() After struggling until the early morning of the next day, the surviving ships of the Eight-Nation Fleet no longer dared to stay in the waters here. Regardless of the objections of the landing force, they followed the German fleet and sailed to Weihai Port, preparing to renovate the ships and personnel here.
On June 15th, in the conference room of the German Naval Base in Weihai, dozens of naval captains, deputy captains and several senior officers who had fallen into the water and were rescued were having a quarrel. In a corner of the room, Fleet Commander Lieutenant General Seymour was arguing.
Take a damage report and read it carefully. This time the Eight-Nation Fleet suffered heavy losses. 3 battleships alone were sunk, and 7 cruisers of various types were sunk.
2 battleships and torpedo ships were sunk, and 2 battleships were seriously damaged, 4 cruisers were seriously damaged, and 3 destroyers were seriously damaged. In the entire Eight-Nation Fleet, there was not a single intact battleship, 2 cruisers, 8 destroyers and various types of gunboats.
The two undamaged cruisers belonged to the Germans. At that time, they dropped the marines on land off the coast of Dagukou and were not with the fleet.
"Everyone, stop arguing. Let's think about who the enemy is." After reading the report, Lieutenant General Seymour rubbed his swollen head and shouted to a room of naval admirals from various countries who were still arguing.
"Your Excellency, Commander, we asked the officers and sailors who fell into the water. Several people saw the attack. I am sure that what they saw was a torpedo, and it was a very advanced torpedo. As for where the torpedo came from
, I think it is a submarine, yes, it is a submarine. Our French Navy has equipped several submarines, but where did this submarine come from?" The speaker was the commander of the French Navy. It was the French fleet that was attacked last time.
After the attack, French Brigadier General Ford was in Da Nang to investigate the cause.
"Submarine? Impossible. Not only do you have submarines in the French Navy, but we also have submarines in our German Navy. Yesterday's attack lasted for an hour. After we escaped, we searched around for about three hours. Can your French submarines
Don’t you need to surface after being underwater for five hours?
And as far as I know, the maximum speed of Germany's blackhead torpedoes is less than 10 knots, and the range is less than 700 meters. To sink a battleship, at least 10 torpedoes are needed, and they have to hit the right location." German fleet commander von Di
Trichy spoke next, and he clearly opposed the French statement.
"Some of our sailors also saw something similar to a torpedo in the water, but that thing was very fast. According to the calculations of the sailors who saw it, it could probably reach more than 25 knots." The Americans also spoke.
"We shouldn't be investigating torpedoes here, we should be shelling every port in this country!!! This is an insult to our Tsar Majesty!!!" The deputy commander of the Russian fleet jumped to his feet and roared. They suffered the greatest losses and sank.
Two of the battleships were Russian, and the fleet commander sank along with the flagships. He could not figure out how to retaliate without being sent back to the capital to be hanged.
"Everyone, we should go to bei jing and let the Qing Dynasty succeed.
"Compensate for our losses, this is not a quarrel here." The commander of the Japanese fleet, Fukushima Yasumasa, loudly suggested to the officers present that the Japanese's losses this time were not big, they just sank a cruiser, but
Japan himself came with a total of 4 ships, including only battleships
Two. This cruiser was a new ship just bought from the UK the year before last. Even the smell of paint had not dissipated, and it sank inexplicably. Fukushima knew clearly that in order to buy these warships, the Japanese people had paid
The price is too high. If you don't get some money back, you will be scolded to death when you return.
"No...no...I object. I can't let my German fleet take risks without knowing who the enemy is." The Germans were not happy. They had sunk so many ships and the enemy had not yet been found.
, and go to deliver meat to others?
After arguing for a whole day, the eight officers finally came up with a resolution: the fleets of each country would stand still in Weihai, and each would send a telegram to their respective countries to explain the situation here, and let the governments of each country decide on the next move.
The eight-nation navies here have all withdrawn to Weihai, but the eight-nation armies and marines disembarking from Dagu Port are making smooth progress. Part of the forts at Dagu Port have been captured, and most of the Qing troops stationed at the forts are relying on the remaining
Some of the forts fought against the Eight-Power Allied Forces, but the Qing army's weapons were backward and their command was messy. Coupled with the support of several coalition gunboats that entered the Haihe River, it was only a matter of time before Dagukou fell.
