Falkenhayn was promoted to major and continued to return to Qingdao to serve, and is currently the chief of staff of the Qingdao garrison, only under the governor in Qingdao, but the governor's command of the army is only nominal, and it is impossible to personally lead the troops, so the daily affairs of the entire Qingdao garrison are done by Falkenhayne. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Huayong Company was handed over to Captain Werner, but now Yang Chao has made a horizontal move, and it seems that he has made achievements, which makes Captain Werner feel pressured.

The soldiers who returned to the camp slowly adapted to the life of the army again, and the military skills they had mastered were not lost, and in less than a month they caught up with the level of other soldiers.

Soon, however, the amount of military training suddenly increased, and under the leadership of German officers at all levels, in addition to daily training, they had to conduct live-fire training almost every day, conduct tactical exercises once every three days, arrange a machine-gun position, and fight small charges, infantry against cavalry, infantry against infantry, cavalry against cavalry, and so on.

The reason was the Boxer Rebellion.

The situation in the north is very chaotic, although the Boxers in Shandong were suppressed by Yuan Shikai with iron blood, but the Boxers in Shandong who were beaten away, went north to Beijing and Tianjin, the Empress Dowager Cixi was persuaded by the ministers who hated the foreigners, and the foreigners wanted to support Guangxu against her rumors, and the foreigners were very angry with the foreigners, in January, the edict to maintain the Boxers was issued, and the government of the Zhili region began to support the Boxers, and the Boxers in this area were like wildfires in the grassland after the autumn, and soon burned violently.

So Beizhili set up altars everywhere to invite gods, burned churches, killed foreigners, killed Qing troops, and destroyed railways and telephone poles everywhere, the north was almost out of control, and even the yamen of the Qing government was occupied by the Boxers. After the Zhuozhou Mansion was occupied by 30,000 boxers, Cixi sent the Minister of Military Aircraft to assist in organizing the university scholar Gangyi and the Shuntian Mansion Yin Zhao Shuqiao to investigate in Zhuozhou.

After returning to Beijing, the resolute hatred of foreigners, foreign affairs, and foreign things deliberately reported to Cixi that "the boxers are loyal and the magic can be used". The conservative magnates who had always stood on the opposite side of the Westernization faction represented by Li Hongzhang, such as Prince Zaixun of Chaozhongzhuang, King Zaiyi of Duanjun, and Gongzailan of Fuguo, also unanimously advocated supporting the Boxers and waging war against the foreigners.

The situation in the West made Westerners feel out of control, and fearing that the Boxers would eventually attack the embassy district, the British minister Dou Nale acted first.

On 28 May, Dou Nale asked for reinforcements from 17 foreign warships anchored near Dagu, 337 foreign sailors and marines landed on 31 May and arrived in Beijing by train that night to defend the embassy district, and 89 German and Austrian marines arrived in Beijing on 3 June.

The actions of the foreigners made Cixi also feel threatened, he was afraid that the foreigners would enter Beijing again, and support Guangxu by force, and Cixi, who was afraid of losing power, also made-for-tat measures, and on June 9, Cixi transferred Dong Fuxiang's military guard army into the city. On June 10, Wang Zaiyi, who had a close relationship with the Boxers, was appointed as the prime minister and minister of national affairs.

At the same time, foreign embassies in Beijing were cut off from external communications.

On June 11, Sugiyama Bin, secretary of the Japanese embassy in China, was killed by the Qing soldiers who had just been transferred to Beijing, and was disemboweled, and the consulates of various countries in Tianjin organized a coalition of 2,000 troops, led by British naval commander Seymour, to reinforce the 11 legations in Beijing by train.

Because the railway was destroyed by the boxers, Seymour was blocked in the Yangcun and Langfang areas outside Tianjin, and failed to fight with the Qing soldiers and the Boxers, which was a great victory for Langfang.

