On the evening of October 24, the officers and soldiers of the Hubei Fleet were exhausted after a day of patrol.
After the sailors docked the ship at the dock, they went back to the military camp to rest.
Only a few people on duty were left on the ship.
Inland river ships are different from naval ships.
Because of their shallow draft and small internal space, accommodation is usually not considered, and their habitability is quite poor.
Therefore, the sailors' cabins are either missing or extremely narrow.
The ships of the Hubei Fleet are all ordered in Japan, and the Japanese design style basically does not consider the habitability, which is very difficult.
These ships are no exception.
If everyone were to live in the cabin, they would be as crowded as a sardine can.
Now that it is autumn again, it would be impossible to squeeze in any more.
Therefore, the officers and soldiers were unwilling to live on the ship, and would rather walk a few steps to sleep in the naval barracks.
The sailors who stayed behind looked around casually.
Everything on the river was pitch black.
In this era, almost no ships would sail at night because it was very dangerous.
If they accidentally ran aground or hit a rock, it would be great fun. .
Hanyang on the other side was brightly lit.
There was an area that was obviously a construction site, with hundreds of blinding gas lamps lit.
"Those bandits are really crazy.
They actually plan to build a bridge on the Yangtze River.
Are they planning to repair the bridge and then fight back?"
A sailor looked at the construction site opposite that was working overtime with a completely incomprehensible expression.
The construction site started a few days ago and is still in the preparation stage.
We are just doing some basic work such as leveling the site, building roads, and compacting the road surface.
Kyodo Society really plans to build a Yangtze River bridge to connect Wuchang and Hanyang.
Of course, this was not the purpose of building the bridge to cross Wuchang, as the sailor thought.
All data parameters of this Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge are ready-made and can be called at any time.
The survey of the location has been completed a long time ago.
The unmanned reconnaissance aircraft have been in Hubei for so long.
They are not only acting as frontline reconnaissance aircraft, they have already detected the terrain data of Hubei.
So we just occupied Hanyang and started working on this project.
The efficiency of Xingke and Kyodo Society is very high, which is completely beyond the imagination of people in this era.
In less than a week, personnel and materials were in place one after another, and they began to work overtime.
Another sailor said: "It would be great if it is really completed.
You won't need to take a boat to cross the river in the future.
I also heard that these gangsters like to build bridges and roads.
We have built several roads in Badong.
It’s all made of slate and cement, and so are the bridges on the way, tut tut.”
This sailor is from Badong, and he heard about the changes in his hometown some time ago.
"Yes, when it comes to building roads, the Qing government is not as active as they are."
A few people chatted for a while, and a sailor yawned: "Hey, go to sleep, I'm so sleepy."
"It's stuffy and hot in the cabin, so we can just make a bed on the deck."
"There are so many mosquitoes outside, we need to light mosquito coils," another sailor said.
A sailor returned to the cabin and took out a few coils of mosquito coils: "Damn, this Kyodo Society is so awesome.
I heard they made this mosquito coils.
It's much better than the paper-wrapped incense we used before."
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They didn't notice that there were more than a hundred black shadows swimming under the water a few hundred meters away, and they were quietly approaching the ships at the Navy dock.
This is a group of divers with underwater propellers, and they all carry a large waterproof backpack on their backs.
After a while, several periscopes stretched out from the water, turned a few times and then quickly retracted underwater.
Under the water, the commander made a few gestures with fluorescent gloves, and the divers immediately divided into seven or eight groups and swam towards their respective targets.
There was a soft splash of water, and a human head wearing diving goggles appeared on the starboard side of the Chuyu gunboat.
The freeboard of this kind of inland river gunboat is very low.
This man leaned on the railing on the side of the ship and climbed up as soon as he turned over.
As soon as he got on the boat, he put down the backpack behind him and took out a short gun.
This is a silent submachine gun that appeared decades in advance.
This batch was manufactured in small batches and is currently only equipped with internal guards and special forces.
A few seconds later, five more people came out of the water.
After a few people communicated with gestures, they dispersed quietly.
After a while, there were several abnormal muffled sounds on the deck, and then it became quiet again.
At the same time, similar things were happening on other ships.
There are several watchtowers at the Navy Pier, and two watchtowers are equipped with searchlights to monitor the river at any time.
At this time, several black shadows crawled out of the river and sneaked through the shadows.
A man took out a few things from his backpack and began to assemble them on the spot.
After more than ten seconds, he had a steel crossbow with a scope in his hand.
Another man picked up a stone and threw it aside.
There was a "pop" sound, which was particularly prominent in the silent night.
