Back to the Republic of China as a commander

The next day, during the review, Wang Zhenyu's second battalion was standing neatly on the far right side of the army.When Commander-in-Chief Huang arrives at the school grounds, Wang Zhenyu, the star officer, will be the first to see and report to him.Thinking that he was about to meet the famous Huang Xing in history, Wang Zhenyu obviously felt that his breathing was not smooth, and his emotions began to become agitated.

No matter how later generations slander this revolutionary hero, there are two points that are unquestionable: one is his loyalty to the revolution. From the beginning to the end, Huang Xing did not seek even the slightest personal gain from the revolution; the other is that Huang Xing never said anything. The revolutionary spirit of defeat, although he has repeatedly failed, but he has repeatedly defeated and fought, and never gave up.Such a spirit of perseverance is exactly what our ancient nation lacks the most.

But these are not important right now. The important thing is that Wang Zhenyu will soon meet Huang Xing and Huang Keqiang, one of the three great patriarchs of the Kuomintang.If this was put in future generations, it would be enough for him to brag about himself for a lifetime. Damn, even dancing the rumba with Lin Chiling was not as exciting as seeing Huang Xing in person.

In the distance, two cavalry galloped forward.These two Quanfu armed soldiers galloped past the entire army on horseback, then turned their horses around, and galloped away without stopping, so everyone now knew that Commander-in-Chief Huang was coming.

After about a few minutes, a group of people riding horses appeared in view.Wang Zhenyu's eyesight was very good, and he soon saw that the front of the group was a middle-aged man with a slightly fatter figure in a blue general officer's uniform.Could this be Huang Xing? Look at that beard, yes, it looks exactly like the photo in the history textbook, this should be Huang Xing.

Getting closer, Wang Zhenyu tried his best to straighten his chest, and clamped his shoulders back. This military posture is the only result of Wang Zhenyu's many military trainings in later generations, and it is an absolute standard anywhere.

"Wang Zhenyu, the manager of the second battalion of the first star officer team of the first division of the Hunan aid army, reported to the commander-in-chief." When Huang Xing walked three meters away from himself, Wang Zhenyu took a big step, turned his body to the right, and drummed his feet. Dantian Qi shouted loudly and gave a standard military salute.

Huang Xing returned a military salute to the officer in front of him on his horse, without saying a word, his eyes quickly moved from Wang Zhenyu to the entire parade formation.

Wang Zhenyu had learned the rules before, and he continued: "All the officers and soldiers of the First Association of the First Division of the Aid Hubei and Hunan Army are in place, please Commander-in-Chief Huang to review."

Huang Xing just nodded, and said five words to Wang Zhenyu kindly: "It's hard work, please take a break." Wang Zhenyu tried his best to restrain the excitement in his heart, saluted, and then turned right to return to the team.There was another burst of joy in my heart, and Commander Huang talked to himself.Although this is just a routine, it is better than the beggar described by Lu Xun who brags that the landlord is talking to him when he meets everyone. That is just one word, get out.

The speed of Huang Xing's group was not fast, he really looked at them one by one.Until the leftmost end of the queue, Huang Xing turned his horse's head, drew out his saber, pointed straight ahead, and then galloped towards the right side of the entire queue.While running, he shouted: "Expel the Tartars and restore China."

Originally, the spectacular scene of tens of thousands of people receiving the parade had aroused the pride in everyone's chests. If Huang Xing drove it like this again, the morale of the whole army would be ignited immediately. All the officers and soldiers excitedly raised their weapons and "huh!" , Hu" shouted, and then shouted in unison: "Expel the Tartars and restore China."

Wang Zhenyu also yelled, hoarsely. . . . . .

War is always full of drama and chance.

On the afternoon of November 11, when the Wanmin Army crossed the Han River, the most shocking thing happened.Facing such a large-scale military mobilization by the civilian army, the Beiyang Army did not know it at all. They were enjoying this strange war that they could win but were not allowed to win.

The President of the First Army, Feng Guozhang, who was in charge of suppressing the rebellion in Wuchang this time, deployed the troops of the [-]th and [-]th Beiyang towns under his command, a total of eight guilds, on the line from Yudaimen Station to Nan'anzui, with their guns pointing directly at Hanyang .As for outside this area, the Beiyang Army did not allocate too many troops to fortify at all. This was not because of Feng Guozhang's entrustment, but an inevitable choice.With the power he has now, if Yuan Gongbao hadn't repeatedly ordered him not to start the war again, and he had given an order, Hanyang would definitely be taken within three days. Look down upon.

But the last time he took down Hankou on his own initiative, even though he was awarded a title by the princes afterwards, he was reprimanded by Lao Yuan for his whole life.If he went to attack Hanyang again without Lao Yuan's order, the reprimand would probably turn into replacement.But the superiors did not allow the fight, and they themselves had to be prepared to fight, so the Beiyang Army focused their operations on the Nan'anzui line, and always maintained a coercive posture against the civilian army on the other side.As for his own rear, Feng Guozhang really didn't care too much about it due to many reasons such as his contempt for the civilian army and the fact that this area is empty and has no military value.Of course, the biggest reason is that it would never have occurred to the civilian army to violate military common sense and attack its flank against the Han River, which is unscientific.

Due to many factors, the civilian army's counterattack against Hankou had a fantastic start. They successfully appeared behind the Beiyang army, but the enemy didn't know it.

Historians of later generations were unanimously critical of Huang Xing’s counterattack against Hankou in the Yangxia Defense War, and published a lot of academic papers on it, defrauding a large amount of research funding from the State Council (these cultural liars are not afraid There is no ** for giving birth to a son).

