vs 13 Do you believe me or not?
The spaceship still can't be contacted, but the Germans ordered the army to go north, Yang Chao thought about it for a while, and also planned to go with him, the eight-nation alliance army entered Beijing, this is a huge disaster, if it can be avoided nature, it is the best, if it can't be avoided Yang Chao is also willing to do something, even if it is minimal, but it is better than doing nothing, Yang Chao feels that if he does not go this time, he will definitely regret it in the future. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
So he directly asked the governor for orders, saying that he would definitely help the Germans in military operations, and the governor weighed it and thought that what Yang Chao said was reasonable, so he allowed Yang Chao to go with him, but he had no way to appoint Yang Chao with him, and he could only go as an adviser.
On June 23, 1900, a group of German soldiers assembled at the Qingdao wharf, which had not been built long ago, and a huge warship was moored at the wharf.
The German Hanseatic armored cruiser is actually not a large warship, with a standard displacement of only more than 5,000 tons, which is not as good as the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan of the Beiyang Fleet captured by the Japanese a few years ago, but for the Qingdao people who have never seen a warship, it is already quite shocking.
At least the soldiers of the Huayong Company of the Third Battalion of the Marine Corps were very shocked, looking at the tall warship, one by one, they forgot for a while that they were going to take this warship to fight against the Qing army.
The German soldiers naturally boarded the ship in an orderly manner, carrying field backpacks and rifles.
These German soldiers were all members of the German Marine Corps, and the German Marines were used to garrison overseas bases, and there were only three battalions of 750 men in Qingdao, plus a Huayong Company of the third battalion of the attached Marine Corps with about 100 men.
Although Yuan Shikai announced that Shandong had joined the southeast mutual insurance organized by Li Hongzhang and others in the south, and declared that Shandong would remain neutral in this war, believing that the Empress Dowager Cixi's declaration of war edict was a false edict and was invalid, the Germans did not dare to guarantee that Yuan Shikai would always be like this.
After all, Yuan Shikai's new army in the six towns is still very reliable in terms of equipment and training, and the Germans who occupied Qingdao have long been clear and clear that this is the most effective army in China.
Therefore, until new reinforcements were sent from home, the Germans were limited in the number of troops they could draw to fight.
Finally, Hua Yong Company was about to board the ship, and they were ranked last to board the ship, and these Hua warriors had long been accustomed to this.
They stepped onto the gangway with a sense of freshness.
They carry field backpacks like German soldiers, with their bedding in them, but their equipment is not exactly the same as that of the Germans, the military uniform is the same khaki yellow uniform, but the hat is with a Chinese-style flat-headed hat, a braid hangs from the head, the belt is also different from the German army, the belt buckle is carved with a circle dragon, the waist hangs a military kettle on one side, and a bayonet on the other, and the weapon is the latest Mauser 98.
To be honest, the equipment of Huayong Company is not lost to the German army at all, and in the design of some equipment, the Germans are also attentive, and it can be seen that the German top level attaches great importance to this army, but it is a pity that the low-level officers below are too arrogant to unite these soldiers.
Woo, two whistles, thick black smoke rose from the chimney of the warship that had already started, and slowly sailed away from the coast of Qingdao.
Seasickness, although Qingdao is on the seashore and most of the soldiers of Huayong Company can swim, there are still people who are seasick.
This made Yang Chao very puzzling, especially when he found that several seasick soldiers were still fishermen, and the kind of small fishing boats that shook violently could adapt to it, but this kind of big boat would be seasick.
Yang Chao believes that eighty percent is psychological.
The Germans asked for hot water, so that the other soldiers could take care of these seasick soldiers to rest, at this time, the deck of the ship, the cabin was crowded with soldiers, of course, there was no place for Hua Yonglian soldiers in the cabin, they could only squeeze on the deck, next to the groups of war horses.
People are seasick, and the horses are not very adaptable, so many horses are losing their temper and neighing loudly.
The neighing of men and horses, coupled with the sound of whistles, the German warships headed north in black smoke.
"Forget it, Mr. Yang, I'm fine!"
A soldier was so seasick that Yang Chao approached the Germans and asked him to be sent to the cabin and given him a bed to rest.
However, the Germans disagreed, and Yang Chao quarreled loudly with the Germans for this, and the shouting attracted a large number of soldiers.
The soldiers lying on the deck in turn persuaded Yang Chao.
Of course, in the end, this soldier did not get a bed, and the Germans could not give him a tight bed, even hundreds of German soldiers were on the deck, how could it be given to Chinese soldiers.
But this move made Yang Chao even more favored by the Chinese warriors.
Yang Chao was indignant: "Mah, German devil!" ”
He looked angry.
Of course, Yang Chao's emotions are not pretended, but it is really abnormal to appear on his face, because in the past, he did not dare to say that Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and his face did not change, but it is only a basic quality to be happy and angry.
