"Detachment leader, we observed that there was chaos in the fort and the sound of artillery stopped."

Sun Wuzheng held a telescope and observed the progress of the army's landing. When he heard this, he immediately changed the direction of observation.

Although there was smoke, a fight could be vaguely seen on the fort, and Sun Wu probably knew what was going on.

"It came a little slower than I thought, but it's finally here. Send the signal and launch a general attack!" Sun Wu put down the telescope and said in high spirits.

Tong!

Chirp~~

A dazzling red signal flare was launched into the sky, accompanied by a piercing cry.

The revolutionary army's gunboats stopped their aimless bombardment and instead fired a large number of smoke grenades towards the revolutionary army's landing point and attack direction.

Under the cover of machine guns, hundreds of elite soldiers of the Revolutionary Army rushed onto the fort and cooperated with a battalion led by Ma Guodong to attack the remaining fort defenders from above and below.

The soldiers of the Qing Empire can only accept one way of fighting, that is, the two warring parties are separated by more than 100 meters and attack with hot weapons.

Regardless of whether it was a pincer attack or a close encounter, the soldiers of the Qing Empire would quickly collapse, especially the old-style army such as the fort defenders, which would begin to completely collapse in less than half an hour.

This is because the Revolutionary Army Army chose a landing point that was a little far away in order to prevent being attacked by the fort during landing, so it would take time to rush up to it.

"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 of Jinling!" Sun Wujian raised the flag of the revolutionary army on the fort and lowered it.

telescope.

"Report! Captain, our ship is seriously flooded and needs urgent repairs." The captain broke Sun Wu's mentality of seeking defeat alone.

"Is it so serious? I'll take a boat ashore! Anyway, the next battle will mainly focus on land." Sun Wu nodded.

The ship needs to be repaired. Although it can be repaired and fought at the same time, the situation is not critical now, so there is no need to take risks.

…

As soon as Sun Wu landed, the sound of cannons from the fort rang out again. Sun Wu was stunned when he heard this and quickly raised his head.

Fortunately, the flag of the Revolutionary Army was planted on it.

"Report! The Jiangnan New Army guarding the fort has revolted in front of the formation, and their commander said he wants to see you." Before he even took out the map, the commander of the fifth regiment came over.

"Let him come over. Your regiment will continue to attack and keep the pressure on the Jinling defenders." Sun Wu nodded.

"yes!"

After a while, the guards of the fifth regiment leader arrived at Sun Wu's place with Ma Guodong, who had a white cloth tied around his arm.

"Ma Guodong, the commander of the first battalion of the third standard of the Second Association of the Jiangnan New Army, has met Captain Sun!" Ma Guodong raised his hand in salute.

Hearing his name, Sun Wu's eyes moved slightly and he nodded.

"The war is urgent, so I won't entertain you any more. Do you have a map of Jinling?" Sun Wu asked directly.

The soldiers who were nervously on guard next to them were startled. They felt that the detachment leader was too trusting. The same was true for recruiting them. The same was true for this uprising before the battle. What if it was a conspiracy of the later court?

"This is the distribution map of Jinling City that I have collected. Here is the Xiaguan Fort, to the east are the Xiaguan Pier and Xiaguan Railway Station, here is a military camp, and next to it is the county government...

To the south is the governor's office, telegraph office, weapons depot, and bank vault, etc. are all located here." Ma Guodong's level is high or low, at least he explained most of the information clearly.

"Where is the imperial palace?" Sun Wu looked at the signs marked on the map, which were marked in great detail.

"To the southeast, you can see this location 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 chaos occurs, there will always be careerists who come out to stir up trouble and take the opportunity to burn, kill, and loot.

The palace has preserved many precious cultural relics and various original books. If this group of people finds the opportunity, they don't know how to waste these treasures.

Our ancestors left behind a lot of good things, but we just didn’t discover them, such as medicine, music, art, etc.

Later they were stolen or simply destroyed.

"Some people have already gone, but they can only stop some civilians." Ma Guodong, like most people nowadays, doesn't pay much attention to those things.

"Is the Governor in the Governor's Office?" Sun Wu nodded, expressing understanding.

"No, our original target was the Governor's Office, but the Governor's troops outside the Governor's Office have long since disappeared. I concluded that the Governor noticed something was wrong and changed the place. Time was urgent, so I gave the order to take down the fort first." Ma Guodong shook his head.

He shook his head.

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

"Our battalion has long been fed up with the corruption and incompetence of the Puppet Qing Empire. This uprising before the battle is also a unanimous decision of our battalion. It is absolutely credible!" Ma Guodong straightened his body.

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

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

Of course, this is not unreasonable trust. Ma Guodong is not a child of luck and does not have the halo of wisdom.

