Chapter 531: The Eight-Nation Coalition Arrives
Outside Tianjin, the Eight-Nation Coalition came to the sea off Tianjin on a warship, and then they looked at Tianjin obviously very proudly. Because they know that this time they will take the initiative to force China to continue to cede their interests on the pretext of cleaning up the Boxers, and then let them continue to exploit China in a steady stream, and carve up China in the last bite. As for this dispatch of troops, the clean-up of the Boxers is just an excuse. And then, they obviously won't take Tianjin City seriously at all. What they had to do was to break through Tianjin, and finally be able to attack the city of Beijing.
"Generals, according to the information we have heard from the Japanese Empire, this Dagukou Fort in Tianjin has only a very small number of backward artillery, and there is no advanced artillery. And the morale of the Qing soldiers was low and they had no idea of fighting. So as long as we can attack them, they will probably retreat in a steady stream, and at that time we will definitely be able to gain a very huge advantage, and then go directly to clean up those unruly Boxer Warriors. I don't believe it, I secretly think that the Boxer Divine Stick is so powerful that it can be invulnerable? Genjiro Akashi, chief of staff of the Japanese side of the Eight-Nation Alliance, said.
And Seymour, commander-in-chief of the Eight-Nation Alliance, looked at Tianjin, and then immediately said: "What about the Taiwan side?" ”
"On the Taiwan side, according to our intelligence, most of them will send troops this time! It's just the scale of the troops, we don't know yet. I don't know if they just meant to send troops like a show, or if they took the opportunity to send troops in a big way. Akashi Genjiro said pretending to be stupid.
"We have to be careful, we have to be careful about those Chinese entering the mainland to fight." Once they enter the mainland, it will not be easy for me to get rid of them. According to domestic orders, we must be careful that Taiwan's troops enter the mainland, and this will certainly be very disadvantageous to us. At that time, even if we beat China to the ground and pay compensation, it would be a loss for us. So we immediately started monitoring the Chinese coast. Prevent them from landing too. Seymour said.
These Western countries are more concerned about whether Taiwan will land on Chinese mainland, and once Taiwan takes the opportunity to land on Chinese mainland and take control of China's central government, it will be a real trouble. At that time, I am afraid that all countries will also have a headache, how about driving out these troops in Taiwan, this is a trouble. If China's central government were to be controlled by Taiwan at that time, it would easily be formed into a state of blackmailing the Son of Heaven to order the princes. At that time, I am afraid that China will also belong to Wang Guorui. Therefore, all countries should avoid this situation.
"General Seymour, we can easily monitor the Chinese coast. In particular, according to the information I have received, in terms of monitoring Taiwan, the Manchu government in Chinese mainland has also ordered all major sailors to monitor Taiwan together. Officials of the Manchu government also ordered their Beiyang Fleet and the major fleets to let the Taiwanese troops return as soon as they arrived. Akashi Genjiro said.
"Oh? Don't they need reinforcements? Taiwan is here to support them! Seymour asked.
"This is also the internal fighting of the Chinese, and their Chinese Manchu royal family does not want Taiwan to enter the mainland, so they order their sailors to block Taiwan's navy." Because compared to the cession of land and the compensation money, they also do not want Taiwan to enter the mainland. In the eyes of the Chinese royal family, we just want money and some benefits. But Taiwan can kill them. We can't swallow China, but Taiwan can destroy them, which is the so-called "rather with friends" than with domestic slaves. Akashi Genjiro said.
"Then what do you mean, let's not attack the Beiyang Naval Division and other Chinese Navy?" Seymour asked.
And Akashi Genjiro immediately said: "Yes, let's not attack the navy that attacks Chinese mainland, because they are actually allies with us and have the same purpose." Even they came forward to stop Taiwan's navy. That would work wonders, after all, they are all Chinese. Can they Taiwan fight their own people? So once the navy of the Beiyang Naval Division comes forward to organize, then we don't have to be afraid of anything, and we can sit back and relax, anyway, it's all their own dog-eat-dog. ”
"That's right, let the Chinese fight the Chinese, so that we have no losses." As long as the Beiyang Navy Division can come forward. Then let's not go on the attack. Let their own country's navy fight on their own, so that they can fight among themselves very well, so what am I afraid of? Seymour said proudly.
