The headquarters of the Qing Army in the original area of the village

Almost all the high-ranking generals of the army, such as Oyama Iwa, Nozu Michikan, Katsura Taro, and Nogi Noshinori, were all gathered outside the gate. With great grief, he looked at the machine guns placed everywhere in the headquarters.

The Qing army evacuated the area, believing that all classified documents had been destroyed. But this is also the largest supply base of the Qing army in Liaohe, and it is impossible for the Qing army to take away all the weapons and ammunition no matter how much they can bring it, and all the last ammunition is stored here. This is a huge ** for the army that has not been supplied for more than ten days. But this dense machine gun is daunting. A squadron of soldiers had already died, but they had not been able to get ten meters closer to the gate. The soldiers who had climbed into the wall were silent after a burst of machine gunfire. To destroy these Qing soldiers, it only takes one bullet to blow up the bunkers made of shells and explosives, but it will also turn the ammunition of these Japanese soldiers into ashes, and the Qing army, which has the belief in death, even set up a cannon in the middle of the courtyard. The arrangement of the Qing army made the army dare not even fire a gun when they charged.

Looking at the interpreter who went to shout to persuade him to surrender, he didn't even finish speaking, and was beaten into a sieve by several machine guns. Dashan Yan said, "It's impossible for us to get these supplies. The Qing army dared to use a bunker made of shells and explosives packs, and they never thought that they would leave alive. I'm sure there were even more people in there who were carrying explosives bags. Forget it, hope is still pinned on the heroic warriors of the Empire. It was hoped that the Qing emperor could be captured before being defeated by the Qing army. ”

"Your Excellency, General, because you can't hurt the Qing Emperor, countless imperial warriors died under the sword of the Qing Emperor. In last night's assault battle, it was the Qing Emperor who rushed to the front and opened the gap. Katsura Taro said indignantly, "Please allow the Imperial Warriors to attack the non-lethal position of the Qing Emperor." Such as hands and feet, etc. Otherwise, we and Ben would not have been able to capture the Qing Emperor alive. ”

Katsura Taro's words drew Nozu Michikani's sympathy. Finally, under the persuasion of everyone, Dashan Yan finally nodded and agreed to this request: "Fierce battle for a night, let the warriors rest for half a day." After lunch, an attack was launched on the last stronghold of the Qing Emperor. ”

Da Lufang Village, the last position of the remnants of the Second Division of the Qing Army. Trenches have been repaired on the forward positions, and two layers of barbed wire have been erected 100 meters in front of the trenches. The Qing army, which was carrying out civil engineering work, was especially grateful to these seemingly inconspicuous barbed wires, which helped the 2nd Division hold out for seven days under a siege of four times its own strength. Even the German instructors were full of praise for this. The second-line position, 500 meters away, is under construction, and barbed wire supported by wooden planks is suspended above the traffic trenches, and as long as the planks are pulled during the retreat, the barbed wire will fall into the traffic trenches.

Looking at these tactics that appeared twenty years later, Guangxu nodded with satisfaction. With me here, the army does not dare to use artillery, so let the barbed wire and machine guns become a nightmare for the army.

However, on the Shandong Peninsula, the Third Army of the Qing Dynasty had landed at Rongcheng Bay on the 19th. The Qing army in Shandong is all old-style Huai army, Li Hongzhang, you have to hold on. And how did the 1st Division in the northeast fight? Ouyang Zhenhua, I've been guarding it for seven days, how many more days do you want me to keep it?

On November 22, the main force of the Qing army in Tianzhuang Tai broke through into an attack, but in order to cover the main force to break through, the Guangxu Emperor of the Qing State personally led his troops to feint, and finally took less than 2,000 new troops to be trapped again. As soon as the news came out, the world shook. The governors everywhere sent a telegram in clear text: King Qin of the world. Sichuan, Hunan and Shaanxi...... The first batch of reinforcements left seven days ago, and now the second batch of reinforcements has also begun to be deployed. But another new army set off in a direction away from the Liao River.

Since Germany took over the construction of the railway from the Shandong Peninsula to the capital, Jiaozhou Bay has become a major transit point for German freight. And Guangxu also used the excuse of taking control of the entire Jiaozhou Bay, saying to the outside world that he wanted to ensure the safety of goods, but in fact he asked the Germans to help build a secret military wharf here. At this time, in Jiaozhou Bay, Ding Ruchang's marines were loading ships. All six large freighters of Pacific Cargo have been transferred here, and in order to ensure that the marines can study and fight for a long time in the Ryukyus, a large amount of supplies has been loaded into three full ships, and the troops can be loaded and set off tonight. The Beiyang Fleet has also gone to sea, where they will serve as escorts and fire cover for the landing force.

"Lord Ding, this trip is really a risky move. Why are adults so happy? "This is the first time that Pacific Freight has undertaken a combat force, Lin Yongxiang is not at ease, and he personally came to coordinate.

