Respectfully

The sixth year of the Republic of China, October 1914, 6 in the Gregorian calendar

boom!

Another round of heavy artillery fell, and the only thing the Japanese defenders on the ground could do was to curl up in the artillery hole, praying that the shells would not fall on their heads.

"Damn it! Where are the naval guns! Are those two battleships just for display?!"

Captain Shimada, who was in charge of frontal defense, asked loudly, but unfortunately, no one could give him an answer.

Shimada is going crazy. As an imperial warrior from Hiroshima, he is not afraid to fight anyone. He is even ready to meet Amaterasu at any time.However, the troops of the six northern provinces on the opposite side did not charge forward at all. They just kept shelling.The result is no, wait until the black smoke and gunpowder smell from the shells dissipate, and continue to bombard!If the artillery of the Japanese army dared to fight back, they would definitely blast the artillery and people into scum.

Not only Shimada, but all the Japanese troops in charge of defending the position have been driven crazy.

There is no such war!Even when they fought against the Tsarist Russian army, they were not so helpless.

"Bastard! Could it be that the Chinese can't run out of shells?!"

The Fifth Division also has two 120mm heavy artillery, four 105mm howitzers, more than a dozen 75mm mountain artillery and field artillery, and each infantry regiment also has a large number of grenadiers, and there are many machine guns. During the period, the military expenditure of the Japanese Army was constantly reduced. To obtain these equipment, it was Kanto governor Oshima Yoshisaka who used his personal relationship to purchase it from a Japanese trading company!

shame!

This is a disgrace to the Japanese Army!These weapons were supposed to be used to assemble the army, but they were sold as commodities by these shameless businessmen!But now, neither Captain Shimada nor the other soldiers had time to think about this matter. They just held on to the rifles in their hands and waited for this round of shelling to pass.At the same time, I hope the artillery can give them some support, but everyone knows in their hearts that their heavy artillery and mountain artillery have been almost destroyed in the artillery battle for two consecutive days.

The only naval gun that can be relied on does not seem to be so reliable.

They began to pray, praying that the shells would not hit their heads, no matter which colleague it would blow up to the sky, even your Excellency the regiment commander... In short, at this time, the Fifth Division was completely destroyed by the artillery from the six northern provinces Temper, lost the spirit of the Hiroshima Warriors.

"fire!"

On the artillery position, the soldiers all took off their shirts and shirts, and the boxes of shells were decreasing. Deng Haishan shouted until his voice became hoarse.

Can it be black?

If things go on like this, in another half a day, all the shells will be consumed, and the ammunition to be replenished will be delivered tomorrow. Deng Haishan is not in charge of the family and doesn't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, right? A dozen or so shells were thrown down in one minute, and he had a good time. I don't know if the people in the logistics department are going to hit the wall with their hair?

Finally, Marshal Lou ordered the shelling to stop, and the artillery positions were immediately shifted.

The independent brigade is very mobile, with no less than ten trucks and a large number of mules and horses accompanying the army.When the order was issued, the truck had already driven over, and Deng Haishan immediately led his soldiers to shift positions.

They had just walked less than 200 meters, when a huge roar sounded, Deng Haishan's face changed, "Naval guns! Avoid the guns!"

The artillery shells weighing several hundred kilograms fell down, with huge craters and flying gravel. No one could stand still within 200 meters. The trucks were overturned. Several artillerymen who fell behind were directly shocked into the air and smashed hard. On the ground, blood began to overflow from the mouth and nostrils.

Deng Haishan couldn't save him, nor could he come back.He could only desperately urge the truck to drive faster. With such a heavy shell, his internal organs would be shattered if he lay on the ground.

There were bursts of cheers from the Japanese army's position, and the Chinese people who had abused them for two days finally tasted the feeling of being bombed!

Captain Shimada's expression is no longer tense. Land artillery can't compare with naval artillery. Huaxia doesn't have a navy, so they are destined to be lame!

Just when several regiments in charge of frontal defense thought that the naval artillery would destroy the artillery of the Chinese army in one go, the situation suddenly changed, and the huge artillery sound suddenly stopped.

"what happened?"

Many Japanese soldiers asked the same question, and then, the huge explosion sound from the sea and the terrible black smoke raised gave them the answer.

