However, Xia Chuanhai opposed the practice of concealment, because in the past few days, the main work of the released personnel was to build defensive positions, and everyone knew that this was to deal with the counteroffensive of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and Dagu was such a big place, once the battle really started, not to mention anything else, at least the sound of guns and artillery could be heard, so in fact, it could not be concealed at all.

On a deeper level, the use of concealment is essentially a distrust of the traverser's own ability, not believing that the traverser can control this group of released natives, and at the same time not believing in the trust of the released natives in the traverser. Since the time-travelers had already planned to cultivate this group of released natives as their first batch of naturalized people, and even eventually to replace the Chun court and establish a new republic, this was a good time to establish the image and ability of the time-travelers in front of this group of released natives, and to indicate that the time-travelers were completely different rulers from the Qing court.

As for the panic of the local residents who are worried about the release because they are afraid of foreigners, Xia Bohai believes that it should be viewed from another angle, you must know that the traversers relied on their own strength to take Dagukou, and defeated the Eight-Nation Alliance army stationed at Dagukou, and rescued this group of local residents who were captured by the Eight-Nation Alliance。

Therefore, Xia Bohai believes that the more at this time, the more the news of the Eight-Nation Alliance's attack on Dagukou should be announced to the released local residents, of course, after the announcement, it should be emphasized that the traversers have the confidence to defeat the invading Eight-Nation Alliance, and in addition, the released local residents should be fully prepared, such as cleaning up the battlefield, collecting loot, ambulating the wounded, guarding the prisoners' houses, etc., of course, according to the principle of voluntariness, those who want to leave Dagukou at this time can still let them leave.

This can not only show the characteristics of openness, self-confidence, generosity, and counting, but also establish in the hearts of these released local residents the credibility of the government of the future establishment of administrative institutions by the time-travelers, which is a very important intangible asset. In addition, the people who are still willing to stay at this time indicate that they have established a considerable degree of trust in the traverser, so this group of people is worth cultivating by the traversers.

Qin Zheng and Xiao Jianjun both agreed with Xia Bohai's opinion, believing that since they were confident that they would defeat the invading Eight-Nation Alliance, and even capture Tianjin, there was no need to hide, because it was the ultimate goal of the traversers to establish their own regime and state, so now they should deal with the current affairs with the mentality of governing the country, establish a modern state system, administrative, Transparency in decision-making is an important principle, and we should not think of how to conceal something first, because this will only make the decision-makers accustomed to working in the dark, which will ultimately be detrimental to the country.

And Wang Yunpeng and Xu Jichao did not oppose Xia Bohai's opinion after some thought, which is not that they completely agree with Xia Bohai's opinion, but because Qin Zheng and Xiao Jianjun support Xia Bohai, even if the two of them oppose it, it is useless, on the contrary, it will cause an antagonistic attitude with the military and split the provisional executive committee.

The other two also thought that once it was implemented according to Xia Bohai's opinion, causing a large area of panic and causing turmoil, then this responsibility would naturally be paid by the military, and they could take the opportunity to weaken the military's influence in the Provisional Executive Committee, and if it didn't cause panic, it didn't matter, although it would further enhance the status of the military, but now the entire crossing group is basically dominated by the military, no matter how high it is, it can't go there, and he didn't oppose Xia Bohai's opinion, and maintained the same attitude as the military, and it had no impact on himself。

To Wang Yunpeng, After the meeting ended, the trio immediately announced to all the personnel of Dagukou in the name of the Provisional Executive Committee that the Eight-Nation Allied Forces stationed in Tianjin had sent troops to attack Dagukou, and of course they also stressed that the Crossing Group had enough confidence and strength to smash the imperialist offensive, and also cited the victory in which the troops easily captured Dagukou, completely annihilated the Eight-Nation Allied Forces stationed at Dagukou, and captured nearly 3,000 people to prove that all imperialism is a paper tiger.

At the same time, he also asked the non-military personnel at Dagukou to remain calm, not to panic, and not to spread rumors, otherwise they will be severely punished, and to do a good job in logistical preparations, support the front-line fighters in the battle, and unite from top to bottom to defend Dagukou and defeat the aggressors. Of course, those who want to leave Dagu Pass at this time can still leave freely, and the traversers will never stop them.

After the news was announced, of course, the non-military traversers did not react, as the consciousness of the traversers, they all went to the sea of stars, so they would be afraid of this little thing. Among the released local residents, it did cause some panic, but it did not cause a large-scale panic, because since the traversers occupied Dagukou, they have been preparing to deal with the attack of the Eight-Nation Alliance on Dagukou In addition, it is also because most people really have nowhere to go, staying in Dagukou at least to eat, drink, and have a house to live in, even if they leave Dagukou, they may not be able to get there, and maybe they will starve to death in the wilderness, so it is better to stay in Dagukou and live a day.