"Lin Da's shopkeeper doesn't know. It is said that there are only six divisions and regiments, four of which have been sent to Liaodong, and two intelligence departments have confirmed that they will be sent to the Shandong Peninsula. The Seventh Division, which was being formed, had not yet been built. Even if it is built, they are all new soldiers, how can they beat my elite soldiers. Ding Ruchang laughed, with a look of indifference: "The old man is the first general to lead troops to fight overseas since the founding of the Qing Dynasty." With this article, it is a name in history. The emperor gave this honor to the old man, even if he died, what did it matter. ”

On the night of November 17, the main force of the Beiyang Fleet, under the cover of the two ships of Jiping, quietly sailed out of Liugong Island, while the Qing Marines set out from Jiaozhou Bay to raid the Ryukyu Islands. Since he won the Ryukyu Kingdom from the Qing Dynasty ten years ago, he has begun to build the Ryukyus period, first of all, by de-sinicizing and changing the name of the island. The focus of the construction is the construction of the port of Naha. To this day, the port of Naha has enough piers to dock four large ships.

At 5 o'clock on the 20th, agents lurking in various parts of the Ryukyu Islands cut off all telephone and telegraph lines between the Ryukyus and other places. The main ships of the Beiyang Fleet patrolled the waters north of Ryukyu Oshima. Intercept all ships that are likely to go to report the news. At 6 o'clock, as soon as the sky was bright, with the artillery support of the small gunboats of the Beiyang Fleet, with Guangyi and Guangbing as the main force, the Daqing marines began to land at the port of Naha. The unprepared garrison could not have imagined that the Qing State would still be able to launch an attack, and there was only one garrison of more than 1,500 people in the entire Ryukyus. Naturally, they could not stop the marines of the Wanqing Army, and in just half an hour, the pier was lost, and they began to retreat in the direction of Okinawa, hoping to rely on their geographical advantages to resist the opponent. After gaining control of the docks, Pacific Cargo's convoy finally had a safe berthing area, and groups of Marines began to disembark, led by officers of all ranks, to rush to the chosen target.

After receiving the report of the attack, the commander of the army hurriedly tried to get in touch with the country, only to find that he could not contact Ben. Hurriedly let the patrolling gunboats return, but he did not know that all the gunboats he sent out were sunk and no prisoners were taken.

While the world is still focusing on Liaodong of the Qing Dynasty, in the south, an unnoticed war for the island is being staged vigorously. Soon, under the leadership of Hannagan, the Qing Army's forward troops attacked the periphery of the Ryukyu Palace on the morning of the 21st. The follow-up troops and supplies have all completed the landing, and the transport fleet has turned to the direction of Shanghai to receive German fire. After the Beiyang ships converged, they returned to sea.

What the Beiyang Fleet did not know was that a huge transport fleet carrying the 2nd and 6th Divisions of the Yue Army, escorted by the Combined Fleet of the Yue Ben Army, which had already completed repairs, rushed from the northeast towards the Shandong Peninsula.

In the sea area 80 nautical miles east of Shanghai, six large Pacific Cargo hoisting ships are hoisting TEUs back onto German freighters docked next to them, and at the same time hoisting small boxes on their own ships.

The German Minister Barland, who had just come over from the German cargo ship, looked at everything in front of him with interest: "Shopkeeper Lin, this is really convenient. As long as you use your way, it is very convenient to trade at any sea. Is this all your idea? ”

Mr. Minister smiled. How can I have such skills, they are all my emperor and saint. Lin Yongxiang leaned forward and said softly: "This is all to facilitate the supply of warships at sea in wartime." ”

Barand, who was immersed in the fact that he could increase his presence in South Africa in this way without risking his port, his eyes lit up after hearing Lin Yongxiang's words. He knew very well how much this wartime supply at sea would be useful to the warships going to sea. In front of me, a standard box was slowly hoisting over. At this point, the ship's deck opened, and the TEC was hoisted in exactly from the deck opening and landed on the flatbed truck below. The flatbed truck, with the help of a traction motor, was quickly delivered to the designated location. It's easy and fast.

In fact, the design and construction of this kind of ship support is not difficult, and the internal structure is actually quite simple. If you see it, you can design it. The hard part is the way it works and how it is managed. Just like the model of tailwind logistics, it is very simple to say, but it is not so easy to really make its various departments operate efficiently, which is why countries have sent people to China to study.

When Barand was still thinking about how to persuade Lin Yongxiang to let Germany join in, Lin Yongxiang whispered again: "We also tried to replenish ammunition and food for warships at a speed of ten knots, and the effect was very good. ”

Balander suddenly woke up, since even the military secrets were told, it showed that they could cooperate: "I wonder if the treasurer Lin Da intends to carry out further cooperation with my country's shipbuilders?" ”

"For example?"

