208 in the fog

208 Mist (middle)

The train travels on the Jinghan Line day and night, making a rhythmic repeated sound.

Every time you enter a station, other buses and trucks make way for the military trains of the Hubei army. This is the arrangement made by the Hubei Military Commission for the railway system.

The company cadre soldiers sat in the stuffy tanker. From the company commander, instructor, platoon leader to the head and deputy squad leader of each class, as well as the party members of the whole company, they all do political and ideological work on the soldiers. The most important thing is to do a good job in consolidating the army. The northwest soldiers and the southern soldiers put forward challenges to each other, under the condition that there are several contents, one of which is: "Don't leave the company, don't leave the carriage..."

In the stuffy tank carriage of the 4th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd and 49th Regiment of the 17th Division, everyone knows that the company's special investigator Liu's home is in Dawu County. Some soldiers half jokingly said to him, "Lao Liu, the car is almost over Dawu. You have to be aware of it."

"Don't worry! When the car passed Dawu, I was satisfied with a look at it in the small window. After Liu shocked, he went to a tough soldier with a pen in his chest pocket and said, "Instructor, my home is on the edge of the Dawu Railway. If I go to bed, you can wake me up and let me see the chimney on the roof of my house..."

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The mixed train taken by the military department arrived at Wushengguan.

After the division troops arrived at Wushengguan, Zhao Youcheng arranged his work and drove to the Wushengguan base camp.

Zhao Youcheng walked into Zhang Zheng's office. As soon as he met, he came to the opening remarks: "Xiao Zhao, during the Xinhai Revolution, this was the old place where you fought the most battles. You have fought a lot of beautiful battles here in the past, and there are many of your old friends here..."

"Lao Zhang, I have a few things to ask you. I hope it can be solved as soon as possible." Zhao Youcheng came straight to the point without any restrictions.

"You're welcome, just say it!"

So, Zhao Youcheng brought out a few things in one breath: "1. We demobilized more than 3,000 people who were old, weak, sick and disabled during the rest in Xiaogan. The military region promised to allocate a soldier class below our independent division to join our army, and the cadres below the platoon will stay in the place to continue to expand the army. 2. When he finished the Xiangyang guard battle last year, Zhang Ren, the chief of staff of the 16th Division, stayed as the commander of the guard division of Xiangyang Military Region. When we were engaged in urban rehabilitation and construction in Xiaogan, Liu Jing, the division's division commander, was transferred to Sichuan to fight in Tibet, and now he is the chairman of the Military Commission in Tibet. Now that the division is short of staff, we request that Zhang Ren be transferred back to the 16th Division as the division commander. 3. Please solve our army's supplementary equipment, horses, carts and ammunition as soon as possible.

Zhang Zheng paid great attention to Zhao Youcheng's statement, listening to it while using notes in his notebook. After Zhao Youcheng finished speaking, he said, "Xiao Zhao, these problems you mentioned should be solved. However, artillery and ammunition supplement are directly managed by the artillery of the military region. I'll write you a letter. You go to the artillery commander He Xun.

Zhao Youcheng breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "How's the assembly of all kinds of troops?"

"It's all here."

"Then call the generals for a meeting!"

Zhao Youcheng said, and Zhang Zheng agreed.

Seeing that Zhang Zheng didn't leave, Zhao Youcheng said, "Why don't you go?"

"I said Xiao Zhao, it's so late, the meeting can be opened tomorrow." Zhang Zheng said, "Li Shuai didn't issue a battle order. Just be lazy and have a rest. Are you tired for a tiring day?

Zhao Youcheng smiled faintly and said, "If I don't finish the matter, I can't sleep."

Zhang Zheng went out with a wry smile.

It was late at night, under the dark yellow electric lights, the first expanded meeting of the military party committee was held in the small building of this headquarters to gather at Wushengguan.

Zhao Youcheng glanced at the generals in danger, meditated, and truthfully told everyone about the enemy: "Yuan Shikai appointed Duan Zhigui as the envoy of Jiangxi Xuanfu and the commander of the First Army, and led the second and sixth divisions to attack Hukou and Nanchang. Feng Guozhang was appointed as the envoy of Jianghuai Xuanfu and the commander of the Second Army. He led the two brigades of Yang Shande and Shi Congbin in the Fourth and Fifth Divisions, as well as Lei Zhenchun and Ni Sichong. After going south along Jinpu Road and capturing Xuzhou and Bengbu, they divided their troops and plundered Anqing and Pukou. Zhang Xun was appointed as the envoy of Jiangbei Town, led braided soldiers from Yanzhou to the south along the canal, forced Yangzhou through the south of the Qing River, and then joined Feng Guozhang's army to besiege Nanjing. He also sent the naval commander-in-chief Liu Guanxiong to lead the naval fleet south to attack Wusongkou. The Beiyang navy has entered the Yangtze River with the help of the great powers and attacked Hukou, Jiujiang and other places.

