Episode 151 Ah, warship! (8)

As the sun sets in the west, the entire Lushun Bay is filled with a beating golden color.

Amidst the waves of cheers, Xu Xiangde and Wu Yanbin, both dressed in neat Ming Dynasty officer uniforms, climbed onto the top of the front turret of the heavy cruiser "Destiny", stood on it, and spoke with a microphone. The microphone wire was connected to a long length.

All the way to several loudspeakers on the bridge.

"Brothers of the Lushun Fleet!" Xu Xiangde shouted to the densely packed sailors on the deck and the dock, "You don't have to surrender to Little Japan! ... On behalf of the Ming Army, I will take over the Lushun Fleet! ... As long as the brothers take over this

The fleet arrives at Dachangshan Island, then from now on, you will all be members of the Ming Dynasty!!!"

The cheers below almost reached the stage of madness, and countless sailor hats were thrown into the sky. Wu Yanbin took the microphone and shouted repeatedly, "Quiet, please be quiet," but it had no effect.

After cheering like this for several minutes, it finally became quieter. Xu Xiangde took the microphone and continued:

"Brothers, after returning to the pass, you don't have to run south! Most of your hometowns are now..."

At this time, everyone below shouted:

"How do we drive out?"

"There are Japanese warships guarding outside!"

"How can we drive to Dachangshan Island!"

"Isn't this a way to die!"

Wu Yanbin next to him gave Xu Xiangde an inquiring look. They had been acting separately for the whole day, and they had just gotten back together. Wu Yanbin was using a paging radio, and could only use code words to communicate with the rear, and he did not dare to talk too much.

He said that for most of the day, Xu Xiangde and Li Zhien used the coded radio station brought by Li Zhien to contact the rear.

Xu Xiangde smiled and nodded, took the microphone and said loudly:

"Brothers, don't worry. The Ming government has already made arrangements. When the time comes, all the brothers can do is go out on warships!"

The sailors below have become accustomed to distrusting officers. Now even Ming army officers are still hard to trust. They are still quarreling:

"How was it arranged?"

"Yes, how was it arranged? Tell me and listen!"

"Just drive out, to put it lightly!"

"Exactly! Even if the ship sinks and all the brothers fall into the sea to feed the sharks, you officials will not lose a piece of your skin!"

Wu Yanbin grabbed the microphone in vain again and shouted loudly from the side:

"Quiet, please be quiet..."

Xu Xiangde pointed to the epaulette on his shoulder, raised his voice into the microphone and said:

"Brothers, listen, as for how it was arranged, I'm not high enough, so I don't know! It's a secret! But think about it, Ming Dynasty spent so much effort, so much thought, people and money.

For such a long time, it was just for this Lushun fleet! How could this fleet be sunk as soon as it left the port? Think about it, isn’t it true? Is the Ming government just taken advantage of, born with two hundred and fifty? "

There was a roar of laughter below, but not many people were giggling.

"And!" Xu Xiangde continued to shout, "When the time comes, there will be a senior officer of the Ming Navy on every warship! He will guide you, and you all listen to him from the captain down! This officer will be at least a school-level officer.

Above! If he is sunk by the Japanese as soon as he goes to sea, he will die with you! How about it, don’t worry!"

The sailors below were obviously very satisfied and started cheering again.

Wu Yanbin also waved with a smile, but he was doubtful in his heart. He didn't know how Xu Xiangde and the others contacted the rear and what the rear said. How was this arranged? He couldn't just raise a Ming flag on the mast of the Qing ship and count on Japan.

People don’t dare to open fire anymore, right?... This is too simple, and the Japanese may not admit this account. If this was all right, the Lushun fleet would have flown the Ming flag and returned to Tianjin with great swagger. But listening to Xu Xiangde’s words, it is obvious that

Again, very confident.

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At the same time, at five o'clock in the evening, the three military ports of Weihai Port, Qingdao Port, and Changshan Islands, and the Ming army's task force landing at Dagukou, Tianjin, began to leave the port one after another and formed at sea. At eight o'clock in the evening, these three fleets

special blend

The fleet met at the sea surface 20 nautical miles north of the Shandong Peninsula and formed a very large task force, divided into three waves: front, middle and rear, with a total of more than 200 ships of various types, and headed toward the northwest Bohai Sea.

