Chapter 190 Salute for the bloody Beiyang!

Fengtian.

Originally named Shengjing, it was the base camp before the eight banners of the Qing army entered the customs, and it was also a symbol of the prosperity of the Manchu people. Even after the Qing army entered the customs, Fengtian served as a companion for hundreds of years.

With the gradual assimilation of the Manchu people after entering the customs, the status of Fengtian has gradually declined. Over the years, with the tide of breaking through Kanto, more and more Han people have gained a foothold here, and they have long lost the demeanor of accompanying the capital.

But no one can deny that Fengtian's geographical location is very important. To the north is the vast Mongolian grassland, and to the south is the special geographical location. The Liaodong Peninsula where Lianggang is located, and to the east is Jilin Heilongjiang. To the west, the road leads directly to the military town of Shanhaiguan, and the waterway can go straight to the sea from Yingkou to Liaodong Bay, so this place has passed through the dynasties. All dynasties have been a must-have place for soldiers.

After the founding of the Qing Dynasty, General Shengjing was set up, who ruled the two flags and soldiers stationed here for a long time, which shows the important surname of Fengtian.

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Fengtian could not be compared with the Shenyang Metropolis of later generations, but it had already taken shape. In the past, there were countless merchants, but in these days, not to mention merchants, even beggars did not dare to approach Fengtian City.

Tang Keyi hid on the city wall, and the cat leaned out and looked out. The ancient Fengtian City was already full of smoke, and wisps of thick smoke rushed straight into the sky, just like the wolf smoke that often appeared on the Great Wall, which had been invaded by foreigners for thousands of years.

The thick wall next to it has already broken a big hole, and the body of the partner under the gravel has been blown up beyond his face. From time to time, the roar outside the city is shocking, and the roaring and fighting can be heard everywhere.

Tang Keyi was the commander of the three battalions of the Yi Army. He followed Lord Song Qing to the south and north for many years, but he did not expect that the war would become so unprepared. When they fought in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, foreign guns were still rare. Swords, swords, halberd, bows and horses were still useful, but there were too many teenagers, and the Russians on the opposite were already full of long guns and cannons.

Suddenly, Tang Keyi heard a loud noise from the thick gate next to him. The wooden gate was blown away by shells like rags, and the wood chips and gravel flying around directly rushed to several soldiers nearby.

Then he saw that thousands of Russian cavalry outside the gate rushed to the gate. Instead, they raised their knives to enter as usual, but raised their muskets, controlled the horses with their feet, and fired randomly at the city walls and gates.

choo-choo,choochoo...

The wall of dense bullets thed, and a battalion of soldiers rushed to block the door under the gate were caught off guard. Suddenly, they were hit by bullets all over the sky. Looking at this scene, Tang Keyi only felt that his nose was sore. He suddenly pulled out a big knife and shouted, "Kill, block the gate!"

"Kill!"

A loud shout of killing sounded from all over the city wall. Under the leadership of Tang Keyi, countless soldiers rushed to the gate from everywhere. Everyone knows that once the gate is lost, I'm afraid they can no longer stop the Russians!

The Cossack cavalry also quickly re-backed their guns and pulled out their unique and bright thick-backed sabers. The sound of Ula, accompanied by crisp horses' hoofs, rushed to the Fengtian West Gate, which was opened by the hole.

Tang Keyi held a big knife, looked at the cavalry running in the front, looked at the knife waved by the other party, and rushed to meet him. It was like a sharp spear against a thick shield, and the sprinting Cossack cavalry killed the gate in the blink of an eye.

"Kill!"

Tang Keyi shouted and suddenly squatted to avoid the saber. The big blade in his hand looked at the horse's leg fiercely. Only a sad sound was heard. The war horse suddenly stwarmed forward, and the soldier following him chopped the head of the fallen Russian cavalryman earlier.

Blood is like a spring, splashing all around the soldiers. Tang Keyi's face was also stained with blood by the blood under the abdomen of the horse, but at this moment, he could no longer take care of it and rushed forward with a knife.

In an hour, the shouts of killing inside and outside the city gate were intertwined with the sound of Ula. A war horse was chopped over, and each head rose to the sky with blood rain. Cossack cavalry relied on the sprint of the war horse, and each knife would always bring a blood fog. With more and more Russian cavalry, the city gate became more and more critical.

