Under Sun Wen's strong persuasion, Huang Xing finally agreed to launch a second uprising in Chaozhou. It's just that in view of the fact that there were too many governors last time and it was difficult to manage, Huang Xing asked Sun Wen to clarify the ownership of command rights. The last time Chaozhou raised an incident, Xu Xueqiu was appointed as the governor of the Eastern Army of the Chinese National Army, but because of the poor information during the uprising, he was only stranded in Hong Kong and did not arrive in Chaozhou.

Huang Xing's idea is good, but his request Sun Wen did not fully agree, but promised that before the uprising was launched, the command would be clear, and now it is necessary to seek Xu Xueqiu's opinion first, after all, he has been appointed as the governor of the Eastern Army before, and if he is hastily replaced, it will be detrimental to the preparation and progress of the uprising.

Sun Wen swore an oath, but Huang Xing sulked after hearing this, the Eastern Army, the Western Army, and the Southern Army were just one Northern Army away, and his name had always been 'Commander-in-Chief of the XX National Army', only the power to control the armies, and he did not have the power to completely command the battle, and he only had the opportunity to stand up and command the battle when the governors of Huang Mingtang could not support him. The last Qinzhou uprising, that is, after Sun Wen was expelled from France, he directly organized an army in Annam to launch across the border, more than 200 people fought in Qinzhou for more than 40 days, defeated tens of thousands of Qing troops, and persisted longer than any previous uprising, and the results were greater, which is bound to make some people taboo, and later sent him to the estuary to clean up the mess of the estuary, and did not pay the army. Exactly why he knows so well. However, he remembered the lesson of the Taiping Heavenly Rebellion and the collapse of the country very well, so he could only sulk.

Sun Wen after convincing Huang Xing. He went to Ryohei Uchida again to ask for more assistance, but on the way, he ran into a man, so he stopped the carriage and looked at the man: "Ince, you come." As he spoke, he beckoned to him.

The person he shouted was Chen Qimei, after he organized the assassination of Yang Rui in Shanghai last year. The body has never been seen, and the search has been in constant conflict with the people of the Fuxing Society, although Ying Guixin and the concession authorities have joined forces to suppress it. But he couldn't suppress it, and later he persuaded the Qing Gang Xingwu Six to help suppress it, but the final result was that Xingwu Six was completely wiped out from top to bottom, and Xingwu Si also suffered a great loss. Not to mention his own little people on the Chinese side. After this battle, it was completely wiped out.

Chen Qimei has always been known for the 'four shorts', for the quick speech, the doctrine, the means, the action, saw the axe gang is violent, the foreigners are a little uncontrollable momentum, so he immediately carried out the finishing work, from the Defuli Tianbao Inn to the Gaochang Temple Guiyeli East Asian Tongwen College, and then in the Tianbao Inn was detected by the Fuxing Society, and then retreated to Tokyo. Although the Revival Society destroyed all the qiē he had set up in Shanghai. However, because he was using a Japanese pseudonym at the time, the Revival Society thought that the Black Dragon Society had organized this qiē. He finally walked away.

"Hello Prime Minister." Chen Qimei said respectfully, although he has done several major things, he is only a member of the implementation department in the alliance, but Sun Wen has written a letter to him, and he has praised him a lot.

"Come, Ince, come up." Sun Wen opened the door on the carriage, although he was invited by Japan this time, but he couldn't show his whereabouts too much, so he gave him the carriage from the dog Yangyi.

Chen Qimei watched Sun Wen smile at herself kindly, and immediately went up. In addition to Sun Wen in the carriage, there was also a guard for him, but he swept his eyes over the man's face but didn't look at it, just sat in a corner stiffly, waiting for Sun Wen to ask, he believed that if he was called up, there must be something.

"Ince, how's the situation in Shanghai?" Sure enough, after Sun Wen smiled, his face began to become cold, and as the carriage moved forward, he directly asked him the questions he cared about.

