Everyone was looking forward to Fumar's answer, after all, if the 11th Marine Regiment could reinforce Jiaxing at the first time, it would be able to completely change the balance of forces in the direction of Jiaxing, which was of great significance.

You must know that there are only four infantry battalions of the Hong Army in the direction of Jiaxing, and if the 11th Marine Regiment of Shi Huiji reinforces the past, the Hong Army in the direction of Jiaxing will almost double the strength, if Fumar does not agree, then the 11th Marine Regiment can only make a detour of several hundred kilometers more to reinforce Jiaxing Mansion by land, not only a few hundred kilometers more than a few hundred kilometers, but also heavy equipment and baggage may not be able to be transported to the battlefield in time.

And Fumar, although he had known about it for a long time, now he pretended not to know at all, and he said in great surprise: "There is such a thing? I know that these refugees want to escape the war and go to the concession in Shanghai, which is the safest place in China, but I don't want to get too involved in China's internal affairs, this is Chinese our own business, and we shouldn't get too involved......"

He summed up his conclusion in a very Chinese way: "Chinese matter, Chinese end ...... yourself"

"China's business, China's", everyone has understood what Fumar meant, that is, the British acquiesced to the fact that the Hongjun could use Hangzhou Bay to transport troops and military supplies, and even allowed them to fly the British flag to some extent.

Everyone was relieved and raised their glasses in celebration of their victory, but unbeknownst to them, an HSBC cheque would come into effect after Fumar had made this promise, and Fumar would receive a huge income of £1,000 for his acquiescence.

And a few hours later, the 11th Marine Regiment, which had been waiting in Ningbo Port for two full days, finally received permission to set sail: "You can set sail, the target is Jiaxing Mansion...... Target Jiaxing Mansion!"

The 11th Marine Regiment was a lightly armed infantry regiment, and it did not have as many artillery and baggage as ordinary infantry regiments, but as an anti-landing mobile force near Ningbo, the total strength of the entire infantry regiment still reached 1,700 men.

Shi Huiji stood on the deck of the Baoshun ship for the first time, and personally organized the entire infantry regiment to board the ship. Among them, the two steam paddle steamer warships "Baoshun" and "Ziwei Star" were also mobilized, in addition to several large warships.

The entire Ningbo wharf became noisy, although the grass green military uniform and white belt characteristic of the Hongjun have been removed, but just pay a little attention to the vicinity of the wharf. It was clear that a large army was on board, and they even carried heavy firearms such as twelve-pounder mountain howitzers.

It was only that His Excellency the French consul sent from Shanghai to Ningbo had been turned away, and a small number of French merchants and residents in the port of Ningbo had been temporarily isolated, according to Consul Fumar, to protect them, after all, the whole port of Ningbo was now full of Chinese hostile to France.

This certainly guarantees the safety of the French, but also isolates them from success and opportunity. But even with the assurances of the French, Shi Huiji was still anxious, and he repeatedly urged his subordinates to speed up their actions: "Tell Deputy Commander Fu that no matter what the cost, the entire ship must set sail within three hours, and we may encounter the French's interception at any time......"

"Don't be in a hurry!" The answer to him was His Excellency Zhang Sigui, the commander of the naval division: "Now there is no French fleet in Hangzhou Bay for the time being, and even if it appears, as long as it is not a French steam warship." We also have a chance to get rid of them ......"

According to Zhang Sigui's understanding, the French fleet was still a mixed fleet of sail warships and steam warships, although the combat effectiveness far exceeded that of Zhang Sigui's sailors. But Zhang Sigui still has the only advantage, and that is speed. ..., except for the steam warships of the French, their sail warships could not catch up with Zhang Sigui's fleet, not to mention, and these large warships had no way to sail into the offshore sea, even if they encountered steam warships, Zhang Sigui still had a considerable chance to get rid of the pursuit of the French with his familiarity with the sea area.

But Shi Huiji was not at ease, he said to Zhang Sigui: "I will hand over the lives of 1,700 brothers to you, Commander Zhang, be sure to help your brothers, brothers will remember your benefits for the rest of their lives......"

Zhang Sigui soothed him and said, "Didn't you see it? The regimental headquarters and most of the personnel were on two steamboats. And equipped on the sailing fleet, even if we encounter the French, we have a chance to get rid of the pursuit of the French, provided of course that we lose some equipment and baggage ......"

During this shipment, two steam paddle steamers converted from transport ships were loaded with personnel of the 11th Marine Regiment, and almost half of the Marine Regiment was loaded on the steamboat. For this they carried almost nothing but rifles, one hundred and twenty rounds of ammunition and food.

And the equipment is just the opposite of the baggage, almost all of them are loaded on a few sail warships, so although there is a risk of most of the baggage equipment, at least most of the personnel can be saved, so Shi Huiji is finally a little relieved: "Then I will hand over the net worth and surname of 1,700 brothers to you Lao Zhang, you help us this time, how can the 1,700 brothers of our 11th regiment not forget your benefits!"