"torpedo!"

The first officer on the second-class coastal defense ship Takachiho saw with his own eyes that another coastal defense ship suddenly broke in the middle, and the violent explosion clearly showed what happened to it.

"Damn it! It's a submarine!"

The Takachiho used to participate in the Sino-Japanese War as a cruiser, and is now listed as a second-class coastal defense ship and incorporated into the Second Fleet. The Japanese Navy has a common understanding from top to bottom. Since the Sino-Japanese War and the destruction of the Beiyang Navy, China has already No more fleets!There are only a few small gunboats, which can only patrol inland rivers and rivers.

The two coastal defense ships that came to Dalian to cheer did not expect that they would encounter torpedoes!

When did the Chinese have submarines?

At this moment, the sailors on the watchtower issued another alarm: "Torpedo boat!"

On the surface of the sea, a torpedo boat was rushing towards the Takachiho, and there were waves of spray on the sea.In front of the coastal defense ship with a displacement of [-] tons, this torpedo boat was pitifully small. However, with the lessons learned from the past, all the officers and soldiers on the coastal defense ship became nervous.

Don't be nervous, the other coastal defense ship is sinking in the water right in front of you!Some of the sailors on board were sucked into the sea by the vortex of the sunken ship, and some were struggling on the water surface, but the Takachiho had no time to save people for the time being, at least until they ensured their own safety, they could not rescue those sailors who survived by chance.

"fire!"

The officers ordered the sailors to turn their guns and aim at the fast-moving torpedo boat. After giving the order, they covered their ears with their hands. There was nothing they could do.

The Takachiho turned its muzzle to attack the torpedo boat on the surface, but the submarine below the surface did not move for a long time. The officers and soldiers on the Takachiho believed that the submarine should have no torpedoes.

In the midst of the rising water column, the torpedo boat was like a leaf rolling in the waves. It was in danger of capsizing at any time, but it persisted tenaciously.

It was not German soldiers driving the torpedo boats, but 56 gray-haired Chinese.

Governor Waldeck generously handed over a torpedo boat and a submarine to the army of the six northern provinces, but also stated that, except for the submarine, the German sailors on the torpedo boat would not accept employment from the Chinese.The Germans have their concerns. Once the Japanese discover that there are German sailors on the torpedo boat, the British will definitely use this to attack.Although William II has always wanted to seize maritime supremacy from Britain, in Asia, Germany's Far East Fleet does not yet have an overwhelming advantage.

Ren Wuchu reported the actual situation to Lou Xiao, and Young Marshal Lou's decision was to recruit on the spot.

Beijing, Tianjin, and Qingdao all have veterans from the Beiyang Navy.

Most of the survivors of the Beiyang Navy are in their old age, and half of the more than 50 survivors are disabled.When the recruiters saw these old sailors, their voices trembled a little when they saw the leader's empty sleeve from his left shoulder.

"I don't want to deceive you all, this time it is very likely that there will be no return!"

The old sailors grinned, and the leader beat his chest with his only remaining right hand, "This life is taken back. I should have sunk into the sea with my brothers 20 years ago. Now I am just reunited with my brothers. 20 years ago It's been a year, and I don't know if our Liu Guandai is doing well there..."

Germany specially sent two sailors to teach these Chinese sailors how to operate the torpedo boat. When they saw the age and disability of these people, they shook their heads again and again.

"No, this is a joke! They are not soldiers at all!"

"Why not?!" An old sailor raised his voice and raised his head. "I graduated from the Dartmouth Naval Academy in the United Kingdom with the rank of second lieutenant! I participated in the Sino-Japanese War, and this arm was broken in the naval battle!"

"Now, I'm old and disabled, but I'm still a sailor! I can still fight the Japanese! I should die at sea!"

The warships of the Beiyang Navy are gone, but the people of the Beiyang Navy are still there, and the soul of the Navy is still there!

The old sailor could speak fluent English. After hearing what he said, the two Germans kept silent and solemnly saluted him.

Soldiers who fight for the country and sacrifice for the country should be respected!

In one day, in just one day, these old sailors were able to control the torpedo boat to sail on the sea surface. Even though the movements were a little strange, they still surprised the two Germans.

These unattractive Chinese people are all excellent sailors!