"The earlier institutions in Shanghai have been destroyed, but there are still a few people left in Qimei. Now the Axe Gang has taken control of the entire Shanghai, the British, French, and American concessions, as well as the Chinese community, all of which are being manipulated by their people. "Chen Qimei didn't leave anyone in Shanghai at all, and insisted that there should be, so it is estimated that those Qinglou women who are familiar with the gang still know a few, these people know a lot of people, third-rate and nine-sectarian, it is still good to inquire about the news.

"Their power is growing so fast?" Hearing that the entire Shanghai was being accused by the Fuxing Association, Sun Wen was very surprised, "They haven't been able to do this before." ”

"Prime Minister, Qimei thinks this should be the reaction after the accident, after all...... If there are continuous accidents, then they have to fight back, and the reason why they did not move before is probably because they are afraid of arousing opposition from foreigners. "When Chen Qimei said 'continuous accidents', her voice was very low, because there were still outsiders in this carriage.

"Oh......" Sun Wen groaned, he suddenly saw Chen Qimei just now, in addition to wanting to ask about the situation in Shanghai, the other is because this person is a capable general, very understanding of his mind, although it is not good to immediately entrust him with a heavy task, but the verbal concern is still there. In this way, it will not be easy for the revolution in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to be carried out. ”

"Prime Minister, it can still be carried out." Chen Qimei has been in Tokyo for a year, and she doesn't want to go back to Shanghai all the time, but it is not okay for people to go, and you must have money. He had reported this matter to Song Jiaoren, Liu Kuiyi, and others, the general secretary of the League, but the main task of the League in the past year was to launch an uprising in the Liangguang area, not to mention giving him money to send him to Shanghai for activities, even the Tokyo headquarters was difficult to maintain, and the Minbao had also stopped running several issues, so he was pushed again and again.

"As long as there is a small amount of funding, the work in Shanghai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang can still be carried out. In Shanghai, in particular, there are many wealthy gentry, and if they can be persuaded to join the union, it will be extremely advantageous both for donating money and for supporting the revolution. Chen Qimei really doesn't want to stay idle in Tokyo, and she really wants to go back to Shanghai.

"How much does it cost?" Sun Wen asked. "Also, if you go to Shanghai again, what will happen to your own safety?"

"If you want to operate there, the start-up fee is 1,000 yuan. As for safety, Qimei plans to go to Huzhou, Ningbo and other places first, and there are many businessmen in these two places. I guess I can still raise some money. Besides, although Shanghai is occupied by them, there are still Xu Baoshan and other Qinggang in Jiangsu, and Qimei will find a way to let them join. Chen Qimei wanted to say that it would cost 2,000 yuan. But when I thought about it, the funds were so tight that I had to ask for a thousand.

Money is the key to a qiē, Sun Wen thought that the area of Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang is indeed extremely important, and the Fuxing Association can send people to Nanyang to make a fuss, why can't Jiangsu and Zhejiang make a fuss themselves, thinking of this, Sun Wen said: "Ince, I'll try to find a way." Now. Funding for the meetings was extremely difficult, and the protests often failed because of insufficient food. So, lately I've been trying to figure out how to raise money. You go back first. If there's any news, I'll do my best to send the money over. ”

Looking at Sun Wen's slightly white sideburns, Chen Qimei was moved in her heart, Mr. worked hard day and night for the revolution. I also have to raise money everywhere. It's just so hard. He got out of the carriage with respect, and stood on the side of the road and watched the carriage disappear before leaving.

Chen Qimei got out of the car, but Sun Wen thought of the proverb of the famous French marshal Napoleon when Huang Xing sent him out of Hanoi after the defeat of Zhennan Pass: The first thing in war is money, the second is money, and the third is money. Many times have shown that the revolution can succeed if there is money, but if there is no money. Then the forts that were laid down will also be discarded, but how can we get more money?

