On the eighteenth day, Huang Xing repeatedly urged Cheng Dequan to declare Jiangsu duli, but Cheng Dequan was always hesitant.
It was not until the afternoon of that day that news came from Shanghai about the attack on Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. Huang Xing personally went to Cheng Dequan's official residence and asked him to declare a complete severance of relations.
On the second day after Jiangsu declared du li, Zhang Xun's Jiangfang Battalion vanguard unit and the Second Town vanguard unit completed the rendezvous and captured Huai'an within an hour. Then they split into two groups. One group passed through Chuzhou, Anhui Province and attacked directly.
Nanjing, the other way is along Huai'an via Gaoyou and goes straight to Yangzhou.
Another unit in the second town also occupied the port city on the same day. After establishing a logistical support point, they could send an advance unit straight to Yancheng.
Whether it was the defenders in Huai'an or Gangcheng, they had only received orders from the Jiangsu Governor's Office to resist the Beiyang Army's southward march. However, Nanjing did not send special officials to these towns to supervise, so when the Beiyang Army launched an attack
, the originally pitiful garrison forces in these places, except for a few staunch revolutionary officers and soldiers, almost surrendered without a fight.
The war in Jiangsu is like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, and the Beiyang Army's advance is overwhelming.
In only two days, the armies of the Second Town and Jiangfang Battalion occupied important transportation towns around Nanjing. Yangzhou and Zhenjiang were lost one after another, and Feng Guozhang himself also rushed from behind in the early morning of the 21st.
Go to Zhenjiang to set up a general headquarters and personally formulate a battle plan against Nanjing.
Faced with the wolf-like Beiyang Army and the Jiangfang Camp, people in Nanjing were already panicking. Huang Xing and Zhang Biao, the commander of the Eighth Town, also felt the pressure. They did not expect that the northern Jiangsu area would fall so quickly, and even
Not a single spark of battle was seen, it was almost like entering a deserted land.
In the past three days, Huang Xing has not done nothing. He has been strengthening the defense on the Nanjing River and decided to use the Yangtze River as the decisive battlefield to prevent the Beiyang Army from launching a cross-river operation. At the same time, he continued to fight with Zhenjiang,
The naval headquarters in Shanghai maintained contact. Although he knew that the current situation could not persuade the navy to support the revolution, he at least wanted to persuade the naval fleet to remain neutral and not launch an attack on Nanjing.
After all, during the Nanjing Provisional Government, among the navy stationed in Zhenjiang and Shanghai, there were still many officers and soldiers who unswervingly yearned for revolutionary government. The exchange of fire between the north and the south caused by the congressional crisis was obviously something that no one wanted to see.
As a result, coupled with Huang Xing's personal lobbying, he was able to win more or less the sympathy of the navy. Fu's order was still merciful when sending ships to besiege the Nanjing river.
As the saying goes, misfortunes never come singly. When Nanjing was surrounded and pressed by the Beiyang Army and Jiangfang Battalion, Cheng Dequan, the governor of Jiangsu, actually secretly left Nanjing at night without saying a word. Once the news came out, it had a great impact on the entire Nanjing revolutionary camp.
It caused a huge impact.
Huang Xing scolded Cheng Dequan even more, and sent three or four telegrams in succession, announcing Cheng Dequan's expulsion from the party, and solemnly severing diplomatic relations with him. With Huang Xing's telegram, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai soon learned that
Cheng Dequan's escape was revealed, and the entire southern revolutionary camp showed signs of low morale.
Zhang Biao, the commander of the Eighth Town, went to Huang Xing specifically for this purpose and complained that he should not rush to announce the power of power. At this critical moment, the most important thing is to maintain morale. Originally, Cheng Dequan had no actual status, so he was allowed to escape secretly.
That's it, suppressing the news temporarily will not cause any negative impact.
Huang Xing realized that he had ignored the aftermath because of his impulsiveness. However, he had a hot temper and did not say anything nonsense. He was just more determined to fight the Beiyang Army to the end. His purpose was to let all people who were not firm in their stance know that
, those who truly have revolutionary blood will definitely win the final victory.
This may be the one-sided persistence of idealists, but it can also be seen that it is a helpless and heartfelt roar.
For more than ten years, in order to explore the road to salvation for China, countless revolutionary martyrs have paved the road with their blood. After experiencing countless failures and finally completing the victory of the great revolution that overthrew the corrupt Qing government, how can we watch the revolution?
The fruit fell into the hands of du cai! How could the great cause and ideals of min zhu and the republic die like this?
At the same time, the First Mixed Brigade of Luanzhou had just arrived in Jinan, and the First Regiment of the vanguard had just advanced to Xuzhou.
The person responsible for staying in Jinan to support Yuan Su and his party was Bao Guiqing, the commander of the Second Infantry Brigade of the Second Town. However, the main forces under Bao Guiqing had already left for Jiangsu one after another. He himself only left a guard force and baggage troops behind.
Behind, wait for the arrival of Yuan Su's First Mixed Brigade.
Yuan Su and Bao Guiqing met at noon. Although Bao Guiqing and Yuan Su were both brigade commanders of the Second Town, the former was now nearly forty-five years old and a graduate of the older generation of Beiyang Military Academy.
