At 9 o'clock in the morning of June 18, 1902, at the gate of the Hong Kong Governor's Palace, the high-level leaders of the Eight-Nation Alliance's navy and army in Hong Kong gathered here, and Bridget, commander of the British naval fleet in the Eight-Nation Alliance's navy, said to everyone: "Since the meeting of the Eight-Nation Alliance held in Britain has agreed to the breakout plan of our Hong Kong Navy and Army, and we are ready to break through before the breakout, then we will now start to implement the breakout plan, there are only three hours left before the ultimatum of the Northeast Navy, and we must hurry up." ”

François, commander of the French naval fleet, said: "Our French fleet is ready. ”

German naval commander Hummels said: "The German fleet is also ready for a breakthrough. ”

Carragher, commander of the Chinese fleet in Hong Kong, said: "Our British fleet is also ready, and another 50 torpedo boats are ready to launch a decisive assault, and all the officers and men of the navy of the three countries on the torpedo boats have handed over suicide notes to their comrades on other warships, and they will cover the breakthrough of the main fleets of our three countries at any cost." ”

Bridget, François, and Hummels couldn't help but show a sad look on their faces, after all, there were 50 torpedo boats with their own country's naval officers on them, and this decisive assault to cover the main fleet was actually no different from sending them to death.

Carragher, commander of the Chinese fleet, continued: "If 50 torpedo boats cannot contain the 13 dreadnought battleships, we will launch a second wave of decisive assaults, using 33 destroyers from the navies of the three countries to continue to cover the breakthrough of our main fleet, but I hope we can't use it." ”

Bridget, François, and Hummels all nodded. This was negotiated by 4 people, and there was no way to do it.

Commander-in-Chief of the Eight-Nation Alliance Army in Hong Kong. De Lopoe, who was also the commander of the British Army, said sadly to the British Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Britley: "Sir Brie, the domestic telegram has allowed you to evacuate Hong Kong. It is better to attack Guangdong Province with us, and we will definitely recover Hong Kong in the future. ”

The British Governor of Hong Kong, Sir British, shook his head and said: "Although the country has agreed to let me evacuate, in order to maintain the dignity of our British Empire, the country has also said that Hong Kong must not surrender without a fight, and the original defenders of Hong Kong will stay to resist the attack of the Northeast Navy and the Dingbei Army. I will lead them to fight until the last moment, and teach those Qing Dynasty people a hard lesson! ”

The Governor-General, Sir Bree, also served as Commander of the British Army in Hong Kong. It is also a person with a military position.

Di Luofu slowly saluted the Governor, Sir Brie, "Sir Brie, your deeds will surely be passed down and will inspire generations of British army officers and soldiers. ”

The deputy commander of the Eight-Nation Alliance Army, who is also the commander of the French Army, Platt, the commander of the German Army, the commander of the German Army, the commander of the Russian Army, the commander of the Russian Army, Andrea, the commander of the Italian Army, and the commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army, Drexler, all saluted Sir Brie solemnly.

Di Luofu relieved his feelings and said, "Are the troops of all countries ready?" ”

The army commanders of the other five countries all nodded. In the past few hours, after the Northeast Navy arrived in the waters outside Hong Kong Harbor, the armies of various countries were ready to go through Sha Tau Kok, which connects Hong Kong with Guangdong Province. Directly attacking Guangdong Province, and the Qing troops stationed there at Sha Tau Kok were less than 2,000 people, it was really not the slightest difficulty for the Eight-Nation Alliance's national armies in Hong Kong.

Di Rofo continued: "I will have the 14th Independent Brigade of our British Army attack the Qing Dynasty forces opposite Sha Tau Kok. I believe there is nothing difficult about this, and then we march directly to Guangzhou in Guangdong Province. If Guangzhou is easy to fight, we will take Guangzhou. If we do not fight, we will bypass Canton and advance to Guangxi Province, and try to enter Vietnam as much as possible. ”

Bridget walked up to Di Luo Fu and said, "General Di Luo Fo, I hope your army can reach Vietnam smoothly!" ”

Di Luofu nodded and said: "I hope your navy can successfully break through the interception of the Northeast Navy, and we will reunite in Vietnam." ”

The two men then shook hands tightly, and the generals of the navy and land also saluted each other and said goodbye, and then the naval generals walked to the port to the south, and the army generals walked to the direction of Shatoujiao to the north, where the armies of all countries have now been concentrated.

According to the agreement, Hong Kong's navy and army will officially launch a breakthrough operation at 10 o'clock in the morning, so the navies of the three countries in Hong Kong will first start to fire and pressurize all the warships, and after all the warships are activated, the time will be nearly 10 o'clock.

