It was the early morning of the third day after the victory of Fengtian that Chen Haihui's military boots stepped on the top of Jinzhou City.
What stood in front of him was the huge gap opened by the explosive pack in the wall of Jinzhou. The shocking scars left by the crazy explosive force made the young commander-in-chief sigh with admiration.
"I just asked the engineering team to dig a hole in the city wall, and I didn't ask you to blow up the city gate tower together." Chen Haihui turned back to look at his staff, "This city tower is a historic site after all. It would be a pity to blow it up.
If this continues, when the Russians are driven away, the entire Northeast will be in scorched earth."
"Report to the commander, we didn't know this explosive was so terrible. We blasted the city wall according to the standard landfill volume we learned at the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School. Who would have thought that even the gatehouse next to it was blown up..."
Chen Haihui looked at the staff officer who reported the report, and then looked at the troops under the city wall who were climbing over the huge pit left by the explosion to enter the city, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
Because the traces left by the explosion were so terrible, the Nanyang Army's baggage train and artillery team could not enter the city through the gate in front of them, so they had to bypass other city gates, which caused a lot of trouble. Even the infantry had to jump into the pit and go through another gate.
Climbing up, Chen Haihui thought to himself, what the hell is this? After taking over the city, his advance was slowed down by the tail he left behind.
The order to speed up the march was received two days ago.
Before this order, although Chen Haihui reported to Lin Youde that the attack was frustrated all day long, he actually did not launch a full-scale attack. Instead, he continued to launch artillery attacks on Jinzhou City, shelling once every hour, and then conducting a tentative attack.
attack. His approach is actually similar to the wheel battle tactics used by the Russian goddess outside Fengtian City, which is to use his own strength to bring down the enemy.
According to Chen Haihui's plan, given him another week, Jinzhou would surrender in Kaicheng, but Lin Youde's message gave him a three-day deadline.
So he launched a fierce attack, preparing artillery fire for almost a day, and then launched a general attack, breaking through the city defenses and entering street fighting. By the early morning of the third day, the entrenched Russian troops were basically eliminated, and the power to regain Jinzhou was immediately sent to the whole country on the radio wave.
Correspondingly, the battle losses of the Nanyang Army were much higher than Chen Haihui expected.
At this moment, Lin Youde's confidant general stood at the top of the city, looking at the city that was soaked in black and white by white snow and gunpowder smoke, recalling the first large-scale offensive battle under his command.
The taste is honestly not as delicious as expected.
"Report."
Chen Haihui turned around and glanced at the messenger, leaving the word "Speak" majestically.
"The rear military station asked if the military vehicle could be dispatched."
"I said, this kind of matter is directly handled by the staff department, and there is no need to ask me for instructions."
As Lin Youde's confidant, Chen Haihui naturally followed Lin Youde's hands-off policy, but his advisers were all Lu Shi, basically all "newcomers" who came to join him after Lin Youde became famous, and they were somewhat wary of his identity.
Unlike the group of young people who were taught by Lin Youde who were fearless and dared to take on any responsibility. In addition, Chen Haihui was born in the West Point of the United States, and these staff officers who were born in Lu Shi had some knots in their hearts, so many Chen Haihui had already "delegated power".
They will still ask the commander-in-chief for instructions.
Now Chen Haihui started to look at the scenery after giving such instructions. Several staff officers looked at each other, no one dared to speak, and the situation was cold for a while. Finally, the oldest chief of staff spoke to the messenger: "Order the troops sent to the station to inspect the railway.
The conditions and station equipment allowed the White Feather Fans to mobilize all the workers who had gone home to resume work. The Ministry of Munitions gave them double wages. They sent a team of cavalry in each direction of the railway to investigate the road conditions.
We won’t start the train until the reports from these troops come back, and let the troops station wait.”….
After speaking, the chief of staff glanced at Chen Haihui to confirm that the commander had nothing to add, and then waved his hand for the messenger to leave.
