Chapter 416: It's really something to do this time!
Yingkou is located in the center of the Liaodong Peninsula, on the east bank of the Bohai Sea, at the mouth of the Great Liao River, even in later generations it is also an important outlet to the sea in Northeast Asia. Of course, in this era when there were no large sand dredging boats available, Yingkou, which was built along the river, did not have a wharf for large ships to dock due to the large amount of sediment accumulated at the mouth of the sea.
However, it is much more reliable to send supplies to Yingkou by sea than to transport supplies by land along the line of Pulandiangaizhou in Dalian. Traversal can charter many coal-burning ships to complete the task of transporting supplies north without having to consume a lot of fuel and vehicle losses.
Therefore, if you want to take Anshan, an area rich in coal and iron resources, Yingkou is a port that must be controlled by the people. Although the ammunition of the modern weapons that crossed the crowd had dropped to an unsettling level at this time, Zhao Yi estimated that taking Yingkou did not require them to waste any resources provided by the "director team".
The Manchu garrisons stationed at Yingkou were those who had been ravaged by the crossing near the Great Stone Bridge, and Zhao Yi did not think that they could organize any decent resistance. Wang He estimated that Yingkou would be the next Dalian Bay Fort, and as long as the crossing people exerted a little pressure, a large number of Qing troops would definitely defect. After all, it is no secret that the treatment of the indigenous troops under the command of the crossing is good in the Liaodong Peninsula, anyway, they are all soldiers to eat food, why don't they vote for the boss of Qianduo, loyalty is the most worthless thing for these Qing soldiers who have no concept of home and country.
Speaking of pressure, Zhao Yi deliberately asked BB63 to move his muscles in the near future, and there was no way to train any high-quality sailors in the inner bay like Lushunkou, which has no wind and waves. The crew on BB63 has been training for a while, and it's time to go out for apprenticeship, well, the cowards who scare the adults can only be regarded as apprenticeship.
The Indigenous forces' northward assault on Yingkou evaded the eyes and ears of the Great Powers' planting on the Liudan Peninsula, and the movement of small groups of troops to regroup confused most of the foreign spies on the DHS's control list.
However, BB63 sailed through Lushunkou and did not have such a good way to hide its whereabouts, and after driving out of the inner bay that was tightly controlled by the crossers, BB63's slender figure was seen by the merchant ships of various countries active in the vicinity.
Immediately after Ogna stepped down, Acting Minister Bao Kele made an appointment with Huang Xiaolei to express his concern about BB63's trip to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Great Song Dynasty, and asked about the purpose of BB63's trip.
"I understand your anxiety, after all, the travel of a battleship of the BB63 class is bound to lead attention. The Royal Song Navy's report to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that BB63 was only a training mission, and that you should not misinterpret the normal actions of the Great Song military. Huang Xiaolei said to Bao Kele, who came to question.
"Judging from the current tense situation in the Far East, it is better for you to exercise restraint, because large-scale military operations will inevitably cause unnecessary misfire." Bulkle said.
"Tension? All the activities of the Great Song Empire in the Far East have adhered to the agreements signed with all parties before, and the Far East is under the control of the Great Song Dynasty Navy and Army, so how can the situation be tense? Is there something I don't know about going to happen, or are you suggesting that the British Empire is interested in intervening in the Far East? Huang Xiaolei asked rhetorically.
"No, that's not what I meant." Bulkle served as British Minister to China for a short time twice before and after, and his momentum was not as good as that of the aristocratic diplomats who were resting in peace.
"As for the misfire you mentioned, I am even more inexplicable, the Great Song Empire and the Manchu Qing are in a state of hostility, we have declared war on Tsarist Russia, and the Japanese have withdrawn from the Far East. If there is any fighting in the Far East, it is a normal thing, so why would you use the word misfire to describe the possibility of conflict in this region? Huang Xiaolei continued to ask.
"No, I'm just saying that this is an area where merchant ships from various countries are active, and I'm just reminding you to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings." Bulkle wanted to scare the female diplomat, but he didn't expect this woman with a country accent (American accent) to be so difficult.
"Oh, I don't think the officers and men of the navy who can board the most powerful warship in the world will be so mentally retarded that they can't tell the difference between a merchant ship and a warship, right? Could it be that the officers and men of your battleships are troubled in this regard? Huang Xiaolei continued.
In the face of this female diplomat's not very good sarcasm, there is not much that Bulkle can do. Originally, he wanted to put pressure on the Great Song people not to make a big move before the arrival of the new British Empire Minister to China, but these people who were also yellow-skinned were dozens of times tougher than those who dragged their braids behind their heads.
"Our warship is conducting military training in the Bohai Sea, and it is prepared to go down to the northwest, and it is impossible for a total displacement of BB63 to enter the Yangtze River basin, what are you nervous about? We are not going to the inland valleys of China for the time being, at least not until our corvettes arrive. Huang Xiaolei continued.
"What? Have your corvettes set sail for the Far East? Huang Xiaolei successfully turned Paulkle's attention to the matter that caused Song Ying's disagreement.
"Did I say that our corvettes set sail for the Far East? Am I not speaking English? Is there something wrong with my grammar? Huang Xiaolei's expression at the moment is even cheaper than that Yue Yue who said cross talk, and she looks like "my God".
As soon as Bao Kele left Tian's clinic on the front foot, the team members came over and whispered a few words to Huang Xiaolei, and our lawyer lady's face immediately lost the happy expression that she had teased Bao Kele before.
'!' Is the director team all replaced, what kind of trouble is this!? Don't even give him any time to prepare? Miss Lawyer, who has always regarded herself as a high-quality lawyer, also cursed when she heard the news.
The traversal who was in Tianjin Wei received a notice from the command center of the green paint district, and a few minutes ago, the "director team" sent a text message to the traverser's mobile phone. Unlike in the past, this time the text message was not to inform the number and time of the people who passed through the crowd in advance. Instead, tell the traversal support personnel and equipment that have been teleported, and please contact your ignorant companions as soon as possible.
Four military personnel have been sent to the support team, so please contact them as soon as possible. The byline is the director's team.
The above is the latest text message sent by the "director team",This time the text message can really be said to have blinded the eyes of the crossing public.,Not only did he not inform the specific time of transmission in advance.,Even he was meowed by the crossing public and complained about the most cheating "Your actual control area" is particularly provincial.,Is this the rhythm of random transmission?