Chapter 096 Xijing Maru

Their eyes are godless, but their attitude is clear.

No one wants to surrender to the Wavespeed. The cruiser that shot the person who fell into the water has lost its qualification to surrender!

They decided to give up their last way of life.

Hannagan finally gave up the idea of surrender and lay on the lifeboat waiting to die.

A series of explosions came from a distance, and Hannagan looked around. He did not see the column of water stirred by the shell.

There was thick smoke on the distant coastline, accompanied by a fire.

The Wavespeed hurried towards the fire and left a lifeboat full of water and food.

Hannagan passed by the Waves again, and also passed by Death again.

"God!" Hannagan muttered, "We should pull the lifeboat over. There is food on it."

"Cheap people don't eat food! Besides, that's what the Waves threw away!" A soldier said coldly.

Hannagan laughed. The Chinese way of thinking is really strange.

"Wu Peifu, you are a very educated soldier." Hannagan said to the soldier who was talking that when the high-level was about to sink, it was Wu Peifu who took the soldiers and forcibly "kidnapped" Hannagan.

"Of course, I'm a scholar." Wu Peifu was a little proud and a little gloomy: "Damn it, they got rid of my scholar!"

"Why?"

"I smashed the opium restaurant opened by my brother-in-law."

Hannagan laughed: "youhaveseed!"

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Zhou Charter came out of the sea, looked at the smoking Xijing Maru, and swam to the reefs on the shore.

Behind him are five new sentries who can water.

Incheon is heavily guarded. The Japanese army left a brigade of more than 1,000 people in Incheon Port, which is well equipped. They also left wild guns in the port in case of possible Beiyang sailors.

The Japanese army knew that if the Qing Dynasty wanted to regain its initiative in North Korea, in addition to defending Pyongyang, on the other hand, it would capture Incheon and cut off the Japanese army's back road.

However, the Japanese army also know that since the Battle of Fengdao, the Beiyang navy has not left Shandong. It seems that the Beiyang Marine Division is not determined to cut off the back road of the Japanese army in one fell swoop.

This sign made the Japanese army defending Incheon loose and paralyzed.

In the south of North Korea, there is no large army of the Qing army, and there are only some scattered soldiers who are scattered. It is impossible for them to organize an attack on Incheon. As long as the Beiyang navy does not move, the possibility of Incheon being attacked is almost zero.

The Japanese army had such a consensus from top to bottom, which allowed Zhou Charter to take advantage of a loophole.

Last night, Zhou Charter arrived in Incheon with a 24-person team, while the main force of Zhangzi Camp stayed in Dayuling.

They waited all night on the nearby hill and saw Xijing Maru coming from the depths of the sea at dawn.

Xijingwan is not the target of Zhou Charter. In fact, Zhou Charter had not found a suitable target before the emergence of Xijingwan.

Zhou Charter wants to make a big move in Incheon. With the small team he is with, these 24 guns in his hand alone, it can't make a big move in any way.

The movement is not big. Not only is it ineffective, but it will expose themselves. In the end, they will be attacked by the Japanese army, so they can only wait to die.

Incheon is calm and the dock is empty, and Zhou Charter is anxious.

It was not until the mast of Xijingwan appeared on the sea level that Zhou Charter breathed a sigh of relief.

Yes, that huge ocean freighter has become the target of Zhou Charter.

As soon as Xijing Maru stopped, the dock was lively. Countless military soldiers carried large and small wooden boxes and walked down from the tall side of Xijing Maru.

Those are the materials needed to support the war, guns, artillery, ammunition, medicine, military uniforms, and even kerosene needed to light horse lamps.

Xijing Maru, with a displacement of 3,000 tons, has transported everything needed by the First Army. If this ship's cargo is transported to Pyongyang, it means indiscriminate bombing day and night.

Zhou Charter can't take care of Pyongyang. What he can take care of is the Zhangzi camp that has lost its base in Dayuling.

Only when the Japanese army in the capital is transferred out can Zhangzi Camp go to Chunchuan smoothly.

Xijing Maru is the only opportunity for Zhou Charter. Only by attacking Xijing Maru will the Japanese army stationed in the capital believe that Incheon has suffered a large-scale attack by the Qing army.

It is by no means easy to attack Xijing Maru. Incheon's defense was heavily guarded, and Zhou Charter was even prepared for all the deaths.

However, the actual situation is surprisingly smooth.

The team touched the top of the mountain through the sea fog at dawn, and as a result, they broke into a military camp.

The military man of the Japanese army is similar to the footman of the Qing army. He is a volunteer recruited by the military from all over Japan to carry war materials with the army.

However, there is a big difference between the Japanese army and the footman of the Qing army.

The footsman of the Qing army are farmers requisitioned by the county governments according to the labor system. These farmers are very simple. In their view, it is natural to deliver grain to serve the imperial court. Even if they do not come to North Korea, the county magistrates will send them elsewhere to guard against hard labor. Therefore, the footmen of the Qing army can endure hardships and have few complaints.

