Not long after, Battalion Commander Qin Yuhai ran to Qin Zheng, saluted a military salute, and said, "Political commissar." ”

Qin Zheng returned the salute and said, "Battalion Commander Qin, are all the Chinese being held here?" ”

Qin Yuhai nodded and said: "Yes, there are a total of three houses to hold prisoners, we briefly asked a few people, and they said that most of them are ordinary people from nearby villages, who were captured by the Eight-Nation Alliance as coolies to carry goods on the warship, and I heard that there are soldiers from the Beiyang Naval Division inside." After a pause, he said: "There is also a room where all the people are women, and it seems that they have all been ****ed by the Eight-Nation Alliance." ”

Qin Zheng said: "Okay, I have notified the Kunming ship and asked them to send a few female soldiers to help, and you can take me to a room where the prisoners are locked up first." ”

Qin Yuhai said: "Yes, political commissar, please come with me." ”

After finishing speaking, Qin Yuhai took Qin Zheng and a few soldiers to a house, and a smell of damp rot and sweat came to his nose, only to see that there were about two or three hundred people gathered in the house, and the left and right sides of the wall were all large shops, about 0.3 meters above the ground, and a walkway about two meters wide was left in the middle.

Qin Zheng took a look, the room was basically full of young people, and the clothes were very shabby, but some people could still see that the clothes they were wearing should be the military uniform of the Beiyang Naval Division. However, although everyone's expression was quite frightened, their complexion was quite passable, and it seemed that they had not been subjected to too much dismantling, and the basic diet should still be guaranteed. As soon as Qin Zheng thought about it, he immediately understood, because the Eight-Nation Alliance still pointed out that they worked, so he didn't treat them too badly.

Qin Zheng took two steps forward and looked around at the crowd: "Were you all captured by the Eight-Nation Alliance?"

No one answered, but they all looked at Qin Zheng with vigilant and frightened eyes, and the few people closest to Qin Zheng outside all subconsciously took a few steps back, as if they wanted to distance themselves from Qin Zheng.

Qin Zheng smiled, softened his tone a little more, and said: "Don't be afraid, we are not the Eight-Nation Alliance, we will not harm everyone, it seems that everyone is Chinese, we are also Chinese, and I can tell you that the Eight-Nation Alliance Army stationed at Dagukou has been defeated by us, and the warships parked at the dock have also been sunk by us, and now Dagukou has been occupied by us, if you are ordinary people captured by the Eight-Nation Alliance, we will let you go home immediately." ”

After listening to Qin Zheng's words, everyone's faces finally had some complicated expressions, their vigilance and panic were also alleviated a lot, and some people hid behind and whispered discussions.

After a while, I saw a person wearing a tattered Beiyang Navy military uniform come out of the crowd, owed, and said tentatively: "I don't know what this lord is called?"

It turned out that the cannon roared last night, almost all night, although they were locked up in the house, they could all hear it clearly, and many people were talking about it, some people said that it was the Beiyang Navy Division that fought back, some people said that it was the new army of the imperial court, and some people said that the Boxers invited the heavenly soldiers and generals, in short, there were all kinds of discussions. When the morning came, he found that it was a strange army.

However, the soldiers of this army look so bad that they are Chinese, and the language is also a very standard official language, not white skin and yellow hair, and foreign devils who speak the language of muttering birds, so it also reassures these people, but after all, they are still different from the Qing people who keep arguments, and they can't be completely reassured. And after listening to Qin Zheng's words, because Qin Zheng claimed to be Chinese, although this is different from the people of the Great Qing Dynasty, but the meaning is almost the same, and finally some people were moved, thinking that maybe it was the new army of the imperial court, so someone spoke out to ask Qin Zheng.

Qin Zheng looked at the man and said, "Are you a soldier of the Beiyang Naval Division?"

The man bowed his head slightly and said, "Yes, the villain is Liu Ximing, the main gun of the Beiyang Navy Division Sea Dragon." ”

Qin Zheng nodded, he knew that the Sea Dragon was a type of torpedo gunboat, also known as a torpedo destroyer, ordered by the Qing government from the German Shuoxiao Shipyard in the autumn of 1896, there were four ships of the same type, and the other three were Haixi, Haiqing, and Haihua. The ship is 59 meters long, 6.4 meters wide, 2.55 meters draft, with a standard displacement of 234 tons and a full load displacement of 284 tons. It is equipped with two vertical three-expansion steam engines, four boilers, a speed of 32 knots, and a staffing of 57 people, including 2 officers. The ship is equipped with 6 47-mm Haqikes 3-pounder rapid-fire guns and 2 356-mm torpedo tubes.

When the Eight-Nation Coalition attacked the Dagu Fort on June 17, 1900, the four warships were anchored at the mouth of Dagu for routine repairs and maintenance. The Qing court urgently ordered them to leave the Dagu dockyard quickly to avoid being involved in the impending war. But by the time the order was conveyed to the four ships, it was already too late. The battle had already begun, and the four ships were captured by the destroyers HMS Honorary and HMS Whit, of the British Navy. Later, it was divided into one by Britain, Russia, France, and Germany. In addition, there is another torpedo gunboat, the Feiting, which is being repaired in the Dagu dockyard, and also suffered the same fate as the four Sea Dragon-class torpedo gunboats, and was captured by the Russian army. From this point of view, what Liu Ximing said is still credible.

Qin Zheng smiled: "My surname is Qin, and I am not an adult, but we are not the army of the Chun Dynasty. After a slight pause, he added: "I can't tell you anything more than where we came from, but one thing can be explained, we are all Chinese like you, and we can also be said to be Chinese, and we are here to fight the Eight-Power Alliance, so you can rest assured." ”

Liu Ximing was confused, but he could still understand the meaning of Dazhi, and he could also see that Qin Zheng was obviously a leader in this army, and his status was definitely not low, so he said: "Qin Da...... Master Qin......"

Qin Yuhai, who was next to Qin Zheng, couldn't help it, and said, "What kind of adult, master, it's called political commissar, Qin political commissar." ”

Liu Ximing is a soldier of the Beiyang Naval Division, and he has seen some interfaces, although he feels that the title of "political commissar" is very strange, and he doesn't understand what it means, but it must be the official name of this army, so he immediately changed his words and said: "Political Commissar Qin, you ......" I didn't know what to ask for a while.

Qin Zheng looked around for a moment and said, "It seems that many soldiers of the Beiyang Naval Division have been arrested?"

Liu Ximing lowered his head and said, "The four warships Hailong, Haixi, Haiqing, and Haihua were all captured by foreign ghosts, and some of the brothers on the ships were killed, but nearly half of them were arrested and locked up here, carrying goods for them every day and serving as hard labor. After a pause, he said, "Political Commissar Qin, have you really captured Dagu?"

Qin Zheng laughed and said, "What are you lying about? If we didn't occupy Dagukou, how did I come here?"

Liu Ximing nodded and said, "This is also the case." ”

Qin Zheng said again: "Now the prisoners of the Eight-Nation Alliance who were captured by us are on the dock, and the warships that were sunk by us are also on the dock, you can take a look and know if I have lied to you." ”

Liu Ximing said: "Can we really go out?"

Qin Zheng smiled and said: "Of course you can, didn't I just say it? The common people can be sent home, and the soldiers of your Beiyang Naval Division can also be released." ”

At this time, everyone believed Qin Zheng's words a little, and they all cheered immediately, and they were all overjoyed. And after they shouted for a while, Qin Zheng raised his hands, pressed them down, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said: "Everyone pack up your things and go out immediately, and then everyone goes to other houses to tell others and let everyone come out, these houses we will use to hold the prisoners of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and now we should also let the foreign ghosts and children pay for the taste of being in prison." In addition, I know that everyone has suffered during this time, you want to go home, you will register later, you can go back, but we have just occupied Dagukou, and the aftermath has not been straightened out, so we can't compensate you for anything, but if someone has no place to go for the time being, or want to wait a little longer, we are also welcome to arrange another place for you to rest, and after we straighten out the things in Dagukou, see if we can find you a few decent clothes, and then invite you to have a full meal, maybe you can also send you some travel expenses, but everyone must respect our order, otherwise we will not be polite。 ”

Then Qin Zheng turned to Liu Ximing again and said, "Liu Ximing, you have recruited all the soldiers of the Beiyang Naval Division, we still need your help." ”

When Liu Ximing heard this, he was a little flattered, nodded again and again, and then turned to everyone: "Everyone listen to the words of Political Commissar Qin, hurry up and pack up your things, we can leave here." ”

And after their relay, the captives in the other two houses, although most of them were skeptical, were able to come out now, so everyone had the idea of coming out to take a look, so they packed up their things and walked out of the house. In fact, most people don't have anything and quickly get out of it. Qin Zheng instructed Qin Yuhai to take everyone to the dock to see the results achieved by the crossing fleet, so as to enhance everyone's confidence in the crossing fleet.

At this moment, I saw a group of female soldiers hurrying over to the barracks, and a female soldier led by him walked in front of Qin Zheng and raised his hand and saluted: "Report, Gao Jun, the leader of the second communication group of the Kunming Ship's Guantong Department, came to report and asked the political commissar for instructions." ”

Qin Zheng also returned the salute and said, "Comrade Gao Jun, you have worked hard, you have come just in time." As he spoke, he briefly explained the situation here to Gao Jun, and then said: "Comrade Gao Jun, they were all captured by the Eight-Nation Alliance, and they have all been subjected to the ** of the Eight-Nation Alliance. ”

Gao Jun said: "Yes, political commissar, we will do our best." ”

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