They believed that counterattacking Hankou in a situation where the enemy was strong and we were weak was an adventure doomed to failure from a military point of view.But knowing that it will fail but still doing it, it also strongly demonstrates the basic fact that Huang Xing lacks military talent from one aspect.Then it feels like what would happen if the battle was replaced by their gang of bricks, anyway, it is better than Huang Xing!A group of guys who talk on paper.

However, the Bricks were absolutely right in their analysis. Huang Xing chose to counterattack Hankou, which had hoarded a large number of troops, at this moment. It was a risk.Because the situation has developed to the point where he can't take risks, and he can't allow him to continue to be stable.

The loss of Hankou after more than a month of bloody battle had a great blow to the morale of the revolutionaries, and at the same time seriously shaken the prestige of Huang Xing, the commander-in-chief during the war.

Within the Hubei military government, there are also great opinions on Huang Xing, an outsider who came to take command of the army.It's just that due to Huang Xing's huge revolutionary reputation, it's inconvenient for everyone to oppose it publicly, but things like tearing down the stage behind the scenes will naturally not be rare.Now that Hankou is lost, everyone has no scruples. Public calls for the replacement of the commander-in-chief during the war have gradually become louder in Wuchang, and the situation is on the verge of getting out of control.

Under such internal and external difficulties, if the situation cannot be reversed through a victory to boost morale, then the Wuchang Uprising is likely to fall into the same fate as the ten uprisings before the Menghui, and it will fail.

Don't disagree with everyone, Huang Xing is not a traveler, he has no way of knowing what the history will be like next.How could he have thought that Yuan Shikai's plan at this moment was to support the bandits' self-respect, and as long as he stayed in Hanyang and didn't act rashly, he could wait for the victory of the revolution.

A person who speaks standing up may not be afraid of back pain, but as the commander-in-chief during the war, Huang Xing must be responsible for the entire revolution.Therefore, knowing that the enemy is strong and we are weak, and knowing that the counterattack on Hankou may fail, Huang Xing has to take the risk without hesitation. This is the fearless spirit of the revolution.

Of course, even though it's a risky gamble, it doesn't mean that he is going to play brain-dead attacks like Little Japan.The basic fact that the enemy is strong and we are weak cannot be ignored, so the decision to counterattack Hankou was more or less made by Huang Xing after careful consideration, rather than a decision made by later generations.

One of the factors that made Huang Xing make up his mind was that according to the accurate information sent back by the comrades of the revolutionary party lurking in Hankou, although the main force of the Qing army in Hankou was concentrated on the Nan'anzui line, most of its logistics supplies were hoarded in the Yudaimen Station.Every day, there will be wagons going south, and various materials will be transported here from the north to be unloaded, and then distributed according to the needs of the front troops.If it is put into the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, if this station is the black nest of Yuan Shao's army in the battle of Guandu, as long as it is captured, it will definitely turn the tide of the battle.

The intelligence also said that the person guarding the Yudaimen station was an association from the sixth town of Beiyang in the Qing army, and the association was called Ma Jizeng.Well, it has nothing to do with Chunyu Qiong. . .

Huang Xing took the intelligence handed back by the revolutionaries risking his life, and after careful consideration, he decided that only by taking the risk of attacking Yudai Gate to cut off the Qing army's retreat and supplies, could the morale of the Tartars be severely damaged, and the entire Hubei province truly be reversed. and even the war situation across the country.

Huang Xing didn't know the importance of guarding Hanyang, but at this moment he had no choice but to put all his eggs in one basket.Various factors forced Huang Xing to finally make the choice to counterattack Hankou.

However, the [-] reinforcements from Hubei and Hunan arrived at the front line smoothly, and Huang Xing, who had obtained a batch of fresh troops, finally made up his mind to attack, and victory or defeat depended on one action.

At about [-]:[-] in the afternoon, Huang Xing put down his binoculars and looked at the not-so-majestic Zongguan Pass in front of him, and he gritted his teeth and said to the chief officers of the Hunan Army who were standing beside him: "Let your sons attack Bar!"

"Yes" Wang Longzhong, Liu Yutang and others stood at attention and saluted, then turned and returned to their respective troops to issue combat orders.

"Come on, kill!" At three o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Wu had already dissipated, and the Hubei and Hunan Army who had been ambushing for most of the day were led by the Liangxiqiu Division of the First Battalion under Wang Longzhong of the First Association and the No. [-] Battalion of Liu Yutang under the Second Association. The Hu Zhaopeng Department of the Second Battalion served as the vanguard of the entire army's assault. After a simple battle mobilization, the two departments jointly launched an attack on Zongguan.

The two parts did not follow the training code to form infantry phalanxes stupidly, but emphasized speed and agility.The two battalions rushed straight at the Qing army in a long snake posture, trying to rush into the fortifications of the Zongguan defenders as soon as possible.

The Zongguan was guarded by a group of infantry from the sixth town of Beiyang in the Qing army, with only more than 100 people.It is mainly used as a warning, so it is not equipped with cheap defensive heavy weapons like the Maxim heavy machine gun.In addition, I didn't expect that the militiamen would dare to sneak under their noses, so although they built simple fortifications, they didn't have any precautions.In the panic, he was caught off guard by the civilian army. This group of Qing army failed to organize any effective resistance. They just watched the civilian army descend from the sky and appeared beside him, and then pointed their guns at him. wait.No matter how hard his head was at this time, he knew he should hold his gun high above his head with both hands.Almost in the blink of an eye, Zongguan changed hands.