Zhao Bei said it categorically, but the staff officers were still worried.

"If you lay mines, you may be interfered with by the warships of the great powers." Lan Tianwei reminded. At present, there are 15 foreign gunboats moored on the Wuhan River, and although they are all small warships, they all represent the "sovereignty" of various countries.

"It's simple, let's lay it out at night. Find some nearby boatmen and sailors, who are familiar with the waterways, who will show them where to lay them, and where to lay mines at night to hide minefields. Zhao Bei raised his head.

In addition, the artillery must also arrange artillery positions on the riverside of Guishan and Snake Mountain, and dig up anti-artillery bunkers; if the range of our artillery is insufficient, we will open fire condescendingly, and the artillery positions along the river must also be properly arranged, and make full use of the enemy's dead ends to conduct artillery battles. No matter what, you must keep Hanyang for me! If Hanyang is lost, our revolution will be considered a failure. ”

"Because of the bombing of the bridge and the destruction of the car by the special operations battalion, Belgium has already lodged a verbal protest to our side through the French consul, and if it is demolished now, will it further anger the foreign powers?" A staff officer asked.

"I can't care so much! When the fire burns the eyebrows, it is not okay to be afraid of wolves and tigers. Jinghan Road was originally Chinese, and the Belgians took advantage of the stupidity of the Manchu officials to steal the management power, which in itself was a banditry! Zhao Bei waved his hand. Besides, now that the situation in the Balkans is tense, the Bosnian crisis has not yet been resolved, and the Europeans cannot take care of the Far East for the time being. ”

"If Jiujiang is not guarded, Qizhou and Huangzhou in the upper reaches may not be able to defend it, and our elites are all in Wuhan."

"Inform the Guangfu area along the river that the Qing army does not have to hold on when it comes, but should resist step by step, slowly retreat, and concentrate on Wuhan while consuming the strength of the Qing army, and at the same time divide small forces and disperse them to the countryside, waiting for an opportunity to attack, harass the rear of the Qing army, and attack the supply lines and telegraph lines of the Qing army. The two Qing armies are murderous, let's give them a guard and wait for the rabbit, and wait for work, whoever comes first, we will clean up first! ”

The staff officers were ordered to go to the arrangement, and in the end, Lan Tianwei also left, leaving only Tian Jinfu still standing by Zhao Bei's side.

"Commander, we're fighting alone now." Tian Jinfu said coldly.

Zhao Bei put away the map and sighed, "Yes." Anqing has been captured by the Qing army, Xiong Dudu led the troops to the north, but there has been no news for a long time, and now according to intelligence, the communist association in Hunan has revolted, and the other provinces seem to have not moved. Now, it depends on whether our counter-tactics against the Qing court and Yuan Shikai can succeed, otherwise, the prospects of the revolution will be bleak. ”

The foreigner's newspaper said that Yuan Shikai had taken refuge in the concession. I don't know if the news is true or not. ”

"Yuan Shikai is a hero, and he will not sit still, if he is really in the concession now, then, I believe he must be planning something. However, people's hearts are unpredictable, and it is difficult to say whether Yuan Shikai will oppose the Qing Dynasty or not, and our revolutionary army still has to rely on its own strength to revolutionize. ”

Zhao Bei was a little helpless, whether Yuan Shikai could usurp it in time was not only related to the success or failure of the revolution, but also related to his prestige, after all, when he was in Jiujiang, he swore that Yuan Shikai would definitely defect, if Yuan Shikai did not defect, then his "magic plan" would become "stubborn and self-serving".

"If we can't hold Wuhan, we can go to Sichuan. There is grain and salt, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it has always been a good place to cut off the king, and there is an arsenal in Chengdu. Tian Jinfu said.

"I have also considered this strategy, but at present, it can not be moved lightly, first, the Hanyang Arsenal is not said to be able to move away, although there is also an arsenal in Sichuan, but it is far less than the scale of the Hanyang Factory, and there is no steel plant to do the backing, and secondly, the 'Shu Road is difficult', we can only go to Kuimen from Hubei to Sichuan, that is a natural danger, as long as the Qing army erects cannons in the mountains on both sides, it is a posture that is not open to the Guan, as for the Xiajiang area, it is even more reef and waves, and the horsepower of ordinary steamships is not enough to pass, ours The gunboat Chuguan was not willing to throw it if it was said. Therefore, I believe that we cannot retreat into Sichuan unless absolutely necessary. ”

Zhao Bei sat on the stool and took off his boots, took off the wet cotton socks as he spoke, reached out and touched the boots, frowned, raised his head to look left and right, pointed to the curtain of the military tent and said, "Yiren, tear off the curtain and give it to me." ”

When the curtain was in his hand, Zhao Bei tore it into two pieces, stepped on it, and wrapped the two cold feet with a piece of cloth.

"Footcloth?" Tian Jinfu couldn't hold back a laugh, but his expression still looked strange.