What is the situation of the Confederate Army? At the beginning of the uprising, Li Liejun had the problem of insufficient troops and dispersion of troops. Jiangxi has two army divisions and a mixed brigade, with a total of 10 regiments. Li Liejun has a high prestige in the army. However, due to Yuan Shikai's purchase and differentiation, Ouyang Wu, the commander of the 1st Division, turned to Yuan Shikai; Liu Shijun, the commander of the 2nd Division, secretly ventiled with Yuan Shikai and Li Yuanhong in Jiujiang, and his politics was shaken. The only ones who completely obey the leadership of Li Liejun are the 1st Brigade of Lin Hu's 1st Division (two regiments), Li Mingyang's 10th Regiment, Zhou Bijie's 9th Regiment, Zhuo Renji's machine gun brigade, and Fang Shengtao's new brigade (only two company troops, battalion commander Chen Mingshu and company commander Jiang Guangding).

Besides, before the troops of the independent provinces have time to concentrate, more than 60,000 Beiyang troops are facing only more than 40,000 Yuan troops in Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, and the troops in these three provinces are scattered without unified command. Compared with the military strength of the two sides, Yuan Shikai obviously has the upper hand, and he also has the support of the imperial zhuyi, as well as the provincial governors of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi. For example, Cai E, the governor of Yunnan, sent troops to Sichuan to oppress Xiong Kewu. Lu Rongting not only suppressed the Liuzhou uprising in response to Yuan in Guangxi, but also supported Long Jiguang's attack on Guangdong.

According to the current and future development of the war situation, it is extremely unfavorable to the Southern Army.

Although Li Liejun's Jiangxi Army is at a stalemate with the Beiyang Army in Jiujiang, the Beiyang Army continues to increase its troops. Coupled with their strong navy, it is difficult for the Jiangxi Army to stop the attack of the Beiyang Army. Therefore, in the upcoming decisive battle, the Beiyang Army will quickly defeat the other side and turn the situation around..."

The hearts of all generals are heavy.

Zhao Youcheng said solemnly: "Based on the above estimates, the Military Commission and Li Dashuai decided that the 8th Division, 9th Division, 11th Division and 12th Divisions, including 4 divisions and 3 artillery regiments, plus a total of 50,000 troops of logistics support troops, will gather at the border of Wushengguan to prepare for war, and be ready to go out to participate in the war at any time to support the revolutionary army in independent provinces. Attack the Beiyang Army led by Yuan Shikai.

Finally, our army must do the following tasks in the assembly:

First, the ideological mobilization work to prepare for the war. Our army started from Wuchang and fought in the south and north. The war has never stopped. Every commander hopes that the war will end and live a peaceful life. In the past, we told the army that to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, go to Gonghe, and live a good life from then on. Later, we said that to defend the frontiers of the motherland and the country is to defend our small homes and our relatives. Now, after living in peace for less than half a year, we have to go back to the battlefield to fight against the reactionaries of the Beiyang army. It doesn't take much work to switch from war to peace. From peace to war, this is a 180-degree turn. It is quite difficult. You have to explain the big truth and the little truth very clearly.

Second, accelerate organizational preparation. The Wushengguan Military Region allocated an independent division to our army and quickly integrated it into the army; accelerated the maintenance of supplementary equipment, and reported the missing vehicles and horses for replenishment. The cadres in the army are quickly upgraded and replenished; the military, division and regiment logistics migrant workers stretcher troops are formed, and the cadres above the platoon level are transferred from the army to solve the problem. Third, strengthen combat training. Cadres above the regiment shall study the combat characteristics of the Beiyang Army and our countermeasures by the military-run training class; vigorously strengthen the tactical training of the night division, regiment, battalion and company of the army; the focus is on the training below the regiment, and the technical training focuses on shooting, bomb dropping, assassination and soil work, and pay special attention to anti-gun training; in order to meet the combat needs of other provinces, strengthen the army. In the reconnaissance training.

