: Forced Flight

At about seven o'clock, the first round of ferry began, and more than 20 fishing boats tried to disperse and charge towards the opposite shore.

The gunshots were loud, and the fires of shells and heavy machine guns were so dazzling in the dark. It seemed that the war in the entire Guangzhou city gathered here. Shouts, slogans, and screams weaved a sad song on the river. Some fishing boats had just left the shore and were hit by a shell. The entire boat was overturned. The soldiers on the boat either died on the spot, were killed by fragments of the hull, or drowned. Some ships collided with the enemy's torpedo boat in the dark, and both sides exchanged fires on the boat.

, I don't know if the bullet accidentally hit the torpedo can, the torpedo exploded, and the two ships fell into the bottom of the river together... The Battle of Crossing the River is a very dangerous task in this era of underdeveloped combat equipment. Even if the injured and undead soldiers fall into the cold river water, the chances of being rescued are very small. However, these soldiers are fearless, because they are hatred in their hearts, or long-standing revolutionary beliefs, and they are willing to use their blood to lay a generous path.

Wu Shaoting stood on the roof of a small building on the north shore, looking at the dark river. From him, he could only see bullets flying with fire, and fragments of ships burning by cannons, but he couldn't see the situation of the battle. Only the whistling sounds in his ears made a scene of heroic scenes in his mind.

"Tell Mo Qingyu and let his troops launch the second round of forced ferry immediately." He pinched the time in his heart and ordered the servants beside him.

"Yes." The attendant turned around and hurried downstairs.

At this time, He Fuguang, who had been with Wu Shaoting, said with a worried look on his face: "Mr. Wu, this kind of fighting is too unprofitable. The Guangdong Navy is waiting for his work, and with the advantage of strong ships and powerful cannons, we can simply give away heads with small fishing boats! Even if we capture the Navy base, we will be seriously injured!"

"Then what should we do now?" Wu Shaoting asked lukewarmly.

"When the training department came to inspect the last time, didn't we practice the Crossing River Battle? I think there are still many places to borrow from the experience of that exercise." He Fuguang said immediately.

"Oh? Come and listen." Wu Shaoting said.

"We can restrain the main force of the Guangdong Navy in the front, and then send people to cross the river from other places, seize the way out of the way, and catch him off guard." He Fuguang said seriously.

"Is that so? Well, you can make arrangements. As long as you find enough ships and as long as you can bypass the Guangdong Navy's line of fire, I will definitely support your suggestions." Wu Shaoting said coldly.

He Fuguang was stunned and suddenly had nothing to say.

Wu Shaoting took a breath slowly and said with a clear voice: "It's good that we can find these fishing boats. Since the uprising, the fishermen are the easiest to escape. They have long taken the fishing boats to hide in other places. The defense line of the Guangdong Navy is stacked and layered. They know that the Navy Base Camp is the last stronghold, so they will not throw it away easily. No matter how we detour or how we go back, there is only one river road in Lianhua Mountain in Panyu, and a decisive battle will break out there sooner or later."

He Fuguang became embarrassed for a moment. He, the staff officer, made such a low-level mistake! He wanted to find some words to defend himself and overturn Wu Shaoting's point of view, but it was obvious that Wu Shaoting was prepared for it.

"A tough battle can only be fought head-on, and bloodshed and sacrifice are inevitable." Wu Shaoting did not mean to blame He Fuguang, and added another sentence with a bit of persuasion.

"But after this battle, we will suffer too much damage to our generals. How can we deal with tomorrow's battle? The officers and soldiers of Foshan, Dongguan and Shaoguan will arrive at the latest tomorrow morning. Where should we go?" He Fuguang said anxiously.

Wu Shaoting smiled at the corner of his mouth and said relaxedly: "If the pirates of Cheung Chau are still there, that battle would not have to be so difficult. However, these pirates are obviously unreliable and retreated in the afternoon. Now if we want to adopt a roundabout tactic, we will depart from Hong Kong to Macau and then sneak attack on the Navy Base Camp, but do you think this is feasible?"

He Fuguang was speechless and his expression seemed very disappointed.

