Chapter 96 Luck and Shock (Ask for a Monthly Pass!) Read! ）

The bow of the Zhenhai cut open the sea and traveled at full speed of 14 knots in the South China Sea. In the boiler room of the Zhenhai, shirtless boiler workers sweated like rain in the boiler room as high as more than 50 degrees, waving shovels and shoveling fist-sized white coal into the boiler.

"Hurry up"

Even the officers took off their uniforms, sweated hard and filled the boilers with coal, and after the fleet left Surabaya, the ships were informed of a second order from the Admiralty that they would sail directly to Surabaya to ensure that the Marines and Army would receive Taiwan.

In order to be able to reach Surabaya within the specified time, all they could do was to leave the port of Surabaya and head towards Kaohsiung at a maximum average speed of 14 knots.

In order to maintain the speed of the voyage, not only the officers of the boiler team, but also the officers of other departments and even sailors, rushed over to help shovel coal, and this was even a test of a fleet's readiness to a certain extent.

"It seems impossible to catch up"

Cheng Biguang, who was measuring the nautical chart in the captain's room, dropped the compass in his hand, he had calculated several times before and after, and kept carefully rowing the route, in order to choose the shortest route and sail to Taiwan at the fastest speed, but now no matter how he chooses, he cannot ensure that he will arrive in Taiwan within that specific time, although he can complete the "X" day required by the Admiralty, but borrowing that day, it always makes people feel a little unhappy.

"If it's a ship, we can maintain a maximum speed of 27 knots as a cruising speed, although it costs a little fuel, but when necessary, the fuel can also be touched."

When speaking, Wei Lingkai's words carried a hint of longing, for the top level of the Chinese Navy, the first ship has always carried a certain kind of support, not only the kind of sustenance that created history, but the hope of a naval power.

"I heard that the construction speed of the first ship is very fast, and it is about to be launched."

Now, Wei Lingkai even closed his eyes, and all he saw was the first ship, that unprecedented large warship, and it may even be a dream for China to regain the seat of a naval power.

"Hmm"

Cheng Biguang nodded, the construction speed of the "Jiayi Armored Cruiser" is indeed constantly creating a miracle, but behind this miracle is the three-shift rush overtime, 24 xiǎo hours a day, while in other countries, the daily construction is usually within 12 xiǎo hours, 8 xiǎo hours in the United States, and 11 xiǎo hours in the United Kingdom.

To a certain extent, of course, he hopes that the faster the speed of building ships, the better, but he also knows that such a pursuit of speed may bring some unexpected consequences, if it is not necessary, countries will choose to build slowly, in order to pursue quality and benefit jīng, not just speed.

"A ship of 9mén 12-inch naval guns, plus 8mén 7.5-inch naval guns,......, don't remember our drills in the South China Sea?"

"YOU MEAN "BROADSIDESFIRING""

I was stunned for a moment, this was when the fleet was "idle" in the South China Sea, and when it was practicing artillery skills, it conducted a test according to the suggestion of the tactical staff officer, concentrating the 8mén 10-inch guns of the two ships and the 14mén 7.5-inch naval guns on the single side, and striking at the same target according to the unified shè elements, and the power was far greater than imagined.

It was thanks to that South China Sea artillery drill that the navy made a very unusual change of position, and the position of the chief gunnery was raised to the bridge. The chief gunner instructed the gunner to hit the target and the gunner on the bridge, and each main gun and the secondary gun could only do it according to the instructions of the gunner, and it was forbidden to make their own claims. The advantages of this are self-evident: shells from a dozen mén main guns and secondary guns loaded on one ship fly simultaneously to the same target, greatly improving the hit rate.

However, despite the great power of concentrated attacks, they encountered some problems, such as the problem of coordination and communication command between gun emplacements.

"Our ship is not equipped with so many leaflet pipes, although the power is great, but in the artillery battle each gun position can not hear a unified order, so, I think this problem can not be solved, the naval guns or each gun decided to hit the elements, we are only the first training, if the communication problem is not solved, it is impossible to maximize the power."

"This problem was solved on the" A 1 ship "

"What?"

Wei Lingkai's eyes opened suddenly, he almost couldn't believe his ears, the previous solution to this problem was to use a military band, which was useless as soon as it started, just playing the "jīrib" of the yào carrying team as a shè herald.

