Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

The next time Feng Xianghua also received a telegram from Guan Xuqing that the massacre must stop.All countries, including Germany, expressed dissatisfaction or raised doubts about the massacre of the Qing Dynasty.

"Tell Cai Ning to bomb the bungalows in the north and west of the city for another two hours, let the fourth brigade guard the artillery battalion, and withdraw the rest of the troops. After two hours, all the troops will withdraw from Tokyo." Although Feng Xianghua still obeyed Guan Xuqing's orders , but the hatred for Japan has not weakened in the slightest, and I still hope to destroy as much as possible.

"Yes..." The communications soldier turned and left.

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Asking everyone for flowers again, where are the flowers? ?

Competing in East Asia Chapter 157 International Public Opinion

Seeing that the Qing army left Tokyo one after another in an organized manner, I thought the brutal massacre was over.The surviving Japanese were looking for their relatives in the ruins, and the cries, roars, and heart-piercing shouts filled every street.

However, the fact is absolutely not the case.The Artillery Battalion and Fourth Brigade of the Second Division of the Qing Dynasty did not leave Tokyo, and the Artillery Battalion was still looking for a suitable place to set up a position.The fourth brigade still guarded the artillery battalion dutifully.

"Let's just go here, each company takes its place." Cai Ning pointed to the ruins under his feet.

"Yes." The artillerymen skillfully installed the mortars on the spot. In an instant, the mortars covered with white cloth had been successfully installed in the ruins.

"Target, 1000 meters to the northeast, put..." Cai Ning ordered, pointing to the northeast.

There was another series of explosions, and the whole of Tokyo was instantly shaken. The citizens who had just climbed out of the ruins were instantly killed by the ruthless shrapnel, and some were directly swept up by the air wave for nearly 10 meters and fell heavily on the ground. On the ground, white and red liquid objects all appeared on the ground, and many people's houses that were blown up were firmly buried underneath.

Horror once again filled Tokyo, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood, making people feel sick.

"Brigade Commander, there are no Japanese troops in this city anymore, why should we be on guard?" Chen Shanyuan muttered.

Xu Bangdao said impatiently: "You kid can talk a lot of nonsense, Cai Ning is really persistent, he just bombarded him twice and left. The troops are almost withdrawn, and he keeps bombarding there."

"Brigade Commander, this little Japan is really tenacious. It's beaten up like this, so it doesn't want to surrender. I heard that their emperor fled to Hokkaido and is planning to fight us." Chen Shanyuan said solemnly.

But Xu Bangdao said nonchalantly: "Let them fight, let them come. Anyway, the little devils are completely finished this time. The emperor said that if they want to fight, they will not have a chance to stand up in 200 years."

"Report to the brigade commander, the sentinel reported that a group of shirtless Japanese rushed to our position." A signal soldier reported.

Xu Bangdao was stunned for a moment, maybe he didn't expect that the Japanese still had troops in Tokyo.

"How many people are here? Are there any heavy weapons?"

"It's just ordinary people. There are about 200 people. There are all kinds of guys in their hands, including British rifles, Japanese knives, and even seagull shoulder poles." The communication soldier replied truthfully.

"It seems that the little devil is more persistent than Cai Ning. The guards will follow me and deal with these Japanese devils." Xu Bangdao took out a Mauser pistol from his waist and shouted behind him.

"Yes." Everyone replied in unison.

It was another one-sided massacre, and the shirtless Japanese muttered some incomprehensible spells neatly.Quickly rushed to the Qing army's position. When the distance between the two sides was only 100 meters, the Qing army's machine guns, rifles, and grenades on the position woke up at the same time. In just ten minutes, the living life just now turned into a body. Horrible corpse.

The mutilated corpses were lying on the ruins in front of the position, with intestines and internal organs spilled all over the place.It made the Qing army on the battlefield nauseous for a while, and some new recruits even started to vomit "squeaky" on the battlefield.

The bombing continued for another full 3 hours. As long as the mortars in the northeast were within range, all the houses were razed to the ground, and there were constant sad moans and calls from the ruins. This scene is In the eyes of the soldiers in the Qing Dynasty, they could not bear it anymore. Some soldiers even turned off the safety of their rifles, for fear that they would end another fresh life by habitually pulling the trigger.

Finally, when the order for a complete withdrawal was received, the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty ran away from this hell on earth without even having time to burn the corpses.

After all the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty left this "city of hell", journalists from various countries and envoys from various countries stationed in Tokyo hurriedly entered the city they had left for only a few days.

