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  Facing the congratulations of everyone, Chen Jingyun also showed a happy expression. He led the military officers and cavalry into the armory, saw Li Lianyang's shoulder injury, and immediately went forward while asking: "How did you get injured? Is it serious?"

  "It's nothing, just a flesh wound. Bandage it and it'll be fine!" Li Lianyang looked like he was still in high spirits, which also made Chen Jingyun feel much more at ease.

  Coming before Li Lianyang, he said: "You've worked hard!" After saying this, Chen Jingyun thought for a moment and then said: "I'll remember your merits, and reward you after the matter is settled!"

  Then he said loudly: "Tonight's hard battle, everyone has merit, all officers will be promoted one level, and soldiers will be rewarded with a month's pay."

  Anyway, after tonight, the army will be expanded, and this second battalion will be expanded as a standard, and even as a cooperation is possible. Chen Jingyun is not afraid that there will be no official position to reward the people below, but he is afraid that no one will come to serve!

  Before long, Feng Qin walked to the front of Chen Jingyun: "Commander, the preliminary casualties have been counted, with 24 deaths and 30 serious injuries. The lightly wounded are not included." After hearing this number, Chen Jingyun's eyebrows furrowed, but he didn't say anything, just nodded: "Take care of our injured brothers!"

  "Feng Qin said: 'Got it.'"

  After Feng Qin stepped down, the deputy armorer of the 38th Brigade, Ouyang Tian, walked over with an account book: "Commander, this is the armory's account book. It has been roughly checked!"

  "Generally speaking!" said Chen Jingyun.

  "Yes!" Ou Yang Tian opened the ledger, roughly flipping through it before starting to say: "According to the ledger, there are currently 1,800 brand new Hanyang-made rifles in the arsenal, 2,300 old Hanyang-made rifles that have been replaced, 200 six-shot handguns, 15 million rounds of 7.9mm bullets, 80,000 rounds of 7.9mm pointed bullets, 2,000 rounds of 57mm cannonballs, 6,000 rounds of 75mm cannonballs, and over a thousand miscellaneous guns such as Mannlicher, Japanese-made, Mauser, and Water Gun, with over 1 million rounds of miscellaneous ammunition. Additionally, there are six M1909 Maxim machine guns made by Mauser, and those 7.9mm pointed bullets are allocated to these six machine guns!"

  "Machine gun? It's a heavy machine gun!"

  Chen Weihua explained on the side: "It's just a heavy machine gun. This thing has only appeared in the country for a few years, and it's called different names in various places, but they all mean the same thing!"

  Machine guns are good things, and since they killed many Japanese soldiers in the Russo-Japanese War, they became famous worldwide. The military of various countries began to equip machine guns on a large scale, and domestic military personnel were not ignorant of external affairs. The Beiyang Army was the first to be equipped with machine guns on a large scale, while the new armies in the south also began to be equipped with them in small quantities. In Fujian, these six machine guns had just been transported back and were preparing to form a machine gun squad, but before they could be distributed, the situation changed and it was not possible to distribute such deadly weapons to the new army, especially in Songshou where the defense against the new army was very strict.

  "In addition, there are all sorts of military swords..." Chen Jingyun waved his hand before Ouyang Tian could finish speaking, saying: "Don't mention these trivial things, let's go take a look in the warehouse first. Hmm, bring out those six heavy machine guns!"

  After entering the warehouse, Chen Jingyun made a simple tour and then said to the six Markov heavy machine guns that had been moved in front of him: "This thing consumes a lot, but it's a great weapon for battle!"

  He paused, turned around and said to the officers behind him: "Ten men from each of the four teams, and ten men from the bodyguard team will form a machine gun squad. First, set up the frame."

  The reason why the heavy machine guns were not distributed to the lower teams was that the old Fujian New Army had never been equipped with such a powerful weapon, and it would take good training to make good use of these weapons. Therefore, Chen Jingyun decided to concentrate on training first and assign them to various teams under his command during wartime.

  Then, Chen Jingyun turned around in the warehouse again and didn't have the heart to count whether the actual amount and the number on the account book could match. He immediately ordered the soldiers to replenish their ammunition and arrange for the wounded to be treated.

  After leaving a battalion under the command of Zhuang Daifu to guard the arsenal, Chen Jingyun led his troops and many guns, ammunition and shells to support Xiao Qibin and Lin Wenyin.

  At the same time, inside the Fuzhou City Governor's Mansion, listening to the continuous "bang" "bang" of gunfire outside, Song Shou was wearing a full set of court attire, and although his face had turned pale, his eyes still showed a fierce glint.

  "Sir, the enemy's attack is fierce, my brothers can't hold on much longer!" At this time, a soldier rushed in to report to Song Shou, his arm was already covered in blood.

  Song Shou heard this but didn't react, as early as when he first heard that Wuchang was occupied by the rebels, he had guessed that Fujian might follow in Hubei's footsteps. Therefore, he had been making great preparations, not only confiscating the ammunition of the new army, but also re-equipping the patrol battalion with brand-new weapons and ammunition. Moreover, he supported General Pu Shou of Fuzhou to select robust men from the Eight Banners to form the Jiesheng Battalion, equipping them with equipment no less than that of the new army. He even planned to allocate those six Maxim machine guns and the newly purchased six cannons to them.

  But these preparations were not yet complete when the new army mutinied. When he heard that the new army in Nanjiao, led by Chen Jingyun, had launched a rebellion, he was so enraged that he almost lost his breath. After recovering from the shock, he was about to dispatch the Xunfangying and Baqi Jieshengying to quell the mutiny when the rebels began attacking the Governor's Office.

