Chapter 171 Start with the fleet's temporary evacuation!

- In Andong New Port in the early morning, the sea is surrounded by fog.

Ma Dongzi got up early today, dressed and drew twice in the mirror, and smiled proudly.

He believes that even an old friend in the past, if he saw this well-dressed young man in his twenties in the mirror, he would not recognize him. You know, he still had a beard two years ago.

Beard, that is, the bandits of the horse gang, walk in this white mountain and black water, and have their own backers. In those years, because he could not afford to pay the rent, he gritted his teeth and took this road. With his horseman's ability, he became a famous leader in the area of Haicheng.

But who would have thought that one night, with dozens of subordinates, he was overturned by more than a dozen men in black and covered with their faces, and they had no power to fight back. Fortunately, they showed mercy and escaped the disaster.

Since then, he has become a subordinate of a group of people who still don't know their names, and did a lot of big business together. At that time, he found that he used to be a child's house compared with others!

Until a year ago, those people suddenly took action and killed all the hundreds of restless masters in the team overnight, and dragged the rest of the people here and adapted them into a security team. When he arrived here, he finally knew that those big men had defeated him not long ago, and now they are famous for the Pacific Army!

With almost no consideration, Ma Dongzi chose to join the team, in addition to the other party's means of killing without blinking an eye, but also for the stable life now.

To be honest, except for those restless masters, who are willing to carry their heads as bandits, most of them are forced to go to Liangshan without a way to live, so after eliminating those restless people, the restless people also accepted their new identities.

In the name, they are the security team of the Devons, but in fact, in the Pacific Army, they have another identity, the Pacific Army Reading Second Battalion, which is responsible for defending the interests of Honolulu here.

Ma Dongzi has never read a book, and he doesn't know a few words of Dou Da. He doesn't know how to defend the interests, but one thing is very clear, that is, who dares to extend his claws to Devins Yangxing, no matter whether he is a bandit or an officer or an army, he is the sworn enemy of the reading camp!

This sentence is not a joke. From bandits to soldiers, it is not only a change of identity, but also a monthly change of ten taels of silver. You don't have to carry your head to do business! Most importantly, as long as the relatives and friends of the partners are next to each other, as long as you open your mouth, almost all of them have become foreign workers. They not only have no worries about food and clothing, but also carry eye-catching money. Compared with the past, they have lived a good life.

Under this means, the current reading camp has long been a piece of iron.

Ma Dongzi checked the pistol. It was a new product that had just been shipped. It was much better than the hand gun when he was a beard. He couldn't even stand the war horse for a long time with one shot. After checking the gun, he immediately pushed the door and walked out.

Stepping on the road paved with ash, Ma Dongzi soon came to the stable in the northwest corner of the dock. Relying on the horse's back, he has now become the squadron leader in the reading camp.

Originally, there was a special person responsible for such things as Guan Ma, and he didn't need his squadron leader to care about it, but this time it was really different.

Because the horses purchased by the foreign bank from Mongolia in the past few days have arrived, with a full of 3,000 war horses, which made the horses in the reading camp very busy, so he, a squadron leader who knows how to raise horses, also had to help.

Walking into the expanded stable, Ma Dongzi's eyes lit up. He only saw rows of hairy and snowy horses next to each other, making two soft hiss from time to time, and soaking bean cakes in salt water in the food trough.

After saying hello to several horse sitters, Ma Dongzi immediately picked up the bean cakes and began to feed the horse, but as he walked through one stable after another, his eyes became brighter and brighter! The three generations of his ancestors grew up on horseback. It is not easy to see horses. At a glance, you can see that these are the best war horses, and each of them is valuable. Even on the Mongolian grassland, only those noble men can have such good horses!

Who on earth is so good at getting such a good war horse!

Ma Dongzi's eyes were shining. He patted a jujube red horse that stretched out its head to grab the bean cake in his hand. He really wanted to take it out immediately. Just as his hand was about to touch the reins, a long whistle suddenly came from the distance. For the first time, the war horses that heard the seawheel whistle raised their necks one after another, and the horses' hoofs were also restless.