Wu Shaoting continued: "Don't worry, you just need to sleep well tomorrow morning. The troops in Foshan, Dongguan and Shaoguan will never dare to invade Guangzhou?"

He Fuguang was puzzled and asked in surprise: "What? Lord Wu, why do you say that?"

Wu Shaoting laughed and said nothing. He knew very well that the greatest significance of the Guangzhou Uprising was not a military victory, but a heavy blow to the pedantic Qing regime. This was the spark that ignited the prairie fire. When the news of the Guangzhou First Rebellion spread across the country, the revolutionary forces of other provinces and cities would inevitably be encouraged, and the turbulent revolutionary waves would wash away the overall situation of China. At that time, whether it was the new army or the old army, whether it was the government or the sect, they would be involved.

Just as Wu Shaoting was talking to He Fuguang, Mo Qingyu gritted his teeth and ordered his deployment to launch the second round of forced ferry as the first target troops.

Although in the dark night, the tragic situation of the war on the river can only be presented in imagination. But everyone could guess that the Pearl River was stained red with blood, and the soldiers who stepped onto the fishing boats to charge went more and less. However, in the face of the intense atmosphere of this last battle, no one chose to retreat.

The forced ferry war continued until 8 o'clock in the evening. Under the cover of artillery fire, the old cruiser "Zhentao" that the Guangdong Navy entered the sea in Tongzhinian was sunk. The hull of the "Anlan" and "Flying Dragon" entered the water and broke down on the way to retreat. The officers and soldiers on the ship either abandoned the ship or surrendered. The main battleships "Guangyuan", "Guanggeng", and the new gunboats "Chuguan" and "Chu Tai" were withdrawn from the front line from the front line to recharge supplies. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the first batch of revolutionary soldiers who forced ferry finally arrived at the south bank and began to walk to assault the base at whom the base was.

Twenty minutes later, the second and third groups of revolutionary soldiers also arrived on the south bank.

Although the Guangdong Navy's torpedo boats and gunboats have been blocking the south coast waters, it is a pity that under the night, the vision is greatly restricted. Blind shooting will only waste bullets and lose all its advantages. On the contrary, the revolutionary soldiers who climbed ashore turned grief into strength after suffering the heavy trauma of the Battle of Crossing the River, and their anger and morale rose at the same time, and rushed towards the Navy's base in a crazily manner.

Navy Admiral Lee Jun had long been determined to die for his country and ordered all ships to stay in the harbor, waiting for the rebel soldiers to attack the base camp, and immediately bombard the base camp and die with these traitors. However, he had this awareness, but Huang Shilong, Yuan Shuxun, and the officials who escaped from the Governor's Office did not have such great idea of ​​serving the country. Yuan Shuxun asked Lee Jun to arrange a warship to escort them to Hong Kong or Xiamen, and he would never sit still and wait for death.

Li Jun knew that he was different from these people, so he simply followed Yuan Shuxun's intention. He transferred the cruiser "Guangjin" to send these people onto the ship, and ordered them to send them to Hong Kong first. If the British did not allow warships to enter the port, they would retreat to Xiamen.

After arranging the officials of the Governor's Office, Li Jun informed the entire army of the Navy Base Camp to strive to survive and die with the Navy Base Camp.

However, when the revolutionary army came to the front of the camp, except for the Guangyuan, which Li Jun was in charge, and the deputy flagship "Chu Tai" opened fire at the base camp, the rest of the warships did not respond. Li Jun fired the flags on other warships and urged the fire seriously. Not long after, the Guanggeng, which was closest to Li Jun's flagship, suddenly lowered the Qing Dynasty dragon flag and slowly raised the white flag. When Li Jun saw this, his heart suddenly became cold. He knew that his situation was hopeless, and these water brothers who had followed him for many years were not willing to be funeral objects!

With the surrender of the "Guanggeng", more than ten minutes later, all white flags were hung from cruisers to gunboats and torpedo speedboats. Some torpedo boats did not prepare white flags, so they had to hang the Qing dragon flag upside down to show their destiny.

