A.D. 1**4, August 28, three days before the previous chapter.

Lushun.

This Xiongcheng outside the Guan, a fortress built by Beiyang for 20 years, is now a bleak scene.

This fortress, surrounded by the sea on three sides and connected to the Jinzhou Isthmus on one side, is a natural harbor stretched out from the fertile and rich land of Liaodong to the south of the sea. Bases such as Yantai and Weihai in Shandong Province, which are across the sea, are stuck in the throat of Bohai Bay.

Since the sailors of the Western powers broke the dream of the Qing Dynasty, the armies of the great powers, again and again, passed through the coastline of the Bohai Bay near the Zhili Plain, and landed from Tianjin, and could rush to the center of the Qing Empire, the capital Yanjing City, in a few hundred miles. In the Second Opium War, the British and French forces followed this golden route of aggression to capture Yanjing in one fell swoop, forcing Xianfeng to "hunt" Chengde, and simply died there, a beautiful Old Summer Palace that had been built for more than 100 years was burned to the north!

Since the beginning of the Westernization period, the establishment of a navy to protect the coastal defense of the Bohai Bay has become the consensus of the Qing Dynasty. In the past 20 years, countless silver taels have been smashed here, and countless Qing elites who are known as capable officials have been built here. The sailor worked hard to build it, and also bought two ironclad ships that once crowned Asia! Lushun is also an important base for repairing anchorage, replenishment and maintenance, and attack departure of the Beiyang Naval Division, and has built the largest shipyard in Asia. A considerable amount of ammunition coal was stockpiled, repair shops were built, and repair mechanics were trained. It is hoped that in wartime, the Beiyang Navy Division can fly from here with the triangular yellow dragon flag, tour Haikou, and rely on Lushun, Yantai, Weihaiwei, and the Miaodao Islands between these fortresses to cover the entire Bohai Bay.

At the peak of its prime, the sailors of the North and South Oceans would be here to fight, the trees were lined up, the smoke was in the air, the whistle sounded, and the cannons were ...... With this water division, everyone thinks that it is enough to fight!

In order to ensure the safety of this fortress, so that it can be fought and defended, and it is difficult to attack, in the past 20 years, the Beiyang system has spent millions or even more silver to build a series of forts around Lushun, such as Golden Mountain, Lao Oysterzui, Mozhu Reef, Tianjitai, Tiger Tail, Barbarian Battalion, Weiyuan, Mantou Mountain, Tuan Mountain, Tianjiatun......

The commanding heights around Lushun can be used for a while, densely covered with all kinds of forts, both sea and land, all available! Armstrong, Krupp and other latest heavy artillery fast guns, filled with it, more miraculous silver as a ground trap cannon, when the cannon is fired, slowly stretched, fired a cannon and then retracted into the ground trap, the enemy bullet is difficult to hurt......

Among the foreigners' newspapers, it has been lamented that Lushun is already a fortress with the highest artillery density in the world!

Before the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War, there were as many as 15 battalions of the elite training army of the Qing State stationed in Lushun, and the Qinqing Army and the Yi Army were all relatively good in the equipment training of the Qing Dynasty. There are more than 5,000 troops, the periphery of Lushun, there is also the patrol team of Jinzhou, Fuzhou has a Jingbian Army, and there are various types of training troops in southern Liaoning, in the Lushun area, the land defense force is full of 20,000 strange, when the troops were drawn into North Korea, Li Hongzhang took out all the soldiers of Zhili, and did not transfer a soldier here, so the camp was built, the government and the opposition, the center of the Beiyang, all of them were satisfied, boasting that the Lushun fortress was foolproof, and the Bohai Sea Haikou also had a deep-rooted and unshakable trend!

But at this moment, Lushun no longer has the demeanor of the first coastal defense fortress base in the Far East, and under the dim sky, I only see a rush and chaos!

The soldiers and civilians of all colors in the brigade are retreating from the direction of Jinzhou, some of them are still wearing the trumpet, and there are also refugees carrying baskets and burdens, helping the old and the young, crying on the road. And the gunfire in the direction of the Isthmus of Golden State is still rumbling. In the Lushun Military Port, on the sinking water surface of Wuwu, there is the color of black coal oil floating, all kinds of garbage are slowly floating in the port, and several broken warships are sitting crookedly in the water. Looking at the harbor from afar, there are still several sunken ships in the upper half, which are still on the surface of the water -- these are the old ships used by the army to sink themselves to blockade the port of Arthur.

