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    When Song Ziqing arrived at the riverside, he was already facing a formidable enemy. Even the newly captured Hotchkiss machine guns were carried to a high place by the soldiers, and 10 Jiangnan-made Krupp 75mm field guns were also deployed.  Behind the warehouses and fences, all the artillery shells were loaded, and the infantry were all hiding on the spot waiting to receive the fierce bombardment of the naval guns.

    In a warehouse along the river, Yue Peng was arranging tasks to the officers around him and scolded: "What the hell do you think Chen Delong is doing? Why are you coming to us if you don't go to Wuchang?"

    ¡°Could it be that they discovered the movement here and came to suppress it?¡±

    "It's certain that there was movement." At this time, Song Ziqing had already walked to the side, took over Zhang Wenjing's words and analyzed: "But he abandoned the important Wuchang to come to Hankou. In my opinion, there are only two possibilities."

    "First, Wuchang is finished." Yue Peng nodded and said: "We can't continue to support it with three gunboats, so it's better to come to Hankou and fire a few guns to avoid being punished by the superiors for not resisting. Secondly, it may be  "

    Song Ziqing and Yue Peng went to the German Army Academy to study together, and after returning to China they served in an army, so they cooperated very well. After taking a look at the mast lights of the warships on the river, they continued: "Ruicheng or Zhang Biao is on the ship.  , seeing that Wuchang cannot be defended, he is ready to come to Hankou and continue to defend."

    "You two have a good understanding of each other." Zhang Wenjing blinked and smiled mischievously: "If it is the second one, then I suggest not to fight first, pretend to welcome him and then control him in one fell swoop, which will save the soldiers damage."

    "That's a good idea." After Yue Peng finished speaking, he took the telescope from the officer's hand. When the lens was pointed at the Chu Yu ship at the front, his mouth suddenly opened wide and his eyes went straight. Looking at that familiar figure, his brain stopped.

    Zhang Wenjing was also shocked when he saw his strange appearance. He raised the telescope and waited for a clear look. His whole body stiffened. I don't know how to describe it. It was as if the opposite side was not a dangerous gunboat, but that he saw Guishan transformed back into a myth.  The old turtle stood up and flicked its tail at him.

    Song Ziqing was even more confused. He quickly grabbed Yue Peng and asked, "What's wrong?"

    Only then did Yue Peng react. He suddenly lowered his lips and pointed at the gunboat outside the window and said, "See for yourself." After saying that, he stuffed the telescope into his arms. Song Ziqing didn't dare to delay, but when he saw it clearly, he was stunned.  After a long while, he stammered and said: "Thisthis, what kind of god is this standard of yours?"

    Lord Biao Tong went to Wuchang in person, captured Ruicheng alive and captured the three gunboats that posed the greatest threat to Hankou!

    The news spread like a whirlwind in the second and third battalions. After a while, even Hanyang on the opposite side knew about it. Everyone was excited and incredible. They rushed into Wuchang City with more than a dozen guns, where the two armies were fighting fiercely.  Ruicheng was captured without a single bullet fired!  They also brought back Chen Delong and three naval gunboats, eliminating the biggest threat to Hankou and Hanyang!

    is it possible?  Ruicheng is a bit cowardly, but Chen Delong is no cabbage either!  Let's not talk about how difficult it is to catch him from the rebel army without alerting outsiders. Just finding him will probably make everyone worry to death, right?  But look at Mr. Biaotong, in less than two hours, he has solved the problem that the party has been working on for several years and has not yet solved!  The rumors among the soldiers became more and more evil. In the end, even Yang Qiu became a god and could capture him from the air!

    At this moment, Yang Qiu was already sitting in the second battalion command post. In addition to Yue Peng and Zhang Wenjing, Hang Zhi and Song Ziqing were also sitting down. Hang Zhi was an officer who rebelled against the enemy, while Song Ziqing was finally persuaded by Yue Peng and Zhang Wenjing to stay.  , Yang Qiu also valued this young assistant officer who had the same experience as Yue Peng, and immediately appointed him as the first-level assistant officer in the 42nd standard.