It has been less than two weeks since the South China Sea artillery exercise ended.

"The Ship Administration Office attaches great importance to the results of our exercise, so it has gathered a group of technicians to solve the problem, in fact, the solution is very simple".

Cheng Biguang pointed to something on his desk.

"Just add a phone"

"Didn't we experiment with phone calls? I couldn't hear the phone at all when I fired the gun."

Such a simple method, how could Wei Lingkai not think of it, they did think of it and tried it, but they still encountered problems.

"I guess they have a new type of phone."

Cheng Biguang smiled, then picked up the large wooden ship mark of one thumb of the chart table ship and put it on the chart.

"If, as you and I guessed before, the Russo-Japanese war is over and we go to war with Japan, then as long as two armor and one ship are in service, at least we can have a certain degree of advantage, we are twenty-six mén against thirty-two mén, although it is full of risk, but there is still a fight, the remaining problem is to look at the hit rate and luck, the former we are better than Japan, the latter, it seems that the luck of the Japanese has always been good."

Luck...... The two smiled bitterly at the same time, the luck of the Japanese is indeed good, Japan has bet on the fate of its country in two seemingly unwinnable gambles in just eleven years, but in the end, they both won, the last time they won, this time, they are about to win, so what about China's luck?

"Japanese people are so lucky."

"The luck of the Chinese is really good"

With a shout, Yamaguchi, the compound of the Taipei Police Department, sighed at the subordinates in front of him, which made Yamaguchi's tone full of jealousy.

"You won the bet, Taiwan belongs to you"

Facing the more than 300 Taiwanese policemen standing in the atrium, Yamaguchi said seriously, his tone was full of unwillingness, and most of the Japanese police officers on the side had sadness on their faces, as if they were feeling sad for Japan for losing Taiwan.

China won

We are Chinese again

The Taiwanese policemen who were still wearing a Japanese police uniform standing in the courtyard had an uncontrollable impulse in their hearts, accompanied by a wonderful feeling, in the eyes of the Japanese, they were the most inferior, and in the eyes of their compatriots, they were dogs, and it was this complex emotion that made them unable to cheer like others.

"We're leaving, let's do a good job"

Yamaguchi bowed to these Taiwanese who he usually looked down on at all.

"From now on, you are Chinese, we are Japanese, in the future, well, there may be a chance for China and Japan to join forces to fight Westerners in the future."

These Taiwanese policemen listened to the chief's words blankly, and their feelings were far more complicated than anyone else's, because they were ...... Dog tuǐzi.

But...... It's also Chinese

Seeing that those who were going to Keelung Port with their luggage to leave by boat, leaving was rushed without any jiāo at all, and almost all the documents and files in the police station were taken away. After Director Yamaguchi left, the Taiwanese policemen who looked at each other still stood there and were silent for a while, not knowing who shouted first.

"Long Live the Great Chinese Empire"

Listening to the shouting sound coming from the window, Goto Shinpei frowned, these Chinese actually shouted Long live China before they left.

Although Goto Shinpei is not the governor of Taiwan, Goto, who is actually the chief of civil affairs, is in charge of Taiwan's actual administrative affairs, especially after his return to Japan last year and his appointment as chief of staff of the Manchurian Army, Goto is the de facto governor of Taiwan as the chief of civil affairs, responsible for all military and political affairs in Taiwan.

In the past seven years, it was Goto Shinpei who has fully implemented the so-called "colonial administrative plan", and even claimed to govern Taiwan according to the principles of biology, developing agriculture, industry, health, education, jiāo, and police. It is precisely because of his "efforts" that Taiwan has turned from a "burden" that is about to exhaust Japan's wealth into a place that earns tens of millions of dollars for Japan.

Until last year, under Goto's "governance," Taiwan's finances were completely autonomous, and there was no need for subsidies from the Japanese central government, and even some public construction projects were more advanced than those in the interior of Japan.

"Are all localities ready? Full withdrawal from Taiwan today"

"Your Excellency, we haven't prepared enough ships yet."

Hou Teng Xinping's secretary hurriedly replied.

"Then the ships for military and political personnel, teachers, and doctors to leave should be enough, let these people leave first."

