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On June 7, two regiments and two artillery battalions led by Huang Keqiang advanced to the outside of Yangcheng and began to bombard Yangcheng.

That night, the revolutionaries in the Yangcheng New Army contacted Huang Keqiang. The next day, the New Army revolted in front of the battlefield, and the outer defense line of Yangcheng was broken. Huang Keqiang took the opportunity to lead his troops into the city.

After the city was broken, the general of Yangcheng fled by boat with his family. The remaining soldiers of the Qing Empire chose to flee without a leader, and those who could not escape surrendered.

The revolutionary atmosphere in Yangcheng became more intense. After Huang Keqiang entered the city, he issued a notice to calm people's hearts and took over the port as soon as possible. The revolutionary army gained access to the sea.

However, not everything was so fair. On the 8th, the revolutionary army entered Yangcheng. On the 14th, the whole city of Yangcheng disappeared, and tens of thousands of bannermen disappeared. Huang Keqiang only found out about it afterwards.

At this time, the first batch of supplies sent by Nanhua had arrived at the port of Yangcheng, and he didn't have so much time to pay attention to this matter.

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On June 9th, three towns.

"Most of the 21st Mixed Brigade are willing to join the revolution, and four battalions of the former 8th Regiment of the Chu Army are also willing to join us.

In addition, the Yangtze River Fleet has been reorganized and is preparing to escort the First Reinforced Brigade to the south."

"In the short term, the total number of soldiers available in Chu is 12,000. The Yangtze River Fleet has 12 gunboats and 4 torpedo boats.

The recruit training camp has been reorganized, and 700 recruits have been recruited and are in training."

Huang Zhengfang closed the folder tiredly.

"Zhengfang, you have worked hard." Chen Jiayin patted his shoulder.

"Report! It's just my job, not hard!" Huang Zhengfang tried to cheer himself up.

"Okay, go and rest quickly, put the Yangtze River Fleet aside for now, and you won't be so busy after the reorganization. I'll find a few more people to help you later." Chen Jiayin helped him straighten his collar.

The battle ended on the 3rd, and on the 4th, the revolutionary army began to formally incorporate the new army and other people who were willing to revolutionize.

It's impossible for others to reorganize after they have already started the revolution, right? They have to change their titles and flags anyway.

Otherwise, when a war breaks out in the future, when people ask them which unit they belong to, they will just go back to the 21st Mixed Brigade of the New Army?

This number belongs to the Qing Empire, not the Revolutionary Army.

It is not enough to just change the number. The General Staff must configure different firepower according to different situations.

For example, the original 21st Mixed Brigade Artillery Team used 75mm field guns, which belonged to battalion-level support artillery in the battle sequence of the Revolutionary Army.

The General Staff must pull out the heavy artillery and replace them with them. As for the 75mm field guns, they will be transferred to the battalion.

This is to reassure the new army that they are going to fight anyway, and the treatment must be consistent. The Revolutionary Army uses 105mm howitzers, and those who come here anyway must have them.

Then it involves technical and cultural issues.

The artillery of the New Army Artillery Battalion has culture, but it is extremely limited. Except for a few officers, other gunners rarely receive systematic education. The technology of operating 75mm guns is taught by officers.

Many people don’t know how to use heavy artillery after getting it!

They can fight, but they can't hit accurately, let alone provide timely fire support.

They need to find a new position for these gunners, split the structure of the original 21st Mixed Brigade, and improve their logistics system.

All these things have to be handled by the General Staff, and the busiest one is Huang Zhengfang's Operations Department, which basically has to intervene in everything and finally make a statistical table.

Chen Jiayin knocked on Lin Pingzhi's door with the statistical table.

"Commander, this is the latest result given by the Operations Staff. The total number of our troops in the three towns is almost enough for a division." Chen Jiayin handed the statistical table to Lin Pingzhi.

Lin Pingzhi looked at the statistical table, nodded, and put the table on the table.

"You are experts in combat, so I won't make trouble. According to the latest news from the intelligence department, Duan Fang, as the Minister of Suppressing Rebellion, led the 11th Town to set off south yesterday. What plans does the General Staff have?" Lin Pingzhi crossed his fingers and placed them on the statistical table.

"Only set off yesterday? Wasn't the news leaked a long time ago?" Chen Jiayin was stunned.

"You've only been here for a short time, so you don't know the situation very well. Considering the Qing Empire's... personality, their reaction speed this time is already fast." Lin Pingzhi curled his lips.

"Is the 11th Town going south by train?" Chen Jiayin took out a map from the briefcase he carried with him.

"Yes, yesterday at noon, a train left Changxindian, with two battalions of the 11th Town on board." Lin Pingzhi nodded, looking at Chen Jiayin who was in deep thought.

"That's great, we can catch up and gain a strategic advantage." Chen Jiayin spread the map flat on the desk.

"The Lu-Han Railway is 1,200 kilometers long and has a designed speed of 30 per hour, but because each section is built by a different company, the actual average speed does not exceed 20 per hour."

