Li Sheng'an, the governor of the Special Administrative Region, personally rushed to Tanggu to take up the town, and his arrival also made the tension between Tanggu and North China a little heavier. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Mr. Governor." The mayor of Tanggu and the commander of the North China Military Division came to greet Li Sheng'an.

Li Shengan didn't say much to the heads, and went directly to the conference room of the city hall with everyone to talk. Li Sheng'an, the governor of the United Special Administrative Region, is no better than his predecessor Bai Nan, at that time, Bai Nan created the United Special Economic Zone, and there was also a large number of layouts, plus Zhao Daling, the president, authorized Bai Nan, and did not interfere much, so Bai Nan was unparalleled in power when he was the governor of the United Special Administrative Region. However, after Paik Nam returned to Los Angeles, it was impossible for the subsequent governor to have such power. Li Sheng'an was more in the administrative work, and in terms of military affairs, the Ministry of Defense had completely taken back the command of the Tang Army stationed in the Qing Dynasty. In fact, the only armed forces that the United SAR Government can mobilize are the police force.

Therefore, Li Sheng'an came to Tanggu not to command the Tang Army stationed in the Qing Dynasty, but more to coordinate civil affairs. And the more critical point is that the owner of Tongguang Pavilion has already felt that the time is almost ripe, and a large net is being opened.

Yu Xiangbei, commander of the military division, introduced the situation and said: "We have basically figured out the situation of the Boxer Rebellion in North China, and the entire North China fist rebellion is concentrated in the two provinces of Zhili and Shandong, and there are also some parts in Shanxi and Henan, but the scale is relatively limited. The main challenge this time was that the Qing court deliberately connived at the Boxer Rebellion, not only did not send troops to quell the rebellion, but even some people even provided weapons and supplies to the bandits in disguise. In Zhili and Lubei, we initially estimated that about 300,000 boxers from the Boxer Rebellion participated, and these people were not all boxers with combat effectiveness, and many of them were just people who followed the trouble. The trouble is that they are very scattered and have a certain degree of organization, they do not engage in frontal combat with us, and they already have a bit of guerrilla warfare, mainly attacking our troops or attacking our relatively weak points. ”

Li Sheng'an nodded, he had also known a little about this situation before, and he asked: "What I am most concerned about now is what the real people in North China are, whether these boxers are coerced by the broad local public opinion, and what is the local people's perception and support for us." I don't want to listen to good words and clichés, I need a frank answer. ”

The mayor of Tanggu replied: "We can't investigate with great confidence in this regard, but in the previous settlement of the riots in Tianjin, the local citizens gave us a high level of trust, and now we are more cooperative with the local people in all the work we are carrying out in Tianjin." ”

Li Sheng'an said: "I'm afraid that the situation in urban areas and rural areas is still a little different." Those boxers are actually very difficult to identify, if they advance, they will be the bandits, and if they retreat, they will be the people, once they are hidden in the village, they usually do not show any problems, and only act when they are directed at us, which is what we are most afraid of. ”

Yu Xiangbei said: "This situation is not there for the time being, we are still brewing a blow to the boxers, the Boxers are still at the peak of their momentum, and they have not had any impact because of the defeat in Tianjin." ”

"Because the boxers probably don't have any special plans for the chaos in Tianjin."

Yu Xiangbei said: "At this time, the boxers are gathering on a large scale, and the destination is Jingshi. Their goal seems to be something similar to the oath meeting, there are many versions of various rumors, we can't be sure which one is true, but all of them are very unreliable, such as inviting heavenly soldiers and generals to descend to earth or something. ”

Li Shengan said: "The order of the Ministry of National Defense has been issued to your military sub-district for two days, and the speed of the military sub-division's deliberation is a little too slow. We have a large number of expatriates in Beijing, as well as a large number of pro-Tang people, and once the boxers enter Jingshi and block Dongjiaomin Lane, our expatriates and embassy personnel will be in danger. ”

Yu Xiangbei's personality is indeed very cautious, but he still explains: "We have a large number of troops stationed in the Gyeonggi area, and the control is very strong. The security of Dongjiaomin Lane is indeed a major issue for us, but if a situation does arise, we can guarantee that the receiving force can be completed within six hours, and we also have Army and Marine Aviation units that can monitor and support the situation in the city. ”

Li Sheng'an was still somewhat dissatisfied with the slowness to the north, but after all, he was an administrator rather than a soldier, and he could not interfere in military affairs, but Li Sheng'an still planned to contact the mainland immediately after that and propose a better way to protect the interests of the Tang Dynasty in Beijing and the surrounding areas, that is, to take more intense and rapid military action.

Of course, the embassy area of Dongjiaomin Lane also strengthened the defense of the entire area at the beginning of the fist rebellion. Garrisoning Dongjiaomin Lane is a battalion of the Marine Corps, and it is also all the garrisons of the Tang Army in Beijing, which has always been a thorn in the side of the Qing court and Jiaqing. This is also the most concentrated area of Tang expatriates in Beijing, and after the fist rebellion, the Tang embassy and consulates issued notices and warnings, asking the expatriates to gather in Dongjiaomin Lane. The defenders of the Marine Corps set up barbed wire and machine-gun fortifications near Dongjiaomin Lane to prevent accidents.

On the day Ma Hongjun arrived in Beijing, the "Boxers" really launched an attack on Dongjiaomin Lane.

The reason for this quotation mark is that this group of boxers is not actually boxers.

In the fierce exchange of fire outside Dongjiaomin Lane, the Marines relied on their meticulous defensive lines to block the attack of the enemy who was several times their size on the embassy area.

", this kind of firepower, how can it be that group of boxers of the Boxers, this is clearly Jiaqing's Praetorian Guard!" The battalion commander, who led the heroic resistance of the Marine Corps soldiers, couldn't help but explode into foul language.

The enemy on the opposite side waved the banner of the Boxers "Walk for the heavens and help clear the ocean", and all the people were also wearing civilian clothes, at most they were wrapped in a headscarf as a unified sign. However, judging from their combat style and the weapons in their hands, this force must be Jiaqing's Praetorian Guards and not some Boxers. It is impossible for the Boxers to be armed with machine guns and mortars, and even if they do, they will not necessarily be used.

Ambassador Zhu Yongfang still behaved relatively calmly, "This is a robbery while the fire is burning, destroy us, and you can also push it to the boxers, and you will be clean, and now this Qing court is much darker than before." ”

The rough Marine battalion commander snorted and said, "There's a fart, sooner or later, we won't be able to find the north." ”

Zhu Yongfang did not doubt this, and encouraged the battalion commander: "Please also ask you and your comrades to guard Dongjiaomin Lane well and hold out until our reinforcements arrive." (To be continued.) )