After receiving the telegram, Young Marshal Lou ordered the artillery positions to extend the bombardment time. He was also taking a risk by using the artillery positions to attract the attention of Japanese warships and provide opportunities for torpedo boats and submarines to approach their targets.

Once there is a mistake, the artillery regiment will be destroyed.But he has to bet that if he wants to win Dalian, he must get rid of those two Japanese warships!

He also ordered that once the naval artillery launches an attack, the artillery must be evacuated as quickly as possible. As for the artillery on the position...the artillery can be rebuilt if it is gone. People are more important than anything else.

"Young Marshal," Adjutant Ji walked into the temporary command room with a telegram from the Presidential Palace, and saw Marshal Lou standing straight in front of the map on the wall. He had been standing like this since he gave the order to the artillery regiment. It has not changed, "The presidential palace is calling."

"read."

President Lou Da's telegram was not long, with only six words in it: "Reinforcements will arrive soon."

Reinforcement?

"There are also calls from the governors of various provinces. In addition, the commander of the No.16 division that attacked Outer Mongolia sent a telegram. The commanders of Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai are Chen Bing at the border of Outer Mongolia."

"kindness."

"Principal Sima sent a division of the Ji army to the north, and Vice President Song called to send a formation of gunboats to Dalian."

"kindness."

"Young commander?"

Young Marshal Lou still didn't look back, "I see."

"But..." These people are here, how should we arrange them?

"It's here, it's for war." Lou Xiao raised his head slowly, and his eyes fell on Lushunkou, which was highlighted, "It's just in time."

On the sea, the torpedo boat driven by the old sailors of the Beiyang Navy was in danger. Liu Hailong, who was acting as the captain temporarily, gritted his teeth, "Ready to launch the torpedo!"

"Yes!"

Most of the sailors on the torpedo boat recognized the battleship in front of them as the cruiser Takachiho in the Sino-Japanese War 20 years ago!

The captain of the Takachiho held up his binoculars and looked at the torpedo boat swaying between the water column and the waves. He didn't know that the person driving the torpedo boat was the old enemy of the Takachiho 20 years ago.

Under the surface of the water, the German sailor retracted the periscope and signaled to the captain that the enemy warship had entered the attack range.

"The attention of the Japanese is all attracted by the torpedo boat." The sailor said, "I never knew that the S90 could be so heroic."

"No, the only difference lies in the crew and sailors who drive her." The captain of the submarine said in a deep voice, "Ready to launch the torpedo."

"Yes!"

The Japanese sailors on the watchtower exclaimed again, "Gunboat!"

The Japanese sailors on the Takachiho thought they had seen a ghost. First there was a torpedo boat, and then six small gunboats. Are these Chinese people crazy?

Suddenly, a sailor at the stern shouted: "Torpedo!"

"what?!"

I saw a white waterline slipping across the sea, and a torpedo rushed straight to the stern of Takachiho's ship. Immediately, another sailor shouted: "Torpedo!"

Two torpedoes, one from a torpedo boat on the surface and the other from a submerged submarine.

During the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War, the Takachiho, which took part in the Yellow Sea Battle and the Weihaiwei Battle successively, was hit by six bullets, finally ushered in its doom today.

boom!

boom!

There were two loud bangs, the hull of the ship was hit by two torpedoes almost at the same time, the cabin began to flood, the sailors on the ship ran in a panic, the captain closed his eyes, and the Takachiho is about to become history today.

The six gunboats witnessed the sinking of the Takachiho, the submarine that surfaced, and the torpedo boat that began to shoot and kill the Japanese sailors.

"Captain, isn't this too cruel?"

A young sailor watched the people on the torpedo boat killing Japanese sailors who were struggling on the water with one shot after another. He couldn't help saying, "According to international conventions, they have lost their ability to fight. They shouldn't..."

"Shouldn't it?" The captain looked back at the young man, "What should not be, what should be?"

"..."

"Remember, Huaxia is still very weak, so weak that no one will talk to us about international conventions! Don't use your sympathy on these bastards. You know that the Japanese did it at sea 20 years ago. What?!"

The first officer quickly pulled the young sailor aside, "Captain, what shall we do?"

"What to do? Just like them!"