"That is to say, from Changxindian to the south, it will take less than three days for the vanguard of the 11th Town to enter Hubei."

"Then we can abandon the original plan of a decisive battle on the plain and go north to seize the three passes of Wusheng Pass, Jiuli Pass, and Pingjing Pass." Chen Jiayin pointed to the three red dots on the map.

"These three passes are mutually supportive. If we can control these three passes and set up heavy artillery at high altitudes, two regiments can block two divisions."

"The remaining troops can be used in other combat directions. As long as we spread out to the two surrounding provinces, all strategic goals can be achieved, and it will be more secure." Chen Jiayin said excitedly.

These days, I have been so busy adjusting the troops, whether they were originally sent by Nanhua, trained by these people, or the original new army, all of them have been disrupted and reorganized.

It is to fight a decisive battle with more than twice the number of enemies in the plain area.

The theater staff estimated that the first batch of new troops coming to suppress would not exceed two towns. Calculated based on two towns, it is necessary to defeat or even defeat two towns head-on, and then further fight, so reorganization is necessary.

Only after reorganization can there be enough troops and enough energy, otherwise it is a question whether the 21st Mixed Brigade can be trusted.

Maybe most of them are willing to revolt, but there must be a small part who are coerced. These people may be loyal to the Qing Empire.

Of course, the decisive battle on the plain is based on the fact that the Qing Empire sent troops to suppress the news as soon as possible after confirming the news.

Now that the Qing Empire is so slow to react, it is not impossible for them to strive to suppress the soldiers who come to suppress outside the Chu area.

"Commander, the opportunity is fleeting, I will arrange the combat mission first." Chen Jiayin put away the map.

"Go ahead, don't forget to copy this plan and send it to the commander." Lin Pingzhi nodded.

"Yes!" Chen Jiayin saluted and turned to go out.

The plan has just achieved initial results, and the struggle for power has already begun.

The army is also divided into two factions. Some revolutionaries are close to Sun Zairen, but more officers of the New Army and the Nanhua faction are close to Lin Pingzhi, the deputy commander.

Especially Li Songqing, this man is very shrewd. He can't get rid of his identity as a commander, so he is very straightforward to get close to the Nanhua faction. Influenced by him, the officers are also close to the Nanhua faction.

How to distinguish the Nanhua faction from the revolutionaries? Very simple.

The Nanhua faction is experienced, usually gentle, and iron-blooded military.

The faction is rich in language and always passionate. It is the revolutionary faction.

It is easier to judge on the battlefield. When encountering obstacles, the Nanhua faction will calmly record parameters and call for artillery support, while the revolutionaries are likely to be so passionate that they will take off their hats and rush.

ps: Sun Zairen is from the Nanhua faction. In the final analysis, the two of them just set up two big flags to facilitate the concentration of forces.

After the three towns were taken, Sun Zairen devoted himself to the establishment of the Administrative Council.

The first thing he did after taking office was to transfer hundreds of young students in Changsha and find hundreds of young students from the three towns.

In the way of three students to one teacher, let the cadres sent by Nanhua lead these students to prepare to establish grassroots ruling institutions.

These students may not have good business capabilities, but their passion can guarantee that they will devote themselves to the cause.

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April 10, which is the second day after Yangcheng was captured.

Borneo, New Chang'an.

"According to the plan, 10,000 agents are to be sent to the Qing Empire, but so far, the progress of the plan has barely exceeded half. Why?" Liu Yiming looked at Xu Hui with a gloomy face.

"The grassroots cadres can't be transferred. The original plan was to transfer 2,000 grassroots cadres from the Construction Corps and 3,000 retired outstanding soldiers and officers. They have been transferred."

"After two months of training, we are also ready to send people over. The ship encountered a typhoon during the voyage and had to stop in Taiwan for half a month. When it arrived in Shanghai, time was already delayed." Xu Hui said.

He knew that the action was about to start, but he didn't expect it to be so urgent. He couldn't catch up no matter how hard he tried.

"I didn't communicate with you about my problem in advance. Now, send the people to Guangzhou!" Liu Yiming was stunned.

There are many participants in this plan, but including Xu Hui, they are only responsible for a small part and don't know the specific time.

"It has already set off. In addition, do we need to express our attitude on this matter? To show that it has nothing to do with us." Xu Hui asked.

"Don't panic, the British have already started the action, and we don't have to take the lead." Liu Yiming nodded.

The three towns are still under blockade, but the telegraph lines have been repaired. After all, the revolutionary army is ready for battle, and it is meaningless to cut off external contact.

At present, governments of all countries are watching and evaluating the direction of the Qing Empire and what benefits they may get.

Except Britain and Japan.

The Huguang area is the sphere of influence of the British. It is a market that cannot be ignored. They need to evaluate the impact of the revolution on the market.

The Japanese are much more straightforward. They contacted the revolutionaries and wanted to give them "assistance". They started with thousands of rifles and six infantry guns. They only needed to pay some "insignificant" price after the revolution was successful.

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