Bai Lang, whose real name is Mingxin (1873 ~ 19 14), is from Baofeng, Henan. In the official history books of old China, Bai Lang and his rebel army were slandered, calling Bai Lang "White Wolf" and the rebel army "Rebel Army".
In order to oppose Yuan Shikai's warlord rule, in 19 12, Bai Lang led the peasants in western Henan to launch an armed uprising. In April of the following year, Yu County was conquered and the slogan of "helping the rich and helping the poor" was put forward. The team expanded rapidly, reaching more than 20,000 people at most, and successively conquered Xinye, Dengxian and Suixian in Hubei Province, and then returned to occupy Tangxian, Fangcheng and Lushi counties in Henan Province. 1 1 March from west Henan to east. 1914 65438+10 month, crossing Han Jing railway, taking shopping malls, Gushi, Guangshan and other places. Subsequently, he conquered Lu 'an and Huoshan in Anhui, and then returned to southern Henan. The momentum of the peasant uprising army in Blanc is getting bigger and bigger, causing great panic among imperialism and Yuan Shikai. In February, Russian, American, British and French imperialists sent soldiers and foreign businessmen to Xinyang and other places to "watch the war". These soldiers and foreign businessmen believe that "the White Wolf Rebellion is so great that the government is powerless and the military expenditure is very high. If it is not eliminated as soon as possible, it will greatly hinder the commerce of all countries. " Therefore, "the government of China should follow the example of St. Petersburg in throwing bombs by flying boats (that is, planes), or blow up the entire line of the White Wolf Army as Algar did by throwing calcium carbide by flying boats", and said that "China can hire them from abroad if there is no such flier". Yuan Shikai's "advice" to foreigners is naturally obedient. Then he ordered the army chief Duan to concurrently serve as the military and political chief of Henan Province, commanding 200,000 Yu troops in Zhao Ya, and sent 65,438 +0 planes driven by Pan Shizhong and others to Xinyang to engage in reconnaissance, bombing and clearing the insurgents. Pan Shizhong first worked as a flight instructor in Nanyuan Aviation School, and later as a factory director. 1 9131kloc-0/On October 20th, he made and successfully tested the1biplane. In the winter of the same year, he flew a Godron plane to spy on Mongolian rebels in Zhangbei area. Because Godron was a trainer without ordnance equipment, there were no bombs in China at that time, so it was necessary to carry out aerial reconnaissance missions. Subsequently, Pan Shizhong successfully developed "vase" and "bamboo tube" bombs. Each of these two bombs weighs about 5 kilograms, and they all use trigger fuses, which can hurt people and things within 100 meters after explosion. These two newly developed bombs were used in this battle against the peasant uprising.
The rebels escaped from reality and did not fight the Beiyang government forces with the help of planes. From Xinyang to the west, near Xi 'an in early April. Yuan Shikai appointed Lu as the commander of the seventh division and commander-in-chief of the Henan-Shaanxi anti-bandits, and ordered him to stop the Blanc army from advancing westward. On April 26, Nanyuan Aviation School formed an airplane brigade and went to all parts of Shaanxi for reconnaissance to cooperate with the encirclement and suppression of the peasant uprising army in Bailang. Qin Zizhuang (Guo Yong), president of Aviation School, personally served as the captain and led four planes to attack blanchard Army. First, he led his classmates and Guan Gengquan to drive 1, and then Li drove 1 to conduct reconnaissance bombing in An. The first time I went out, two planes crashed. On the second trip, the captain was injured in a flight accident. Later, planes were sent from Xi 'an and Tongguan to bomb the peasant rebels in Bailang.
The peasant uprising army of Bailang avoided the army of Lu, which occupied a favorable position, and Gansu, which moved westward. Due to the epidemic situation, armed conflict with a few landlords, long-term mobile operations and excessive fatigue, he returned to Henan on June 9. Soon, Bai Lang led 100 people back to their hometown of Baofeng. Surrounded by Beiyang government forces at Wolf Climbing Ridge, he was shot and injured when he broke through. He died in Shizhuang, Lushan County, Henan Province on August 3rd. Blanc's peasant uprising lasted for three years and has failed so far.
There are various comments on this air combat operation. Some people think that sending planes to participate in the war "received considerable benefits" ... The plane contributed its own strength, and almost all people in our society began to learn aviation from then on. Some people think that it is not worth the loss to attack the peasant rebels by plane, with little effect and serious losses. Others believe that it is invalid to hit the peasant rebels with planes. Although there are different opinions on this air operation, it is the first bombing operation in the history of China War.
Early bombing; The so-called "bombs" are just some small hand-thrown explosives. Because the plane has no bomb rack, sight and other bombing equipment, the hit rate is very low. No matter from the plane structure, or from the bombing equipment, bombing means, bombing effect, it can not be compared with modern bombing. From today's perspective, the early bombing can only be said to be symbolic and very primitive. But don't forget that modern bombing is developed on the basis of early bombing.