And Genjiro Akashi immediately thought: "If you want the Chinese to fight the Chinese, it's not so easy?" You don't know at all, the commander has a plan for a long time. I'm just here to mislead you. ”
Soon, these foreign devils also came to an end with Taiwan's discussion plan. And they began to bomb Tianjin.
"Boom ......" "Boom Boom ......"
The naval guns of the Eight-Nation Coalition were bombarding the forts at Dagukou in Tianjin, and the defenders at Dagukou were under tremendous pressure. When did these Qing troops feel such fierce artillery, not to mention that these are all naval guns, and the power of naval artillery is greater than that of ordinary army artillery. These soldiers had never felt such a fierce artillery on weekdays, so everyone was very scared and didn't know what to do. In the face of such fierce artillery, they also began to be nervous in their hearts, and they did not dare to resist the attack of foreigners.
"General, what are we going to do? The artillery fire of the foreigners is too fierce! A Qing soldier shouted.
The general didn't answer, but the banner man next to him began to shout. You must know that in the late Qing Dynasty, in order to prevent soldiers from rebelling, the Manchu government set up banner men as officers in a certain size of army. They were sent by the bannermen, that is, to be able to supervise those officers and soldiers, and to play the role of supervising the army. From this point of view, it is conceivable how much the military's mind changed in the late Qing Dynasty. Even the Manchu army was unreliable, and they didn't trust their army anymore. In the late Qing Dynasty, both the military and the people were looking forward to overthrowing this government. The demise of the late Qing Dynasty was inevitable, and their so-called prison army not only failed to function, but further pushed the soldiers to the opposite side.
"Hold on, call them back for me!" The bannerman shouted.
However, many Qing soldiers were also very dissatisfied with the banner man supervising the army, because the banner man supervising the army himself was obviously hiding behind a solid bunker, but he asked those soldiers to block the foreigners. You must know that these foreigners' ships are all steel giants, and the enemy's artillery has a range of several times longer than their own. And they are just some backward artillery here, what is the possibility of being able to fight back? These cannons are all old and junky artillery, and there are even a lot of bronze cannons from decades ago, not to mention that this kind of artillery cannot attack the enemy at a distance, even if it attacks the enemy's warship, it will not be able to do the slightest damage. However, this banner man overseer actually did not understand military affairs so much, and only knew how to force the soldiers to resist, which obviously made them very angry.
"Hurry up and give me a counterattack, if the foreigners break through Tianjin, I want your head!" The bannerman overseer said angrily.
But the banner man didn't realize that his words had completely angered the soldiers. The soldiers immediately drew their knives and slashed at him.
"Brothers, foreigners are not something we can stop, let's withdraw! This time the Queen Mother is really confused, she actually started a war against various countries once, and I won't serve it! Someone shouted immediately.
"Yes! We're not waiting! ”
Soon, the soldiers at Dagukou began to flee and retreat, and then they didn't pay any attention to the foreigners.
"General, those Chinese have already retreated, let's land quickly!" A general in the Eight-Nation Alliance immediately said to Seymour.
"Okay, give me a landing right away!" Seymour shouted.
"Rush! Rush into Beijing City, there are rich women and women, rush me! "The Japanese came first and took the lead, and they rushed to the front.
And many Western armies can't help but shake their heads when they hear the Japanese shouting like this, saying that there are rich and women, and this kind of military discipline is simply a cheat. However, what they don't know is that the next Russian old Maozi is not much better.
"Warriors of the great Tsar, rush into the city of Peking, there is what you want, and when the time comes, you can go and plunder, plunder as much as you like. When the time comes, the riches will be yours! ”
The military discipline of the old Russian Maozi has always been bad, even in the Soviet era, and it is impossible to expect them to have too good military discipline. And the Americans were obviously speechless, because they did not expect that they would actually be comrades-in-arms with these people. Americans are civilized, they think they are civilized people, shouldn't they be so direct and straightforward about robbing money and women? Although Americans and Western devils are also this kind of people, they are all a group of hypocrites, and they obviously want to rob money and women very much in their hearts, but they never say it directly.
This is the so-called Western civilized people, they pay attention to some things that can be done but cannot be said. Although he does the same thing as a barbarian, he never says it so vulgarly, so he is called a gentleman and a civilized person. The so-called gentlemen and civilized people are just doing bad things here, but they are dressed in a cloak of benevolence and righteousness. And the so-called gentleman, that is, when he slaughters you, he makes an unbearable appearance, but when he eats meat, he does not have any mercy. (To be continued......)