Chapter 107: Looking at each other across the water
"Whew-"
The mixed fleet of the Beiyang Navy Division and China Merchants set sail from Dagukou, sailed all the way east in Bohai Bay, crossed Laotieshan at the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula at the mouth of Bohai Bay, and then went up northeast along the coastline. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Soon, the world-famous military fortress, one of the world's five major military ports, the Lushun Military Port, the first military port in the Far East, appeared in front of He Changying and others.
As the sun sets, it gradually disappears into the verdant mountains, and a narrow and curved sea channel between the two mountains, covered with sparkling golden sunlight, stretches towards the interior of the military port.
"This military port was built by Li Zhongtang himself, reported to the imperial court, and was presided over by Hannagan, and it took eight years to spend nearly 1.5 million taels of silver."
Wu Weiyang, who was standing next to He Changying, looked at the Lushun Military Port bathed in the glow with intoxication: "This lion's mouth is only 300 meters wide, and the channel in the middle of more than 90 meters can only pass through one warship at a time; The golden mountains on both sides of the lion's mouth, with dense artillery on the tiger's tail, are definitely a dangerous place for 'one man to be closed'! ”
He Changying shook his head regretfully.
It took eight years, spending 1.5 million taels to buy another 'Dingyuan' and a 'Zhenyuan', and even rewrite the fate of the Qing Dynasty's First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, and build the first military port in East Asia.
It can be regarded as the Qing Dynasty spent money, and the White Gang East and Russia built it.
After the Sino-Japanese War in 1895, until 1955, the Port Arthur was occupied by the East and Russia, an internationally famous rogue thief, an international butcher and a hooligan, in turn.
After the unconditional surrender of the East in 1945, Jiang Guangtou wanted to take the opportunity to take back the Lushun Military Port, but instead of taking it back, the Lushun Dalian Military Port was forced by Stalin to sign the "Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance", and lost Outer Mongolia.
It was not until 1955, after repeated representations by the Chinese government, that the Soviet Union reluctantly returned to the port of Arthur, sixty years after the First Sino-Japanese War.
"Outer Mongolia, Lushun Dalian, and now more than 20,000 square kilometers of land west of Sarekol, which has just been shamelessly seized in the Pamir region."
He Changying whispered to himself: "Even Vladivostok, the North Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk, the Bering Sea, the Kamchatka Peninsula, the whole of Siberia, including the east of the Ural Mountains, all the rich lands of my Asia; Since I'm here, history is a little different after all, right? Why would I be here, or why would I have to live this time in vain! ”
"Boom!"
There was a loud bang on the 'Zhenyuan' ship, and a large puff of gunpowder smoke rose from the firelight.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Immediately, on the forts at the height of the Golden Mountain and the Tiger Tail, two puffs of white smoke also rose one after another.
At this time, the new soldiers on the merchant ships of 'Jiang Yu' and 'Jiang Shun' belonging to China Merchants ran out of the cabin one after another, standing on the deck and looking excitedly at this first fortress in East Asia.
I am the Huanghai Ping Domain of the Qing Dynasty, Lushun Military Port.
And the three coal carriers that specialize in transporting mules and horses are even more mules and horses roaring in unison, and there is a commotion.
"Battalion commander, this group of mules and horses went to Pyongyang, and it is estimated that they will die a lot; This freight is all paid by our new army, it is really better to buy it in North Korea, and the bantam horses in North Korea are said to be half cheaper than those in Jinmen. ”
Shen Zhaoao walked over with a smile, and his mouth was relaxed, but He Changying seemed to be saying that he was stupid.
"Why go to Pyongyang?"
He Changying smiled and said a simple sentence, which stunned the officers of the new military camp around him.
If you don't go to Pyongyang, then where to go?
"'Zhenyuan,' 'Jiyuan,' 'Pingyuan,' 'Chaoyong,' 'Yangwei,' 'Guangbing,' now Ding Ruchang is rectifying military affairs in Port Arthur, pointing these six warships to Pyongyang with a swagger, not afraid of being ambushed by the combined fleet of the East, and making dumplings;
He Changying's words made everyone feel cold.
The Datong River Estuary is turbulent, but it is not as easy to swim as the waters of Toshima.