On June 13, the Boxers entered the inner city and burned down 11 churches on the same day, including Yasli Church in Xiaoshun Hutong, London Church in Shuangqigan (outside the west exit of today's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Street), East Catholic Church in Bamiangou (Wangfujing), Congregational Church in Dengshikou, American Gospel Church in Dongsi or Wutiao West Exit, Ertiao Presbyterian Church in Jiaodaokou, Elder Church in Xiya'er Hutong in Gulou, West Catholic West Church in Xizhimen, Christian Church in Xisi Mutton Hutong, Anligan Church in Shijumaqiao, and South Catholic Church in Xuanwumen.

3,200 Catholics fled into the North Catholic Church, which was protected by a small number of French soldiers, and more than 2,000 Christians fled into the embassy district on Dongjiaomin Lane. Boxers set fire to churches and everything related to the West in Beijing.

On 15 June, the Military Aircraft Department issued an edict ordering Li Hongzhang, who was the governor of Liangguang, and Yuan Shikai, governor of Shandong, to enter Beijing as soon as possible, but the two never left.

The city of Beijing was ruled step by step by the ignorant power of Zaiyi and other conservative forces in collusion and blind anti-foreignism, while the Westernists, who represented the enlightened faction, remained silent and did not intervene in this incident in any way.

This is how Beijing has deteriorated step by step.

The news continues to come back to Qingdao, and there are any comments and comments, but the Germans generally think that it has little to do with them, and many people tend to be cold and watch, only focusing on their own one-third of an acre of land in Shandong, and it is important to carefully manage Qingdao.

Therefore, except for a small number of marines sent by Germany in Tianjin, the garrison in Qingdao did not move, and had no intention of acting.

On June 20, the German Minister to China, Klinder, on behalf of other countries, went to the Qing Prime Minister's Yamen to ask for protection, but was ambushed and killed by the Qing soldiers on the way.

As a result, the situation in Qingdao suddenly became tense, and the officers all had eager expressions on their faces, believing that Germany was going to war with China.

What is surprising is that the Germans did not declare war on the Qing government first, but the old lady Cixi took the lead in declaring war on Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Austria at the same time.

This is a feat that makes the indignant youth excited, but Yang Chao feels that it is a hysterical old lady's temper.

Even fools can see that it is impossible for Tamar to win this battle, unless the Qing army is incarnated as a volunteer army, how can it be a pity for the World Alliance? Obviously, the old lady Cixi decided that the foreigners wanted to abolish her and support Guangxu, and instead of being ousted by the foreigners, she would rather drag China to die together.

The old lady obviously wants to die again!

"Empress Dowager Cixi Lafayette declares war on the Eleven Kingdoms! The British and French ministers said that it would only take seven days to conquer the city of Beijing! ”

In the barracks, Yang Chao was holding a German newspaper printed from Tianjin, reading it to the soldiers in the barracks, and these soldiers listened very carefully, with various expressions on their faces, which were extremely complicated.

Many people must be muttering in their hearts, I am at war with foreigners again in the Qing Dynasty, so what are these people who serve as soldiers for foreigners? When serving as a soldier for a foreigner, there must be some kind of identity confusion in the soldier's heart.

They had no one to talk to, no one to know what they were thinking, and even they themselves were confused.

"Brothers, the Qing Dynasty is at war with foreigners again! Maybe we will also be sent to Beijing to fight! ”

Yang Chao put away the newspaper and said to the soldiers of Huayong Company, but no one responded.

Yang Chao would read the newspaper to these soldiers every day, and after training every day, after eating, before going to bed, Yang Chao would bring them soup, take advantage of the time when they drank soup, and then read the newspaper to them, so as to increase their knowledge.

Although it is still a trivial matter, the soldiers have more respect for Yang Chao, because they know that a big man like Yang Chao is treating them with his heart, and this small touch, compared with the Germans' indifference to them, makes it easy for them to distinguish who is really good to them in this military camp.

It's just that in the past, these people were very enthusiastic about reading the newspaper, and they didn't forget to discuss it for a long time after listening to the news, but today they are all silent.

"Mr. Yang, will the foreigners let us go to Beijing to fight the imperial court?"

For a long time, the black bull suddenly spoke in silence, but there was also a kind of confusion in his voice.

Yang Chao shook his head, didn't answer, and waved his hand: "That's all for today, everyone disperse, go back to sleep!" ”