The soldiers of the Japanese army are semi-professional soldiers, but they are not soldiers. They are hired by the Japanese government at a high price. The purpose of being a military man has only one purpose - to make money. The daily wages of military workers who went abroad to fight with the army were 50-70 yuan, which was definitely a high income in Japan during the Meiji period. Therefore, there are many ruffians, hooligan gamblers and other unindustrious people.

Militarymen drink and gamble, fight, steal money, invade women, and deserters on the battlefield. The military discipline is lax and difficult to manage. The Army Provincial Judges have long complained about this. However, due to the war situation, all forces can only be strictly controlled.

Zhou Charter's team broke into such a military camp.

Since the landing of the First Army, the Japanese army no longer sent more troops to North Korea. The port of Incheon was quiet for several days, and the soldiers had nothing to do, so they began to gamble all night. The sun had just risen, and the soldiers had just packed up their gambling tools and fell asleep.

Zhou Charter's team rushed into a large tent and effortlessly tied more than a dozen military men into rice dumplings, leaving five people to watch. The others changed into the soldiers' hats, hand guards, coats and trousers, swaggered to the dock, mixed in the chaotic group of military men, and went to Xijing Maru with the soldiers.

The army of the Qing Dynasty could not beat the Japanese army, but the foot man of the Qing Dynasty defeated the Japanese army!

Xijingwan is too big. For Zhao Xiaoman and the footmen who have never seen the world, Xijingwan is like a palace, which makes people feel the soulless.

However, they still followed those Japanese footmen to the cargo hold of Nishikyomaru.

The huge cargo hold is full of mountains of arms, and what makes Zhou Charter more excited is that there is still kerosene.

Of course, soon, the ammunition in the cargo compartment was moved to the dock by the footmen, leaving only a small amount of kerosene and shells left in the cargo compartment.

These are enough.

He ordered Zhao Xiaoman to take the soldiers who can't water and go down to Xijingwan with cotton-padded clothes. I stayed with five soldiers who know how to water.

Zhou Charter guarded at the entrance of the cargo hold, and five soldiers opened the kerosene barrels in the cargo hold, and kerosene flowed everywhere in the cargo hold.

After the soldiers got it, they got out of the cargo hold and jumped into the sea.

Zhou Charter threw the lit fire cotton into the cabin, which was the last one to leave the ship.

The burning kerosene quickly detonated the remaining ammunition in the cargo compartment, and the violent explosion destroyed the turbine warehouse of Xijing Maru, causing a more violent explosion.

The raging fire on Xijing Maru detonated the arms that had just been unloaded and piled up on the dock that had not been transferred, and Incheon Port fell into a sea of fire.

Waiting for Zhangzi Camp in Dayuling, he saw the fire in Incheon Port. Under the leadership of Luo Mingfang, Zhangzi Camp was dispatched to advance to Incheon Port. The troops encountered a Japanese squadron stationed three kilometers away from the port.

This squadron was panicked by the explosion of the port and was caught off guard by Zhangzi Camp, killing and injuring more than 30 people. In order to ensure the safety of Incheon, the Japanese squadron did not dare to fight and quickly retreated to Incheon Port.

This squadron brought extremely shocking news to the defenders of Incheon - more than 1,000 well-equipped Qing troops are attacking Incheon

The violent explosion of Xijingwan, coupled with the report of the Japanese squadron, the Incheon garrison came to a conclusion that there were at least 3,000 Qing troops attacking Incheon.

The news soon spread to the capital, and Youpeng, who were stationed in the capital, quickly came to a judgment that the Qing army was desperate to cut off the back road of the Japanese army in order to save the decline in North Korea. If this judgment is correct, then the Qing army that attacked Incheon should not be only 3,000, but at least 5,000.

In any case, Incheon cannot be lost! Shanxian Yupeng urgently ordered the 5th Division stationed in the capital to march towards Incheon to destroy the Qing army that attacked Incheon.

The Third Division of the First Army is making every effort to pursue Ye Zhichao. The Fifth Division is rushing to Incheon to find the main force of the Qing army to annihilate the enemy.

The capital is empty.

Luo Mingfang quickly led the Zhangzi battalion to rush northwest in accordance with the plan specified by Zhou Charter, avoiding the Japanese Fifth Division and drilling into the mountains.

The next day, the 500-person team got out of the mountain and appeared by the Han River outside the capital.

Outside the capital, a Qing army emerged from the flat land, and some friends in Shan County were shocked.

The Japanese army has just conquered the capital, and the people in the capital are unstable. The Japanese army has not yet established order. Anti-Japanese elements are still operating in the dark. A Qing army suddenly came to the city. Once they cooperate with the rebels in the city, the consequences are unimaginable.

Once the Qing army regains the capital, North Korea's political and military situation will take a 180-degree turn. Shanxian Youpeng is very clear that neither Gaozong Lixi nor Concubine Min are willing to be Japanese puppets. Once the Qing army conquers the capital, they will immediately turn to the Qing Dynasty and issue an edict declaring the Japanese as invaders and calling on the North Korean people to cooperate with the Qing army to expel the Japanese.

Japan's acquisition of everything in North Korea will come to nothing.

The 5th Division has gone to Incheon, but a friend from Shanxian urgently ordered Ye Zhichao's third division to return to the capital.