"The Qing Dynasty has ignored espionage all the year round, do you think that in this Jinmen, inside this Beiyang, there are only three traitors: Wang Kaijia, Liu Di, and Shen Chuan? If you win the bet, the new barracks will just enter Pyongyang City safely, and if you lose, you and I will have 1,083 lives in the new barracks and six warships of the naval division. ”
He Changying's face was resolute, and he said loudly to the platoon commanders of the companies around him.
"Who is Shen Chuan, and the city defense battalion has caught a traitor again?"
Liu Xueren, head of the telegraph research and development team, asked his old partner in a low voice, Liu Mingyang, deputy platoon commander of the battalion's special reconnaissance platoon.
"I don't know."
Liu Xueren also seemed to be confused.
The night before yesterday, after Shen Ye Stork, who had broken three toes, confessed honestly, He Changying put him back, and promised that as long as he was sensible and obedient, not only would he not be guilty of his past, but he would also be promoted and made a fortune after making great contributions in the future.
Moreover, He Changying also gave him a pseudonym 'Shen Chuan' with a bad taste.
After Wu Yuren and Luo Rongguang's two outpost training troops were assigned to the new military camp, He Changying merged the two sentry training troops to form the fourth infantry company of the new military camp.
Li Jingfang privately discussed with He Changying and thought that there was a team of pro-soldiers around him to support the scene, and Cheng Guande, the sentry officer of the Beitang Army, and Hong Jiading, the sentry commander, had drunk two meals of flower wine with Li Jingfang before, and they also felt that it was more promising to mix with Li Jingfang, so He Changying asked them to pick three teams of soldiers and leave the new barracks.
Then Mao Chao was appointed as the commander of the Fourth Infantry Company of the recruit battalion, and Qi Youwei, the sentry officer from the Dagu Fort, served as the company deputy.
Last night, He Changying thought twice and decided to expand the special reconnaissance platoon and let each company and platoon select some alert and loyal soldiers to supplement it.
In the end, the special reconnaissance company was expanded to a large establishment of nearly 60 people, and 2,000 taels of activity funds were directly allocated, with Xiong Kaiyu in charge of the operation and Liu Mingyang in charge of the examination and approval of the funds.
He Changying has a lot of plans and big plans, so he attaches great importance to this special reconnaissance platoon, which is still in a seedling state.
He had considered letting Chen Shijie be the platoon commander before, but then he found that Chen Shijie's brain was too hot-blooded, and he was more suitable for propaganda and shouting slogans.
However, like Chen Shijie, Xiong Kaiyu, the squad leader of Bowen Academy, who never leaves "The Scream" and flips through it when he has nothing to do, is more suitable for the position of the platoon leader of this special reconnaissance platoon.
Then He Changying instructed Xiong Kaiyu to select five cadet soldiers from his special reconnaissance platoon to secretly lurk in Jinmen, responsible for monitoring Shen Chuan and conveying orders.
"And where are we going with our new barracks?"
Deputy Company Commander Wu Weiyang asked with his eyebrows twisted.
"Zhao Ao, pass the order to the captains of the merchant ships, the chief soldier of the sailor, and Consul Li, and at the same time to Yun Yu of the 'Jiangshun' and the deputy company commander of Duan on the horse carrier, and tell them that we will land at Andong at the mouth of the Yalu River."
On the 'Zhenyuan' ship, Lin Taizeng, the chief soldier of the left wing of the Beiyang Naval Division and the leader of the Zhenyuan ship, was worried.
In May, he took the ship 'Jinwon' and cruised in Asan and Inchon for more than ten days, and Lin Tai personally watched the large-scale deployment of troops in the East.
Whether it was the sailors on the Oriental warships, or the Oriental Army with their heads held high, their aggressive and sharp spirit made Lin Taizeng's heart tremble.
During those few days, the "Jinen" ship looked across the water several times with the "Naniwa", "Yaeyama", "Musashi", and "Akagi" ships of the Toyo Combined Fleet.
In particular, there was a distance of less than 500 meters between the Naniwa and the Naniwa troop carrier, which was ordered to escort the Oriental Army.
Hayashi Taizeng and Heihachiro Togo each stood on the bridge of their warship, and while letting their subordinates lie in ambush near the turret to prepare for battle, they raised their monoculars and looked at each other.