Master Yuan, start!

"Huh? What is this? Why did this plot suddenly appear?"

It will appear very abrupt.

I started writing the foreshadowing of the Huayong Battalion from the beginning of the Hunan Expedition.

Otherwise, why would I write about Churchill?

Because historically he made his fortune in South Africa, was arrested by the Boers, and finally sneaked out. He became famous in Britain after returning to London.

So I naturally thought, what if Churchill formed the Chinese Battalion?

"Churchill and White met on the Yangzhou battlefield. Churchill admired White's bravery and then took him to South Africa. The South African plot began from then on."

I won't go into great detail about the South African plot, but there are some things I have to write about, otherwise the plot twists would be too abrupt.

In the previous chapter, I told Bai Lang about "expanding the living space of the Chinese nation and defending Huo" just to make Bai Lang's image more three-dimensional in everyone's eyes, but it seems that I didn't succeed.

Otherwise, some readers might say, "They are far away overseas, why should they listen to your remote commands?"

Writing a book is a difficult and demanding task, as the plot has to be considered from many aspects. I hope you can be more patient and understanding.

Similarly, regarding this Sino-Russian naval battle, my original idea was to win through radio.

I mentioned the invention of radio over 100 chapters ago. Radio was commercially available in 1900, so I don't think it's too much of a stretch to release Goldfinger four years early.

But later I felt that this was not enough. If radio was used, although the Russian Navy would be defeated, the Japanese Navy would not be defeated. It might be that they had unrealistic ambitions.

During that time, I happened to watch a documentary about an earthquake, which said that a major earthquake occurred in Japan in 1896, triggering a severe tsunami.

G, inspiration comes!

I changed the plot of the Beiyang Fleet winning through radio to winning through a tsunami.

When the tsunami hit, both the Japanese and Russian fleets sank, and China was the only one to reap the benefits. This made everyone feel better because Yuan Shen's strength was in disguise enhanced.

Finally, everyone go to the discovery page at the bottom of the dudu reading to receive the red envelope.

Chapter 331 Blame the National Flag (with pictures)

In the early morning of Vladivostok, a thin layer of mist covered the port.

It was originally a time when everything was quiet, but in recent days, it was contrary to the usual tranquility and was filled with chaos everywhere.

The Cossack cavalry who should have been blocking the Chinese outside are now patrolling the streets on horseback, looking dusty and dusty, and maintaining the only remaining order in the city.

The commander of the cavalry regiment, Colonel Valeo, who had taken the initiative to attack a few days ago, was now standing on the top of a watchtower in Vladivostok, looking at the mess of fortifications at the foot of the mountain, and fell into deep thought.

A few days ago, Cavalry Colonel Valeo led the Cossack regiment north to stop the invading Chinese army.

However, after the two sides encountered each other, the Cossack cavalry suffered a major setback.

Valeo asked the Cossacks to deal with the Chinese army based on their experience in dealing with the Central Asian Khanates.

However, he did not realize that the firepower level of this force had completely surpassed those of the Central Asian nomads.

After two rash charges, the Cossack cavalry were beaten back by Chinese artillery using light field artillery, leaving behind dozens of corpses and wailing horses.

In desperation, Valeo could only lead the Cossacks to block the National Revolutionary Army from moving south from the periphery, while sending people to notify the rear to make defensive preparations in advance.

However, what Valerio did not expect was that bad news also came from Vladivostok.

Mayor Sakharov sent someone to report that fires suddenly broke out in banks, churches, docks and other places in the city for unknown reasons. The soldiers and police who stayed behind took a lot of effort to slowly extinguish the flames.

So, when Valeo led the Cossack cavalry back to Vladivostok, he found that what greeted him was a port that had been burned and was in ruins.

However, there is no time to mourn for Vladivostok, because the Chinese are about to arrive on the battlefield with great force!

After Valleo hurried back, he concentrated all the troops in the city and pushed more than a dozen cannons stored in the warehouse up the mountain. Only then did he barely block the attack of the 4th Regiment of the National Revolutionary Army.

...

"Chinese, why did you only attack once?"

On the top of the observation tower, Valeo looked at the end of his sight in the north, where the 4th Regiment of the National Revolutionary Army was building fortifications along the road, and felt a little puzzled.

He didn't understand why the Chinese army only launched a tentative attack once and then stopped attacking after following him into the defense range of Vladivostok.

I also don't understand why the Chinese built fortifications facing Vladivostok.

Do the Chinese want to trap us here to death?

It was obvious that as long as they used human lives to fill the line, they could capture Vladivostok, or at least break through the city's outer defense line.

Could it be that these Chinese people have traveled a long distance and are no longer physically strong enough?

Or, are they waiting for more reinforcements?

Valeo was puzzled, but he knew that this was his best opportunity.

With more than 5000 soldiers and more than 1000 police officers at hand, as long as we rely on the mountain defense seriously, we will be able to defend the entire Vladivostok!

