Day 2, 20th lunar month, 23rd, Guangxu

Lushunkou is a military port in northern China and a base of Beiyang Fleet in the Qing Dynasty. It provides mobile phone e-books/e-book downloads. It is located near the Yellow Sea, facing the Bohai Sea in the west, and the Weihaiwei of the Shandong Peninsula in the south, forming a horn between the Bohai Strait in the south, and conjunction with the throat of the Bohai Sea, and is a maritime gateway in Beijing and Tianjin. In the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent Japanese pirates, heavy troops were stationed, and Zhongzuo Inspectorate of Jinzhou was established. In the sixth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, the dock was built for the military port, built forts and torpedo battalions and ordnaps, and the Ordnance Bureau. Later, the Navy Admiral Office was established, which became a coastal defense fortress and one of the Beiyang Fleet bases.

Today, the outskirts of Lushunkou welcomed her best-the Russian Far East Fleet.

In the morning, Shunkou's warning sentry appeared in the Russian Far East Fleet and immediately informed Lushun's garrison Song Qing.

Ling Binghuo rushed into the garrison yamen and shouted loudly: "Report to the old general Song, a large number of Russian ships appeared outside the Lushunkou. The guards of each fort asked the old general whether the old general was in combat readiness and asked the old general to decide!"

Song Qing, the garrison of Lushun who was drinking tea, hurriedly stood up and asked, "How many warships are there? What is the formation? Where is the direction of the muzzle?"

The messenger reported: "The old general should be the Russian Far East Fleet. There are three giant ships among the warships, which are as big as Dingyuan and two. The four columns of non-combat formations are arranged, and the turrets are not in combat."

"Are there any warships from other countries, such as Germany?" Song Qing asked.

The messenger shook his head and said, "Report to the general that there are no warships in other countries, all Russian naval flags."

After hearing these details, the veteran General Song Qing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The arrival of a large number of warships surprised him and thought he was coming to attack Lushun? However, Song Qing received a telegram from the court that Russian warships would be coming to the dock of Lushun Port for repairs. It seemed that the Russian Far East Fleet was probably here to repair the ship.

"I guess I'm here to repair the ship. Notify all generals and battalions of guards. There is no need to be overly nervous, but be vigilant and make each fort be wary and not make any mistakes." Song Qing ordered.

Order the soldiers turned around and ran out to convey Song Qingdi's orders.

Then, Song Qing led his personal troops to the garrison yamen and rushed to the Golden Mountain Fortress. He used a monocular telescope to watch the Russian Far East Fleet from a high place.

‘What a huge fleet of land!’

After seeing the Russian fleet group, Song Qing's first idea was that the Russian fleet was very powerful.

However, with years of experience, Song Qing did not think that the Russian Far East Fleet was sincerely helping the Qing Dynasty. Every time these Russians took advantage of the situation, they would rob the land. This time, Russia dispatched such a huge fleet to the Qing Dynasty. It would be difficult to leave without gaining benefits. It seems that the court had bleed heavily to eliminate these greedy Russians.

Thinking of the Qing Dynasty being bullied by these great powers everywhere, Song Qingkong had a passion for serving the country but was powerless. This old man in his seventies couldn't help but sigh.

1 am Russian Far East Fleet approaches

General Alexeyev, commander of the Russian Far East Fleet, ordered Colonel Condrakenko to go to the Lushun Guardian Office to inform the Qing Dynasty of the purpose of the arrival of the Russian Far East Fleet.

Colonel Condragenko took two officers and an interpreter to enter the Port of Lushun by boat, but he deliberately slowed down the course and took the opportunity to secretly record the main channel route of Lushunkou. The Qing soldiers who came to pick him up naturally did not dare to offend Colonel Condragenko and other Russians. They told him some military secrets about Colonel Condragenko's intentional or unintentional inquiries.

Half an hour later, Colonel Condrajianko and others came to the Lushun Guardian and met the Lushun Guardian Song Qing.

"Hello! General Song Qing. On behalf of General Alexeyev, the commander of the Far East Fleet of the Great Russian Empire, I personally bring sincere greetings to you and your army." Colonel Condragedenko said politely.

After listening to the translation, Song Qing said happily: "Thank you, General Alexeyev, commander of your fleet, and your greetings." Song Qing finally pronounced General Alexeyev's name with a pursed mouth. It was so confusing.

"I wonder what kind of job is your country's fleet coming to me?" Song Qing asked.

"It's so. Your Beiyang Navy mistakenly thought that our fleet was also involved in the attack in Jiaozhou Bay, so he attacked our fleet. During the battle, some of our warships were injured. With the permission of your government, we now take these injured warships to the docks in your land for maintenance." Colonel Condrakenko replied.

"So that's how it is!" Song Qing felt relieved when he heard that the other party was indeed here to repair the ship, so he said, "I wonder how many warships your country needs to be repaired?"

Colonel Condragenko replied: "There are 8 warships in total that need maintenance."