Goto once again reiterated his order, which was Pyongyang's son, Gentaro.

"Even if they want to return Taiwan, then we will leave immediately without hesitation."

Although according to the provisions of the joint communique, the two sides had 25 days to receive it, the governor of Taiwan, Son Yù Gentaro, in Pyongyang, directly took this telegram to Goto Shinpei, and the reason why he made this telegram was his own plan, in Er Yù's opinion, it was just a truce of a few months.

Therefore, it is necessary to use a rapid and comprehensive evacuation to leave the Chinese with a húnluàn Taiwan, so as to lay a solid foundation for Japan to "recover" Taiwan in the near future.

"Matsumoto, remember my decision that what we want to leave to the Chinese is a húnluàn Taiwan, not an intact Taiwan, if it is an intact Taiwan, then the Chinese will soon be able to use what we have left behind in Taiwan to establish a stable rule, this is not what we hope to understand?"

According to the plan of Gentaro and the evacuation plan formulated by Goto Shinpei, the sudden evacuation of all military and political personnel would be a catastrophic blow to Taiwan, and the Japanese army, Japanese political officials, doctors, teachers, engineers, technicians, and even Japanese businessmen would all withdraw from Taiwan within a few days, and when they evacuated, everything that could be swept away would be swept away.

When the army evacuated, not only smashed the window glass of the barracks, but even smashed the tiles on the roof with bamboo poles, and all the political and administrative departments suffered untimely damage.

And all this was carried out in the protest of the Chinese government.

"They can cause us trouble in North Korea, so we can cause them more trouble in Taiwan, and we must destroy the power plant, the water plant machine, understand? If all this is implemented, then the Taiwanese ...... In a few days, they will be nostalgic for the days when they were ruled by Japan"

Goto Shinpei said confidently that he knew nothing more about the Taiwanese, and after a short period of excitement, in the face of the sudden húnluàn, they would definitely miss the orderliness under Japanese governance.

But Goto seems to have forgotten that this is Taiwan, China's Taiwan and the Taiwanese are also Chinese

"I am Chinese"

In the public school in Kaohsiung, in the face of the Japanese teacher's questioning, Lin Fengqing stood up and said almost word by word.

As he spoke, most of the students who saluted Emperor Meiji stared at him with surprised and surprised eyes, staring at the classmate who refused to salute Emperor Meiji.

For the Taiwanese, after the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they once lost their way, and even many people who insisted on resisting Japan once felt that they had lost the object of their spiritual allegiance, and the Qing State ceased to exist in China? What kind of country is the Chinese Empire?

This is the country of the Han Chinese

In fact, since Zheng Keshuang surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, for more than 200 years, the Taiwanese people did not surrender their hearts until the First Sino-Japanese War ceded Taiwan, and the Taiwanese once again chose to be loyal to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and this is just a helpless obedience.

"This is a Japanese school"

The Japanese teacher with the ring ruler said loudly when he walked towards Lin Fengqing, and his face would be full of hideousness and unwillingness.

"Taiwan has returned to China"

Lin Fengqing's head was raised, and she looked at Teacher Tanaka in front of her with a contemptuous look.

"It was China that defeated you, so Taiwan returned"

There was a hint of arrogance on the young man's immature face, and his words were exchanged for his classmates secretly applauding while looking at him worriedly.

"Yaga"

Tanaka, who raised his ruler high to beat the student, sighed heavily, and the raised ruler never fell.

He knew that today, today's squadron will come, maybe a few more xiǎo, he turned his head to look at the students around him, although these immature teenagers all have Japanese names, they are the so-called "model students", and it is because of this that they will enter the public school, but the reason why they enter the public school is probably just to survive

For thousands of years, the Chinese have been like this, living strongly, in good times and bad. They used to be respectful when they saluted the emperor, but at this time, there was a trace of stubbornness and unyielding sè on their faces.

Oh, yes

Taiwan is going to be returned to China, and this is no longer the territory of Japan

Relieved, Tanaka turned around, walked over to the blackboard, and wrote two words on the board with chalk.

"Asia"

Then he turned to look at the students again and said in a heavy voice.

