The Age of Awakening: From the Young Runtu

Chapter 238 Reasonable
After this battle, the government and the public were shocked.

Fully aware of Jiashan's strength.

Land battles and naval battles did not dare to continue.

Beijing.

"Master General, telegram. Telegram from the south. The governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang was defeated and the whole army was wiped out.

In Hubei, the Army Minister sent a telegram. The Beiyang Army was dragging its march, but the long snake formation failed.

There is also a letter saying that Hunan was lost and Ge ordered people to appoint Jiao Dafeng as the governor.

There is another letter here. The new army in Shanxi revolted and the officers and soldiers abandoned their positions. "

There are uprisings everywhere, independence.

"I know, I know, forward the telegram to the Prince Regent. Put the telegram on the table and you can go down. Is the Qing court really going to be overthrown?"

"Master Chief."

"You're back. How's it going? Did Yuan Datou agree to come out?"

"No. From now on, we won't look for him. You said, without him, our play won't be able to continue?"

"I really can't sing anymore. Tell me, why doesn't Yuan Datou agree?"

Originally, he was not planning to ask Yuan Datou to come out.After finally getting him out of office, many people in the court knew that Yuan Datou had great ambitions.

"He said that it's okay to let him come out. But he has six conditions."

"What? Did Yuan Datou really say that? We finally convinced the Emperor, Queen Mother and Regent to allow him to come out, but he,"

"No, but he said that if he doesn't comply with these six conditions, the war will not be fought. It is better to live his idle cloud and wild crane life in Henan, please tell me."

"What six conditions are there?"

"That's it. First, sufficient military spending. Second, grant him full command authority."

"My lord, urgent telegram."

Another telegram of defeat was sent.

He is a cabinet minister who has done a lot of hard work.

These matters still need to be discussed with the emperor, mainly the queen mother and the regent.

I went to talk about recent events.

The chief cabinet minister and some cabinet ministers came to the palace and began to report the matter, "My report is over. Please let the queen mother and the regent make a decision."

The Empress Dowager Long Yu was crying. She and the late Lafayette had different temperaments.

"If I agree to these six points proposed by Yuan Datou, I must resign as chief minister of the royal cabinet and let the responsible cabinet select a new chief minister."

"That's not to say that he, Yuan Datou, is the commander-in-chief. Not only that, but granting him the military command power across the country, what does that mean? It is tantamount to forcing the court to issue an edict and remove the official position of Army Minister. In this way, he Yuan Datou The boss is the supreme commander who unifies the three armed forces. The consequences are self-evident."

"This kid is really nothing. Before he even goes on stage to sing, his white face is revealed."

The people here are all cabinet ministers, basically relatives of the emperor.

Now that a constitution has been established and a cabinet has been formed, the actual power is still in the hands of these royals.

"Prince Qing, what else do you want to say?"

Prince Qing is the chief minister and organizes the cabinet.

The establishment of a responsible cabinet was originally an initiative, but there were 13 cabinet members in total, and there were as many as 9 Manchu members, of which 7 were exclusively members of the royal family.Or the royal cabinet.

"I think the most difficult of these six items is military expenditure. The national treasury has been empty for many years. As the commander-in-chief, I can't raise money for him."

At the end of the year, the finances were not good. The key was that we owed so many foreign debts to foreigners. We still owed them dozens or hundreds of years and could not repay them.

Land mortgage, treaty ports, ports, railway rights, these things are used for mortgage.

"It seems that we can only use the money left by our ancestors. I have made the decision. I will first grant him 100 million taels of silver to Yuan Datou."

"Queen Mother, how can this be possible?"

"Prince Regent, if you don't agree to these six items, please tell me what else you can do."

Henan.

"Sir, the imperial court has sent an imperial edict to replace the edict with a telegram."

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"Master Yuan, the imperial edict has arrived."

"What time is it? Just read it."

"Sir Yuan, I have been granted the title of Minister of Imperial Envoy and Governor of Huguang. All armies of the land and sea, as well as the Yangtze River Navy, are under the control and dispatch of this minister. The military situation is changing rapidly. The military affairs in Hubei this time are beyond the control of the Ministry of War and are all under the control of the minister. The imperial envoys are in charge.

He ordered the Minister of the Army to hand over the power of the First Army, and arrived in Hubei on behalf of Mr. Yuan before returning to Beijing to serve.

General Feng Guo Zhang led the First Army.

Duan Qirui commanded the Second Army.

They are all under the control of Master Yuan. "

Yuan Datou was very happy. These powers were back, even more powerful than they were a few years ago. This was an excellent opportunity.

