"At least the second phase of recruits should be left, they have at least taught bayonet skills, and the third phase of the third, south, south, north, west and northwest can't be distinguished. Also, I don't want those rotten people from the Alliance and the Elders' Association, and you can give me the dozens of them that you will know. Regardless of the other guns, at least half of the Flying Thunder Cannon should be left. Lin Wenqian said again. He was the commander of the 6th Regiment of the Liaodong Mountain Army, and the officers drawn from the Northeast had the highest rank in his rank.

At present, the Zhejiang Front Army is divided into two brigades, the first brigade is based on the principle of the three-three system, veterans and recruits are matched with two of the original independent brigade of the first and second regiments of the elite troops, the department has more than 6,000 people, as the main force, the weapon is smokeless gunpowder repeating guns, a small part of the black powder nine sons Mauser (Mauser 71/84 type); The Second Brigade is completely a recruit unit, with more than 8,000 people, all of whom are recruits in the second and third phases, who have not completed the most basic training, and rely on the 200 company platoon commanders from the northeast, as well as the students of the Armed Forces Academy to support the entire unit. The people of the League and the Elders' Association were all recruits of the third phase, and Lin Wenqian did not like them, thinking that they were inferior to the common people, and only liked those who were known to the people - many of these people were soldiers of the Hubei New Army.

Lin Wenqian's requirements were not out of line, and the Flying Thunder Cannon had also been built a lot during this time. Not only the black powder stocked in the Military Uniform Bureau, but also the black powder bullets that can't ignite, it is also good to disassemble and dry them to make flying thunder shells. After the officers in the war room discussed, the battle plan that had been repaired in detail was sent to the Northeast, and after the Northeast Reading, it was sent to the French Concession in Shanghai, and finally under Mu Xiangyao's explanation. After Cai Yuanpei agreed, the order was transferred back to Hangzhou.

In the evening of the same day, the battle order was issued. Remaining in Hangzhou was Zhou Zhaoxian's unit of the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the former Independent Brigade. There is also the newly formed Second Brigade and the First Regiment, and the rest of the troops will be ready to be pulled out in the near future, in fact, it is also a show to be pulled, and the troops that really captured Jiaxing left in the middle of the night. At this time, Jiaxing was occupied by the Qing soldiers, and the revival army was stationed in Tongxiang, and the two sides held each other in the area of Honghe Town, and there was little exchange of fire. However, because of this, Jiaxing is not on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. In addition, there is a patrol battalion of Hangjiahu here, and the ninth town, considering the logistics, is not stationed in the army; The reason why the sixth town of Beiyang chose Zhapu is because it was an important trade town in the late Qing Dynasty. There are many wharves, the supply is smooth, and the first one is only to guard Zhapu and Pinghu. And not out of Jiaxing.

When the Fuxing Army secretly went out of Jiaxing. On the evening of the same day, the responsible persons of the troops stationed in Shaoxing and the militia in Shaoxing notified them to hold a meeting in the county yali -- they did not want to set up any Shaoxing militia regiment at first, but in consideration of the need to arouse the anti-Qing fighting spirit of the Shaoxing locals, Tao Chengzhang specially recruited 500 Shaoxing locals to join the army, issued some Jiangnan Kuaili rifles that may not be able to shoot bullets, and rearranged some uniform coarse cloth clothes, which seemed to be more powerful than the regular army.

After the officer who gave the order had finished announcing the order. "Are there any problems with carrying out the order?" ”

"No problem!" Zhou Zhaoxian of the Third Battalion of the Second Regiment stood up and said, he had long wanted to do a big job.

The herald looked at Tao Chengzhang, the nominal head of the militia group. I saw him glance at Qiu Jin next to him and said, "Then where do we retreat?" ”

"Wherever you are, the key is to hide, and when the tenth town crosses the border to Xiaoshan and crosses the river, then come out and destroy it everywhere. The tenth town is all Fujianese, and you are not familiar with the local area, and the chaos on the river must not be as good as yours. So saying, the herald called a guard, took out a clay pot slightly larger than his fist from the wooden box he held in both hands, and said, "It's okay to throw this." However, this is an earthen system, and the power is small, but it is uncomfortable if you are hit. ”

"Bomb?!" Tao Chengzhang's eyes suddenly lit up, those fast guns in his Shaoxing militia were really difficult to use, except for the bayonets on them that were more scary, they could only be courageous, but it was different if there were bombs. "How many bombs can you give us?"

