1890 King of Southeast Asia

"Captain, chaos has been observed in the artillery, and the artillery has stopped."

Sun Wu was holding a telescope, observing the progress of the army's landing. Hearing this, he immediately changed his observation direction.

Although it was shrouded in smoke, the battle could be vaguely seen on the artillery, and Sun Wu probably knew what was going on.

"It's a little slower than I thought, but it's here after all. Send a signal and launch a general attack!" Sun Wu put down the telescope and said excitedly.

Tong!

Chiu~~

The dazzling red signal flare rose into the air, accompanied by a piercing cry.

The revolutionary army's gunboat stopped the aimless bombardment and instead fired a large number of smoke bombs at the revolutionary army's landing point and attack direction.

Hundreds of elite soldiers of the revolutionary army rushed to the artillery under the cover of machine guns, and cooperated with a battalion led by Ma Guodong to attack the remaining artillery defenders from top to bottom.

The soldiers of the Qing Empire could only accept one way of fighting, that is, the two warring parties were more than 100 meters apart and attacked with hot weapons.

Whether it was a pincer attack or a close combat, the soldiers of the Qing Empire would collapse quickly, especially the old-style army such as the fort garrison. In less than half an hour, they began to completely collapse.

This was because the Revolutionary Army chose a landing point that was a little far away in order to prevent the attack of the fort during landing, and it took time to rush up.

"After taking down the Xiaguan Fort, there is almost nothing to say about this battle. Order the army to take down the Governor's Office in one go and end the Qing Empire's control over Jinling!" Sun Wu put down the telescope when he saw the flag of the Revolutionary Army rising on the fort.

"Report! Captain, my ship is seriously flooded and needs to be repaired urgently." The captain broke Sun Wu's mentality of seeking defeat alone.

"So serious? I'll take a small boat to land! Anyway, the next battle will mainly focus on land." Sun Wu nodded.

The ship needs to be repaired. Although it can be repaired while fighting, the situation is not very critical now, so there is no need to take risks.

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Sun Wu had just landed when the cannons on the fort started firing again. Sun Wu was startled and raised his head quickly.

Fortunately, the flag on it was still the flag of the revolutionary army.

“Report! The Jiangnan New Army guarding the fort has revolted in front of the battlefield, and their commander wants to see you.” Before he took out the map, the head of the Fifth Regiment came over.

“Let him come over, and your regiment will continue to attack and keep the pressure on the Jinling defenders.” Sun Wu nodded.

“Yes!”

After a while, the guard of the head of the Fifth Regiment came to Sun Wu with Ma Guodong, who had a circle of white cloth tied around his arm.

“Ma Guodong, the commander of the first battalion of the third regiment of the second regiment of the Jiangnan New Army, meets Captain Sun!” Ma Guodong raised his hand and saluted.

Hearing his address, Sun Wu’s eyes moved slightly and nodded.

“The war is urgent, I won’t entertain you any longer. Do you have a map of Jinling?” Sun Wu asked directly.

The soldiers standing on guard beside him were stunned. They thought the captain was too trusting. They were also recruiting them. They were also revolting on the battlefield. What if it was a conspiracy of the imperial court?

"This is the distribution map of Jinling City that I collected. This is the Xiaguan Fort. To the east is the Xiaguan Wharf and Xiaguan Railway Station. This is a military camp. Next to it is the county government office...

To the south is the governor's office, telegraph office, arsenal, and silver vault. They are all in this area." Ma Guodong's level is not high or low, but at least he made most of the information clear.

"Where is the palace?" Sun Wu looked at the mark on the map, which was marked in great detail.

"To the southeast, this location can be seen on the mountain." Ma Guodong pointed to a location south of the governor's mansion.

"Do you have an organization to protect the palace?" Whenever there is chaos, there will always be ambitious people who come out to stir up trouble and take the opportunity to burn, kill and loot.

The palace preserves many precious cultural relics and various rare books. If this group of people find an opportunity, I don't know how to ruin these treasures.

Our ancestors left behind many good things, but we just didn't discover them, such as medicine, music, art, etc.

Later, they were all stolen or simply destroyed.

"Someone has gone there, but they can only stop civilians." Ma Guodong, like most people at the moment, doesn't care much about those things.

"Is the governor in the governor's office?" Sun Wu nodded, indicating that he understood.

"No, our original target was the governor's office, but the governor's personal army outside the governor's office had long disappeared. I inferred that the governor noticed something was wrong and changed the place. Time was urgent, so I ordered to take down the artillery first." Ma Guodong shook his head.

"If it's not there, then it's not there. It's just a little more effort. Can your camp be absolutely trusted?" Sun Wu shook his head and put away the map.

"Our camp has long been fed up with the corruption and incompetence of the pseudo-Qing Empire. This uprising on the battlefield was also a unanimous decision of our camp. It is absolutely trustworthy!" Ma Guodong straightened up.

"Okay! I order your battalion to be reorganized into the independent battalion of the Jinling Task Force of the Revolutionary Army. You will be the battalion commander of the independent battalion with the rank of major, and all treatment will be the same as that of the Revolutionary Army Army.

As the battalion commander, don't think that everything is fine. Everything will be settled after this battle." Sun Wu patted his shoulder and walked towards the mountain.

Of course, it was not unwarranted trust. Ma Guodong was not a son of luck and did not have the aura of reduced intelligence.

But the "detachment commander" that Ma Guodong called at the beginning showed his identity - a member of the intelligence department.