What used to be a large machine shop and shipyard is now deserted. Ever since the army was approaching, the mechanics and shipwrights here have been clamoring for a quick dismissal - in fact, they can't be blamed. It's really that the army is too uncompetitive, the old battalion leaders before the war, and the newly recruited battalion leaders during the war, add up to hundreds, and they lose one battle after another. If you defeat the battle and defend the city, there will be no time to be undefeated! With such a weak army, how can these workers desperately stay here to repair ships and machines, regardless of life and death?

The cruiser "Pingyuan," which was burned in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, is now paralyzed in the dock, and I am afraid that there is no possibility of repairing it again.

If it weren't for the fact that the three battalions of the Praetorian Guard transferred from North Korea were desperately resisting there and blocking the momentum of the advance of the Yue army, I am afraid that there would not even be a chance for these soldiers and civilians to flee for their lives!

In the harbor, wooden boats, large and small, were crowded with people. The soldiers climbed on the bow of the boat, desperately driving down the people who waded in the water, and those people wailed in the water, and some of the people couldn't walk, so they knelt in the water and lifted the children above their heads, especially the boys, begging which kind person on the boat could take over, so that they could escape from this place of death with a little ancestral incense!

The soldiers of the brigade ran to the edge of the beach, took off the shut, left the guy in their hands, and ran into the water to fight for the boat, and the sound of noisy shouts and fighting filled the harbor, and those who got on the boat held their positions while waiting for it to get dark. When it gets dark, these small wooden boats can slip out of the harbor and escape to the western Liaoning corridor by the sea, or simply cross the sea to the Miaodao archipelago and even Shandong. When you run into a warship patrolled by devils, it's still a dead word!

Ding Ruchang and Ding Junmen had already taken the movable Beiyang warships and crossed the sea to Weihai. Immediately after that, the devil's fleet sealed the door of the port, and the torpedo boats and small gunboats left by the Beiyang Naval Division in Lushun, two days ago, the twelve ships joined forces to risk death and rush outward, trying to highlight the blockade, but the result was almost completely annihilated, sinking and falling, and only one ran to Weihai. Now here in Lushun, only seven general soldiers who are not subordinate to each other and have lost their hearts have been lost, and an unlucky literati general office is here to top the tank.

There were several teams of pro-soldiers on the shore, and I don't know which general soldier sent them, but at first they were still maintaining order, holding the big order and shouting hoarsely: "No one is allowed to escape!" Flee and flee, and correct the law on the spot! ”

As a result, the brigade rushed into chaos, and where was the order of any use, these pro-soldiers could only be squeezed into the distance, stupidly watching the tragic situation of defeat in front of them.

The armed forces of Beiyang have been completely disgraced in North Korea, and when they arrived in Lushun, 20 years of training in Western France, countless painstaking efforts to create and emerge, in the name of local powerful factions, actually assume the important task of national defense of the entire Qing Dynasty, and the army that has been pinned on by the government and the opposition is really no longer able to turn over!

From north to south, among the rolling crowds, several fast horses are galloping, and a dragon military flag is high in the hands of the leading knights. These knights are all wearing yellow Western-style military uniforms that are completely different from those of the Beiyang Army Division, the wind and discipline buttons on the neckline are open, and their faces and bodies are full of gunpowder smoke and dust, and some people's clothes are soaked in blood so that they can't see their original color. Everyone was sweating profusely. Everywhere the horses' hooves, both the soldiers and the people retreated, and said in a low voice: "It's the Praetorian Guard, Lord Xu's soldiers!" ”

"If it weren't for the Praetorian Guard, would we be able to retreat?"

"How do other people's soldiers be? If you can't attack where you are, let's do it, put a gun in a daze, and the devil will force in front of you, and you will collapse in an uproar! ”

"Lord Xu lives a long life, and the prince is forever! The soldiers of the Praetorian Guard are also very lucky, and they are killed! ”

On August 25, Jinzhou had already been captured by the Yue army, and the Qing army of more than 10,000 people gathered in Jinzhou collapsed after resisting for less than a day. If it weren't for the fact that these three battalions of the Praetorian Guards held the key point of Baiyushan leading to Lushun Avenue in Jinzhou south of Jinzhou, and responded to the defeated and retreating Qing army, it is estimated that the devil brigade would have rushed straight to Lushun in one go!