The sentry on the watchtower immediately walked over and stuck his head out to observe.
At this time, there was only a slight sound of a string, and a dark matte crossbow bolt appeared on the sentry's throat.
The sentry's eyes widened and he slowly fell down, clutching his throat.
The sentry on another watchtower was leaning against a pillar, his head moving slowly as he dozed off.
At this time, a figure climbed up the watchtower silently, covering his mouth with one hand, and gently grazing his neck with the dagger in the other hand.
Other figures sneaked into important departments such as the turret, ammunition depot, command post, and military camp at the dock.
Half an hour later, everyone came back one after another, and they boarded the ships that had been cleaned up.
Some people dragged their underwater propellers from the water onto the ship, some came to the gun position, removed the gun jackets and loaded ammunition, and some were weighing anchor.
That's right, the force that launched the surprise attack was Wen Desi's "Dragon Teeth" special forces.
The commander of this operation was Liu Shui, the "martial arts master" who took refuge with Wen Desi after the "Nanchang Mission Case".
He worked in the factory protection team and the militia, and later passed many tests and successfully entered this most elite team. force.
After a while, the remaining six ships of the Hubei fleet sounded the sound of their engines at the same time.
The ships slowly left their berths and sailed towards the center of the river.
At this time, the new army on the dock realized that they were still hurriedly getting dressed and getting weapons.
Liu Shui looked at the busy enemy camp, smiled coldly, took out a remote control, and pressed it gently.
Immediately, a series of violent explosions sounded on the dock.
"Boom boom boom" the forts, ammunition depots, command posts, and military camps were blown away one after another by the violent shock wave.
Broken building materials mixed with human bodies flew everywhere.
On the upper floor of the city gate of Hanyang, Rossi put down his telescope and smiled: "It seems that Longya has succeeded."
That night, the Hubei Navy suffered heavy losses.
All four forts, ammunition depots, and command posts were destroyed, and half of the military camp was destroyed.
More than 500 officers and soldiers were killed or injured, and ammunition, equipment, and materials were suffered heavy losses.
What made them most desperate was that the five inland river gunboats Chu Tai, Chu You, Chu Qian, Chu Guan, and Chu Yu and the torpedo boat Hu Peng were captured by Kyodo News Although the Hubei fleet is a bit smaller, it is still a fleet after all.
It's a good thing now that he was completely robbed from his home.
After learning the news, Wuchang officials were dumbfounded.
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They all said, "Holy shit, this is too subversive of common sense."
You gangsters are so abominable.
Robbery of warships is a crime.
Don’t you know?
After the news spread, the morale of the new army was directly cleared.
When there were warships, we could barely defend the Yangtze River.
Now that the warships belong to other people, how can we still defend them?
The revolutionary party of the Hubei New Army began to become active.
They originally wanted to revolt, but they never found the opportunity.
Hubei has very strict control over the New Army.
Most of the platoons have two bannermen as surveillance personnel.
Most of the gendarmerie are also bannermen, so opportunities are hard to find.
But now people are panicking.
After the news that the navy was completely wiped out, some bannermen in the new army were ready to escape.
They had no intention of monitoring the Han people.
At 15:00 on October 25, thousands of sailboats competed on the Hanyang side, and the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army crossed the river in large numbers.
The six ships captured last night had officially joined the Revolutionary Army at this time.
They were driven by Kyodo Society sailors and rushed to the front.
Provide cover fire for the transport ships behind you.
A heavy artillery group consisting of 8 150mm heavy guns, 12 105mm howitzers, 20 160mm mortars, and 20 120mm mortars were also clearing the Qing army's riverside positions and city walls.
At 17:00, 3 infantry regiments and 1 artillery battalion completed the landing.
At 18:00, an infantry regiment and artillery battalion surrounded Wuchang, and the other two infantry regiments began to clear the surrounding area.
At 20:00, the revolutionary army completed the encirclement of Wuchang and fired a batch of propaganda bombs into the city, demanding that the defenders surrender.
At 6 o'clock the next day, a mutiny broke out among the defenders in the city.
Some of the new troops rose up in front of the formation and opened the city gate.
At the same time, fierce fighting broke out in the city, with rebel officers and soldiers and die-hard troops fighting everywhere.
At 6:30, the 5th and 6th Infantry Regiments of the Revolutionary Army entered the city.
While controlling various key points, they assisted the rebel army in eliminating the die-hard armed forces.
At 9:30, all the die-hard armed forces were wiped out, and Wuchang City was completely controlled by the Kyodo Society except for Mancheng in the inner city.
Originally, the Eight Banners were stationed in Hubei in Jingzhou, but because Wuchang was the provincial capital, the conditions were much more comfortable than in Jingzhou.
