Chapter Twenty-Six: Jiao Dafeng's Expansion of the Army
Feng Qin continued: "It is worth noting that in addition to the new army of the tenth town in Fujian, there are five patrol battalions with a total of 5,000 people, of which the front road Chen Jinkui's department has been defeated by us, and the other four roads are the Cao Chunfa division of the fifth battalion of the middle road with 1,500 people stationed in Quanzhou; 600 people from the second battalion of Fan Qingsheng in the back road were stationed in Zhangzhou; 1,500 people from the fifth battalion of Xu Jingqing on the left road were stationed in Jianning; 600 people from Liu Wei's division of the second battalion on the right road were stationed in Tingzhou; In addition, there are a considerable number of soldiers stationed in various forts! ”
"The 3,000 new army plus the 4,000 patrol battalion basically dispersed and controlled the vast majority of Fujian!" Feng Qin stopped talking and looked at Chen Jingyun.
Chen Jingyun nodded and said: "Although Fuzhou has been recovered, our great revolutionary cause has just begun, and the huge Fujian is categorically unable for them to wander outside the military and political axe, and all kinds of means must be used to recover all parts of Fujian!" And in order to make the establishment of our army more conducive to the revolutionary cause, I propose to reorganize the Fujian National Army! Speaking of this, he paused and looked at everyone, and only after seeing that everyone had no obvious look of opposition before he said to Feng Qin: "You said a detailed plan!" ”
Feng Qin said: "Yes! He then took out several plans and distributed them, and at the same time said: "In order to recover the whole province of Fujian and then advance the national revolutionary cause, in accordance with the instructions of the governor, the general staff plan is as follows:
The first regiment and the second regiment were organized into the first brigade, Ma Cheng served as the brigade commander, Xiao Qibin served as the deputy deputy brigade commander, and the commander of the first regiment was succeeded by Zhuang Dafu; The third regiment and the fourth regiment were organized into the second brigade, with Li Jimin as the brigade commander, Li Lianyang as the deputy brigade commander and concurrently as the commander of the third regiment, and the commander of the fourth regiment was succeeded by the deputy position; The gendarmerie regiment was changed to the sixth regiment, and the fifth regiment formed the third brigade, with Yuan Fang as the brigade commander, Yu Shaoying as the deputy brigade commander, and the commander of the sixth regiment and the fifth regiment were promoted from their deputy posts respectively. In order to enhance the artillery support of the brigades, the artillery regiment was split into three artillery companies, each with three brigades. The guard battalion was expanded into a guard regiment, Lin Chengkun remained as the commander of the regiment, and at the same time, the newly built seventh regiment and the eighth regiment were organized into the fourth brigade! Feng Qin didn't speak quickly, but the officers below had already seen the report in their hands.
Naturally, some people are happy and some are worried, Ma Cheng, Li Jimin and Yuan Fang, who became brigade commanders, are naturally full of joy, but Xiao Qibin is black, for no other reason, the artillery regiment is divided into three, he naturally can't be the commander of the artillery regiment, although he got the position of deputy brigade commander of the first brigade, but the two commanders of the first brigade are Chen Jingyun's descendants, who can listen to him when he goes?
Chen Jingyun's intention of obviously promoting is actually demeaning is too obvious, so that everyone can see it. But Chen Jingyun doesn't care, if Lin Wenying could still rely on the second regiment in his hand when he was there a few days ago, then Xiao Qibin, who now has only one artillery regiment left, won't be able to play any storms at all, as for Li Jimin and Yuan Fang, these two people are not old revolutionary parties, Li Jimin, like Chen Jingyun, is a temporary anyway, and Yuan Fang only threw himself into Chen Jingyun's. It has nothing to do with the Alliance.
Xiao Qibin is not a stupid person, although his face is not very good-looking, but he did not attack on the spot.
"Since everyone has no opinion! Staff Officer Feng, you go on! Chen Jingyun took a sip of tea, he was very satisfied with the current state.
Staff Officer Feng also coughed and said: "According to the existing military strength after the reorganization, there are three brigades, the first brigade will go north along the seashore and go to the direction of Funing Mansion, their opponent is the thirty-nine standard, if they do not surrender, they will be resolutely eliminated, and then establish a defensive line in Funing Mansion to guard against the Qing army in the direction of Zhejiang." The 2nd Brigade went to Yanping Province, where there were also two battalions of the new army, and also had to face the patrol battalion of five battalions of Xu Jingqing in Jianning Province and the Qing army guarding the west direction. ”
At this time, Lin Zhaomin interjected and said, "What about the south in this case? ”
Lin Zhaomin has been somewhat forgotten these days, although he still has the big hat of the deputy commander of the Fujian National Army on his head at this time, and his status is much higher than that of the group of officers below, but in the past few days, everyone has intentionally or unintentionally not mentioned him, Chen Jingyun is like this, and the same is true of the Alliance, and Li Jimin and other new officers ignore him.
Feng Qin replied: "There is also a plan for the words of the south!" Then Zhengse said: "The third brigade will go south along the coast to Zhangzhou Mansion, where there are only two patrol battalions totaling 2,000, and after defeating, they will be stationed in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou to guard against the Qing army in Guangdong!" ”
"The defense of Fuzhou City will be served by the guard regiment and the newly formed Fourth Brigade!"