In the next three days, the Yue Army, which had been attacking unfavorable since the landing in southern Liaoning, could not advance an inch in the position around Baiyushan, and after several charges, two captains were killed, but they did not rush away from Baiyushan!

If it weren't for the resistance of the Praetorian Guards, the Qing army would no longer have had a chance to retreat, and the refugees who fled from Jinzhou would never have been able to escape. After the army landed in southern Liaoning, because of the lack of logistics, they had to requisition on the spot, burning, killing and looting all of them, and the people of southern Liaoning had to flee when they heard the news, but all the way down, it was often the Qing army that should protect them, and they ran faster than them!

The knightly style of these Praetorian Guards swept through the fleeing crowd and went straight to the camp yamen in Port Arthur. The door of the camp is also chaotic, the messy things are thrown to the ground, the horse is thrown there, the halter is not bolted, the owner does not know where to run, people go in and out, many people in the uniform of the soldiers are still holding and carrying a large pile of boxes and cages, bumped into it, and scolded the past, a group of people shouted the sound of horse neighing. Inside the camp yamen, large clouds of black smoke rose, and I didn't know what was burning.

As soon as a few Praetorian Guard knights arrived, the leading soldiers dismounted and poked the Canglong Banner, and the banner full of blood, bullet marks and gunpowder smoke waved there, and the noisy Yamen of the camp office suddenly fell silent. Those personal soldiers who were carrying private wealth for the main general walked away with their eyebrows on their faces, and everyone's eyes were full of awe. The main force of the Korean Praetorian Guard broke through the Fifth Division, everyone heard it and didn't see it, these words, the Praetorian Guard, after Ding Ruchang left, the three battalions of men and horses that were originally very unwelcome, how to fight bloodily in Baiyushan, everyone can see clearly!

The devil attacked and was beaten down again. The artillery fire turned the mountain into a jungle of smoke columns, and the Praetorian Guards insisted on shooting in the rain of bullets, and the devil rushed to the front, and it was a burst of white blades flying, and the sound of killing could even be heard by other generals of the Qing army watching the battle behind! This kind of attack intensity, no matter which battalion head, has collapsed countless times, the Praetorian Guard is still there fighting to the death and does not retreat, the Canglong Banner has been cut down countless times by artillery shrapnel, and it has been erected countless times, always flying high in the Baiyushan position!

Such a strong army, who is not afraid of three points. If we don't make it, we can count on them!

Zhou Zhanjie jumped off the horse, the supreme commander of the six-battalion Praetorian Guard sent by Xu Yifan, holding the horsewhip in his hand, he also ran profusely, the green tendons on his neck were bulging high, and the military uniform on his body was also full of gunsmoke battle marks, he glanced at those soldiers fiercely, and waved the horsewhip in his hand hard, and the sound of breaking the air frightened the people around him. But he blushed and said nothing, his riding boots clattered, and he went straight in, and two soldiers with guns on their backs followed him closely. There was no one to stop him all the way, and in the midst of the chaos, he went straight into the lobby.

In the dimly lit lobby, the atmosphere was even more gloomy, the civil and military officials wearing Hua Ling sat blankly opposite each other, Gong Zhaoyu sighed for a long time in the middle, and the map was hung on the wall messily, spread on the ground, and everywhere. There was still a smell of opium paste in the corner of the room, and a military attache had no time to take off his riding boots, curled up on a makeshift cigarette bed and smoked it desperately.

As soon as Zhou Zhanjie came in, everyone was shocked. At the beginning, none of the military attachés present gave this outsider a good look. After Ding Ruchang, who invited Zhou Zhanjie to leave, he didn't take him seriously, and the general army discussed it and never called this little deputy general. This is Beiyang's territory!

Who knows, now if everyone hadn't relied on Zhou Zhanjie and his three battalions, everyone would have to rush the devil into the sea to feed Wang Ba!

