However, after turning the head, the boat is sailing against the current, so although the power is increased to full power, the speed of the boat still cannot go up.

The ship was designed to reach a speed of 15 knots, but due to the age of the ship, which was more than 15 years old, and the poor maintenance, it was now only able to reach 12 knots, and when sailing downstream, it could exceed 13 knots, but when it was against the water, it could only reach a little more than 10 knots. Therefore, although Huang Jingong was so anxious that he only stomped his feet, the speed of the ship was only so much, and it was useless to be anxious.

And Huang Jingong's anxiety was not unreasonable, because behind the ship, the two destroyers of the People's Army's escort fleet, Zhecheng and Yucheng, had already caught up.

It turned out that after the surrender of 1 wooden steam ship and 2 wooden sailing ships of the Anqing Naval Division, only Huang Jingong's ship was left to escape, Luo Yue's goal was to completely annihilate the enemy army to warn the provinces along the Yangtze River, and this ship was hung with the banner of the main general, which was obviously the flagship of the Anqing Naval Division, so naturally Huang Jingong's ship would not escape, so he ordered 4 patrol boats to receive the surrendered warship of the Anqing Naval Division, and ordered Zhecheng, The Yucheng went to chase Huang Jingong's ship, and asked to make a forced landing on this warship as much as possible, and Bi Jing was able to make a forced landing on the enemy's flagship, which was of great significance.

The design speed of Zhecheng and Yucheng is 22 knots, even if it is sailing against the current, it can exceed 20 knots, so the speed is far faster than Huang Jingong's ship, and Huang Jingong's ship is not much ahead, less than 1000 meters, this distance is nothing at all in terms of ship travel, it only took ten minutes, Zhecheng and Yucheng have already caught up, and Huang Jingong's ship goes hand in hand

Although the Zhecheng and Yucheng can only be regarded as small warships, they can be regarded as a behemoth compared with Huang Jingong's ship, and the two warships are one on the left and one on the right, sandwiching Huang Jingong's ship in the middle, and the distance is only more than 100 meters. In fact, if Huang Jingong's ship can be sunk, then it is enough to sink 4 or 5 times. However, although it could not be bombarded, the three Makqin machine guns on the sides of the two warships also opened fire at this time, firing fiercely at Huang Jingong's ship, which caused a "ping-pong" sound on the deck of Huang Jingong's ship, and sawdust and glass splashed in all directions, and the soldiers on the deck were naturally killed and wounded, lying all over the deck. Only a few nimble and agile soldiers hid in the cabin at the extreme time, and they escaped with their lives.

The machine-gun fire lasted for more than a minute before it stopped, and the deck of Huang Jingong's ship was already a mess and empty of people, and only then did the Zhecheng and Yucheng shout to it and demand that the Qing army surrender.

At this time, Huang Jingong and Enqing both held their heads and kicked on the ground of the cab, just now the round of shooting, the window glass of the cab was all broken, fortunately, the two of them reacted sharply at the time, and they survived this round of shooting of the People's Army, only a few wounds were cut by the splashed glass, but there were more than 10 people in the cab, and not everyone had the reaction speed of the two of them, 6 or 7 people were killed and injured, and 2 people were even directly shot in the head. And there is only a lot of space in the cab, so the two of them have a lot of blood splashed on their bodies and faces, and even **. However, the two of them hid on the ground and did not move.

After hearing the shouts of the Zhecheng and Yucheng, another surviving officer said in a trembling voice: "Admiral Huang, let's surrender, otherwise we will die." ”

Huang Jingong hesitated for a moment, glanced at Enqing, and said, "Lord En, what do you think?"

At this time, Enqing was already frightened, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, surrender as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late." ”

Seeing that Enqing also advocated surrender, Huang Jingong no longer hesitated, and hurriedly tore down the white curtain, acted as a white flag, and hung it out from the broken window. And shouted: "Surrender, surrender, we surrender." ”

On the Zhecheng, sharp-eyed people saw the white cloth hanging from the window of the wheelhouse, and immediately said: "They have raised the white flag, they have surrendered." ”

So the Yucheng temporarily kept the distance from Huang Jingong's ship unchanged, while the Zhecheng went over to Long, and after the two ships docked, more than 20 soldiers went down from the Zhecheng, boarded Huang Jingong's ship, and loudly beckoned the Qing soldiers on the ship to come up and surrender on the deck.

When Huang Degong and the others saw it, they got out of the cab and surrendered to the People's Army. The KPA soldiers escorted the Qing soldiers who had surrendered to the Zhecheng, leaving only a small number of operators who could ensure that the ship could be moved, and then escorted the ship back.

On a transport ship, the reporters who traveled with the fleet set up cameras on the deck to take pictures, and the other three ships that surrendered were also anchored next to the fleet, and at the same time, several warships also lowered their boats to rescue the Qing soldiers who were struggling in the river.

The Zhecheng escorted Huang Degong and Enqing to the Yongcheng, and Luo Yue interrogated the two. At this time, the two did not dare to be tough, and honestly confessed that they were ordered by Enming, the governor of Anhui, to intercept the transport fleet. In fact, this was also expected by Luo Yue, if it weren't for the order of a local magistrate like Enming, he would not dare to borrow a few dares for these two people to intercept the transport fleet of East China.