Ma Dongzi hurriedly looked up and saw three sea ships faintly appearing in the sea fog, and he suddenly felt a trace of abnormality!

You should know that since the spring ice broke, all the things in the warehouse have been shipped away, and the rest is not enough to fill a ship. How can there be so many at once?

Is someone coming to make trouble? Thinking of this, Ma Dongzi immediately threw down the bean cake in his hand, took the jujube red horse, patted it twice, and then ran to the dock quickly.

When he arrived at the dock, he suddenly found that the whole port was under martial law. Fortunately, the guards knew him and let him in. After the first big ship slowly landed and began to unload the goods, Ma Dongzi knew why it was so different today!

In his eyes, a cannon slowly lowered from the freighter crane made his eyes straight immediately! ——

In Lushun Port.

Lin Tai and Liu Bujin walked slowly by the dock, looking at the repaired Dingzhen ships docked on the dock. Not only did they not have any excitement on their faces, but they saw several warships flying Russian flags in the distance, and their eyes were full of worry.

"Zixiang, have those Russian hairs replied?"

Liu Buchan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I asked Yang Yonglin to inquire. They will stay for a while."

"I still need to stay!" Lin Tai once clenched his fist suddenly. Lushun was a heavy place in the North Sea and guarded the gateway to the capital for a long time. He was stationed by a foreign fleet for a long time, which really worried him.

In the past, it could still be delayed by wintering, but now the ocean has already thawed, and the waterway of Shenwak in northern Shanghai is also unimpeded, but the Russians still do not leave, which can no longer be described as worry!

In this battle, all the sailors were lost. At this time, except for the Pacific fleet that often sent several warships to turn around the Yellow Sea, there was only the North Ocean. Now Russia has increased its troops and stationed in Lushun through the winter, which has made him feel a little uneasy!

Thinking of this, he immediately asked, "Brother Zixiang, what do you think?"

He has been a friend for many years and studied in the UK together. How could Liu Bu toad not know Lin Taizeng's thoughts? He sighed and shook his head: "The Admiral went to Tianjin to see the middle hall yesterday. I hope there will be a result."

Although Liu Bu toad did not answer directly, he also knew that the longer the Russians were stationed here, the more unfavorable it would be. Although they were nominally for wintering and thinking about North Korea, who knew whether they would change the muzzle?

In this paragraph, in order to prevent the Russians, the sailors were almost all on the ship. The soldiers were on alert for twelve hours. If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that the soldiers will be tired and lay down without waiting for the Russians to take action!

"Brother Case, do you think Lord Zhongtang is wrong?"

"Wrong?" Lin Tai once stopped and turned his head to look at Liu Bu toad, who met him and said, "I think it would be a big mistake for adults to try to subdue North Korea at that time, but I'm afraid it would be a big mistake to join hands with Russia at this moment!"

"Oh? Has Zixiang found something recently?

Liu Bu toad nodded and pointed to the Russian [***] ship in the distance: "In the First Sino-Japanese War, the army camp and our sailors fought to the country. Although they damaged the soldiers, they did not hurt their vitality. The Pacific Army killed in the air and completely destroyed the naval division, which not only solved the danger of our naval division, but also forced them to sell the island with compensation, and their strength was greatly damaged!"

"At that time, it was the best time for us to take back our country, but at this time, the court agreed to the conditions of the British and chose to have peace. Tens of thousands of troops withdrew to the Yalu River, and we were also confused. Although North Korea is now in the hands of Japan, they have lost their warships, and even the big ships were robbed by the Pacific Army. If it hadn't been for the British to help transport troops, I'm afraid it would not have been consumed long ago.

"The court may think that since it has become a toothless tiger, there is no need to fight this battle again, but Lord Zhongtang should not forget that the Russians have coveted North Korea for more than a day or two. If it hadn't been blocked by the British in the past, I'm afraid they would have taken Yuanshan Port long ago!"

"Since Zhongtang finally chose to be consistent with the court, he should not intervene again. Russia just wants North Korea to fight. We just need to watch and be on guard, but now he mentions the United Russia again. Isn't this leading the wolf into the room!"