Zhou Zhanjie swept his eyes and shouted: "Huang Shilin! ”

Shocked by his voice, the military attache on the cigarette bed stood up dizzily: "What...... What's going on? ”

Zhou Zhanjie rushed over and swung it over with a heavy whip. The registered commander of the Qing Army, Huang Shilin, the chief soldier of Wolf Mountain Town, several horses were busy blocking this whip, Huang Dulin retreated straight and muttered: "What? How? You can't beat someone! There's something to say! ”

Zhou Zhanjie's eyes widened, and he was angry: "Why did your Qingjun run away from my flank?" The devils outflanked my line from the left flank, and we will risk the lives of 200 brothers to help you take back the position!" You've been smoking all the way here! Now we have nearly half of the casualties, and we have to guard the defense line for you, and behind us is the mouth of Arthur! ”

Huang Shilin's face was like ashes, and he muttered an explanation, and he didn't know whether to say it to Zhou Zhanjie or to himself: "There's no way...... It's been three days...... The officers can't move, and there are many recruits, so we are worthy of Zhongtang and the emperor...... I heard that the people in Lushunkou are going to run, who still has the heart to guard? The devil is too fierce, too fierce......"

Zhou Zhanjie was about to make a move, and several general soldiers who were stunned just now rushed up to stop him: "Lord Zhou, you have something to say!" There's something to say! ”

Zhou Zhanjie turned his eyes and looked at these general soldiers, Jiang Guidi, Cheng Yunhe, Zhang Guangqian, Zhang Hongquan, Zhao Huaiye, and Xu Bangdao...... There was also Gong Zhaoyu who was sitting there.

"A few adults, come all the way, why are all the artillery positions in the Nanguan area undefended, and all the artillery batteries on the land side of Lushun have been abandoned? This is your Beiyang Naval Fortress, and it is our country's coastal defense screen! Not to mention that so many people are all in the Lushun area, waiting to shelter us soldiers! ”

Several general soldiers glanced at each other, all smiling bitterly, but none of them spoke. Gong Zhaoyu seemed to come back to his senses at this time, and sneered at these Beiyang military leaders: "Don't you want to save your life and keep your military power?" Don't want to stay in this damn place! Let's go, my surname Gong's bad luck will be martyred with this Lushun! Do you really think that even if you escape with this little soldier, will we be in Beiyang, will there be anything to say? ”

Several general soldiers looked at each other again, still smiling awkwardly.

Don't say that Zhou Zhanjie is angry, Gong Zhaoyu sneered. Even Li Hongzhang and Sheng Xuanhuai sent telegrams to them again and again, asking them to either raise a front to take the initiative to counterattack Jinzhou, and if they could not counterattack, they would stubbornly defend the position and fort from Baiyushan to Nanguan, resist step by step, and must live and die with Lushun. This kind of strict order telegram is regarded as an over-the-top breeze by the Seventh General Army, and they still care about this foreign department and a civilian official?

Zhou Zhanjie's desperate resistance gave them room to retreat - at least their ships were ready, and if they saw that it was not good, they would run away. Xu Bangdao and Zhao Huaiye are still a little ambitious, ready to retreat by land and retreat to a safe place to resist again, although they have no determination to live and die with Lushun in this place of death, but they are stronger than Jiang Gui, Cheng Yun and Zhang Guangqian, who are ready to lose their soldiers.

Anyway, Lushun was lost, and the first top cylinder was Gong Zhaoyu. Zhou Zhanjie is willing to guard, let him guard it, and let himself withdraw a little more calmly. Didn't you see that the telegrams of the seven general soldiers had already been sent back: "...... The Japanese are extremely powerful, Lushun must not be defended, the warships have arrived in Weihai, there is no ship, and the same martyrdom can not be wasted the useful soldiers of the imperial court, the rank of the honorable edict, the Nanguan Haikou Fort, the artillery has been destroyed, and the Japanese will not be allowed to attack me, the staff will turn to the rear of the enemy, the troops are thick, and then try to counterattack......"

Several general soldiers pulled and racked Zhou Zhanjie, and said countless good things. Later, Zhou Zhanjie's expression gradually turned from annoyance to desolation, and he also quieted down.

“…… Fortunately, there were still Janissaries in the Qing Dynasty...... Fortunately, Master Xu taught us what is right...... In Korea, we did not leave behind a single of our Chinese people, and here, we will not ......"

After he finished quietly, he turned and left.

