"No, when the Japanese burned the village, my father, me, and the villagers all hid in the mountains. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Dad has always been thinking about Lord Lin, and told the villagers that Lord Lin will come to fight the Japanese and save us. Deng Tianbao said, "Dad asked me to come, there is an important matter, and I want to hand it over to Lord Lin." ”

Lin Yizhe heard that it was Deng Fuhe who had something important to hand over to him, and his face was surprised.

Hearing Deng Tianbao's words, the officer's cafeteria instantly became quiet, and all ship pipes focused their eyes on Deng Tianbao.

Deng Tianbao carefully took out a small bag wrapped in brown homespun cloth from his arms and presented it to Lin Yizhe with both hands.

Lin Yizhe seemed to feel something, and he didn't even reach out to pick it up for a while.

After a long while, Lin Yizhe slowly stretched out his hand, and Pei Jinquan, Deng Shichang and others all noticed that Lin Yizhe's hands were trembling, and they were all surprised.

They have all followed Lin Yizhe for a long time, and in their impression, Lin Yizhe has always been calm and calm in front of Mount Tai, and he has never been like today.

Lin Yizhe gently took the brown bag, as if this bag weighed a thousand pounds, and after Lin Yizhe took the bag, he looked like he was about to stand unsteadily.

Lin Yizhe gasped, came to his chair and sat down, and gently placed the small bag on the table. The eyes of each ship's pipe belt also followed his movements, focusing on the small bag.

Lin Yizhe carefully opened the small bag, and what greeted everyone's eyes were two broken and somewhat twisted pieces of silver.

Seeing these two broken pieces of silver, Lin Yizhe was shaken violently, and tears seemed to be pouring out of his eyes.

The pipe belts of each ship didn't see what the two silver pieces were for, only that they seemed to be in the shape of a fish, until Lin Yizhe picked them up and gently butted them together at the fracture, and everyone could see that this was a fish-shaped silver bracelet worn by a woman.

"Tempo...... This is...... Where did you find it? ......" Lin Yizhe's voice was weak and hoarse, revealing indescribable grief.

"On the cliff, that's where the cannon collapsed." Deng Tianbao replied, he also sensed Lin Yizhe's sadness, and panicked in his heart, but he didn't know why.

Listening to his answer, the faces of the ship's management bands changed in unison.

They all know that the place Deng Tianbao said is the place where Eya jumped off the cliff.

"Thank you...... Tempo ...... And Deng Lao ......" Lin Yizhe took a deep breath, rewrapped the two broken bracelets, and put them into his sleeves.

"My lord, I want to be a sailor!" Deng Tianbao said loudly, "Daddy is also willing to ask me to follow Master Lin!" ”

"Okay......" Lin Yizhe nodded, and still said to Zhou Ruitai, the commander of the foreign spear team, in a slightly hoarse voice, "Tianbao will be handed over to you, old Zhou ......"

"Don't worry, sir!" Zhou Ruitai clenched his fists and replied loudly.

"That's all for now...... Let's go back and get ready, let's act according to the plan......" Lin Yizhe seemed to feel unusually tired, "I'm tired, let's go rest for a while." ”

Lin Yizhe got up as he spoke, and without waiting for everyone to answer, he walked towards the door, his steps were extremely heavy.

Seeing Lin Yizhe's figure disappear, the ship's pipe belts also left one after another.

It was also the first time that several French naval officers such as Riyige saw Lin Yizhe like this, and they sighed endlessly.

"That's ...... Her only relic......" Sgongsaige asked in a low voice as he walked as he turned his head to look at Riyige.

"Yes." Riyige's face also showed a sad color. His relationship with Lin Yizhe is extraordinary, he often goes in and out of the Lin Mansion, and has seen Eya many times, and he is very familiar with this undetachable ornament on Eya's wrist.

"Damn the Japanese! They should all go to hell! The hot-tempered Sgongseg shook his fist and cursed viciously. He had also seen Aya, and when he first learned the news of Aya's tragic death, he was very surprised and angry, and he could not imagine that the Japanese would force such a beautiful and lovely woman to end her life in such a heroic way.

"Didn't we already send them to hell?" Another French officer, Alotao, shook his bandaged arm and said with a smile, "We all took part in the battle without the permission of the Admiralty. ”

As one of the training advisers of the three Beiyang ships, An Le Tao participated in the attack on the Japanese fleet together with the Chinese sailors on the "Henghai" ship, and also hung up a prize in the battle. But the sense of accomplishment that comes from witnessing the achievements of the sailors he trains has long since offset the pain.

"So what?" After listening to An Letao's words, Sigong Saige said disapprerovingly, "It is the Japanese who are invading China, and we are employed by the Chinese Navy, so we should do our duty!" Besides, China and Japan did not declare war, they were not at war, and we did not need to get approval from the Admiralty. So let's do our job well! ”

The three French officers walked out of the cabin and came to the deck, where An Le Tao and Sgongsegg were about to return to the "Henghai" and "Kangji" ships, but Riyige did not disembark with them, he was worried about Lin Yizhe, so he walked straight to Lin Yizhe's cabin on the "Fujing".

When he arrived at the cabin, Riyige noticed that the faces of the two guards at the door were full of panic.

The two Chinese sailors recognized Riyige, raised their hands to salute him, and said, "Mr. Riyige...... Are you looking for an adult? ”

"Oh...... It's nothing, I'm just worried about the ...... adults" Riyige couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard what seemed to be a low cry faintly coming from the cabin.

"My lord commanded, I want to be quiet for a while, and no one will disturb me. Look at ......," said one of the sailors, with some embarrassment.

"It doesn't matter, I don't have anything to do, in that case, I'll come back at another time." Riyige said, said goodbye to the two sailors, and left the cabin.

"Alas, poor Lin!" Riyige sighed sadly and shook his head.

In the cabin, Lin Yizhe sat at the table, clutching the fragments of two silver bracelets, and let himself burst into tears.

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"Li Wenzhong's Public Collection? Transcripts? Sending a team to defend the Taiwan Fold":

"In order to comply with the order, we will send a foreign gun team to sail to Taiwan for defense, and please transfer the Shaanxi Ming Army to the east to prepare for the north and south of Haikou to respond, and respectfully fold the secret Chen Yang to pray for the holy deeds."

"The thieves sent an edict to the Minister of Beiyang to transfer 3,000 foreign guns and the Minister of Nanyang to transfer 2,000 people, all of whom went to Taiwan by steamship. The county's existing soldiers were not very effective, and Li Hongzhang and Li Zongxi should be quickly dispatched to make them go to wait for reasons. Chin this. Looking up to the emperor, he was cautious and fixed the sea frontier, the whole army was far away, and the saints were widely transported, and his admiration was inexplicable. ”

"The investigation of Japan's formation of troops and the burning and plundering of Peony and other societies is really a clear violation of the peace treaty and a vain provocation. Min Fu Lin Yizhe led the ship administration warship to Langqiao in person, supervised Tang Dingkui's troops to stop it, and annihilated a total of more than 2,000 Japanese marines and more than 500 sailors, destroyed five of its warships, and killed seven of its chiefs. And the casualties of our land and water army were more than 3,000 people. The Japanese people are fierce, it can be seen that they are general, and it is difficult to do anything if they are not the second to be killed by the army. The remnants of the current Japanese army are led by Lieutenant General Saigo Congmichi, and they avoid stubborn resistance in the interior. Taiwan's naval and land armaments cannot but be used to gather its momentum and preemptively attack tricks. However, Shen Baozhen's original recital was borrowed by Beiyang to borrow 3,000 foreign guns and 2,000 Nanyang. Zha Zhili Dazhi Defense Army is building a new city and adding forts within the Dagu Haikou, and the work has not yet been completed. It is necessary to keep the urgency and urgency, and it is difficult to distinguish between them. There are not many Nanyang Gun Corps, which are stationed in Jinling, Suzhou, Yang, Shanghai and other places, and the defense is critical, and it is difficult to allocate discretion. And if the troops are gathered, they will be vigorous, and if they are sporadically drawn in two places, the soldiers will not be accustomed to each other, and they will be afraid of being delayed by the enemy. The ministers approved Shen Baozhen's letter to consult the current situation in Taiwan, and first went back and forth with Li Zongxi, the governor of Liangjiang, and Zhang Shusheng, the minister of Jiangsu. It was found that there were battalions such as Shengren of Zhou Shengchuan, the general soldier of Youjiang Town, Guangxi, who had followed the ministers to suppress and twist, and transferred to several provinces, which was extremely effective. Zhou Sheng said that he was honest and honest, and he was served by soldiers. The minister will prepare for the requisition and transfer of this army, and reply to Shen Baozhen and the prime minister's yamen to check the photo. The minister's performance this time has not yet received the previous letter. Now that Taiwan needs troops to fortify, it should still be slow down and urgent, and make every effort to take into account the overall situation. It is planned to immediately fly Zhou Shengtong and lead the 19 battalions of the infantry team, totaling 9,500 people, to sail to Taiwan in batches from Dagukou to wait for Lin Yizhe's dispatch. The army has been trained in Western guns and artillery for many years, and its steps are neat, skilled, and the soldiers are united, and they can still be helped. The army's horse corps has three battalions and one outpost, and is still temporarily staying in the patrol area. On the one hand, the minister asked Li Zongxi and others to transfer the steamship of the Shanghai Bureau and hire the China Merchants steamship to sail to Dagu and load it on Nandu. He ordered the Taoist Sheng Xuanhuai to take care of him, and asked Shen Baozhen to send a steamer from Fujian Factory into the river to pick him up, so that he could do it quickly. After supervising the monthly salary, military uniforms, sub-medicines and other items required by the army, the Road and Taiwan Bureau raised a steady stream of funds, so that there would be no slight shortage. ”

