super god warlord

At this time, Tang Xiangming really didn't know what kind of expression he should show. As a navy controlled by the government in power, there was only a dilapidated Dagukou Wharf and a ship repair yard where even torpedo boats were difficult to maintain.As a local warlord, Zhao Shouhong has not only built several new warships, but also has a complete set of powerful shipbuilding plans, how can this make him feel at ease.

Chapter 497 Ship Repair Price

Under Zhang Yong's leadership, Tang Xiangming soon came to Cai Tinggan's residence.Seeing Tang Xiangming coming, Cai Tingqian hurried out to greet him: "Brother Tang, please come in, you must be hungry after half a day of naval battle, I'll ask someone to get you some food." After Cai Tinggan reminded him, he immediately felt the pain in his belly. There was a twitch. He was indeed hungry.

The two sat at the dinner table, Cai Tingqian said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a long time, I want to catch up with Brother Tang. It's just that there are some ugly things that need to be said. Jiangnan Shipyard is a private operation, so naturally it is impossible to provide free maintenance. Serve."

"Of course I know this. As long as you offer a price, I will ask the central government to pay for it." Tang Xiangming nodded and said.

Cai Tingqian smiled slightly: "Many of your warships have suffered heavy losses. They need to replace armor and artillery, and some of them also need to replace steering gear or even steam engines, so the price is relatively expensive. All in all, it will cost about [-] Yingyang."

"What? One hundred thousand?" Tang Xiangming's expression changed with fright. He knew that even if it was reported to the imperial capital, Yuan Kai would not be able to pay the money.Because of the need to suppress the rebellion of the Congress Party, the financially strapped Northern Territory government has to negotiate with the Six Nations Bank Group, hoping to borrow a sum of money to maintain military expenditures. If you ask for money now, you will probably be scolded. .

Tang Xiangming was a little restless, his face was ugly, but in his heart he was cursing how expensive it was to repair a ship.Seemingly knowing what Tang Xiangming was thinking, Cai Tingqian took a document and handed it to him, asking him to take a closer look.

Tang Xiangming took over the documents and found that the damage of each warship and the various funds needed for maintenance were written on it, which was written very clearly and neatly arranged.After looking at the various items of the individual items, Tang Xiangming nodded secretly. The price written on it is already much cheaper, obviously they have already given up the profit.

Even though he knew that Jiangnan Shipyard had given him a discount, he still couldn't afford the money.Seeing Tang Xiangming's dilemma, Cai Tingqian said with a smile: "I have a way, I can deduct all the money for this repair, I don't know if Brother Tang is willing or not."

"Oh? There is such a good thing? Brother Cai, please teach me." Tang Xiangming's eyes lit up when he heard that he could do it without spending money.

Cai Tingqian leaned on the back of his chair and said calmly: "Didn't you capture a cruiser Yingrui? That cruiser was blown up so badly that I don't think it will be repaired in Jiangnan Dockyard. You might as well take it away." Compensate me for the maintenance fee, so that you can repair it for free and I will have an excuse to my superiors, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds."

"You..." Tang Xiangming shook his head and sighed: "People used to say that you, Cai Ting, had a lot of ideas, but I still didn't believe it. Today I have learned the lesson. Don't worry about my warships. I lost a few warships this time, that's all. Compensation, you still want to get me away."

Cai Tinggan calmly said: "I'm just giving you a suggestion, not to make you have to do so. I think all the officers and men are tired, so it's better to have a meal and sleep, anyway, warship maintenance is not a short-term It can be completed in half an hour. But Brother Tang needs to contact the President as soon as possible, because Jiangnan Shipyard does not accept credit, which I can do nothing about." After speaking, Cai Tingqian waved his hand and left.