Sun Wen lamented the lack of money. Yang Rui lamented the lack of people.

On the morning of his departure from the Northeast, he visited the Tonghua Military Factory, and when Xu Jiabao, the person in charge, took him around the workshop, he complained that there were too few skilled workers, and many processes in the manufacture of firearms required lathes, but these things were not learned at once, but they had to be slowly ground out over time. Yang Rui didn't know anything about military production, and looked at the production manager who was transferred from Shanghai, this person was specially transferred from Tianzihao, although he was not from the military industry, but the production management is the same everywhere, nothing more than numbers, processes and process management. Although this person didn't know who Yang Rui was, he also nodded and said, "Yes, the training of technicians, especially senior technicians, takes time. ”

The five S in the military factory workshop are doing very well, and the morale of the workers is also extremely high, the factory area has been turned around, and now Yang Rui's white gloves are not a little dusty, and he also believes their words when he hears them, this is not a problem of management, but a problem of skills. "It seems that this matter is not in a hurry, so let's train people first. However, the technical side still wants to find a way to see if those more difficult processes can be simplified. We can't have only one military factory, and the workers still need to train more. ”

Xu Jiabao and Rong Jinhuai have a very high level of secrecy, so Yang Rui dared to tell them about it, but the location was kept secret. As soon as Yang Rui said that it was impossible to have only one military factory, their eyes lit up, although they didn't know how big the scale of the Revival Society's army was, but in terms of the current output of the military factory, there were only more than 20,000 guns a year, and more than 20,000 people were obviously too few, and the factory was located in the deep mountains outside the Guan, even if there was no shortage of raw materials, it was inconvenient to transport the finished products. If another military factory is built, then it is better to set it up in the Guannai.

After Yang Rui said that there could not be only one military factory, he saw that the spirits of several people seemed to be invigorated, and he didn't want to go any further, but said: "Workers should pay close attention, and how the whole factory should be designed, and what equipment needs to be bought, you all have to make a comprehensive summary plan." Next year, the year after that, at the latest, we will start building a second military factory. ”

After Yang Rui finished speaking, he said goodbye to everyone. At this time, the sky was just bright, and it was time for the factory to get off the night shift, and as soon as the bell rang, the machines and lights in the workshop began to go out one after another. Yang Rui watched the main entrance of the tree factory getting farther and farther away from the small train, and suddenly looked forward to what the second military factory would look like when it was established. Obviously, it should be in Anhui, the scale will be larger, and the machine will also be brand new, and the output will exceed that of Hanyang......

There was nothing to say all the way, Yang Rui returned to Shanghai at the end of November, at this time the United States side of the net operation has ended, relying on the trust company bankruptcy auction, banks sell mortgage stocks at low prices and other means, New York side recovered about nine million dollars of stocks, of course, this nine million dollars was only before the panic, and the current value will definitely not exceed three million dollars. It's just that money can't be earned alone, Xie Taofu estimated that the profit this time was about five million, and the rest of the money still had to be paid to the judge and some important officials of the bank. In addition to making money, he once lamented that the water of foreigners was too deep, and thought that he could not take such a risk in the future. Yang Rui was very funny when he saw his telegram. Is it still called a foreigner if the water is not deep, besides, this kind of opportunity only comes once in decades. If you have to wait for the next time, it will be more than 20 years later.

"Sir...... Miss Cheng seems to have sent money to someone. As soon as Yang Rui came back, Mu Xiangyao reported. Miss Cheng is the future wife, whether it is public or private, she has to protect, because it is not a big deal to send money, so he waited for Yang Rui to come back before reporting.

"Can you find out who you sent it to?" Yang Rui's first reaction when she heard this was that she hooked up with someone from the Alliance again, and she secretly hated it in her heart, and she didn't know where she got the money.

"It's from HSBC, and it's stricter over there. We haven't found it yet. Mu Xiangyao said.

