At 5:50 on December 9, Xu Yunfeng of the East China Sea Fleet arrived in the waters near Kinmen Island.
Xu Yunfeng held the telescope and calmly issued instructions in the cockpit.
"About 2 nautical miles ahead is the entrance to Zhangzhou Bay. Let the fleet reduce its speed. The observers should pay more attention to the sea surface. Be careful that there are very few reefs at the entrance..."
Jing Hong had some worry on his face: "Captain, according to intelligence, there are two 280mm coastal defense guns in Huli Mountain, Xiamen. How about we remove the coastal defense guns and sail in openly."
After all, large-caliber coastal defense guns are still a great threat to cruisers.
In particular, the marines accompanying the ship will be sent to Fujian Province later to encircle and annihilate Sun Chuanfang.
"The commander-in-chief has sent a message to say that Luo Bingquan of the Kewei fleet has surrendered to us, and the Huli Mountain turret is under his control. There is no need for him to attack us."
However, after Xu Yunfeng thought for a moment, he decided to send a light cruiser to explore the bottom first. After all, he could not risk the expensive battleship.
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In the Haicang Military Port of Zhangzhou Bay, three warships of Sun Chuanfang's Kewei fleet - Haichen, Yongxiang, and Chuyu - that seemed to be in some disrepair were moored at the pier.
The largest of these three ships is the Haichen, which was a protected cruiser purchased by the Xuan Dynasty from the John Armstrong Shipyard in 1896.
The displacement is only 4,300 tons. The weapons are 2 Armstrong T-type 203mm main guns and 10 120mm secondary guns. It is an old antique cruiser.
The Ren Yong Xiang and Chu Yu ships moored on both sides are two 780-ton gunboats manufactured by Kawasaki and Mitsubishi, and their conditions are similar.
Inside the command module of the Haichen.
"Brother Luo, let me tell you honestly, the navy of the Patriot Army is called the real navy. Although I don't know where Commander-in-Chief Lu got it from, they do have serious new battleships and cruisers. , and the scale is nearly 200,000 tons..."
"If you put our Guangdong Province Guardian Fleet and your Fujian Province Kewei Fleet into trouble, even if you put Wu Peifa and Zhang Yulin's Bohai Fleet, Northeastern Fleet...all the coastal defense forces of our country, it will not work. It will definitely be better than two other battleships."
Cheng Biguang, the commander-in-chief of the Guardian Fleet, was bragging about the power of the Patriot Navy to his former subordinate Luo Bingquan.
"Hey, brother Cheng, please stop talking. I was your soldier back then. I, Luo Bingquan, am naturally willing to trust you and lead the Kewei fleet to join the Wei Kingdom. I wonder if they can come and recruit us today."
Luo Bingquan was also happy to be included. After all, the three ships under his command were empty, not to mention insufficient ammunition and fuel, and the soldiers could hardly be paid.
"Report, a warship suspected to be a heavy cruiser sailed from Zhangzhou Bay, flying a flag and claiming to be the Patriotic Army."
After hearing the sailor's report, Cheng Biguang and Luo Bingquan looked at each other and smiled, walked out of the cabin and came to the deck, ready to welcome the representatives sent by the Patriot Army.
The deck of the Haiqi was already crowded with sailors. After seeing this brand new and majestic steel sea beast in front of them, sparks almost burst out from their eyes.
The navy of the Patriot Army is said to be well-equipped, and to a discerning eye, these are high-tech warships.
Although the main gun on the ship does not seem to be as large in caliber as the Haiqi's main gun, it gives people the feeling that it looks very powerful.
The small speedboat on the cruiser was put into the water. Not long after, a colonel of the Patriot Army boarded the Haiqi and briefly introduced himself.
"I am Shi Zeming, captain of the cruiser Tiger Jiao of the National Guard Navy."
"Welcome Captain Shi, I am Luo Bingquan."
"Hello, I am Cheng Biguang from the Guardian Fleet."
The three of them shook hands politely again before starting formal negotiations.
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About 20 kilometers away in Dongshan County, a radio station in a large house kept ringing "Beep! Beep! Beep!".
Sun Chuanfang was furious. He had already received the news from Zhangzhou Bay.
