New Warlords 1909

"Why are we revolutionizing? Why are we fighting? Because we deeply love our motherland, because we deeply love the land under our feet..."

On the streets of Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Zhenjiang, and even Guangzhou, Beijing, Tianjin and other cities, there have been scenes of activities to raise funds for the army.As the song "For the Revolution" spread widely in China, the name Hua Fei entered the ears of the public for the first time.

Hua Fei, the commander of the First Division of the Anhui Revolutionary New Army, and the military and political chief of the Military and Political Department of the Provisional Independent Government of Anhui.

These two titles all imply the fact that this Hua Fei is the mysterious revolutionary who has been hiding behind his back and the actual initiator of the Anhui Revolution.But, who is Hua Fei?

"Who is Hua Fei?" On a passenger ship on the Yangtze River, Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren asked in unison after reading the bulletin in their hands.

"It seems that this Hua Fei is really a mysterious revolutionary!" Huang Xing put down the newspaper and said with a smile first.

"Mystery or not is not the most important thing." Song Jiaoren pointed to the newspaper with a little excitement, "Look at this sentence, why do we revolution? Because we love our motherland! Because we love this land The writing is very good, and just talking about this sentence, I am full of expectations to meet this mysterious revolutionary."

"Haha, if you think of me, Zhonghua, there are not many people who can make Dunchu you look forward to! How about it? Go to Anqing with me, meet this Hua Fei, and find out where he is from?" Huang Xing said after hearing this. Ha ha laughed.

"Okay, I just don't know if they are still in Anqing!"

On Anqing's side, Hua Fei's new army had just set off the next day.

Civil affairs chief Hong Siliang, revolutionaries Han Yan, Guan Peng, Wu Chunyang, Huang Shulin and others gathered together to discuss the aftermath of Anqing.

"Finally sent away the great god Hua Fei. I think he is clearly a military bandit under the banner of the Revolutionary Army. Not to mention the evacuation of the Anqing military treasury, there will be a big deal before he leaves. The revolutionary cause in Anhui cannot Pin our hopes on this kind of person. We must have our own military power, and we must have the revolutionaries' own army!" Wu Chunyang was the first to attack Hua Fei, and his tone was extremely unfriendly.

Hong Siliang, the chief of civil affairs, was quite old, and immediately said, "Hey, regardless of Mr. Hua's revolutionary purpose, he is also responsible for the restoration of Anqing. Moreover, his new army has a strict military appearance and strict military discipline. It is indeed different from the general old army. Quite different."

"Minister Hong, no matter how you say it, Hua Fei still has some doubts about his identity as a revolutionary!" Han Yan thought for a while, then looked at Gui Danchi, the head of the second regiment of the Revolutionary Defense Army who was staying in Anqing, and said, "Gui regiment Captain, how is the situation in your regiment?"

Gui Danchi glanced at Han Yan, and said dejectedly, "Our second regiment is still the same as your third regiment. All the new troops have been disrupted, and most of the middle and lower-level officers were appointed by Commander Hua! Although I am called the head of the Second Regiment, if there is no order from Vice Chief Hua of the Military and Political Department, I will not be able to mobilize a few soldiers!"

Alas, this is reality!Although Hua Fei left, it doesn't mean he gave up on Anqing.The military power is in the hands of others, so they can't make a revolution.Besides, even if you make a revolution, where are the troops coming from!Instigate rebellion against the defenders?Not to mention whether it will be successful or not, they are carrying the banner of the Revolutionary Army.If you instigate rebellion, then you will become a counter-revolutionary!

Dead chess!Dead end!Just when everyone was sighing, the sentinel came to report that Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren were visiting!

What?Huang Xing?Song Jiaoren?The father of the League?The presence of leaders in the minds of Chinese revolutionaries suddenly both came to Anqing?

This news made the revolutionaries in Anqing very excited.He quickly dropped everything and went out to meet him.

"What? Hua Fei has already led the army to support the revolution? This speed is too fast!"

Although it was expected that this might happen, Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren were still somewhat disappointed when they heard the news.Since Hua Fei wasn't there, they didn't even have any interest in entering the city.After encouraging the revolutionaries in Anqing, he boarded a boat and hurried to Wuchang.They hoped that in Wuchang they could meet Hua Fei, who had never seen his head or tail.