Just because he was one of his own, Sun Wu dared to let him lead a battalion directly, even though he was the chief officer of this battalion.

The independent field light artillery regiment reorganized from the artillery mark of the Jiangnan New Army was pulling the artillery to the artillery platform, and Sun Wu and Ma Guodong both hitched a ride.

"Captain, is this the artillery of the Jiangnan New Army Artillery Mark?" Ma Guodong looked at the familiar artillerymen, and then looked at the familiar seven-life five-field artillery.

According to his understanding of the revolutionary army, the military system of the revolutionary army inherited Nanhua, and the artillery regiment was mainly composed of heavy artillery. Artillery with a caliber of less than 105 mm was classified as infantry support artillery, and was not organized into a large organization above the battalion.

"Yes, on the way here, we met the Jiangnan New Army that was going to support the three towns, so we incorporated them. Now they are an independent field light artillery regiment,

Oh! You don't have heavy firepower yet, right?" Sun Wu suddenly thought that the new army battalions and below of the Qing Empire were almost all light infantry, and there were not even a few machine guns.

"I will transfer a platoon to you later, to temporarily increase some combat power. The formal reorganization must wait until this battle is over."

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Jinling is different from Jiujiang. Its political status, military importance, economic status, etc. are not comparable to Jiujiang.

There are a large number of telegraph lines and radio stations from various countries here. The communication capacity can be ranked among the top five in the Qing Empire at that time.

The blatant attack of the revolutionary army was quickly translated into electric signals and sent to various places.

"In this way, it can not only ensure that my Qing Empire will last forever, but also ensure that power is in my hands. Isn't it wonderful?" The deputy governor of the Zhenglan Banner, the minister who drafted the constitution, and Beizi Zai Ze were calling for constitutionalism in the small court.

Zai Ze believed that the current chaos in the world was because the people had lost their hearts. As long as the constitution was established, the people's hearts could be regained and the rebellion would be quelled.

However, the Manchu nobles led by Yulong and Prince Qing were unwilling to give up the power in their hands, and even more unwilling to hand over the power to the Han people and be controlled by them.

Regent Zaifeng was unwilling, but he didn't say anything and sat aside to watch them debate.

The constitutionalists headed by Zaize were in the minority, so he proposed that half of the cabinet should be made up of royal family members, plus some Manchu nobles, to ensure that power would not fall into the hands of others (and could be strengthened).

"Your Majesty, urgent news from Nanjing." Zaifeng was thinking seriously, and his eunuch rushed up with a telegram.

"Jinling?" Zaifeng sat up straight and snatched the telegram from the servant.

"This! This is impossible! The rebels were in Jiujiang, how did they suddenly run to Nanjing? What are the towns along the way doing?" Zaifeng stood up suddenly, his face flushed, and his chest rose and fell like a blower.

"What?"

"I seem to have heard Jinling?"

"I heard the rebels..."

"Did the rebels go to Jinling?"

"How is that possible? I looked at the map. Going down the river, we have to pass through Anqing and Tongling. Even if we can't stop them, we can always alert the police!"

The nobles were talking about what happened.

"Stop arguing!" Zaifeng was even more angry when he saw the ministers who were almost fighting because of the dispute.

"The Governor-General's Office of Liangjiang sent an urgent telegram to the central court. The rebels suddenly appeared from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River on the morning of the 7th and bombarded the Xiaguan Fortress...

When this telegram was sent, the artillery fire of the Xiaguan Fortress had stopped. I have sent people to defend various places in the city. Please send troops to support the court as soon as possible..." The little eunuch read the telegram at Zaifeng's signal.

Hoo!

There was an uproar below. Some people scolded the rebels, some wanted to lead troops to the war, and some scolded the governor. In short, it was very noisy.

Pa!

Pa!

Pa!

"Silence!" The eunuch in front of the emperor whipped three times.

"Your Highness! The situation is urgent. Please send troops to Nanjing as soon as possible! Otherwise, half of Jiangnan may be intolerant of something!" Zai Ze ran out immediately, trembling slightly.

"Humph! Is it so sensational that Prince Ze said? The Taiping rebels were much more powerful than this, but we still suppressed them?" Immediately, people who were dissatisfied with Zai Ze's support for constitutionalism stood up to ridicule.

"Your Highness, the Ministry of Finance relies on Jiangnan's finances and tariffs. Now Huguang, Guangdong and Guangxi, Liangjiangdu... and the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang have also received news, then everything will be too late!" Zai Ze said anxiously.

Zai Feng raised his hand immediately after hearing this.

"Prince Ze is thoughtful. The Jiangnan finances and taxation areas must not be lost. I immediately ordered two towns to be transferred from the capital to quell the rebellion.

However, the Nanjing direction alone is not enough. If the problem of Huguang is not solved, this kind of thing will happen again." Zai Feng looked ugly.

"Prince Regent, is there still no progress with Duan Fang?" Prince Qing asked.

"The rebels are defending very tightly, and the 11th Regiment has suffered heavy losses, but..." Zaifeng shook his head.

"Alas... For now, we can either transfer the 4th Regiment to the south to quell the rebellion, or seek help from European countries. When we fought against the Taiping Rebellion, European countries also made a lot of efforts." Prince Qing shook his head.

"The 4th Regiment... Let's seek help from European countries first!" Zaifeng looked in the direction of Shanhaiguan and shook his head.

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