The Ming Army's special task force set out from the port, and it was not hidden from the eyes of all parties. Both the Beiqing and Japan were staring at this large fleet. For a long time, the Ming Army's various warships, troop transports, supply ships, and oil tankers

, landing craft, minesweepers... are constantly watching the assembly in the three ports. The Ming army's army is either taking trains or taking ships, and is also constantly gathering at these three ports. Everyone knows that the Ming army may be assembled at any time.

Landed in Tianjin and attacked Beijing.

After receiving the news that the Ming army's warships were gathering formations at sea, the Qing army immediately raised the alert level of the Beijing-Tianjin Corps to the highest level. All coastal defense forces along the coast were ready, and thousands of tanks lined up in large groups, "from all roads".

They marched from Beijing to Tianjin with a rumble, ready to push back the Ming army that had just landed ashore and had only light weapons into the sea.

…

Ever since the Ming army began to gather troops to land at the port, the Manchu and Qing court had become frightened.

The city of Beijing is under martial law around the clock. No one is allowed to take to the streets without any reason. Anyone who disobeys the order will be punished with death.

Anyone who gathers more than five people together will be convicted of "conspiracy to subvert the imperial court" and arrested on the spot. Even if they are in their own home. As long as there are more than five people in a family, one or two people must go to a neighbor's house. Beijing

The military police Xian Te began to search house to house to see if there were more than 100 people in the house.

At the same time, during the search, the military and police also confiscated all civilian communication tools, mainly radios and batteries. In the past, only shortwave radios were prohibited, but now even ordinary medium-wave radios are included in the prohibited list. In addition, if you have a phone at home, as long as it is not

The extremely well-connected and powerful families would cut off the telephone lines and take away the telephones.

In addition, all weapons and items that may be used as weapons must be confiscated:

——Fruit knife, kitchen knife, scissors, axe, saw, chisel, screwdriver, wrench, hammer, iron chain, iron ruler, slingshot, knitting needle, knives and forks for eating Western food, wooden sticks on mops and brooms, and cigarette sticks

Iron sheets...all these things that can be stabbed, smashed, and cut, except tables and benches, are classified as controlled

All items must be confiscated. Even the scalpels and scissors used in the hospital are not immune. The doctor was performing an operation. When he saw the police coming to inspect, he immediately stopped rescuing people and cooperated with all the tools on the operating table.

It was handed in. Within a few days, hundreds of patients and pregnant women died because the operation could not be performed.

——There are also matches, gasoline, kerosene, alcohol, wine with a concentration of over 30 degrees...all things that can burn quickly and may be used to make Molotov cocktails must also be confiscated.

These days, Beijing residents can hardly cook. They can only tear the whole cabbage with their hands, and to make a fire, they can only dig out the fire sickles and flints from the old generation.

Although the streets in Beijing are deserted, banners have been hung with big letters on them:

In peace and prosperity, safety comes first.

Guangwu originally ordered to remove the glass from the windows of all houses in Beijing and replace it with window paper to prevent someone from breaking the glass and using the broken glass as a knife. However, just two days after the execution, it was discovered that it was too unfair.

Reality. It is too slow to remove the whole piece of glass. It will take until next year to remove all the glass in the city. And if it is smashed directly, it will take more time to clean up the broken glass. Let the householder clean up by himself, but I am afraid that he will hide one or two pieces of broken glass.

Glass.

So Guangwu angrily gave up. Beijing was spared a "Kristallnacht".

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On the Japanese side, since the three task forces left the port, they have been closely monitoring them. It was dark and planes could not be used, so destroyers and patrol boats followed them from a distance.

The Ming Dynasty had prepared for this landing for so long. Japan certainly did not believe that the Ming Dynasty would temporarily change its target and land in Lushun just to seize these cruisers. However, the time when the Ming Dynasty sent troops this time was too coincidental, and it headed for Tianjin

On the way, they happened to pass through Lushun. Japan was always worried that a small squadron of the Ming army's huge fleet would go to Lushun Port to meet the Lushun fleet.

Therefore, Japan also gathered the battleship Fuso and several cruisers scattered in the Yellow Sea early to form a squadron with considerable combat effectiveness, guarding the outside of Lushun Bay. At the same time, the Japanese Navy urgently sent troops from home
Chapter completed!