1890 King of Southeast Asia

"The casualties are more than my expectations, but considering that it is at night, it is also possible." Liu Yiming put down the casualties and rubbed his eyebrows.

This is why Liu Yiming hates the city.

Even if it was a sneak attack, the firepower was crushed, the technology was crushed, and the troops were crushed.

Therefore, when attacking Thailand or Manila in the past, Liu Yiming liked to carry out large -scale shells first. If the message could be blocked, he would directly go to the poisonous gas.

The poisonous gas bomb is not cheap. The production and transportation requirements are much higher than that of ordinary bombs, but considering efficiency and casualties, the cost performance is much higher.

This is why Japan particularly likes to use poisonous gas bullets, because poor can not afford to drag at all.

If the transportation captain chose to stay in Jinling instead of Songhu, maybe Jinling's defense war is also a Stallingrad -style turning point.

After all, Songhu said that in the final analysis, the two sides conducted field attacks and defense. Excellent soldiers took the attack of planes and guns and resisted the attack of Japanese hybrid animals in the field of temporary work in the wild.

A ... political significance is greater than a military significant show.

Moreover, the captain of the transportation team can directly abandon Jinling. Also shamelessly continue to occupy the position of the highest commander.

Run off.

"Some reports from the south line, the two towns besieged Binzhou have reduced the offensive strength. The ninth town in the front of Cangzhou is shrinking.

We believe that the enemy may want to concentrate on heavy soldiers and try to regain Tianjin Wei. The Tianjin Acropolis defense system is not perfect, and the casualties may not be too small. Yang Tao said with a dignified face.

Liu Yiming saw Yang Tao's expression, a little confused.

"What's the difficulty?" Liu Yiming took out the cigarette and handed it to Yang Tao.

"The defense of Tianjin Wei is not like other cities in the Qing Empire. The urban defense system is not complete. Except for the turret, the remaining places, including the main urban area, still follow the city wall defense system.

Our soldiers are not familiar with not to say, and the city walls can't stop the shelling. "

"Another one, because the strength of the battle is beyond our imagination, the offensive just consumed a large amount of materials and failed to be supplemented from the Tianjin Wei Weapon Library. There was a touch of impatience on his face.

The resistance of the Qing Empire was beyond his imagination, so that the Army artillery had to do its best, which caused the original supplies to be somewhat insufficient.

"Two days? It should be enough ... but still can't adventure, there is Luoyang?" Liu Yiming did not believe the active offensive ability of the Qing Empire.

It is mainly morale. Whether it is the new army or the old army, although the loyalty is talking about the patriotic and the emperor, it will only be used on the soldiers.

Even if the green empire squeezed out the money, how many can they send it to the soldiers? This is unknown.

If the money is not enough, the soldiers are not pronounced enough, and it is not surprising that the small difference on the battlefield is.

"Luoyang? At the mouth of Lushun, after simply repairs, it forms a battleship formation with Changan. On the one hand, it continues to deter the Beiyang Fleet, and on the other hand, to prevent the Japanese." Yang Tao's eyes lighted and then darkened.

He knew what Liu Yiming meant. He Paolang sat in the town, even if he only stopped at the pier for a few cannons, it was full of deterrent.

The cannon is the god of war. The greater the caliber, the more divine power.

"Is Luoyang a big loss?"

"Fortunately, although many places were hit, they failed to break through armored, or hit non -fatal parts. Generally speaking, light injury."

"That tie up one or two cruisers, Luling or Guangling, and the 203 mm main guns are barely enough. In addition, the remaining high -speed supply ships are urgently mobilized to temporarily supplement a batch of materials. In the last few days, persist."

Indeed, the Japanese also need to prevent the Japanese. Their way of thinking has a lot of problems. It can attack Hawaii, and they can also attack Lushunkou.

It is really troublesome to South China if it really attacked a South China battleship.

The current battle is over, and Liu Yiming hurriedly re -conducts the daily cruise of the battleship. The construction progress of the Arab region has been slowed down because of military management.

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On September 9, Lushunkou.

Due to the action of the South China Navy, the Beiyang Navy failed to play much in this war, at most it dragged the South China Navy's battleship team.

The Qing Empire is not ordered to attack the Navy, but the returns obtained are:

"My department tried to break through, and when I went out of the port, I encountered the siege of the South China Navy.

In order to be realistic, the Beiyang Navy really "interacted" with the South China Navy. Beiyang dragged a target ship and parked at sea. The two sides were shelling at the target ship at the same time.

It also arranged to fight against the main guns of the South China Navy battleship to make an offensive look, which scared away the nobles who came to gold.

The Beiyang Navy knows that it is performed up and down, but they are enthusiastic.

After the nobles ran away, the South China Navy entered Hong Kong in batches to supply and play.

At this time, Luoyang, Liu Yiming's thoughts, was mooring in the port.

The Chang'an has not come in, and the Luoyang is trying to repair the holes as much as possible.

