Why do so many people get up so early?

Huang Jianxing was slightly stunned, then immediately put away his distracting thoughts, and looked at the room of generals who were looking at him, He Changying, the deputy commander of Lushun who was standing in the middle, and knelt down on half a knee and said: "Huang Jianxing, the artillery battalion of the Gongwei Army, see the deputy commander." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"Camp Commander Huang, please get up; We can't do this set of anti-Japanese affairs, and when we meet in the future, we will raise our hands and salute them. ”

He Changying was looking at the map of Dalian Bay and the map of the distribution of mines in the bay with his staff officers, and saw a sturdy man in his early thirties enter the tent, sign up to bow down, and hurriedly walked over to help him up.

Huang Jianxing stood up and looked carefully into the big camp.

Just now, the battalion commander was full of people, and he didn't have time to recognize them one by one, only then did he see Cheng Moyi from the Laolongdao Fort, Mao Chao who led the troops to practice artillery on the fort, Wang Shizhen, the logistics director, and-

"Junmen, why are you here?"

Huang Jianxing suddenly saw that Xu Bangdao was actually standing in the crowd, looking at him with a smile, and couldn't help but be surprised and happy.

"I heard that He Dutong and Jiang Junmen recaptured the Jinzhou we discarded, I was ashamed and ashamed, and sent a telegram to the imperial court asking to return to Jinzhou to do my part; I'm one step ahead, and the 9th Battalion will be able to come over this afternoon. ”

Xu Bangdao looked at Huang Jianxing and said, "Jianxing, it's good that your artillery battalion can take the initiative to stay on Monk Island, instead of running away in embarrassment like me!" ”

At this moment, after listening to Xu Bangdao's intimate words, Huang Jianxing, a man in his thirties, couldn't help but shed tears.

"Xu Junmen forgive me; The total strength of your 9th battalion is only 3,000 people, the stall is large and empty, and two battalions of the 4th battalion of the Huaizi Army are the first to flee without orders, giving Zhao Huaiye an excuse to escape later. ”

He Changying said coldly: "With the first time, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be a second time, and in times of war, it is advisable to punish harshly; At the same time, I suggest that the 5th Infantry Battalion of the Gongwei Army and the 4th Battalion of the Huaizi Army be reduced to 6 Battalions, which will be more conducive to command. ”

He Changying's words were murderous, and Xu Bangdao, Huang Jianxing, Jiang Zikang, Pan Jinshan and others in the tent were all nervous.

"You need to tell the court about this, right? And I only have 1,800 people in my hands, I'm afraid the bullets can't be suppressed, in case of an uproar? ”

Xu Bangdao was a little moved when he heard this, and it was obviously a good idea to eat all the 4 battalions of the Huaizi Army through reorganization before the war.

"I have telegraphed to Zhongtang, if Zhongtang agrees, we will copy the knife, and as for the officers of each department, Xu Junmen will deal with it himself; Zhao Huaiye had been arrested on a fishing boat last night, and Zhang Qilin, these scum will be transported to Jinmen for trial with those Japanese prisoners of war on the ship today. ”

After saying these words to Xu Bangdao, He Changying looked at Huang Jianxing, Cheng Moyi, Wang Shizhen, and Mao Chao and said: "Today's weather is fine, and it is not surprising that the Japanese Combined Fleet will attack Dalian Bay, my request is very simple, defend Dalian Bay!" ”

"Yes!"

Cheng Moyi, Wang Shizhen, and Mao Chao all raised their hands to salute, and Huang Jianxing looked confused and didn't adapt yet.

"Mao Chao, your soldiers are used as reserve artillery; Huang Jianxing, when Cheng Moyi is short of soldiers, you fill in for me, even if you finish fighting me, you can't take a step back, otherwise the military law is ruthless! ”

"Yes!"

Mao shouted loudly: "Commander-in-chief, even if you put a hundred hearts, if anyone is a bad seed, Lao Tzu will shoot whoever he wants; If I lose the fort, you cut off my head!" ”

"Report, Governor of Jinmen's Mansion telegraph."

At this time, a herald dismounted and stood outside the tent, and said in a loud voice.

"Come in."

He Changying held the telegram, and there were only four words on it, which was clear at a glance.

The three characters are named: Li Hongzhang.