Hua Fei, who has become a revolutionary rookie, is sitting on a civilian boat at the moment.The 4000 revolutionary new army plus the [-] guards, a total of [-] people, sailed eastward along the river on dozens of civilian ships.In order to hide the eyes and ears, all new troops are not allowed to go on the deck during the day, so as not to expose the target.

These days, we have received calls from all over the country one after another.Following Hubei and Anhui, Hunan and Jiangxi are also electrified and independent.Especially in the past two days, the wave of independence has been overwhelming. Almost every day, new provinces and cities will announce the nationwide electrification and declare independence.Before arriving in Nanjing, Shanxi, Guizhou, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other provinces have been electrified and independent.

Hua Fei was almost indifferent to this information, because among all the power-ups, he did not see Nanjing's independent power-up.

In the Qing Dynasty, Nanjing was a special existence. Because the residence of the governor of Liangjiang was located in Nanjing, the division of Ning (Jiangning) and Jiangsu, and the independence of Jiangsu did not mean that Nanjing was also independent.

According to early intelligence collection, there were more than 2 people in Zhang Xun's Jiang Defense Battalion, Patrol Battalion and Qing Army stationed in Nanjing at this time.Moreover, the city has solid soldiers and sufficient ammunition. What is frightening is that they also have heavy machine guns.Therefore, although it is not impossible for Hua Fei to take Nanjing by force with 4000 people, it will definitely be a heavy price.

There is also a reason why Hua Fei ventured east to attack Nanjing.As an important town in the Jiangnan area, Nanjing is the seat of the governor of Liangjiang, and the amount of treasury silver stored in the treasury can be imagined.In addition, Nanjing Machinery Manufacturing Bureau was a well-known firearms and machinery bureau in the late Qing Dynasty. Its production machines and workers were undoubtedly extremely valuable assets for Hua Fei.

More importantly, Hua Fei knew that the government of the Republic of China would soon be established in Nanjing.If he captures Nanjing, then in the process of forming a new government, he will have more capital to bargain with the Nanjing government to protect his best interests.

Strength is the most effective condition for safeguarding fundamental interests.And how to show the strength to the world?Achievements are the best publicity!

26 Raid on Sky Castle

"Report, sir, the latest news has been received, the molingguan uprising in the ninth town of the new army, the troops are divided into three groups to attack Nanjing!"

At noon on November 17nd, Hua Fei finally got the news he wanted on a private boat on the Yangtze River.The Ninth Town of the New Army (are you familiar with it?) is well-trained, and many revolutionaries have been active in this army. No.18 was garrisoned in Nanjing, and No.[-] was garrisoned in Zhenjiang.After the Wuchang Uprising, Zhang Renjun, governor of Liangjiang, became more and more distrustful of the new army, cut off ammunition supplies, and transferred them to Moling Pass.

A few days ago, several Manchu military officers held guns in their hands and asked to see Xu Shaozhen, the commander in chief, in an attempt to assassinate him.Xu Shaozhen couldn't bear it anymore, molingguan swore to revolt and led his army to attack Jiangning.

Of course Hua Fei knew that the uprising of this army in history ultimately failed.However, this is not important to Hua Fei. What is important is that the uprising in the Ninth Town of the new army will inevitably attract the attention and sight of the old army in Nanjing.No one would have expected that his new revolutionary army would suddenly descend on Nanjing.

Suddenly, secretly, quickly, this is the key to capturing Nanjing!

"Order the fleet to break down in concealment, and release the guard post. Everyone else will eat and rest on the spot, and no fire is allowed!"

"Yes!"

Yuhuatai outside Nanjing City, Shen Tongwu, No.17 Xiexie, is responsible for the main attack on this point.However, since the early morning swearing-in, there have been many fierce battles without any progress, and the entire new army has begun to face a state of running out of ammunition.At nightfall, Shen Tongwu issued an order for all new armies to concentrate on attacking Yuhuatai, and the battle became intense for a while.