"Don't look it up." As soon as Yang Rui heard that it was HSBC, he had the bottom in his heart, if it was remitted to Japan, it must be to Yokohama Jinzheng; Hui Honolulu. Then you should go to Citi; Now I go to HSBC, either to Hong Kong, or to Singapore, Nanyang and other places. Yang Rui thought that she was lucky not to send it to Tokyo, but who was there in Nanyang?

Yang Rui returned to the apartment with such a question. However, he didn't see Cheng Ying. The people who stayed behind said that she went out, and as for where she went, it was estimated that she should have gone to the China Women's Daily.

At that time, Qiu Jin wanted to go to the Yanzhou base area immediately to contribute to the revolution, but now there is a complete blockade there, and there is continuous fighting, so it is impossible to send her in. As for with airships. Let's not talk about Qiu Jin's secrecy level, in case something happens to the airship. It is not good for the heroines of later generations to sacrifice like this. After thinking about it, it's best to think that it is best to run a newspaper.

According to the statistics of the Renaissance Society, most of the female members who participated in the revolution, whether it was the Revival Society or the League, were women who had run away from marriage, or some widows, and some women who were regarded by their families as money losers. They no longer have any interpersonal relationships in the original society, only etiquette and morality bind them. So these people are very fierce about the revolution, and they are also enthusiastic about women's liberation and women's rights protection, although Qiu Jin is a little different - she was determined to revolution when she saw the human tragedy in Beijing in the year of Gengzi - but if she doesn't go to the revolution, then it is also what she expects to save the suffering women all over the world, so when it comes to running a women's newspaper, Qiu Jin no longer mentions going to Yanzhou.

When Yang Rui was bored in the apartment, he had to pick up the battle report from Yanzhou to read. At this time, the base area was surrounded by the eighth and sixth towns and some patrol teams, the eighth town commander Zhang Biao, and the sixth town commander was no longer the earlier Yinchang, but a new Manchu, named Liangbi, graduated from the second phase of the infantry section of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and the previous Yinchang had entered Beijing to organize and train the Praetorian Guard. These two towns were not as slack as the third and fourth towns outside the Guan, and they both made enough efforts to attack Yanzhou, but because of the release of water from the fourth town and the establishment of air supply lines on the Yanzhou side, they not only had no results, but also lost their troops. The eighth town lost one mark, and the sixth town was even worse, with more than 3,000 casualties in seven battalions, and now both towns could not be moved. However, according to the report, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is now mobilizing new troops from Anhui, Fujian, Jiangsu, and Jiangxi to go to Yanzhou to suppress them, and these troops add up to about 50,000 to 60,000 new troops and more than 30,000 patrol troops, adding up to nearly 100,000 people.

Although there are many troops, it is difficult to spread them in Yanzhou, and the Manchurian army has studied the Japanese too deeply, and all of them act in accordance with the discipline, so they will only suffer setbacks everywhere in the mountain warfare. If mountain warfare cannot be carried out in unison with absolutely superior forces as in the counterattack against Vietnam in later generations, and retreat with one blow, it will become an encounter for the US military in Vietnam and fall into the quagmire of war. Moreover, mountain warfare is completely a battle between a company commander and a company commander, a platoon commander and a platoon commander, and those battalion management belts and standard commanders in the Manchu Qing Dynasty have been strictly trained, but the captain (company commander) and platoon commander may not be so.

There is a gap in the number of officers, and there are also very problems in the establishment; there are more than 10,400 soldiers in one town of the Manchurian New Army, and the total number of baggage and logistics personnel is only more than 1,300. Fighting in the mountains, looking at the mountains and running dead horses, there are not enough baggage teams, and there is no way to fight at all. Even if the Manchu Qing was on the periphery and the supply was smooth, this was only to transport it from the outside to the big battalion, and it would be difficult to supply every combat unit from the big battalion. To guard against the ambush of the revolutionary army, the best way is to carry baggage with the army, which can be carried with the army, and make the soldiers inconvenient to move, affecting the operation, if they are caught everywhere, they will flee when they are attacked, and the final result of each encirclement and suppression is that the dry food of the army is almost exhausted and has to retreat, at this time, either the revolutionary army is allowed to escape, or it is attacked by the revolutionary army.