The remaining word is: Yes.

Xu Bangdao took the telegram, and in his eyes, he felt that the word 'Ke' was written like blood, and it was dazzlingly red.

"When the 4th Battalion of the Huaizi Army arrives in Jinzhou City, the General Staff will transfer troops to carry out the disarmament of the 4th Battalion of the Huaizi Army, and if there is resistance, the rebels will be annihilated; All 4 battalion officers were taken and escorted to Jinmen together; All the other sentinels, the sentinels, were all shot at once! ”

In this warm big tent, He Changying's words were a little cold, which made people shudder.

Just these few words decided the lives of the two dozen sentinels and sentinels.

"Boom!"

At this time, after breakfast, the anti-Japanese artillerymen who had adjusted their muzzles began to test fire a corrective shell at the Japanese Shimenzi position.

The incessant shelling is about to begin again.

"Yaga, pig!"

In the distance, Shimenzi, the Japanese soldiers in Wollongpo cursed one after another.

TM's cold day, can't you stop for a while?

"Boom-"

At this time, several more dull cannon roars rang out in the west.

In the direction of Dalian Bay, the shelling stopped for most of the night and then resumed.

At the military depot in Dalian Bay, at the temporary rest point on the Nanguanling Post Road, the people of southern Liaoning who were dressed in tatters and the soldiers who came out to make extra money were all eating pickles and nibbling on the steamed and soft nest at this time.

Each of them also carried a large bowl of steaming egg soup in their hands.

"Gentlemen, you have to be full, and if you are full, good luck, our shells will fight the Japanese!"

Kong Erdan, a soldier in charge of serving the egg soup, was loudly cheering while scooping the delicious drooling egg soup into the big bowls lined up.

"Master Jun, don't worry; This is for the court to do things and earn a lot of money, eat better than the New Year, it's okay, if the eyeless turtle grandson has no conscience, everyone can spit on him! ”

"Everyone, eat well, listen to the military master when you are full!"

There was a lot of gratitude in the crowd.

Outside Dalian Bay, Ito Yuheng looked at yesterday's map of the bay mouth detection area, and was still not satisfied.

"This distance is also 9 kilometers at the closest, and it can barely reach the effective area of 152mm rapid-fire guns, and a large number of 120 rapid-fire guns can't do anything at all;"

Ito ordered: "All the small ships of the fleet should enter Dalian Bay and extend the exploration area forward by at least another 2.5 kilometers. ”

"The Japanese fleet has entered the bay, brothers, give me a bang!"

On Monk Island, the soldiers on the five batteries on Laolong Island, when they saw the Japanese ships swaggering into Dalian Bay, they all roared angrily, ran to the turret, and began to bombard.

"Boom-"

In the clear water, cannonballs exploded on the surface of the water, stirring up large and small columns of water.

More than a dozen Japanese gunboats, torpedo boats, were cruising back and forth in the turbulent seas in search of mines.

"It's unbelievably poor!"

Sailing back to the Yoshino ship at the mouth of Dalian Bay, the captain of the ship, Kawara Yadaisa, put down the binoculars in his hand, and his eyes were full of contempt: "When the gunboat finishes cleaning the waterway, with the ten rapid-fire guns on Yoshino, you can completely crush this group of idiots!" ”

"Kawara-kun, the Yoshino ship is equipped with the world's most advanced artillery rangefinder that has just come out, and the speed of the ship is more than 23 knots, and the firepower is unmatched, and it is praised by Western countries as the fastest and best cruiser in the world today;"

Rear Admiral Tsuboi Kozo, commander of the Oriental Standing Fleet, said in a deep voice: "This warship alone cost the empire 2 million taels of silver, and the whole country has reduced food and clothing, and His Majesty the Emperor has only eaten one meal a day in order to buy this warship for the past year. ”

"Long live the Emperor!"

Kawahara wants to be full of pride, excitement, admiration.

Pingjing Hangsan looked at the Qing army forts in Dalian Bay, which were constantly spewing out red cannon streams, and said solemnly: "Dalian is just a small test, and Lushun Military Port is the key to the glory and disgrace of the empire; So, Kawahara-kun, for the sake of the empire, please honor your words just now and defeat these Qing pigs! ”

"Hey!"

Kawahara was about to roar: "I promise! ”