the time had come to defect, and quickly sent troops to occupy Beiping, and then invited Duan Qirui, Zhang Zuolin, and Sun Wen to Beiping.

Before Sun Wen arrived, several people held a meeting and agreed that Duan Qirui would become the temporary ruler, and the general, the general and the general and the general would take it on one shoulder, but at this time, Qirui's power was greatly reduced, and it was actually Zhang Zuolin who controlled the government and power.

Zhang Zuolin once controlled Shanghai, and then retreated to Shandong due to the opposition of the Western powers. Although it was only a short period of time for the city to change the king's flag, the damage to the common people was too great. Fortunately, the Salesian Institute has not been affected, Cai Ziliang has made a lot of money in recent years, the equipment has been replaced, and the machine guns and cannons have been equipped. As soon as the equipment came out, the other party felt that it was not easy to fight, and Cai Ziliang sent someone to negotiate peace, so he didn't fight.

The short war caused a large number of people to be displaced, many people poured into Shanghai to beg, and the Salesian House distributed food while picking up more than 100 children who had lost their parents, which was the result of the diversion of other orphanages.

In February, the body of a child laborer was found in the yarn pushing room of the No. 8 Cotton Yarn Mill of the Oriental Textile Mill, with more than 10 serious injuries in the chest, and he was beaten to death with an iron rod by the Oriental administrator of the yarn factory. The workers were outraged when they saw the tragedy, and all of them went on strike. Later, after the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce intervened, the owner of the Toyo factory promised not to beat and scold the workers, and at the same time pay wages every two weeks, and the strike was suppressed.

In May, there was a resurgence in the Oriental mills, and all male workers were fired and replaced by female workers, which led to a general strike in 22 factories of Oriental merchants in Shanghai. In the end, the Shanghai organizations mediated and resumed work on the condition that they would improve the treatment of the workers and return the 5 percent of the withheld funds. On 14 May, Gu Zhengyang and others had an argument in their negotiations with the owner of the Oriental Yarn Factory, and the Oriental suddenly shot Gu Zhengyang, and the rest were injured. The injured worker appealed to the Public Concession Bureau for assistance, but instead of dealing with the situation fairly, the Bureau charged him with disturbing the peace, which provoked outrage.

"If you don't have great strength, you can only be slaughtered by others. Li Shucheng said, "What is the use of a strike? Those who control the army dare not come forward, and what justice can be obtained by relying on these unarmed people?"

"That being said, what needs to be done is still to be done. Jiang Mingyue had a different view, "And it is precisely because of such a bloody tragedy that we can seize the opportunity to widely publicize it that we can wake up the people." Let the Chinese people realize that it is impossible for a country that has been oppressed and colonized to resist and become independent without making sacrifices. If we want to be free from oppression and exploitation, and if we want our children and grandchildren to live in peace and tranquility, we must unite to resist. ”

"Of course I know, but they don't have guns, they don't have guns, they just have blood. Li Shucheng sighed and said, "It's too cruel." ”

On 22 July, various organizations in Shanghai held a meeting to mourn Gu Zhenghong, and all university students in Shanghai attended the meeting, and four people were arrested while passing through the public concession. So the Shanghai Student Union held a meeting and decided to organize a speech team to enter the concession to publicize.

On May 30, students marched in groups to give speeches in the concession. In the afternoon of the same day, some students were arrested on Nanjing Road, and the rest of the students and the masses, totaling more than 1,000 people, went to the door of the arrest room with their bare hands and demanded the release of the arrestees. The concession authorities even mobilized troops, declared martial law, and closed schools.

After the tragedy, the students in Peking responded the next day. As the news spread throughout the country, the people of Beiping, Tianjin, Nanjing, Qingdao, Hangzhou, Kaifeng, Zhengzhou, Chongqing, and other major cities and hundreds of cities and towns across the country marched and demonstrated, went on strike, boycotted classes, boycotted the city, electrified, donated, and expressed support, forming a nationwide anti-imperialist wave of anger.