"Beiyang, insignificant! Lord Deng, you have sacrificed so unjustly! ”

In the lobby, only the echo of Zhou Zhanjie's last shout remained, and the seven chief soldiers just looked at each other.

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The port of Arthur is getting more and more chaotic, and the sound of guns and cannons is getting closer and closer in the north, as the wind comes.

More refugees fled from the north, cramming everything as far as the eye could see. Zhou Zhanjie took his own soldiers, faced the flow of people, and arrived at the other end of the port area with difficulty. Canglong Banner was everywhere, and the people saluted one after another, accompanied by irrepressible cries.

I hate the land of my Shenzhou, this Canglong Banner is too few, too small, and it can't cover the entire rivers and mountains of China!

The pro-soldiers holding the flag, only in this piece of chaos, will lift this clawed and toothless dragon as high as possible!

Zhou Zhanjie and his entourage arrived at the gate of the temporary government office at the other end of the port area, which was the office and material reserve area of the Lushun detachment sent by the Praetorian Guard. At the beginning, it was assigned to them by Ding Ruchang, far away from the Lushun Beiyang Central Office. The officers and men of the Praetorian Guard who stayed here were heavily armed and kept the place on guard. In addition to dozens of Praetorian Guard officers and soldiers, there were also hundreds of Qing officers and soldiers in Qingbu Baotou, who were also waiting around this office. They were different from the defeated army that filled the port, hundreds of people sat cross-legged, waiting with rifles, the formation was tight, the expression was solemn, and a few military attachés with sabers and five-cloud coats stood at the front of the queue, their faces heavy and they couldn't stop pacing.

Seeing Zhou Zhanjie's arrival, the Praetorian Guard officer who led the team hurriedly greeted him, and saluted upright: "My lord! The ammunition delivered by logistics has arrived, how to dispose of it, please instruct me! ”

Zhou Zhanjie's heavy face also moved: "The ammunition has arrived?" Lord Xu hasn't forgotten us, ammunition can still be delivered! How much heavy ammunition does a machine gun have? "The defense line of Lushun Fortress stretches very widely, and the three battalions of the Praetorian Guard Army have been the main position at the beginning, and now the Qing army's rout defense line is getting wider and wider, and the strength is getting thinner and thinner, and a large part of it can be supported by the firepower of the Makqin machine guns, and each machine gun carries 5,000 rounds of machine gun ammunition when it sets off, and there are very few left. Zhou Zhanjie was also worried about this matter, and he was really overjoyed when he heard the news.

The Praetorian Guard officer saluted, stepped out of the way, and behind him came an officer who was no more than thirty years old. There is no heroic spirit at all from the Nanbeiyang scholars, but they are smiling when they see people, and the military posture of saluting is quite non-standard.

This is the Da Sheng Kui Han Lao shopkeeper who gave Xu Yifan a few years ago to enter the Praetorian Guard, Xu Yifan always paid attention to this Han Lao shopkeeper, these people were all stuffed into the logistics department of the General Staff of the Praetorian Guard, these guys organized logistics transportation, calculated the consumption of material reserves, that is a good hand, and he is not in charge of the army, it is very suitable. He sent six battalions to support the water division, and he was a little worried about the logistics supply, pinning his hopes on Beiyang, which was to harm himself, it was better to find a way to supply by the Praetorian Guard!

These logistics officers, who were already familiar with the domestic market, were sent out, mainly in Tianjin, where they received ammunition and materials from the Li family fleet in Nanyang, stored them in the warehouse of Dashengkui in Tianjin, and then through Dashengkui's own channels, they resupplied the six battalions from the water and land. It's easy to say, but in the case that the army is still forced and the fleet is patrolling on the sea, organize small wooden boats with sails, smuggle Lushun across the sea at night, and supply ammunition.

After the logistics officer saluted, he reported with a smile: "My lord, 100,000 machine gun bullets and 200,000 rifle bullets have been transported...... What else do you have to say? ”

Zhou Zhanjie jumped off the horse and grabbed his hand, the logistics officer said it lightly, but his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked unsteady on the flat ground, and his military uniform was on his body like a pocket, so he knew how difficult it should be to smuggle all the way!

Master Xu...... Didn't forget us......

"What was the situation in the Korean War? Is there any news from Tianjin? When the words of emotion came to his lips, they turned into an urgent inquiry about the situation in the Korean War.

