Chapter 122 Expedition

After raising the flag, Hannagan said loudly, "Now, I announce General Zhou's order!"

Everyone stood upright and focused on Hannagan.

"From now on, Zhang Jun will be expanded into an army, with four divisions, an artillery brigade and a direct brigade." Hannagan said, "Zhou Charter is the commander! Hannagan is the chief of staff of the army, Luo Mingfang is the deputy commander and the commander of the artillery brigade directly under the army!"

"Yes!" Luo Mingfang stood up and saluted.

"Yao Xi is the brigade commander directly under the army!"

"Yes!"

"Wu Peifu is the commander of the First Division!"

"Yes!"

Naha's five second division commanders! Nahawu is not in Mawei Military Port, and the headquarters of the Second Division in the Military Port is commanded by Deputy Division Commander Han Lingjun!"

"Yes!" Han Ling is upright.

"Zhang Zuolin is the commander of the Third Division!"

"Yes!" Zhang Zuolin answered.

"Park Yong-yeol is the commander of the Fourth Division and leads his troops to garrison in North Korea."

"What about us?" Li Guoge suddenly asked that his army belonged to Nie Shicheng's Wuyi army, not the old army of Zhang Jun.

Hannagan said, "What Army commander Zhou means is that you are a subordinate of General Nie Shicheng and can participate in the war as a friendly army, but you don't have to be included in the battle sequence of Zhangjun."

There is an unwritten rule in the Qing Dynasty. To collect other people's troops is to be disrespectful to others. Nie Shicheng is the benefactor of Zhou Charter, and Zhou Charter does not dare to accept Nie Shicheng's people.

Li Guoge said seriously, "Mr. Hannagan, before Li Guoge came to the ponytail, I have explained to General Nie that the revolutionary battalion has been separated from Wu Yi's army and allowed to be dispatched by Zhou Charter. General Nie has refused, and I can't go back. If Zhang Jun treats my revolutionary camp as an outsider, then my army will become a motherless child!"

Before Hannagan could reply, Cai Tinggan suddenly said, "When Zhang Jun goes to Taiwan to fight, he will inevitably fight with the Japanese navy. On behalf of Zhenyuan, Laiyuan, and Zhendong officers and soldiers, I beg General Hannagan to join the Zhang army and fight together."

Hannagan shook his head: "Cai Guandai, the Beiyang Marine Division is the army of Lord Li Hongzhang and a strong brigade of the imperial court. If Zhang Jun takes you in, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain between the Empress Dowager and Lord Li. Zhang Jun is very grateful for this work of the Beiyang Marine Division. General Zhou's intention is to ask you to send us to Tainan, and you will immediately return to Weihai Guard Port.

Cai Tinggan said, "At the beginning, I led the torpedo boat troops to Lushun to fight against the Japanese army. The Empress Dowager Cixi was very dissatisfied with me. Later, Ding Ruchang led the Beiyang Marine Division to fight with the Japanese Combined Fleet, which also committed the taboo of the Empress Dowager Cixi. Now the Empress Dowager Cixi has imprisoned Ding Ruchang and is about to settle accounts for Qiu Hou, a Beiyang sailor. This time, I led the Beiyang Marine, so I didn't plan to go back to Weihaiwei.

Hannagan laughed: "Actually, Zhang Jun went to Taiwan to fight without the navy. Chief Zhou had this intention for a long time and wanted to fight side by side with the Beiyang Marine Division, but he didn't know what Cai Guandai meant and dared not force it. Since Cai Guandai and General Li Guoge both plan to stay in Zhangjun, I will announce the order of Chief Zhou.

"Yes!" Cai Tinggan and Li Guoge stand upright.

Zhang Jun built a navy, and the navy is under the jurisdiction of the South China Sea Fleet and a marine brigade! Cai Ting served as the commander of the navy and commanded the naval forces with full authority. Li Guoge's headquarters was organized into a marine brigade, and Li Guoge was the brigade commander!"

Cai Tinggan and Li Guoge were overjoyed and saluted and ordered.

Hannagan said to Luo Mingfang, "Now, please ask Deputy Military Chief Luo to preside over the military affairs!"

Luo Mingfang said loudly: "The Ministry of Munitions has prepared 300 ships to cross the sea. Now, all ships are under the command of Cai Ting, the commander of the navy. The commander ordered the whole army to go to sea by boat tonight. The target is Tainan! Do you have any questions?"

"Where's the military commander?" Yao Xi asked in a hurry.

Luo Mingfang's face sank: "Yao Xi, you are also Zhang Jun's old brother. Why don't you know Zhang Jun's rules - don't listen to the military situation!"

Yao Xi spit out his tongue: "Yes, after being a father-in-law for a few days, I almost forgot the old rules."

Luo Mingfang smiled: "However, this time, you can tell everyone! The military commander and Naha Wu and Guo Erwan have taken the lead in arriving in Taiwan and landed in Lugang. In the first battle of Changhua, they caught little Japan off guard and killed Colonel Yoshihide Bizhishima, the head of the Japanese mixed brigade, and annihilated 2,000 enemies! Achieved the great victory of Changhua! As soon as the military commander took action to show the prestige of Zhang Jun, brothers, let's go quickly. If it's too late, little Japan will let the commander destroy it, and there will be nothing wrong with you!"

There were cheers on the Fort of South Turtle Island.

"Damn Hawu, this guy stole my head!" Yao Xi was very angry.

Nahawu picked up a life in the suburbs of Tianjin. Lai Chuanwu did not kill him, but gave him 2,000 yuan and asked him to come to Shanghai to find Zhou Charter. When Naha came to Shanghai alone, Zhou Charter had disclosed his identity and began to gather the Zhang army to prepare for the battle across the sea. When Nahawu saw Zhou Charter, he had to cry. Zhou Charter immediately ordered Nahawu to take over the Dingwu army by Dianshan Lake in the name of the Prime Minister's government.