    Ruicheng and Chen Delong were both temporarily escorted to Hanyang. As for the command of the three gunboats, they were temporarily handed over to Chu Qian's commander Wang Guangxiong, who had surrendered. However, since they were new arrivals, Bingwen led dozens of soldiers to stay temporarily.  Wang Guangxiong had no objection to this. In the end, due to the lack of supplies in Hankou, it was not as convenient as having an arsenal in Hanyang, so the three ships took the lead in returning there to replenish supplies.

    "Sir, this is the list compiled by Master Xiao." Zhang Wenjing handed a list to Yang Qiu, who knew what it was and immediately unfolded it and started reading.

    According to Xiao Anguo's statistics, a total of 3.5 million was dug up in Hankou. Among them, 1.5 million was obtained by the Shanxi Merchant Association in cash, 2 million in other types of banknotes and banknotes, and 600,000 in Hanyang.  2.4 million, and with the addition of Shen Shukai's, it was already close to 8 million. He, who had been worried that he would be strangled and unable to grow his funds, finally breathed a sigh of relief, but it was only temporary.

    Not to mention equipment, just feeding a town (division) requires roughly 200,000 yuan per month including the arms consumption during training. If you exchange all the money in handThe pound sterling would not even be enough to build a dreadnought.  Alas, still poor!

    "The ** battalion has taken control of the gun factory, and has also tried it out at the steel factory, but the Japanese are relatively powerful there, so Su Xiaohu only deducted a batch of mature materials in the name of military control, and Hanyang and Hankou also  It¡¯s basically under control, and the arms supply that you¡¯ve been worrying about, sir, has been temporarily solved.¡±

    "Have you found the arsenal?" Upon hearing the news, Yang Qiu immediately pricked up his ears. He was already worried about the arsenal. Upon seeing this, Yue Peng immediately smiled and said: "Actually, the Guishan Fort is right under our noses.  , that place was originally the arsenal of Jiang Fang Camp, and we thought it should be filled with artillery shells stored by Jiang Fang Camp, but we didn¡¯t expect that Ruicheng and Zhang Biao secretly hid the output of the gun factory inside.¡±

    "Ji Fucheng has already led people to do an inventory. According to rough statistics, there are 7,000 Hanyang-made artillery shells, more than 10,000 rounds of various types of artillery shells, and about 5,000 boxes of bullets. In addition, 8 7.5 field guns and 36 5.7 field guns were found inside.  In addition to the raw mountain cannons, the total we have here is 18 75mm mountain cannons, 36 57mm mountain cannons and 4 Hotchkiss machine guns." Zhang Wenjing just handed the ordnance list he made to Yang Qiu.

    "The 18 Krupp field guns can form a special artillery battalion according to the Beiyang organization. It is better to allocate the 36 57mm mountain guns to the Guishan Fort. It is best to temporarily set up another fort on the west side, so that the two forts can  Completely protecting Hanyang will cover most of the Chinese area of ??Hankou and Wuchang. In addition, we now have 5 battalions and 3 teams. After dawn, we will send all the prisoners to Hanyang for collection. With the surrender of troops, we will probably be able to form 2 more battalions.  , so there are 8 battalions in the artillery battalion and the baggage battalion. The guns and ammunition are enough at present, but the heavy firepower is a bit lacking, especially the machine guns" Yue Peng, who studied in Germany, is very concerned about machine guns.  More important than others, so the problem of insufficient machine guns is the most worrying.

    "Where is Shen Shukai?" Thinking of the machine gun Yang Qiu made his teeth itch with hatred. Zhang Wenjing immediately said: "I was afraid of something happening before, so I took it back to Hanyang with those things for the time being."

    The expansion plan proposed by Yue Peng was similar to what he thought. After thinking about it, he immediately said: "The expansion will be based on the plan mentioned by Yue Peng. The transport battalion will be reorganized into two regiments, and the new artillery battalion and gun battalion will be reorganized into two regiments  "

    "Regiment? Sir, you want to change the military system!" Before he finished speaking, Yue Peng immediately caught the light in his words, and Yang Qiu did not hide it: "Since you are studying at the German Army Academy  After reading the book, you should know that this will happen sooner or later, and there are some things we should let go of and integrate with Europe and the United States."

