Li Zongren was moved by Wang Zhenyu's speech, feeling that all the knots in his heart had been untied. He realized that the revolution had just begun and everything still had to be repeated. They would use revolutionary guns to push the revolution to its final victory. No more retreats, they would make their stand with the Ferocious Tiger Brigade. (Revolutionary slogan: Ah Ma De)

  Wang Zhenyu was very satisfied with the effect of his speech. At least, the morale and spirit displayed by the students afterwards were completely different. This kind of spirit is not something that can be obtained just by giving out a few more silver coins.

  Afterwards, Wang Zhenyu visited three infantry regiments, and each regiment is now making preparations for upgrading to a brigade. Every time Wang Zhenyu arrives at a place, he takes a look at their initial preparation plans, which are quite comprehensive, especially after the personnel from the military supplies department got involved. Seeing that this modern army already has the concept of synchronized coordination among various units, Wang Zhenyu is naturally very satisfied.

  After a day of walking, Wang Zhenyu returned to the travel department, feeling somewhat tired. By this time, the sky had already darkened. He hastily ate two mouthfuls of rice, soaked his feet, and didn't even have time to take a bath before falling asleep with his head covered.

  No sooner had I fallen asleep than I heard gunfire.

  King Zhenyu, who was very vigilant, immediately pulled out the pistol from under his pillow and jumped off the bed. He threw on his clothes and rushed into the nearby brigade headquarters with the guards outside. Tonight's duty officer at the brigade headquarters was Tao Xianyue, the commander of the first battalion of the first regiment. When King Zhenyu rushed in, he had already given the order to enter combat readiness to the first battalion of the first regiment, which was responsible for tonight's patrol. King Zhenyu was very satisfied with Tao Xianyue's emergency response, and in his opinion, a true general should be able to remain calm in times of crisis.

  The gunfire grew more intense, clearly beyond the realm of accidental discharge. The officers and soldiers of the 9th Brigade, who had been ordered to assemble, looked at each other in confusion. This was Nanjing, hundreds of kilometers away from the front line, and it had been quiet for several months already, so why were they shooting? What on earth was happening?

  At this time, the garrison came, and the comer rode a horse, holding a military order in his hand, shouting loudly at the gate: "A part of the Jiangxi army is making trouble at Sanpailou, following the orders of the Jingbei Military Command, specially dispatching your unit to go and capture them."

  Wang Zhenyu immediately ordered the people to enter, and after verifying that the military order was correct, he hesitated slightly. After all, this was his first encounter with a military coup, and he had no experience. However, thinking about it, since there was no record of the Nanjing Coup in history textbooks, it seemed that nothing big happened, so there was nothing to worry about, and following orders to pacify the situation would be enough.

  Taoist Master Yue

  "Arrive"

  "Order Zhao Dongsheng to assemble the instructional team immediately, order Xu Yuanquan to assemble the first battalion immediately, and follow the head of this brigade to quell the riot. Tell Ma Xicheng to pull out the hand grenades for me, two per person, in case the situation is complicated, just blow those rebel troops to death directly, no need to be polite."

  Yes

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  After listening to the travel leader's impassioned speech during the day, Li Zongren couldn't fall asleep for a long time. Just as he was about to talk to Bai Chongxi on the lower bunk, he heard a burst of gunfire. They weren't new recruits anymore, and from the sound alone, they could infer that the shooting location was still some distance away from them.

  Not long after, the lights in the dormitory were turned on, and team leader Song Haomin rushed in, shouting loudly in a slightly childish voice: "Everyone gather, emergency action..."

  Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi quickly got dressed, picked up their weapons and stood in formation. The 90-odd people from the training team and over 300 people from the first battalion had all completed assembly. Ma Xicheng brought over several dozen wooden boxes with the logistics personnel, opened them up, and wow, a bunch of hand grenades. This thing was something that even the old second battalion would play with, but the new recruits from Guangxi only knew the principle and had thrown fake ones before, they had never actually thrown real ones.

