Chapter Twenty-Three: The Tears of Arthur
September 1904, Qingdao, German Governor's Palace.
"Your Royal Highness, according to the information we have received so far, the Japanese fleet has blocked Port Arthur, and the Japanese Army is currently adjusting its forces to prepare for the third attack on the Russian army's Arthur Fortress, but because the Arthur Fortress is very strong, the Japanese army has suffered heavy casualties in the first two attacks." General Pascal, the new German governor in Qingdao, was briefing Tatsuten on the progress of the Russo-Japanese War in front of the map.
"Hmmm! That's it! Chen Tian stared at the map silently, according to history, Russia can hold out for a few months at most, and then the Lushun, Dalian, and Russian Pacific fleets will also have the fleets of Russia's eastward transfer to Europe......
"I want to go to Lushun to see it!" After a long time, Chen Tian raised his head and looked at everyone.
"Your Highness, this is too dangerous!" General Pascal didn't want anything wrong with him. "Besides, our relations with Russia and Japan are not very good, and if something happens then......"
"Don't worry! It's going to be fine! I really want to see this terrible war! "As for the use of various weapons and tactics in the Russo-Japanese War, Tatsuten had only seen a little description of it in books before, and sometimes the books and the actual things may be far from the actual things.
"Alright! Now that you've decided! I'll send a team of soldiers to protect you, but please don't get too close to the battlefield. General Pascal nodded, "In addition, I will inform Berlin and ask them to inform the Japanese ambassador." ”
"Thank you, Your Excellency!" After Chen Tian finished speaking, he walked outside, and at this time, a person ran in from outside and bumped into him.
"Daddy! I just ...... Ouch! ”
Chen Tian looked down and saw that it was a girl, no wonder she had nothing to do and she fell to the ground.
"Miss, I'm sorry!" Chen Tian stretched out his hand to help her up, but the girl sat there looking at him, and that face seemed to have been seen somewhere......
"Cousin!"
Cousin? This voice seems to have been heard before......
"I'm Lisa! We've seen it in Vienna! ”
"Oh...... It's you! Chen Tian suddenly realized, but he really hadn't paid attention to what his cousin looked like that day.
Chen Tian helped her up, wow! What a pretty little girl! The thin beauty in front of her is simply the blonde version of Audrey Hepburn!
Looking at Chen Tian's stupid appearance, Lisa laughed, and Chen Tian was embarrassed to withdraw his gaze.
"Uh...... Why are you here? ”
"He's my dad!" Lisa walked up to the poor governor and took his hand and said.
"Daddy?"
"Don't be rude to His Royal Highness!" Pascal smiled at Chaochentian.
"Huh! Your Excellency, it doesn't matter! We're relatives! Chen Tian also laughed, Lisa's father should be because he was only a distant relative of the royal family, and he had not seen him before, so he didn't dare to talk to him about this relationship at first.
"She came here last year after graduating from the University of Vienna to teach music at the school for the Germans in our concession!" The Governor's eyes narrowed with laughter.
"Lisa, take His Royal Highness the Prince around!"
Accompanied by Lisa, Chen Tian and they took a turn in the concession of Qingdao. Sure enough, the construction here is very European, and the streets, buildings, and hospitals are all in European style.
"This is our school!" Lisa pointed to a big house on the side of the road, "The students here are all German children in Qingdao, and I am in charge of music for all grades!" ”
"Hmmm! Not bad! Thank you! Chen Tian nodded, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It's a pity that Chinese children are not accepted here, and they need to be well educated like German children. When he has enough power, he will definitely return the land and building facilities here to the Chinese people in good condition.
After pressing the road, it was already dinner time. The Governor prepared a sumptuous dinner for Chentian and his entourage to welcome the Prince.
At night, Chen Tian was packing in the room. They planned to set off the next day, including Chentian, Oli, and five other German soldiers, and they would take a train from Qingdao to Tianjin, and from there to Dalian, where they would get as close as possible to the battlefield of Arthur.
Cluck......
A ghost knocking on the door in the middle of the night?
Back on the land of China, Chen Tian began to recall the ghost stories he used to tell when everyone played together, but unfortunately he never saw his former friends again.
Tatsuten opened the door
"It's Lisa! Is there anything else going on at this late hour? Chen Tian turned around, "Please come in!" ”
"You're leaving for Lushun tomorrow? There's a war going on there! ”
"Yes! As military men, we need to keep an eye on every war in the world, especially if we can't avoid it! Chen Tian turned around and continued to pack his bags.
"It's very dangerous there!" Lisa stood quietly aside, "Can you take me with you?" ”
"You?" Tatsuten stopped to look at her
"Do you want water?" Chen Tian said and poured her a glass of water.
"Thank you!" Lisa took the glass, but didn't drink it. "I studied first aid when I was in college, and I even went to the hospital for a while to intern!"
"Oh! Is it? Hehe! But we're observing, not fighting! Chen Tian shook his head.
"But if someone gets hurt......"
"There won't be a case, and if that's the case, we've also learned first aid in school." Chen Tian sent him to the door, "Rest early!" We'll be back in a while! ”
Lisa had no choice but to leave in a huff.
The next day, on the train, Chen Tian and Ollie looked helplessly at Lisa, who was wearing a large German army uniform, with a wry smile.
"Lisa......"
"Don't send me back, I've already left a letter with my dad to tell him that the school has taken a leave of absence!"
"But what's so good about fighting?"
"I'm not here to fight, I'm ......," Lisa said again.
