From Chief to Ball

The orchid that could have changed her fate, but did not change, and was picked up next to the dead body, no longer related to fate but just found it beautiful, is not dead now, but has branched out and planted in the nursery of the cooperative By the wall, it is blooming brightly.

Every time I have to gently pat the hands of a few naughty children, but I don't want to hurt them, but I feel sorry for the flowers that have been pinched by the naughty children and have left their branches, leaves and roots.

I originally thought that flowers cannot live without branches and leaves.Later, she knew that she could not live without nourishment.

Fortunately, the land next to the cooperative nursery is very fertile, so it is living well and blooming in full bloom.

While she was covering her mouth and giggling, a burly man next to her said to the leader of the group of "Wandering Weavers" and the female diehard members of the Mexican party: "Seriously, you all go down. Wars are not women's business." .

"From the perspective of whether the division of labor is suitable, you are right. But as our party song sings, there is no right without obligation, and there is no obligation without right. It is because of such an obligation that you have a high Our first-class rights."

The burly man frowned and said, "There is no need for you to have such an obligation in the party."

"What about Mincheng? Have you seen the program of the emergency meeting? Participating in the battle can get the lowest voting rights for the people of the country. We want to make our own voice, the voice of our gender. Even our party, in the meeting After all, it is a free divorce proposal proposed by men, which is a kind of charity after all. We must use our own efforts to win this right, to win the power to speak, to make our own voices. Only in this way can we liberate ourselves and no longer be Dolls and pets. Being able to support yourself is just the first step. And this battle is when we change the perception of those people."

The strong man stopped talking, but the woman said, "Give us a box of your matches."

"Why, do you still want to smoke a cigarette like us?"

The woman shook her head, and said calmly: "A man will die in battle at most, but if we are captured, we will have to bear another kind of insult."

After the man turned it out, he covered the words on it, shrugged helplessly, and said, "Phosphorus sulfide, not yellow phosphorus. It can only cause rashes, but not death. Go down."

While speaking, there was a muffled sound of matchlock guns below, and the army's first offensive officially began.

Chapter 1 and One

The repressive army couldn't wait to deploy the cannons, they had to capture here before dark, as a stronghold.

If you can't attack before dark, you have to retreat. It is impossible to spend the night in this kind of place-it's okay to be scared and trembling without resistance, but this is obviously not the case now.

The general can only hope that all the main forces of the rebellious party in the city are here, and if they go down at once, maybe the situation can be saved. He doesn't know how much power there is in the city.

The artillery was deployed in the rear, and the first attacking soldiers had only rushed to the vicinity of the slope, and they received salvos from the front and the left and right sides. Dozens of corpses hit by lead bullets lay there, and several bullets were thrown from the height of the building. The bombs dropped completely defeated the first tentative attack.

This open space makes the general very uncomfortable. The water tower is right next to the river, and the barricades on the open space on both sides seem to be weak points, but the water tower lies in the center, and the main attacking sides will always be within the range of the crossed lead bullets. Inside.

The muskets on the opposite side are reloading very quickly, and the various explosives thrown from the heights also make every attack pay a great price.

This square looks quite large, but there are not many troops that can be deployed, and a large number of soldiers must be maintained in the back blocks to prevent being surrounded by the chaotic parties in the city: if the city is completely chaotic, or the navy cuts in Yes, of course not, the strength of these 4000 people can dominate the entire city.But now, it is obviously stretched.

If there are not many troops deployed, it is impossible to use the superior force to feign an attack, so we can only choose one place as a breakthrough point.The building on the slope that seems to be the most difficult to break through becomes the best choice for attack.As long as there is a breakthrough there, the nearby barricades will be useless; but only if the barricades are broken, the buildings can launch counterattacks and fire at any time, and failing to take down this building is equivalent to not controlling the place at all.

The general didn't know how many people could be assembled in the city, but he estimated that since there was no chaos in the city, excluding those who maintained order, there would be at most 800 people.

In the past, suppression was really simple.Even if those people had a few matchlock guns in their hands, without the cover of spears, they could be completely dispersed with a single charge.

But now, the 800 people estimated by the general may all have flintlock guns in their hands.Judging from the uneven but recognizable salvo just now, these people probably have received certain training, and they should be the elite of the rebellious party.

In fact, he was wrong.

The elite of the "rebellious party" are in Nan'an, in Dahuangcheng, and some are even in the Taiwan fleet.

There are indeed not many real elites in the city, but there are many passionate volunteer teams, and the Mexican Party who has been preparing for the "riot" also has a lot of guns. There are nearly thirty legal and illegal cannons hidden in the city.

If it weren't for the control of the military committee, there would be at least two or three thousand people who rushed to the front with a burst of blood and passion, but this is strictly prohibited.

A temporary member of the Mexican Party is on the top of the water tower building. As a member of the temporary military committee in the city, he is very clear about his mission.

Near the pier, riots had already started long before the provisional council was established.The interns and dock workers seized the Nanyang Company's ship and set sail to intercept the navy that might be involved. Several captains had a good personal relationship with Chen Jian, and there were also a group of people who had actually fought in the Gibraltar naval battle.

In order to prevent special circumstances or worry about being deceived, the order given by the interim committee after the riot seized the ship was: "When the navy is found, directly announce that the Mincheng security team is suppressing the rebellion. Someone pretends to be the navy to participate in the riot. Please return the navy to the port and stop the ship for inspection. As long as the opponent does not accept it, he will directly seize the wind and open fire without any hesitation and give the opponent a chance to breathe."

The outcome of the naval battle is still unclear, but the threat from the navy is no longer significant.

Therefore, the temporary military committee believes that the most dangerous time is tonight. There must be no chaos in the city.

Most of the mobilized forces, as well as the elite combat teams of the Mexican Party, will participate in the maintenance of order in the city.

If someone can’t sit still tonight and jumps out voluntarily, then there is no need for a trial and they will be executed directly. After tonight, the mood in the city will be stabilized, and various committees, temporary agencies and parties will do a good job of resettlement in the city. Only then can a large number of people be deployed tomorrow. The volunteers fought back.

Likewise, this afternoon is extraordinarily important for the repressive army.In the absence of chaos in the city and the inability of the navy to participate, the army of 5000 people could not attack Mincheng at all.Before tonight, if they can't take down the water tower in the poor area of ​​the dock, they have to evacuate.

If they withdraw, or give up entirely, all is well.At that time, when the miners and the main force of the peasant association in Nan'an arrive, no matter what the army talks about, they will never accept any peace talks. They will directly capture the military camps, naval ports, and coastal forts, and then discuss whether it is a rebellion or a counter-rebellion.

If you don't withdraw, organize forces to launch a counterattack tomorrow afternoon and wipe them out in the city.

In order to achieve this goal, there are not many military forces here in the water tower, but there are definitely not many.

The real military force consisted of two elite companies from carpentry factories, two picket teams of dock workers, half a company of barricade grenadier youth regiments, plus one twelve-pound cannon, seven six-pound cannons, and thirteen three-pound cannons.

In fact, there are still cannons hidden in the city, but the Temporary Military Committee left some of them deployed in several important squares. Once a riot broke out at night, they would bombard the city directly at all costs.

After all, it is not a regular army. If it is a regular flintlock army and there are so many cannons, Chen Jian, the first member of the Provisional Military Committee, can choose to let the suppressed army stick here and organize forces to directly encircle and wipe out of.

It's a pity that this is the first time I've faced such a situation. I can't seek danger, I can only seek stability. If I can't take risks, I must fight a meaningless war of attrition and keep going.

As long as it is not breached, the power of Mincheng is mobilized, the enthusiasm of the citizen class is mobilized, and there is no chance to complete the rural reform in a year of violence. After one year, the battlefield will only be in Min County, and it will be three to five. Wan regular army is also no problem.

The Navy’s Great Wilderness Fleet cooperates with the Nanyang Company’s fleet. As long as the Qi State does not cooperate with the Navy, there will be no problem with early suppression.Fighting consumption, as long as the tropical routes continue, teak and tropical shipbuilding wood are not cut off, the navy in the capital can't fight consumption.

If the Qi State wants to take the opportunity to destroy the company navy that suppresses their trade, and the capital colludes with the Spanish navy, then the nature will change: the capital colludes with foreign enemies to massacre the Chinese.

Although the shamelessness of the ruling class can definitely be done, but although this is a temporary pleasure, it may mess up the whole family-the backlash from the bottom will explode very seriously, and there is no possibility of compromise.

Therefore, from a long-term perspective, today we only want stability, even if the suppressing army is scared away and then pays a higher price to attack the fortress bastion, it is worth it.

The temporary commissioner stationed on the front line observed the movement on the opposite side from a high place, delegated the command of the left wing and artillery to a young man who graduated from a surveying and mapping school, and repeatedly urged stability.

The young man from the Surveying and Mapping School has the surname Xiang, and his single name is Tong. It's a pity that he is short-sighted.

Although Xiang Tong is a young man, compared to the slightly older temporary committee members, he can be assigned to guard the left wing, and he is also a veteran in the party.

At the beginning, I studied surveying and mathematics in the school. I went to sea with Chen Jian, and studied with Chen Jian for several years during the global voyage. He fired the best gun in the Ryukyu. He got a fever on the way back. But he didn't die, so he could be regarded as a veteran and direct descendant.

However, Xiang Tong's temperament is after all a young man, and he promised to be safe, but he couldn't hide his excitement in his heart.

It's all about the realization of self-worth. In this chaotic situation, Xiang Tong can't think of anything that can better reflect self-worth than becoming famous in the first battle.

The opponent's first probing attack had receded. Xiang Tong took off his glass eyes, rubbed his somewhat blurred eyes, and stood on the horseback holding a telescope to observe the opposite side, couldn't help curling his lips.

Twelve of the 21 cannons were deployed on the left flank and have not yet been deployed.On the opposite side there are only five light field guns weighing six catties.

The infantry on the left wing is a little weaker. The real military force is a carpentry factory company, and there are more than 300 Chinese volunteers left. It is okay for them to defend the barricades, but they cannot attack at all.

In the one-way lens, the cannon on the opposite side is being dragged from behind, and the army is gathering there, and it seems that it is preparing to launch a formal attack.

Xiang Tong on horseback murmured: "The artillery is in the middle, the infantry on both sides didn't dig the parapet at all, and they are still throwing money to buy the warriors of the first wave of attack? Is this because they think that this side can only defend? It hasn't happened for so many years." After a war, it is too easy to suppress a loose uprising, how did this guy become a general?"