As soon as the messenger left, another one ran up the dilapidated city wall.
"Reporting that citizens of Jinzhou poured into several main streets, our army's advance was severely slowed down, and some troops were blocked and unable to move at all. The commander at the front requested instructions from the headquarters."
Only then did Chen Haihui stop looking away. He looked at his staff and said in a slightly high-spirited tone: "Let's go and take a look."
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On the New Year's Eve of 1901, every Chinese person had an extremely happy time.
The day started as usual with the hawking of newsboys, but the content of this hawking made many gentle and elegant scholars in long gowns feel as ecstatic as Fan Jin after winning the national examination.
"Maozi is defeated!"
"The officers and soldiers recapture Lushunkou!"
"The "China-Russia Haicheng Treaty" was signed!
Most of the newspaper boys who yelled hard in their childish voices did not understand the meaning of these words, so they all looked curiously at the old men in long gowns who were ecstatic after buying the newspapers.
But today's business was undoubtedly satisfactory. When some gentlemen heard that they had won, they took out their silver ingots and bought all the newspapers, scattering them like paper money along the street. So the newsboys also laughed with the gentlemen.
He screamed again and made a lot of fun.
In the past few days before the holiday, newspapers across the country did not have a holiday, because articles were flying in like snowflakes, and a pile of letters had just been piled up as soon as the queue was finished.
This is the first time that China has won a victory in a foreign war since 1842. How can the Chinese people be unhappy?
In the Gan Army Camp in Baoding, a sentry officer packed up his clothes and left after reading the newspaper, and went to Tianjin to take a boat to Helang Yabo.
In Zhejiang, a young lady from a girls' school decided to cut off her long braids after reading a newspaper, changed her name from Jie Shi to Jie Shi, disguised herself as a man, went to Shanghai and boarded a southbound ship.
In a private school in Hunan, an old gentleman put aside the Four Books and Five Classics for the first time and told the students in high spirits the story of the Yang family's fight against the invaders. Later, whenever the students wanted to graduate, the old gentleman would inevitably tell such a story.
Quote: "If I have the opportunity to continue my studies in the future, I will definitely go to the south, to Horanggabo."
Later, a primary school student really remembered these words. He was admitted to the Nanyang Preparatory Primary School in Guangdong. He immediately left a young poem and embarked on the road south with his simple luggage.
In Sichuan, a simple boy in his early fourteen years old quietly came to the local Lin Ji branch after reading the slogan for Victory. Risking being scolded by the elders from the Ge Lao Hui, he received a copy of Lin Ji's recruitment notice.
Brochure. When reading the "Qinyuanchun·Lotus City" written by Lin Youde at the end of the brochure, the young man's face with thick eyebrows and big eyes showed an excited look. He couldn't help but read the poem aloud: "Guide the country, point the country,
With passionate words, the filth of thousands of households in the past...is a true hero.
In Japan, a young woman with considerable influence among students studying in Japan tore up the ticket of the ship bound for Qingdao. With the secret help of Lin Ji's special correspondent, she escaped the pursuit of the Japanese Special High School and passed by Honolulu.
, heading to Ranggabo.
...There were so many things like this in the ten years after 1901 that it is impossible to describe them one by one in words. In short, the outstanding performance of the Nanyang Army in the battle that took place in the Gengzi Year began to have its due effect.
The best talents among the sons and daughters of China began to gather towards the small island located in the Nanyang Sea.
**
On February 15, 1901, off the coast of Lushunkou, due to the extremely cold winter this year, even in February when early spring was approaching, the ice on the Bohai Sea had not melted completely. About 20 centimeters of ice layer inside and outside Lushunkou fell from
The shore extended into the sea for seven or eight miles, dyeing Lin Youde's field of vision pure white...
At this time, flags were fluttering on the mast of the Victory, and in addition to Lin Youde, there was a circle of people standing on the freshly painted deck. Among them, the one closest to Lin Youde was the Minister of War, Yuan Shikai, standing on one left and one on the right.