"Luoyang, No. 2 Battleship ship, the first full -heavy artillery battleship. After Xuchang's water was launched, the Great Han -class battleship was transformed and equipped with a 356mm artillery.

This kind of war giant is made by Chinese. Can you imagine it? When I was at the Greenwich Naval Academy ... "Lin Yongsheng watched Luoyang, who was repairing, full of emotions.

"Looking at such a warship, it is indeed difficult not to feel emotional." Deng Zhengqing nodded. He had also been abroad for inspection and knew the attitude of the British towards the Chinese. He understood why Lin Yongsheng was emotional.

"Tianjin has been broken. I don't know what Nanhua will do next." Lin Yongsheng did not continue this topic. If he continued, his heart would be shaken.

Being "blocked" in the port and unable to attack was the maximum they could accept.

"The Luoyang was hit by more than 160 bullets. Except for some damage to the superstructure, there was no damage. I heard from their sailors that the Luoyang was only 3,000 meters away from the artillery. "

"Tianjin's defense is too empty. It failed to penetrate the armor at such a close distance, proving that the weapons of the artillery have long been aging. If it is not broken by Nanhua today, it will be captured by others tomorrow." Deng Zhengqing also had some complaints about the Qing Empire in his heart.

This war was an unprovoked disaster for this empire. It was completely caused by some unreasonable and suicidal dignitaries, but the whole country needs to take responsibility together.

The war had been going on for so long, and the empire was still in a chaotic state of power struggle, which further aggravated the dissatisfaction of knowledgeable people with the imperial government.

The navy is the most open-minded and conservative branch of the military. They will maintain their traditions while actively accepting the most advanced knowledge and technology.

There are not many republicans in the navy, but there are many constitutionalists, but there is no pure autocracy.

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On September 9, the third day after Nanhua captured Tianjin, the capital.

For three days, undercurrents have been surging in all parties in the capital.

Some colluded with foreigners, some colluded privately to make a fortune in the chaos, and some looked for ways to join Nanhua.

There are rumors that the Empress Dowager Yulong has packed her luggage and is ready to follow the example of the late Empress Dowager and go hunting in the west.

At the Yuan Mansion, Lord Yuan just sent away several officials.

"This bunch of trash, don't even look at their own status, and want to rely on others!" Lord Yuan sat down and drank a cup of tea angrily.

The officials who had just been sent away were all noble, with a noble status but no real power. They came to Nanhua to seek refuge.

"Look at their conditions. They want to seek refuge with others and still want Nanhua to keep their iron-clad crops? They really have eaten too much lard and lost their hearts!" Yuan Wentai, the son of Lord Yuan, said sarcastically.

31-year-old Yuan Wentai had not officially entered the official career, so he did not break his leg because of riding a horse and become disabled for life.

"Why should Lord Gongbao be angry? Don't worry about these people. This incident is really a shocking blow to our Beiyang. Let's think about how to deal with it more appropriately." Wang Pinqing drank tea with a sad face.

"Zaifeng did not agree to send troops, even if my Beiyang sent troops on its own. He repeatedly ordered me to keep the Beiyang armies still. This is suspicious of me!" Lord Yuan said angrily.

On the day when Nanhua captured Tianjin, that is, on the seventh day, he ordered the Beiyang Third and Fifth Regiments to advance to Tianjin immediately as the Minister of the Army.

Among them, the Fifth Town was stopped by Zaifeng because it had to go north by train and pass through the capital.

This is a complete lack of trust!

But Zaifeng didn't need to think about it. Although Lord Yuan was in the Qing Empire, he was not second to none, but he only needed to consider those few people.

Even if he led the army to surrender to Nanhua, what could Nanhua give him? Prime Minister? Impossible!

Who would reuse a person who surrendered like this? At most, he would be given an unimportant ministerial position for face, which is not as real as holding great power?

"Lord Gongbao, although you don't have to take it seriously, things have come to this point, and long-term plans are indeed needed." Sheng Xingsheng said in a low voice.

Hearing this, Yuan Wentai raised his head and moved his eyes to speak, but was discovered by Lord Yuan.

"Don't mention this matter again, Wentai, you go down first." Lord Yuan raised his hand and signaled Sheng Xingsheng not to continue.

"Yes, father." Yuan Wentai didn't want to leave and wanted to express his opinion, but no one in the room spoke for him.

"Mr. Gongbao, have you contacted the special envoy Lin from Nanhua to see what the price is, so that we can make some arrangements." After Yuan Wentai left, Wang Pinqing said.

"Mr. Wang, don't you understand? The regent king's move is to prevent us from controlling Tianjin Wei again, and we can't get it back." Duan Zhiquan retorted.

"I think it's better for us to move to the outside of the pass. Although it is the place where the dragon rises, the empire's actual control over the outside of the pass is weak, and there is old Lord Xu as the governor..." Sheng Xingsheng hadn't finished speaking when the housekeeper came to knock on the door.

"Master, all the lords, Prince Qing is here."

"Please..."

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