Chapter 041 Silent Battlefield

"Discover the Dingyuan ship!" The signal soldier sent the password again!

In Yidong Youheng's vision, a huge thing appeared, like a ghost on the sea.

There was a loud noise on the port side, and a shell exploded on the sea, causing the Matsushima to sway.

"Prepare to fight!" Yidong Youheng finally woke up.

However, his order was drowned out by the deafening explosion.

Countless shells flew to the combined fleet, quickly covering the sea, and thick smoke rose from the sea.

Three warships of the combined fleet were shot.

The Tsukishima on the left side of the Matsushima was shot, and the tall mast was destroyed by gunfire. The Kaohsiung cruiser was shot on the back deck and detonated the shell next to the gun position. A violent explosion occurred and ignited a raging fire. The bow of the USS Oshima was shot, and the turret at the bow was lifted off the sea.

Yi Dong Youheng shouted hoarsely: "Go to the Beiyang Marine at full speed, go at full speed!"

He finally saw clearly the most prominent Dingyuan ship in Beiyang Marine's camp.

Dingyuan is the largest warship in Asia and one of the few giant ships in the world, with a displacement of 7,000 tons, 3,000 tons more than Japan's largest warship, the flagship of the Combined Fleet Matsushima!

Dingyuan is the pride of the Qing Dynasty and the soul of Beiyang sailors!

Dingyuan and Zhenyuan are the dream demons of Japanese people. In Weiwei, the joint fleet sent two torpedo boats to attack the Weihai Guard Port under the cover of night, and launched torpedoes that hit Dingyuan and Zhenyuan. Zhenyuan sank and Dingyuan ran aground. Yidong Youheng never thought that Dingyuan appeared on the sea again.

Dingyuan was so strong that the Japanese torpedo hit its starboard armor, but it miraculously survived.

The advantage of the Beiyang Marine Division naval gun is large caliber, long range, and an effective range of 4 to 5 kilometers. The guns of the joint fleet generally have a shorter range and the best range is 3 kilometers. The advantage of the joint fleet is that they are generally equipped with rapid-fire guns, and the density per unit time is higher than that of the Beiyang Marine Division.

Now, the two sides are four kilometers apart, which means that the joint fleet can only be beaten.

If you want to fight back, you have to rush up against the fire of the Beiyang Marine Division.

Eight warships of the combined fleet, at full power, rushed to the Beiyang Marine Division, including three wounded warships.

The second naval battle between Qing and Japan broke out.

The Beiyang Marine Division took the lead and hit three Japanese ships, occupying the advantage of naval battle.

The Japanese ship fought in a hurry and did not have time to put away the single vertical array they were best at, but rushed to the enemy ship with a horizontal array. Their sideboard rapid-fire gunfire was difficult to exert.

However, the bravery of the Japanese ship was meaningless, no less than the Battle of the Yellow Sea eight months ago, and the eight Japanese ships advanced at full speed under the enemy's artillery fire.

The Chiyoda cruiser rushed three kilometers away from the enemy ship and began to fire.

The first shell hit the Dingyuan ship, and the Dingyuan ship was on fire. Then, Songdao, Yandao, Kaohsiung, Oshima, Aibo, Maya, Torikai and other warships went into battle and launched an attack on the Qing ship.

This is an encounter. The two sides no longer have formations. Each ship is looking for their opponents to fight, and there is a melee together.

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North Korea, Pingcheng.

Wu Peifu's first regiment has been surrounded by the Qing army for two days.

Pingcheng is just a small city with low and dilapidated walls. From a tactical point of view, this is not a military stronghold that can be relied on.

Outside the city, the main attack was the inscription army of the Qing army, and the leader was Liu Shengxiu, a famous general of the Huai Army.

However, in two days, the Mingzi Army did not launch a decent attack.

They just waved their flags and shouted from afar, occasionally fired a few empty guns, and laid wild cannons on the highlands outside the city. They had always been dumb and did not fire a single shot.

Wu Peifu knew that the Qing army had no fighting spirit, and the first regiment was in Pingcheng, but there was not much danger.

However, he is still restless.

The situation in North Korea is extremely complicated. Pyongyang was captured by the Restoration Army, Anzhou was occupied by Ye Zhichao, and the Japanese army has crossed the Linjin River.

The four regiments of Zhangjun and the other three regiments each won their own masters. Zhang Xun took the third regiment to Yuanshan and remained nominally neutral. In fact, he occupied the mountain as the king, but he was free. Lai Chuanwu and the second regiment have been loyal to the court and joined forces with Ye Zhichao. However, the second regiment was originally the old brother of Zhang Jun, and the whole regiment refused to fight with Wu Peifu, so the second regiment did not come to Pingcheng. Park Yong-yeol's fourth regiment is said to have arrived in the suburbs of Pyongyang and is in contact with Li Xuanqing.

Only Wu Peifu's first regiment was neither loyal to the Qing court nor cooperated with the Guangfu Army, nor surrendered to the Japanese. This regiment became the target of public criticism.

Moreover, the central task of the first regiment was to assist Lushun, but it was blocked in Pingcheng, far from Anzhou.

Wu Peifu didn't get the news of Lushun. He didn't know whether Lushun was still in Zhang Jun's hands and whether Zhou Charter was still alive!

The life and death of Zhou Charter determines the fate of more than 2,000 people in the whole regiment.