"For example, a few of these ships are given to my country, of course, I also hope that you can let my country's shipbuilders enter the Pacific Freight Forwarding Study."

"These ships are old, but we actually have newer design ideas. As you know, the industrial level of our country is too poor, and there is currently no capacity to build new types of ships. ”

"That's not a problem. Please believe that the powerful German Ministry of Industry has no ship that we cannot build. Let's work together. ”

"If you can build to our standards. Of course, I would like your country to be more favorable in terms of the cost of ship construction. ”

"I'm sure it won't be a problem." Hahaha, Barland laughed and asked, "The emperor of your country ordered the issuance of public bonds not long ago, and you raised a huge amount of 2.6 million taels of silver so quickly. It seems that the Qing people are really rich. ”

"No, this money is not from the Qing country. It was donated by Nanyang Fathers. Of course, please keep this a secret. ”

On October 22, it was off the coast of Liugong Island. The eight main ships of the combined fleet, including Matsushima, Hashidate, Hiei, Chiyoda, Yoshino, Naniwa, Takachiho, and Akitsuzu, remained on Liugong Island and blockaded the Beiyang Fleet.

The Akagi, Kongo, Sankei, Amagi, Katsuragi, Yamato, and Musashi, which were the fire support ships for the landing force, were already in Eesong Bay. Who knows if the Qing Nanyang Fleet will come.

On Matsushima Island, the flagship of the Combined Fleet, the new commander of the Combined Fleet, Heihachiro Togo, was frowning and looking at Liugong Island in the distance from his binoculars. The Qing Dynasty's Beiyang Fleet has been extremely rampant since the successful attack on Lushun. It frequently appeared in the waters of the Liaodong Peninsula and shelled Lushun and Dalian from time to time.

In the Battle of Dadonggou, under the carefully designed tactics of the empire, the second ship of Dingzhen still had the strength to launch a pursuit. In the battle of Lushun, he concentrated all his firepower to attack the second ship of Dingzhen, but he still let him leave stubbornly. The two Qing warships, Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, have become a lingering nightmare for the imperial navy.

Now, the Imperial Combined Fleet has regained its strength at the beginning of the war, but it is still not sure of sinking the second ship of Dingzhen. How many shells did these two warships have to have to sink them. However, this time there was hope, and the Imperial Army began to attack on the Shandong Peninsula, as long as the Imperial Navy blocked them in Liugong Island, and after the army occupied the Qing army forts, they would be sunk with Qing artillery. There will be no more ships that can threaten the Imperial Navy.

The empire can be said to have done its best for this Shandong raid, and all the ships that can be mobilized in the country have been mobilized here. There is no end in sight to the war in Liaodong for a while, as long as the Third Army can quickly take the Shandong Peninsula and completely annihilate the Beiyang Fleet in Weihai. In this way, the Imperial Navy was to swim freely in the Bohai Sea, and together with the Third Army, it would force the Qing State into the Qing Plain and force the Qing State to the negotiating table. This is the time for the rebirth of the Empire.

Heihachiro Togo believed that once the Weihai Fort was occupied by the Empire, the Beiyang Fleet would definitely rush out. At that time, how did his combined fleet deal with the two Dingzhen 2 ships that could not be sunk? Since the beginning of the war, it has been difficult for the empire to obtain effective information from the Qing after the destruction of the intelligence system of the Qing State. What is the situation with the Beiyang Fleet now? What is the status of the repair of the ships? Especially those two big ships.

Although he was not sure about the second ship of Shendingzhen, Togo Heihachiro was full of confidence at this time. The confidence stems from the 20th blockade of Weihai. When the combined fleet marched to Weihai, the Jiyuan and Pingyuan of the two Qing Beiyang Fleets quickly withdrew as soon as they saw each other. Togo Heihachiro was in the telescope and smiled reassuringly when he saw the big hole on the Pingyuan that was beaten in Lushun mentioned in the intelligence. Even if the Qing Dynasty has the second ship of Dingzhen, it does not have enough industrial capacity, and it has lost the shipyard of Lushun, how to repair the ship. Now the Beiyang Fleet is no longer afraid to come out. The Third Army of the Qing Dynasty has landed in Rongcheng Bay since the 22nd, although it has been counterattacked, but how can the old Qing Huai Army be the opponent of the empire, and the second division of the vanguard army landed smoothly. Heihachiro Togo believed that in seven days at most, the Weihai Fort could be occupied. At this moment, his heart was full of confidence in defeating Beiyang and defeating the Qing Kingdom.

Report. The Rongcheng landing road troops were attacked by the main force of the Qing Beiyang Fleet. Request emergency support. The fleet staff shouted loudly.

Heihachiro Togo hurriedly turned around, and the old cruiser Yamato in the south waved the flag over and over again.

"Baga, when did the Qing Beiyang Fleet leave Liugong Island." (To be continued.) )