When Governor Nikolai heard the scout's voice, his brows furrowed, and he asked very dissatisfiedly, "What's the situation?" Could it be that the Khitan army was already ready? ”

After the scout saluted, he said to Governor Nikolai: "Your Excellency Governor, we have found some iron boxes in front, we don't know the purpose, they seem to be movable tents of the Khitans. ”

"Movable tent?"

Hearing the scout's words, Governor Nikolai couldn't hold back a little, and immediately said to the scout: "Come and report to me after you find out!" Don't fool me with this ambiguous intelligence! ”

With that, Governor Nikolai looked at the officer on horseback behind him, and randomly ordered a person to come out of the ranks: "Valery! Take your company, follow the scout team to see, if it is really a movable tent of the Khitans, use the guns in your hands to give the Khitans a little color! Don't let those people in the Guards underestimate our Ninth Division in the Far East! ”

"Yes!"

Valery immediately stepped out of the ranks, full of confidence in Governor Nikolai: "Please rest assured, Lord Governor, see how I can beat those yellow-skinned monkeys to the bottom and expand the territory of the empire again!" ”

"Okay, Bendu is waiting for your triumph!"

Governor Nikolai laughed, and was very optimistic about Valery, a young man.

After Valery dismounted, he immediately gathered his company and advanced towards the front, while Governor Nikolai smiled slightly, and then rode on his horse and whipped up: "The army is following, everyone come with me to see how Valery slaughtered those yellow-skinned monkeys!" ”

"The army of the yellow-skinned monkeys, also called the army?"

He didn't think there was any surprise, after all, Valery was his most trusted young man, and he was also the most military-educated of the company's officers, and Governor Nikolai was very confident that Valery would become his successor in the future, and he also intended to train Valery in this direction.

"Let's go, let's all go and see how good Valery is!"

And as soon as Governor Nikolai had said this, the army began to move.

Compared to the company, the large army obviously marched a little slower.

It was only twenty or thirty minutes before Governor Nikolai suddenly heard a violent cannon shot.

"Boom!"

The sound is very loud, and it can be called shaking the earth.

There were about two or three cannon shots, followed by a few more sporadic gunshots, and then everything was silent.

Seeing this scene, Governor Nikolai couldn't help laughing: "It seems that Valery is very fast, and he killed all those yellow-skinned monkeys so quickly." ”

"Forehead ......"

At this moment, an officer stood up and said hesitantly to Governor Nikolai: "Your Excellency, Valery is over there...... As if no artillery was carried. ”

Hearing the officer's words, Governor Nikolai's smile stiffened for a moment.

"Valery didn't carry artillery ?! What happened to the cannon fire? Damn, could it be the Khitans?! ”

Thinking of this, Governor Nikolai immediately realized that something was wrong, and immediately said to the officers on the left and right: "Full speed ahead, gallop to the aid of Valery!" Those damned Khitan monkeys dared to use artillery to ambush our heroic imperial soldiers! We have to make them pay! ”

Governor Nikolai was furious, and he wanted to kill all the damned Khitans.

Damn it.

It has always been the only case that they have gone to kill the Khitans, and there has never been a situation where the Khitans have ambushed them!

Isn't it good for these Khitans to die obediently?

How dare they!

Governor Nikolai was furious and vowed to give these Khitans a little color.

The army marched, and Governor Nikolai, although very indignant, was quite sensible.

The Khitans had artillery.

Even if it is the most rubbish artillery, it is also artillery, so he must wait for the artillery to go together, and he can't rush to the battlefield with light troops.

If you lose, you won't lose.

But if the casualties are too large, he, Governor Nikolai, will also not be able to account for the empire, and for the tsar!

The army marched, but not long after it marched, suddenly a fierce cannon burst out from a distance, and the shock wave of the explosion instantly dispersed a heavily armed detachment in front, and in an instant blood mist and a wail.

"Enemy attack, prepare to defend, prepare to defend!"