Yuan Datou: "Tell me why they did it in the first place if they knew this."

"Sir, this is a great thing. We should set up a table of wine to celebrate."

"It's too urgent. There is no need to hold a banquet. Who is our biggest enemy?"

"Li Yuanhong in Hubei, or the Geming Party in various places."

"A mere Li Yuanhong is of no use. Even if people from all walks of life are involved in the uprising, they are at best Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, plus Huang Chao and Zhu Yuanzhang."

"Master Yuan made it clear."

"One is Mr. Sun, and the other is a constitutionalist. These two need to be in good contact. The other one is Zhang Ruosong from Jiashan. This man was a Jinshi in the Wuxu year. He was quite capable. He was a manipulator in the south of the Yangtze River. I heard that he conquered There is a place full of brave warriors.

You also have to have a good talk with this Zhang Ruosong. "

"Master Yuan, Mr. Huang, the military strategist of the Geming people who was recuperating in Xiangjiang, has arrived in Hubei."

"When it comes to fighting, this man has been defeated repeatedly. What matters most is Zhang Ruosong from Jiashan."

Jiashan.

"Er Gou, take two thousand new troops and rush to Hubei to participate in the defense battle. Bring the best weapons and equipment to create the prestige of Jiashan."

The quality of Jiashan's new army is definitely the best.

Nowadays, officers at platoon level and above have basically spent a few years in Jiashan Military Academy, and their military quality is very good.

Runtu will not go.

He tried.

I left Jiashan, and the space was very small.

In Jiashan, you can even feel like a god and can sense places within a radius of several miles.

It's really like a fairy's method.

It won’t work if you go elsewhere.

Spatial capabilities are greatly reduced.

Even only thirty centimeters in radius.

Hubei has already left Jiangsu and Zhejiang. If its own strength is not good enough, it is better to stay in Jiashan and send an elite new army to test the waters.These new troops have been fighting bandits for ten years, and they have never had a large-scale battle.

Only some time ago, on the beaches of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, we fought a battle with the New Army in the provincial capital and won a great victory.

Zhang Ergou brought people to Hubei.

2000 people, two groups of people, which is a lot.

There are only more than 1 new troops here.

"Do you all know that Yuan Datou has come out? We need to study the Hubei Defense War carefully. Come and invite us."

"After the victory here, we did several things. First, we restored order in the urban area that had been controlled by the three towns of Wuhan. Second, in order to prevent the officers and soldiers from counterattack, we quickly recruited the new Wuxie Army, two standard horse teams, and two The Javelin Team.”

"What is the command quality of officers at all levels?"

"There is no commanding quality. The newly formed sympathizers were just company commanders before the uprising. They were even squad leaders."

"Captain Li, don't forget that it was just a few of our soldiers with no commanding qualities who won the first uprising in Wuchang in one fell swoop. Those high-ranking officials were beaten away by us."

Mr. Huang: "Shouyi has won, but it does not mean that we have overthrown the Qing court. From now on, if we want to win the victory of Ge Ming, we must establish strict military discipline. Speaking of discipline, the new army coming from Jiashan is me Seeing that discipline is the best, everyone should not have any disputes about the rules and regulations. Captain Zhang, how many of you have come to Jiashan."

Zhang Ergou: "Five battalions, each battalion has 400 people. The organization of our Jiashan New Army is different. There is only the battalion commander. Below the battalion commander is the company commander, below the company commander is the platoon leader, and below the platoon leader is the squad leader."

"Brother Ruomatsu, why didn't you come? I still remember that it was three or four years since I last said goodbye to Brother Ruomatsu. I heard that even a squad leader of the Jiashan New Army was educated at Jiashan Military Academy. He has military literacy. Let's see if he can Transfer some cadres to serve in the newly formed New Army."

Zhang Ergou thought for a while and agreed, and one-third of the officers could be spared.

The main reason is that Runtu has said that he must fully cooperate with this side.

Zhang Ergou also obeys orders to do things, so he will cooperate fully.

Suddenly, there was the sound of a lifetime of artillery shells.

"Where to shoot?"

"It should have been the naval admiral who ordered the cannon to fire."

"Don't this man have a teacher-student relationship with Governor Li?"

"This student of mine wrote to me twice. I advised him to fight back, but he has yet to receive a reply."

Governor Li is a capable man. He has joined the navy and is a good gunner.

"Captain Li, see what you should do."

"We must first have confidence. This place, Wusheng Pass, is very important. One man can guard the pass and ten thousand men can't open it. Cutting off the Beijing-Hankou Railway here can keep the Qing army out of the pass.

