Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, Sean breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the sky, and changed the subject: "It's starting to snow. Canadian winters are really annoying. It even rains in warmer places like Vancouver.
Snow makes it more difficult for us to dig trenches."
It's January now, which is winter. I don't know when it started, but there are small snowflakes in the sky.
Liu Zhenming saw that the snowflakes did not melt after falling to the ground, and suddenly his heart moved. He thought of the Harbin Ice City in later generations, and it seems that in ancient times, water was poured into ice to form ice and used to defend the city. Couldn't he pour water on this trench?
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After a night passes, I believe that the soil will turn into frozen soil, and the shell-proof holes will be extremely hard. You will no longer have to worry about being casually blown up by artillery shells.
Seeing the arrogant Fenians holding their heads high, Liu Zhenming shook his head slightly, and then laughed softly.
That expression, that movement, was like the expression of an elephant that hears an ant saying that it will trip it up, disdain and contempt, a summer insect cannot say anything to the ice.
Liu Zhenming's movements and expressions made Xi Ruier, who was originally calm, feel as if someone stepped on his toes. He jumped to stand in front of Liu Zhenming and fired directly: "Oriental, did I say something wrong? Yes, yours
The marksmanship is not bad, but you have to know that Washington and Napoleon were not good at marksmanship, but they were able to command thousands of troops to victory."
Xi Ruier glanced at the Chinese people, pointed at his head, sneered and raised his voice: "Because they use their brains, not their bodies."
Liu Zhenming calmly took out a cigarette, lit it slowly, took a deep breath, then blew a smoke ring into Xi Ruier's face, and said unhurriedly: "Yes, war is not only
It depends on the bravery of the soldiers, but also on the wisdom of the officers. Alas, I am really worried about you Fenians. I don’t know whether your soldiers are brave or not, but I saw today that their officers can only think with single cells.
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"You...what did you say!" Liu Zhenming's curse words were too elegant, but although they were elegant, they were very vicious. Xi Ruier was so angry that his outstretched fingers were trembling. If Liu Zhenming hadn't exposed his hand before, he would probably have
I'm going to have a duel with Liu Zhenming.
Liu Zhenming ignored him, but whispered: "Bring a basin of water."
The two soldiers were ordered to leave.
Liu Zhenming counterattacked, causing Weir and others to stand aside with their arms folded to see what tricks this Oriental man could play.
"The water is coming, the water is coming! Captain, the water is starting to freeze, we have to melt it." When everyone was almost impatient, two soldiers came over hurriedly carrying water.
Liu Zhenming took the water slowly, and then gently poured it on the parapet of the trench.
"Have you thought of anything?" Liu Zhenming asked the Fenians calmly with a cigarette in his mouth.
All the Fenians looked at a loss, but this time even Xi Ruier didn't jump out, because they saw Liu Zhenming's calm look and knew there must be some mystery.
Liu Zhenming shook his head in disgust, threw away the cigarette butt, stamped it out gently, and sighed: "Why don't you use your brains more? If you pour water on the trench, with such a low temperature, after one night,
A solid frozen soil trench was formed, not to mention the anti-gun holes. Even if the British removed the main guns from their warships, they would not be able to blow up the anti-gun holes."
He Xiaoqing, Wei Shijie, Sean, Weir and others all suddenly realized it, their eyes widened in disbelief, and most of them thought: Why didn't I think of this method?
Looking at the place where Liu Zhenming poured water, it was really starting to freeze.
"Liu, you're great. It's exactly what you said." Sean gave thumbs up in admiration, and then he complained slightly: "Liu, why didn't you tell me earlier?"...
Liu Zhenming replied with an innocent look: "Before I had time to explain it to you, someone self-righteously stepped forward."
Liu Zhenming is not a kind person. People respect him as much as he respects others. If someone insults him, he doesn't mind giving him a slap in the face. It's obviously a method that he just thought of, but Liu Zhenming has it all figured out long ago.
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Xi Ruier twitched the corner of his mouth and was slapped in the face again by Liu Zhenming, but this time he was beaten mentally and harder. All his previous performances and arrogance seemed like a joke now.
Weir also looked embarrassed. He coughed slightly and had to apologize: "Liu, I apologize to you for what I just said. You are an excellent commander. Your methods will save the lives of many of our soldiers.
Xi Ruier, why don’t you apologize to Liu?”
Xi Ruier stood up reluctantly, and Liu Zhenming waved his hands generously and said: "Forget it, as long as you understand it, the British are about to arrive, so we should seize the time to repair the fortifications."
Hillel stood back angrily, and Weir invited: "Liu, after the retreat, are you really not going to Kelowna with us?"
"Chinese Town is my destination. The British army is fierce and numerous. After we retreat in two ways, they will also divide their troops to pursue us in two ways. In this way, there is no difference between us fighting the enemy together." Liu Zhenming refused.
, because he was violently persecuted by foreigners when he first came there, and it became difficult for him to trust these foreigners anymore.
"You're right, I hope we can all survive this time." Weir said with emotion, said goodbye and turned around to leave.
After the Fenians left, a group of Chinese soldiers were surprised.
"Captain, how did you think of it? These foreigners are really embarrassed this time."
"Who told them to talk nonsense in the first place? How can they understand the leader's magical powers?"
"These foreigners are wasting our good intentions in teaching them. Now, they are just humiliating themselves."
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"Okay, brothers, don't worry about them, let's do our own thing. These Fenians just want to escape, thinking that the British army's logistics supplies can't keep up, and retreat on their own. But we are different.
In the past, we have repeatedly defeated powerful enemies and defeated the strong with the weak. This time, it is no different, and we still let the British come back defeated." Liu Zhenming was afraid that the pessimism of the Fenians would affect everyone, so he immediately laughed loudly.
said.
"With the leader here, we have nothing to fear."
"That's right, the British are just a ball. It's not like they haven't fought against each other before!"
In the following days, the Allied forces were preparing for war. Weir did not ask his army to dig a trench system consisting of three parallel trenches. He just asked the soldiers to continuously reinforce the trenches. Of course, he learned how to prevent gun holes and use water to pour soil.
passed.
The trenches on the Chinese position have formed their own system. Liu Zhenming believes that as long as the opponent does not really dismantle the main gun on the warship, ordinary artillery really can't do anything to him.
There was already a thin layer of snow on the ground, the weather was getting colder day by day, and the mood of the Fenians in the nearby positions seemed to be getting worse day by day.
Christu has many connections in the United States, and he knows the general movements of the British fleet one by one.
"The British are coming, the British are coming!"
Today, Liu Zhenming was inspecting the trenches when he heard bursts of cheers. Liu Zhenming jumped onto the trenches, picked up his binoculars and looked around. He saw several Fenian signal troops galloping on horseback to report news everywhere.
Two of them were heading towards their own position.
"Sir, the British fleet has arrived at Victoria Port. If they want, they can arrive in Vancouver at noon today to launch an attack." The Fenian soldiers did not dismount. After they saw Liu Zhenming, they said a few words quickly and then hurriedly
Rush to other places.
Liu Zhenming continued to observe with his telescope, and he found that the defensive positions within his sight began to boil as if they were being boiled, and countless soldiers were jumping back and forth in the trenches.
"Is it finally here?"
Liu Zhenming put down his telescope. Unknown threats are always more nerve-wracking than known threats. When the soldiers learned that the British army had arrived, they seemed to feel a stone falling in their hearts while they were nervous.
Because I no longer have to wait so anxiously. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe and reward on the mobile website (.). Your support is my biggest motivation.)