At the same time, on the Yangtze River outside the city of Nanjing, civilian ships quietly sailed eastward under the cover of night.Everyone was fully focused on the battle at Yuhuatai, and no one noticed any changes on the surface of the Yangtze River.

At the foot of the shogunate in the north of the city, teams of new troops quietly landed.The scouts quickly found a local resident as a guide, so that the new army would not get lost in the dark.

"Li Qianyu!"

"Here!" Li Ganyu, the head of the first regiment of the Defense Army, rushed over quickly.When he learned that the Chief of the Chinese Army led them to attack Jiangning and recover Nanjing, this passionate revolutionary was very excited.In his opinion, the battle to recover Nanjing is definitely more exciting than supporting Wuchang.

"Order your troops to garrison here. After our army's battle starts, quickly capture the fort on Shogunate Hill, so as to relieve our worries."

"Yes." Li Ganyu hesitated slightly after answering, and shouted, "Sir!"

"Huh?" Hua Fei turned his head puzzled.

"Salute!" Ever since Hua Fei led the army to recover Anqing, Li Qianyu had an inexplicable admiration for the young Hua Fei.Especially when he learned that Hua Fei led 2 revolutionary troops to attack Jiangning City, which had more than [-] defenders, the admiration in Li Qianyu's heart was even more irresistible.

This is the fearless revolutionary, and this is the strong soldier in his mind.Li Qianyu couldn't express his inner feelings in words, so he could only express his admiration with extremely standard military salutes.

"Salute!" Hua Fei solemnly returned the salute, and then he could not help sighing in his heart as he watched Li Qianyu rush forward with his eyes piercing.Passionate and radical young people, it will be a problem after all.

"Everyone, we will pass through this route directly to the Tianbao City of Zijin Mountain. I will lead the poisonous special forces to quickly attack the Tianbao City."

"Guo Tong, you temporarily lead the first regiment. If our raid goes well, you will lead your troops to quickly enter Tianbao City. Heber will immediately lead his troops to attack the bunker city. If our raid fails, you will cooperate with the commander of Heber , storming Tianbao City! At all costs, we must take Tianbao City! Commander Bai, you lead the troops and take on the security mission. Be careful not to be attacked by other troops from behind when attacking Tianbao City."

"Are all the orders clear?"

"clear!"

"Master!" As soon as the words fell, Guo Tong said worriedly, "Master, as the commander of the first army, you must not take any risks yourself, just in case..."

"Shut up!" Of course, Hua Fei understood what Guo Tong was going to say, and immediately interrupted him, his eyes swept over the faces of the senior officers and the surrounding members of the Poison Man Special Forces, and said in a low voice, "We must win this battle , there is no chance, do you understand?"

"Understood!" In the echo, there was a suppressed impulse and outburst.Everyone felt Hua Fei's determination, and everyone felt that this battle seemed extremely important.

Tianbao City was first built in the period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It is backed by a cliff, and the terrain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack.The offensive and defensive cooperation with the bunker city at the foot of the mountain has become one of the most dangerous strongholds in Nanjing.Once Tianbao City is captured, the whole of Nanjing will be under the control of artillery fire, and attacking Nanjing will be more effective with half the effort.In the several times of Nanjing siege battles in history, Tianbao City was used as the breakthrough point.

According to intelligence, Cheng Wenjun, the guard of Tianbao City, is the confidant of Zhang Renjun, Governor of Liangjiang, and he led more than [-] troops to guard Tianbao City.Although there are not many people, weapons and ammunition are extremely sufficient.Relying on the terrain, it is very difficult to capture it.

The night was already deep, but the battle at Yuhuatai seemed to be getting more intense.The entire Tianbao City was silent, and due to the fighting period, there were several times more guard posts than usual.

Dozens of black shadows quietly approached Tianbao City like ghosts in the night.Boom!A soldier on duty was startled by a slight sound, and he pushed his partner next to him and asked, "Hey, did you hear anything just now?"

The other veteran wasn't supposed to be on duty tonight. It was only because of a sudden battle that the commander decided to increase the number of sentries and sent them out.Drowsy, he annoyed impatiently, "Where are the ghost voices coming from, they are all those damned revolutionary soldiers, and I can't even sleep well."