147 [Twists and Turns]
Because of the war between Japan and Russia, the sea was not very peaceful, and the sea ships in Longkou Port could not set sail for a long time, and a large number of refugees were stranded here, suffering from hunger and cold, and malaria was rampant.
In just three days after coming here, Yuan Pengfei witnessed the erection of more than a dozen graves, and every day people fell down and could no longer stand up.
What shocked him even more was the numb eyes of the refugees around him, this kind of thing seemed to be commonplace, and in their eyes it was not as important as a bite of food. It also takes strength to watch the excitement.
Disaster, this is a disaster that no one has stopped and no one has organized rescue. The old witch of the Qing court estimated that she only cared about repairing the garden for herself and kowtowing to Lord Yang to pay compensation.
The power of the individual is insignificant in this mighty trend. At this moment, he suddenly understood why so many revolutionary aspirants went forward to fulfill the revolutionary oath one after another and wanted to overthrow the corrupt Qing government.
Because the Qing government has long been rotten to the roots, and can no longer shelter its people, people have no hope.
On the fourth day, it was finally time to set sail.
Under the leadership of a military attache of the Qing court, a group of ship bosses put on the pig's head to worship the sea dragon king, praying that the sea would not raise waves, and that the wind would send each other off and be safe.
This is the last batch of ships this year, whether it can be uploaded depends on the creation of people, and those who can't get on the ship can only take the dry road to Kanto.
With the crackling sound of firecrackers, everyone rushed to the boat with their luggage on their backs. The momentum is much more terrifying than the Spring Festival, the Spring Festival can't be squeezed up, at most you won't go home, if you can't squeeze it, then you have to take the dry road.
On this begging for their lives, there were also people who were pushed to the ground and never got up again, losing their lives.
Yuan Pengfei passed on the word and passed on the martial arts, the three of them were strong, and they could take advantage of it somewhat, and they squeezed up safely to protect their families.
When all the ships were crowded, the people behind them had no more chance, and with a "drop anchor", the ships began to set sail and prepare to sail to Kanto.
It is luck that the family is on the boat, and those who are not on the boat can still support each other, and the worst thing is that one is squeezed on the boat, and the other is still on the shore, and the call across the sea may be goodbye.
The brother and sister are, Chen Yaofei mixed behind their family, and got on the boat relatively easily without luggage. Chen Letong had difficulty moving forward with a large bag of luggage, and immediately squeezed to the boat, but was stopped by the Qing soldiers because the boat was full.
"Brother, I'm here, the water is still shallow, come up quickly!"
Chen Yaofei stood on the side of the boat and waved to the coast, shouting loudly.
"Sister Yao!" Chen Letong stood on the beach, shouting but there was no way, he had no choice but to shout, "Sister Yao, wait for me in Kanto, I will definitely go to you!" ”
Chen Yaofei cried anxiously, but he could only watch the ship move, and his brother was getting farther and farther away.
Chen Letong suddenly saw Yuan Pengfei standing not far from Chen Yaofei, as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw, and hurriedly begged: "Brother Pengfei, help me take care of Sister Yao, as long as I Chen Letong break into Kanto alive, I will definitely repay you as a cow and a horse!" ”
"Don't worry, I'll take care of your sister!" Yuan Pengfei beckoned to him and shouted in agreement.
Doing good deeds every day is the principle of his life.
What's more, the lonely little sister, the future flower of the country, what if no one takes care of it and withers? He would never allow that to happen.
After the ship sailed, in addition to the endless sea, it was still an endless sea, which was quite a bit of a lonely journey.
Chen Yaofei was depressed, her eyes were red, and she might still be worried about her brother. Xian'er and Wen Ta Niang pulled the little girl to comfort her.
Yuan Pengfei's head is almost full"? "Okay, I'll take care of it. The great opportunity to take advantage of the void was lost in vain.
Zhu Chuanwen is still courteous to his Xian'er and continues to take on the responsibility of sprinkling dog food. Zhu Chuanwu is like a rat who has never eaten a full meal, holding the baked dry pancakes and eating all the time.
Zhu Chuanjie likes to study, and when he saw a middle-aged man reading a book, he got up to talk and met this businessman named Xia Yuanzhang.
After drifting for about two days, or maybe three days, the ship reached the outside of Port Arthur, and the roar of cannons could be heard in the distance.
This is little Japan and the Russians are at war!
I remember that the political commissar told him that in this battle, the so-called Japanese god of war, Nogi Noshinori, invented a very deterrent and stupid tactic, that is, the famous "pig assault tactic", also known as the "meat bullet tactic".
At that time, there was a very important strategic location outside the city of Arthur, a small hill at an altitude of 203 meters, 203 highlands.
If the Japanese occupy this high ground, they will be able to overlook the city of Arthur and the military port, and the positions of all the Russian warships will be exposed, and the Japanese will be able to carry out precise artillery bombardment and inflict heavy losses on the Russians.
Of course, the Russians also know the importance of this high ground, and the two sides are really red-eyed for this high ground, and they really beat out the dog's brain.