Zhang Sigui immediately felt more pressure, but he still said: "I will never dare to take the life and death of these thousand seven hundred brothers to heart, and prepare to set sail......

However, the organization of the ship was more difficult than Shi Huiji had imagined, and in the end there was a company of semi-infantry and a number of non-combatants who could not participate in today's landing due to the arrangement of the cabins.

However, for Zhang Sigui, as long as the main force of the regiment arrives in Jiaxing Mansion, it will be the biggest victory, and he immediately said: "Set sail as soon as possible......"

Although it was only a very short sea transportation channel from Ningbo to Jiaxing, the entire Marine Regiment only floated at sea for more than a day before barely reaching Jiaxing Prefecture, and three warships were left behind, not to mention the countless soldiers who were seasick, and some of them were still sick on board.

Therefore, Shi Huiji felt that his marine regiment would have a good actual combat strength of 1,000 men in the early days of landing, but in any case, now that he had seen the coast of Jiaxing, this was the biggest victory, and the fallen warships would soon arrive in Jiaxing Province.

Therefore, he ordered loudly: "Let Deputy Regiment Commander Fu organize the troops to land as soon as possible, now we are equivalent to attacking half-crossing, and there is a danger that the whole army will be wiped out at any time......

The Hongjun guarding this section of the wharf had received the news of the landing of troops from the telegram in advance, and they sent a number of officers and men to assist the landing of the Marine Corps, but this landing was more unsuccessful than the embarkation at Ningbo Port.

The entire landing order was a mess, especially the heavy equipment and baggage were almost still on the ship after six hours, and only the personnel who went ashore were just personnel, so Zhang Sigui replied, "His Royal Highness King Yan said that you are a marine regiment of the coastal defense brigade, I think he is right, as long as the French on the opposite side have one cannon and an infantry platoon, it is possible to crush your entire regiment at any time!"

Regarding such a statement, Shi Huiji admitted that there was some truth: "We are Qing demons who fight landing, not playing landing...... Well, Lao Li ......"

He had already recognized that the officer who came on horseback was Li Guanglei, the supreme commander of the entire Jiaxing Prefecture, who had dealt with Li Guanglei in the past when he was in the independent battalion, and knew that this Li Guanglei, who was a standard mountain man in the past, had been infected by the pride of the dragon lance battalion and was hopeless--yes, it was the most traditional kind of pride and no one in the eyes of the dragon lance battalion. ..., Li Guanglei had already jumped off the horse, and he enthusiastically stretched out his hands: "How many people from the Marine Corps are coming?" ”

"It hasn't been counted yet, and there are a lot of people who vomit and diarrhea and get sick on the way, can you still hold down the situation here?" Shi Huiji asked: "It is estimated that at the beginning of the landing, about a thousand personnel of this regiment can participate in the battle!" ”

"Enough! That's enough! Li Guanglei replied: "A thousand reinforcements are enough!" ”

"The French plus the Russians have at least 10,000 people, plus the Qing demons, at least 20,000 or 30,000 people, although there are 1,000 reinforcements from me, but the troops are still not full, right?" Shi Feiji was a little lacking in confidence: "I heard that the French have hired little Luzon in Shanghai as a front team. ”

"That's right!" Li Guanglei replied: "About 300 French forwards have already come, and there are about 100 Russian soldiers, 150 mercenary soldiers, and about 4,500 Qing demons, all of whom have been equipped with foreign guns and cannons, and their morale is not bad!" ”

Shi Huiji knew that Li Guanglei was indeed hopeless, but with such a force as a friendly army, his flanks were also safe, so Shi Huiji immediately said: "But there are only two of us in Jiaxing Mansion, and the combined strength is at least the same as the strength of the Yi soldiers......

Li Guanglei showed a mouthful of bright teeth, but Shi Huiji understood that this was the real evil wolf's teeth, and he naturally said fullly: "The inspection has sent me six hundred people from Hangzhou, with these troops, it is enough to annihilate the soldiers!" ”

"What?" Shi Huiji almost didn't jump up: "Painful? You want? ”

How hopeless!

But Li Guanglei said in the unique proud tone of the dragon spear battalion: "It's just four or five hundred Yi soldiers, except for the Yi soldiers, it's not worth mentioning, originally I was worried about the lack of troops, but Lao Shi, your marine regiment came over, I was completely relieved......

Shi Huiji has already understood, it turns out that Li Guanglei is ready to use his Marine Corps as a garrison, so although he is not from the Dragon Lance Battalion, he suddenly has the pride and self-confidence of the Dragon Lance Battalion: "Old Li...... I'm here to fight a tough battle! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )