Anxiously waiting, Liu Jun's second batch of Beiyang Naval Division's escort rescue officers and soldiers' Qiaoli, Bu Chan and Shichang finally creaked, slowly left Lushun Military Port in a trembling voice, and began to slowly sail towards Laizhou Bend, Dongying, Shandong, at the mouth of the Yellow River.

Originally, the mouth of the Yellow River was not here, and in 1885, the Yellow River also burst its banks. In order to facilitate the discharge, the governor of Shandong at that time ordered the Yellow River estuary to be diverted, so that it would not zigzag back and forth, but go straight from Dongying to Laizhou Bend.

Liu Jun does not go to Jinan, he is very aware of the current situation of the Yellow River, the Yellow River from Jinan, almost all rely on the embankment to block the flooding of the Yellow River, the current situation, although the embankment has not yet appeared a problem, but, at this time, immediately strengthen and raise the embankment, is the best policy.

Woooooooo Woooooooo As soon as the fleet left the port of Arthur, it immediately lined up in a straight line and sailed towards the Bohai Sea with increased horsepower.

The captain's room, which was originally Li He's room, has now become Liu Jun's location.

Instead of the rumbling sound of the warship parked, Liu Jun immediately opened the map and looked straight up at the mouth of the Yellow River.

As early as the afternoon, the Pingyuan and Guangbing had already set off, and Liu Jun's order to them was not to stay after entering the Yellow River, to drive as far as they could, and then unload the army, strengthen the embankment, and the rest of the warships immediately transported the people to the warships, and then brought them to a safe place.

With a snap, Liu Jun put down the map. He went to Li He to discuss a matter.

The upper reaches of the Yellow River in Binzhou have not been affected much, and even so, the embankments on both sides have risen several meters.

The people living on the edge of the Yellow River around Binzhou have felt the coming of death, but even if they do, there is nothing they can do. It's very simple, if you want to escape, you have to have boats, there were a few boats at the mouth of the river, but these boats have already been chartered by the rich and noble, and the rest are poor people, where there is money to pay, you can only watch the disaster of the embankment rise, or a village of people come to the embankment and raise it in vain.

"Grandpa, this water is up a lot more than yesterday." A young man in patched clothes, about five or six years old, with a shovel in his hand, covered in mud and water, pointed to a bamboo pole that had been inserted in the murky river water yesterday, and asked an old man with white hair.

This old man is seventy years old this year, and he is the village and patriarch of this Chenjia Village, and the one who is many years old is his grandson, who once beat the Japanese, but was later injured and came back.

This is Chenjia Village, there are hundreds of families in the village, this village is farming for a living, knowing what will happen after such continuous heavy rain, so everyone under the leadership of the patriarch, spontaneously came to the embankment to reinforce.

The old man took a look, indeed, yesterday, there were five bamboo poles exposed to the water, and today, only four are done.

Hey, with a sigh, Chen Qi waved his hand: "Tell everyone to hurry up, be sure to strengthen it before the flood comes, and then evacuate to the mountain."

"Okay." Before the man with the shovel had finished his words, he heard a whining sound from the river in the distance.

It was a strange sound, something he had never heard before.

The loud whining sound continued, and this sound not only made Chen Qi stretch his neck, but even the people around him who were filling the burlap bag with mud and sand put down their work and looked into the distance in surprise.

In the distance, a few small black dots were emitting something like black smoke, heading towards the upper reaches of the Yellow River.

Getting closer and closer, Chen Qi saw that it was actually a ship, a big iron ship.

"What's that?" Chen Qi had never seen these things before, and he turned his head to look at his grandson beside him. I saw that the grandson of the finger actually knelt on the ground all of a sudden.

What's wrong with this kid? Chen Qi was suddenly puzzled.

"Beiyang Sailor, Beiyang Sailor is here." The grandson, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly burst into tears.

He knew that it was the Beiyang Sailors who came to help everyone.

"Grandpa, we're saved." After Sun Tzu finished speaking, he immediately threw down the shovel in his hand, began to struggle to soak up the embankment, and beckoned to the marching warship.

It was the Pingyuan and Guangbing that came, and there were already five torpedo boats. These warships were ordered to send the troops of a division to the upper reaches as much as possible, and after careful consideration, the captain of the Discipline Inspection Commission finally decided to go to Liaocheng and go to the front, then it was really stranded.

"How long can we go?" In the captain's room, Lin Tai, as the temporary first commander, took a look at the turbid floods on both sides and asked lightly.

"Commander, you can't get to the front, the warship can only march here." A Navy soldier reported after looking at the depth of water in the Binzhou area.

"Dock, let the 1st Division disembark, the torpedo boat continues to move forward, be sure to rescue the trapped civilians around, and then send them here. After Lin Tai finished speaking, he stood up and began to walk out of the bridge.

Woooooooo The whistle of the Pingyuan sounded again, this was an order to dock, but due to the large tonnage of the warship, it could only be about three meters close to the shore, and these three meters were about half a person deep.

Fortunately, the pedal of Pingyuan is still very long, and at a distance of about three meters, the pedal can be put on.

As soon as the sailors put down their pedals, the Praetorian Guards, who had already assembled on the deck, disembarked in an orderly manner, and then, under the leadership of the commanders, began to assemble on the shore......

In Laizhou Bay, Dongying, the Fulong torpedo boat was slowly lowering from the Zhenyuan. On the other side, the No. 1 torpedo boat on the left had already lit its boiler and was billowed with smoke coming out of the chimney.

On the deck of the Hashidate, Liu Jun took a look at the surrounding sea water, it was turbid, and there was a clear feeling, and he knew that it was caused by the mud and sand washed down from the upstream.

"Dashuai, are you really going upstream?" Li He looked at Liu Jun who was putting on his cloak with a worried expression.

Of course, I'm not going to let the soldiers think what they think. After Liu Jun finished speaking, he didn't talk, but accompanied by Zhong Lin, he took over the spiral ladder and walked to the deck.

On the way to Laizhou Bend, Liu Jun found Li He, and asked Li He to return to Yingkou immediately after the Panasonic Praetorian Guard, transport the Fifth Corps there to Weihai, and then rush to the most critical place of the entire embankment by land, and do his best to increase and consolidate the embankment there, and he will be accompanied by torpedo boats, inspect to see if the Qing army has arrived, and then return to the most important Binzhou area, together with the Fifth Corps and the Binzhou Qing Army, to fight the flood.

Seeing Liu Jun's resolute back, Li He couldn't say anything, so he could only watch Liu Jun get into the boat, and then row towards the Fulong torpedo boat.

Originally, Liu Jun wanted to promote Cai Tinggan to the captain of a large warship, but he didn't expect that Cai Tinggan would say that he would not go anywhere, saying that he had feelings for torpedo boats, and Liu Jun was helpless, so he could only let him take charge of all the torpedo boats of the navy. And the same rank as the captain, lieutenant colonel.

As soon as Cai Tinggan saw Liu Jun coming, he immediately asked the soldiers to put down the rope, and after catching Liu Jun, Zhong Lin and the bodyguard Huo Yuanjia, Cai Tinggan, who was in a white military uniform, suddenly stepped forward and saluted, and began to ask where to go.

Cai Tinggan is serious and doesn't like to joke, Liu Jun knows that for this kind of person, the topic that can best draw in the distance is less nonsense. Speak directly to the answer.

"Go to Jiyang." After Liu Jun finished speaking, he turned to look at Zhong Lin, and then strode into the torpedo boat.

On the deck, Zhong Lin, Cai Tinggan, Huo Yuanjia and a few officers and men of the torpedo boat were suddenly left. "Lao Cai, raise this thing to the mast." After seeing Liu Jun enter, Zhong Lin took out a stack of stacked yellow cloth from his handbag and handed it to Cai Tinggan.

"What is this?" Cai Tinggan's eyes widened, you know, the Yellow Dragon Flag has been hung on the mast, what is this yellow thing.

Zhong Lin saw Cai Tinggan's doubts, and Huo Yuanjia nodded, and the two of them lifted the yellow cloth at once. There was nothing at the beginning, and there was no dragon, but there were only a few words on it, Cai Tinggan looked at it and was immediately full of excitement.

On it was Liu Jun's handwriting, scribbled but still able to read what was written.

The Great Commander is with you.