Cai Tinggan left directly after eating, and left Tang Xiangming in the hall, which made him stunned for a long time before he could react.Sighing, Cai Tinggan had no choice but to contact Yuan Kai.Soon Yuan Kai received a telegram from Tang Xiangming inquiring. Looking at the eye-catching number of [-] Yingyang on this telegram, he felt so dazzling.

Song Jiaochu was assassinated, and then the national public opinion, under the guidance of the Congress Party newspaper, condemned Yuan Wei.Before Yuan Kai figured out what was going on, Zhao Bingjun and Ying Guixin were assassinated one after another, and this charge was put on his own head again. He was shot while lying down.

The National Congress took advantage of this to start an uprising, and in just two months, several southern provinces declared independence. This was clearly prepared in advance.Yuan Kui knew that all of this was absolutely inseparable from Sun Wenhai, so he immediately declared the National Congress Party illegal and expelled all its members from the Congress.Due to the expulsion of members of the Congress Party, the number of Congress members was insufficient, and it was later dissolved.In this way, Sun Wenhai seized another charge against Yuan Kui, opposing the republican dictatorship.

After becoming more and more passive in public opinion, Yuan Wei decided to crush the opponent with military strength and completely solve the problem of the National Congress Party once and for all.Soon Jin Yunpeng, governor of Qilu, mobilized his fifth division and dispatched together with the Dingwu army of Zhang Xun, the governor of Jiangnan Province, and the soldiers pointed directly at Wenhai City.And Wang Zhanyuan, the governor of Central Plains Province, also mobilized the second division, intending to go down the river and attack Tan Yankai in Nanyuan Province.

Originally, Wang Zhanyuan planned to unite with the troops of Zhang Zhenfang, the governor of Central South Province, to attack Nanyuan Province together, but when Zhang Zhenfang was planning to raise troops, the Bailang Uprising broke out in Central South Province.

Since Zhang Zhenfang became the governor of Central South Province, he has unabashedly extorted and extorted money, causing the local people to live in dire straits, starving people and beggars everywhere.Even a wealthy family like Bai Lang has become poorer day by day.As the people at the bottom of the society, if they can survive, they can always endure, but when the life of obedient people cannot live, they will go to the other extreme.

As early as when the Jiangxia Uprising broke out, Bai Lang organized an insurgent army of 30 to 1912 people in his hometown. They preyed on the rich and killed the powerful, and distributed food to the civilians who had no clothes or food. His prestige quickly rose. In [-], there was a large-scale drought in Central South Province, and the grain harvest was poor but taxes were not reduced at all. The people who could not survive had to rise up.

Such an environment gave Bai Lang a good opportunity to develop. Relying on his reputation, the green forest heroes, stragglers and many hungry people from Central South Province defected to him one after another. The Bai Lang uprising army quickly grew to tens of thousands.After the number of people increased greatly, Bai Lang became more courageous.He defeated the Northern Territory Army who came to encircle and suppress several times by adopting the method of attacking the west while avoiding the reality.

Originally, Zhang Zhenfang didn't pay much attention to this rebel army lacking in weapons and training, but when he mobilized the northern region army from Central South Province to go south to cooperate with Wang Zhanyuan to attack Nanyuan Province, Bai Lang seized this opportunity and even Kejun County, Lushan , Baofeng and other places, the soldiers headed straight for Yuan Kai's hometown Xiangcheng.

His hometown was about to be brought down by others, Yuan Kui was furious immediately, he ordered Zhang Zhenfang to return to the army to encircle and suppress immediately, and the Bailang uprising army must be wiped out in a short time.An exasperated Zhang Zhenfang had to return to Zhongnan Province. To be on the safe side, Wang Zhanyuan also sent troops to help him clear up the campaign, but the time to attack Nanyuan Province was delayed.

Chapter 498 The Battle of Fat and Water

At this time, the fighting in the east was already very intense.Because the area around Guanghai City and the Poyang Lake area in Jiujiang are occupied by Zhao Shouhong, the Revolutionary Army and the Northern Region Army can only fight each other from Anqing to Wenhai City.An overly narrow front resulted in an overly dense army, which resulted in an extremely brutal fight between the two sides.