The equipment of the Dingwu Army is better than that of the Xiaoqi Camp. Naha Wu lost the Xiaoqi Camp, but got the Dingwu Army, which is naturally full of joy. The Empress Dowager originally wanted to use the Dingwu Army to take Zhou Charter's life, but she didn't expect to give Zhou Charter a big gift, which really compensated his wife and soldiers!

What's more funny is that in the battle of Dianshan Lake, Yetao wanted to swallow Yan Qionglin's Qiongzijun, but he did it, but he himself was not blessed. As a result, 2,000 people of the Dingwu army became 4,000 people, and Naha took all the five photos. General Yan Qionglin lost his army and was once captured by Zhou Charter. He had no foothold in the military field of the Qing Dynasty. He simply defected to Zhou Charter and became a regimental commander under Naha Five.

Nahawu immediately adapted the Dingwu Army into an independent brigade of the Zhang army.

At this time, it was already late August. Taiwan's war was critical. The Japanese army swept northern Taiwan and was invincible. Taiwan's democratic army collapsed. Taiwan President Tang Jingsong fled to the mainland and came to Shanghai crying and begging Zhou Charter to send troops to rescue Taiwan immediately.

Zhou Charter suddenly realized that if the Japanese army occupied the whole of Taiwan, Zhang Jun would have no chance to cross the sea again!

We must land on Taiwan Island and occupy a foothold before the Taiwan resistance completely collapses!

However, at that time, Zhang Jun was still scattered all over the country and did not complete the assembly. Zhou Charter decided that he would lead an independent brigade adapted by the Dingwu Army to go to Taiwan in advance, and Hannagan, the chief of staff, stayed in Shanghai and issued orders in the name of Zhou Charter.

In this way, Zhou Charter took Nahawu, Guo Erpaan, Yan Qionglin and others to rent three French merchant ships and set off from Shanghai and secretly went to Taiwan.

They arrived in Lugang on August 28. At that time, there were no Japanese troops around Lugang, but local officials had fled and were in anarchy, and there was chaos everywhere. This chaos helped Zhang Jun. The Japanese army did not notice that Zhang Jun landed from Lugang at all, and Zhou Charter unconsciously came to the city of Changhua.

At that time, the mixed brigade of Yoshihide Bizhi Island was fighting with the Black Flag Army. The Japanese army controlled all the strongholds around Changhua County. Unexpectedly, a new force suddenly appeared at the foot of Bagua Mountain.

Zhou Charter was able to calmly deploy his troops and set up artillery positions on the high ground behind the side of Bagua Mountain. The Dingwu Army was equipped with five wild cannons and ten mountain cannons. At the same time, Yan Qionglin was ordered to ambush in the jungle opposite Bagua Mountain with 500 people and three heavy machine guns. The rest of the people were led by Nahawu and ambushed around Bagua Mountain.

Zhou Charter's original intention, the purpose of this battle is to rescue the remnants of the Black Flag Army besieged on Bagua Mountain, and does not expect to achieve too much results in World War I. When the Japanese army launched an attack, Zhang's artillery suddenly attacked and caught the enemy off guard. Then, Naha Wu led a gap from behind the Japanese side. Yan Qionglin covered it with a heavy machine gun to respond to the Black Flag Army's breakthrough.

Zhou Charter never thought that Yoshihide Bizhidao would play the military parade! Zhou Charter was stunned. If Guo Er pole hadn't reminded him, Zhou Charter would have thought he was dreaming.

Of course, since the Japanese are going to die, Zhou Charter is not polite.

Everyone knows the result of the battle. 1,500 Japanese troops inexplicably became the ghost under Zhang Jun's gun. Guo Erzhuan led a commando and rushed to Bagua Mountain, dragging out the same stunned Black Flag Army.

Zhou Charter won a great victory in Changhua, but he did not like to fight, and the whole army immediately turned to Chiayi. After all, the Japanese army near Changhua has an absolute advantage. Zhou Charter doesn't want to die like those stupid Black Flag Army who know they are invincible.

Wu Pengnian and Qiu Pengjia escaped from death and thought they were prisoners of the Japanese and were dying for a long time. When I arrived in Chiayi, I knew that it was the famous Zhang Jun who saved them.

These three French merchant ships not only helped Zhou Charter to cross the sea, but also did Zhou Charter surprise him a big favor - after the Japanese found the three merchant ships, they thought it was the French who had participated in the war. From the base camp to Taiwan, it was all chaos. Although the Japanese army suffered a great loss in Changhua, they did not dare to act rashly. The independent brigade proudly withdrew from the battlefield. A few days later, the Japanese finally understood that it was not the French but Zhang Jun. At this time, the independent brigade had calmly retreated to Chiayi and built a defense line in Chiayi.

In addition, Yao Xi was very cruel when he heard that Naha Wu had made great achievements. He thought that if Zhou hadn't ordered him to send letters to Wu Peifu and fight in Changhua, Yao Xi would have been in the limelight! This is good. The first work was taken away by Naha Wu, but Yao Xi himself was inexplicably whipped by Wu Peifu for dozens of times!

The news of the victory of Changhua made Mawei Military Port jubilant, which also greatly encouraged Zhang Jun's morale. The soldiers held their breath and rubbed their hands, hoping to fly across the strait immediately and fight with the Japanese.

The large and small ships moored in the military port raised the wolf flag almost at the same time!

The southeast wind rises, the waves are like thunder, and the banners are hunting!

In the night, the Zhenyuan ship made a long cry, and the huge ship sailed towards the vast sea. Countless ships followed the Zhenyuan ship and marched towards Tainan.