The ships of the Patriot Army were arrogantly arriving at the door of the house, but the Hulishan Fort did not fire to block the attack. He couldn't wait to hold Luo Bingquan accountable.
A slightly female-looking communications soldier ran in hurriedly, "Commander, Luo Bingquan's phone call can't be reached. In addition, we just sent power to the Kewei fleet, but we didn't get any response."
Sun Chuanfang obviously did not realize that he was about to be in trouble. He turned around in extreme anger and started smashing objects in the room, shouting:
"Grandma, what on earth is this Luo Bingquan doing? Is he collecting black money from the National Guard Army?"
"He let the enemy ship in without firing a single shot. I really want to shoot him now!"
The signal soldier slowly approached behind Sun Chuanfang, suddenly pulled out a loaded Browning M1903 pistol, pointed it at his head and pulled the trigger.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Hearing only three gunshots, Sun Chuanfang fell to the ground before he could react. Blood spattered three feet. The signal soldier calmly aimed at Sun Chuanfang's temple and fired a few more shots.
"The commander is in danger!"
The guards who arrived pushed the door open and saw Sun Chuanfang already lying in a pool of blood.
I saw the signal soldier put the muzzle of the gun into his mouth and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
"boom!"
"Ah, this?"
This made several guards look at each other, a little confused, what the hell are they doing?
But one thing is certain, Sun Chuanfang died like this without a sigh of relief.
Until the guard discovered that the signal soldier was a woman and found a blood letter from her body.
[In this assassination incident, my daughter Shi Qiao killed Sun Chuanfang to avenge her late father Shi Wanbin. Now that the great revenge has been avenged, I will commit suicide and will not involve the friends who helped me. 】
After reading the blood book, everyone suddenly realized that the commander-in-chief was killed by Shi Waibin's daughter who was disguised as a signal soldier. And this Shi Qiao committed suicide after taking revenge in order not to implicate the person who helped her.
This so-called Shi Fanbin was actually the governor of Fujian Province many years ago. Sun Chuanfang represented the Zhili warlords in the war against Shi Fanbin. With the help of the Zhili clique, Sun Chuanfang quickly defeated Shi Wongbin, but he violated the old rules of war between warlords and beheaded Shi Wongbin who had been electrified.
Now Sun Chuanfang is reaping the consequences of what he sown back then and is assassinated by Shi Waibin's daughter.
Perhaps this also confirms the saying that many rules in this world have their own reasons. If it is not necessary, it is best not to break the rules.
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Twenty minutes later, Zhuang Yan opened the door excitedly and told Lu Xiaojia the good news: "Commander, Sun Chuanfang was killed by an assassin. In addition, his chief of staff He Kuangfu took over the command and brought thousands of remaining troops. Unconditionally surrender to our Patriot Army."
When Lu Xiaojia heard this, he was not surprised. He went to the Fujian Province on the battlefield and planted a small yellow flag: "Okay, I understand this matter. Let the 8th Mountain Division take over Fujian Province as quickly as possible." ."
"Pass my order to the armies of other provinces to temporarily cease fighting. In addition to the two provinces of Yu and Huai, our national defense army now has five more provinces: Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong, and Anhui. These places are still in chaos. ."
"First, let the garrison troops in each province clear out all the bandits, bullies, Japanese, opium dens and casinos, evil gentry and landlords, corrupt officials and other dirty things in their respective territories. Those who should have their homes searched will be ransacked, and those who should be shot will be shot... The land will be distributed to Common people, their gold and silver will be confiscated.”
As the saying goes, it is easiest to conquer the country and the country, but it is the most difficult to defend the country and the country.
Although Lu Xiaojia is not the emperor, he doesn't want to start a fire under his butt. The 400 million Chinese people are his biggest support.
So another 10 million silver dollars were spent to purchase 10,000 low-level office personnel in the system.
In addition, he still plans to transfer some system office personnel from Yuhuai Province to serve in these five provinces, and reorganize the leadership teams in each region.
As long as the officials are honest and good officials who serve the people and make decisions for the people, and the office's finances can be used where they should be, the current miserable life of most people in China will definitely be gradually improved.
