Since Tang Jian led three new National Army divisions to the front line of the Yangtze River, Wang Shizhen, who stationed 50,000 troops in Jingzhou, ordered Wuhan Feng Guozhang's troops to quickly drive Tang Jian's rebels south of the Yangtze River out of Hubei. After Feng Guozhang received the order, he personally led two regiments to fight with the new first division of the Revolutionary Army in Wuchang.

Because the strength of the two sides is not much different, and there are warships from the Beiyang Fleet on the surface of the Yangtze River to provide artillery fire support, Feng Guozhang could not conquer for a long time and could not expand the results of the battle. He had to defend Hanyang and continue to confront the Revolutionary Army. At the same time, Feng Guozhang asked Wang Shizhen to increase his troops in Hanyang and fight a decisive battle with the Revolutionary Army in Wuchang.

Wartime Command at the Gate of the Wuchang Department of the National Revolutionary Army.

"How is the situation?" Tang Jian asked while looking at the map.

"Report to the commander, last night, Feng Guozhang wanted to lead a regiment's troops to land from Guangxia Village, but was blocked by our troops along the coast. Later, Captain Sazhenbing led the Haiqi and the two cruisers of the Hairong attacked Feng Guozhang's troops on the river. Finally, Feng Guozhang fled in panic!" Jie Jiajun said with a smile.

"Jia Jun, you won't be arrogant and won't be discouraged. You must always remember this. Feng Guozhang is not that easy to deal with. As one of the three heroes of Beiyang, he is not a false reputation!" Tang Jianyu said earnestly.

Jie Jiajun smiled with a hint. Indeed, he easily repelled Feng Guozhang's attack yesterday. Jie Jiajun looked down on Feng Guozhang in his heart. What a bullshit, the three heroes of Beiyang, but they were still beaten by himself yesterday.

Tang Jian asked, "Jiajun, how many years have you been with me?"

Jie Jiajun replied: "Including today, I have been following the commander for three years, a month and a seven-day period."

"I remember it's quite clear! Since you have been studying in the lone wolf for so long and have followed me for a long time, I think you can be a qualified leader!" Tang Jian said seriously. How could Tang Jian not see that Jie Jiajun was proud of himself after winning a battle? So, today Tang Jian will ring the alarm bell for him to avoid making mistakes in the future.

When Tang Jian was reorganizing 100,000 troops from the eight southern provinces in Fuzhou that day, Jie Jiajun was appointed as the leader of the newly formed 7th Division's main regiment. On the one hand, it was because Tang Jian wanted to cultivate a large number of military talents. On the other hand, Jie Jiajun followed Tang Jian for many years and would have been more or less influenced by Tang Jian's tactical strategies, and should be promoted.

After Tang Jian adapted the National Revolutionary Army, he appointed a large number of young officers, most of whom were selected from the original lone wolf. Whether it was military quality or leadership ability, he was the best in the entire army.

Among them, there are Yuan Jingxiang, the major commander of the New First Regiment of the Seventh Division, Zhang Jinghui, the major commander of the 301st Regiment of the Eighth Division, and Wang Zheqi, the major commander of the 108th Regiment of the First Division.

Of course, there are also a large number of senior officers from the eight former southern provinces in the newly formed revolutionary army, and they have also become the backbone of the National Revolutionary Army.

Jie Jiajun heard the seriousness in Tang Jian's tone and immediately said seriously: "Yes, commander, the main team will definitely live up to the commander's high expectations!"

"Okay, go out and ask your brothers to keep some fun at night! Feng Guozhang will not be honest enough to wait for Wang Shizhen's reinforcements to attack. You have to pay attention to the actions of the other side of the country."

"Yes, Commander!" Jie Jiajun hurriedly retreated back to his base after giving a military salute.

Tang Jian turned around and said to Yan Fu, who had been silent, "Mr. Yan, I wonder what you think about the current situation?"

Yan Fu stood up, handed Tang Jian a cigarette, and joked: "The commander's heart is like a mirror, and he still wants to listen to my bad views? Haha."

Tang Jian also knew that Yan Fu was joking with him, so he said, "Hehe, Mr. Yan, let's focus on your thoughts!"

Yan Fu helped Tang Jian lit the cigarette roll and said, "I know what the commander is worried about now."

"Oh, let's talk about it!" Tang Jian was very curious about Yan Fu's observation ability.

"The commander is not worried about Yuan Shikai's more soldiers than us, but the commander is worried about being able to command the battle and has too few generals with rich experience! Moreover, although we have 100,000 troops, they are all pieced together from all over the eight southern provinces, including the Yunnan Army, the Guangdong Army, the Min Army, the Hunan Army and the Huai Army, etc. The quality of the military personnel is uneven. Although they have been reorganized, they are still far from enough!" Yan Fu sighed.

"Haha, it turns out that Yan Fu is the one who knows me. What I am worried about now is these problems. The large number of military talents I have finally cultivated have been completely lost in Liaodong, and even the elite lone wolf was wiped out by the Cossack cavalry. Now it really responds to the saying "There is no general in Shu"!" Tang Jian sighed.

Tang Jian's uprising this time was completely in a hurry to fight when Yuan Shikai suddenly attacked. Yuan Shikai was strong and prepared. Among them, a large number of new rifles and artillery purchased from Britain and Germany fell into Yuan Shikai's hands.

Under Yuan Shikai's continuous suppression, the eight southern provinces not only laid off a large number of Huai Army, but also used his position as prime minister in the cabinet to strongly suppress the expansion plan of the eight southern provinces, which led to more soldiers and fewer guns and lower weapons in the eight southern provinces. In some troops, two soldiers shared a rifle, and the number of artillery was far less than that of Yuan Shikai's Beiyang New Army.

Now the only thing Tang Jian can rely on is the naval guns of the Beiyang Fleet. However, only the shore guns, and this battle mainly depends on the army.

Tang Jian’s biggest regret is that the secret base of Beizhu Island was destroyed. Not only was the airship and air force completely wiped out, but all the research equipment and research materials accumulated in Beizhu Island over the years were also destroyed. Tang Jian’s engine plan was therefore stranded indefinitely.

Among them, what worried Tang Jian the most was the armored vehicles. When Beizhu Island was captured by Yuan Shikai, the research room that studied the armored vehicles was not destroyed by Liu Wenqing in a hurry. Then, all the research materials on armored vehicles should have fallen into Yuan Shikai's hands at this time, among which there were samples of ten experimental armored vehicles.

In time, these materials and samples will definitely become a big disaster in Yuan Shikai's hands. As long as Yuan Shikai concentrates talents, it is entirely possible that these armored vehicles will be mass-produced soon. At that time, it will be a fatal blow to the National Revolutionary Army, which is short of guns and cannons.

What made Tang Jian happy was that when Liu Wenqing hurriedly retreated, all the experts on Beizhu Island were transferred safely in advance, and Ouyang Yanqing was safe and sound.

Now the new scientific research base is gradually rebuilt under the leadership of Tian Arden, but it takes a long time to restore it to the original one. Now Tang Jian lacks the most time!

When time does not allow, Tang Jian has no choice but to find another way to solve these problems.

If there are no generals in the army, try your best to cultivate military talents. If there are no guns or cannons, then go to Yuan Shikai's territory to grab them.

Tang Jian must fight a protracted war with Yuan Shikai with his only strength, and gain time to get Tian Aden back on track, develop new weapons and put them into mass production as soon as possible, so that he can continue to fight against Yuan Shikai.

Seeing that Tang Jian had been pondering and silent, Yan Fu said again: "Commander, there is good news. You must be very happy after hearing it."

"Oh, what good news?" Tang Jian came to his senses and asked.

"Commander, do you know Sun Wanling?" Yan Fu asked.

"I know that the old general Sun is famous. During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, he was in Rongcheng Baimahe. He defeated the Japanese army with fewer and defeated the Japanese army. The battle of Baimahe was the only victory of the Qing army during the Sino-Japanese War of 1895! How? Is there any news about him?" Tang Jian asked.

"Yes, Sun Wanling is now under Yuan Shikai's commander of the Central Army of Wuwei. A few days ago, he sent me a telegram. He said he was unwilling to fight under a villain like Yuan Shikai. He has always relied on the commander and hoped to be able to transfer to the commander's commander. I wonder what the commander thought?" Yan Fu asked.

"Okay, welcome, of course, welcome. If General Sun helps us, wouldn't we be more wings!" Tang Jian was happy before he could even welcome him, and he must have been urgently welcomed. A powerful general like Sun Wanling can help solve his current predicament!

"Commander, do you know who was in charge of the links and asked General Sun to contact me?" Yan Fu kept a secret.

"Who is it?" Tang Jian had already heard the excitement in Yan Fu's tone, and probably another surprise.

"It's the veteran general Nie Shicheng!" Yan Fu said.

"Haha, that's great. With Nie Shicheng and Sun Wanling helping me, it's time to solve my urgent need!" Tang Jian said excitedly.

"But why didn't General Nie contact me directly?" Tang Jian asked.

"General Nie is still worried about the Liaodong incident. He said that if it weren't for his incompetence, the commander would not have suffered such heavy losses." Yan Fu explained.

"Hey, you can't blame him for this. It's not his fault. It's Yuan Shikai's hidden evil intentions. You can ask Old General Nie to let go!" Tang Jian said.

"Okay, I'll go and generate electricity for General Nie and let him come to Wuchang with General Sun Wanling!" Yan Fu said happily.

"Also, Mr. Yan, please let the officers and soldiers below prepare and change their guns tomorrow night!" Tang Jian added.

"Oh, is the commander going to seize Feng Guozhang's arsenal?" Yan Fu asked.

"Haha, Hanyang Arsenal has 30,000 new Mauser rifles and hundreds of Maxim machine guns. Such a large piece of fat meat is useless if you don't eat it!" Tang Jian said.

Yan Fu and Tang Jian looked at each other, and then they laughed.

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The main regiment of the newly formed Seventh Division of Guangxia Village is stationed.

"Good evening, commander!" a sentry standing guard stood attentively and reported.

The person coming was Jie Jiajun. During the day, Tang Jian slammed him and woke up from the pride of Dasheng. It was already night now, Jie Jiajun still came to inspect the post in person. As Tang Jian said, you can't be careless!

"Well, stand your post! Report any situation immediately!" Jie Jiajun replied with a military salute and ordered.

"Yes, commander!" the young sentry replied again.

Jie Jiajun nodded with satisfaction. His new regiment won the first battle. Some officers in the regiment were also complacent. Jie Jiajun must also ring their alarm bell.

After inspecting the guard post at the garrison, Jie Jiajun led the guards to the camp of the officers in the regiment.

At this moment, a shrill alarm sounded, and then a sentry in the distance shouted: "Enemy attack!"

Jie Jiajun secretly shouted, "Feng Guozhang is indeed not a good thing." He was defeated yesterday and dared to attack again tonight. It seems that what Commander Bai Tian taught him is that these three Beiyang heroes should not be underestimated.

Jie Jiajun immediately ordered one of the guards and said, "You go and report to the commander immediately and say that Feng Guozhang is coming again!"

"You immediately let the resting officers and soldiers come to join the war immediately!" After Jie Jiajun said that, he led the remaining two guards to the battlefield.

ps: First update!

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