The personal soldier next to him said to Song Qing: "General, Dingyuan is currently being repaired in the dock. Zhenyuan has three warships, Haichen, and some civilian ships. At most, a small warship can be repaired for the Russians."

After hearing this, Song Qing said to Colonel Condrakinko: "Sorry. Now the dock is only

Small warships repair vacant seats, I don’t know if your country’s fleet is willing to continue

Originally, the Russian fleet had no major warships except for two torpedo boats that were directly sunk, and only a few warships were barely considered slightly injured. Therefore, it happened to match the Russians' wishes.

So Colonel Condragenko said, "It doesn't matter, so let's wait for your warship to be repaired first! Our warships are just waiting. However, your army can't let our fleet wait outside the sea! What if there is a storm?"

This is very reasonable, and Song Qing could not find any fault, so Song Qing had no doubts. However, when Colonel Condrakinko proposed that all their warships would enter the port, Song Qing immediately felt that it was inappropriate, because Lushun Port was a military port, and without the permission of the court, warships from other countries would not be allowed to stay, let alone a large group of warships. So he refused to agree to Colonel Condrakinko's request.

Song Qing said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Colonel. I can't agree to all your country's requests. The warships that are repaired can be parked in the port, and I have nothing to say. However, if all your country's warships are to enter the port, it must be decided by the court, so I cannot agree to the requests of your fleet."

Colonel Condrajianko then said, "General Song Qing, you don't know! Our country and the leader of the noble army, Mr. Li Hongzhang, signed a secret agreement for joint defense."

"Yes, but this is the case!" Song Qing replied, knowing the secret contract signed by Li Hongzhang with Russia.

Colonel Condraginko said: "That's easy to do. According to the secret agreement, when your country is invaded by foreign countries, Russia has the obligation to assist you in defense. And the coastal ports of your country must also open to the Russian fleet unconditionally to replenish the Russian fleet. I wonder if what I said is correct?"

"Yes, Mr. Colonel is right." Song Qing realized that it was not good, but it was difficult to refute.

"Now your country is in a state of war with Germany. According to the agreement, the Russian fleet will assist you in defending the ports along the coast. Your country must also open all coastal ports, including military bases, to the Russian fleet, and provide the necessary military supplies to the Russian fleet." Colonel Condraginko said.

Qing didn't know what to say, but the other party was obviously prepared. Song Qing couldn't help but have doubts about the purpose of the arrival of this Russian fleet.

However, at the request of Colonel Condraginko, Song Qing could not refute that even the court might not have recruited them. In the end, Song Qing had to promise that the Russian fleet could dock at the Port of Lushun to avoid the wind and waves, and at the same time, the matter was telegrammed to the Qing Military Affairs Office to know.

Next, Colonel Condragedko proposed to strengthen mutual trust between the Russian Navy and the Qing Dynasty and prevent incidents similar to Jiaozhou Bay from resurrecting their lives. Therefore, General Song Qing was invited to meet with the commander of the Russian Far East Fleet Alexeyev on a Russian warship.

Colonel Condrajianke sounded the alarm for Song Qing, who originally wanted to agree to his request. Song Qing certainly knew the true truth of Jiaozhou Bay, because the Beiyang Navy's acting admiral Lin Tai and Dingyuan's manager Liu Buchan could assist in repairing the warships in the dock! From them, Song Qing had already learned the truth.

Colonel Condrakinko's words reminded Song Qing of the experience of Ding Ruchang, the admiral of the Beiyang Navy, and became suspicious. So he refused Colonel Condrakinko's invitation on the grounds of busy affairs.

Colonel Condragenko did not expect Song Qing to suddenly refuse the invitation. He was a little surprised, but he could not take so much into consideration, so he said goodbye and left, and returned to report the situation to the fleet commander General Alexeyev.

Seeing the Russians leave, Song Qing thought that his hometown in Shandong had become the sphere of influence of the Germans, and couldn't help but scold the Russians and the Germans for their 18th generation of ancestors. It was not until the old man kept coughing that he was dissuaded by his personal soldiers.

"General, this Russian has so many warships. Could it be that he is here to steal our territory?" said a personal soldier named Goudan.

Over the years, Goudan has been following Song Qing, and he also knows a little military.

"You can see it, and I will naturally know." Song Qing said.

"General, wise!" Goudan said quickly.

"It's a big wise thing! I know that these Russians came to us. It must be weasels who wished the chicken a happy New Year, and they were not kind! Although they can't see their true purpose at the moment, we are on guard. In the battle of ponytail, our Fujian Navy was forced to leave the French and was not defended. Not long ago, Zhang Gaoyuan, the general of Jiaozhou Bay, was also bombarded with Jiaoao by the Germans and Russians. The Beiyang Navy Admiral Ding Ruchang was also deceived by the Germans and Russians, causing the Beiyang Navy to be attacked by the Germans and Russians and were defeated. We can't do these bloody lessons again! The Qing Dynasty can't afford to toss, and I can't afford to toss this old bone!" Song Qing said coldly. (To be continued,)
Chapter completed!