April 8, 96th year of the Republic.

An extremely important day in the history of the Republic, according to historians, "The beginning of the new republic, the end of the old republic..."

But as far as historical facts are concerned, it is more than six months before the official disintegration of the Old Republic government, and it is one and a half years before Ding Jing formally led the cabinet to take the oath of office. However, historians still insist on their view: "The Old Republic announced his end on this day..."

Looking ahead to this day, several major events happened inside and outside the Great Wall.

The first thing is the unexpected collapse of the Sixteenth Division.

As one of the backbone divisions of the Imperial Guard, although the 16th Division was established later than the 14th and 15th Divisions, the troops of this division were all old troops drawn from the above two basic divisions. They have been fully organized for many years and have always been one of the powerful brigades of the Imperial Guards.

However, the 16th Division collapsed at Gubeikou, and it took only one morning, which was a very strange day in the military history of the Republic.

Before the war, Zhou Yang, the commander of the Imperial Guards, judged the war that the Liefeng Army would take a short rest and then continue to launch, but this was not the case.

The reason why Zhou Yang made this judgment was that during the Rehe operation, the 6th Division of the Liefeng Army suffered extremely serious frostbite and loss of personnel.

Given that the complete set of cold-proof equipment is very bulky, the staff of the Qianwang Shendu, who is temporarily responsible for the operation of the Sixth Division, is temporarily responsible for the combat business of the Sixth Division.

Based on the results of meteorological surveys over the past twenty years, it is believed that the equipment is equipped with a full set of cold-proof equipment such as cold-proof headscarves, cold-proof hats, cold-proof jackets, gloves, etc.

The Sixth Division was singing the battle song "Anti-bandits" and headed towards Rehe. It encountered the coldest place in the 40 years. In late March, according to the records of the local history of the Liefeng, "the cold is nearly 30 degrees below zero. Our local troops are in a high will, but they cannot resist the bitter cold wind." According to the History of the Sixth Division, there are only 2,800 companies in the right column of the Capital Regiment, and about 12% of the First Brigade, 344% of the First Brigade, and 450 of the Second Brigade of the Central Column of the Capital Regiment, 177 of the two brigades were frostbite. A total of 246 soldiers from the two brigades were hospitalized for treatment.

The damage to this incident was second only to the "Hajiadashan Incident" of the Liefeng people at the beginning of the 94th year of the Republic. In the context of the approaching war, the Liefeng Army frequently conducted cold-resistant exercises in order to adapt to the war in the northeast. On January 23, 1994, the Fifth Squadron of the Second Battalion of the Fifth Infantry Regiment located in Aomori, 210 generals and schoolmen, four spy chiefs, two trainee officers, and 160 soldiers. The 34 long-term candidates for corporals in the third year, led by the squadron leader Mimori Fumiyoshi, began to transport exercises to Aomori-Samongki Towada-Hirosaki.

As a result, the squadron encountered an unprecedented snow disaster in the area of ​​Bakata Mountain. Among the 210 people, 199 died. This death number includes those who died after being rescued, and most of the survivors were left disabled. On the other hand, the marching training of 37 officers and soldiers of the 30th Infantry Regiment set out on the Hirosaki was successful. This incident was the biggest exercise tragedy in the history of Liefeng.

Interestingly, this incident also has an indirect relationship with Major Qianwang Shendu. Major Qianwang, the "Monster of Miracle", once made an exercise plan, but the plan was dumped in the cold January. The squadron unfortunately became a victim.

But in any case, it is a fact that the Liefeng people suffered severe frostbite, and Long Wenmei's hard battle also caused considerable damage to the Liefeng Army. During the retreat, Long Wenmei did not forget to absorb the vast number of troops to join the war. Chen Zhenlong's cavalry brigade and the two infantry brigades of the Feng army were annexed by Long Wenmei, and they were annexed and rectified during the battle, and the combat effectiveness of the troops was greatly improved. Although they retreated after hard battles, the Liefeng people seemed to have suffered heavy damage to the ground.

Therefore, the Imperial Guard had a wrong view of the Liefeng Army. The commander of the 16th Division and the Imperial Guard had an extremely special idea. He believed that: "Liu Jingxiao, with dozens of students and hundreds of guns from the Vermilion Bird, shot the territory of the seven southeastern provinces! And now I am leading tens of thousands of troops, so naturally I have to do better than him so that I can lift it up!"