The logistics officer scratched his head, not at all like a soldier: "...... I don't know, after the news of the breakthrough of the Fifth Division came, there was less news about the war on the Korean side, only that the main force might have gone east, and the rest, I don't know......"

"With Lord Xu here, we won't fail!" Zhou Zhanjie said categorically. Before the words fell, the officers in Wuyun coats had already greeted them.

"Cousin Jade?"

Zhou Zhanjie rolled his eyes and said in surprise: "Brother Zhutao, cousin crane, brother Kuo?" ”

Several officers were flushed, rushed to the front, and even grabbed Zhou Zhanjie's shoulders!

"Jade cousin! Lu Shi left our sailors alone, if you don't defend the good forts, you can't count on them, let's count on you, save the seeds of our sailors! The torpedo battalion, mine battalion, Suitang school, and dozens of craftsmen and technicians of our sailor division Lushun are pointing at your Praetorian Guard! ”

These people are all small units of the Beiyang Naval Division in Lushun, a mine battalion with mines, a small battalion of sailors and marines, a dock craftsman technician who is not as evacuated, and a school with excellent soldiers of the Sailor Division for training and training sailors!

Ding Ruchang left with the fleet, and these small units were all lost in Lushun. When he left, Ding Ruchang confessed that Lu Shi should not be afraid, and at a critical juncture, find the Praetorian Guard!

The land division was about to collapse, and they grabbed the ships one after another, and the battalion leaders dominated the docks to ensure that they could run. Who else will take care of these small units of sailors? Where there was no way to ask for help, I remembered Ding Ruchang's parting words, so I had to run to find the Praetorian Guard, looking for Zhou Zhanjie, a colleague who was swept out of the house by the Beiyang Naval Division!

Zhou Zhanjie held their hands, not knowing what to say for a while. Zhao Pinghai, the pipe band of the mine battalion, shouted loudly with red eyes: "Cousin Yu, let's do it with you!" Our mine battalion is better than those who smoke big cigarettes in the land division! This is the foundation of our sailors! If you lose these, you won't be able to build it for decades! This is our roots! ”

Zhou Zhanjie's eyes swept away, and the officers and soldiers of the mine battalion sat on the ground, silent, and all of them looked extremely powerful. In real history, in the Battle of Arthur, these sailors used for land warfare were the most well-trained and the most resolute in resistance. When the land division abandoned the Mozhu Reef and other forts and fled, and even the artillery did not have time to destroy it, it was the officers and men of the mine battalion who launched a counter-charge, recaptured the fort, blew up the artillery, and many officers and men were martyred, and almost the entire battalion was wiped out!

As soon as Zhao Pinghai said a word, the surrounding officers responded one after another. At this time, in the direction of the Nanguan position in the north, a dull explosion suddenly sounded, and the smoke and dust rushed high and fell again.

Immediately after that, the coastal forts such as Golden Mountain, Tiger Tail, and Weiyuan also sounded the sound of explosions one after another, and the solid forts built at a huge cost of money spit out fire from various openings, and a cannon was lifted in the cloud of explosion smoke, and then rumbled down the mountain.

The incessant explosions caused a scream of astonishment in the harbor, and the people rushed in all directions, and more people jumped into the sea and rushed towards the boats that were already full of people, and the soldiers on the ships stabbed and slashed with knives and guns.

Lushun, the largest fleet fortress base in Asia, will be destroyed and abandoned by its own people before the enemy forces are pressed!

For thousands of years, it has been the master of this continent, and the current situation is easy to change, and the maritime civilization has the upper hand. China, which has always been a civilization of the Yellow Continent, is also struggling to go to the ocean and is working hard to build its own navy...... In real history, the First Sino-Japanese War, that is, the First Sino-Japanese War, this war blocked the road of China to the ocean, and made the blue road of this nation to the doorstep of the house again delayed for so many years, and it was so difficult!

Zhou Zhanjie and the officers of the Navy Division present didn't know the history that Xu Yifan knew, they just watched the vast sea and sky dripping blood!

Beiyang Naval Division, Lushun Fortress...... That's it?