  Zhao Dongsheng looked at the tense and bewildered expressions of his Guangxi student soldiers, and couldn't help but crack a joke. He said loudly: "What are you looking at? Don't tell me you've never seen anyone like this before in training! Listen up, you little brats! The Nanjing Garrison Command has ordered us to go put down the rebellion, saying that some of the Jiangxi army have defected. If there are too many of them on the other side, just throw this thing, but be careful when you do, make sure you aim at people and not yourselves, or you'll end up losing what's in your pants, and if you don't die, you'll only be sent to Beijing to become eunuchs for the Tartar emperor, haha!"

  Everyone else followed suit and the tense atmosphere was immediately alleviated a lot. Wang Zhenyu has recently become more conscious of using civilized language, and rarely says words like "Laozi" anymore, but Zhao Dongsheng hasn't reduced his usage by a single sentence, having learned it all by rote, with an attitude that is completely unashamed and instead proud.

  "Zhao Dongsheng, what nonsense are you spouting? Has everyone gathered yet?" Wang Zhenyu's angry shout could be heard from afar.

  Zhao Dong's neck suddenly shrunk, and he said in a low voice: "Report to the captain, assembly is complete."

  "Wang Zhenyu shouted loudly: 'Then set off, fierce tiger brigade, bravely kill the enemy.'"

  These seven words later became the battle slogan of the Flying Tigers.

  Under the command of Wang Zhenyu, the teaching team was used as the vanguard of the first regiment and walked at the very front of the troops. Song Haomin's first detachment was walking at the forefront of the teaching team. The various departments of the 9th Brigade were probably the most well-trained in the Nanjing Civilian Army, and they were the first to arrive at Taiping Bridge where the mutiny occurred; Li Zongren and five others as a vanguard arrived in the Taiping Bridge area. From a distance, it could be seen that the Jiangxi army was looting and had even begun to organize the burning of shops.

  It turns out that the good and evil of human beings are just a thought away, just a few months ago, these riotous soldiers were still the heroes of the entire country, the hope of the nation. Shouldering the heavy responsibility of the people of the world, with their own hot blood, they bravely challenged the corrupt Qing dynasty.

  What glory it is, but unfortunately the reality after the glory is even more cruel.

  No food, no drink, no military pay, and not even enough winter uniforms to go around. Many people stuffed their autumn clothes with straw and huddled together for warmth to get through the damned cold winter.

  Winters in the south are more unbearable than those in the north, although the north is colder. Everyone can hide in their warm beds there, but in the south it's just as cold inside and out, so there's a joke that southerners are more resistant to the cold, which isn't entirely unfounded.

  Even the highest revolutionary passion cannot overcome an empty stomach, and soon these militia underwent a qualitative change after quantitative accumulation. They began to make trouble, began to stir up trouble, and Huang Xing, who was left behind, really couldn't come up with a solution. In desperation, Huang Xing did something that made the people of Nanjing hate him, he actually let these militia raise their own funds on the spot.

  This phenomenon was very common during the Republic of China era, such as the defense zone system in Sichuan and the defense zone system during the Guangdong Revolutionary Government period. This system has been heavily criticized throughout history and is considered to be the root of warlordism. However, at that time, it was a means to an end.

  The merchants were tormented by these soldiers until they were at their wit's end, but even so, the militia still suffered from hunger and cold. The reason was simple: there were too many militiamen.

  The Jiangxi Army is probably the most miserable among them. The defense area they were assigned to happened to be the one with the least oil and water, but not the smallest population. As a result, conflicts arose, and the Jiangxi Army couldn't collect much protection fees, so their days weren't going well either?

  Some officers thought that instead of collecting protection fees in such a disorderly manner, it would be better to plunder once and for all, and then lead the troops back to Jiangxi.

  Thus, a teacher of benevolence and righteousness turned into a bandit overnight, all because of the trouble caused by money.

