At a distance of about 10 nautical miles from the land of Huanhai Island, all the ships were at anchor, and without the cover of warships, those ships that used cargo ships and fishing boats as troop carriers did not dare to move forward, although they were not far from their destinations.

To be on the safe side, no foolish shipowner would risk being sunk there, and besides, they were forced to come by the imperial court, and they had no income.

Lin Tai and Yuan Shikai were sitting in a small boat, and the two naval soldiers were rowing forward with great difficulty, and a white flag was raised high at the point of penetration to avoid being injured by mistake.

On the coastal defense position, Gao Cheng looked at the boat that was about to go to the shore with a telescope, looked at the white flag held on it, and was surprised in his heart, he didn't expect that the commander's words really came true, he could make the Beiyang Naval Division surrender without firing a shot, although it is not sure what the situation is, but the other party is holding a white flag, in the small black house he once knew something about this aspect, raising the white flag in the battle, it is regarded as surrender, or the liaison will be used, at least the current situation is much worse than expected, not bad, it is good.

"Send a squad up to check if they are armed and send a report to the commander of the situation here." Gao Cheng said to the correspondent next to him.

A squad of twelve people slowly advanced through the obstacles they had set up on the beach, although the other side was not in any danger, but they still strictly followed the combat standards to execute, in the army they learned the first military rule is not what is to be absolutely obedient, but their own lives and the lives of their comrades are the most precious, followed by absolute obedience.

Wang Lin doesn't want to build his army into an army that only uses crowd tactics, he wants a strong army with science and technology, assisted by advanced weapons and equipment, they don't need to fight any crowd tactics at all, and at the same time Wang Lin doesn't want the soldiers to give up their lives for the task, Wang Lin of course is not to save the high cost of death he set at the beginning, but because every person who dies represents the breakdown of a family, a war will break up tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of families, because it is a war, Wang Lin had no way to change, all he could do was to tell the soldiers that their lives came first, and only by valuing their own lives could they survive to the greatest extent.

Without too many words, when Yuan Shikai saw a group of soldiers advancing with what they put on the beach, he ordered two naval soldiers to drive the boat to the position of that group of soldiers, what he had to do was to cooperate with all his strength, be careful and careful, although he was full of confidence when he was on the boat, but everything was difficult to say here, because he didn't know what kind of person the opponent was, and everything before was just speculation.

Tang Shengli, as a squad leader from Tang Village, held the latest equipment of the newly equipped Chinese rifle in his hand, with bullets and grenades pinned to his waist, and quickly stepped forward after Lin Taizeng and others docked, without saying a word, he directly ordered the soldiers to search their bodies, and the four soldiers quickly stepped forward to search them, and the two soldiers held their guns at the four of them, as long as there was a slight movement, they would be killed immediately, and the remaining three soldiers continued to guard the surroundings.

After the search, the other party did not carry a weapon, not even a dagger for each squad leader and deputy squad leader of the New First Army. Tang Shengli raised his right hand to the back, and his thumb was raised to indicate safety. Gao Cheng, who was in the back, saw it clearly, and immediately opened his right hand, clenched his fist, and finally swung back four times. This is the gesture created by the troops brought by Gao Cheng, although many of them are common to the whole army, but some of the gestures that are not commonly used are not taught, and these have to be created by themselves.

The superiors don't have any special requirements for these gestures, as long as your teammates can understand what they mean, even if you overturn the gestures issued by the military headquarters.

Tang Shengli waved his hand backwards, and immediately four soldiers escorted the four of them, and the rest quickly leaned back as cover. Yuan Shikai was startled when he looked at the well-equipped soldiers of this team, and when he was secretly sighing that he was fortunate that he did not start a war rashly, he found that this army was not only well-equipped on the surface, but also well-trained, although he didn't know what their actions meant just now, but Yuan Shikai, who was also a soldier, also understood that this was a common gesture within their army, and immediately knew the effect of this gesture, the noise on the battlefield was too loud, the sound of gunfire and cannons was screaming, and it was difficult to issue combat orders quickly. If there is such a gesture, then the small group of troops can still quickly correct their goals.

Yuan Shikai sighed secretly, he came to the right place this time.

Stepping on the trench that had been erected before, there was a small bridge built by hand not far above for the combat troops, and when the enemy attacked in front of the trench, it could be easily dismantled, so that the opponent had to jump into the trench and then slowly climb up.

Yuan Shikai looked at the soldiers lying in the trenches, all the Chinese styles in their hands, with countless ammunition placed underneath, as well as the kind of small iron bumps (grenades), no one turned their heads to look at them while they walked by, their eyes stared at every sea area, even if they attacked them at this time, it would be impossible to succeed.

Continue to walk back for about a kilometer, Yuan Shikai and Lin Taizeng finally came to the temporary camp headquarters, before entering the camp headquarters, the sharp-eyed Yuan Shikai found something behind a bunker not far from the camp headquarters, yes, there is an artillery company position, although you can't see the situation here at all in front, but you can see it clearly in the back. Setting up an artillery position next to the headquarters is not something that a mature commander does, but the geographical location here is so good that the shells from the naval guns of the sea cannot hit here at all, there is a natural bunker in front, and the artillery position can easily hit the beach.

"Do you see clearly? Our artillery battery. ”

Hearing the voice, Yuan Shikai retracted his eyes and looked towards the headquarters, only to see an officer in his early twenties, holding a clairvoyant mirror in his hand, but it was different from his own, it was two-cylinder, and it looked much more convenient, while continuing to observe the front, he was talking to them.

"Your artillery battery?" Yuan Shikai said with some surprise, although he didn't know what their establishment was, but as an army man, he knew that the artillery company they were talking about, the number of equipment should be equal to one of his own battalions, right?

"Yes, we have three artillery regiments, each regiment has nine artillery batteries, each company has ten 75-mm field guns, two are field artillery regiments, one heavy artillery regiment, ten 155-mm heavy howitzers, twenty 120-mm howitzers, and twenty 102-mm heavy guns." Although Gao Cheng said this in his mouth, he didn't agree with it in his heart, he didn't know why the army commander would give such an order, saying that if Lin Taizeng came, tell him this, if not, let them go back and call someone with weight. Lin Tai didn't know him, but someone did, although he had seen it from afar, but he could still recognize it when he met.

"What? Do you really have so many cannons? "The three artillery regiments add up to 180 75-mm field guns, twenty 102-mm heavy guns, twenty 120-mm howitzers, and ten 155-mm heavy howitzers, a total of 230 cannons, which is much more than the artillery of the entire Beiyang Army.

It's a pity that Yuan Shikai only knows the number of cannons, what if he knows that all the yellow powder used here will be? The power is not at all comparable to the black powder that is still the mainstream at present. Looking at the shocked looks of the two, Gao Cheng seemed to understand a little why the military commander did this, and now, he also admired the military commander's ability to predict the prophet even more.

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