The dense corpses were spread in four or five layers, and the heavy artillery of 280 mm caliber turned the hill into a hornet's nest.
Nogi Noshinori's motto: If you can't break a wall with one punch, keep hitting it.
After paying 10,000 casualties, the Japanese army won the final victory, knocking down another unfortunate Russian power. Because the foundation was laid for the final victory later.
During the entire battle for Arthur, the frantic fighting between the Japanese and Russian armies caused incalculable casualties and property losses among innocent civilians.
Unfortunately, they were drawn into this war.
I don't know if it was a Russian cannon or a Japanese cannon, but the shell was exactly smashed on the ship.
Yuan Pengfei witnessed with his own eyes that a large-caliber shell fell on a ship, more than a dozen refugees were blown into the sky, the wooden-hulled boat was directly smashed through, the fire rose at once, and half of the boat was burned red.
Their ship was lucky, a shell blew off the mast, but it didn't hit the hull, and there were a few casualties but not the whole ship sank.
The whole boat lowered their bodies and shivered, and he leaned against the side of the boat and swallowed his saliva. This small wooden hull ship is useless, as long as a cannonball hits, maybe his mission will be over.
He really has the heart to open the protagonist's aura and add some luck to himself. But when I think about it, more than half of the main and supporting characters in this drama are in the same boat as him, this luck is definitely not bad, and it should be no problem.
The cannonballs kept flying, and the suppressed screams on the ship never stopped, and the boat boss reacted quickly, and hurriedly beckoned the boatman to turn off the bow of the ship and sail towards the sea.
After enduring a moment of horror that death was imminent, the shelling finally stopped after the ship had left a certain range, and the boatload was safe for the time being.
But the crisis behind is not small.
The ships continued to drift on the sea for several days and nights, and many of them died of starvation and thirst without sufficient dry food and water.
The ship was full of people lying on the deck, all lifeless, and it was a waste of effort to say more.
The woman's wail suddenly sounded, "Dad, you can't go!" Daddy, wake up! Father! ”
When the captain heard the voice, he knew that he was starving to death again, so he went up to help the girl away and persuaded: "Child, don't be sad, people can't be resurrected after death, come and get up." ”
Then he folded his hands and saluted the dead middle-aged man: "Brother, I'm sorry, let's be neighbors with the Dragon King, go all the way." ”
Under the woman's wail, the two boatmen threw the body of the deceased into the sea.
Those who are still sober are timid, and those who are so hungry that they fall asleep do not even have the physical strength to think about things.
The food and water prepared by Yuan Pengfei were enough, none of the six or seven of them were hungry, and he was in good spirits, and he was still in the mood to talk to the boat boss.
"Boss Chen, how many people have seen the Sea Dragon King today?"
"There are eighteen of them today, and eleven a day yesterday. The longer you drift on this sea, the more people will not be able to persevere, and it is not easy! Boss Chen sighed.
In the past few days, he has personally sent more than 30 people to the sea, and it is impossible to say that he doesn't feel a little bit in his heart, but he can't help it!
The dead must make way for the living, and the rules of entering the earth for peace must not be taken care of. And if he gives them his life-saving food, then he can't save it.
Yuan Pengfei also thinks the same way, the dry food he reserves is used by himself, and he can last for a long time if he saves a little. Give them 7 people to use, and they can last a day or two. It's okay to help one and a half.
But if he is a great good man, then he is not qualified enough, don't starve himself to death in the end of floating on the sea.
"Godmother, eat some pancakes! It is estimated that it will be possible to land in a day or two at most. ”
Yuan Pengfei took out a stack of palm-sized millet pancakes from the small baggage he carried and handed them over.
"You eat, my mother is not hungry."
He knew that the answer was this, and the mother in the world was the most tolerant. I simply divided the thick stack of millet pancakes, divided some among each person, and stuffed the last one into the hands of the godmother.
"Godmother, you still want to find my godfather when you go ashore! If you don't save some energy, you can't do it. ”
"Pengfei, Pengfei."
Xia Yuanzhang called out weakly.
Yuan Pengfei raised his eyebrows and leaned over, he heard Wen Jie say that this person seemed to be a businessman who was doing business in Lushun, and it was estimated that this time it was bad luck.
"Mr. Xia, what's the matter?"
"Young man, give me some of your pancakes, I'm dying of hunger."
Xia Yuanzhang's face was pale, his lips were chapped, and he really looked like he was starving to death. At least I haven't eaten for a day.
"Did you run out of dry food, or did you lose your luggage?" Yuan Pengfei asked tentatively.
Not only did the cannonballs prevent them from docking, but in the chaos of that moment, some people were shaken off the boat to accompany the Sea Dragon King, and some people contributed their luggage to the Sea Dragon King, and anything happened.
Xia Yuanzhang pleaded weakly: "My luggage fell into the sea, I haven't eaten or drunk for several days, I'm about to die." ”
Estimating that he might be about to land, and he didn't miss a bite to eat, Yuan Pengfei silently muttered in his heart: Do a good deed every day, and I will help you today.