Seeing that Liu Bu toad was getting more and more excited, Lin Tai couldn't help frowning and said, "Brother Zixiang, you can't say that. It's not that you don't know the hardships of Lord Zhongtang. Britain's persuasion was originally uneasy and kind-hearted. In order to ensure their interests in the Qing Dynasty, they were afraid that the Pacific Army would intervene. They deliberately used Japan to divert their attention and provoke the fight between the two families, forcing them to prepare for war.

"Now that Japan has gained a firm foothold in North Korea, and soon all the new ships they bought will come back. Once Japan defeats the Pacific Army, do you think we can block so many big ships by relying on our Beiyang?"

Lin Tai once smiled bitterly: "If we have a few more ships, it's enough, but at this moment, the court can't afford to pay. It was because Lord Zhongtang saw this that he prepared to join Russia and prepare for the defeat of the Pacific Army in the future."

"So, Brother Case, do you think the Pacific Army will definitely lose to Japan?"

"Even if you are not defeated, it is a tragic victory." Lin Tai once took a breath: "Twelve iron armored ships are the same as our two ships. I'm really crazy!"

Liu Buchan moved his mouth, thought about it, and then closed it again. Suddenly, he smiled: "Say, it's all because of Fang Boqian's good son-in-law. Since he defeated Japan, why did he let North Korea go? Isn't this increase our trouble!"

"Hehe..." Lin Tai heard it and was happy. He smiled and said, "He went to Hawaii, and I don't know what's going on. By the way, I heard that people came to Hawaii recently, and the emperor also promised them to open a mansion and set up a trade office in Yantai.

"Yes, I heard about it, too." Liu Bu toad nodded and suddenly smiled mysteriously: "I also asked someone to buy a few kilograms of milk candy. Brother Kaishi, do you want to try it?"

"Good boy, you should do it quickly! I heard that the milk candy shipped with the Hawaiian minister is now selling like crazy in Beijing! The princes and Baylors moved home dozens of catties and dozens of catties, and even the empress dowager was full of praise! No, Zixiang, you have to make me some.

Lin Tai once grabbed Liu Bujin's sleeve and was ready to talk about it first. Suddenly, he saw Ye Zuui running in a hurry. Seeing that he looked flustered, he suddenly felt awe-in-headed and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's not good. Lord Ding just sent a telegram from Tianjin, saying that the Nanyang Marine Division found four Russian ships passing by overseas and were coming to Lushun!"

"What!" --

Standing at the window of the temporary headquarters of Ryukyu and looking out, the blue sea is vast, and the waves are rising and dotted with it. Several fishing boats walked together, bringing white tails.

In the hegemonic harbor not far behind them, the Pacific Fleet is gathering together, four Arctic star battleships, four determination-class heavy cruisers, and two light cruisers. If it hadn't been for the six destroyers, the scale would have been even larger.

This is the greatest force that the Pacific Fleet can deal with the situation in the Far East at this moment. Due to the need to ensure the safety of Hawaii, Long Xiao and two other destroyers will not participate in this operation. After completing the escort mission, the Honolulu quickly rushed back to Hawaii and used its speed to assist in the patrol.

However, Chen Ping is not very worried about the safety of Hawaii. Although the United States has transferred the newly launched battleship Oregon to the San Diego base to expand the strength of their Pacific Squadron, they will never expect that Marseille, which was funded by the young master, is ready to take action!

Not long ago, Duan Fei's news showed that the 10,000 rebels in Maceio's hands had sneaked into Cuba in batches, and there were signs of another outbreak of unrest everywhere, so even if the Americans were careful, I'm afraid they would have to consider the safety at their gate first!

"This is a wonderful move!"

Chen Ping pinched his fist. He has always had no doubt about his vision and was also very confident. However, since he met the young master, he found that he was no longer a little worse. Whether it was to build an army in Chile or lay out Cuba and seize Hawaii, until recently, he suddenly recruited Liu Hengxuan to support the Philippines. Armed on the ground! Now after this series of things that seemed to have nothing to do at that time gradually merged, Chen Ping realized that the young master's vision and means could only be described as unpredictable!