    "Your Majesty is right. The German Army has the most complete organization. Beiyang has been imitating it. I think it's time for us to change it." Song Ziqing, who also studied abroad, also agreed with the reform.

    "From the town to the shed, the order is divided into division, brigade, regiment, battalion, company, platoon, squad, division and brigade, etc. Starting with the regiment, each regiment has three infantry battalions and one artillery battalion, plus one baggage company and  A teaching company composed of officers and outstanding soldiers. Each battalion is divided into three companies and nine squads. In addition, the machine guns Shen Shukai bought for me must still be in his hands, otherwise I would not dare to return to Hanyang. After getting these machine guns  Each infantry company must be equipped with one heavy machine gun and two light machine guns.¡±

    After Yang Qiu briefly talked about how to change it, the four of them agreed that it could be implemented. The only problem was that there was still one artillery battalion left, but this matter could not be rushed, but another thing gave him a headache: "The problem now is,  We, 42 Biao and Hang Zhi, are both infantrymen. There is a lack of qualified artillery in the army. Officers you only have a few guns."

    These words also made the four people frown. Surrendered soldiers can be reorganized. As long as the military foundation is there, the combat effectiveness can be basically guaranteed after being broken up and integrated into each battalion. However, officers will not be trained for a long time, and the new army  The main force is all in Wuchang, and Hanyang and Hankou are basically blank spots. It is difficult to win over the officers to support the two regiments at once.

    If there are no suitable officers, then the larger the army expands, the greater the burden will be. Yue Peng and Zhang Wenjing are also very clear about this, but they don't have many options at the moment. Song Ziqing next to him thought about it and said: "Sir, at present  I had learned a little about the chaos in Wuchang before crossing the river. Most of the people involved were soldiers. The actual number of officers involved was not that many. I think we can think of ways to recruit them. The current situation is chaotic. Since you have raised your eyebrows here,  If the flag is raised, I think some people are still willing to come.¡±

    After finishing speaking, he volunteered: "No one knows about my coming here, and it won't arouse suspicion when I go back. If you believe it, Ziqing is willing to go back."

    "This is a good idea, but will they come? Here" Yang Qiu said with a smile: "The temple gate is not as glamorous as the party members."

    "My lord, you are joking. You invited Hu Ruilin here not to treat him to dinner. With his reputation, the gentry in both places will definitely follow him. Once those notices to calm the people are posted, you will be a great hero who fought against the Qing Dynasty and killed the Tatars. If the newspaper can be published in  Let¡¯s spread the word that the two towns¡¯ temporary military administrationIsn¡¯t the stage of ? coming up?  "Zhang Wenjing saw those notices of people's peace that had been printed early and knew that Yang Qiu was actually ready. He continued to smile and said: "Unless they come to recruit people by then, three ships alone will give them a headache.  "

    "Okay, I see that your handwriting is good and the list is detailed. I will let you be the chief logistics officer when the time comes." Yang Qiu picked up the list made by Zhang Wenjing and deliberately joked. The other three people also laughed.

    Zhang Wenjing himself was not that embarrassed. He was really not very enthusiastic about fighting, and he was not as talented as Yue Peng and Song Ziqing. In addition, he had been serving as a secretary, so he was really the best person to be the chief of logistics. He smiled and said: "Sir, please  Do you keep your word?"

    "Of course, but you first find a way to get the steel factory and Han Yeping into my pocket."

    "ah!"

    "Ha ha"

    After making a few jokes, Zhang Wenjing, Yue Peng and Song Ziqing immediately started to draw up a list of officers who needed to be lobbied. Even Hang Zhi submitted several candidates.  Since the first three are all leaders of the younger generation in the army and have great prestige among young officers, they also know that Yang Qiu's style is more acceptable to young people, so they focus on those young officers at the grassroots level who have ideals and are practical.  In the end, Song Ziqing stepped in as a lobbyist and sent several soldiers for personal protection for safety.

    By the time the business was over, a stubborn golden red had already appeared on the horizon.

    Yang Qiu slowly walked to the window, followed closely by several sets of eyes. Only at this moment did everyone understand what they had done in the past day!  From the early morning gun checks on October 9th to now, in Yangxia a silhouette is rising quietly with this dazzling glow, avoiding the most chaotic Wuchang!

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