"In addition, Qin Feng's secret edict of 30 May: After hearing the words of the Fa envoy, there are Japanese ships going to sea in Nagasaki, which seems to be increasing troops to the platform, and it is suspected that it has the intention of fleeing northward, and China must not be unguarded. There are many coastal ports in various provinces, and it is urgent to fortify them in one way and liaise with each other in order to be prepared. The ministers and others coordinate the overall situation, and carefully discuss the arrangements and other reasons. Stealing Japan's use of Fan to expand its territory and brazenly go out is probably the beginning of the chaos between China and foreign countries. Regardless of the weak defense of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Jianghai, that is, there are more than 2,000 miles of ports in Beiyang, and there are many emptiness. If you recruit a new army, you really can't afford it. The only way to do this is to add a strong team that has been trained for a long time, and to establish a moderate place behind the road to support it. Chagan Province is now cleared early, and the defense of the Shaanxi border has been loosened, and it is planned to ask Liu Shengzao, the commander of the Shaanxi Fuchen Su Zhi Division, to lead the 22nd Battalion of the Shaanxi Defense Wu Yiming Army, and go to Jining, Shandong and Xuzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, and select the station to be stationed in the north and south of Haikou. It was dispatched by Li Zongxi, a minister. In addition to the direct subordinate should be in charge of coastal defense at any time, all the foreign gun teams were sent to Taiwan to sail to Taiwan defense and asked for the reason of transferring the Shaanxi Ming army. Sincerely. ”

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"There are more than two ships in front of us!"

On the ironclad ship of the "Long Xiang", the lookout soldier suddenly shouted hoarsely.

Shiki Kayama, who was sitting in the command tower and was a little groggy, heard the shouts of the lookouts, and immediately rushed out and came to the flying bridge.

He held up the binoculars and stared at the sea in the distance, and sure enough, he saw a few faint black smokes.

"It's a troop carrier of the Qing people!" Shiki Kayama's voice was full of surprise, "We've finally caught them!" ”

Hearing the commander's excited words, the captain of the "Ryuchamp" Keinori Fukushima was a little unimpressed.

There are more foreign ships in this area, and at such a distance, only a little smoke can be seen from the telescope, how can you know that it is a Chinese troop carrier?

A layman is a layman after all!

However, out of respect and courtesy to the commander, and understanding the urgency of Shikinori Kayama to intercept the enemy, Keinori Fukushima did not say anything, but raised the telescope again and observed carefully.

As the Japanese fleet continued to approach, the figures of the four ships on the sea gradually grew larger, and when Fukushima Keinori saw the dragon flag fluttering on the mast of the ship and the dense Qing soldiers on the deck, his mouth opened wide in surprise.

It seems that the layman Shiki Kayama has really said it!

Indeed, what appeared in front of the Japanese fleet was the four steamships of China Merchants Bureau, "Fubo", "Yongbao", "Chenhang", and "Daya", which carried the first infantry artillery team and the Changfu team of the Zhou Shengchuan Department of the Huai Army, totaling more than 1,200 people, as well as the corresponding guns and guns.

"Quick! Let's rush over! Sink them! Kayama Shiki was so excited that he pulled out his saber, pointed at the Chinese steamer in front of him, and roared loudly.

Keinori Fukushima immediately gave the order to fight, and soon, the "Ryuchamp" raised the combat signal flag and began to accelerate.

