Silence, silence, deathly silence... Anyway, in the inner study room in the back garden of the Ryukyu Prime Minister's Mansion, there was suddenly silence. This tranquility came so suddenly that even the soldiers on duty outside the study room were terrified, thinking that all the officers inside were collectively Disappeared.
Just now Wang Huaiyuan introduced to everyone the battle situation on the first day of the Tanggu Defense Battle. Mailer led more than 10,000 Manchu elites to charge three times in one go, and each charge used different tricks.
When Wang Huaiyuan introduced the last charge and the enemy's feces and urine attack, everyone in the room felt a little sick just thinking about that scene.
"It's true to call them pure demons. How could a person with normal thinking think of using such a disgusting method." Luo Huo said angrily.
"Luo Huo, don't curse. Before you talked to the Prime Minister, you were not superstitious. Besides, using dirty things to fight the enemy is really not Mailer's invention. During the Daoguang period, it was during the first Opium War that the Prime Minister said. The defenders used this kind of thing to fight against the foreign cannons..." Xiao Hexin said.
Xiao Letian smiled bitterly and said, "During the Daoguang period, the Yingyi attacked Guangzhou. It is true that the defenders used the toilet array as a killer weapon. They made many toilets, women's menstrual belts, black dog blood and other things on the city wall... But the facts have proven that It’s all nonsense and useless, why would Mailer still use it?”
However, Xiao Letian thought about it again. Not to mention that this was the Tongzhi period. During the Guangxu period, when the Yihe Quan was in full swing, the Manchu and Qing gentry still believed in asking gods to support the ji, swallowing incense and ashes, and becoming invulnerable. It can be said that the Qing Dynasty was rooted in the bones It is insulated from modern technology.
The scene of the feces and urine attack was over, but there was still something wrong with the way the brothers looked at Xiao Letian. Xiao Letian knew that it was the 'torture of prisoners' that needed to be explained to everyone.
"Well...that guy Tietoutuo came from the world of martial arts, and what he is good at is pretending to be a ghost. I have said many times that I tortured prisoners, and I am not a pervert..."
Xiao Letian looked at the distrustful looks around him and quickly defended with a pale face, "Why are you all looking at me like this? Am I that perverted? No, no... I'm not perverted at all. I never said that." Let him cut off the enemy's fingers."
"I just told him some tips on how to demoralize the enemy..." Xiao Letian's voice became smaller and smaller as he spoke. He seemed to have recalled that it was not certain that he would have told such a story when he was drinking with his brothers.
"Oh... holy shit, I just said, what can you do?" Xiao Letian simply broke the pot.
Wang Huaiyuan smiled and stopped dwelling on the topic. He went on to say, "Tie Tou Tuo's move is actually useful, especially the move of cutting off the thumb. It is too vicious. From now on, these soldiers will never want to shoot. It's difficult to hold a knife or even hold the reins of a war horse, that's the trash in the Manchu camp..."
"And Qingyao's habit is not to raise waste. They are not like us. Wounded soldiers have special military doctors to take care of them. In Qingyao's camp, the Manchus and Mongolians may have some pensions, but the Han people have no choice but to be kicked out. This road..."
"There was a lack of medical treatment and medicine, and the rabbits were killed and the dogs were cooked. In the next two days, the morale of the Mailer Camp was low. They only launched two symbolic charges in two days and left more than two hundred corpses. That’s it…”
"Tietoutuo is indeed the one who received the true inheritance from the Prime Minister. Then he bought dozens of tin trumpets and sent out soldiers with loud voices to shout at Qingyao's camp all night long..."
"Shout." Everyone asked in confusion.
"Yes, it's just a slogan. Let me describe it to you. All the Han people in the camp are listening. Han people don't kill Han people. Don't lose your life for a little money." "Surrender, come here. Every one of us who is the leader of the army here is listening." I have three pieces of Yingyang’s salary every month, and I won’t be owed a penny,'"
"The foreigners have already organized a special zone guard here. You are here to cause diplomatic disputes. When the time comes, the foreigners will have to invade Beijing again." Prime Minister Xiao of the East China Sea is leading his troops back. A hundred thousand troops Breaking the capital, your behavior of undeclared war will definitely be punished,'"
Speaking of this, Wang Huaiyuan looked at Xiao Letian and said with a strange smile, "Sir, how many things have you secretly taught Tietoutuo? There are many private goods here, how come we don't even know about it."
Xiao Letian slapped his forehead and finally remembered that after Tietoutuo successfully bought land in Tanggu Special District, in order to reward him, Xiao Letian invited him to drink once. During that drinking session, Xiao Letian was in a good mood and told Tietoutuo. Telling some short stories in psychological warfare, I never expected that Tietoutuo could draw inferences from one instance, understand the essence of the story, and even apply it to war.
Xiao Letian rubbed his nose in embarrassment, "Don't dwell on this issue, continue on... What is the situation at the SAR terminal now? Can our supplies be supplied?"