Zhao Bei saw Tian Jinfu's strange appearance and knew what he was thinking, so he pointed to the piece of cloth on his feet and said, "Don't underestimate these two pieces of cloth, for an army that can't afford to wear socks, it is the best substitute for socks." ”

"Really?" Tian Jinfu was stunned. Now there are indeed many soldiers in the republican army who do not have socks, and it is easy to wear blisters when wearing shoes barefoot, but most of the soldiers are from the bottom of the society, and they have already worn several layers of calluses on their feet.

"Don't believe it. Tell you, the Russian soldiers used this footcloth, this thing is used well, it is warmer than cotton socks. Zhao Bei snorted, reached out and probed the boots, which were wet and cold, but now was indeed not the time to pay attention to pleasure, so he hesitated for a moment and put them on.

took Tian Jinfu out of the tent, and a person ran in front of him, it was Zhang Jiyang, the general representative of the current affairs speaker.

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief! The revolutionary enthusiasm of the masses in Wuchang is high, and they enthusiastically donate rain gear, and the first batch of rain gear and rubber shoes have been sent across the river, and those rubber shoes are sold to us by shoe shops at reduced prices. Zhang Jiyang saluted and said.

Zhao Bei returned the salute and said: "Shiren, the merits of your propaganda team are no less than those of the front-line troops, so I will credit you first!" ”

Zhang Jiyang put down his hand and said with a smile: "The commander-in-chief has won the award!" Without the ideas of the Commander-in-Chief, the revolutionary enthusiasm of the masses would not have risen so quickly. When we crossed the river just now, a few foreign reporters came over to interview the commander-in-chief, and now they are arranged at the headquarters of the propaganda team. ”

Zhao Bei nodded, raised his feet and left, and said, "It's just right, I'm going to hold a press conference, you can arrange it immediately." ”

"Press conference?" Zhang Jiyang helped his glasses, there were too many new terms he had learned from Zhao Bei in the past few days, and he felt a little dizzy for a while, and after thinking about it for a while, he remembered that the same press conference had been held the day before yesterday, which was to announce that Li Yuanhong and others were anyway.

Zhang Jiyang hurriedly ran ahead, and disappeared without a trace of smoke, Zhao Bei and Tian Jinfu were not so anxious, and still walked around the streets of Hankou with the guards.

As one of the earliest treaty ports in the interior, the last city wall of Hankou Huajie was demolished last year and connected with the concession in the north, which facilitated the attack of the revolutionary army, but the resistance of the Qing army was still very fierce, and the artillery battle between the two sides lasted almost a whole day, and the shelling even caused a fire.

Fortunately, most of the people had been evacuated before the battle began, and there were not many casualties, but there were significantly more displaced people, and sheds were erected on the streets, with Red Cross flags planted on them, and depressed people sat in the sheds, the artillery fire of the revolutionary army and the Qing army had made them lose almost everything, and the prospects for life became even more bleak. Some blonde foreigners, wearing armbands, patrolled the neighborhood with the nuns, helping the war refugees with the pride of Westerners.

"Commander-in-chief, these people are displaced, we can't ignore them. It's good that we Chinese, we don't need foreigners to sell well. Tian Jinfu looked at the foreigners and said.

Zhao Bei nodded and said, "I have asked Zhang Jiyang and them to do it, and the refugee shelter is located in Wuchang." After a moment's notice, he asked, "Yiren, you are from a peasant family, right?" ”

"Like Wu Zhenhan, they are all small farmers, and they also went to private school for a few years when they were young, but since the Gengzi New Year, there are many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the people are getting more and more sad day by day, otherwise, we would not have joined the army to eat food." Tian Jinfu sighed.

"How did you come up with the idea of joining the revolution?"

"This ......" Tian Jinfu muttered for a long time before he said: "A few years ago, some pamphlets compiled by foreign students began to circulate in the army, such as "Revolutionary Army", "Fierce Return", "Jiading Three Massacres", "Yangzhou Ten Diaries", we secretly read it, and we all felt that the pamphlet said well, foreigners squeezed the court, the court oppressed the people, and the banner people did not treat us as human beings. However, in recent days, I think that the pamphlet is not entirely correct, after the revolution, the life of the common people does not seem to be very good, those who should starve to death, those who should freeze to death, it seems that it is no different from before, but those ruffians took advantage of the chaos to grab a sum, and some of them even became our revolutionary officers. ”

Zhao Bei said: "It's good that you can see this. Revolution itself is a kind of extreme violence, and it is better not to have a revolution unless it is absolutely necessary, because revolution means the complete destruction of the old order, but the new order may not be established immediately, and the gap in between is called 'troubled times'. Who wants to live in troubled times? But if you don't make a revolution, you will immediately starve to death, and if you make a revolution, you can at least live a few more days. Our China has been weak for a long time, the country is weak and the people are poor, how can we become strong in one day? At present, China is still a backward agricultural country, and if it wants to truly avoid poverty and move forward to become an industrial power, this is not an overnight thing, it requires the long-term struggle of all the people, and it also needs a peaceful and stable domestic and external environment. ”

"Well said!" Someone shouted from behind.