"I know that you hate Japan and hate Japan's rule over Taiwan, but here I hope you can remember one thing, we are not only the difference between the Japanese and the Chinese, but also please remember one thing, we are all Asians, yellow-skinned and black-eyed East Asians, the civilization of East Asia was created by the ancestors of your country, in modern times, Japan and the Qing country suffered from the invasion of Westerners, we woke up, so we defeated the Qing country and got Taiwan, but in the original intention, we want our neighbors to be strong, It is impossible to rely solely on Japan to resist the invasion of East Asia by Westerners, and Japan is too much to hope for ...... in the future",

Tanaka Shen yín after a moment, then continued.

"We have a chance to resist the Westerners together, remember, you are Asian"

"I am Chinese"

This time, the resounding answer was drunk from the mouths of the thirty-six students at the same time, loud and neat.

The students' answers made Tanaka's heart swell with sadness, for ten years, Japanese rule in Taiwan was only suppression, and it was this repression that made it impossible for the Taiwanese to ...... My heart goes to Japan

"Students, go to the dock, the squadron is coming"

The Taiwanese who have not seen the squadron for ten years and ten years have not seen the ** squadron, and they will all be crowded on the Kaohsiung dock. They already knew that the "Guards" would enter Taiwan by steamship at Kaohsiung Port, and then there would be troops bound for Taipei by train in Kaohsiung, and while the Kaohsiung Port was crowded on the wharf, more than a million Taiwanese were standing on both sides of the railroad from the streets and alleys from the countryside and cities, waiting for the arrival of the "army of the Nation and Dynasty."

May 19 is probably a day that the Taiwanese will never forget for the rest of their lives, and on this day, they once again turned from "slaves" to people, from third-class citizens under Japanese rule to dignified Chinese people.

There are still many people, tens of thousands of people, who came from far away from northern Taiwan or by train or long distance to Kaohsiung and to the port, just to wait for this moment of history.

After leaving the school, Lin Fengqing, who was wearing a Japanese-style school uniform, rushed to the dock with her classmates. Along the street, he saw that it was like a trick, the street was full of blue, yellow, and red flags, and the gentry stood on the platform of the county office, shouting "Long live the Great Chinese Empire" in a heartfelt voice to the people gathered all over the street.

Although it was only a dozen days, Kaohsiung, like other places, first set up a welcome committee in Sī Ha-ri to prepare for the celebration and procession to welcome the Guards. After many days of preparation, after buying enough firecrackers, making welcome flags, setting up a beautiful pavilion at the pier, buying a large number of braised ròu, drinks, and snacks, everything was ready.

The notice came again: the guards arrived at the port one hour later, and the docks were crowded with people, on the docks, on the balconies of the xiǎo buildings near the docks, and even on the roofs.

People who were sweating from the scorching heat of the sun looked at the sea level from time to time with their toes crossed.

"Why haven't you come yet?"

Holding a disproportionate national flag sewn by her mother in her hand, Lin Fengqing stared at the sea with wide eyes, and on the dock grid, the Japanese military representatives who were ordered to pick up with the Chinese representative Jiāo were also arranged on the dock to salute the squadron.

May in Kaohsiung is not cooler than Hainan Island, the streets and docks are crowded with people, the sweat and body temperature of the human body are jiāoróu, and the people are crowded into a ròu wall with their backs against their backs, and in the ròu wall, people are still standing on tiptoe and stretching their necks to look; Parents let their children straddle their shoulders, eager and nervous.

"Damn"

Xiǎo Matsunakasa, who was in charge of the Chinese representative Jiāo, looked at the sweaty soldiers, and he looked a little dizzy towards the sea reflecting the sun.

"Why haven't you come yet?"

The Japanese troops were ordered to welcome them in a neat line on the pier. Even if they were reluctant, the uniforms of the hundreds of Japanese soldiers on the dock were still penny, and the demeanor and expressions of the soldiers were still solemn, and when they greeted the arrival of the squadron, on another trestle in the distance, thousands of the last retreating Japanese troops were retreating along the road.

"It's coming, it's coming...... Quick look"

Finally, in a jī shout, the people on the pier who were waiting for it saw it and saw a column of smoke, which was the troops coming from the sea, and the squadron that re-set foot on the land of Taiwan after ten years on May 19, the long-awaited squadron really arrived.

