Although the crossing fleet basically wiped out the Eight-Nation Coalition troops stationed at Dagukou, there will always be a few fish that slip through the net. Therefore, several Japanese soldiers who escaped from Dagukou got together to discuss and decided to go to the Eight-Nation Coalition troops who attacked Hejiawan Village, not because they had confidence in this miniature Eight-Nation Coalition Army, but because their commander-in-chief, Yuki Otsu, was here to find his commander, which was the most direct idea of the Japanese soldiers.

After the defeat in the attack on Hejiawan Village, the Eight-Nation Coalition Army retreated to the town of Juhe and stationed there, with less than 700 remaining soldiers and more than 100 wounded soldiers, of which about 50 were seriously wounded. And all heavy weapons were lost. The morale of the whole army was very low. Before sending troops, no one would have imagined such an outcome.

On the same day, the commanders of the Eight-Nation Coalition gathered overnight to discuss their next steps.

The situation is now very clear, before the battle, the Eight-Nation Coalition had made a serious mistake in the judgment of the enemy, and it was impossible to defeat this strange army with only the existing forces and weapons. Either continue to draw troops from Dagukou, or rescue the Tianjin side.

However, if we continue to draw troops from Dagukou, we can still piece together another 1,800 people from each warship, but there are no large and medium-caliber artillery on the warships, and through today's battle, the commanders of various countries know that if they want to defeat this strange army, it is useless to just fight the number of people, because the opponent's firepower is too fierce, and there must be a sufficient number of large and medium-caliber artillery.

There are more than 5,000 Japanese troops stationed in Tianjin, and there are more than 20 large and medium-caliber artillery pieces, so it is the best choice to rescue Tianjin at present. Moreover, all the Japanese troops stationed in Tianjin are Japanese, and the famous general of his own miniature eight-nation coalition army is also Japanese, so let the Japanese go to the Japanese for help, and other countries will not lose face, of course, it is not more appropriate.

It is just that Tianjin is about 40 kilometers away from Dagukou, and although there is a telegraph communication between Dagukou and Tianjin City, and they can communicate directly, isn't he still stationed in Juhe Town? Only after returning to Dagukou can he send a telegram to Tianjin. Moreover, when the Tianjin side receives the news, it will be at least three days before the army is organized to rush to reinforcements, so what should we do during this time? Will we continue to garrison in Juhe Town, or will we simply retreat to Dagukou.

Of course, the best way is to garrison in Juhe Town, one is to monitor the enemy forces in Hejiawan Village nearby, and the other is to ensure the safety of Dagukou. Because Dagukou is the general retreat of the Eight-Nation Alliance, once it is lost, then although it cannot be said that all the tens of thousands of Eight-Nation Coalition troops are in China, the future will definitely not be easy.

But with his current strength, can he defend Komagawa Town? No one knows the bottom of his heart. Because the enemy faced this time is so weird, no one can say clearly, how much strength this army still has? Just like before the troops, everyone was full of confidence in this battle, but the result was a kick on the steel plate, and with the strength of the enemy, then it was impossible for anyone to escape from the Russian army that initially encountered this enemy army, so this either shows that the strength of this army is not fully revealed, and the other party is gradually increasing its strength, or it shows that the enemy was deliberately retaining its strength at that time, and deliberately let some Russian soldiers go back, luring the Dagukou side to send troops to attack Hejiawan Village. So will the enemy army you face during the day be the full strength of this army?

After several hours of discussion, everyone finally decided to retreat to Dagukou. Because if this army really still has hidden strength, then even if it is held in Juhe Town, it is useless, it is better to retreat to Dagukou to defend, first, there are still a lot of large and medium-caliber artillery on the Dagukou fort that can be used, and second, the warships of various countries anchored in Dagukou can also provide considerable fire support. Therefore, even if Dagukou was attacked by the enemy, it was able to resist for a while and hold on until the reinforcements sent by Tianjin arrived.

However, it was late at night, most of the soldiers had already rested, it was impossible to withdraw overnight, and the enemy troops in the direction of Hejiawan Village had not moved, so everyone decided to rest for the night and withdraw early tomorrow morning.

After unifying the idea of withdrawing troops, everyone relaxed a little, and then began to discuss again: Where did this army come from, why it had such a strong fighting strength, and why did it have to be the enemy of the Eight-Nation Alliance? However, two things can be basically confirmed now, that is, this army will definitely not be the army of the Qing State, and it is unlikely that it will come from any of the countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance. This makes everyone feel even more clueless. Because although there are more than 100 countries in the world that can be confirmed, but the major powers are here, which country will have such a strong military strength?

Some people think that it is a mysterious force in China, because the Boxers have always claimed to have some kind of divine power, and some people say that it is the demon army summoned by the Chinese from hell, and the results of these speculations even feel unreliable, and in the end they all have to rest with a head of doubt.