Later, many bannermen moved from Jingzhou to Wuchang.
The Qing court had no objection to this.
They also felt that Wuchang was much more important and it was necessary for the banner people to monitor it, so they set aside an area from the inner city for the banner people to live, forming a substantial city. .
A few days ago, many bannermen in Jingzhou felt unsafe and ran to Wuchang.
As a result, there were more bannermen here than in the city of Jingzhou.
The rebels spontaneously requested to attack Mancheng.
Kyodo News did not participate in this operation, but only provided them with 2,000 grenades, ten "heartless cannons" and supporting explosives, as well as detailed maps.
The rebels had been often bullied by the bannermen in the past, and they had long been suffocating.
Coupled with the ideological propaganda of the Alliance, it goes without saying what would happen in the city.
Kyodo Society generally won't do this kind of thing themselves, but if others do it, they won't stop it and even provide convenience.
According to Wen Desi: "I personally have no prejudice against the bannermen, but I can't control what other people, especially the Han people of this era, will think.
Because from a historical perspective, the Manchus owe too much blood debt to the Han people. , plus knock This kind of national hatred and class hatred cannot be easily resolved after more than 200 years.
What is revolution?
It is not only the construction of a new society, but revenge is also one of the goals.
This tone has been suppressed for hundreds of years.
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How to get along?”
Of course, Wen Desi came from a later generation, and he could fight in any way on the battlefield, and he could use any powerful weapon.
He is not the kind of pedantic person who believes that "killing people with artillery shells is more noble than killing people with poison gas", but he still disagrees with such gentlemanly things as killing prisoners of war and massacring civilians.
Therefore, in the last Xingshan anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, Hubei's bannermen Qingzhuang lost most of them.
In addition, the Mancheng in Wuchang is much smaller than the one in Jingzhou.
Now these people can't stop them for long.
Half an hour later, the walls of the city were blasted open, and the rebels swarmed in.
An hour later, the revolutionary army slowly arrived at Mancheng.
At this time, Mancheng was already in a mess.
The rebels had plenty of explosives and artillery shells, so they would not be stupid enough to engage in street fighting with the bannermen's armed forces.
It was blasted through almost inch by inch.
All the remaining bannermen were driven to the school grounds in the middle.
Anyone who participated in the resistance was identified, dragged out and shot on the spot.
After killing most of the young men, the rebels prepared to attack other old people, young women and children.
At this time, the revolutionary army who had been watching the soy sauce game stepped forward to stop them.
An officer of the revolutionary army said: "Killing those die-hards is a normal act of war and completely correct.
But killing women and children is not.
We are a revolutionary army, not bandits and robbers."
He paused and then said: "Of course, we are not just letting them go.
We will organize a public trial in a few days.
All bannermen who have committed crimes before will receive corresponding punishments after the public trial.
All Anyone can come and report their crimes.
I guarantee that all guilty bannermen will be punished, no matter who they are.
The rebels were persuaded and handed over the remaining captives of the bannermen to the Kyodo Society.
Of course, another reason is that the battle just now was very enjoyable, and he was very angry.
Once you have vented enough anger, it will naturally become easier to speak.
At 14:00 on October 26, the whole city of Wuchang was liberated Zhao Erxun, the governor of Huguang, was shot dead by the new rebel army.
Zhang Biao, the commander of the Eighth Town, was surrounded and committed suicide by drinking a bomb.
Li Yuanhong, the commander of the 23rd Mixed Association, failed to escape in disguise and was intercepted by the river.
The remaining officials were either killed or captured, and a small number escaped before the siege.
Subsequently, Kyodo News began to march towards the remaining Qing-controlled areas in Hubei.
With the assistance of the inland fleet, it captured Huanggang, Huangzhou Prefecture that afternoon.
By October 31, all of Hubei will be liberated.
After conquering Hubei, two regiments of the Kyodo Society went north to Shaanxi and liberated Ankang and Hanzhong Prefecture in Xing'an Prefecture.
Then they stopped expansion and began to shift to defense.
This expansion has almost reached its limit.
If we occupy more territory, we will not have enough manpower.
After all, Kyodo Society’s rise was too short and its foundation is too thin.
Although it is open, there is a limit.
If you swallow it any more, you will suffer from indigestion.
If Ankang, Xing'an Prefecture, and Hanzhong Prefecture were not the only way to pass through the Yu-Han Line, Wen Desi would not even include these two places in the scope of this expansion.
The next step is of course farming.
Such a large area of land in Hubei must be properly digested, and the size of the army also needs to be expanded.
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