Li Liejun was the most active. His Jiangzuo Provincial Army cooperated with Bai Wenwei's Jiangnan Provincial Army to attack Hefei.At this time, Zhang Wensheng, Zhang Xun's subordinate, was stationed in Hefei.Hearing that more than [-] troops from the two armies would attack Hefei, he asked Zhang Xun for help, and at the same time drove the new army of the two regiments out of the city, facing south and setting up positions along Feishui near Chaohu Lake.

Li Liejun arrived with his troops and immediately launched an attack.Under the cover of their own artillery fire, a regiment of revolutionary troops crossed the river on a makeshift raft.Zhang Wensheng was calm and composed, directing the firepower of the Northern Territory Army's machine guns to block the river and suppress the opponent's attack. The battle between the two sides was extremely fierce.

The morale of the revolutionary army was high. They braved the rain of bullets and launched a charge regardless of life and death. However, the Mark heavy machine guns of the northern army were deployed in the forward position and blocked the ferry with crossfire, killing the revolutionary soldiers one after another.Before a raft reached the middle of the river, there were no living people on it, and the blood soon soaked the fat water, and the whole river turned blood red.

Li Liejun didn't care about the casualties at all. He ordered the Revolutionary Army of Jiangzuo Province to attack Feishui in turn with a regiment as a unit.The battle went on for two days, and as a result, the Jiangzuo Provincial Army suffered heavy casualties, but they were still unable to cross the river successfully.Seeing that the troops under his command were fighting less and less, and many regiments lost more than [-]%, Li Liejun felt very troubled, and what was even more frightening was that there was not much ammunition left.

Although the revolutionary army has a large number of people, the biggest problem is the lack of weapons and equipment. Although the Jiangzuo Provincial Army claims to be [-], there is a lot of water in it. One-third of them even hold spears. Even soldiers with guns , The weapons in the hands are also varied.Old sleeves, Xiakouzo, fast guns, martini, Liyi guns, and even many old muzzle-loading muskets and pistols.

There are only twelve cannons in the entire army, and only four of them are Krupp mountain cannons. The other cannons are produced by the domestic manufacturing bureau, and three are local cannons from the late Jin period. Usually, only one cannon can be installed. It looks like, in fact, it can't beat the river at all.

Even for these weapons, the ammunition is very scarce. Every time I fight, I have to count the shells. I am afraid that if the ammunition is used up, I will not have heavy firepower.Li Liejun placed all the five Mark-type heavy machine guns in the entire army at the ferry, and fired wildly at the northern army on the river bank, but soon the firepower of the revolutionary army was suppressed by the machine guns on the other side. Like bullets.

The battle by the Feishui River fell into a stalemate. Li Liejun continued to increase his troops, vowing to cross the Feishui, and Zhang Wensheng did not dare to neglect at all.At this time, the Jiangnan Provincial Army assembled in Baishan Town. They tied up a large number of rafts and prepared to cross Chaohu Lake.Bai Wenwei personally led [-] soldiers to sneak across Chaohu Lake, cover up from the rear of the Northern Territory Army and capture Hefei in one fell swoop, in order to open up the connection with Wenhai City, and threaten Qilu's Northern Territory Army from the side.

"Report to the governor, the preparations for crossing the river have been completed." An officer ran over and said.

"Very good, immediately cross the river and attack Hefei. I will sleep in Hefei city tonight." Bai Wenwei laughed and ordered.He thinks the plan this time is very brilliant. As long as he succeeds in the sneak attack, he will be able to take down the important city of Hefei in one fell swoop, and even attack Qilu with an army.

At this time, Bai Wenwei felt a bit like a famous general, imagining that he would march northward and attack the city all the way to the imperial capital.After becoming a hero of the Northern Expedition, he will be stationed in the imperial capital, and money, honor and status will follow one after another.