In this way, except for the Guangyuan and Chutai, which were still fighting stubbornly, all other warships of all sizes were in a standstill.

Faced with the situation of isolation and helplessness, the "Guangyuan" manager made two suggestions to Li Zhun, one surrendered and the other retreated.

At first, Li Jun insisted on fighting to the end. Even if there was only the "Guangyuan" warship, he would never surrender or retreat to the rebels. After hearing these words, Guan Dao knew that Li Jun had made up his mind, but he still had hope of survival. After his hard advice, he had to use threatening words instead.

"Admiral, there is no more battle in this battle. You and I are kind and righteous. If the Admiral does not know the current affairs, the General will not let the entire ship accompany the Admiral and die in vain. The Qing Dynasty has been exhausted, and even if the Admiral still has the idea of ​​being foolish and loyal to the end, then we have to consider whether the brothers under his command have this determination. The General begs the Admiral to order a ceasefire to surrender. Otherwise, the General will have to lead the brothers to abandon the ship and go ashore."

After hearing what Guankai said, Li Jun was stunned on the spot. His first thought was that he had to execute Guankai.

The guard has been on guard for a long time, and he has been staring at Li Zhun's movements. Just when the other party was about to draw the gun, he pulled out his gun and pointed it at it.

"Sir, don't blame Mo Jiang for being rude." He shouted loudly, then signaled to the confidant behind him with his eyes. Several soldiers rushed up immediately, removed Li Zhun's gun, and tied it up with the prepared rope.

Lee Jun kept cursing and struggling to the death, but all of this became futile.

Not long after, the Guangyuan also flew a white flag, and the Chutai also surrendered with the trend.

At 9:40 pm, the war at the Guangdong Naval Base Camp was completely calmed down. The Revolutionary Army occupied the Naval Base Camp and all the surrendered naval officers and soldiers were properly resettled. However, the Revolutionary Army did not detain any of these surrendered officers and soldiers. Because there were too many people and they received orders in advance, they finally changed the surrender to surrender, and all the naval officers and soldiers became part of the Revolutionary Rebel Army.

Liang Hongkai was responsible for supervising the aftermath of the Guangdong Navy Base Camp. He interrogated several major generals of the Guangdong Navy one by one. Except for Li Zhun who resisted fiercely, everyone else expressed support for the revolution and was willing to obey the orders of the leaders of the revolutionary army. Of course, these navy generals answered vaguely, because it was not yet certain who was the real revolutionary leader. Liang Hongkai knew that he was not qualified to involve this issue, so he did not pay much attention. In the end, he only ordered a few generals to control their respective subordinates, and cut off the whip within a time limit and burn all the Qing flags to show his determination.

As for Li Zhun, because he was the admiral of the navy and had a great official title, if he was shot rashly, he would probably change his mind. So he had to send a few revolutionary soldiers to escort him to the general's mansion and hand him over to Wu Shaoting for disposal.

The Guangdong Navy's ceasefire and surrender marked the completion of the Guangzhou Uprising.

After Wu Shaoting returned to the General's Mansion, he immediately began to rectify the order of Guangzhou City. He first asked Deng Keng to draw three battalions and guards under his command, the First Battalion Guard, and the Second Battalion Guard, plus dozens of soldiers from the back post such as Wang Yun, a total of 300 soldiers were established as the Guard Battalion of the Revolutionary Government, and to serve as the defense work around the General's Mansion. Afterwards, he asked Li Fulin to gather all the civilian troops to rectify the civilian troops and organize them according to military units. The purpose of this was to prevent this group of casual civilian troops from being idle and wandering around the city. Military adaptation alone would almost make them busy for half a month.

After formulating these two basic tasks, he summoned all the generals of the rebel army to start to arrange urban security work. Except for the artillery left behind in the Governor's Office, he asked the rest of the troops to divide the control areas inside and outside the city according to the team, and arrested those who caused chaos in the control areas. Regardless of the scattered soldiers of the other party's old army or the dispersed civilian army, they would be treated equally. He even gave instructions that if necessary, they could shoot and kill them.
Chapter completed!