But what they saw was indeed a human tragedy. Some reporters even started to vomit after entering. The ambassadors could no longer find their embassies, because the houses had been razed to the ground, and they couldn’t find a single embassy. Ask for directions.

This is what everyone saw after entering Tokyo, and the whole world was amazed.

The United Kingdom first protested against this massacre by the Qing Dynasty, and issued a warning, and reserved the right to send troops to Japan to maintain peace for mankind if similar acts occurred again.

After Britain, the big brother, jumped out to speak, France, Russia, and even the United States all jumped out to issue indignation and serious warnings against this behavior of the Qing Dynasty.

In the Forbidden City, Guan Xuqing watched carefully with the negotiation telegrams from various countries in his hand in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. The more he looked at it, the tighter his frown became, and the more angry he felt in his chest.Suddenly, he slammed the telegram in his hand on the table.Facing Peng Yulin in front of him, he cursed: "What are Britain and France? During the Second Opium War more than 20 years ago, the coalition forces of the two countries invaded the capital and robbed us of the Qing Dynasty's wealth. Burning my royal garden , ravaged the people of my Qing Dynasty, why didn't I see them make a bullshit protest at that time!"

Peng Yulin bowed his head and said nothing, but he agreed with Guan Xuqing's words in his heart.

"Little Japanese pirates took advantage of the opportunity of negotiation to assassinate me. They have already violated the agreement of negotiation. The whole people in Tokyo attacked our Qing soldiers with armed forces. Our Qing Dynasty killed some civilians by mistake just in self-defense. How could it come to them? Has the city been massacred?" Guan Xuqing still said angrily.

"What the emperor said is, it's just...if Britain takes this opportunity to send troops to Japan, how should we respond?" Although Peng Yulin didn't take Japan seriously, he was obviously very afraid of Britain.

"Hmph! Can't you see it? It will be a matter of time before the British send troops into Japan, but they definitely don't want to fight against us, but they want to take this opportunity to swallow up Japan's land." Guan Xuqing said relaxedly.

Peng Yulin was suddenly startled when he heard the words, and raised his head and asked, "Is it possible for the British to pick up the ready-made ones that have killed and injured so many soldiers and warships in the Qing Dynasty?"

"Haha, of course not. The Japanese borrowed money to buy British weapons, and they still haven't paid the money. It is very reasonable for the British to cut off two pieces of land. But my Qing Dynasty paid the lives of so many outstanding officers and soldiers. How could it be just What about just getting these lands?" Guan Xuqing said with narrowed eyes.

Apparently Guan Xuqing had already thought about what he would ask for in the future, and what needed to be waited for was the cooperation of those countries that apparently protested against the barbaric actions of the Qing Dynasty.

Competing in East Asia Chapter 158 East China Sea Annihilation Battle

Whether it was Lu Yiwei's troops or Feng Xianghua's two divisions that slaughtered Tokyo, they are all on standby now.He was not prepared to take advantage of the victory and pursue directly to Hokkaido.

Because after the supply line was attacked by the Japanese navy, both ammunition and food were seriously insufficient. The Ministry of War also suggested not to stretch the front line too long, and properly recover and defend it. After the navy recaptured the supply line, the supplies were fully replenished. There is no rush to move forward.

Therefore, this break time is a rare few days of leisure after the Qing Army entered Japan.The army stood still and waited for help, because the time in Tokyo was too great, and the local Japanese did not dare to make a fierce resistance. Everyone was worried that the city they lived in would become the second Tokyo.

Yan Fu led the nine ships of "Changsheng", "Unbeaten", "Ride the Wind", "Break the Waves", "Daqing No. [-]", "Daqing No. [-]", "Guangjia", "Guangyi" and "Yangfan" The warship returned from the Sea of ​​Japan on the same route, and did not encounter the Japanese fleet even near Nagasaki.

And Deng Shichang led nine warships "Zhenyuan", "Dingyuan", "Jiyuan", "Weiyuan", "Flying Eagle", "Sea Lion", "Jingyuan", "Laiyuan" and "Zhiyuan" from the Pacific Ocean. Traveling south to the East China Sea, the Japanese fleet was not found.

"Damn it, did the Japanese warship disappear out of thin air?" Deng Shichang cursed angrily while holding a telescope and talking to himself.

At this time, the nine warships lined up in three columns, with three warships as a team, the middle team protruded about 400 meters forward, and the left and right wings of the columns were slightly behind, so that the three warships in each horizontal team can form a triangle. formation.