"Captain, our people have already left, let's go too." The adjutant said from the side.

With his thoughts interrupted, Bai Wenwei straightened his chest, lightly twitched his breeches with a horsewhip, and said to the adjutants and guards beside him, "Okay, let's cross the river." Taking big strides, Bai Wenwei felt the power of the revolutionary father. The location is right in front of you, and high officials and rich salary are within reach.

At this moment, a knight on a fast horse rushed towards him. He and his horse seemed to have just been picked up from the water, obviously after a long gallop.The fast horse came to an emergency stop beside Bai Wenwei, and then the knight got off his horse and sent a document to him and said urgently: "The governor's affairs are not good, Hu Wantai and Sun Duosen announced to expel the governor and support Yuan Wei. They have blocked the border of Jiangnan Province and we are not allowed to go back."

"What?" Bai Wenwei cried out in shock, not even noticing that the whip fell to the ground.

Both spoke loudly, and everyone nearby could hear them clearly.Hu Wantai, the commander of the First Division of Jiangnan Province, and Sun Duosen, Minister of Civil Affairs, announced that they would support Yuan again and expel Bai Wenwei.By the time Bai Wenwei reacted and wanted to block the news, it was too late.

I heard that I can't go back to my hometown, and the morale of the army is inevitable.Most of the Jiangnan Provincial Army was under the control of Hu Wantai, and now it was heard that he had turned against Bai Wenwei. Some of Hu Wantai's subordinates didn't even obey orders, and pulled their own troops out of the brigade and retreated towards Jiangnan.

In just half a day, all of Bai Wenwei's men fled, and he instantly changed from a "quasi-revolutionary hero" to a polished commander.Sighing, Bai Wenwei didn't say hello to Li Liejun, and fled towards Wenhai City with his guards in desperation.

Not knowing that the surprise army he had sent had been wiped out, Li Liejun continued to attack by the Feishui River, trying to hold back Zhang Wensheng's troops with a strong offensive, waiting for his own reinforcements to attack back and forth.The battle lasted for four days, and even Zhang Wensheng sensed something was wrong. The opponent's attack suffered heavy casualties but he insisted on it all the time. There seemed to be something wrong with it.

Li Liejun's offensive was fierce, and Zhang Wensheng couldn't spare any manpower.He had no choice but to send some scouts to patrol along the coast of Chaohu Lake to search for possible crises.What surprised Zhang Wensheng was that after several days of reconnaissance, he found nothing abnormal. He thought that he had sent too few people and missed the abnormal situation.Then he sent three times more people to investigate all the areas around Hefei as if through a sieve, but there was still no change.

Because the time was too long, Li Liejun couldn't hold it anymore, and the Jiangzuo Provincial Army's offensive intensity also dropped.Li Liejun was very surprised why Bai Wenwei and his army suddenly disappeared without any clues.He began to worry a little, for fear that the friendly army would hang himself here, leaving the Jiangzuo provincial army alone without support.

Chapter 499 Tan Yankai's Actions

When the Jiangzuo Provincial Army was fighting with the Jiangnan Provincial Army that supported Yuan Wei, a war broke out in the west, but this strange war did not happen between the Revolutionary Party and the Northern Region Army.

It turned out that after Wang Zhanyuan sent some troops to assist Zhang Zhenfang in attacking the Bailang Army, the Northern Region Army, which was short of troops, suspended its offensive, and the whole army hid in the Central Plains Province to rest.Tan Yankai realized that the Northern Territory Army was short of troops, so he immediately marched northward, conquering Yichang Mansion in one fell swoop, and the forward reached Jingmen Prefecture.