After hearing the news of the sneak attack on the navy, the landing coalition forces did not panic too much. Instead, they became more ferocious because their way back was cut off, because they knew in their hearts that if they did not occupy Tianjin as soon as possible, they would be trapped in a bitter battle without supplies.
Only by capturing Dagukou as soon as possible and allowing the fleet to enter the inland river can we continue to attack Bei Jing.
Although Liu Fu's Taiwanese submarine secretly destroyed most of the surface ships of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces, the Qing Dynasty was so rotten to the core that no one thought about taking advantage of the lack of surface support by the Eight-Nation Allied Forces to defeat the Eight-Nation Allied Army's land forces.
, but each fought his own way, allowing the Eight-Nation Allied Forces to defeat them one by one. Finally, on June 17, they captured Dagukou and fought all the way to Tianjin along the Haihe River.
On June 20, 1900, Bei Jing sent a telegram saying that Emperor Guangxu had given the order and had officially declared war on eleven countries: Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Austria. Liu Fu
Holding the telegram, I admired the courage of the Qing government at that time. Hitler was not so crazy. Could it be that the entire Qing government
No one with any sense in the family came out to persuade his emperor? What kind of magic power caused so many fools to get together!!!
Originally, Liu Fu thought that attacking the Eight-Nation Fleet would frighten the Eight-Nation Allied Forces, and they might withdraw their troops, thereby saving the Eight-Nation Allied Forces from going to Beijing to burn the Old Summer Palace. Who would have thought that wishes are beautiful, but reality is cruel, and history is such a
The inertia of the big wheel cannot be stopped by one or two mantises. Liu Fu originally felt that his mantis had grown quite a lot, but unexpectedly, it was still a little thin.
With the continuous investment of follow-up troops from the Eight Powers from China, the offensive strength of the Eight-Power Allied Forces was restored. In mid-July, Tianjin fell, and the Eight-Power Allied Forces marched along the canal towards Beijing. After nearly a month of fighting, the Qing Dynasty
Zheng Fu's army and the Boxers still failed to stop the Eight-Power Allied Forces. In mid-August, Bei Jing fell again.
Then the coalition forces pursued the victory and once reached Shanxi. However, due to the inability of the terrain and logistics to keep up, they suffered several defeats and then stopped attacking.
Then... there was no more. The Qing government surrendered and signed the "Xinchou Treaty" and a large number of various defeat agreements in September 1901.
Liu Fu was in Taiwan and followed the development of the war through various telegrams and letters every day. From the large-scale outbreak of the Boxer Rebellion to the signing of the "Xinchou Treaty" by the Qing Dynasty, it was like taking a big lesson in modern history, even though he was in the middle.
A small bit was added, but from the overall effect, it is basically invisible.
In fact, it was not completely ineffective. After this large-scale sneak attack on the fleets of the eight countries, the naval forces of each country in the Far East were basically crippled. Although Britain, France, and Germany all dispatched some warships from their own countries or other colonies to supplement them, the quality was still insufficient.
to make up for previous losses.
Coincidentally, when they were wiping out the Boxer Rebellion forces, the Russians found a secret plan from a Boxer Rebellion branch in Tanggu. The content of the plan was for members of the congregation who had access to water to launch a boat into the water at night close to the foreign ships.
Use human power to push the mines and blow up the ships of the foreigners.
The Russians discovered this plan and found several Tianjin-made mines from the branch's secret stronghold. Therefore, the Russian deputy commander, who was eager to find the truth about the bombing and sinking of many warships, immediately put this secret plan and
He regarded the mines as a treasure and reported them to the Russian Czar Zheng Fu. In order to support his conclusion, he also arrested dozens of people who were said to be water ghosts of the Boxer Rebellion and used them as witnesses.
Perhaps because they were frightened by the foreigners, when the Russian deputy commander found the Qing government with secret plans, mines and witnesses, the Qing government did not even dare to check, so they were confused about their responsibility for the sneak attack on the Eight-Power Allied Navy.
was attributed to the Boxers.
Although there are still several captains and fleet commanders among the eight countries who still have doubts about this plan, but since the Qing government has admitted it and there are all the witnesses and material evidence, they did not delve into it further, put aside this shame and topic, and turned to
Instead, he was busy grabbing things and dividing the spoils.