In the late 19th century, the modern naval warfare transitioned from the era of sailing battleships was of special significance.Group individual ships together, using appropriate queues.It helps to exert the power of the cluster, and doubles the combat effectiveness and survivability of the warship.

However, at that time, the command methods of the naval formations were relatively primitive, mainly semaphore commands.Even if this method is used for normal sailing on weekdays, if it is used to command a formation of ships with too many nautical miles, it is obviously powerless.Not only may ships that are too far away from the flagship may not be able to recognize the clear signal, but at the same time, once the meaning to be expressed is too complicated, simple semaphore is likely to cause ambiguity.In wartime, semaphore command is even more fragile.The ropes, sails, and signal soldiers that hang the signal flag will all become the targets of the enemy's firepower, and the coal dust and gunpowder smoke will permeate the steaming naval battle.It will make the battlefield as if surrounded by clouds and fog.Even the ships next to the flagship.It is also possible that the content of the signal flag cannot be discerned clearly.

Taking these factors into consideration, if only relying on the flagship to use simple semaphore commands to command a large-scale fleet to change formation or fight.Obviously, it has great technical difficulty and inoperability, so the prevailing norm in the naval circle at that time was to split the large fleet into multiple tactical squads composed of a small number of warships.Yu Si, a diplomat of the Chinese embassy in the UK who participated in receiving the "Wu"-class armored cruiser back to China, summarized the norms of the British Navy's charter in his book "The Diary of the Building and Ships", summarizing this as "...when the battle is underway, divide Three ships form a team, and several teams form an army, which is most appropriate...", that is, every three warships are organized into a tactical unit, and then several tactical units are combined to form a combat fleet.The advantage of this is that as long as the warships of each detachment move closely with the captain ship of the detachment, the warships of the detachment can rely on each other during combat, and the detachments can also cooperate with each other. They can act in concert and cooperate in combat, so as not to fall into the disadvantageous situation of being defeated by the enemy one by one.

The North and South Ocean Fleets, which were heavily influenced by the British Navy, also absorbed this idea.In the naval formation specification "Ship Formation Diagram" compiled by the Jiangnan Naval Academy, although hundreds of formations are listed, the most basic tactical unit of each formation is the traditional three-ship unit.

Therefore, when the troops were divided into two groups to encircle the Japanese fleet, they used three warships as the basic battle group. The formation adopted can be called a triangular file formation. Generally speaking, it is a three-column formation, which belongs to the standby formation. This formation can be used for mooring, and can also be used as the basic formation for daily sailing.But the triangular file formation is different from a simple three-column formation. In this formation, the three warships in each horizontal row are a tactical unit. The relative positions of the three ships in the unit are slightly staggered, and they are not in a straight line.The arrangement of the horns in the column is strictly in accordance with the naval tactical standard at that time that "the whole ship should not be parallel (such as a word), nor should it line up (such as a word), but should be scaled forward (such as a checkerboard shape)" , in order to facilitate maneuvering and avoid collisions and accidental artillery fire (normal sailing formations do not have this requirement).

The "Flying Eagle" cruiser at the forefront of a formation led by Deng Shichang suddenly noticed thick smoke rising from the southwest direction, and moved rapidly towards its own fleet. From the speed of the incoming ship, it could be judged that it was a warship. The "Flying Eagle" immediately sounded its siren, and the entire fleet was put on alert.

But soon, the sentry on the mast plate of the "Flying Eagle" reported that the incoming ship was an American warship.The officers and soldiers on the warships breathed a sigh of relief, and the captain Ding Ruchang immediately ordered the sentry: "Tell them that we are performing a combat mission and keep them at a distance."

The warship flying the American flag didn't seem to see the flag clearly, but rushed a little closer. They didn't return until most of the warships in the fleet could be seen clearly with the "Flying Eagle" ship flying the flag for the second time. A "do not misunderstand" banner, turned around and left.

This small episode did not affect the good mood of the officers and soldiers of the ships. It is almost known throughout the country that the war is going smoothly. Although the navy did not achieve any important victories, they are all prosperous, and the navy is also honored.

"Boom..." "Boom..."

After entering the East China Sea, the Deng Shichang formation, which had been maintaining a speed of 8 knots to join the Yan Fu formation in Nagasaki, unexpectedly heard the bombardment of warships from near Nagasaki.

"Report, Flying Eagle reported that there were two fleets engaged in battle near Nagasaki. It is currently impossible to identify whether our Qing fleet has encountered the Japanese fleet." A communication officer reported truthfully.