Yes, definitely!

Because, there is the Navy's stimulation o4 folding era:, 湫杀 [肆 existence.

As long as the navy returns to port, the crisis in Vladivostok will naturally be resolved.

Yes, no one thought that the Russian Pacific Fleet, which went out to sea seeking a decisive battle, would fail.

Even Mayor Sakharov, who came from a civil servant background, was 100% or even 90% confident of victory.

Army Colonel Valeo was even more looking forward to the return of the navy.

Thinking of this, Valeo continued to stand on the watchtower and turned to look towards the port in the south.

The dock, which was once orderly with goods neatly stacked, is now crowded with yellow laborers who were forcibly conscripted here.

On the water outside the dock, more and more merchant ships and cargo ships are gathering waiting to enter the port.

After the Chinese attack, the lower-class yellow people in the city immediately became the targets of Russian suspicion.

Originally, Valeo planned to send Cossacks to arrest them all and put them in prison.

However, after the riots in Vladivostok, a large amount of goods that needed to be exported were piled up, and a large amount of goods needed to be imported, but the docks had been destroyed and there was no time to load and unload.

Therefore, Mayor Sakharov proposed that these yellow people should carry out the reconstruction work of the dock under their supervision, and strive to restore the port of Vladivostok to normal as soon as possible.

At the very least, we need to let these Chinese repair the dock to welcome the fleet returning to the port.

...

"That is?"

The Cossack patrolling on the dock rubbed his eyes and saw columns of smoke appearing in the distant eastern sky against the rising morning glow.

If you look more closely, you will find that although the hulls of these ships are scarred, the blue, white and red national flags are hung on the masts.

"It's our fleet, the great Pacific Fleet has returned!"

At this time, even ordinary Russian police saw the fleet slowly returning to the port in the distance.

"X溜剪: 6 is saved, Vladivostok is saved!"

They picked up their police hats, spun around and threw them into the air. Some Russians even squeezed through the dirty Chinese coolies and ran towards the pier at the front of the dock with big strides.

On the Hailong, Liu Bohong looked at the Russians cheering on the dock, put down his binoculars, and looked a little strange.

Seemingly smiling but not smiling, seeming tense but not tense.

"I didn't expect the Japanese method to be so effective."

In order to approach the port of Vladivostok more easily, the Russians' vigilance should be reduced as much as possible.

Captain Kawaichi Kawahara of the Naniwa suggested that the French flag previously flown by the Kairyu be placed horizontally to disguise it as the Russian flag, so as to confuse the Russians when docking and achieve the maximum killing effect.

Although this plan sounded a bit ridiculous, Liu Bohong decided to give it a try.

Unexpectedly, the Russians in Vladivostok were deceived so easily.

In fact, Liu Bohong still overestimated the Russians.

At that time, the illiteracy rate among Russians was as high as 9%.

You have to know that this is the literacy rate in an alphabetic country, not a country like China that uses square characters.

This means that most Russians cannot even recognize all 33 Cyrillic letters.

Not to mention distinguishing one's own country's flag.

In addition, Crown Prince Nicholas had just promulgated the new colors of the Russian flag in 1896.

The new national flag was different from the black, yellow and white colors of the Peter the Great era. Instead, it was white, blue and red.

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In other words, the colors of the Russian flag and the French flag are exactly the same, the only difference is that one is horizontal and the other is vertical.

The tricolor national flag was hung on the mast, fluttering and rolling in the sea breeze.

If you don't look closely, you can't tell it's the French flag. You can only see the blue, white, and red dancing in the wind. "

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Sure enough, after seeing the "national flag", a gunboat was quickly dispatched from the port to greet it.

However, after approaching, the gunboat discovered that the visitor was not its own warship.

"Could it be that this is a Chinese ship captured by the navy, and they flew the Russian flag to show off their achievements?"

By this time, the Russian gunboats had not yet realized the approaching danger.

The sailors on the gunboat hurriedly looked back, but did not see Alexander II and Nicholas I.

It was not until the Russian gunboat sent out flag signals to inquire but received no response that they realized the strange atmosphere, so they quickly turned around and headed towards the harbor.

It's too late, but it's soon.

Upon seeing this, the Hailong quickly turned the ship around, revealing the 105mm rapid-fire secondary gun on the port side, and fired at the small boats in the harbor.

Immediately afterwards, the Naniwa took the lead, even crossing the shooting baseline of the Hailong and approaching more than 100 meters into the port.

Afterwards, the Naniwa set up its 260mm main gun, aimed at the two coastal gunboats parked in the distance, and fired armor-piercing shells with a roar.

No need for scatter coverage or cross-beam adjustments.

At such a close distance, the Naniwa hit the target with one shot, sending the two gunboats, which weighed only a few hundred tons, to the bottom of the sea.