When talking about the pier of the special zone, everyone naturally thinks of Mike Carnegie from the United States. This young man really regarded Xiao Letian's career as his own. He was stationed in Tanggu for a long time. The first-hand model of the industrial zone was built by him. .
Xiao Letian's earliest plan was to surround the special zone with a ring of fortifications, and then use small trains to transport materials between the seaport terminal and the special zone. However, this plan was rejected by Mike. His proposal was to connect the port and the special zone into one.
The east side of the industrial zone directly faces the Bohai Bay. Goods on sea ships can be unloaded directly into the zone and transported back and forth in the zone by special trains. In this way, only three walls are needed, which not only saves money, but also Improve protection.
"What, you think this is reducing the protection. Are you kidding? Is there any more effective defense in the world than battleship guns?" Mike Carnegie roared at the time.
"Go to Hong Kong and Shanghai to see where the foreigners' residential areas and commercial areas are located. They are all within the range of their naval guns. They don't even have city walls. They rely on the powerful battleships. Firepower provides protection.”
"Prime Minister Xiao in the East China Sea, won't there be a navy in the future? Will we always rely on the marines to fight with their lives?"
Mike Carnegie's words left everyone speechless, and the final design was completed according to his plan.
When he mentioned the SAR terminal, Wang Huaiyuan suddenly came to his senses. "Thanks to Mr. Mike's suggestion. As soon as this war started, we saw the benefits of the terminal. The terminal was full of cargo ships from various countries. How many purchase orders did we issue?" , they can eat as much as they want, and there is no need to worry about military supplies. They can even send out our seriously injured soldiers... Great, everything is as the Prime Minister said, as long as we have the sea, we and the Manchu and Qing Dynasties can If you fight, you will be invincible."
At this time, Sima Yun, who loves to be silent the most, also spoke up, "Yes, the world now is an ocean world. Only those who have control of the sea will have a future. This trip across the ocean is an eye-opener. Why are the trade routes on the ocean so... Busy, the Strait of Gibraltar is almost occupied by sails..."
"We have our own port in Tanggu. As long as there is no force on the sea that can threaten us, we can fully supply all kinds of materials. I just looked at the list. During this time, I can buy all kinds of cans made in the United States. I bought more than 60,000 cans, and those Qing Yao probably have never eaten this stuff in their lives..."
Luo Huo also laughed at the side, "Yes, yes, during this period, many wounded soldiers who needed to be recuperated were transported by sea ship from Tanggu and Ryukyu, and they were all sent to Kagoshima. I heard from my subordinates that The scenery in Japan is beautiful, and Japanese women are also very good at serving others. Those injured brats are all pampered like uncles there. Even the samurai have to give way when they wear New Army uniforms and go out on the street. , bow and salute..."
"Hahaha..." Everyone burst into laughter, and then Xiao Hexin asked, "Where is our fortune number? Where is it now? This is our treasure ship for minting coins. We must not have any accidents..."
"Don't worry, the Fortune has now bypassed the Korean Peninsula and entered the Sea of Japan in the north. Except for a few old Russian warships that are a bit of a threat to us, the rest are left to us... Haha, I guess it's full Even the Qing Dynasty didn’t know there was a sea in the north of Korea..."
Continental thinking and ocean thinking are so different. The Manchus, who had a continental thinking, did not know how to use the ocean. In their hearts, the sea was a forbidden area, a forbidden land for human beings. In their eyes, the world was flat.
But Xiao Letian and others are different. The world in their eyes is three-dimensional. As long as they have control of the sea, they can use hundreds of tricks to fight against the Manchu Qing. If Xiao Letian is really annoyed, he can hire ships to force a landing from Yingkou. More than a thousand marines marched forcefully, and there was no problem in catching Shengjing off guard.
It can be said that the sea is in my hands and the world is mine. Xiao Letian and the others really didn’t take the threat of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to the industrial zone to heart. Before the meeting ended, Xiao Letian said easily, “It looks like Tanggu won’t be lost for a while.” , the only thing that worries me is the battle situation inside the capital, but I believe in Mr. Qing’s strength, I will stay in Ryukyu for another three days..."
"In these three days, you will select a thousand new army warriors for me. After three days, I will take you back to the country..."
"Yes." There was a uniform roar in the study, and then the group of officers walked out from inside, and the soldiers waiting outside quickly led their horses to greet them.
Three days is the fastest time Xiao Letian can squeeze out. After all, the new army needs to be reintegrated, and the European officer corps needs time to return to the army. The organizational structure cannot be built in one day.
Moreover, Ryukyu is full of things to do, and many documents need to be reviewed by Xiao Letian in person. He has slept no more than two hours for three days in a row, and he is so busy that he has no time to interrogate that bastard Molière.
But just in these three days, an accident happened. Tanggu Industrial Zone, which they thought was as stable as Mount Tai, encountered an enemy they could not imagine.