In the bridge of the battleship Shenyang, the flagship of the First Fleet of the Northeast Navy, Wu Lili, the captain of the Shenyang, reported to Sun Xitao, who had just woken up: "Commander, there is an abnormality in the warships of the Eight-Nation Alliance in Victoria Bay in Hong Kong, and it looks like they are about to break through to the outside. ”

Sun Xitao sneered, "Since they want to die, then don't blame us, as long as one of the Eight-Nation Alliance warships in Victoria Bay dares to come out, they will order the dreadnought battleship formation to bombard fiercely." ”

On the bridge of the Fengtian Super Dreadnought, Yu Futongguò, the commander of the Dreadnought Battleship Formation, saw the abnormality of the British, French and German navies through the telescope, and turned his head to Zhen Li, the captain of the Fengtian, and said: "It seems that our 6 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships and 7 provincial-level super dreadnought battleships today are going to add some combat exploits, and the eight-nation alliance fleet in the port seems to be coming hard, and is not ready to accept our ultimatum." ”

Zhen Li, the captain of the Fengtian, said indifferently: "I think it is impossible for the Eight-Nation Alliance fleet in the port to surrender lightly, and if they don't hit them hard again, they will definitely not be captured." ”

It was 10 o'clock in the morning, and a total of 50 torpedo boats from the British, French, and German navies first rushed out of Victoria Bay and launched a decisive assault on the Northeast Navy, which was at least 20,000 meters away from the port.

In the harbor behind them, the British Navy had 4 Majestic-class battleships, 2 Duncan-class battleships, 3 old man-class all-steel battleships, 4 ironclad battleships, 12 large fast armored cruisers, 22 fast defense cruisers, and 20 destroyers.

1 Liberty-class battleship, 1 Cecilia-class battleship, 5 large fast armored cruisers, 8 fast protection cruisers, 9 destroyers of the French Navy.

3 Frederick III-class all-steel battleships, 2 Wiecchersbach all-steel battleships, 3 large fast armored cruisers, 5 fast protection cruisers, 4 destroyers of the German Navy.

These warships did not choose to break through immediately, but prepared to let 50 torpedo boats contain 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy, and these warships of the navies of the three countries took the opportunity to break through to the southwest.

The Northeast Navy saw that the British, French and German navies in the port were going to break through to the outside, so they would no longer wait for 12 o'clock, and if they waited for the ultimatum time at 12 o'clock, it would definitely have something wrong with their heads.

The Northeast Navy's six Dragon-class dreadnought battleships and seven provincial-level super dreadnought battleships immediately launched a bombardment attack on the port 20,000 meters away, aiming at the big guys of the British, French, and German navies, and the 50 torpedo boats simply ignored them.

Of course, it is not really ignored that the first, second, and third fleets of the Northeast Navy, the fast protection cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats of these three fleets, began to bypass 6 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships and 7 provincial super dreadnought battleships, preparing to intercept the assault of 50 torpedo boats from Britain, France and Germany.

Bridget, the commander of the British Navy's fleet, was in the bridge of the all-steel battleship Majesty when he saw that the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy began to shell the harbor, and in the first round of shelling, some of his own warships were hit, and his face suddenly changed a little.

At this time, if we still wait, although there are mountain peaks in the harbor, which affects the aiming effect of the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy, but in Victoria Harbor, there are too many warships of Britain, France and Germany, even if they shoot blindly, many warships can suffer, and it is absolutely impossible to go on like this.

Bridget said to the captain of the Majesty, Birdom: "Give us the orders of the British Navy ships, as well as the Germans and the French, to break out immediately, our warships are too dense in the harbor, and when the 50 torpedo boats rush to the Northeast Navy, and be bombarded by the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy for a period of time, our losses will not be small, it is better to risk rushing out directly, as long as we can entangle the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy and prevent them from pursuing us, we may escape." ”

The captain of the Majesty, Bedom, nodded and said: "What the commander said makes sense, if you are doing it here, maybe when the shells will fall, it is really too torturous, oh, commander, you don't think you need to let the destroyers of our three countries also launch a decisive assault, otherwise it seems that there is no way to entangle the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy with only 50 torpedo boats." ”

Bridget frowned, to be honest, he really didn't want to give such an order, this was to ask the officers and soldiers on the destroyers of the navies of the three countries to send them to death, but in order to escape some more of the main warships, Bridget gritted his teeth and said: "Send a signal to the formation of destroyers of the navies of various countries, and let the 33 destroyers of the navies of the three countries launch a decisive assault, I hope God bless them!" (To be continued......)