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Chapter 1 Boiling Reverse Heaven

Because of the annihilation of the first wave of the army led by Seymour, the combined forces of the great powers acted much more carefully than in the original history. While stepping up the dispatch of troops, the British minister urgently met with the Japanese minister to discuss the Japanese sending more troops to China.

Originally, Tsarist Russia was a better choice, and the combat effectiveness of the Russian army was obvious to all. Although Tsarist Russia suffered heavy losses in the Crimean War, at that time, because the Russian ** team had the opportunity to single-handedly challenge the rest of Europe, coupled with the more advanced equipment of the British and French armies at that time, this led to an unparalleled defeat for the Russians, with a loss of nearly 500,000 people.

But this also shows how terrible the Tsarist Empire was in another aspect, and this country was able to withstand such losses without collapsing, and it was the only one in the world. And after losing so many troops, Tsarist Russia is still one of the great powers, which also shows how terrible the country's heritage is.

One of Britain's major strategies in Europe was to block Russia's expansion in the Balkans, preferably with Russia, France, and Germany. In the Far East, Britain would never want to see Russia freely enter and exit the Pacific Ocean, otherwise, once the Russian double-headed eagle advances eastward, it is difficult to say that Shifo will appear as a super empire across Europe and Asia, and Germany will immediately turn the sky upside down. This is intolerable to all the decent people of Downing Street.

Therefore, Britain would rather pull Japan to do this than let Russia, which is also Caucasians, be more involved in this matter. The First Sino-Japanese War a few years ago also proved that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army was still very guaranteed against the Shangqing army.

After some urgent discussion, the Japanese decided to change the baton of the boss and leave. Anyway, as long as the troops are dispatched, they will have to tear off a big piece of fat on China's body.

And before more reinforcements arrived, they had to deal with Nie Shicheng's troops near Tianjin, as well as the Boxer mob that was as numerous as a cow's hair.

Upon learning of the agreement between Britain and Japan in private, the Russian minister immediately sent a telegram to St. Petersburg, which was a godsend and might be able to annex the entire Outer Northeast.

The German minister Klinder also sent an urgent telegram to the country, in which he claimed that "by taking this opportunity, we can obtain an excellent port for our country in the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean, which will bring us a great strategic advantage", and Wilhelm II was overjoyed after receiving this telegram, and said to those on the left and right: "Integration is really great news." ”

For German industry and commerce, which had already developed rapidly after the stimulus of victory in the Franco-Prussian War and the basic reunification of Germany, the lack of colonies was becoming more and more painful day by day, and they were anxious to find new colonies throughout the world to satisfy the growing appetite of the business community.

At this moment, the Far East has actually become a hot spot in the world, and in addition to Britain's lack of strength, France's palpitations, and the United States' lack of strength, Germany, Japan, and Tsarist Russia have all coincidentally increased the number of troops sent to China. Of these, the Germans sent almost ten thousand people in one go. Japan revised its original military plan of sending 20,000 men, adding a division and several companies to the original base.

The Russians, on the other hand, did not hesitate to start increasing their troops in the direction of Siberia, because they had been increasing their troops for a long time. At the same time, about 15,000 troops were sent into the customs to fight, and nearly 170,000 terrifying troops were also sent into the three northeastern provinces.

By August, excluding the Russian troops in the three eastern provinces, the total strength of the coalition forces reached 90,000. In this day and age, this is already a pretty big number. And taking into account the logistical supply situation in the Far East, this is basically the limit of the strength that the coalition can maintain.

While the Black Dragon Society was privately bargaining with the allied forces of the Great Powers for Lieutenant General Seymour, the number of the Great Powers continued to grow.