The whistle was blown, and in an instant, the entire army of the Russian Empire, which entered the defensive stage, began to watch around vigilantly, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

Governor Nikolai also dismounted skillfully, hid behind the soldiers, watched the situation in front of him vigilantly, and at the same time viciously ordered: "Prepare to set up cannons, give those Khitan monkeys a little color!" ”

And at that moment, the earth suddenly trembled.

Governor Nikolai was stunned, and before he could react, he saw a tank nearly seven meters long and three meters wide standing majestically on the road in front of him, which was frozen by the weather, and was coming from the mound of earth, crushing the corpses of Russian Imperial soldiers!

The shot was fired from the barrel of the tank.

What a beast of steel, what a war machine!

Seeing the appearance of this tank, Governor Nikolai was fiercely stunned, did not know what to say, and was stunned for a while.

"Sukabule!"

Governor Nikolai couldn't help but burst out with a foul mouth: "God, who can tell me, what is this?" ”

"What about scouts? Scouts! Why hasn't there been any announcement, even though it's called a movable iron tent? When I get back, I'm going to hang your whole family!" ”

Governor Nikolai was now furious, outraged by the scout's actions.

Call this thing a movable tent, and no scout will be notified of the approaching enemy.

On the battlefield, Governor Nikolai simply incarnated as a blind man and could not see anything.

This is a very fatal problem in war.

Many battles in which there are many defeats and few defeats start with the loss of information.

And the failures of many famous generals also started from the loss of information.

The most typical one is the emperor of France, Napoleon I.

Because of the mistakes in intelligence work and the loss of contact with his subordinates, his last dance in Waterloo announced the end of his career.

And Governor Nikolai vaguely felt that something big might happen.

"Fight back!"

Governor Nikolai shouted, and then he took out his pistol, aimed it at the tank in front of him, and fired the first shot.

“piu！”

Governor Nikolai's marksmanship was very good, and the bullet hit the tank's armor accurately, but there was no response, the bullet slashed through the iron armor, ricocheted into the earth, and nothing happened.

"Hurry up, get ready to reload your artillery!"

"Show these iron bumps, we're amazing!"

“……”

The artillery of the Russian Empire quickly began to reload, but at this moment, the first tank that appeared in their sight suddenly raised the barrel, and with a screaming roar, a shell instantly came out of the barrel!

"Boom ——!!!"

The cannonballs were accurate, instantly overturning the old cannons of the Russian Empire, and the shock wave hit like a heat wave, causing a martyrdom.

"This iron lump, will also fire cannons?!"

The boiling heat wave rushed towards Governor Nikolai's cheeks like a tide, but Governor Nikolai didn't feel anything at the moment, instead looked at the tank blankly, and couldn't help but be shocked: "This ...... Is this the Khitan? This ......"

He couldn't believe his eyes.

He felt as if he had encountered something less scientific.

In his impression, although the Khitans were cunning, they were really stupid in war.

And now, how did things turn out like this?

Governor Nikolai fell into deep thought.

But he pondered, but the Ming tank did not ponder.

The first shell was fired, and soon, the second came as scheduled!

"Boom ——!!!"

The sound of intense artillery fire swept the entire battlefield in an instant!

The second shell was fired, which instantly caused a roar, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and screams were everywhere.

Dust and stones.

Governor Nikolai lay on the ground in embarrassment, his whole body covered with dust, and Governor Nikolai immediately shouted to the left and right: "Quick! Fast! Kill me that iron lump! Can't leave it alone! ”

As a fierce general in the army, Governor Nikolai was fully aware of the power of this thing, and immediately understood that this 'iron lump' must be killed, otherwise they would be crushed and beaten!

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

"Lord Governor, our artillery has been bombed, the gunpowder has been detonated, and another artillery team is currently rushing here, the range is not enough, and the accuracy may not be enough, and there is a high probability that it will not be able to hit the other party!"

"Your Excellency the Governor, our bullets can't penetrate ......"

“……”

News after news reached Governor Nikolai's ears from all directions, and for a moment, Governor Nikolai's mood sank, and he felt as if something he had not expected was about to appear.