Cuba will become the biggest stumbling block to the expansion of the United States. As long as you don't move this big stone, you can't concentrate on the Pacific Ocean! And Luzon will also become the biggest stumbling block to guard the Strait of Malacca and prevent the great powers from entering the Pacific Ocean. As long as the Jinghai plan is completed next year, then they will no longer have to look at anyone's face!

"This is a big era, with storms and clouds, weird and changeable! But it belongs to the era of good men like us, and it is the best time for us to make contributions!"

This is what the young master said when recruiting Liu Henghui. Now it has been widely circulated in the Pacific Army, inspiring countless recruits! It has also become the words of countless hot-blooded men in the Pacific Army!

Although Chen Ping can't be compared with those eighteen or nineteen-year-old young people, he was only thirty-three years old. When he heard this sentence, his whole body was still trembling with the excitement and heat rushing out of his words!

This is a big era!

When Chen Ping's eyes suddenly lit up, Zhang Zuolin's voice also came behind him.

"Report, the Sailfish sent a telegram from the sea of Lushun that the second batch of Russian fleet has arrived at the mouth of Lushun, turned around the rest of Lushun, and is sailing back to Vladivostok."

Chen Ping took the telegram, looked at it and said with a smile, "If you want to cover it, I'm afraid they will come back in less than a month." After saying that, he put together the intelligence and asked, "How is the army?"

Zhang Zuolin was dressed in a brand-new military uniform, and the major's epaulettes on his shoulders were shining in the sun.

This young major staff officer, because of the last sentence, has been regarded as a support arm by Chen Ping. He changed from a second-class army staff officer to an army coordinator of the staff headquarters. He seems to be a staff officer, but the meaning is completely the opposite. The coordinator means that he has been recognized and has the right to contact higher-level decisions and plans. So he has now become the idol of the young generation of the Pacific Army!

Hearing the chief of staff's inquiry, Zhang Zuolin quickly straightened down and reported: "The first and fourth divisions have all been assembled and can start at any time. The first regiment of the Marine Corps is also ready. In addition, the new second regiment of the army has also been integrated into the formation sequence."

"How long will it take for the Third Division to fully enter Aimei Island?"

"The first troops have been stationed on Aimei Island. According to the progress, the remaining troops will also arrive in half a month."

Chen Ping nodded. Obviously, the second regiment of the Marine Corps could not catch up, but the three divisions and one marine regiment, with a total of 35,000 soldiers, except for the third division that must be stationed in Hawaii, this will be all the forces he can use in half a year. The number of troops facing 50,000 Russians is not very different, but it is not very different from any time. Compared with Russia, which may increase troops again, this is the current limit of Honolulu. After all, Hawaii and Ryukyu are small, and the human resources are not abundant. It is under great pressure to gather 40,000 troops.

You can't stop the war because of the big difference in quantity! Chen Ping smiled and asked, "That's right, which army is the hard work?"

The relaxed tone of the chief of staff made Zhang Zuolin laugh. In order to reach the intention of rapid support, the first fleet has taken the lead in Andong with heavy equipment. However, because Anton is too close to Dagu Mountain, which is a strong place where the Qing army is stationed, only thousands of people can be arranged to be stationed, and it must be covered in the name of the bitter force.

"The first division, the second regiment and the third battalion are ready!" Zhang Zuolin replied with a smile.

"This Zhao Long is really willing to do it!" Chen Ping smiled. Although the first division is known as the strongest in the Pacific Army, it still lacks the test of war in Chen Ping's eyes, so he also agrees with Zhao Long's decision and said, "Let them enter and tell them that no one can leave the dock for any reason without an order!"

"Yes."

"Yes, tell him again that someone must be responsible for the confidentiality!" Chen Ping told again.

"Immediately tell the King of Ryukyu and the representatives of various countries in Ryukyu, and tell them that in view of the possible change in the situation in the Far East, the fleet will temporarily station in the Ogasawara Islands."

"Yes."

After Chen Ping ordered, he turned his head and looked at the sea outside the window. The Pacific Army made another big circle and had accumulated enough strength to finally move from the deep blue to the inland!

The road begins with the fleet's deliberate avoidance! ......

(to be continued)