Beep beep! As the whistle blew, a heavy armored train drove out of Beitangkou Station.
This armored train was modified using existing spare locomotives and carriages. Because the train line passes through the east and north walls of the Tianjin Acropolis. There is a station here. Therefore, using an armored train is the best choice.
Along the existing railway, armored trains can run all the way to Changxindian Station near Beijing.
After repelling Jiannu this time, Yang Fan didn't plan to continue pretending.
No matter how powerful the Yang family is, it can no longer be hidden.
Simply build a branch line, starting from Qinhuangdao Port in the east, passing through Lulong, Qianxi, Zunhua, Xincheng, Jizhou, Pinggu, Huairou, Yanqing, Huailai, and finally reaching Zhangjiakou, and the original Tianjin to the west to Gansu Heilongjiang.
Shuicheng's railways are connected into one.
After the construction of this branch line, Yang Fan's territory will have a winter-free port. The ability to go to sea can be guaranteed at any time. As for the problem that Qinhuangdao is too close to Shanhaiguan, Yang Fan is not worried.
Inspector Yuan is probably about to dismiss the get out of class.
From now on, without Governor Yuan as the governor of the five towns, they will soon be reduced to local troops. Even if they are killed, they will not dare to stroke their beards.
Besides, with the railway, troop transport will be very fast and the transport volume will be large. However, this new line is not going to use narrow gauge. It will go directly to the 1435mm standard gauge.
In the future, the newly built railways in Daming will all use standard gauge. As for this railway to Europe, due to cost problems, it can only use 762 narrow gauge. When the time is ripe, or finance allows, derailment will be carried out.
transformation.
That is to say, add another track outside the narrow gauge of 762 to form a three-track railway.
In this case, both standard gauge and narrow gauge can be used. Many railways in modern India are tracked in this way. The advantage of this is that standard gauge modifications can be carried out without stopping the operation of the railway.
With the sound of the whistle, the train began to move. The crankshaft drove the flywheel and drove the wheels. After a vibration, it started to move slowly.
Yang Fan and his family all boarded the VIP car in the middle. This car was similar to a RV, and was also modified from a truck chassis. It just added shock-absorbing springs to improve comfort.
The carriage is similar to a modern double-decker train. After boarding the train, the downward stairs lead to the lower level, and the upward stairs lead to the second floor. The lower level is the living room, kitchen, dining room, office, telecommunications room, gun room, maid and female guard.
The upper floor is the living room, living room, a small gym, cloakroom, bedroom, bathroom, study and rest area, which is a private space for Yang Fan and his wife.
Breakfast was eaten in the car, and the family sat on the chicken wing wood floor.
On the small Kang table, there were fried matsutake mushrooms fried in butter, smooth eggs with shrimps, fried octopus with leeks, vegetable salad, freshly grilled red sausage, a large plate of sea urchin sashimi, and four kinds of fried vegetables.
Staple foods include abalone rice, Yangchun noodles, assorted fried rice, soup dumplings, millet simmered with ginseng, raw fish slices porridge, etc.
The main drinks are sour plum soup, barley tea, hot milk, etc.
The food in the Yang family has always been rich, and the ladies have become completely corrupted. They are used to eating the delicious food at home, and are no longer interested in restaurants outside. Now, Yang Fan is vigorously developing seafood fishing, and a steady stream of all kinds of seafood is available.
The cooking methods and seasonings from later generations are no better than those of this era.
Yang Fan usually didn't eat much, so he chatted with his wives while eating.
Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru haven't been on the battlefield for a long time since the last battle against Mongolia. They both have itchy hands. Especially Lin Yueru, who was in poor health after giving birth and has been recuperating. She hasn't practiced martial arts for a long time. This caused her horse
The weapon Green Dragon Halberd is a little rusty.
Because there was no dystocia, the little girl has been bouncing around and practicing with her guns regularly.
This time, when they heard that Yang Fan was going to the front to supervise the battle, they all volunteered to protect the master. In their opinion, although Yang Fan could fight, he didn't know kung fu and relied on brute force. There were all kinds of things on the battlefield.
There are situations, so they need personal protection.
Yang Fan had no choice but to agree.
The speed of the train was very fast, and it arrived outside Tianjin in an hour. Yang Fan was surprised to find that the railway track was not damaged. After Zhengbai Banner and the Mongols captured Tianjin in a surprise attack, they immediately retreated into the city. Because there is a city not far south of Tianjin.
Transport the governor's troops and horses.
Yang Fan did not wait for the large troops. They had to at least get to the gates of Tianjin after dark. So, the train arrived first. There were three battalions of 1,500 troops on board, and the train was armored. It was not afraid of the Qing army at all.
The train stopped outside the east city wall, and faced the Qing troops on the wall across the moat.
When this armored train, honking its whistle and blowing out thick smoke and steam, came roaring, the Qing troops on the city wall and the surrendered Ming troops who had collected them immediately started to commotion. They had never seen a train before, and they didn't know it was there.
What the hell? It looks very scary.
The little girl was very excited. She used a telescope to observe the situation on the city wall from behind the car window on the second floor. There were no artillery in this section of the city wall, so she stopped here.
As soon as the train stopped, the 30mm caliber six-barreled Gatling cannon on the roof and the Gatling gun installed on the side of the carriage turned around, aiming the black holes and muzzles at the city wall.
Yang Fan's armored train was modified by himself. Bulletproof steel plates were riveted on the chassis of the truck carriages. Because it was a narrow gauge and its strength was difficult to control, he did not dare to install direct-fire artillery with large recoil. After all, Yang Fan's factory could not produce truck carriages.
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However, for the sake of attacking fortifications, there is still a carriage equipped with two gas tank mortars. This large-caliber mortar can fire gas tanks with a charge of forty kilograms. It can attack the enemy's solid fortifications such as city walls.
, it still has a very large destructive capability.
The infantry on the vehicle are all modern infantry equipped with old sleeve type and five-round magazines. Therefore, Yang Fan is not worried about the three armored soldiers of Zhengbai Banner and the 30,000 Mongolian army in the city.
The reason why Huang Taiji arranged for them was to prevent the 80,000 cavalry troops under the Governor of Water Transport from heading north to Tianjin. After all, occupying Tianjin would mean cutting off the water transport through the Grand Canal.
However, it was obvious that they were overly concerned. The canal soldiers were worse than the guardsmen. They had completely reduced themselves to doing evil things on the canal and causing harm to Nakha. They had done almost all bad things, except being unable to fight.
So proficient.
There was chaos on the city wall, with many people running around.
Tu Shanyue put down the telescope and asked: "Master, when will we launch an attack?"
Yang looked at the sky. It was a bit gloomy, and it was probably raining. He said, "Don't worry, there are more than 30,000 people in the city, and we just don't have enough people. Let's wait until the main force arrives in the evening. It won't be too late to attack tomorrow morning."
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Lin Yueru asked: "Master, how do you plan to fight? Tianjin is a fortified city. It is estimated that there will be many casualties."
Yang Fan smiled and said: "For us, there is no strong city anywhere in the world. Using mortars and incendiary bombs, we can directly clear the city wall. Gartley machine guns are not vegetarian. When the large troops arrive, we can directly