Seeing that the gate was lost, a sudden noise came from behind. Tang Keyi suddenly turned his head and saw countless dense sailors emerging on the road behind him. Admiral Nie Shicheng, who officially returned from North Korea immediately in the first battle.

"Kill!"

Nie Shicheng rode on the horse, and the tip of the knife suddenly pointed to the Cossack cavalry. Thousands of soldiers behind him either waved a big knife or raised a musket to join the interception.

"It's Admiral Nie!" Tang Keyi was happy, but before the joy spread, he felt a sudden pain in the back of his head. A Cossack cavalry had rushed over his body, pulled out a bloody saber and continued to rush forward.

Tang Keyi fell down slowly. At the last glance, he saw that countless Russian soldiers had rushed into the gate with the help of smoky flammons.

"Fengtian can't keep it!" With the last thought, Tang Keyi gradually closed his eyes.

In the Admiral's mansion in Fengtiancheng, Song Qing was dressed in armor and helmets, and paced left and right in the hall. The shouts outside became more and more urgent, and the sweat on his forehead became more and more dense, and the guards and generals on the left and right were also worried.

Several urgent telegrams from the imperial court have come, and there is also an endless stream of fast horses sent by Shanhaiguan. Ike Tang Abe has been disabled, and Lushun Jinzhou has been completely fallen. Although there are still more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in Fengtian City at this moment, there are also more than 20,000 Russians, which is not the remaining soldiers coming from Xingjing.

Especially today, I don't know what medicine the Russians took, and they attacked continuously regardless of life and death. At noon, they have fought three times, and every time Fengtian City is in danger.

Everyone present knows that the battle of Fengtian is related to the safety of the whole three northeastern provinces. What's more worrying is that Jinzhou and Lushun have also been lost. Once the Russians increase their troops to the two places again, they can completely escape from the front and forth of the army from Jilin. At that time, even if they had three heads and six arms, even if they increased No matter how many soldiers there are, I'm afraid I have to retreat to the gate!

And it has been a great crime to lose the city since ancient times. Now the court must have been in a mess. If Fengtian loses it in the hands of his own people, I'm afraid it's hard to save his life!

"Where is Admiral Nie?" Song Qing looked around and didn't see Nie Shicheng. He quickly asked.

"Go back to Admiral, the gate of the West City has just been blown up by the Russians, and Admiral Nie has personally commanded the five battalions to help."

"Okay." Hearing that Nie Shicheng personally led troops to block the city gate, Song Qing was relieved. He knew that if Nie Shicheng hadn't been struggling to support these days, Fengtian City would have been more dangerous.

However, even with Nie Shicheng, it is not omnipotent. Compared with the Russian army, Fengtian's troops do not have an advantage at this moment, so he quickly asked, "Has Liu Shengxiu on the other side of Liaoyang ever come here?"

"At Admiral, my subordinates went to Liaoyang to contact Liu Shengxiu in person last night. He said that he would take his 12th battalion of the Ming Army to assist in defense this morning. Three moments ago, Liu Shengxiu's army had arrived 30 miles outside the city. It is estimated that he would have arrived in a while!"

Hearing that the reinforcements were about to arrive, Song Qing's hanging heart finally slowly calmed down. Liu Shengxiu had more than 10,000 people in the 12th Battalion Ming Army in his hand. If he could attack back and forth, he dare not say that he would defeat the Russian army. At least Fengtian could keep it, and with this new army, he could support it for a few more days. At that time, maybe the court would be from Zhili. The reinforcements should also arrive. Maybe the Mongolian horse can also go south, so it is still unknown who will die!

"Report..." As soon as Song Qing's eyes lit up, a long voice interrupted his thoughts. He quickly turned his head and saw his own soldiers rushing into the court and knelt down to report: "Admiral, a large Russian soldiers found in Beicheng, and they have been killed."

Song Qing's face turned green and he shouted, "Where's Jiang Zikang? Isn't he in the North City?"

"Your Excellency, when Jiang Zikang saw that the gate was lost, he had already run away with a few soldiers!"

"This bastard!"