Upon receiving news of the emergency ahead, Wang Zhanyuan sent troops to deploy defenses on the front line from Jingmen Prefecture to Jingzhou Mansion, and at the same time urged Zhang Zhenfang to return to the army as soon as possible.However, the Bailang Army became more and more troublesome, and the Northern Territory Army was exhausted, and it was difficult to wipe them out in a short time.The lack of troops in the Northern Territory Army made Tan Yankai feel that the opportunity had come. He immediately led two divisions to attack Jingmen Prefecture in an attempt to break the Northern Territory defense line in one fell swoop.Fortunately, Wang Zhanyuan tried his best to barely keep the line of defense, but the Northern Territory Army also paid a huge price for it.

Tan Yankai was furious when he saw that Jingmen Prefecture had been unable to attack for a long time. He immediately ordered additional troops to overwhelm the Northern Region Army with numerical superiority, but he soon discovered that this was impossible.It turned out that the Revolutionary Army's war preparations were insufficient, with a small number of weapons and equipment and a lack of ammunition.After these days of high-intensity combat, although there are still many troops that have not been transferred to the front line, there is not much ammunition left.

Wang Zhanyuan of the Central Plains Province owns the Xiakou Arsenal, and has inexhaustible supply of weapons and ammunition. If this continues to be consumed, the revolutionary army is in danger of collapse.Facing the lack of supplies, Tan Yankai was helpless, so he had to suspend the offensive ahead, and hid in the mansion alone to think of ideas.

Tan Yankai thought about it, but the only way was to ask Sun Wenhai in eastern Guangdong for arms.However, the distance between eastern Guangdong and Namwon Province is thousands of miles, and the transportation of materials is really far away.At this time, someone gave Tan Yankai an idea. If it is difficult to obtain supplies from the Xiakou Arsenal in Hanxia in the east, he can go west to Zhongchuan to raise funds.

The officer said that the fundraising was for the sake of sounding good. Since the Second Revolution, Zhao Shouhong, Cai E and others have declared their neutrality one after another, and Zhongchuan has also blocked the external passage. Provide weapons and ammunition support, which is one of the reasons why the revolutionary army cannot supply ammunition.Now that the situation of the Revolutionary Army in Namwon Province is very good, how can Tan Yankai be reconciled to seeing it fail because of insufficient ammunition.

The easiest place to get it now is the Chuandong Arsenal in Xiezhou Prefecture.Chuandong Arsenal is a light weapons factory newly established in Xiezhou Prefecture after Zhao Shouhong took full control of Zhongchuan.All the machines here are self-made by Zhongchuan, and the electrification and assembly line production has basically been implemented. It is a factory specializing in providing equipment for various domestic forces.

Nowadays, there are so many forces in the country. These forces, large and small, are desperately expanding their military power in order to survive.The expansion of military power is not only about people, but also guns. Now that the Western Continent is expanding its army and preparing for war, the price of weapons in the world has skyrocketed. They naturally don't want to be taken advantage of.

There are various rifles and machine guns produced by the Chuandong Arsenal, as well as ammunition of various calibers, which can meet all the needs of weapons and equipment across the country, and all forces are naturally willing to buy them.In 1912, the Northern Territory Army alone purchased [-] Manlysia rifles and more than [-] million rounds of ammunition.

Now Tan Yankai, who is short of weapons and ammunition, is looking at this eastern Sichuan arsenal.Because after the recovery of the Huns, the military pressure in the north increased, and most of the troops in Zhongchuan were placed in the north and west to resist the huge military pressure of the Raksha people, while the troops in Zhongchuan seemed a little weak.For example, in eastern Sichuan, the regular army is only the independent [-]th Brigade of Lu Zhonglin's Department stationed in Chongshan City, while there are only two militia regiments stationed in the direction of Xiezhou Prefecture, and their strength is very weak.

Thinking of the large amount of weapons and ammunition that might be available, Tan Yankai, with red eyes, forgot the combat power of the Great Shu Army, after all, that will be a matter of the future.As long as he has enough power in his hands, anyone can only compromise with himself, at least he thinks so.