If Zhou Charter is still alive, Wu Peifu will fight to the death with the Qing army and rush into Anzhou desperately, but cross the sea to Lushun. If Zhou Charter has encountered anything wrong, Wu Peifu will counterattack Pyongyang and recapture the eldest brother's family. If the eldest brother dies and he is a younger brother, he should protect his sister-in-law.

Wu Peifu stood on the wall. Outside the city, there was an open land. The inscription army was three miles away, and the open ground was empty.

In the distance, the position of the inscription army is also silent.

Suddenly, there was a hissing of war horses in the position of the inscription army.

More than a dozen war horses fluttered smoke and dust and galloped towards the open ground.

The horse team stopped one miles away from the city wall, and a war horse rushed out of the horse team and went straight to the city wall.

On the horse, an inscription military lieutenant held a white flag and shouted to the city wall: "General Liu Shengxiu, the commander of the inscription army, is willing to have an interview with the regimental Wu Peifu of Zhangjun. Commander Liu has come to the city."

Wu Peifu looked at the horse team and saw a tall horse led by a burly general, nodding and smiling at him. The man was Liu Shengxiu.

Wu Peifu shouted loudly, "How can we talk about it?"

The captain said, "Captain Liu said that the two sides did not lead the soldiers and sat under the city of Pingcheng. Lord Liu has prepared a good Longjing for Commander Wu. Please ask Commander Wu to move out of the city to taste tea!"

The soldiers of the horse team jumped off the war horses one after another and set up a small square table, two round stools, and tea sets on the table. The soldiers got on the horse again and returned to the position. Liu Shengxiu was left under the city.

Liu Shengxiu then jumped off the war horse and arched his hand to Wu Peifu on the wall. He sat on a round stool and fiddled with the tea set. He looked very leisurely and asked you to sit down.

Wu Peifu sneered: "Open the gate, and I will meet this Liu Shengxiu."

The adjutant hurriedly said, "Mir, is there fraud?"

What kind of fraud? This Liu Shengxiu sits alone under my eyes. If I don't go out of the city, I will meet him. What's the face of Zhang Jun brothers!"

Wu Peifu said, went down the wall, rode on a war horse, galloped out of the gate cave, came to Liu Shengxiu, and jumped off the war horse.

Liu Shengxiu put down the tea set, stood up and bowed to Wu Peifu: "How has Chief Wu always been?"

Wu Peifu also saluted Zhang Jun: "It's okay, Commander Liu invited me to tea. Thank you very much!"

"It's a good deal, Mr. Wu, please take a seat."

The two sat opposite each other.

Liu Shengxiu picked up the teacup: "The commander of Wu led 2,000 people, there were no rescuers outside, no food and grass inside, and fought against 50,000 troops, and his face was fearless. He was really a hero! Liu replaced the wine with tea and toasted the head of Wu.

Wu Peifu laughed: "Liu Commander, my eldest brother Zhou Charter led 2,000 people to fight with tens of thousands of Japanese troops in Lushun. He also has no rescuers outside and no food and fodder inside, and the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is more than ten times higher than that of the Qing army! And the Japanese army can't do anything about my eldest brother! My eldest brother is the real hero! If Commander Liu respects heroes, he should respect my eldest brother first!"

Liu Shengxiu laughed and said, "General Wu is right. Let's respect General Zhou for this cup of tea!" Liu Shengxiu picked up the teacup and drank it all.

"Liu won't come here to have a cup of tea with him, will he?" Wu Peifu asked.

"Of course." Liu Shengxiu put down the teacup: "Zhang Jun collapsed, and there were many strong enemies around him. Chief Wu led a lonely army to guard the lonely city. I don't know what he plans to do?"

"Strong enemy?" Wu Peifu laughed and said, " Commander Liu, is your Qing army a strong enemy?"

Liu Sheng said calmly: "Leam Wu, I admit that the combat effectiveness of the Qing army is too far different from your troops. However, Ye Zhichao has 50,000 people, and I, Liu Shengxiu, have 8,000 people, and they are well equipped. In fact, these are secondary. The important thing is that under the strict order of the Empress Dowager, the Qing army is a group of wine bags and rice bags, and they have to kill them. Otherwise, the Empress Dowager will kill them! To be honest, Ye Zhichao ordered me to step into the flat city a long time ago. I, Liu Shengxiu, have been holding against it and did not issue an order to attack the city.

"What does Commander Liu mean?"

Liu Shengxiu sighed: "My inscription army can't fight with the Japanese. If I fight with you Zhangjun again and defeat it, it will be shameful. If I win, it will be even more humiliating. I can't fight against the Japanese. I'm good at fighting my brother. This is not a human thing! My backbone will be punctured by the people!"

Wu Peifu smiled and said, "Liu also knows himself."

Liu Shengxiu nodded: "However, Chief Wu, if you continue to fight like this, I'm afraid you have to fight this battle."

"Then fight." Wu Peifu sneered: "Anyway, the Empress Dowager said that Zhang Jun is unforgivable, only my eldest brother, Naha Wu and Wu Peifu are unforgivable!"

Liu Shengxiu said, to be honest, this time, I want to tell you that Liu Kunyi and Liu Zhongtang have asked the Empress Dowager. As long as the commander Wu puts down his weapons, all the officers and soldiers under the commander of the Wu will not investigate. Moreover, Commander Wu can continue to lead the Second Regiment, as long as he changes the flag and declares allegiance to the imperial court. Commander Wu can choose a city to station in North Korea, as long as he does not return home. Liu Zhongtang's memorial, the Empress Dowager has been approved.

"What about my eldest brother?" Wu Peifu asked