At this time, the statistics of the results of the battle also came out, a total of 334 Qing soldiers were captured, 4 warships, and the KPA did not suffer any casualties, only 15 were wounded. However, Luo Yue also had a headache at this time, and he didn't know how to deal with these prisoners, because this time Luo Yue had to inspect all the disaster resettlement camps, at least one month, and he couldn't take these prisoners to inspect it, and the three destroyers were only equipped with 100-110 people, plus some of the marines who were arranged, they were already full, and each warship could only accommodate more than 10 people at most, not to mention the four patrol boats, each boat only had 65-70 crew members, and all the crews of the four boats did not add up to more than prisoners。 Of course, if the prisoners are dispersed to various transport ships, it is not impossible to arrive, but these transport ships will eventually be dispersed to the various disaster resettlement camps, and these prisoners must not be brought to the various disaster relief camps.

After Luo Yue's careful consideration, he finally decided to send these prisoners, including the captive warships, to Shanghai to be imprisoned. In addition, after these prisoners, including the warships, were sent to Shanghai, Li Songchen would definitely take the opportunity to make a big fuss.

Of course, first of all, we must send a telegram to Shanghai to explain the situation, at this time, the wireless telegraph technology in East China has made major progress, the telegraph transmission distance can reach 1,000 kilometers, of course, the volume of the wireless telegraph is still very huge, such a small warship as the Yongcheng cannot be installed, this voyage, installed one on each of the two troop carriers.

And at this time, a troop transport ship sent a long telegram from Shanghai to Luo Yue, after Luo Yue read it, he couldn't help but change color a little, the original telegram urgently informed Luo Yue, in the northwest of Anhui Province, there was a religious organization called the Red Lotus Sect, taking the opportunity of the flood, vigorously recruiting believers among the victims, gathering people to revolt, it is said that the number of people collected now has exceeded 100,000 people, and occupied the capital of Yingzhou Fuyang, Taihe, Yingshang, Mengcheng and other places, and once went to East China ** Chenzhou and Gui in the southeast of Henan, which are under their jurisdiction, now seem to have traces of going south into Luzhou Mansion, so after Luo Yue arrives at the disaster resettlement camp in Luzhou Mansion, pay attention to the movements of the Red Lotus Sect, and if necessary, he can stay in the Luzhou Mansion for a while longer, and wait for the situation of the Red Lotus Sect to calm down, and then continue the inspection trip.

At the same time, the telegram also briefly introduced some of the situation of the Red Lotus Sect. The Red Lotus Sect, also known as the Red and White Lotus Sect, is actually a branch of the White Lotus Sect. In Chinese history, there have been many peasant uprisings, and most of the peasant uprisings will rely on a certain religion, because only with the help of the name of religion can a large number of believers be gathered in a short period of time, and to a certain extent, it can also hide people's eyes and ears and avoid the investigation of the government, such as the Yellow Turban Uprising in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, which relied on the Taiping Dao, the Sun Enlu Xun Uprising in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, relying on the Wudou Rice Sect, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement in modern times relying on the worship of God. Since the Yuan Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect has become the religious organization on which most of the peasant uprisings retire, so it is even known as the special religion of the peasant uprisings.

The White Lotus Sect originally originated from the Pure Land sect of Buddhism, and was formed as a fixed religion in the early Southern Song Dynasty, and later absorbed some elements of Taoism and folk beliefs, and merged with Manichaeism introduced to China by Persia in the Yuan Dynasty, and finally formed a hodgepodge of religious organizations.

It is precisely because the White Lotus Sect is a fusion of various religious elements that it determines that its organizational structure is loose, but the doctrinal scriptures are also relatively easy to understand, and the religious rules are also secularized and more acceptable to the lower classes, so it is often used as a religious tool to organize peasant uprisings. And the White Lotus Sect has also derived a large number of branches, side branch sects, statistics of the White Lotus Sect branches, side branch sects are not less than hundred, and these branches, side branch sects do not belong to each other, the doctrine is quite different, the organization, rituals and activities are not the same, and the good and the bad are also uneven, but in general, the congregation is mainly from the lower class of society, and more or less with the mark of the White Lotus Sect, in the folk is generally called the White Lotus Sect. In a broad sense, the more famous churches in history, such as the Boxer Rebellion, the Red Gun Society, and the Little Knife Society, can all be regarded as branches of the White Lotus Sect.

During the Gengzi period, a large number of branches of the White Lotus Sect and side branch sects participated in the Boxer Rebellion, and after the defeat of the Boxer Rebellion, most of the branches and side branch leaders hid in the people. This time the Yangtze River flooded, the six provinces were all affected, the affected area was extensive, and the victims exceeded 10 million, so the leaders of the branches of the White Lotus Sect and the side branch sects lurking in the people saw the opportunity again, so they began to act again, and finally decided to start a separate incident in the provinces along the Yangtze River. And the one who chose to start an incident in Yingzhou Mansion in Anhui Province was the Red Lotus Sect.