Fourth, strengthen the preparation of logistics support. To enrich the logistics force and cadres, the military headquarters quickly formulates the number of ammunition carried by the troops themselves. The logistics at all levels of divisions and regiments should carry the base, drugs and battlefield rescue materials. The number of troops, divisions and regiments should carry. In addition to the company, the number of grain, oil and salt should also be carried by the logistics of the division and regiment. Due to foreign operations, transportation is difficult. It is difficult to get supplies in time, and it is necessary to strengthen the number of people they carry. With this, the number of divisions and regimental vehicles will be increased accordingly, and the number of vehicles and horses that need to be increased will be reported to the military region. Please solve it as soon as possible.

After Zhao Youyu finished speaking, he saw that everyone had written it down in his notebook and was ready to break up. He remembered another thing, because he said, "The troops have just arrived at Wushengguan to gather, and the issue of sending troops has not been made public. However, there is more discussion among cadres and soldiers in the army about whether to send troops. Therefore, our requirements for confidentiality are also stricter. No matter who writes to family or friends, they are not allowed to talk about the issue of sending troops. If there is a violation, they will be subject to military discipline.

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Shanghai. Huang Xingyu.

It's late at night, and the house is still brightly lit.

Sun Yat-sen sat diagonally opposite, with a gloomy light shining in his bottomless pupils, staring at Zhao Zhengping. ( Did Sun Cannon lose his red eyes?)

Zhao Zhengping was the person sent by Huang Xing to Nanjing to contact the uprising.

Zhao Zhengping said, "After I arrived in Nanjing, I immediately called Leng Wei in Xuzhou to go to Nanjing, and talked with Zhang Zi and Hong Cheng. Leng, Zhang believes that the Soviet army's firearms and ammunition are all supplied by the Shanghai Manufacturing Bureau. Yuan Shikai has sent troops to the Manufacturing Bureau. If Shanghai does not supply firearms and ammunition, the Jiangsu army is really dangerous. If Shanghai is in hand first, Nanjing will have a way to respond. So I went back to Shanghai to report to my husband.

Sun Yat-sen was like a cat that suddenly found a mouse, looking at Chen Qimei, Niu Yongjian, Huang Yan and others.

Huang Xing asked, "What do you think?"

"There is no military force in Shanghai, so we have to ask Nanjing to launch first." Chen Qimei said, "As long as there is any movement in Nanjing, I will immediately launch the Shanghai Qinghong Gang to attack the Manufacturing Bureau."

Chen Qimei is telling the truth.

Zhao Zhengping whispered, "Chen Zhiji, the commander of the 8th Division, and Wang Xiaozhen, Huang Kaiyuan, etc., think that there are still many vacancies in the 8th Division, and they do not agree to send troops to fight against Yuan immediately..."

Sun Yat-sen got up, gritted his teeth and said, "All parties are so procrastinating. When will Yuan's big deal be achieved!" I'm going to Nanjing in person to instigate the soldiers and junior officers of the 8th Division to kill the division commander Chen Zhiji and preside over Yuan!" Sun Yat-sen was extremely dissatisfied with Chen Zhiji, the commander of the 8th Division, and Wang Xiaozhen and Huang Kaiyuan, the brigade commanders. He was already murderous. He continued to say, "In order to fight against Yuan, I can only use a Thunderbolt!" Zhu Zhuowen!"

"There!"

Zhu Zhuowen, who was very scholarly, stood up, and his face turned red.

"You brought 20,000 yuan from Shanghai to several battalions and company commanders of the 8th Nanjing Sports Division, and asked them to kill the division commander and brigade commander to declare independence!"

"Yes!"

"I'll be there later!"

Sun Yat-sen bit his teeth and got up and left.

Huang Xing said, "slow down!"

Sun Yat-sen suddenly turned around and said, "Ke Qiang wants to stop me?"

"Sir, Nanjing is very chaotic at present. You can't go." Huang Xing's tone was as calm as a child who had just woken up.

"The situation is critical!" Sun Yat-sen looked at his comrades-in-arms in front of him and knew that he was out of love. He said, "Nanjing is a place that Yuan thieves must fight for. If we can't take Nanjing, the 'second revolution' will be a failure, and all our efforts will be in vain. Therefore, whether Nanjing can be won or not depends on the overall situation. I must go in person.

"Sir!" Huang Xing was moved by Sun Yat-sen's sincerity. He held Sun Yat-sen's hand tightly and said, "You can't go!" I'll go! I'll go!"