Of course, the victory of the crossing army to capture Dagukou did inspire a considerable number of people, they have a lot of confidence in the crossing army, and it was also said in the announcement that the crossing army has the confidence to defeat the foreigners, and also said a lot of new words, what imperialism, what paper tiger, it sounds very fresh, it seems to be very good. In addition, in the past few days, the crossing army has shown a completely different appearance from the Qing army, and its mental state is obviously much better than that of the Qing army, but its attitude towards the released local residents is very kind and does not bully them, so they also hope that the crossing army can hold the Dagu Pass and they can continue to survive under the protection of the crossing group.

Under various mentalities, although the news of the Eight-Nation Alliance's attack on Dagukou caused a certain amount of instability, on the whole, the traversers were still able to stabilize the situation at Dagukou and allow the army to go all out into battle.

However, immediately after the announcement was issued, the Military Council also threw itself into directing the operation, and the time of the operation was set at ten o'clock in the evening, and all the soldiers of the Marine Corps had been sent to the forward positions to be arranged, and the armored battalions were also driven to the rear of the positions, so that they could be engaged in the battle at will. The garrison and order of Dagukou were handed over to the newly established reserve and some of the navy's soldiers. In addition, the reserve combat unit also has a part of the fighters drawn from each warship to form an army of 120 men, as a general reserve, which may be thrown into the battlefield at any time.

At the Dagukou wharf, the officers and men of the Xiangyang and Huaihua warships were ready for battle, and the data of various firing units were entered into the main engines of each ship, while the Kunming warship, with two 318 boats, sailed to the mouth of the Haihe River to anchor and anchor, and only waited for the order of the Central Military Commission to open artillery bombardment. The other two warships, the Yueyang warship, were sent to Bohai Haikou to be on guard, and only the Sanya ship was moored at the wharf, and although there was no combat mission, the Sanya ship was still prepared in accordance with the operational state in case of any unexpected incident.

It can be said that by this time, all the preparations have been completed, and it is only possible to enter the battle as soon as the time comes.

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Fukushima Yasumasa led his army to Gegu at noon today, and in the afternoon of the same day, Fukushima Yasumasa personally rushed to the forward position to observe the state of this enemy army.

Although there is a distance of more than 2,500 meters, but relying on the monoculars, Fukushima Yasumasa can still see the opponent's position layout more clearly, the opponent's defensive position is mainly trenches, but the trenches dug by the other side look a little disorganized, but it seems to be arranged according to certain rules, Fukushima Yasumasa has certainly learned the principles of trench layout, but the other party's trench layout is similar to what Fukushima Yasumasa learned, but the differences are greater.

Of course, Fukushima Yasumasa was not arrogant enough to think that the other party would not arrange trenches, such an arrangement naturally makes sense, but Fukushima Yasumasa has no actual combat experience after all, so he doesn't know what the other party's intention is in such an arrangement.

Because the trench tactics of this era have not yet been perfected, it was only in the First World War of the old time and space that the trench tactics reached the state of purity, and the later People's Liberation Army fully carried forward the trench tactics, which reached the peak stage of trench tactics, so the trenches arranged by the army Fukushima Yasumasa are of course incomprehensible.

Moreover, all the soldiers who crossed the army hid in the trenches, leaving only a few soldiers who were on guard and patrolled back and forth along the trenches. However, Fukushima Yasumasa can clearly see that the clothes and outfits of the opposing soldiers are indeed very different from the soldiers of this era. First of all, the helmet, in this era, the helmet of the European army is with a circle of edges, which looks like a cauldron lid, but the helmet of the opposing soldier has no edge, it is an obvious hemispherical shape, but it is slightly higher in the front, slightly lower in the rear, and the shape of the lower mouth is slightly open, which is somewhat like the shape of an ancient bell.

There is also the obvious bulging of the upper body of the opposing soldier, which seems to be stuffed with things, but the distance is too far, Fukushima Yasui can't see what is stuffed and hung, but the gun held by the other soldier Fukushima Yasui can see clearly, only feel that the style is extremely weird, it is something he has never seen before, and what is even more strange is that the gun held by the other soldier is not long, it is estimated that it is only more than 70 centimeters, but the gun is not equipped with a bayonet, which looks a little like a carbine, but the carbine is generally used by the cavalry, and the opposing army will use the carbine as the main weapon？

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