Six gunboats joined the sequence of strangling the Japanese sailors. The Germans on the submarine witnessed everything but did not make a sound. This was a war between the Chinese and the Japanese, and it was their business. Whoever killed who had nothing to do with the Germans.

If these Germans had really followed the international conventions, they would not have waged unrestricted submarine warfare in succession in the two world wars.

The battle on the water was coming to an end, and the British, French and other warships watching the battle were all cruising in the distance. Although they saw everything the Chinese did, no one stepped forward to lend a helping hand to these "poor" Japanese sailors.

Humanism?International Convention?

It is a pity that for these great powers, the so-called international treaty will only come into effect when their strengths are equal.The Japanese who have been shouting to leave Asia and enter Europe are still a group of yellow-skinned monkeys in their eyes.

The captain of a British light cruiser put down his binoculars, "That torpedo boat looks familiar, and when did the Chinese have submarines?"

"What does that have to do with us? Maybe they bought it. The current Huaxia people, or should I say the six northern provinces, are very rich."

"Indeed." The captain took out a pack of cigarettes from his jacket pocket, knocked out one and put it in his mouth. The package of the cigarettes was impressively marked with the unique trademark of the Northern Six Provinces Tobacco Factory. …

The Fifth Division of the Japanese Army in Dalian was doomed not to receive the reinforcements they expected. Before the battle at sea was over, Marshal Lou had ordered the bombardment of the Japanese positions to continue. At the same time, he ordered the No.20 Eighth Regiment, No. The 20th Ninth Regiment launched an attack on Dalian's outer formation.

After the offensive whistle sounded, the soldiers of the independent brigade rushed towards the Japanese position almost stepping on the bombing point. Captain Shimada finally waited for the long-awaited enemy to charge, and immediately ordered the Japanese soldiers in the position to set up machine guns. Shimada He had participated in the Russo-Japanese War and had a personal experience of the power of the machine guns used intensively by the Russians. Although they did not have Maxim in their hands, the Japanese-style machine guns were enough to cause a lot of casualties to the Chinese.

A sinister grin appeared on the lips of the commander of the Shimada regiment. He drew out his command knife and was about to swing it down vigorously, but found that a Japanese soldier beside him was looking at the sky with his mouth wide open in horror, as if he had seen a ghost.

"What..." Shimada raised his head subconsciously, his pupils constricted instantly, a wooden biplane flew directly above him, and dropped three grenades from the plane...

boom!boom!boom!

Captain Shimada flew up into the air with his unsheathed command saber. Before he died, he still couldn't believe that he went to meet Amaterasu just like that!In the Russo-Japanese War, he heroically stabbed three Russian ghosts to death with a bayonet!But today, he was blown to death without even seeing the enemy?

The soldier on the plane had no idea that the grenade he threw would kill a Japanese army commander, and he was still annoyed that he missed the grenade. His attack target was actually a machine gun position 15 meters away from Shimada.

The death of the regiment leader only caused a brief panic in the Shimada regiment. Soon, the officers of each department organized soldiers in an orderly manner and entered the position.

"Courage! The soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire never lose their courage! Kill your enemies!"

Explosions, red flames, choking smoke, flying bullets, and officers' whistles sounded all over the battlefield, and the commander's saber reflected a dazzling white light.

All these constitute the most realistic scene on the battlefield.

blood and fire.

The military reporter set up his camera, but found that the charging soldiers were not as he had imagined. They were shouting slogans impassionedly, and ran forward desperately. The speed is neither fast nor slow, and the explosion of shells and the rising smoke are the guides for their progress.

The sound of machine guns and rifles from the Japanese army intertwined. From time to time, Chinese soldiers fell down, but no one stopped. After advancing for a certain distance, some soldiers stopped and took out the grenadiers they carried with them from behind. One after another, special shells and grenades were fired at the enemy's machine gun team and the defensive zone with the most fierce firepower.

The dense gunfire became sparse, the whistle suddenly changed, and the Huaxia soldiers suddenly accelerated =...

"There are no passionate slogans here, only the sound of cannons, gunshots, bayonets and death. This is war."

"Huaxia's soldiers are defending the dignity of the country and the freedom of the nation with their lives. I saw with my own eyes a soldier who was shot in the abdomen, regardless of the bleeding wound, throwing the last grenade desperately..."

