Chapter 685: Raid on the Water Master

On the unobstructed battlefield, the unorganized infantry meets the cavalry, and there is only one result, and that is massacre. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

In less than half an hour, thousands of officers and soldiers in the barracks died, surrendered and fled for their lives.

Those officers and soldiers who fled for their lives, those who were lucky, were captured by the three cavalry regiments patrolling the periphery, and those who were unlucky were directly cut down by the three cavalry regiments on the way to escape, and they did not even have a chance to surrender.

When it was completely dark, there was not a single living officer or soldier in sight on the huge battlefield.

Together with artillery and baggage, nearly 8,000 officers and soldiers. Except for less than 2,000 officers and soldiers who were wiped out on the battlefield, the remaining 6,000 were all taken prisoner by the cavalry division. Some trembled all over, some had pale faces, trembling and trembling in a corner of the garrison surrounded by three garrison regiments.

After successfully eating the artillery and baggage of the officers and soldiers, and eliminating the infantry of a co-ordination. The cavalry division directly handed over the battlefield and capture to the three garrison regiments, and then the nearly 4,000 cavalry, who could still continue the battle, rushed over to the main garrison of the official army.

Zaitao didn't know that his artillery and baggage had been wiped out, and neither did the Beiyang Naval Division that stayed at Yingkou Wharf.

Especially the Beiyang Naval Division, relying on the surrounding Liaodong Army has been wiped out, plus the Liaodong Army has sailors, it can't threaten the Naval Division's fleet. More than a dozen warships were all docked at the pier. Nearly 1,000 officers and men of the Naval Division, except for a few who stayed on duty on the ship, all the remaining officers and men of the Naval Division boarded the dock and lived in the barracks left by the original Yingkou Garrison Regiment.

The pipe belts of more than a dozen warships and the commander-in-chief of the entire naval fleet all gathered at the headquarters of the garrison regiment and spent all their days drinking and drinking with the materials captured during the day.

You must know that since the defeat in the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, the imperial court no longer attaches importance to the Beiyang Naval Division.

As a result of not paying attention to it, the annual military expenditure of the Beiyang Naval Division continued to decrease. Not only did there be no money to buy new ships, but even the maintenance costs of the original ships could not be fully met.

Without funds, these pipe bands and captains would not be able to spend all their time and drink.

Now a large number of materials and equipment that the garrison regiment has not had time to take away from Yingkou at once, and there are tens of thousands of taels of silver alone, which is definitely an unprecedented victory for the Beiyang Naval Division, which has not had a task for several years.

At that time, even if the imperial court does not give them additional officials and knights, the seized silver and various materials alone will be enough for them to give a good welfare to the sailors and soldiers.

Therefore, for this victory, more than 1,000 sailors and soldiers are very satisfied from top to bottom.

All the officers above the command band of the former garrison regiment and the naval division have been in for more than half an hour, and when they hear the constant cheers coming from inside, everyone knows that the banquet that is being held at the headquarters must have reached a climax.

After swallowing their saliva, the officers and men of the sailor division who were in charge of the guard patrol around them also began to look forward to the celebration banquet that was taking place in the barracks. Of course, this celebration banquet was specially aimed at the ordinary officers and soldiers of the naval division and the low-level officers.

"Sir, I heard that everyone at tonight's celebration banquet can get a pound of mutton, a pound of braised pork, and a pound of wine, I don't know if it's true."

The officer of the naval division, whose rank was equivalent to the platoon commander of the new army, showed a serious expression in order to show his identity, but at this time, he was replaced by longing, and he looked forward to answering.

"And that's not all! I heard from the pipe band above that every officer and soldier will be rewarded with five taels of silver tonight. After returning to Tianjin, each officer and soldier was rewarded with ten taels of silver. As for the officers, there were fifty taels for the few, and five hundred taels for the more. As for the commander and a dozen pipe bands, each of them can get a thousand taels of silver! ”

Although the military salary of the water division is higher than that of the army, because of the tension, it is already thankful that it can be paid six achievements per month.

Therefore, the life of the entire Beiyang Naval Division, except for the officers, ordinary officers and low-level officers and low-level officers was very tense.

Now such a windfall suddenly appeared, and no one was unhappy.

Therefore, as soon as the officer finished speaking, a look of eagerness appeared on the faces of the dozen or so soldiers around him, eager to end their duties immediately and run to the celebration banquet to receive the silver.

At this moment, more than a dozen dark shadows were slowly touching them with the help of the night.

Until they were less than five or six meters away, a dozen or so sailor sentries who were chatting still didn't notice anything.

At that moment, a dark figure moved. Like a leopard, pounce directly on the nearest sentinel.

For these officers and soldiers of the sailors, the black shadow did not kill them, after all, they were all Chinese.

The black shadow that pounced on the sentry of the sailor, turned his fist into a palm, and slashed at the back of the officer's head with all his strength.

Before the officers and soldiers who were attacked could react, they fell into the arms of the black shadow with a muffled grunt.

The other people closest to the sentry had just a look of astonishment on their faces, and they didn't have time to shout. The dark shadow lurking next to them followed.

In just two or three seconds, more than a dozen sentries around the headquarters were all attacked and fainted on the ground.

After successfully eliminating these sentries, more than a dozen officers of the Beiyang Naval Division above the pipe band level were captured by dozens of special combat personnel who broke into the door before they could react from the shock.

Maybe it was too happy, a few slightly drunk pipe bands, until the special operators put the dagger around their necks and were not awake.

With these pipes in hand, and the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division were also holding a celebration banquet, most of them were drunk and poured directly on the banquet table. The follow-up special combat members of the special operations detachment entered the barracks with little effort and captured all of them. ”

By the time dawn came, the entire garrison was under the complete control of the special operations detachment.

It turned out that the big plan that Yang Xingguo said to Sun Liechen in Fengtian was to take down more than a dozen ships docked at Yingkou Wharf by the Beiyang Naval Division.

Although these warships are not the most advanced in the world, they still have more than enough to form a small-scale fleet and train the Liaodong Army's own naval talents.

Besides, as the territory occupied by the Liaodong Army is getting bigger and bigger, and there is still a coastline that is not short. If the Liaodong Army did not have a navy, it would not be able to hold this coastline at all by relying only on the army.

Therefore, the development of the navy and the formation of a naval fleet will be done sooner or later by the Liaodong Army.

Now suddenly a fleet appeared at his doorstep, and there were more than a thousand of the most elite naval officers of the Qing Kingdom. If you can take them directly for your own use, then you can count yourself as picking up a naval fleet for nothing. For the future of the Liaodong Army, there are definitely very huge benefits.

It was with this idea in mind that the two brigades of the special operations detachment gathered in Mukden were directly taken back to Liaodong by Yang Xingguo, and took advantage of the night to raid the Beiyang Naval Division's station at Yingkou Wharf, striving to capture all the ships of the Beiyang Naval Division docked at Yingkou Wharf.

Although more than seventy percent of the officers and all the officers of the naval division were taken, Zhang Shanlin, who personally led the troops, did not directly order the troops to attack the ships docked at the dock.

Because most of the special combat personnel under his command can't swim, and they get seasick as soon as they get on the boat.

Therefore, there must be no surprises in the next attack, and it is especially important that a dozen ships cannot be allowed to move. Once these ships are on the surface, it will be difficult for the special forces to take them again. (To be continued.) )