Zhou Zhanjie turned around and stared at the logistics officer: "How many days will it take for you to organize a fleet and smuggle here at night?" ”

The logistics officer agreed cheerfully: "Go for a day, come back for a day!" Over there in Tianjin, the boat is still easy to find, but there are not many boat bosses who have the courage! ”

Zhou Zhanjie grabbed Zhao Pinghai's hand again: "Brother Zhutao, please choose some good sailors to follow our brother to Tianjin, bring the boat back, how many sailors can be transported, how many people can be transported, and how many people can be transported!" What Beiyang refuses to take care of, our Praetorian Guards will take care of it! ”

Zhao Pinghai agreed, but was stunned: "Water transporter...... Cousin Yu, don't you want us to do it with you? ”

Zhou Zhanjie smiled faintly, and his quiet expression was like his old chief Deng Shichang: "Lord Xu has explained, let's help defend here, just to keep the seeds of the water master as much as possible...... Lord Xu promised Lord Deng that he would rebuild the navy...... It's the navy, not the sailors! ”

He straightened his military hat and looked at the sea and sky in the distance, as if he saw the dark black ocean where Zhiyuan had fought fiercely: "The Beiyang Land Division has run away, the Lushun defense area is so big, and our three battalions of the Praetorian Guard can't contain Lushun no matter what, but we can help you hold back the devil...... I dare not say that there are 100,000 machine gun shells, and I can drag it for three days...... Resist, retreat, until there is no way to retreat! ”

"Jade Cousin......"

"Don't say it, I'm a person from Zhiyuan, and Zhiyuan is sinking...... Lord Deng is waiting for me...... Brother Zhutao, don't forget our navy! In the last sentence, don't expect Li Zhongtang, count on Master Xu! ”

After speaking, he saluted solemnly, and these officers of the Navy, as well as the officers of the Praetorian Guard, including the logistics officer, all silently returned the salute.

Zhou Zhanjie smiled and turned back to his horse: "Let's go!" Kill the devil! ”

The explosion rumbled, the sea breeze was strong, and the sea breeze whistled from the ocean, crossed the mountains and rivers, and blew the Canglong Banner in the hands of the knights!

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Shanghai.

August 31.

In front of Tan Sitong, there was an urgent telegram sent from Tianjin. And he stretched out his pen and paper, and wrote faster and faster on the paper.

“…… The land division garrisoned by Lushun, with more than 10,000 rabble, destroyed the fort and abandoned the defense line, and rushed wildly to seize the road. or attached to the boat, or sneaking, the soldiers are unrestrained, and there will be no fighting spirit. The so-called strict division of the Seven General Soldiers is like an anthill being flooded, densely packed, and escaping on the sea! The chief soldier Huang Shilin was almost drowned in the boat. The former soldier Zhang Guang, who took a boat, only two servants and two concubines, still hugged a child, escaped from Tianjin with a hundred deaths, went ashore and cried, and was cowardly, which was enough to provide a sigh. Taoist Gong Zhaoyu claimed that he would be martyred with Lushun, but he escaped with Wu Ben......

Tens of millions of salaries, hundreds of cannons, Lushun Xiongsai, turned out to be a cake!

Fortunately, there were three battalions of soldiers of the Praetorian Guard, leading Zhou Zhan and the rank of the public, fighting day by day, the lone army was bloody, no one was defeated, and no one surrendered. When all the armies were defeated, the fierce battle was three days, and the soldiers were not allowed to advance suddenly, and tens of thousands of Qing Dynasty people and more than 10,000 so-called Beiyang elite soldiers were able to gain their strength and protect their lives. Zhou Zhanjie Gong, holding the Canglong Banner in the Golden Mountain Fort, lit gunpowder, and died with Kou. Where the great is the light of the ages!

It's a pity that there are so few Praetorian Guards!

The glorious Qing Dynasty, the vast China, the time and the realm, only hope that the Praetorian Guard will defend the prestige of our country!

Lushun, fall! After 20 years of training and training, all the armies have nothing to fear, only the lone army is called the Praetorian Guard, and the lonely minister is called Xu Yifan, who still leads the army to break through, and fights endlessly.

When you are the princess, you will wake up quickly! ”

The last long stroke was drawn, and Tan Sitong also threw his pen and cried: "Lushun has fallen!" ”

He violently pushed open his closed window and shouted to the east: "Xu Yifan, Xu Yifan, what is North Korea?" Did you win? Do you know that the whole world is watching you now! ”

(To be continued)