In the end, under the onlookers of the German army and the persuasion of hundreds of warriors, Yang Chao was indignantly pulled by the soldiers to sit down and sit next to the seasick soldiers.
"Mr. Yang, will the Germans let us fight the imperial court?"
Black Bull is still struggling with this issue.
Yang Chao snorted coldly: "What else are you going to do?" ”
Hei Niu said sadly: "But if you fight with the court, isn't that a thief, if the court asks for the crime, it will punish the nine clans." ”
These people served as soldiers for the Germans, the purpose was only to serve as soldiers and eat food, and they had no consciousness of working for the Germans at all, so there were constantly soldiers as deserters, that is to say, the German army did not have any sense of belonging to them at all.
And the worry of the black bull is also very common, most of these people are from Jiaozhou, which was forcibly occupied by Germany, but many of them in terms of psychological identity, they still think that they are the people of the Qing Empire, and they are still deeply afraid of the imperial court in their hearts.
Even if some soldiers understand better, even if they think that the Germans will protect them, then what about their relatives, who does not have a relative in the field? And these soldiers did not think that the Germans would protect them, and although the Chinese never trusted their own court, they did not trust the blue-eyed and yellow-haired foreigners.
"Do you believe me?"
Yang Chao suddenly stood up and asked loudly.
There was silence for a moment before the soldier spoke, but his tone was firm.
"Faith!"
"Why don't you believe sir."
"I'll just trust him."
These soldiers are not showing anything to Yang Chao, they are just expressing a basic truth, because everyone's face is so calm.
Yang Chao couldn't help but feel a little relieved in his heart, his efforts these days have not been in vain.
"Black Bull!"
Yang Chao suddenly stretched out his hand and shook hands with the tall black bull who had always been a machine gunner.
"Zhang Guozhu!"
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"Cai Zhenhua!"
More than 100 soldiers, Yang Chao didn't come to a person, just shouted a name, shook hands, yes, Yang Chao can call out everyone's name, he has this ability, when doing business in the past, he can call out the name of every employee in the company, he used to have more than 1,000 employees, and now it is not easy to remember the names of more than 100 soldiers, not to mention that the names of these people are all given by him.
After shaking hands with the last soldier, Yang Chao stood in the middle of everyone.
"Well, since you believe me, you have to listen to me when you get to Beijing. I promise to take everyone home safely and safely, and I will not let the court ask for guilt. Do you believe what I say? ”
The soldiers looked at each other.
Yang Chao suddenly shouted loudly: "Do you believe it? ”
The black bull's eyes rolled, and he was the first to say, "Believe." ”
But his voice was still small.
Yang Chao said: "Be louder, do you believe me?" ”
The black bull shouted, "Faith! ”
Zhang Guozhu also shouted: "Believe! ”
A succession of voices rang out, and finally they converged, and slowly the voices became neat.
A hundred voices converge into one word "faith".
And shouting slogans, a kind of enthusiasm swelled on the faces of the soldiers.
It's just that Yang Chao's actions alarmed the Germans, and the sudden emotional upsurge of the Chinese made them a little nervous.
When a sailor officer saw this, he immediately ran out of the cabin, and he went to find the officer of the Huayong Company.
As officers, these people were assigned beds, and they had no interest in staying on deck, nor in staying with the Chinese, so they all stayed in the cabin and did not come out, even Falkenhayn stayed in the cabin.
Soon Falkenhayn hurriedly walked onto the deck with a group of German squad leaders and ran nervously to the position of the Huayong battalion.
At this time, they only heard the soldiers chanting the word "letter" constantly, and Yang Chao stood in the middle of them with a resolute expression on his face.
"Mr. Yang, what's going on?"
Falkenhayn asked puzzledly, just heard the relay of the sailor officer, he almost suspected that the soldiers of Hua Yonglian had mutinied, but at this time, seeing this situation, it seems that it is not, he still understands Chinese.
"What do they believe?"
Falkenhayn asked.
Yang Chao said with a smile: "Nothing, this is our Chinese slogan before the war, expressing confidence in victory!" ”
Falkenhayn was a little puzzled: "Do Chinese soldiers have this habit?" How I don't know. ”
Falkenhayn worked as an advisor in the Chinese army, and even helped Yuan Shikai in the army, but he had never heard of this habit.
Yang Chao shrugged: "China is too big, the Chinese population is ten times that of Germany, and the habits of the north and south of China are different." Major, you haven't brought soldiers from Shandong before, have you? ”
Falkenhayn nodded, he had already believed a little, especially when he saw the soldiers shouting the word 'letter', his face was full of enthusiasm, he believed it a little more.
"Hehe, that's right!"
Seeing that the Huayong Company he formed single-handedly had such morale, Falkenhayn was actually very happy in his heart, so he made a decision.
Falkenhayn raised his hands and suddenly shouted, "Letter! ”
Werner sulked from the sidelines, feeling that his company commander had been hollowed out, completely out of control.