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    The Hubei New Army's fighting will was not firm, and it was said that Zhang Zhidong suddenly fell ill after the first attack, so they did not launch another attack for several days in a row, but only harassed them from time to time with gunboats and ground artillery fire.  .  Although this kind of harassment is annoying, it also has a good effect, that is, as time goes by, even ordinary recruits gradually adapt to it, and they will not be scared to run around when they hear the sound of exploding artillery shells.  A few days later, perhaps because Zhang Zhidong recovered from his illness or something else, the Hubei New Army launched another attack.  Their offensive organization this time was much better than the last time.  The bombardment lasted longer, and the soldiers' will to fight became more determined.  Later, according to some people's memories, before this attack, the Hubei New Army offered a very high reward.  Due to the lack of barbed wire and landmines, the presence of artillery, and the fact that the revolutionary army did not have many machine guns, the Hubei New Army quickly broke into the trenches of the revolutionary army. At the critical moment, the key personnel of the Liberation Army still played a role.  The key role was that just when the Hubei New Army felt that it would soon win the position, under the leadership of Qiu Jin, the death squads of the Guangfuhui launched a bayonet assault.  ??In a sense, bayonet assault is the best way to embody an army's fighting will.  Hand-to-hand combat is far more psychologically stressful than rifle shooting.  In the previous wars between Chinese and foreigners, whether it was the more distant First Opium War and Second Opium War, or the more recent Sino-Japanese War of 1894 and the Eight-Power Allied Forces War.  The Manchu troops of the Qing Dynasty could often hold on for a while during exchanges with foreign troops, but almost all of them did not collapse immediately in the face of bayonet assaults.  The Hubei New Army is much stronger than the general Qing army, but in essence, they are still an army that doesn't know why they fight.  In this era, there is no longer any army that is truly loyal to our Qing Dynasty. The reason why they come to fight the revolutionary army is purely because of the orders from above, not because they think they should do so.  Such an army, even if it is well-trained, will not have much courage to persist in fighting in a battle where the bayonet is red.  What's more, in terms of training, they are no better than the death squads led by Qiu Jin, and even in terms of assassination skills, they are much worse.  Comparing the military thinking of China and the West in that era, you will often find a very strange thing. Western powers, which have obvious advantages in long-range firepower, pay much more attention to hand-to-hand combat than China.  Needless to say, the old Maozi who has always believed that "bullets are stupid and bayonets are heroes", front-line powers including the British and French armies, have always attached great importance to bayonet combat.  Even the United States has conducted extensive and in-depth research on bayonet confrontation techniques, and there are numerous books on various techniques and tactics.  The soldiers also received quite systematic bayonet fighting training.  On the contrary, squadrons with weaker firepower often rely on non-contact shooting to defeat the enemy. Not only do they lack research on bayonet combat, but they also have almost no bayonet combat training.  Therefore, once you engage in hand-to-hand combat with the armies of foreign powers, even when morale is high, the exchange ratio will often be very sad.  This habit even continued into the later National Revolutionary Army.  Until the Anti-Japanese War, the National Revolutionary Army, except for the 18th Group Army and the newly formed Fourth Army, basically lacked systematic bayonet combat training. Even the Northwest Army's sword team, which was the most proficient in hand-to-hand combat, was in a bayonet confrontation with the Japanese army.  , is also at a clear disadvantage.  But the death squads of the Restoration Association are an exception. Although they number only a few dozen people, they have all received systematic bayonet combat training from Blackwater and have conducted many simulated bayonet confrontation exercises. Although they are still unable to compete with Blackwater's  Compared with those veterans, the soldiers of the Hubei New Army, who have no training and rely entirely on their own on-the-spot performance, are much better in terms of personal skills and teamwork.  As a result, in the bayonet confrontation, the revolutionary army with the Liberation Society's death squads as arrows quickly defeated the rushing Hubei New Army and stabilized the situation.  ¡­ ¡­ ¡°Jingxiong is injured?¡± Tao Chengzhang was surprised when he got the telegram.  The length of the telegram was limited and it was impossible to explain it in detail, but Tao Chengzhang knew that Qiu Jin had a strong temper. If it was a slight injury, he might not mention it in the telegram at all.  Qiu Jin and Xu Xilin have always been the main military leaders of the Restoration Society. Now if Qiu Jin is seriously injured, the battle in Anqing may cause a lot of trouble.  "Where are the people who protect the umbrella?" Tao Chengzhang asked. According to the contract they signed with the umbrella company, a 75-meter infantry artillery team and about a company of infantry from the umbrella company first  We rushed to Anqing as quickly as possible.  "The naval guns of the Hubei New Army blocked a long section of the river, so they landed at Songyang yesterday, and then changed boats to cross from Caizi Lake to Baitu Lake. Calculating the time, they will probably arrive tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.  "Fan Ainong replied.  "This time Jingxiong and the others repelled the Hubei New Army, so we shouldIt should be supported for a while longer.  Then when the advance team to protect the umbrella arrives, the situation should be stabilized.  "Tao Chengzhang thought this way.  "The Hubei New Army's attack failed?  "There was some surprise on Yuan Shikai's face. Although he is no longer in direct charge of Beiyang, he is still very concerned about the current situation. In his original expectation, although the Hubei New Army is not enough to change the entire  situation, but it is not a problem to win Anqing. Because he still knows the level of the Hubei New Army and the Anhui New Army. But this is not a bad thing for Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai knows that the worse the Hubei New Army is, the worse it will be.  The more important the Beiyang Army is, and the greater the losses of the Hubei New Army and the Revolutionary Army, the stronger Beiyang's relative strength will be. In today's chaos, whoever has stronger hands will get a bigger share.  One copy. "Zhang Xiangshuai is old and won't live for a few more years. He is probably thinking more about his reputation in future generations.  But I can't do this with him.  If I want to be like this with him, I'm afraid it will cause even greater trouble.  Yuan Shikai thought this way. The so-called bigger trouble is actually simple, that is, the Beiyang Group has actually become an independent interest group. Now this interest group obeys him, not only because the Beiyang Army is his starting point.  The reason why he was brought out was because he could safeguard the interests of this group. If he planned to sacrifice the interests of the Beiyang Group for the so-called reputation, the direct consequence would be the split of the Beiyang Group.  If it is divided, China will immediately enter the melee of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. In an environment surrounded by great powers, China has become like this. In Yuan Shikai's view, it is simply out of control. Therefore, he cannot be like Zhang Zhidong.  Do that. ¡°Tell Zhiquan, don¡¯t be anxious, don¡¯t be anxious.  To calm it down.  "Yuan Shikai said to the adjutant waiting aside. "I just said that the Han people are unreliable!  "Zai Feng roared angrily, "Zhang Zhidong's Hubei New Army claims to be well-trained and well-equipped, but it has blocked its troops at the gates of Anqing City and cannot advance even an inch. What is he doing!  Could it be that he also wants to and Beiyang, what does Tieliang do for food?  Not even a single soldier can be mobilized!  The six towns of Beiyang spent so much money from the imperial court to raise troops for thousands of days and use them for a while, but now they don't even listen to the orders?  Do they want to rebel?  And that Yi Kuang, I really don¡¯t know how much money Yuan Shikai gave him, but he actually wrote a letter saying that in the current situation, Yuan Shikai must be used to lead the army. Doesn¡¯t he know that if Yuan Shikai takes back the military power now, then our Qing Dynasty will  It's really going to be over soon.  Even Han Chinese like Zhang Zhidong knew that Yuan Shikai should never be allowed to take charge of Beiyang again. He actually spoke for Yuan Shikai again. He was really a good minister of the Qing Dynasty!  And those foreigners actually asked me to reinstate Yuan Shikai one by one. Their intentions" But no matter how angry he was, Zaifeng knew that there was actually nothing he could do. The first of the six towns in Beiyang was full of  The bannermen were supposedly obedient and willing to serve the Qing Dynasty. However, when they heard that they were going to disrupt the party, these bannermen also reluctantly backed down.  The first town is the foundation of the Qing Dynasty and should not be touched lightly. But Zaifeng knew that what Tie Liang actually meant was that the first town had no fighting power at all. If it did not go to the battlefield, it could still scare people. If it really wanted to go, it could scare people.  If he goes to the battlefield, he might be like the donkey in Guizhou, and he will be eaten up. "Hey, big green fruit pills!"  "Zai Feng, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, couldn't help but sigh in his heart.  "Have the Japanese done anything strange?  "Graystone asked his military secretary Raymond. "The Japanese are in contact with some people in Fengtian" Raymond replied. "Don't worry about Fengtian. Things there are for the Russians.  To think about it, our hands can't reach there.  I mean, in Shanghai, have they done anything?  " "The Japanese Marine Corps transferred two squadrons of people from Taiwan to Shanghai, saying they wanted to protect the overseas Chinese.  In addition, they have many contacts with people from the Alliance.  "Lemond replied. "Watch them first.  "Gladstone said, "Where are the British?  " "Not long ago, the British minister united with ministers from several countries to meet with the regent of the Qing Dynasty and asked him to immediately activate Yuan Shikai to quickly restore stability in China and ensure the interests of all countries in China.  In addition, Sun Wen of the Tongmenghui claimed that he had borrowed US$1.5 million as start-up capital for the new Republic of China, and was now preparing to go to Nanjing, China, and hoped that revolutionary parties everywhere could unite to build the Republic of China.  "
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