  Although relying on the richness of weapons and ammunition, the guards in the governor's mansion fought to the death against the rebel army's attack, but as one after another of his personal soldiers were killed or injured, he knew that tonight he would sacrifice himself for the country.

  "It's still possible for you to leave now, sir! We brothers will fight to the death to escort you out!" The bodyguards urged once again.

  But Song Shou shook his head: "Leave? Where to go? Where can I go? I, Song Shou, have a clear name for my whole life. How can I bear the infamy of losing land and abandoning the city in my old age?"

  Song Shou's determination left the guards below with no choice but to continue fighting to the death.

  Outside the Governor's Mansion, Lin Wenyin looked at the tall Governor's Mansion in front of him and couldn't help but feel a wave of annoyance. He led his troops all the way to kill, along the way, they divided their forces to occupy the town commander's office, the telegraph office, and also received reinforcements from Peng Shousong's more than 300 Hui Party members. Originally planned to take down the Governor's Mansion in one fell swoop, but due to the lack of ammunition in the main force, the Qing army inside the Governor's Mansion fought to the death without retreating, with extremely fierce firepower, and after injuring over a hundred people, they still failed to take down the Governor's Mansion.

  As he watched another charge by one of his officers below him was beaten back, he finally could not help but shout loudly: "I want a suicide squad! Someone, immediately organize a suicide squad!"

  After Lin Wenying gave the order to organize a dare-to-die corps, more than ten people immediately stood up. Without exception, all of these volunteers were members of the Tongmenghui. Looking at these voluntary Tongmenghui members, Lin Wenying loudly said: "The success of the revolution is already in sight, but that blood-sucking Manchu nobleman, Song Shou, is blocking our way. What should we do?"

  "Kill!" Someone immediately shouted loudly.

  Lin Wenyin personally poured the strong liquor and gave it to each member of the dare-to-die corps to drink: "The country and nation have suffered deeply, but today we will defend them with our blood."

  "For the country and nation!"

  Under Lin Wenying's encouragement, more than a dozen members of the Alliance Society formed a dare-to-die corps, all with red faces. After drinking down the wine in their bowls, they smashed the big bowls and then more than ten people held explosive packages in their hands and also tied them to their bodies!

  Under the personal firepower cover of Lin Wenying, these more than ten people rushed quickly to the Governor's Mansion, running amidst flying bullets, and then fell one after another!

  Then, with a loud explosion, the high wall of the Governor's Mansion was blown open, and the defense line was breached. Lin Wenyin didn't have time to mourn the deaths of the dare-to-die corps members, and immediately ordered a general attack!

  When Li Lianyang, who was sent by Chen Jingyun to support Lin Wenyin, arrived with his troops, he could hardly believe the piles of corpses stacked before him.

  He couldn't understand that when he and his men attacked a heavily fortified arsenal, they only lost more than 20 people, but Lin Wenying led the engineering battalion and Peng Shousong's Hui gang members to attack the governor's mansion without solid defense lines, causing hundreds of casualties. This made him have a brand new understanding of the Tongmenghui for the first time.

  It's fierce enough, just stupid!

  Is it necessary to launch a frontal assault on the Governor's Mansion? Inside, it's not a strategic location. If you can't take it down directly, just surround it and wait for reinforcements. Alternatively, launch a side attack or simply leave a row of people surrounding it and have the main force jump over to occupy other places. You should know that the main enemy of the insurgent army is not Songshou, but the thousands of Eight Banners within the flag boundary, as well as the Patrol Battalion, and even the 37th Regiment outside the city.

  Although he was dissatisfied with Lin Wenyin's command, there was no need to say anything. He just handed over the ammunition he brought and left with his team. He still had to go to the Cangqian Mountain Embassy District. He remembered Chen Jingyun saying very clearly that tonight, they must not let the rioters enter Cangqian Mountain, nor could they allow the Manchu nobles to escape into the foreign embassies.

  After breaking into the Governor's Mansion, Lin Wenyin found that Song Shou had committed suicide by swallowing gold. He felt uncomfortable and shot several shots at Song Shou's body with his pistol. Then he killed one by one the surrendered guards of the Governor's Mansion before leading a large team to rush towards Yushan direction.

  Li Lianyang also brought Chen Jingyun's latest order, as the artillery battalion led by Xiao Qibin and the logistics team encountered strong resistance from the Jie Shengying during the occupation of Yushan, ordering Lin Wenyin to lead his troops to reinforce Yushan immediately.

  Before leaving, Lin Wenyin discovered that the gang members under Peng Shousong's command had raped several of Songshou's female relatives in the backyard of the Governor's Mansion, and he was so angry that he wanted to shoot those gang members immediately.

  "We are revolutionary soldiers, not bandits!"

  At this time, Peng Shousong learned about the situation and hurried over to comfort him: "Lin Guandai, don't be angry, it's just a few Manchu people, not worth getting angry!"

  Lin Wenyi was about to scold him, but thinking of Peng Shousong's special identity and the hundreds of Hui Party members under his command, she had to suppress her anger: "Let me tell you ahead of time, if there is a next time, I will not be lenient!"

  Having said that, he went forward without looking back, leaving Peng Shousong alone.

  "What a damn bad luck!" Peng Shousong's small eyes rolled around and fell on those gangsters who had defiled the women, then he kicked his feet: "Damn it, why did you have to cause trouble at this critical moment! You've done it, but you still let people discover it!"

  "Tonight everyone will hold back a bit, once Fuzhou is recovered, won't we brothers still have silver and women?"

  After Peng Shousong comforted his men with a few words, he hastily led them in pursuit of Lin Wenyin.