The Imperial Guard immediately set up a military academy in Beijing, with a two-week school system and training officers above the platoon leader. Xiang Shuai had a great desire to turn the entire Imperial Guard into his own iron barn. On April 8th, one day in this place of change, the graduation ceremony of the military academy was held in Xiangshan.

For this ceremony, the Imperial Guard spent a lot of effort. All the deputy platoon leaders and above from various departments came to participate in the battle. In addition, some old squad leaders also participated in the battle. Xiang Shuai was very interested. He raised his arms at the meeting and shouted: "Brothers! We have a chance to make a name for ourselves! What is Liu Jingxiao? He is just a few dozen student soldiers, but now those students are not division commanders, and some of them have even taken charge! Now everyone is following me, I will not treat everyone badly! Please rest assured, as long as you listen to me, you can guarantee that you will be promoted and get rich..."

After the ceremony, Xiangshuai personally organized a large banquet. The food was rich and the wine was not limited. The officers were very happy. So many people punched the boxing. Many officers took turns to sing Xiangshuai a cup, either wishing him success in his career, or wishing him a success as soon as possible. Xiangshuai had a full drink, and her pink face was already red. At this time, someone was about to come up. Xiangshuai picked up the wine glass and smiled, but heard a frightened news: "The people of Liefeng launched an attack on the entire Great Wall!"

Not only the Fierce Feng people, but even the Tie Leso Riven Detachment participated in the battle. The Great Wall Line was in full swing. The Gubeikou defense battle praised by many military historians actually only fought for one day. They fought in the early morning and retreated at noon. In the afternoon, the 16th Division had already withdrawn from Gubeikou.

The key to the failure is that there are not enough officers to command, and the troops cannot find their superiors, so they can only fight on their own. At that time, there were less than three cadres above the squad leader of a company, and some companies could not even find one cadre.

Disaster... It was a complete disaster. The 16th Division lost half of its troops on this day, and the next day, it rushed to reinforce the 14th Division of the 16th Division.

The most basic troops of the Imperial Guards encountered intensive attacks from the Liefeng Army while advancing, and the two sides fought against each other. Although the 14th Division once surrounded the Mitian Detachment of Liefeng's Second Division, which was about 2,200, the result of the battle was that the Mitian Detachment almost disappeared, and six artillery pieces, 300 rifles were seized, and more than 60 prisoners were captured, the 14th Division was also attacked by the Liefeng Army. In the two days of battle, the entire 14th Division lost one-third of its troops.

The disaster of the Imperial Guard lasted for seven days, and the 15th Division of the other backbone division was not a good end. A total of 40% of its troops were lost. If the various departments of the Imperial Guard were arranged on the front line of the Great Wall line, it would be "all-over..."

As it turns out, if there are not enough officers to command the battle, the combat effectiveness of the troops will be weakened. However, the disaster on the Great Wall is probably just a trivial matter compared to the incident in Beijing on April 8.

No one can explain the origin of this incident, but it is confirmed that at 10 a.m., Xiao Rulang, the commander of the Guards, ordered the veterans at the parade to be driven away from the Presidential Palace. Two hundred policemen entered the operation.

The initial action went very smoothly, but soon the veterans began to throw bricks at the police, at 10:40. The out-of-control police opened fire on the crowd, causing six people to be injured, and two of them were fatally injured.

After learning about the fire, Xiao Rulang felt that it was time for him to show his magical skills. The infantry of the two regiments was dispatched urgently, and he even put on lieutenant general's uniforms. His adjutant expressed his disagreement and repeatedly claimed: "Your Excellency, this is a political incident, we are soldiers!"

But Xiao Rulang said: "When the Liefeng soldiers are at the city, no rebellion can be allowed..."

He even decided to supervise the battle himself. The two soldiers from the regiment quickly assembled, but he did not lead his troops forward. Someone immediately asked, "Are you not going out?"

Xiao Rulang replied: "Waiting for the cavalry..."

The use of cavalry against the marching personnel is the first in Republican history. The facts include veterans, students, and dismissing civil servants without intention to fight against the government. They are just worried about the current situation, and of course there are economic factors.