"Toot"

Amid the sound of the whistle, the 4,500-ton "Jiping" training ship slowly sailed into Kaohsiung Port, and bursts of cheers and shouts suddenly sounded on the port.

"Here we are...... Here comes the Chinese army"

"It's the army of the mainland."

Looking at the warship that was lowering the gangway, some gray-haired old men supported their trembling bodies and slowly knelt down on crutches, and the pavilion on the side of the road was even more in accordance with the honor guard of the Chinese people to welcome the holy decree and the Qincha more than ten years ago, and put on the incense table and lit sandalwood. More people kept bowing towards this warship, which was not majestic at all, and tears flowed down people's faces at this moment.

"It's down, it's down, look at it, it's the squadron and it's our army",

Finally, in anticipation, the first row of the squadron stepped off the boat.

Lin Fengqing and all the villagers in Kaohsiung and southern Taiwan finally saw the army of the motherland, the soldiers who got off the boat along the gangway wore a white sè large-brimmed military hat on their heads, a navy blue sè military uniform, and a white sè armed belt around their waists.

When their footsteps set foot on the land of Taiwan, with a password, the sound of neat military boots sounded, and the soldiers set up a column on the dock, in the impression of the Taiwanese, the clothing of the mainland soldiers should be the kind of uniform equipment is also worn, and now seeing these mighty soldiers, and then looking at the sweaty Japanese xiǎo dwarf wearing navy blue sè military uniforms, I suddenly feel proud.

The military band that disembarked from the ship began to play a march, beating military drums and beating military music, and when the soldiers in uniform were leading the column on the harbor, the docks were full of teenagers chasing the Chinese army with the sound of loud military boots.

"Long Live the Chinese Empire"

Amid the shouts of the people, the Marines straightened up, their faces overflowing with pride and pride, as if the hard work of training for many years was no longer worth mentioning at this moment.

When the sound of powerful military boots sounded on the land of Kaohsiung, the sound of footsteps made people feel the ground under their feet, the air around them, and even their internal organs tremble with the sound of footsteps.

The first batch of road fighters who landed, including the military band, were only 700 people, but these 700 were dressed in neatly scalded navy blue sè military dresses, white sè leather outfits with the unique brilliance of shiny skin, in front of the white sè's large-brimmed military hat, the brim of the black sè made of Seluge plastic reflected the yang tip, and the medal in front of the xiōng was even more dazzling in the sun.

In order to be able to leave as deep an impression as possible on those Taiwan who have not seen the squadron for a long time, the first batch of troops who landed in Taiwan were marines who would never affect the image of the guards due to seasickness, and the marines even took out the household goods at the bottom of the box, new military dresses, new nickel-plated bayonets, and white copper nickel-plated dress belts, and all this was to leave a deep and even indelible impression on the Taiwanese people.

"This ...... Is this the squadron? ”

And this scene not only stunned the Taiwanese who welcomed them on the pier, but also made the Japanese soldiers and Japanese who lined up on the dock to welcome them widen their eyes in surprise, and their eyes were full of incredulity.

This...... Is this what those newspapers mentioned about "a rifle in one hand, a smoking gun in the other, a thin and dirty Chinese soldier?" ”

"Coax"

The laughter suddenly rang out, this sudden laughter made Lin Fengqing stunned, he was not tall and crowded in the crowd, he didn't know what everyone was laughing at, and when he finally squeezed through the crowd and saw the scene in front of him through a gap, he couldn't help laughing.

On the dock, between the Chinese and Japanese armies, a tall lieutenant ** officer and a Japanese officer stood there and bowed, saluting and saying something, the Japanese officer with a very short head stood in front of the lieutenant ** officer, not even as high as his shoulders, so that when he spoke, he even needed to look up at each other, and this scene was like an adult reprimanding a child.

He ...... They must be jīng's picks."

Looking at it from a distance, looking at the tall lieutenant ** officer and the Japanese officer Uchida Jiro, he couldn't help but say something sourly in his heart, but then looked at the two teams of people on the dock, one team was mighty and tall, and the other team was short...... Uchida, who was full of astringency in his heart, took a long time before he spit out a sentence with difficulty.

"Well, it's just a person with well-developed limbs and a simple mind."