This place still fell into the hands of the Qing soldiers.Entering Hubei, with the cooperation of cruisers, our troops retreated step by step.

There are hundreds or thousands of casualties every day.Keep retreating.It's even time for a last-ditch battle.Now that Yuan Datou is here, it's even harder to fight. "

"Since it's difficult to defend, let's use offense as defense."

The Army Minister began to give all military power to Yuan Datou.

Army Minister: "Master Yuan, by the order of the imperial court, I hand over all the command power at the front. Please ask Master Yuan, Governor of Huguang and Imperial Envoy, to take over the command sword that symbolizes military power."

"Please tell the Queen Mother that I, Yuan, will take Hankou immediately in as little as three days and as much as five days."

"I wish Mr. Yuan a great victory and return to Beijing as soon as possible."

"Please."

"Father, you are looking for me."

Yuan Datou: "The war is about to begin. I want to ask you about the battle."

"I would like to listen to my father's teachings."

"Since ancient times, military strategists have advocated caution in war."

"My father taught me many times that I must win the first battle, otherwise it will affect the overall situation of the war."

"Tell me, this time when my father goes south to supervise the division, will he still use this military regulation?"

"We must do the opposite. There is a huge disparity in firearms between the enemy and ours, and the rebel army has been suppressed. Even as long as my father ordered the admiral of the Navy to blockade the Yangtze River coast with naval guns, and at the same time ordered the First Army to launch an attack with heavy artillery and machine guns, within two seconds God, the rebel army will be annihilated.”

Yuan Datou: "As a military strategist, you are right, but as a politician, your idea is at least half wrong.

When you get to the place, immediately generate electricity for the First Army.

In addition, generate electricity for the Second Army and move toward Anhui to prevent the rebel army from escaping north. "

After a while, General Feng came to accept the task.

"Come on, Lao Feng, sit down."

"Sir, I will report the battle plan to you."

"This is just a small battle, so don't take it too seriously. Brother, let me test you. During the Three Kingdoms, tell me about the battles that affected the overall situation in Hubei."

"The Battle of Chibi. Another battle was the battle in which Lu Xun of Eastern Wu burned his company and Liu Bei's 70-strong army was wiped out and retreated to Baidi City."

"What is their magic weapon to win."

"Fire attack, my lord is wise."

"It's late autumn now, a good time."

The admiral of the navy is still firing.

Zhang Ergou came with the artillery team.

Pushing the cannon forward is more troublesome.

Several heavy artillery pieces were also brought.

Zhang Ergou said, "Aim at that cruiser. Can you do it?"

"What I learned in military school was how to shoot cannons. This distance is no problem."

"Load ammunition and deploy into battle formation."

There are some relatively good artillery units.

Artillery aiming is a system, divided into direct aiming and indirect aiming.

Set up an observation post ahead.The scouts and calculators jointly calculate the sight gauge.Communicated to artillery positions.This is indirect targeting.

Direct aiming is used for visible targets.Aim directly with a straight sight.Use the scale on the scope to estimate the speed.Calculate the shot advance.Then aim again and shoot.

It works both ways.

Several cannons were mounted, all produced by Jiashan itself.

It's still far from the best in the world, but it's quite satisfactory and usable.

The method used by artillerymen to measure distance with their fingers is called the eye-tap method in military terminology. It is a simple distance measurement method commonly used by the army in war.

The distance measurement principle of the eye-tap method mainly uses the distance between the left eye and the right eye of a person to be approximately one-tenth of one's arm, and then multiplies it by 10 times the width of the measured target to get the distance to the measured target.

For example, if you stretch your right arm flat, close your left eye, and then use your right eye to observe the target that needs to be measured, if the measured target can be crossed in one step, then it means that the target is only 100 yards away from you, and it can only be crossed in two steps, then The distance is 200 yards.

Although the eye-tap method is simple, it cannot guarantee the best accuracy in practice.

The other one just took out his notebook and started writing and drawing, and wrote a bunch of announcements.

Zhang Ergou: "Can you do it? There are so many bombs, as long as one of them can hit."

"Master Zhang, it can definitely be done. Look at what I calculated. The formula for calculating the angle α between the displacement direction of the cannonball and the horizontal is: tgα=y/x. Among them: y represents the height, x represents the displacement of the cannonball, that is, the movement distance. The horizontal angle α can be measured
Vo represents the initial velocity, which can be measured. "

Zhang Ergou: "I don't understand what you are talking about, as long as you can hit it."

(End of this chapter)