The revolutionary army had an advantage in all aspects in terms of personnel, establishment, tactics, and weapons, and the Manchurian army did not take advantage of anything other than relying on a large number of soldiers to protect itself. Just like now, after the establishment of the air supply line, the revolutionary army with plenty of bullets, explosive-loaded grenades, and occasional mortars has made the encircled Qing army retreat again and again. By this month, most of the base areas lost in Yanzhou last year had been recaptured, and now the eighth town retreated to the territory of Huizhou, and the sixth town retreated to Tonglu County, and then could only sit and wait for help; The revolutionary army, on the other hand, was resting its ranks, summing up tactics, accumulating strength, and waiting for the arrival of the third larger-scale encirclement and suppression.

Yang Rui looked at the battle briefing, and did not find anything worthy of criticism and improvement, and finally looked at the supply of materials, he actually did not care about the quantity of munitions, but about the efficiency of supply. Two airships, each flight to replenish sixteen tons of supplies, ten times a month is one hundred and sixty tons. In addition to ammunition, these shipments also transport materials including cotton, salt, and various military and civilian medicinal materials. Yang Rui felt that the only shortcoming was that the population of the base area was too small, and the population of the entire six counties of Yanzhou was roughly estimated to be about 1.6 million, while the base area now occupies five counties of Chun'an, Sui'an, Jiande, Shouchang, and Fenshui, and the population under its jurisdiction is about 1.1 million. With such a population, and Yanzhou is not a land of fish and rice, it is estimated that it can only raise 50,000 soldiers at most, and if it comes up with 100,000, it will not last for a few years.

When Yang Rui took the pen to count the number of people, Cheng Ying had already returned, and as soon as she entered the door and saw Chen Guangshou, she knew that Yang Rui was back. Worried, she went upstairs and pushed the door in, only to hear Yang Rui writing in front of his desk, muttering something tens of thousands, she suddenly remembered that the money was coming, and her heart began to feel uneasy.

Before Cheng Ying could speak, Yang Rui turned his head and looked at her for a while before saying, "Hmm...... You still look good in Western-style clothes. ”

Cheng Ying thought about the money, but Yang Rui talked about the clothes, and she confessed with joy in her heart: "You ...... last time You...... I ...... the money over there."

"The money in your wish...... Yang Rui suddenly remembered this incident, and said with a smile: "That money was originally for you to use in difficult times, and it doesn't matter if you use it." ”

Looking at Yang Rui's ignorant smile, and listening to him say that it doesn't matter if he uses it, Cheng Ying suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, this money is okay and can be used, if it is to be repaid, it will delay things. Yang Rui looked at her and breathed a sigh of relief, but his heart was hanging.

In fact, he has such a habit: if a recognized person, or an important person, makes a mistake or apologizes to him, he generally tolerates it, but the tolerance for different people is like a credit card. The Alliance used up all of his quota in Tokyo, so he and the Alliance would be the same in the future; And Cheng Ying, he doesn't know how much credit this woman has in his heart, so he hopes that she will tell the matter and then get his forgiveness, so that the overdrawn amount has been returned, even if something happens in the future, he will not completely tear apart the relationship between the two people because of the accumulation of debts before. It's just that when Yang Rui looked at Cheng Ying's open lips expectantly, thinking that she was going to confess her mistakes, Cheng Ying said, "Tired, right?" I'll go make you a cup of tea. He smiled lightly and went out.

Yang Rui looked at the closed door blankly, and after being dumbfounded for a while, he leaned heavily on the back of the chair behind him, held his head behind his hands and said to himself: "What a stupid woman!" …… And stupid men. (To be continued......)