"This warship is the image taken by the drone just now, according to the comparison of pictures, this warship should be the second ship of the old Imperial Japanese Navy Asami-class armored cruiser, Tokiwa, with a full load displacement of 9,700 tons, a length of 135 meters, a width of 20.5 meters, a draft of 7.4 meters, a speed of 21.5 knots, and the armament is 2 twin 203 mm guns, 14 single 152 mm guns, 12 single 76 mm guns, and 7 single 47 mm guns. However, this cruiser was built by the British, launched in 1898, and entered service with the Japanese Navy in 1899, and was part of the "66 Fleet" program proposed by Japan in 1896, and later participated in the Russo-Japanese War. I have checked the historical data, and during the Gengzi National Revolution, that is, during the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, the Tokiwa did participate in the transportation of Japanese troops and supplies. ”

As Qin Zheng spoke, two pictures were displayed on the projection screen, one was a picture of the Joban taken by the drone, and the other was a picture of the information collected by Qin Zheng.

Qin Zheng continued: "This fleet has a total of six warships, in addition to the Tokiwa, among the other ships, it can also be determined that there are two Chitose-class protective cruisers, the Kasaki and the Chitose, both of which were ordered from Japan to the United States, served in the Japanese Navy in 1899, and both participated in the Russo-Japanese War. There is also a Yoshino that participated in the Sino-Japanese War, and the other warships have not found any information about it for the time being. ”

After listening to Qin Zheng's speech, there was a burst of discussion in the conference room.

Present at the meeting were Shang Jinfeng, captain of the Kunming, Wang Hailong, captain of the Yueyang, Zhang Wei, captain of the Sanya, Zhang Guangzhi, captain of the Huaihua, Xie Fuzhan, captain of the Xiangyang, Lu Kai, captain of the Changbaishan, Xie Teng, commander of the Taihu warship, Chu Yaping, commander of the Marine Corps, and four government officials, Wang Yunpeng, an official of the State Council, Xu Jichao, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shang Qisong, an official of the Ministry of State Security, and Li Sanjie, counselor of the embassy. The fifteen people were also the main commanders of the evacuation mission this time.

At this time, another portrait appeared on the monitor, Qin Zheng said: "This person's name is Zhao Weizhong, who claims to be Li Hongzhang's fellow countryman, the secretary of the Tianjin Machinery Bureau, because he avoided the Eight-Nation Alliance, went to sea by boat, and wanted to cross the sea to Shanghai to join Li Hongzhang." In Bohai Haikou was hit by an iron-hulled boat, just now we rescued a total of seven people, in addition to Zhao Weizhong, as well as his daughter Shui Lan, maid Qiuqing, family members Zhao Hong, Zhao Ping, and two fishermen He Xing and He Ping brothers. According to him, today should be September 6, 1900. ”

With Qin Zheng's explanation, the images of the characters were constantly switched on the display screen.

Wang Hailong, the captain of the Yueyang ship, said: "Commander, political commissar, do you mean that we really traveled to the Qing Dynasty?"

Except for Shang Jinfeng and Lu Kai, everyone else had just learned the news of the fleet's crossing, and they couldn't digest this fact for a while, so Wang Hailong's tone was full of doubts, and the others were all in the same mentality, after listening to Wang Hailong's question, a few more people exchanged heads and whispered.

Xia Bohai said: "I know everyone has doubts, and I can't accept this fact for a while, of course, warships can be imitated, we have also recopied the Dingyuan ship in the past few years, and people can also be camouflaged, but one thing can not be changed, we should have been in the Indian Ocean, and now the positioning system shows that we are in Bohai Haikou, which cannot be explained." ”

After listening to Xia Bohai's words, the faces of the others turned pale, and they began to be suspicious of the news.

Wang Hailong said: "Commander, political commissar, I don't believe what you mean, did we really travel to the Qing Dynasty?"

Qin Zheng said: "From the current situation we have, this should be true, and it is not difficult to further confirm this fact, as long as we send drones to the sky over Tianjin to reconnoitre, if the current time is really September 1900, then there should be many warships of the Eight-Nation Alliance moored at Dagukou." ”

Wang Hailong said: "Then what are you waiting for, immediately send a drone over to reconnoitre." ”

Xia Bohai said: "It's easy to send drones to reconnoitre, but now we are facing two problems, one is that it is about three hundred kilometers away from Dagukou, and it takes about half an hour for drones to fly over to reconnoitre, and our current position is on an open sea, which is easy to be discovered by passing ships, which is very bad for us, don't forget that there are three ro-ro passenger ships in our fleet, loaded with more than 3,000 ordinary people, so we should find a hidden place to anchor and wait for the reconnaissance results of the drone." ”

Lu Kai said: "On this sea, where can I hide and anchor?"

Xiao Jianjun said: "I have discussed with the commander and political commissar, and I think that I can find a mooring location in the Miaodao Islands. ”

Miaodao Islands is located at the confluence of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, a series of islands between the Jiaodong Peninsula and the Liaodong Peninsula, a total of 32 islands are composed, constituting 99 bays of different sizes, roughly arranged from south to north, can be divided into three parts, the south end and Penglai across the sea is the Miaoshan Islands, the main islands are Miaodao, the north and south Changshan Island, the big and small bamboo islands, the big and small black mountain islands; the middle side is composed of Gaoshan Island and the Alum Island, and the north end is the big and small Qin Island, the north and south Huangcheng Island. Hold the mouth of the Bohai Sea.