Hundreds of thousands of workers in Shanghai, tens of thousands of students went on strike, and the vast majority of businessmen also went on strike. Jiang Mingyue listened to the propaganda outside one after another, and said with a smile: "The climate has been formed, as long as this matter is solved well and the organization is seized, a force that is not weak can be formed, and then an army is formed, and it will be done." ”

"It's not easy. Li Shucheng shook his head and said, "It costs a lot of money to form an army, and if you think about it, the country, the people, the party, the Communist Party, the industry, and the party can have so much money? Moreover, Western countries will watch them form it? They will definitely intervene, and even if they do not personally send troops, they will support the warlords to strangle them." ”

Moreover, at this time, Western countries, especially the Eagle Kingdom, opened fire on the marchers in various concessions and Hong Kong, wantonly provoking.

Not only that, in order to balance the power of the domestic warlords, so that a unified regime would not emerge in China and threaten their own interests, Yingmi and other countries began to support Sun Chuanfang, who was directly related to him, forcing Zhang Zuolin's army to retreat to Shandong, while Wu Peifu also took the opportunity to restore power in Hankou. In this way, a three-legged situation of Zhang Zuolin, Sun Chuanfang, and Wu Peifu has been formed.

In July 1926, the country, the people, the revolution, the life, and the army swore to the Northern Expedition, they dared to fight, fearless of life and death, and attacked the city one after another.

"Captain Cai, it's been a long time. Li Shucheng greeted, "Sit, sit, drink tea." ”

"What do I have to drink tea now! Mr. Li, the fighting in the south is getting more and more intense, and it looks like it's about to come. Cai Ziliang said, "I'm here to ask you for an idea, what should I do next?" The first two times he received Li Shucheng's guidance and passed it smoothly, so this time seeing the outbreak of the war, he hurriedly came to Li Shucheng for advice.

"What do you think of the country, the people, the revolution, the life, and the army in the south?" Li Shucheng said.

"Then what else is there to say?" Cai Ziliang said, "There is no fear of sacrifice in the battle, and the momentum is like a bamboo all the way! And the people along the way have joined one after another, even if Sun Chuanfang and Wu Peifu have a large territory and army, I don't think they may be able to win." ”

"So. Li Shucheng said, "You don't care about anything now, just stay put." If they do fight, then what is there to say, surrender? ”

"But what if you transfer me to the front now?" Cai Ziliang asked.

"Do you want to fight the people, the revolution, the life, and the army?" Li Shucheng said.

"They are so powerful, who wants to fight them!" Cai Ziliang said.

"Isn't that the end of it?" Li Shucheng said, "If you are sent to the front, then you will find an opportunity to surrender, save your own life, and save the regiment you have built with great difficulty is the most important thing." When warlords fight, it is the people below who fight to the death. Sun Chuanfang lost, and a power-on field could nest in the concession as a public apartment. If you fight for him, you are really stupid. ”

"What if the National Revolutionary Army also wants me to go to the battlefield after I surrender?" Cai Ziliang asked.

"Then you don't have to be desperate. Li Shucheng said, "When you go to the battlefield, tell them what I just said, I believe that there are few fools who don't want to die." Especially the little soldiers below, who are they not going to eat with? Even if the commander wants to fight, the little soldiers will not be willing. If there is a real fight, maybe they will capture the commander and surrender. ”

Li Shucheng's words came true, Cai Ziliang was sent to the front line, and he simply surrendered without firing a shot, and then caused a major defeat of several regiments coordinated nearby. Because Cai Ziliang took the initiative to surrender and spoke beautifully, in addition to sending a few people into the regiment to carry out political and political propaganda work, he was still the head of this regiment. As a newcomer, as long as he doesn't push him to the end, he is satisfied, and it is normal to send a few people to keep an eye on him. And with money in his hands, he is not afraid that his subordinates will deviate from him. However, he didn't know how powerful these few people engaged in political and political propaganda were, even if there was a temptation of money, a considerable number of his soldiers had already been pulled over, and in time, he was afraid that there would be only a few officers left under his command who could not live a hard life.

And in the next two battles, Cai Ziliang used the heart-attacking tactics taught by Li Shucheng to achieve victory, so the officer was promoted to one level and became the deputy brigade commander and regiment commander.

The Northern Expeditionary Army marched smoothly and took Wuchang in three months. Seeing the successive victories of the Northern Expedition, in order to cooperate with the Northern Expedition, the workers in Shanghai also prepared an armed uprising.

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