Chapter 13: The Doubts of the Beiyang Sailors
Lushun went completely crazy, and the people of the whole city expressed this victory in various ways. However, the joy of victory, Liu Jun has no way to feel it now. He was still in a coma.
Wu Xiaoyan has studied medical skills, and she is a girl, so Wu Datong and those old Chinese medicine doctors let her have some in her hands and make a special trip to take care of Liu Jun.
At noon, Liu Jun was awakened by the pain of tearing, he only remembered that he was inspecting the damage to the fort with Zhang Yan, who knew that he was beaten with a black gun.
The sharp pain made Liu Jun scream. Wang Ruifang, who was cleaning the blood-stained gauze on the side, heard Liu Jun's voice, and immediately put down the things in her hand and wiped the water droplets on her body at will, she ran over: "Luzao, you are awake." β
Liu Jun turned his head to look in the direction of the voice, and what appeared in front of him was a girl in pink clothes, a melon seed face, and two pairs of watery eyesγγγ
However, Liu Jun didn't think about these men and women now, he took a look at the place where he was, it was in the backyard of the county government, this place he had been to, it was the place where he led people to arrest Wu Datong that day.
After struggling twice, Liu Jun still felt that he couldn't make you.
"Hey, don't move, the bullet hasn't been taken out for long, and the wound will easily burst." Seeing that Liu Jun was about to get up, Wu Xiaoyan hurriedly held him down.
Liu Jun didn't pay attention to it, but said that he had to get up anyway, Wu Xiaoyan couldn't resist him, so he could only hold his back and slowly let him sit up.
"I'm fine, you go and call Zhang Yi and Wu Datong to come, I have something to arrange."
Wu Xiaoyan sighed, turned around and left the room.
After a while, Zhang Yi and Wu Datong both walked in, their faces full of joy.
"Brigade, you're awake." Zhang Yi said excitedly.
Liu Jun nodded and asked, "How are the second and third regiments doing?" β
"Luzao, you better take care of your injuries first, there are Cheng Lin and Li Rong in front of you, and their ......," Zhang Yi said anxiously.
Liu Jun interrupted Zhang Yi's words: "Don't believe it, now is a critical period, whether we can take a breath depends on this battle." Zhong Lin and Li Rong have too little experience, and I have to go to the front line in person. You arrange it immediately, so that a group gathers immediately. β
"Brigade seat ......" Zhang Yi's voice raised a few points, and his eyes became rosy.
Seeing that Zhang Yi still hadn't made arrangements, Liu Jun was also angry: "Damn, obey orders." Otherwise, Lao Tzu will jump on you," Liu Jun finished speaking, and was about to touch the revolver placed next to him.
Zhang Yi stomped his feet angrily, turned around and walked out.
Wu Datong stood next to him, not knowing how to dispel Liu Jun's thoughts. As soon as he opened his mouth, Liu Jun blocked his mouth: "Don't persuade him, now is not the time to relax, if you have anything to say, wait until I come back from the front line, Liu Jun finished speaking, and closed his eyes."
When the regiment went out to the fort, there were more than 1,000 people, and now there are only more than 800 people left, and as soon as these people returned to Lushun, they were welcomed by the people of Lushun and were celebrating with everyone. But as soon as they heard the whistle for an emergency assembly, these people broke away from the crowd and began to assemble at the place where the whistle was blown.
Zhang Yi didn't know where to find a stretcher, a thick quilt was placed on top of the stretcher, and in order to make Liu Jun more comfortable, he put several soft pillows on his head.
After everything was prepared, Liu Jun ordered to set off immediately, he did not let Zhang Yi go with him, but gave him about 200 men, immediately returned to the fort to garrison, and hurried to repair the fort, when the Japanese in the province came to kill back the carbines, there was no one to command.
Wu Xiaoyan was also arranged by Liu Jun's side this time to take care of Liu Jun at any time, this was Wu Datong's arrangement, Liu Jun didn't agree at the beginning, a girl's family, what to do in that bloody place, but Wu Datong said that he didn't agree to anything, this old master was also mad, and if he didn't bring medical personnel, he would shoot him and not let Liu Jun go out. In the end, Liu Jun had to be in front of the old fat man with his beard blown. brought Wu Xiaoyan with me. With the second and third battalions of the first regiment, they left Lushun and went to Tuchengzi.
Tuchengzi is the place where Liu Jun decided to stop the Japanese army this time.
Before they arrived at Tuchengzi, the officers and soldiers heard the continuous gunfire in the direction of Tuchengzi, and it seemed that the two sides had already fought.
Liu Jun, who heard what the gun said, was very anxious, and he asked the troops to speed up.
One minute early, Tuchengzi will have one more new force.
On the sea surface of Weihai, although the Beiyang Naval Division fought a big battle with the Japanese Combined Fleet last time, the main force is still there, although it is nested in Weihai, it does not mean that they have no strength to fight back, and patrols must be carried out.
Today's mission is the Pingyuan.