At this time, the map of the Miaodao Islands was displayed on the screen, and Xiao Jianjun said: "There are roughly three waterways from the Yellow Sea to the Bohai Sea, the Bohai Strait at the northern end, the Beitang Alum Waterway and the Throat Alum Waterway in the middle, and the Miaodao Strait at the southern end. At the same time, we are roughly located in the middle of the Bohai Strait, between the Jiaodong Peninsula and the Liaodong Peninsula, which is exactly the search range of our sea and air radar, which is conducive to our grasp of the sea situation. In addition, although there are many islands and reefs in this area, we have detailed charts, and our charts may be a little different from the current situation, but the Kunming, Yueyang, and Sanya ships all have underwater sounds, so they can completely ensure the safety of the fleet. ”

Qin Zheng said: "The second question is, if the results of drone reconnaissance prove that we have indeed traveled to 1900, what should we do, at least I personally think that this is very likely." According to the course of history, the Eight Coalition Army entered Beijing on August 15, the Empress Dowager Cixi and the Guangxu Emperor also fled on the same day, on September 15, the Empress Dowager Cixi called Li Hongzhang in Shanghai, appointed him as the Minister of Plenipotentiary Peace, and granted him full authority to negotiate with the Eight Coalition Army, Li Hongzhang sailed north on the same day, arrived in Tianjin on September 18, began to negotiate with the foreign powers, and finally signed an unequal treaty with the most reparations in modern Chinese history, that is, the [Xinchou Treaty]. ”

There was a brief silence in the conference room, since people who are not familiar with history are not unfamiliar with the [Xinchou Treaty], in modern China, there are as many as 1,000 unequal treaties signed, but there are three of the most influential: [Nanjing Treaty], [Shimonoseki Treaty], [Xinchou Treaty].

The Treaty of Shimonoseki was the first unequal treaty signed by China, symbolizing the Western powers' strong ships and guns, which opened China's door and made China slide into a semi-feudal and semi-colonial country; the Treaty of Shimonoseki was a watershed between China and Japan, since then Japan got rid of the colonization of the Western powers and gradually became a member of the great powers, while China's modernization process was interrupted and completely lost the opportunity to turn over; and the Treaty of Xinchou It was not only a treaty with the largest amount of reparations, but also strengthened the imperialist control and plunder over China, marking that China had completely degenerated into a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society.

At this time, Xia Bohai said: "If we really travel to the time and space of 1900, then we must prevent the signing of the [Xinchou Treaty], and we should have no opinion on this." ”

Wang Hailong first said: "I have no opinion, if we really cross over, then it is better to do a big job in this time and space, not only to prevent the signing of the [Xinchou Treaty], but also to drive out all imperialism and establish a new China in this time and space." ”

Zhang Guangzhi, the captain of the Huaihua ship, said: "I don't disagree with Lao Wang's opinion, but what should we do, our warships may be invincible at sea in this era, but we have no ammunition replenishment, no logistics support, and more importantly, the warships are not equipped with wheels, how can we go ashore to fight the Eight-Nation Alliance?"

Xia Bohai said: "The chief of staff has drawn up a battle plan, and we can discuss it together." ”

It turned out that when the three of them were waiting for the captains of the other ships to arrive, they had already discussed the matter after the crossing, so they had already made a full plan, Xiao Jianjun said: " My plan is to first capture Dagukou, because this is the port where the eight-nation coalition forces landed in China, and now the warships and ships of the eight-nation alliance are anchored at Dagukou, so we occupy Dagukou, which can completely cut off the retreat and replenishment of the eight-nation coalition forces, and at the same time we will also obtain a landing site; the second step is to recover Tianjin, so that we can initially have a stable base area, obtain a certain amount of supplements, at least get enough food, in addition, we can also seize some guns and ammunition from the eight-nation coalition forces, and we can also recruit Chinese to join the army and expand the army; and then we can make the next step according to the actual situation。 ”

The commander of the Marine Corps, Chu Yaping, frowned and said: "Chief of Staff, the capture of Dagukou and Tianjin requires land operations, and if it is to recover Tianjin, the Navy will not be able to help at all, but our Marine Corps only has more than 1,000 people, and we lack heavy weapons, is the strength enough?"

Xiao Jianjun said: "At this point, I and the commander, The political commissars have discussed that the total number of troops of the Eight-Nation Coalition is not large, and now there should be only more than 30,000 people, and most of them have taken part in the attack on Beijing, and there are not many troops left behind to defend Tianjin and Dagukou, only about seven or eight thousand, and there are no heavy weapons; although the number of our marines is not large, there is still a battalion of two armored vehicles, and in this era, they are absolutely the kings of land warfare; in addition, there are more than a dozen carrier-based helicopters that can provide air support, and in addition, we have a highly informationized combat command system, so it is completely possible to seize Dagukou and Tianjin。 ”

Xia Bohai said: "Another important point is that we must take advantage of the current time when there is sufficient ammunition and weapons in the best condition, and quickly seize a base area, so that we can develop slowly, so it is imperative to seize Dagukou and Tianjin, and everyone must be ready to listen to orders at any time after returning to the ship." ”

When the other captains heard this, they all knew that the three of them had actually made a decision, so they had no objections.

At this time, Xia Bohai said: "Comrade Wang Yunpeng, Comrade Xu Jichao, Comrade Shang Qisong, and Comrade Li Sanjie, in order not to cause panic among the evacuees, this matter is temporarily kept secret from the three ro-ro passenger ships, and we will announce it after we seize the Dagu mouth. ”

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