"I can give you five thousand clay pots, and there is enough black powder, and there are mechanics who can give you two." The herald meant that they should make it themselves.

"Can we make this?" Shaoxing is the hometown of Qiu Jin, Tao Chengzhang and others, after the recovery of the people who are willing to join the army to rebel, but the vast majority of those who are unwilling to rebel - just after the recovery of a day or two, a day or two said that they want to cut the braids, the whole city is hiding at home, Qiu Jin is helpless, and uses steamed buns to persuade them, but the fool will lose his life for the two steamed buns, and finally the matter of cutting the braids is over, and the people in the whole city are braids on their heads - however, in the case of money, they are still willing to do this.

"It can be made." The officer who gave the order smiled and said, in fact, this thing cannot be made in Hangzhou, but it is deliberately made by Shaoxing itself, and the reason is very vicious. "This thing is actually a cannon battle, there is no skill, just put the fuse and compact it. If 5,000 cans are distributed to the whole city of Shaoxing, each household only needs to make 50, that is, one or two days of work. The wage in Hangzhou is 60 yuan, and everyone is rushing to do it, and more than 10,000 yuan has been made. ”

"Good!" Tao Chengzhang looked at the bombs in the box and had a lot of confidence, especially since the bombs were all Fujian soldiers, and he thought that he could use this to boost morale and win the hearts of the people. "Withdraw from the city, withdraw from the city, and after destroying the tenth town, we will definitely kill Zhenhai."

As new recruits, they have something to do and continue to win small victories, which will build up their confidence, and once they wait in place, or directly confront the new army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, all the senior officers believe that the recruits will definitely flee -- this is not only a matter of discipline, but because the Manchu New Army has formed artillery battalions, and the power of the artillery is not known to these mud-legged men who have just picked up their guns. The morale of the army on his side must be shaken.

The orders on the army's side had already been issued, and the Ministry of Government also began to act the next day, in addition to raising food and wages, all those imprisoned Manchurians were also moved to the Qiantang River to dig trenches. Of course, the word "imprisoned" was just Pu Land's statement, and Xie Jintai generously showed him around the entire camp and allowed him to take pictures. In fact, the Manchu people lived in the previous barracks, and the living conditions were not too bad, but compared with the earlier Manchu camp, there was absolutely one heaven and one underground, the food was ordinary rice, and the dishes were also pickles that the people often ate. According to Xie Zhangtai's explanation, the reason why the Revival Society "imprisoned" them and asked them to work was because these people received "flag salaries", and they used the money from their work to offset the previous salary they received, and once the flag pay was paid, then they could regain their freedom.

Qi Lai Pu Lan knew it, and he said curiously: "That is to say, they and Fuxing will be in debt?" ”

"It's not." Xie Zhangtai said with a smile: "It should be said that they have a debt relationship with the military government, and there is no way to prove that their own assets were obtained legally, so they can only pay off their debts through guò work." In fact, it is very difficult for them to pay back the money, and in the spirit of humanitarian principles, they will be free again in ten years. ”

"Ten years?" Pu Lande said.

"Yes, ten years. If someone vouches for them or pays them back, then they can get out of here now. "It is the determination of the military government not to execute the Manchus, and from a legal point of view, no more than their ancestors, they only have a debt relationship with the Han people, and they always have to pay back the flag salary they have taken for decades; From the point of view of conspiracy theories, it is better not to kill them than to kill them, once the Qing soldiers occupy Hangzhou again, then these bannermen who pull dung trucks, sweep the streets, and dig trenches will immediately turn over, showing the prestige of being the masters, and the massacre is certain -- in fact, it is necessary to massacre the Han people on a large scale, and the more slaughtered, the better, only the slaughter can create hatred, and only hatred can awaken all the sleeping people. (To be continued......)