Chen Tian knew very well in his heart, but he couldn't tolerate another person in his heart now.
"Okay, but you have to follow my command, and you can't run around!"
"Hmm!"
When Chen Tian and his entourage arrived in Shenyang, the Japanese military had already received them from Tokyo to go and observe, but they were not allowed to go to the front line, and could only watch from a distance from a few hills, or rather listen, listen to the rumbling artillery in front of them. Chen Tian was very dissatisfied with this, but was closely watched by the accompanying Japanese soldiers.
Chen Tian could only helplessly watch as the groups of Japanese soldiers were transferred to the front, and then the wounded were constantly carried back.
"Eight-grid tooth purr!" A Japanese officer jumped up and down in anger when he saw the constant casualties on his side. He pointed to the other side and whispered something to the officer next to him, and then followed him in that direction with a group of soldiers.
"What do they want to do?" Chen Tian asked Ollie puzzled, "That direction is not the front line!" ”
"Yes! That's almost at right angles to the battlefield! Ollie shook his head.
Broken! Don't......? Tatsuten noticed a sly smile on the face of another Japanese officer.
Chen Tian raised his binoculars and looked at their backs in the distance, and a little further away was a Chinese village.
"These brutes! Let's hurry over! Chentian ran in that direction with Ollie and a few other German soldiers. The remaining Japanese officers were stunned for a moment, then one began to call, and the others followed.
"Whew...... Hu ...... "Chen Tian ran forward at a speed of 100 meters, and he could save the lives of dozens of Chinese in a minute.
A short distance away from the village was filled with gunshots, followed by the cries of women and children.
"Brute!" Chen Tian is furious! Defeated on the battlefield, why take out anger on civilians, and not civilians of third countries! Such an army pig and dog are not as good!
Behind Chentian, Ollie and five other German soldiers followed desperately, and in the distance was Lisa.
500 meters...... 200 meters......
Chen Tian finally rushed into the village, and what appeared in front of him was a human tragedy - bloody Chinese everywhere, old people, children, and a few Japanese soldiers were violent against women in the corner!
"Get out of here!" Tatsuten grabbed a Japanese soldier by the back and threw him to the side.
"Yaga!" Several other Japanese soldiers raised their guns and pointed them at him, because they had just seen Chentian and the Japanese officers standing together, and they did not shoot.
"Bastard! You, how can you bully these civilians? "Chentian is anxious, German mixed with Chinese. The Japanese soldiers couldn't understand what he was saying, and only a few Chinese people looked up at him.
Chen Tian stared at the Japanese soldiers opposite him with blood-red eyes, eager to tear them apart.
And so they confronted each other.
Half a minute later, Oli and a few other German soldiers rushed in, overwhelmed by the devastation that was all over the ground.
A minute later, Lisa ran in, screaming at the sight before her, and began to throw up.
Eventually, several other Japanese officers came running in and said a few words to the officer who was leading the group, and then he left with the Japanese soldiers in a huff.
"Mr. Observer, they're here to catch Russian spies!" The Japanese officer on the side asked the interpreter to explain to Chentian in this way.
No need to explain! These brutes have always been like this, from the Lushun Massacre to the Nanjing Massacre, they are all their masterpieces.
"Hurry up, let's help these wounded!" Lisa said from the side.
"That's right! Let's hurry up! Chen Tian came back to his senses at this time, and now it is the top priority to rescue these injured people.
"You, if you hurt the people here, will you just walk away? You need to send a doctor here, as well as medicines, medical equipment! Tatsuten said to the Japanese officer.
"Mr. Observer, I'm afraid we can't do anything about this! Now we are also very short of doctors and medicines! As you can see, our casualties are also huge! The interpreter conveyed the Japanese officer's words to Tatsuten.
"Get out!" Tatsuten shoved the interpreter to the ground, while the Japanese officer stood aside and looked at them coldly.
"Come, let the wounded lie down! Tie their wounds with a cloth first! Lisa was on the sidelines and instructed everyone to help the wounded be bandaged. Tatsunami is glad he brought her here, and it seems that she did a good job during her internship at the hospital.
"Alright, cousin! Don't stand there stupidly, help me find some needles and threads, some of the wounded have big wounds and must be stitched immediately! ”
"Okay!" Chen Tian hurriedly went to the house to look for it, but it took a while to find some things to do needlework, the needle is fine, can this kind of thread for the sole of the shoe work?
Chen Tian had no choice but to give Lisa the needle and thread he could find, and Lisa shook her head, "Let's find out if there is any silk thread!" "Ollie, make a fire and boil some boiling water!"
"Auntie, don't be afraid! We're here to help you, we're good people! Do you have silk thread or silk cloth here? ”
Chen Tian asked, crouching in front of a woman sitting in the corner.
The woman looked at Chentian in surprise before shaking her head after a long time.
Alas! It's all poor people, where did the silk come from!
Tatsuten returned to Lisa, where she had picked out some needles and knives and threw them into the pot that Ollie had set up and began to cook.
"Didn't you?"
Chen Tian shook his head.
Lisa gritted her teeth and lowered her coiled long hair down to her waist, then picked up a pair of scissors and clicked it......
Chen Tian looked at Lisa blankly, he remembered that when he was still in the previous world, there was a promotional video for a game called Final Fantasy, in which the heroine cut off her long hair in order to fight, leaving only short hair that reached her neck, just like Lisa now.
Chen Tian's nose was sour, and a hot tear slipped out of his eyes, slid across his face, slowly cooled, and dripped ......