Early the next morning, before all the soldiers of the Eight-Nation Coalition Army woke up, several Japanese soldiers who had escaped from Dagukou came to them and told the officers of various countries the news of the loss of Dagukou.

This news shocked the officers of all countries, and although they had tried their best to overestimate the strength of the enemy during the discussion last evening, the enemy's strength far exceeded yesterday's estimate, because the enemy had not only an army but also a powerful fleet. The strength of the coalition fleet anchored at Dagukou is not weak, with seven medium- and large-sized warships of more than 5,000 tons and two large warships of more than 10,000 tons.

Everyone knows what it means to lose Dagukou, the Eight-Nation Coalition will completely lose its sea control, and it is impossible to retreat from the sea, but the Eight-Nation Coalition still occupies Beijing and Tianjin, the two big cities in northern China, and can support it for a while, but now its own miniature Eight-Nation Coalition Army has become a lone army and is in a very dangerous situation.

Therefore, there is no other choice now, Dagukou will definitely not be able to go back, so I can only withdraw to Tianjin, spread the news of the loss of Dagukou to Tianjin, and then inform the high-level of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and what to do in the future is not a matter of my own consideration.

After the decision, Yuki Otsu immediately ordered the whole army to pack up their equipment and immediately withdraw their troops in the direction of Tianjin. At this moment, the soldiers who sent the whistle rushed back to report that the army stationed in Hejiawan Village was heading towards the town of Juhe.

It turned out that the headquarters of Hejiawan Village was immediately informed by the headquarters that it had already occupied Dagukou last night and had completely annihilated the Eight-Nation Allied Forces and its fleet stationed at Dagukou, and that it had also dispatched two marine companies and one mortar company to support the troops in Hejiawan Village by hovercraft and annihilate the Eight-Nation Allied Forces attacking Hejiawan Village.

Company Commander Qiu Yahui, the supreme commander of Hejiawan Village, immediately summoned the company headquarters and all six platoon commanders to discuss how to fight after the reinforcements arrived, and strive to completely annihilate the Eight-Nation Allied Army attacking Hejiawan Village.

Now the command headquarters of course knows that the Eight-Nation Alliance forces have retreated to Juhe Town, so the current command headquarters has two choices, one is to wait for the reinforcements to arrive in Hejiawan Village, and then join forces and then attack Juhe Town, annihilating the Eight-Nation Alliance forces in one fell swoop. The advantage of this plan is that after the reinforcements arrive, the total strength of your side can reach nearly 500, and at the same time, you have 12 mortars, both in strength and firepower, which is enough to annihilate the Eight-Nation Alliance that retreats to Komagawa Town. But it is estimated that it will not be until about nine o'clock in the morning until the reinforcements arrive in Hejiawan Village. However, if the Eight-Nation Alliance Army in Juhe Town also gets the news of the loss of Dagukou, it will definitely immediately evacuate Juhe Town and flee to Tianjin, then this annihilation battle will become a pursuit war, even if it catches up with the Eight-Nation Alliance, but at most it can only be defeated, and the goal of annihilation cannot be achieved.

The other plan is that the army stationed in Hejiawan Village will set off immediately now, attack Juhe Town, contain the Eight-Nation Alliance, and drag the Eight-Nation Alliance Army to retreat calmly, and the reinforcements do not need to rush to Hejiawan Village, but land nearby, and directly rush to the battlefield to participate in the battle, and the two sides will work together to annihilate the Eight-Nation Alliance.

Although this plan can delay the Eight-Nation Coalition Army and create an opportunity for the total annihilation of the Eight-Nation Alliance, it is very risky, because the troops stationed in Hejiawan Village are insufficient, and it is okay to defend Hejiawan Village, but if they want to take the initiative to attack Juhe Town, they are beyond their strength, even if they can drag down the Eight-Nation Alliance, they are likely to have large casualties, and the reinforcements directly participate in the battle, and the two sides have not communicated and arranged, so whether they can do a good job in unified command and mutual cooperation is also a problem. After all, now the troops lack actual combat experience.

However, after some discussion, the command still decided to choose the second option, because the army stationed in Hejiawan Village did not catch up with the battle to capture Dagukou, but only contained the Eight-Nation Alliance Army in Hejiawan Village. After all, except for the platoon led by Luo Yue, the other troops were participating in the actual battle for the first time, so they were naturally not willing to be left behind, hoping that they would also be able to fight a beautiful victory. Since he did not participate in the battle to capture Dagukou, he must strive to completely annihilate the Eight-Nation Coalition Army that retreated to Juhe Town.

After the battle plan was decided, the headquarters immediately reported to the headquarters, and it was quickly approved by the headquarters, and at the same time, the headquarters also designated Qiu Yahui to be the commander-in-chief of this operation, and the reinforcements must obey Qiu Yahui's orders.

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