Chapter 247: Pocket Fleet
After receiving the early warning, the defense system set up by the Suidong Army under the careful design of Wu Xiaoliang was immediately activated, all personnel were immediately in place, and all the newly installed coastal artillery were pushed out of the bunker, and the preset parameters were adjusted for loading, ready to shoot at any time.
Since Yin Chengfu was in charge of the command of the entire beachhead bunker, he rushed to the defense first, while Wu Xiaoliang took Fang Qidao and Li Zejun, who had just taken office as chief of staff of the Suidong Army, to the hidden command post on the high ground of the coastal front.
This state of high alert lasted until noon the next day, and there was no enemy ship attacking, just when everyone thought that the military situation was a lie and the body and mind were lax, the loudspeaker of the alarm system sounded over the entire beach position, Wu Xiaoliang heard the siren, immediately came to the observation window of the bunker, picked up the telescope and looked at the sea, only to see several ships lined up at the line of the sea and the sky slowly sailing.
Everyone is very nervous, a heart hangs in their throats, the Suidong has just emptied the seawater inside the ship, and is being repaired, in the face of the Japanese battleship Suidong Army has almost no power to fight back, can only hope that the re-reinforced bunker can avoid the bombardment of the Japanese large-caliber naval guns, and play his due role when the Japanese army is carrying out the 6 operation,
"Huh." Fang Qidao was a little wrong, he pointed to the sea in the distance, and said to Wu Xiaoliang:
"Look at it, this size is a battleship."
Wu Xiaoliang always felt that the warships in the telescope field of vision were a little awkward, but for a while he couldn't say where the awkwardness was, after Fang Qidao's reminder, he once again picked up the telescope to observe, sure enough, as several warships got closer and closer, it could be judged that they were pitiful in small size, and it was absolutely impossible to be a battleship.
"This is strange, could it be the precursor of the Japanese Navy."
Within the telescope field of vision, I saw the head of the formation turning into water, and the five-color flag fluttering in the wind was prominently revealed on the mast.
"This ...... This ......"
Fang Qidao was speechless in surprise, the fleet in the distance was proudly hanging the five-color flag of the Republic of China, which symbolizes the republic of the five ethnic groups, could it be that this fleet came from the Beiyang government, and was guessing, the herald sent the information from the observation station,
"Report to the brigade commander, the flag was raised from the fleet in the distance, and Chen Shiying, the lieutenant colonel of the Admiralty, led ten gunboats including Jiang Heng and Li Jie to support the Suidong Army, requesting to dock ......"
When the people in the bunker heard this, they were already surprised, and they couldn't hear what the herald said again, and everyone had only one thought in their hearts, the Beiyang government actually sent someone to reinforce us, we are not outcasts,
"Reply to Lieutenant Colonel Chen, please send someone to the shore to hand over the official documents, and then all of them will dock after confirming that they are correct."
Wu Xiaoliang is cautious in his defense, this is also a last resort, after all, he is in danger of hundreds of thousands of people in Suidong, and he has to be cautious, in case the Japanese army sends someone to pretend, once they let them come to the shore and mix in, it will be too late to regret it.
The other party quickly replied with a "good" word,
Wu Xiaoliang had basically confirmed and believed that the person coming must be China's own people, so he hurriedly led a senior staff officer of the Suidong Army Headquarters to rush to the port, and ten minutes later the warship docked, and everyone saw clearly that it was a gunboat with a displacement of only a few hundred tons.
The gland landed on the hull, and a tall middle-aged officer walked down steadily, the navy blue officer's regular clothes looked a little wrinkled due to the long voyage at sea, and after he saw Wu Xiaoliang, he was stunned at first, and then put his heels together and saluted neatly.
"Lieutenant Commander Chen Shiying was ordered by the Admiralty to lead the fleet to Suidong and wait for the commander's dispatch." said that he presented the seal letter of Guan Fang that he carried with him, and his identity could be faked, but the cipher code of the letters and communications in the army could not be faked, and after some verification, it was finally confirmed that it was correct.
After Wu Xiaoliang completely confirmed the identity of the other party at this moment, he no longer concealed his inner excitement, from learning that he had become an abandoned son of the Beiyang government, his heart was filled with anger and disappointment, and at this moment he learned that the Beiyang government actually sent reinforcements, and he was suddenly excited, and many details were not thought about in depth, for example, the telegram was received a few days ago, and if the naval fleet sailed from Bohai Bay to Vladivostok, it would not be more than half a month, that is to say, when the fleet set sail, the Beiyang government did not have time to abandon the child.
Although the size of this pocket fleet brought by Chen Shiying was not large, it greatly encouraged the morale of the Suidong Army to enter due to the strong psychological pressure, and several ironclad gunboats continued to dock, and the fleet looked like a dusty man, and the barnacles at the bottom of the ship had even spread to the waterline.
The dramatic change of events caught all the officers and soldiers of Suidong off guard, so the hasty defensive battle turned into an unprecedented welcome ceremony, the newly recruited sailors, as well as the soldiers of the 6th Army in the port area flocked to the port, and the spacious port became crowded on weekdays, one after another, cheering like a mountain and a tsunami, and the sailors of the fleet who came from afar were soon infected by the enthusiasm of the Suidong Army, and cheered.
However, the truth of the facts is often cruel, Wu Xiaoliang inquired in detail about the situation of the Beiyang government, as well as the changes in attitude between the presidential palace and the State Council before and after they sent troops, and his chest immediately became cold again.
For Vladivostok, a lonely squadron hanging overseas, the attitude of the presidential palace is very clear, that is, let it fend for itself, Xu Shichang secretly pushed Wu Xiaoliang when he went north, and he didn't really want to help Wu Xiaoliang realize his ideal of recovering the lost land.
The real reason is that after Wu Xiaoliang left, Duan Qirui lost a big help in Beijing, although Duan Qirui himself did not take this rising star, but Xu Shichang still insisted that if Wu Xiaoliang was allowed to continue to exhibit in Beijing, he would likely become the second Xu Shuzheng, or even surpass, so it was the best policy to send this time bomb away without risk.
Opposite to the presidential palace, although Duan Qirui has retreated into the background, but the State Council is still firmly in Duan's hands, but in the past six months, the rift between the various factions of the Duan family has been significantly intensified, among which the most acute contradiction is Xu Shuzheng and Jin Yunpeng, a few days ago, due to the sudden backlash of Premier Qian Nengxun in the Congress, Duan Qirui removed him and made Jin Yunpeng succeed him,
Xu Shuzheng was hated by Jin Yunpeng for robbing him of the post of commander-in-chief of the 6th Army at the beginning of the year, and now the two have a dispute over how to deal with the crisis of the Suidong Army.
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