  In a nearby shop, the owner of this house was killed by the Jiangxi army to protect his daughter from being harassed by the soldiers; however, his death was not in vain. As soon as they saw someone had died, the soldiers who were looking for a girl to satisfy their lust suddenly lost interest. Under the urging of the officers, they no longer paid attention to the wife and daughter of the deceased, but continued to search for valuable things in the house. The wife and daughter of the deceased huddled together in fear, hiding in the corner of the bed, staring at these soldiers who had lost their humanity with angry eyes.

  The sounds of smashing, angry curses, mournful wails and pleading for mercy frequently came from this area.

  It's hard to imagine that just a few hours ago these rioters were still revolutionary soldiers.

  When soldiers start oppressing the people, when soldiers start dominating society, they are no longer soldiers, but a group of armed thugs. The only outcome waiting for them is to be eliminated and tried. This is Wang Zhenyu's basic view on the legitimacy of the military.

  Withdrawing his angry gaze, Li Zongren calmly touched the hand grenade inserted in his armed belt, then issued the first order: "Bayonet class, prepare to attack."

  Yu Zuobai listened and was stunned for a moment: "Squad leader, the enemy situation on the opposite side is unclear. Should we wait for the main force?"

  Li Zongren hadn't spoken yet, when Bai Chongxi glanced at Yu Zuobo and said: "I knew you were afraid of death. You think De Neighbour is stupid? Take a closer look at the Jiangxi army across from us, they're all burning houses and looting, completely disorganized. We just need to charge forward and they'll definitely collapse. What are you afraid of? Coward."

  Yu Zuobo's face turned red with excitement as he retorted: "You, you're the one who's afraid of death!"

  Bai Chongxi smiled: "Then you're not afraid of death, you go first."

  Yu Zuobo let out a loud roar and rushed out with his rifle, scaring Bai Chongxi half to death.

  "Jian Sheng" Li Zongren turned around and glared at Bai Chongxi, seeing the latter's cute tongue-out expression, he could only helplessly shake his head, then shouted "Everyone has them, throw hand grenades."

  At this time, Yu Zuobai, who had rushed out first, had already knocked down two confused soldiers, and the number of Jiangxi army's confused soldiers was not small, with more than 800 people. Suddenly seeing someone opening fire at themselves and knocking down two brothers, they did not feel afraid, but instead became even more violent. The confused soldiers were putting away the looted goods under the shouts of their officers, while picking up their weapons, preparing to resist by force.

  Immediately, more than a hundred rioting soldiers rushed over in the direction of Yu Zuo Bai's gunfire. Before they could get close, four or five black objects flew over from the opposite side. The rioting army had not yet figured out what was happening when these black objects exploded with a loud noise among the crowd.

  "Bomb squad?" The Jiangxi army was blown over with dozens of people on the spot, and those who were not blown up immediately came to a very terrifying conclusion. It is known that in history, the Qing army was most afraid of the bomb squad of the revolutionary party. These people were not afraid of death, their bodies were full of explosives, and they charged forward while throwing bombs. Do you know Guangzhou? A bomb squad of over 100 people actually defeated 3,000 defenders and killed their way into the Governor's mansion of the two Guangs. If it weren't for Zhang Mingqi, the governor of the two Guangs, who immediately ordered his guards to push down the wall of the governor's mansion, he would have been captured alive by the revolutionary party on the spot.

  The Jiangxi army was somewhat experienced, but the result of this explosion was that they lost their will to fight and dispersed. Before the people from the Liushoufu had time to ask other armies for help, Wang Zhenyu's 9th Brigade easily put down the entire rebellion, capturing several hundred prisoners.

  Yu Zuobo proudly said to Bai Chongxi: "Am I afraid of death?"

  Bai Chongxi rolled his eyes and said: "You really aren't afraid of death, you're just a bit stupid."

  Yu Zuo Bai's face turned red with rage and he shouted: "Bai Jian Sheng!!"

  To meet the needs of the plot, Li Zongren was added to the Guangxi Student Army in Nanjing, and the Jiangxi Army's Nanjing coup was also advanced by a month.