But the "detachment leader" that Ma Guodong called him at the beginning showed his identity - a person from the intelligence department.

Precisely because he was one of his own, Sun Wucai dared to directly let him lead a battalion, even though he was originally the chief officer of the battalion.

The independent field light artillery regiment adapted from the Jiangnan New Army Artillery Standard was rushing to the fort with its cannon. Sun Wu and Ma Guodong both hitched a ride.

"Detachment leader, is this the standard gun of the Jiangnan New Army?" Ma Guodong looked at many familiar artillery pieces, and then looked at the familiar Seven-Sheng-Five Field Artillery.

According to his understanding of the Revolutionary Army, the military structure of the Revolutionary Army was inherited from Nanhua. 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 in large formations above the battalion level.

"Yes, on the way here, we met the Jiangnan New Army who went 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 Qing Empire's new military camp and below were almost all light infantry, and they didn't even have a few machine guns.

"I will transfer an artillery platoon to you later to temporarily increase some combat capabilities. The formal reorganization will at least 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 capabilities of the Qing Empire at this time ranked among the top five.

The revolutionary army's obvious attack was quickly translated into electrical signals and sent to various places.

"In this way, we can not only guarantee the eternal lineage of our Qing Empire, but also ensure that the rights are in my hands. Wouldn't it be wonderful?" Beizi Zaize, the deputy governor of Zhenglan Banner and the minister who compiled the constitution, was making an appeal to the small court.

Constitution.

Zai Ze believes that the current chaos in the world is due to the loss of the people's support. As long as the constitution is established, the people's support can be regained and the rebellion can be suppressed.

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

The regent Zaifeng was not willing either, but he did not speak and watched them debate.

The constitutionalists headed by Zai Ze were in the minority, so he proposed that half of the cabinet should be made up of the royal family, plus some nobles, to ensure that the rights were not neglected (and could be strengthened).

"Your Majesty, urgent report from Jinling." Zaifeng was thinking seriously when his boss rushed up with a telegram in his hand.

"Jinling?" Zaifeng straightened up and grabbed the telegram from the slave.

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

of.

"What?"

"I think I heard Jinling?"

"I heard the rebels..."

"The rebels went to Jinling?"

"How is that possible? I specifically looked at the map. I went down the river and passed through the towns of Anqing and Tongling along the way. Even if I can't stop you, I can always call the police!"

The nobles talked a lot and wanted to know what happened.

"Stop arguing!" Zaifeng became even more angry when he looked at the ministers who almost got into a fight over the dispute.

"The Liangjiang Governor-General's Office urgently called the central court. The rebels suddenly appeared from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River on the morning of the 7th and shelled the Xiaguan Fort...

When this telegram was sent, the cannon fire from the Xiaguan Fort had stopped, and the servants had sent people to guard various places in the city. Please ask the court to quickly mobilize troops to support..." The little eunuch read out the telegram at Zaifeng's signal.

coax!

There was an uproar below. Some were scolding the rebels, some wanted to lead troops on an expedition, and some were scolding the governor. In short, it was very noisy.

Snap!

Snap!

Snap!

"Quiet!" The eunuch in front of the emperor cracked his whip three times.

"Your Majesty! The situation is urgent. Please send troops to Jinling as soon as possible! Otherwise, something unbearable may happen in the southern half of the Yangtze River!" Zai Ze ran out immediately, trembling slightly.

"Hmph! So what Arizawa Beiko said is so sensational? At the beginning, Changmao's momentum was much greater than this, weren't we suppressed by us?" Immediately, people who were dissatisfied with Zaize's support for the establishment of the constitution came forward to ridicule.

"Your Majesty, the Du Branch is just pointing to Jiangnan's finance and customs duties. Now Huguang, Guangxi, and Jiangsu... When the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang also receives news, it will be too late!" Zai Ze said anxiously.

When Zaifeng heard this, he immediately raised his hand.

"Ze Beizi was very considerate. We must not lose the financial and taxation land in the south of the Yangtze River. I immediately ordered two towns from the capital to be sent to quell the rebellion.

But just heading to Jinling is not enough. If the problem in Huguang is not solved, this kind of thing will happen again." Zaifeng looked ugly.

"Prince Regent, is there still no progress at Duanfang?" Prince Qing stood up and asked.

"The rebels defended very hard, and the Eleventh Town suffered heavy losses, but..." Zaifeng shook his head.

"Sigh... For the current plan, we must either transfer the Fourth Town south to suppress the rebellion, or seek help from the European countries. When fighting Changmao, the European countries also put in a lot of effort." Prince Qing shook his head.
Chapter completed!