796 Strike decisively
The Wuchang Uprising succeeded overnight, and the next day the revolutionaries removed the banner of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, raised the eighteen-star flag, and at the same time declared the independence of Wuchang, and founded the Great China Federation according to the idea of Mr. Sun, the founder of the revolutionary party. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The info revolutionaries are all people who are not well-known and cannot convince the public, and the head of the branch, Jiang Ziyun, was still injured in the search and cannot take care of things. In the end, the revolutionaries brought out a deputy commander of the Hubei New Army and forced him to proclaim the establishment of the Hubei Army in his name and make him a generalissimo of the Hubei Army.
President Bai Nan, who was in Los Angeles, received news of the situation within three hours of the occupation of Wuchang by the revolutionaries. This strange historical similarity also made Bai Nan pout for a while.
Defense Minister Liu Fangwu, who was sitting in Paiknam's office, said: "The plan for the present is to confirm what we should do with this so-called revolutionary party. Over the years, this organization has expanded extremely rapidly, especially in the Jingchu and Sichuan-Shu regions, and its influence is still very large. We can't help but worry that the Wuchang incident may play a leading role in other regions, leading to more and more spoilers. ”
Niu Bin, Minister of State Security, had sweat on his head, but he still admitted his mistake and said: "Regarding this revolutionary party, our intelligence work is not in place. ”
Bai Nan didn't say anything, in fact, this time the Ministry of State Security and the Military Intelligence Department have been shaken, especially the leadership team in charge of Qing Guo's intelligence, almost all of them have stepped down. Twenty years have indeed worn down the vigor of some intelligence officers, and everyone feels that there is no more trouble in Qingguo, and they are more relieved, and even many military intelligence personnel think that coming to Qingguo to work is like a vacation. There are various intelligence sources here, and it seems that there is no problem in collecting some public information and contacting the imperial court, but they also ignore the complexity of the situation in the Qing Kingdom. In a populous area, there are all kinds of people and ideas, and even if you try your best to do it, it may not be easy to grasp it, let alone slack off and work passively.
The intelligence services did not notice the harmfulness of the Boxers, nor did they grasp the movements of the revolutionary party, and their work was superficial, which also made Bai Nam very dissatisfied. It is true that there is a responsibility in the country, and when it learns of the existence of spoilers, it should order the intelligence units to work hard, but in reality no one does anything.
To put it bluntly, in fact, everyone believes too much in the strength of the Tang Dynasty, and they already look down on the Qing Kingdom, thinking that they can win no matter what. The reality may not be far behind, but Paik still hates this attitude and spirit.
Liu Fangwu continued: "One of the main challenges now is that although we have a huge influence in the Central Plains and some popular support, it is still very difficult to annex the Qing State as a whole. Our forces are concentrated in Northern, Eastern, and Southern China, and our control over the interior is still limited. The current change in Wuchang is also related to our lack of garrisons in the Lianghu area. It is unclear how many of the Central China New Army joined the ranks of the revolutionary army, but the military was prepared for the worst. ”
At this time, the secretary stuffed another note for the bigwigs, and Bai Nan looked at it, his expression became even more serious.
The note said that the Beijing-Kowloon railway was blown up by unknown people, and the main artery leading to Wuhan from the north was cut off.
Liu Fangwu judged: "It should not be the hand of the Boxers, it may be the revolutionary party." ”
Bai Nan sighed: "Unlike any of our previous actions, Huaxia is too big after all, it is difficult for us to radiate to every place, and it only takes a small detail to cause us some unnecessary trouble." ”
The vast depth created by China's vast territory is a huge problem for any foreign invader. On the other hand, only idiots shouted the arrogant slogan of destroying China in three months. It doesn't matter whether Datang is a foreign invader or not, but it is not particularly easy for Bai Nan to complete his reunification plan.
Liu Fangwu said: "We can still go from Jiangnan to Hubei through the Yangtze River, in fact, it was not our best choice to support the past from North China, and our military strength in North China is now fully engaged in clearing out the remnants of the Boxers and maintaining law and order, and we cannot devote ourselves to operations elsewhere." ”
Su Liangxing said: "The main thing now is what kind of tone we want to talk about this matter, and how to characterize this group of self-proclaimed revolutionary parties. ”
Undoubtedly, a relative advantage for Datang is that public opinion is in the hands of Datang. Although the revolutionary party is not very powerful, it cannot occupy the mainstream view after all. Although they represent the interests of some people, there is no doubt that they cannot make decisions about the most basic public opinion of the whole country.
Bai Nan didn't need to think about it, and directly set the tone: "In this special period, conspirators who harbor immoral ambitions, attempt to split the country and seize personal interests, and saboteurs of national stability and unity. ”
Xue Yue laughed and said: "The president hit the nail on the head, I'm afraid this is the essence of this group of people." In the final analysis, there are still some small characters who think that the emperor will have a kind of situation, and they feel that when the situation suddenly changes, it is a place for heroes to come into play, and they reject the Manchus and us, and in the end, they themselves are the most qualified to sit in the world, jokes. ”
Liu Fangwu asked: "Do you immediately send troops to clean up the rebels?" ”
Su Liangxing hesitated a little and asked: "Will the suppression of the revolutionary army at this time also have an impact on our Datang statement?" ”
Bai Nan was decisive enough and said: "It is self-evident that we want to unify the homeland of China, and there is no point in covering it up. Moreover, we have made it very clear that this group of people is called revolutionary, but in fact they are making trouble, and they shout that they are saving the country, but they do not have this ability in essence, and they are also playing personal calculations. As far as we have just gotten information, at least forty percent of the funds obtained by the revolutionary party have gone into private pockets, and a considerable proportion of them have become the personal arrears of the chief surnamed Sun, and this gentleman has bought a mansion in Japan, and even raised a geisha, which is really a problem with his character. Now is the time to test our ability to execute, to calm the situation, to ensure the safety of all places, not to cause damage to all places, especially not to cause war and displacement, all of which will help us to accelerate development and reconstruction in the future. Therefore, we cannot compromise at this time, and we must act decisively. ”
Bai Nan's ideas were recognized by everyone, and under this guiding ideology, a large number of Tang troops in the Far Eastern Theater began to be mobilized, and their goal was not only the revolutionary party rebel army, but also the forces that hindered the Tang Dynasty. (To be continued.) )