The Chinese steamer on the opposite side also apparently spotted the figure of four Japanese ships, Fukushima Keonori saw the Qing soldiers on the deck in confusion, some Qing soldiers hurriedly got into the cabin, several Qing officers cursed and yelled there, as if urging the soldiers to do something, Fukushima Keino could almost see the look of horror on their faces.

After a while, a group of Qing soldiers hurriedly lifted an army cannon onto the deck.

"Stupid Qing people! I'll let you all go to Hades in a moment! Seeing that the Qing army planned to resist with the army's artillery, Shiki Kayama couldn't help but sneer.

In his mind, at this time, he had already begun to imagine the scene of the Qing army being slaughtered by Japanese ships.

But at this very moment, the unexpected happened.

One by one, the four Chinese steamers began to accelerate and rush forward!

With the long whistle, these Chinese steamers all started at full speed and sailed desperately. Seeing that the Chinese steamer wanted to escape, Shiki Kayama ordered loudly: "Send a signal to inform the ships!" Full speed pursuit! Don't let them run! ”

A series of signal flags were raised again, and four Japanese ships were staring at the four Chinese steamers and catching up.

Despite the fastest speed, Shiki Kayama was dismayed to find that the distance between the Japanese and Chinese ships was getting bigger and bigger.

"Bang!" With a dull sound, the large gunboat "Tsukuba", which was the fastest of the Japanese ships and was closest to the Chinese steamer, opened fire, and a cannonball flew towards the Chinese steamer with a whistle and landed on the sea not far from the stern of a Chinese steamer.

Seeing the Japanese ship firing, the Qing soldiers on the Chinese steamer pushed their cannons to the stern of the ship and fired a cannon at the Japanese ship, and like the shell fired by the Japanese ship, this shell also fell into the sea and failed to hit.

"Well played! Let's catch up too! Fire! Shiki Kayama looked at this scene and ordered loudly.

But no one listened to him, and Keinonori Fukushima, who was beside him, did not convey his orders.

"Why don't you open fire?" Shiki Kayama felt his subordinates' disregard for his orders, he turned his head, glared at Keinori Fukushima, and asked again.

"The enemy ships have not yet entered the effective range." Keinori Fukushima scolded "idiot" in his heart, but he patiently explained to him, "And our main guns can't shoot forward like the 'Tsukuba' (the 'Ryuchamp' has 2 165-mm guns and 10 140-mm guns lined up on both sides), and we must chase them to close range before we can shoot with one side fire." ”

"Then hurry up and catch up!" Shiki Kayama's face turned red.

Keinori Fukushima then gave the order to "go full speed", and Shiki Kayama felt the "Ryusho" tremble like a gasping bison under his feet.

Shiki Kayama felt the vibration of the "Ryuchamp", but the speed of the "Ryuchamp" did not seem to get faster, but seemed to slow down!

Because he clearly felt that the distance between the "Longxiang" and the Chinese steamship was gradually increasing!

"Yaga! Why are you running so slowly! Detective! Quisling! Where is the chief engineer? Tell him to get out of here! Shiki Kayama jumped to his feet and scolded.

Shiki Kayama did not know that the "Fubo" class transport ships built by the Chinese themselves could run at a speed of 14 knots at the fastest, and at this time, in the face of the Japanese ships, the four "Fubo" class transport ships all exerted all their strength, and the speed even exceeded 14 knots.

Hearing Shikiri's scolding, the faces of several non-commissioned officers and sailors of the "Longxiang" ship on the flybridge showed anger.

Keinori Fukushima looked at Shiki Kayama, who was like a mad dog, and originally wanted to say a few words for his subordinates, but Shikinori Kayama kept calling someone to find the chief engineer, and he wanted to embarrass this layman commander who didn't know what to do, so he didn't speak.

Soon, Chief Engineer Ryoji Iizuka, who was dressed in gray and black, came to the flybridge, his face was still sticky with soot, and he looked at the officers on the flybridge a little inexplicably, not understanding why he was suddenly called up.

"Yaga! The warship runs so slowly! Do you want to be a detective and let the enemy go? Seeing the chief engineer with a blank face, Shiki Kayama scolded.

"Yaga! You drive the warship fast for me right now! Catch up with the enemy ship! Otherwise! All to court-martial! ”

"Sir! Do you know what the fastest speed of this warship is? When the chief engineer heard Shikiri's question, he was furious and asked unceremoniously.

Shiki Kayama made the chief engineer breathlessly asked, of course he didn't know what the maximum speed of the "Longxiang" was, so although his eyes were wide, he couldn't answer.