Just when the coalition forces were constantly building up their strength, the invading army entrenched in the Zizhu Forest wantonly provoked and shot several citizens for no reason, which aroused great anger among the residents of Tianjin, and the Tianjin Boxers posted a post, claiming that they would attack the concession. On the evening of the 19th, more than 400 Boxers launched an attack on the invading army and began a heroic battle to attack the Zizhulin Concession. On the 21st, the Dagu Fort was captured by the Eight-Nation Alliance, and thousands of enemy troops drove to Zizhulin by train, but were stopped by the Boxers and the Qing army. In the afternoon of the same day, an invading army in the concession prepared to seize the Tianjin Wubei Academy, and dozens of students engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy, hiding in the school houses and shooting fiercely at the enemy, and finally almost all of them died heroically.

On the 27th, more than 2,000 invading troops invaded the East Machinery Bureau (commonly known as the East Bureau) on the east bank of the Haihe River, nearly 10 kilometers away from the concession, and were repulsed by the Qing Dynasty defenders. On the first day of June, the Eight-Nation Coalition gathered more than 4,000 people to surround the Machine Bureau from three sides. The Qing army and the Boxers were not afraid of danger, using mines and platoon guns to shoot more than 100 enemies, and soon because the powder magazine in the bureau was hit by the enemy and caught fire, the coalition forces took advantage of the situation to break in, and the Qing army was forced to withdraw, and the powder magazine was detonated, leaving not a single shot to the enemy. Beginning in late May, the Boxers near Tianjin rushed to participate in the battle against Zizhulin, among which the Boxers led by Wang Chengde, Zhang Decheng, Han Yili, Pang Wei, and Lin Heier became the main force. On the third day of June, Ma Yukun led the 7th Battalion of the Wuwei Left Army to Tianjin, and soon Nie Shicheng, the governor of Zhili, also led 30,000 troops from Lutai to participate in the battle to defend Tianjin. Yulu, the governor of Zhili, then invited Zhang Decheng and Cao Futian, the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion, to discuss the battle deployment and formulate a "three-sided aggressive plan" to defend Tianjin and attack the Zizhulin concession.

Although he had secretly compromised with the Black Dragon Society, Cao Futian was still a big man on the surface, and when he participated in the battle deployment, he also pulled the four bronze cannons allocated to him by the Black Dragon Society and the corresponding ammunition.

According to the battle plan, Ma Yukun and Cao Futian began to attack the Laolongtou Railway Station in the north of the concession and cut off the northwest main road of the Zizhulin Concession. Nie Shicheng led the Wuwei Front Army to attack from the south of the concession, and successively occupied the racecourse and Balitai area, until it reached the vicinity of Xiaoyingmen on the edge of the concession, posing a great threat to the enemy army in the concession.

On the afternoon of July 5, 1900, Zhang Decheng, the general of the Boxer Rebellion, led the "First Regiment in the World" of several thousand people to enter Majiakou and attack the hinterland of the concession, becoming the main force attacking the Zizhulin concession. The coalition forces panicked and attempted to attack Majiakou on the night of July 6. After Zhang Decheng got the report, he decided to plan the plan, ambushed the enemy who was sneaking up, annihilated most of the enemy, and won the first battle. On the 9th, Zhang Decheng led his troops to launch an attack on the concession, annihilating many enemies, and once again achieved great results. After these two battles, the enemy attacked the Boxers in hand-to-hand combat, and knowing that it was difficult to resist, they planted mines at important street intersections in the concession in a vain attempt to prevent the Boxers from attacking the concession. In order to reduce casualties, Zhang Decheng used Tian Dan's fire ox method to break the enemy during the Warring States period, skillfully set up a fire ox formation, broke the enemy's mine group, and turned the enemy's heavily fortified and layered lair into the depths of the nest. At the same time, Cao Futian also personally led the Boxers of his headquarters to launch a fierce attack on the new pontoon bridge from the old Longtou Railway Station to press the enemy's right defense line; Nie Shicheng's troops crossed the southern suburbs of Balitai, detoured back to the vicinity of Xiaoyingmen, and fired a heavy bombardment at the back of the concession; The heroines of the "Red Lantern Illumination" were all dispatched, running day and night on the front line of the battle, delivering water and food, and rescuing the wounded. The battle to defend Tianjin entered the most ** in the rush of the Boxer Purple Bamboo Forest Battle.

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