At this time, Ma Cheng was puzzled: "The Fourth Brigade has not yet been formed, and there is only one guard regiment near Fuzhou City, is it a little empty!" ”
Chen Jingyun said: "Otherwise, although the three brigades have arranged their tasks, the ordnance, food, salaries and soldiers of each regiment are all dissatisfied, and these soldiers have consumed too much in successive battles!" Therefore, the various departments need to rest first, replenish the troops, ordnance, etc., which will take five or six days to say the least, and the fourth brigade will be able to set up a shelf during this time! ”
Speaking of this, Chen Jingyun remembered the ordnance, and immediately said: "Regarding ordnance, in order to avoid logistical supply difficulties caused by many models, all departments must have a unified caliber!" Chen Jingyun said while silently calculating in his heart: "The first regiment, the second regiment, the third regiment, the fourth regiment, the fifth and sixth regiments will be uniformly dressed in Hanyang, and all other guns will be recovered!" "According to the current strength, the number of these six regiments is very small, the first regiment is about 1,300 people, the second regiment is about 400 people, the third regiment is about 1,200 people, the fourth regiment is 500 people, the fifth regiment is 500 people, and the sixth regiment is 400 people, all of which add up to only 4,000 people, which is enough to change all of them into Hanyang. Of course, the recovered and other models of guns in stock cannot be wasted, and it will be useful to equip other troops later.
The officers present all knew the important surname of the unified ordnance, so naturally they would not oppose it.
The most important thing in this military discussion was naturally the organization of the regiments into three brigades and the division of artillery regiments. The two regiments were organized into a brigade, that is, the previous two standards and one association, which was just a change of name, and the division into three roads was for the convenience of recent military operations, and the choice of the chief officer was also cautious, Ma Cheng, Li Jiming, and Yuan Fang were all in the pipe belt of the infantry battalion before, and they were the only available middle-level officers in Chen Jingyun's hands, and at the same time, Xiao Qibin, Li Lianyang, and Yu Shaoying were assigned to them as deputy brigade commanders, and they could be contained.
The separation of the artillery regiment is not a good note, it was originally only an eighteen artillery battalion, and after the split, it will become three six-gun artillery companies, and it is not a good choice to disperse it, but Chen Jingyun had to make such a move as a last resort in order to override Xiao Qibin and get the artillery under his hands.
After the military meeting was over, everyone went out one after another, but at this time, it was the staff officer of the first headquarters who walked in quickly, holding a telegram in his hand, and before the person arrived, he said with a happy face: "I just received a telegram from the liberation of Hunan!" ”
"Oh? Hunan has also been recovered? Although Chen Jingyun's complexion did not change greatly after hearing the news, it could be seen that the joy on his face had been revealed.
After taking a look at the telegram, I learned that Jiao Dafeng, the general of the new army in Hunan, led the new army to revolt last night, and then successfully controlled Changsha within a day, and formed a military and political axe with lightning speed, and then the governor issued a telegram, which was faster than the Fuzhou uprising, and Fuzhou had gone through several days of war, and it was no better than the military and political axe organized in a day in Hunan. He didn't know that Jiao Dafeng in Hunan was much bolder than him, recruiting sixty or seventy thousand people within a few days after the uprising, and sending the first batch of reinforcements to Hubei and then Jiangxi troops in just four or five days. Comparatively speaking, Chen Jingyun's progress in expanding the army is surprisingly slow. However, Jiao Dafeng expanded his troops quickly, and he died fast enough, and he was killed by his rebels before he arrived ten days after the uprising, which shows that it is really not easy to do a revolutionary uprising, and he accidentally threw away his life.
"Good! Hunan has followed in the footsteps of Fujian, and it is conceivable that a nationwide uprising will be set off! Chen Jingyun also showed the electricity in his hand to the people behind him.
As if in order to confirm Chen Jingyun's words, a few minutes later, a staff officer ran in outside, also holding a telegram in his hand: "Governor, Shaanxi has been restored!" ”
Everyone was shocked, Chen Jingyun took the telegram and looked at it, it turned out that the new army in Shaanxi had also revolted, the rebel army was called the Qin Longfu Han Army, and Zhang Fenghui was publicly recommended as the commander, and Qian Ding was the deputy of Qian Ding, the reason why he did not establish a military and political axe like Hunan, mainly because the news in Shaanxi was not smooth, and he did not know the trend of the uprising in the southern provinces clearly, and it was not easy to grasp the name, so he used it for the time being.
"Governor, it seems that you are right, a nationwide uprising has broken out! And we, Fujian, triggered this large-scale outbreak! Feng Qin said with a smile, his words were some right and some wrong. Fujian, as the second province to recover, mainly played the role of refueling, making the Wuchang Uprising burn bigger and bigger, but it is still a bit too much to say that Fujian triggered this large-scale uprising.
However, the people present were all from Fujian, so naturally they would not refute Feng Qin's words!
"I think someone in the north is going to be unable to sleep this time!" Chen Jingyun was also smiling.
Chen Jingyun guessed right, in the face of the increasingly corrupt situation in the south, Zaifeng has not slept well for many days, and when he heard that Shaanxi and Hunan sent out the light recovery power almost at the same time, he fainted in front of him.
The news reached Yuan Shikai's ears, although his hand holding the teacup trembled, and after shaking out the tea, he didn't have any other strange expression, just said: Got it!
And this news is another bombshell for the majority of Chinese people! Newspapers everywhere stepped up printing and rushed to issue numbers, and newsboys almost shouted the news that the newspapers were spreading in the streets.
So far, it has been the recovery of the four provinces, and at this time, even those who are optimistic about the Qing court understand that if they don't do something at this time, the court will collapse.