Chapter 516: Blocking Dongjiaomin Lane (II)

"Boxer brothers, follow me! Invincible and invulnerable! Invincible and invulnerable. Someone immediately shouted.

"Invincible and invulnerable!" "Invincible and invulnerable!" ……

Those people also began to rush into Dongjiaomin Lane one by one, and then looked like they were going to collapse Dongjiaomin Lane. And those foreign devils were immediately shocked, and then they began to panic one after another. The British minister, Zhu Erdian, immediately asked loudly to see if there was any reply from the Qing government.

"Your Excellency, there has been no reply from the Chinese government, and there is no trace of our mother's inquiries." The telegraph officer at Dongjiaomin Lane said.

"Damn, these Chinese dare to be so bold?" Zhu Erdian said angrily.

But Zhu Erdian was also terrified when he saw tens of thousands of people outside rushing here. Because don't look at the armed forces of thousands of people in this Dongjiaomin Lane, it seems that it is the armed force to protect the major legations. And now the legations of various countries have also accepted many of their own nationals, protecting them from being looted by the Boxers. But now these Boxers are so bold that they rushed over directly, obviously going to ransack the legation. Although they were armed with thousands of men, they were still very worried in the face of tens of thousands of Boxers. After all, this is China's territory, and there are not many other Chinese, but there are too many people. With such a large population, it is completely possible to attack Dongjiaomin Lane. At that time, it was the real great threat, what could these more than a thousand embassy soldiers do? Once they ran out of bullets, were they opponents of the Boxer soldiers who kept coming? And this more than a thousand soldiers, is it the opponent of hundreds of thousands of Chinese?

Although embassies and consulates are required to be stationed in various countries, such garrisons are mainly more symbolic than practical. Because even if there are troops stationed in the embassy, how many troops can be garrisoned? A country can have a maximum of hundreds of people, not too many. In fact, it is not the stationing of troops in foreign countries that can really protect the security of foreign embassies in a country. It is precisely the strength of their country. The embassy is in a foreign country, in the capital of the people's homeland, and people can clean you up at any time, which is basically a matter of one sentence. You can garrison troops and arrange security guards, but in the end, you can't be a match for so many enemies with a small number of people. Especially those countries can mobilize tens of thousands of troops to come over. In this way, you don't have enough hundreds of people to deliver food! Even if the weapons are advanced, even if the tactics are advanced, but they have not yet been able to reach the point where everyone can take out a nuclear bomb to protect themselves, right? So once the enemy reaches hundreds of times their own, they will lose even if they have weapons such as machine guns. There is a limit to bullets, and it is impossible for the soldiers of these embassies to be transported from the country, so their bullets are bound to defeat in the face of so many troops. So these garrisons faced tens of thousands of Boxer soldiers, and there were hundreds of thousands of Boxer mobs behind them, which made them all feel a sense of despair.

"Your Excellency, Minister. What are we going to do? Shooting? If they don't shoot, they're going to rush over, what are we going to do? The leader of the garrison asked.

Jurdian then said right away; "If they dare to cross the line, then let's shoot! Let's do our best! Anyway, if the country knows about our situation here, it will definitely not sit idly by. As long as we can hold on until the army in the country comes, then we will be safe. ”

And the military official next to him secretly complained, insisting on the arrival of the domestic army, what a joke. It would take a few months to bring troops from another hemisphere. Will you be able to hold on for a few months? The combined armies of the countries here are no more than 1,000 people, but those Boxer mobs are actually hundreds of thousands. In this way, he didn't have the confidence to hold out for a few months!

"Minister Zhu Erdian, I'm afraid we can't wait for our domestic army. Because Taiwan has already occupied the Strait of Malacca, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the troops of our British Empire to come over, as long as we come through the Strait of Malacca, we may be afraid that we will be blocked by the Taiwan Navy at all levels, and at that time we will not say whether we can defeat Taiwan. At that time, I am afraid that if we are defeated, we will also suffer huge losses. If there is a war with China this time, it will be a full-scale war, is our British Empire ready? The military official hurriedly said.