"Boom ......"

Just when Governor Nikolai was distraught, he suddenly felt a shaking of the earth's crust around him.

The shaking was so palpable that Governor Nikolai was stunned.

What's going on?

Governor Nikolai was stunned, but soon he knew what was going on.

In his field of vision, tanks appeared on the dirt slopes in the south, in the sight of Governor Nikolai.

Governor Nikolai's gaze suddenly became terrified.

"This ...... This ......"

His lips were already faintly white, and Governor Nikolai and even his mind went blank, not knowing what to say.

So much?

So much?!

Why are there so many iron lumps?!

All of a sudden, Governor Nikolai was down and didn't know what to say.

Silence, really silence.

And the soldiers of the Russian Empire, after seeing the appearance of dozens of tanks, suddenly collapsed a little, lying on the ground trembling, not daring to speak.

What's more, it has collapsed to the point of losing control and has begun to flee in all directions.

After all, the situation here is terrible for them.

What kind of imperial elite can be sent here? Before they came to serve as soldiers, most of them were criminals, prisoners and serfs.

When they bully the people, they are naturally like wolves and tigers, and they are vicious and abnormal.

But when encountering a strong enemy, it is natural that the army will be defeated.

Among the great powers, the Russian Empire belonged to the weaker kind, after all, the first Western power to be defeated by the yellow race was the Russian Empire, although they were defeated by Japan, and the war decided the rights and interests outside the border......

But no matter from what point of view, whether it is the eastern end or the western end, the combat effectiveness of Tsarist Russia can only be said to be the last of the great powers. Even if the Qing Dynasty concentrated its forces with all its might, it could wrestle with the Russian Empire in the Far East.

But now, they probably don't have a chance to wrestle their wrists.

The tank armored forces were crushed head-on, and the rangers had already crossed their logistics line, and the reason why the scouts did not come back was naturally that they had been raided by the Ming Dynasty with unmistakable accuracy, and now, these three thousand Tsarist Russian soldiers, as if they were dumpling fillings, would be completely wrapped in a huge dumpling wrapper.

"Your Majesty has an order to capture the governor named Nikolai alive, as long as he is one, and the other foreigners, they can all be killed, and there is no need for his subordinates to show mercy!"

……

Tianjin, in the British Concession, had close correspondence with each other.

Many Britons came and went in and out of the mansion to make an analysis of the current situation in the Qing Dynasty.

The British Minister to China, Prudentus, sat in his chair, lit a cigar, and asked the two Englishmen in suits and leather shoes in front of him: "Will the newly rising power here called 'Daming' have an impact on our interests in the Qing Dynasty?" ”

"Mr. Prus, according to my research on this land, this name 'Da Ming' is a descendant of the previous royal family......"

The Englishman on the left-hand side was talking.

The British concession in Tientsin was large.

It is bordered by Haihe River in the east, Dagu Road in the west, Yingkou Road in the north, and Zhangde Road in the south.

In addition to the United Kingdom, the United States and France also have corresponding concessions in Tianjin.

The British in other countries did not know, but they formed a 'foreign gun team' in the local area, commanded by Captain Gordon of the British Royal Corps of Engineers, to protect the security of their concessions.

However, I originally thought that the interests of the Sun Never Set Empire in the Far East could not be shaken, but I did not expect that there was a 'turmoil' within the Manchu Empire, which also made the British have to hold such a meeting to discuss.

Apparently not interested in the history of the Far East, Pruss just took a sharp puff on his cigar: "Just the conclusion, Jack. ”

"My conclusion is that we must help the Qing government and not let him be destroyed."

Jack paused and said to Prus: "If the Qing government falls, and the population of the Far East is so large, it is very likely that the new government will undergo reforms, and when the time comes, it will overthrow all our interests in the Far East, and the Far East is not as good as Europe, and it will take a lot of time for our army to come once, so I think." ”

"A corrupt and incompetent Qing government is more in the interests of the British Empire than a wise and powerful Ming government!"

(End of chapter)