The road protection movement in Sichuan is in full swing, sweeping almost the entire Sichuan.
And Wang Hengyue, who had known that all this would happen as scheduled, was always watching with cold eyes.
The military expansion movement is proceeding rapidly, and in some aspects it has reached the point of being unscrupulous! Time, now time means everything to Wang Hengyue!
The third battalion has been organized into more than 1,200 people, and the armed guards have also reached the same number. The security team and armed police have also expanded wildly to 700 or 800 people.
Combined with the regular army and paramilitary organizations, Wang Hengyue already had more than 3,000 troops in his hands at this time!
That's enough. Judging from the current situation, Wang Hengyue has been able to deal with emergencies for the time being.
Relying on salt wells and transportation companies, Wang Hengyue continued to wave his banknotes and purchased large quantities of new weapons from Clayman and Du Charlie. Especially the 300,000 taels of silver that Ma Weiqi gave Wang Hengyue before his death, almost all of which were turned into artillery and weapons.
Heavy machine guns, and newly purchased machines!
Ma Weiqi might never have thought that he had been loyal to the Qing Dynasty all his life, and that his personally selected grandson-in-law had no intention of being loyal to the court from the beginning. He was even prepared for the collapse of the court from the beginning.
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The Rong County Telegraph Bureau has also been established, which greatly facilitates Wang Hengyue's contact with the outside world!
The Cymbals Arsenal was operating at full capacity. Relying on Leshan as an important material transfer place, a large amount of military materials were transported to Rong County, which resulted in a large number of weapons coming off the machine production line.
Hand grenades, a weapon with a simple process, have begun to be equipped by the Cymbal Arsenal to the new army. At the same time, technicians headed by West and others have also begun the development of heavy machine guns and small cannons.
Some of the new firearms "Eiji-type" developed by the arsenal and improved by the arsenal have been partially distributed to the soldiers of the new army. This rifle with more stable performance and more accurate shooting may soon be able to show its elegance on the battlefield!
The turbulent situation in Sichuan will never be let go by those revolutionary parties.
In the road protection movement, a large number of revolutionary parties participated. They did not care about the nature of this road protection movement, they just keenly judged that the best time for the revolutionary party had come!
The activities of revolutionaries such as Long Mingjian and Wang Tianjie became more and more frequent in Rong County. Under the banner of "Road Protection Movement", their activities were completely semi-public.
Wang Hengyue and his new army did not interfere with them. For the coming great era, this force must be gathered around them.
In some places, Wang Hengyue even gave them certain support, including financial support.
In a letter written by Long Mingjian to the Tongmenghui headquarters, he commented on Wang Hengyue: "Wang Hengyue, the new military commander in Rong County, Sichuan, sympathizes with and supports the revolution. In the first six months of this year alone, he supported 12,000 taels of silver.
There are more than 200 similar rifles and several bullets... If the revolution in Rong County succeeds, Wang Hengyue will be credited with the first contribution and will also be my revolutionary comrade..."
It is rare for a revolutionary party to give such an evaluation to a Qing army general. Long before this, the Tongmenghui had already learned about Wang Hengyue from Rong County, Sichuan, from Xiong Kewu.
Wang Hengyue has become the target of the Revolutionary Party's attention!
After the failure of the Guangzhou Uprising organized by the Revolutionary Party in April, Sun Wen, the leader of the Tongmenghui, even said in his speech at a fund-raising meeting in the United States:
"...The revolution is not isolated. Even in the Manchu army, there are a large number of new officers and soldiers who sympathize with us and support us, such as in Hunan and Sichuan... They rescued us
Revolutionary comrades, support our revolutionary cause..."
Sun Wen did not name him, but at this moment, the name Wang Hengyue already existed in Sun Wen's heart.
With Wang Hengyue's acquiescence, Long Mingjian and Wang Tianjie began to organize a militia in the name of protecting the railway and protecting Sichuan. Its main members were party members from around Rong County.
As long as it does not violate his own interests, and as long as he does not reach out to his new army, Wang Hengyue will not interfere! He even instructed his men to reach an agreement with Long Mingjian:
The top priority is to stabilize Rong County. As long as they don't use their brains in Rong County, the new army will not interfere no matter what they do.
Long Mingjian and Wang Tianjie readily agreed to this request!
They also know very well that if they want to work smoothly here, they cannot do without Wang Hengyue's support!
"Rong County, artesian wells, and tribute wells must increase their strength!" At the military meeting, Wang Hengyue looked extremely serious: "Sichuan is a big explosive barrel right now, and it will explode if there is a spark! No matter what happens in the future, our interests in Rong County
It must come first!”
"Sir." Yang Fangyun hurriedly walked in: "The activities of the Revolutionary Party have become more rampant. They contacted the party and prepared for an armed uprising. Entrusted by the Chengdu Alliance, Long Mingjian summoned Wang Tianjie, Qin Zaigeng, Zhang Dashan, Chen Kongbo and others to convene a revolutionary meeting
Party members and leaders of Ge Lao Hui from various districts in Sichuan attended a meeting to agree on the strategy for the armed uprising. It was decided to organize the Comrade’s Army to Protect the Road, with Long Mingjian and Qin Zaigeng in charge of the uprising work in eastern Sichuan and southern Sichuan, while Zhang Dasan and others were responsible for the uprising in northwest Sichuan, and decided to organize the uprising in northwest Sichuan.
There are uprisings everywhere, and the uprising is about to break out!"
"I understand!" Wang Hengyue nodded.
"Sir, are things really going to change?" Xie Shuixiang asked hesitantly.
Wang Hengyue was silent for a moment: "Don't worry about the changing weather. As I said, our interests come first. Whether it's the court or the revolutionary party, as long as we have guns and people, we have the basis for survival.
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The subordinates nodded silently.
It is not easy for the New Army to grow to its current scale, and no external forces are allowed to interfere! This is the only thing on the minds of all the Wang Hengyue brothers.
"Order that all new troops, armed guards, security teams, and police all distribute live ammunition and closely monitor Rong County without any slack!" Wang Hengyue calmed down and the order came from his mouth:
"Order, the Internal Affairs Department, the Statistics Department, and the Police Department will send more manpower. I must know all the news in Chengdu, Leshan, and Rong County at the first time. The order is to send 200 more armed guards to the Cymbal Ding Arsenal. No one has
My order is to kill anyone who does anything wrong with the arsenal! The order is to secretly control the Rong County Telegraph Office. All incoming and outgoing telegrams must be secretly reviewed and there must be no mistakes!"
The subordinates looked at each other and puffed up their chests:
"yes!"
Wang Hengyue let out a long sigh of relief. The prelude to the great era has finally begun slowly as promised!