As a student, he far surpassed Yuan Su in terms of qualifications and system. Therefore, in Bao Guiqing's eyes, he was somewhat dismissive of Yuan Su.
During the entire meeting, Bao Guiqing always acted in an official tone and did not give Yuan Su any good looks.
Despite this, Yuan Su didn't take it to heart. He just thought that he and the Second Town were not fully harmonious, not to mention that he was indeed not as good as Bao Guiqing in terms of seniority. He simply learned about the situation from Bao Guiqing, and learned that the Second Town and Jiangfang Camp
Having completed the strategic encirclement of Nanjing, the next thing the First Mixed Brigade has to do is to head to Jiangsu to ensure the safety of the northern Jiangsu section of the Jinpu Line and be responsible for protecting and escorting logistics supplies.
Taking on the logistics task was originally what Yuan Su was looking forward to, so he agreed without any hesitation.
That night, Bao Guiqing excused himself from entertaining Yuan Su on the pretext that something was going on at the front, and arranged for a train that had already been prepared to go south.
Yuan Su rested for a day in Jinan. According to the arrangement of the train station, he would not be able to catch another train to Xuzhou until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest.
On the contrary, Wang Huaiqing, the director of the Shandong Military Affairs Council, specially organized a dinner at the best restaurant in Jinan and invited Yuan Su and other officers from the First Mixed Brigade to attend. Wang Huaiqing had no friendship with Yuan Su, and he had heard that Duan and Feng were both important figures.
He had some concerns about Yuan Su, but he did not hesitate to build this relationship emotionally. As the saying goes, lighting up the seventh floor of the tower is not as good as a light in the dark. As long as he and Yuan Su have no direct conflict of interest, there is no need to have an extra smile to welcome people.
That's a bad thing.
At the dinner party, Yuan Su and Wang Huaiqing were drinking and drinking, and they managed to get some news from Wang Huaiqing.
In this military operation to attack Jiangsu southward, the Fifth Town of Shandong actually did not send troops. They only responded to Fu's call in name. The Fifth Town only sent a few teams of handymen and engineering battalions to the front line.
Just assist the Second Town and Jiangfang Camp to build camps and transport supplies.
In addition, Wang Huaiqing also revealed some information about the current situation in Anhui. The only formal military strength in Anhui Province is the two mixed brigades of the two brothers Ni Sichong. Previously, Ni Sichong had been serving as the Anhui Military Affairs Office, and his younger brother Ni Yufen was serving as the commander of Wanbei.
The commander-in-chief also served as the garrison envoy of Anqing, which actually controlled the military and political power of the entire Anhui.
The war between the north and the south forced Bai Wenwei, the former governor of Anhui, to resign. This was exactly the outcome Ni Sichong had been waiting for.
It can be said that the war in Anhui has basically come to an end. Ni Sichong will not send his troops south. The top priority is to stabilize his personal dominance in Anhui until the civil war ends and officially takes over as the governor of Anhui.
Knowing this news was not good news for Yuan Su. He originally planned to take advantage of some troubles in Anhui or the need for help to send troops to occupy Huaibei. However, Ni Sichong had already firmly controlled the entire Anhui.
Well, Bai Wenwei had already disguised himself and fled away, obviously there was no excuse to send troops.
After the dinner, Yuan Su returned to the temporary camp. It happened that Chen Wenian was in the staff room summarizing the telegrams received today and rushed to Yuan Su's study to report.
"Captain, the fighting in Shanghai has ended. Yesterday, Zheng Rucheng's troops rushed into the city and defeated the revolutionary army that surrounded the gate of Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. It is said that all the revolutionary troops in Shanghai dispersed and retreated, and some escaped into the concession. Others
Some of them left Shanghai, and the Youth Gang members were also in hiding. At noon today, Zheng Rucheng declared martial law in Shanghai and officially served as the governor of Shanghai." Chen Wenian reported the most important news of the day first.
"It was already expected. Although Shanghai is the headquarters of the Kuomintang, it lacks a military foundation after all. It is simply wishful thinking to seize power with only some temporary formations and a lack of armament." Yuan Su said quietly.
He said that he knew all these situations very well, and the main thing in his mind now was still thinking about how to occupy Huai'an and Huaibei.
"Songjiang's 27th Brigade has been ordered to advance towards Nanjing. It is expected to complete the rendezvous with the Second Town and Jiangfang Camp in the next two days. By then, Nanjing will be surrounded." Chen Wennian added.
"Nanjing can still be defeated. After all, relying on the natural dangers of the Yangtze River, the Eighth Town can block it to some extent. But I believe that conquering Nanjing is also a matter of time. It depends on who is willing to fight harder, the Second Town or the Jiangfang Camp. Just be afraid.
Both sides wanted to reap the benefits, but in the end, they gave the Eighth Town a chance to breathe." Yuan Su said thoughtfully.
"Yes, it stands to reason that the Second Town and Jiangfang Battalion have been advancing vigorously before. They completed the strategic encirclement of Nanjing yesterday and should have launched an attack this morning. But until now, we haven't heard of any exchange of fire over Nanjing.
It seems that there is still a tacit understanding between Governor Feng and General Zhang." Chen Wennian said with a sneer.dd