Song Qing stamped his feet and pointed to a general next to him. Just as he was about to order someone to block the north gate, there was an urgent report outside the door. The cavalry captain stumbled and shouted, "Your Excellency, it's not good. Liu Shengxiu and the 12th battalion of the Ming army suddenly bypassed to the west and went to Beining."

"What!"

This news made Song Qing feel dizzy and staggered a few steps before holding the corner of the table firmly. And the deputy generals and guards next to him were also in a daze, and Liu Shengxiu ran to Beining!

Beining! He wants to take a detour to enter the customs!

This damn bastard, seeing that Fengtian was besieged by the Russians, he couldn't enter the door. He was ready to return to the customs with more than 10,000 urgently needed reinforcements from Fengtian!!

Without the greatest foreign aid, what can Fengtian do to keep?!

In the house, the crows were silent. In the silence, the deputy generals either cut their teeth or squinted their eyes, and finally all quietly disappeared into the hall. Looking at the deputy generals leaving one by one, Song Qing's heart was even more gloomy. He knew what those people were calculating.

Suddenly, he blushed a few steps, suddenly rushed to the sword, pulled out the long knife that had followed him for many years and walked out with a few soldiers.

"Kill!"

In the city, the shouting of killing is even louder--

Outside the coast of Ryukyu.

On the deck of Zhenyuan, Lin Tai once stood on the top of the bridge holding the railing and looked at the blood cloud dragon claw flag fluttering in the wind on the mast of the flying fish next to him, with unspeakable emotion in his heart.

Beside him, the traces of the shells on the mottled ship are clearly visible. Below, the sailors sat on the deck in twos and threes, and their eyes were a little sluggish.

More far away, the Jingyuan is staggering, and the waterline has long been missing. If it hadn't been for the help of the two rescue ships and tugboats next to it, I'm afraid it would have announced the abandonment of the ship.

This is the rest of Beiyang!

A Beiyang that has been disabled from the inside out!

Looking at the dull sailors and the broken hull, the corners of Lin Tai's eyes were slightly moist.

Seeing that his friend had not moved for a long time, Liu Bu toad sighed, slowly walked to his side, and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket: "A one."

"What is this?" Lin Tai once sucked his nose and looked at the cigarette that Liu Bu toad took out, and was slightly stunned. Ha ha, the one opposite gave it to Captain Ning, which is similar to the cigars and dry cigarettes we smoked in England.

Lin Tai once nodded, took a cigarette and took a deep breath. Suddenly, the spicy smell of smoke made him cough and tears drip from the corners of his eyes.

Liu Bu toad smiled, turned his head to look at the Flying Fish escort in the distance, and said slowly, "Ke Shi, do you remember what happened when we went to England to learn how to fly a ship?" Without waiting for Lin Tai to answer and looking at the deep sea, he continued: "At that time, on the ship to England, we also stood like this. Next to a British warship. At that time, you said that you would sail the ocean with a bigger warship in the future."

Lin Tai didn't know why Liu Bu toad would say this. Although he was a little puzzled, he still nodded.

"How happy we are when we return from studying abroad and build in Beiyang for the first time. Later, he went to Germany to take over the two ships, and he was even more proud of his neighbors. Liu Bu toad spoke, and his eyes became more and more solemn: "But to be honest, in addition to having been to Japan twice, where have we been?"

This question made Lin Tai suddenly forget to continue to compete with cigarettes. He looked at Liu Bu toad in a blank way. Suddenly, he found that he stayed abroad together and became a good friend of Dingyuan.

Liu Bu toad said, suddenly stretched out his hand, pointed to the escort Flying Fish and sighed, "I asked Captain Ning before that he had taken the ship there. Do you know what he said?"

In Lin Tai's dull shaking head, Liu Bu toad's voice has come: "He told me that he has been to Chile, Mexico, Ryukyu, Australia, Nanyang, Nauru, and Argentina once. He also said that as long as there is his own cargo ship, he will protect them! His biggest dream is to lead a battleship, walk through every sea, and fight against every naval power!"

"Whether you win or lose."

Liu Bu toad slowly turned around and looked at Lin Taizeng, whose face was slightly decadent. His eyes were clear: "He also told me that he was a navy! From the moment he boarded the warship, Master Li asked them to remember a sentence that wherever the ship arrived, it was the sea territory that needed to be guarded!"