"Medical soldiers shuttled through the rain of bullets. They even rushed to the position they had just occupied, regardless of whether there were still remnants of the enemy inside, just to rescue one more wounded..."

"I saw many soldiers injured in battle, some of them lost their arms or legs, but they smiled at me firmly and told me that they were fighting for their country, and every wound on their bodies symbolized With honor!"

"The Japanese soldiers were equally heroic, but in the days of fighting, all I saw from them was the desperation of the dying, and the shadow of defeat had shrouded their heads. There is no doubt about it."

This is the report sent back by reporters from various countries from the battlefield.

The battle has been going on for three days. By the afternoon of June 6, the number of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Dalian has been reduced by nearly one-third. The Chinese intelligence personnel lurking in Dalian have also begun to act. The Japanese army will no longer be facing only the frontal battlefield. threat.

If it wasn't for the fact that Lou Xiao didn't keep prisoners of war, the Japanese army had already spread the word, I am afraid that the Japanese army on the battlefield would not have survived until now.

With an absolute advantage, Marshal Lou's independent brigade adopted the most "simple and brutal" tactics. The cannons finished the infantry charge, and after the infantry occupied a position, the cannons continued to bombard!

No matter what the conspiracy is, it should only be considered before and after the war. On the battlefield, there is always only one truth, whoever has the biggest fist will have the loudest voice!

Marshal Lou's fists were obviously bigger than those of Division Chief Otani and Oshima Yoshimasa, so it was not a problem to kill these two Japanese scumbags!

The Japanese army was not powerless to resist. After the initial destruction, the Chinese army's offensive slowed down, and the fighting quality of the Japanese army began to show. Effective defense has caused a lot of trouble for the Chinese army.

The tenacious resistance of the Japanese and the tenacity of the Chinese collided with everything. Who can persevere to the end?

Only time will tell.

Finally, as the sun sank and night fell, the sound of gunfire and artillery began to stop, and the battlefield gradually became silent.For the Japanese army in Dalian, this tranquility only represented the more intense artillery fire tomorrow... The Japanese soldiers in the trenches, even with their eyes closed, were still trembling.

For the first time they knew what it was like to be afraid and terrified.

On the night of June 27, many people lost sleep, including Li Jinyan.

On June 28, in the early morning, when the first ray of sunlight illuminated the earth, the battlefield that had been silent for a whole night sounded again.

The third division in Fengcheng finally received the order, and the division commander Zhao Yue stood up abruptly without waiting for the telegram to finish reading; "The assembly is ordered, Lao Tzu's third division is going to open today!"

Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, in the Balkan Peninsula of Europe.

After the Archduke Ferdinand and his wife arrived by train, the Grand Duke specially sent a telegram to his son who was far away in Austria, telling him that his father and mother would return to Vienna in early July.

As a father, Archduke Ferdinand is undoubtedly quite qualified.

After the telegram was sent, the Grand Duke and his wife got into the convertible car that the city government came to welcome them, but encountered a bomb attack on the way. Ferdinand was very calm and threw the bomb in the convertible car out of the car. The Grand Duke and his wife were safe and sound, and several passers-by But suffered the disaster of the fish.

After seeing the welcome banquet, Archduke Ferdinand proposed to visit the citizens affected by the assassination. This proposal was "fatal".

The Grand Duke was overconfident, and the convoy returned according to the previous route. When they reached the Latin Bridge, a 20-year-old Serbian youth ended the lives of the Grand Duke and his wife with a Browning automatic pistol, which also opened the prelude to the European war... …

Li Jinyan sat on the sofa, staring at the clock on the wall for a moment, until Xiao Youde walked in with a serious face and handed a telegram to him, Li Jinyan finally let out a sigh of relief.

History, after all, has its inertia, what should happen still happened.

"Please come here, Ned." Li Jinyan put away the telegram and raised his head, "And Second Sister Xu, it's time for them to leave for Europe."

"Yes." Xiao Youde replied: "The other four people..."

"They're not in a hurry yet." Li Jinyan leaned on the back of the sofa, with a rare expression on his face, "It will take at least a year before they will be useful."

"Yes."

"Also, send a telegram to the young marshal, but I think he should already know about it."