And Zhu Erdian couldn't help but be stunned, he suddenly remembered that the situation was different now. Wang Guorui's Taiwanese forces occupied Kalimantan Island, which was equivalent to blocking the Strait of Malacca. As long as the Strait of Malacca is blocked, not a single sampan will want to come to China. But if you don't go through the Strait of Malacca, you will have to go around it, and then go a lot more. Another route is from Australia via the Banda Sea and then north. However, this is also Taiwan's territory, which means that it must be blocked by Taiwan and cannot be reinforced. They had to make a detour to Australia, then to the South Pacific again, through the North Pacific, and finally to turn around and head towards China. But this path only works in theory, but in practice it doesn't work at all. Because of that long distance, the amount of coal that needs to be consumed is extremely huge. The ship's sailors also had to be replenished, but there was not much to supply in the Pacific Ocean for such a long distance. With such a huge Pacific Ocean, it is simply impossible to replenish it. Not to mention coal, but also food and fresh water, which cannot be replenished.

So Zhu Erdian thought of this and immediately knew that it was going to be over.

"Is our British Empire ready for a full-scale engagement with China?" Zhu Erdian thought.

Zhu Erdian also thought in his heart that when the British sent troops, they would inevitably pass through the Strait of Malacca, which was a necessary route. However, it will inevitably be blocked by the Taiwan army, first of all, the Java Sea Fleet of Taiwan, and then the Banda Sea Fleet can also come to support. Even if the Java Naval Fleet breaks through, it will face the Taiwan Strait Fleet next, as well as the newly formed strategic fleet, and finally the fleet of the Philippine troops will also come to support. And the shore artillery on Taiwan itself can also bombard them.

The British had to attack gradually along the way, and then finally they were able to defeat Taiwan, and after defeating Taiwan, they could support the embassy and consulates in Beijing. Let's not talk about whether the British are ready to carry out an all-round war with Taiwan, then even if they are ready to carry out a full-scale war with Taiwan, they will always attack Taiwan first. It is impossible for the British not to know that their main enemy is Taiwan, so even if they want to strike, they will strike at Taiwan first. But is Taiwan a soft persimmon, Taiwan is obviously not a soft persimmon, but very hard. And it is not easy for the British to defeat Taiwan at all. According to Zhu Erdian's estimate, being able to defeat Taiwan within more than half a year is already super blessed by God, and it will be possible to go so smoothly after eight lifetimes of shit luck. If it doesn't go well, it won't take a year or two or even a few years to defeat Taiwan. When the time comes, if you are trapped in this city of Beijing, with only a few hundred soldiers and no logistical supplies, will you be able to defeat hundreds of thousands of Boxer mobs?

"Forget it, I just hope that God can do a miracle!" Zhu Erdian said.

"Your Excellency, those mobs have crossed the cordon!" A British soldier said.

"Hit me, hit hard, beat them back!" Zhu Erdian said.

Zhu Erdian just hopes that these Boxer mobs can know the power of bullets through bullets, and as for what they say is invulnerable, they don't believe it at all.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

The soldiers of the various armies began to open fire on the Boxer mob, and the fire was very powerful mixed with some submachine guns, and the Boxer mob began to fall to the ground continuously.

"Invulnerability, invulnerability!" "Taishang Laojun is as anxious as the law!" ……

"Hmph, Divine Stick!" Zhu Erdian said angrily.

Under the suppression of several submachine guns, the Boxers were immediately beaten down as if they were cutting wheat, and then they began to retreat in a hurry. Now they found themselves invulnerable and all began to retreat.

"Invincible and invulnerable!" Immediately someone continued to shout.

"Damn, what kind of magic is invincible, you also believe in these?" Someone immediately scolded.

In this capital, I am afraid that only the Empress Dowager Cixi would believe in invulnerability. At this time, the Empress Dowager Cixi still hoped to rely on the invulnerability of the Boxers to defeat the foreigners, and then defeat the rebel of Taiwan, and then dominate the world and revive the Qing Dynasty!

But that's what Cixi thinks, everyone else knows that these Boxers are fakes, and any invulnerability is all a lie. But this is the emperor's new clothes, everyone is afraid of the power of the "emperor", and then they dare not tell the truth. Last time, the head of the criminal department was not to avenge his daughter, but was cleaned up by Cixi. Now no one dares to tell the truth, the current Cixi is already a person who is intoxicated in a dream, not that he can't wake up, but that he doesn't want to wake up. It's like a person who is sleeping very comfortably and suddenly someone wakes it up, which is definitely very angry. Perhaps, if it is a tyrant, he will punish the other party. In this way, they must be unlucky, so everyone is afraid to tell the truth.

However, the next foreigners will not pay attention to you, the queen mother, once they reach the time when they can bear it anymore, then I am afraid they will have to do it directly, and they will not be polite to you. Therefore, now the officials in the capital are also thinking about their future retreat! (To be continued......)