"The place where the ship goes is the sea that needs to be guarded!"

muttering this sentence, looking at the Flying Fish, which is less than one-tenth of the Zhenyuan, Lin Tai suddenly felt that it seemed to have become much bigger, even more powerful than Zhenyuan under his feet.

Hawaii Navy, Pacific Fleet!

Suddenly, Lin Tai had the impulse to go deep into this army immediately and learn more about it, but the words of the signal soldier quickly interrupted his thoughts. My lords, we have arrived in Ryukyu.

Lin Tai and Liu Bu toad once looked at each other and quickly walked up the bridge. From a distance, the Ryukyu Port in the night seemed to be asleep, and only a few bean-sized sparks were still flashing.

As the three ships slowly passed through the waterway, he suddenly found that there seemed to be no warship on the dock, only shadows, but because of the distance and not very clear, he turned back to command the port.

At this moment, the whole dock suddenly lit up in front of my eyes, just like a person who had not seen the sun in the cold kiln for several years. His eyes suddenly turned black, and then suddenly brightened!

Lights, snowy lights everywhere!

In addition to the dense lights, dozens of large searchlights they had never seen also emitted a snowy beam of light, which entangled in the night sky, drowning the bright moonlight overhead.

In addition to the light, what surprised them more was that no matter which direction they looked, they were all dense figures. They were wearing white navy uniforms, straight trousers, and their shoes rubbed brightly.

They held their heads high, slightly staggered their feet, with their hands behind their backs, and looked at the three ships holding the harbor.

They straightened up, and their young faces were full of confidence and calmness!

No drums, no shouts, no sound!

They are the sailors of the Pacific Fleet!

Suddenly, Lin Tai and Liu Bu toad seemed to feel that something had been forced into their hearts, which made their hearts contract suddenly. As Zhenyuan was the first to lean on the dock, they saw the one dressed like these soldiers, and the one who was depressed in the Beiyang, but had become For Chen Ping, the supreme commander of this army.

The two quickly walked down the gangway and walked towards Chen Ping, but just as they were about to approach, a loud voice spread all over the bay.

"Li Zheng, all have it, for the unyielding and bloody Beiyang in adversity."

"Psalute!"

The voice was loud and loud. With this sound, the sailors standing around suddenly made a neat and neat sound with their feet together, and then raised their right arm to the top of their eyebrows.

All the soldiers of the Flying Fish who had just returned stood on the deck and saluted solemnly. Even Chen Ping and the naval officers behind him were also saluting!

Suddenly, whether it was Lin Taizeng or Liu Buqi, or Ye Zukui, who was following them, suddenly felt as if a numbing feeling rushed along the spine, making their nose hot.

They are saluteing Beiyang and a defeated soldier! They are saluteing a fleet that has been lonely since its establishment!

This is a salute belonging to the navy!

In a trance, Lin Tai seemed to understand what Li Mo said.

"The place where the ship goes is the sea that needs to be guarded!"

He stood in a daze, slowly straightened up, and slowly raised his arm as Chen Ping in front of him. Liu Bu toad beside him also raised his right arm, followed by Ye Zuyu, Wu Yingke and every Beiyang general standing on the deck who saw this scene.

Their salute movements are clumsy or not standard. Their bodies may not be straight enough, but each of their eyes are full of moisture!

"It's a gift!"

With the loud sound again, the saluting sailors of the Pacific Fleet put down their hands and acted neatly as if they were a person. Chen Ping came over quickly, but when he walked to a few people and was about to say hello, the sailors who had just been neatly lined up suddenly became restless.

Like the continuous tide, the restlessness became bigger and hotter and hotter. Finally, the whole pier cheered. They shouted, cheered, and even forgot the military rules.

Lin Tai stared at these young sailors who had just remained serious and tidy. He didn't know what had happened until Chen Ping took a telegram and brought a news that shocked them and all the Beiyang soldiers!

The Pacific Army has declared war on Russia, and now in the Tsushima Strait.

Defeated the main force of the Russian Far East Fleet!

Yes, total annihibition!

(to be continued)