The death of Imperial Envoy Li Hongzhang.
"Master Lin, I have always heard that you are poetic. Facing such beautiful scenery, do you want to see your talent?"
As soon as Yuan Shikai finished speaking, Li Hongzhang turned around. This once powerful celebrity was now in his twilight years and had long lost the power he once had. But when he turned around, Yuan Shikai and other contemporary powerful officials still obediently lowered their heads.
"Well, Mr. Lin, I also appreciate some of your poems. Please don't refuse today."
Lin Youde took a look and saw that Li Hongzhang spoke. We are not talking about actual power here. He is the most powerful official in name, so he took over the conversation: "Okay, the Lord in the middle hall has said so. I, Lin, have made a fool of myself."
After saying that, he stepped forward, pretending to be thinking about it, and made circles on the deck.
After teasing for the fourth time, he relaxed his frown, glanced at the Manchu officials who were already snickering, and spoke the first sentence:
"The scenery of the North is covered in ice for thousands of miles and snow drifting for thousands of miles."
As soon as the chant was finished, someone in the crowd murmured: "Is this Ping Ze, Qin Yuan Chun?"
"Not sure, maybe it's Han Yuefu."
At this time, Li Hongzhang glared at the group of people, and they all stopped.
"Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, there is nothing but vastness. The rivers up and down suddenly lose their turbulence. Silver snakes are dancing on the mountains, and wax figures are galloping. They want to compete with the gods. It must be a clear day. Seeing them wrapped in red makeup and plain clothes, they are especially enchanting."
"Okay!" Li Hongzhang gave a thumbs up, but before he could continue his evaluation, Lin Youde started chanting, which made Li Hongzhang quite dissatisfied, but then these dissatisfactions were replaced by surprise.
"**, it has attracted countless heroes to compete with each other. I regret that Emperor Qin and Han Wu were slightly less talented in literature, and the ancestors of Tang and Song Dynasties were slightly less charming!"
Many educated people among the officials began to look at each other, and Lin Youde saw the hidden words in his eyes: What are the emperors of Qin, Han, Wu, Tang, and ancestors of Song? If you don't take these people seriously, they will defy heaven!
Lin Youde sneered, raised his posture, and chanted the next sentence: "Genghis Khan, the genius of the generation, only knows how to bend a bow and shoot at eagles!"
When this sentence came out, everyone in the queue turned green: This **Hachi is also a barbarian who only knows how to ride a horse and shoot giant eagles, and **Hachi is definitely not as good at riding a horse as Genghis Khan, and he has never heard of it.
Said he had shot a big eagle.
Lin Youde was very satisfied with the effect of this sentence, and he recited the last sentence with satisfaction: "Counting the famous people, let's look at the present day!"
After the recitation, no one from the officials, including Yuan Shikai, came up to answer the question. Finally, Li Hongzhang burst out laughing, finally breaking the ice.
"Mr. Lin, you are indeed very talented in literature." Li Hongzhang paused, changed his expression and tone, and continued, "But as a veteran, I would like to remind you..."
Before Li Hongzhang's reminder could be spoken, he was interrupted by the lookout post on the mast shouting: "Coming! Starboard direction!"
On February 15, 1901, a formal concession return ceremony was held aboard the Chinese Navy flagship Victory outside the Port of Lushun—even though the Chinese army had already effectively controlled Dalian and Lushun at this time—at the ceremony, the commander of the Russian Army in China addressed
Imperial Envoy Li Hongzhang handed over his command sword.
This is the first time in decades that Li Hongzhang has been an official that he has appeared in a formal diplomatic occasion without losing a war. This has brought a perfect end to the political career of this Westernization leader who was once regarded as the hope of ZTE.
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At the same time, this also opened the curtain on a twentieth century that was completely different from the history of another time and space.