Li Heyi, the captain of the Pingyuan, was angry about the last battle, and the cannonball that shot out clearly hit the mine room in Songdao, but it did not explode. Let Matsushima escape. This is also the pain he has always had.
Now he is looking in the direction of Lushun. Giving up Lushun, in his heart, he was unwilling, but he had to obey the orders of the military gate.
"Hey, sighing, Li He prepared to return to the captain's room.
"In the northwest, unidentified soot was found." The lookout spotted the situation and raised the alarm.
When Li He heard this, he immediately raised the telescope in his hand, and sure enough, in the direction of Lushun in the northwest, an unknown ship was heading towards the waters off the coast. The distance is getting closer. Only then did he discover that it was Itsukushima in the Japanese Combined Fleet. "And the Itsukushima is still smoking from its butt.
Where was the Itsukushima wounded, and it was actually beaten and burst into flames. Li He thought to himself.
Li He, who had the heart to go to fight, knew that using Pingyuan to fight with Itsukushima was purely an egg hitting a stone, even if the Itsukushima was injured now, it was not something he Pingyuan could gnaw on. He thought for a moment and immediately ordered to advance at full speed, retreat to Weihai, and report the situation to the military gate.
Weihai Liugong Island Navy Yamen. Ding Ruchang kept staring at Lushun on the map. He didn't understand why Li Hongzhang would flatly refuse him to lead the sailors to support Lushun.
Although he was very dissatisfied with Li Hongzhang's approach, as a soldier, he had to obey Li Hongzhang's orders, and after receiving the order that he could not support, Ding Ruchang did not sleep all night, just stared at Lushun in a daze. Now three days have passed, and after he gets up every day, he stays in the chart room and heads to Lushun.
"Junmen, Pingyuan Li He asked to see him, saying that he had something important to report." Liu Buyun, the chief soldier of the right wing and the head of the Dingyuan pipe, walked in and said to Ding Ruchang, who was standing there silently looking at the chart.
As soon as Ding Ruchang heard that there was an urgent military situation, he immediately came back to his senses and let Liu Buchan and Li He come in.
As soon as Li He came in, he said directly: "Report to the military gate, when our ship was patrolling outside the Wei Sea, it was found that the Japanese Itsukushima was returning from the direction of Lushun, and the tail was hit. β
"Itsukushima" Ding Ruchang frowned.
Ding Ruchang knew that a few days ago, Naniwa, Itsukushima and Hashitachi suddenly left the combined fleet, and with Liu Jun's rescue telegram, he knew that these three Japanese ships were going to besiege Lushun. However, now Li He tells him that he has found Itsukushima, where did Naniwa and Hashidate go. Thinking of this, Ding Ruchang asked, "What about Naniwa and Hashitachi?" β
"There is no trace of Hashidate and Naniwa, only Itsukushima." You and said again.
"What?" When Ding Ruchang heard this, he immediately stood up and walked to the chart.
Liu Buyun and Li He's mother handed over, I don't know why the military gate looks like this, they also followed and came to the chart.
From Lushun to Weihai's generation, going north is the open sea. Now the main force of the Japanese army is in Weihai for a generation. Walking towards the coastline, that was the range of the Qing army. β
"What the hell happened in Lushun?" Ding Ruchang's brows tightened. Three ships went, and one ship returned. What does this mean. Ding Ruchang kept thinking.
Liu Buchan's general Ding Ruchang kept staring at the chart and asked, "Junmen, what's wrong with you?" β
Ding Ruchang returned to his hometown and told him what happened a few days ago. These words made the two of them also start to ponder.
"There are only two explanations for this situation now, one, Naniwa Hashidate and Itsukushima captured Lushun. Itsukushima was wounded and returned to the home fleet, while Naniwa and Hashidate were carrying out a clearance in Lushun, while the second type. "Liu Buyun didn't say it. Everybody understands what it means. Naniwa and Hashidate were sunk by the Nushun defenders. Fled back to Lushun.
However, it was easier for the three of them to believe in the idea of the first middle school, the navy did not kill a single Japanese warship in the battle of Wu Hour, and they did not believe that they could rely on the number of soldiers in the fort. Will sink two Japanese capital ships. That's a joke.
Li He thought for a while, and said suspiciously: "The general's inference is not wrong, but it is humble. "Li He said that he wanted to talk and stop his desires here.
"Li Shoubei, but it doesn't hurt to say." Liu Buyun asked indifferently.
Li He nodded: "If Lushun falls, then it should be the warships that have not found losses that have come to report the news, but today's Itsukushima has obviously been hit." And the speed has also dropped a lot, the speed of the wave is fast, why not let the speed of the wave. β
"You mean, Naniwa and Hashitachi have been sunk by the Arthur Battery." Ding Ruchang said directly.
This idea is also too terrifying, if this is the case, then the defenders of Lushun should be the example of the whole army, not to mention, and the sailors have eliminated two great enemies.
However, it is useless to make any assumptions now, and the most important thing at the moment is to find out what happened to Lushun and whether it has been lost.
In any case, Ding Ruchang decided to notify Tianjin of this situation immediately, and let Li Zhongtang find out what happened in Lushun.