Unlike many people imagined that among the veterans participating in the parade, the largest number of veterans were E-class soldiers. According to the law of the Republic, they had the right to receive a small long-term pension. These veterans participated in the death battle with the Zhi family and also fought with Liu Jingxiao in Guide. They could be said to be crazy supporters of the Hubei family. However, after Duan Tiemin came to power, he had no financial means, so he misappropriated the money to maintain his direct guards.

In addition, there is a group of old civil servants. In the face of tight finance, Duan Tiemin adopted a large number of layoffs, but the accumulated wages have not been settled. Therefore, the old civil servants hope to pay at least part of their wages.

The helpless veterans could only resort to speechless actions in the face of the enemy. They just wanted to see Duan Tiemin and tell him the suffering of veterans after the failure of the Hubei clan. However, at this time, Duan Tiemin issued an order: "Decisively suppress the troublemakers..."

The infantry and one regiment of two regiments launched a decisive attack, but the result was naturally only one-sided. The helpless veterans could only sing the war song of the E-type under the raindrop-like whip and stick, while silently enduring all this. They were waving and dancing the three-color star flag of the Hubei army with great force, but Duan Tiemin's cavalry rushed up to tear the three-color star flag. This might be the irony of the goddess of history.

It must be noted that in addition to Xiao Rulang, the commander of the Guards Lu Xinlan also took part of the responsibility, and he led a regiment to participate in the suppression operation. What he didn't know was that there was a soldier named Wang Badun opposite him. In the Battle of Guide many years ago, several soldiers from the 17th Division rushed towards Lu Xinlan with bayonets. Fortunately, a Hubei soldier who called Wang Dunba fought to kill and injured the enemy and rescued Lu Xinlan, but Wang Dunba was also seriously injured.

Because of the emergency of the war, Lu Xinlan only said: "Great kind will be thanked very much in the future!" and continued to command the troops, but at this time, a stick and a whip fell on Wang Badun's body.

The guards even rushed into the slums where the veterans lived temporarily, drove away everything ruthlessly, and even burned down the temporary sheds built by the veterans. In the blazing fire, the veterans had already begun to sing a war song popular in the West: "Get up! Slaves who are hungry and cold, get up! The suffering people all over the world are full of passion and are about to fight for the truth..."

Although they had just learned this war song from, a veteran said bluntly: "From today, the three words Duan Tiemin are worthless!"

But the climax was at 4:30 pm. The two rows of dense platoons in front of the government announced that the old republic had ended in the French regime, thirty-eight lives fell into pools of blood, and 176 were injured.

Xiao Rulang didn't know the meaning of it, but Duan Tiemin arrived at the scene with no eyes. Looking at the tragic scene in the pool of blood, Duan Tiemin burst into tears. In the parliament for 20 hours, although he repeatedly ruled to his responsibilities, he seemed very powerless. The Senate and the House of Representatives, which had long been regarded as vases, had to push them with their hearts and decided to punish the relevant parties.

Although Duan Tiemin had repeatedly sought the resurgence of the Hubei clan, he was the one who finally broke the hope of resurgence of the Hubei clan. Since April 8, 1996, the Hubei clan has become a historical term.

Since the founding of the Republic, there has been freedom but no democracy, but this bad phenomenon has never occurred in the central government. Afterwards, Duan Tiemin asked the provinces for help, but no one responded. Finally, he asked for advice from Liu Jingxiao, who was of the same lineage as the Hubei branch.

But Liu Jingxiao only replied: "Please step down!"

This is the public opinion in the world. At this time, Liu Jingxiao was determined to abandon the central government and develop his own style. After winning over the three provinces of Sichuan, Hunan and Hubei, the so-called "Ten Provinces Alliance" organization appeared. This ten province alliance is actually independent of the central government, and the trend of centrifugality in the southwest is even more serious. Mo Di even completely developed his own style. This fact is the beginning of the new republic.

The situation worsened, the Great Wall line had been lost, the Imperial Guards lost nearly two-thirds of their troops, and the Fengtian Army also lost tens of thousands of people. Although they gave the Liefeng Army a heavy blow, on April 23, another tragic day, the Liefeng Army occupied Fengtai and formed a small encirclement on Beijing.

In order to strengthen the Lifeng troops and supplement the troops, Lifeng once again added four divisions and several reserve troops to the Northern Army. The current total force of the Northern Army is 250,000, while although the defenders in Beijing have 200,000, they are 200,000 broken troops.
Chapter completed!