Rebirth of the Northern Giants

During the period, five ships of the Guangdong Navy rushed out of the Huangpu base unbearably humiliated, and launched a desperate charge against the British fleet. After that, the five ships were exhausted. After that, Yang Ruishan felt that the naval base strictly prohibited any ships from leaving the port. .

Volume 2 The Wind and Cloud of the Capital [-] Chapter [-] Massacre of the British

The sound of gunfire lasted all night. In the early morning of the next day, the British fleet had left at some point, leaving behind the desolate city of Guangzhou. Tan Zhonglin escaped because he happened to leave the city beforehand.

After the British fleet retreated, he and Yang Ruishan hurriedly led several battalions into the city to fight the fire.

Is this still the bustling city of Guangzhou in the past?The city wall collapsed, ruins everywhere, countless houses have long since disappeared, and the streets are full of potholes, like the surface of the moon.

Corpses were strewn all over the field, blood was all over the ground, there were moans and wailing sounds everywhere, countless fresh lives disappeared in one night, it was simply a picture of hell on earth.

Tan Zhonglin was in tears and fell to his knees, not even noticing when the black gauze cap on his head fell off.

Yang Ruishan also had tears in his eyes, and he explained bitterly: "Governor, we should hurry up to treat the wounded, bury the dead, and do a good job in the aftermath of the disaster."

"Jin Ping, it's all my fault. If I had ordered the crowd to disperse, how could there have been so many casualties." Tan Zhonglin fell into deep self-blame.

Yang Ruishan shook his head, gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "This is all a good thing done by those British bastards. It has nothing to do with the Governor. We should inform the Generalissimo of this news as soon as possible."

Tan Zhonglin nodded and said, "Just say that I am willing to take on this responsibility."

"Governor" Yang Ruishan wanted to persuade him again, but Tan Zhonglin walked away in a daze.

In the Summer Palace, after Ye Zhikui had breakfast, Yang Du just finished his business for a while, when Yang Du pushed the door open with a heavy face.

Ye Zhikui looked at him in surprise, Yang Du did not speak, but pursed his lips tightly, and sent a telegram to Ye Zhikui's desk.

It was from Guangdong and Guangxi, and Ye Zhikui saw at a glance that the signature on the back was Tan Zhonglin.

Your Excellency the Generalissimo: Yesterday Guangzhou City was attacked by the main fleet of the British and Far East, the Humen Fort fell, and then Guangzhou City was bombarded by enemy ships overnight. We lost five warships, and the military and civilian casualties were even more serious. Between five.The minister knew that he was dereliction of duty, and begged the Marshal to punish him without any complaints.

Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Tan Zhonglin Dun for the first two days

Before Yang Du came in, he thought that the Generalissimo would be furious when he saw the news, but he never thought that Ye Zhikui would gently put the telegram back on the table, and said flatly: "Convene a general staff meeting and find the butcher."

"Yes, Generalissimo." Yang Du hurriedly turned and left.

At this time, Ye Zhikui let go of the hand that had been clenched into a fist just now, and the nails sank into the flesh, blood had already oozes out.

Ye Zhikui both hated and blamed himself. He never imagined that the British did not regard the Chinese as human beings until now. In the eyes of those British, the Chinese are probably no different from African monkeys, so they would burn and slaughter without restraint. abuse.

Even a monkey has the dignity of a monkey, and a monkey will bite when it is in a hurry.Ye Zhikui's face was grim. He once thought that he had changed something, but it turned out that nothing had changed.

The British fleet bombarded the city of Guangzhou, causing the death of more than 1 people. Soon, the news spread throughout China through various channels. For a while, the Chinese fell into silence for a short time. Time seemed to freeze at that moment. Faux pas, silent.

There is a saying that if you don't explode in silence, you die in silence.

Governors everywhere are waiting for the reaction of the military government. Instead of being frightened by the British after the incident in the coastal provinces, more governors are actively approaching the military government and asking for reinforcements.

After the Sino-Russian War, the Chinese have put themselves on a higher level. They cannot and will no longer endure the days when Western powers can conquer cities and territories with just one or two cannons in China. They believe that the military government has the ability to deal with the great powers. It is also unexpected by the British.

The ambassadors of various countries smelled the unusual atmosphere in the air, and went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the military government one after another to find out what was going on. However, even Li Hongzhang did not understand Ye Zhikui's thoughts now.

Quietly, all the places have been waiting for a morning, but there is still no order from Beijing. There is a well-informed governor, and the secret report received is that the General Staff Office is still holding a military meeting. Haven't been out for an hour.

The calm before the storm is eerily silent.

Then, until about [-]:[-] p.m., the first order from the Supreme Command turned out to be: designate this day as the National Day of Mourning for the military government, and troops stationed in various places fly their flags at half-staff to mourn for the dead compatriots.

For a time, as far as the front lines of the three northeastern provinces in the north and Hainan Island in the south, as long as there were Chinese troops stationed, the red and black flags were slowly lowered to half, and all soldiers stood under the flags to observe three minutes of silence.

Since the establishment of the military government, today is indeed the only day that can be called a national calamity day. Ye Zhikui has always believed that the lives of Chinese people are more valuable than the lives of foreigners. Suicide.It will only lose the hearts of the people, and it will only make the whole nation feel inferior.

Ye Zhikui just wants to tell the whole world that no matter where the Chinese are, the military government will always be your strongest backing.

The second order from the Supreme Command came belatedly and apparently after much debate: blood for blood, tooth for tooth.

Since the life of the Chinese is the same as that of the British, you have nothing to say about killing our people innocently. If you don’t take revenge, you will never stop. The shame can only be washed away with the blood of the enemy.

Slaughter all the British people in the country, whether they are businessmen or children, or soldiers and civilians, as long as they are still in China, they will never let them go, and they will pay back ten times, vowing to kill [-] British people.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

Shock thousands of foreigners.

Crazy, the junta is crazy.

With this order, armies across the country began to mobilize urgently, and storms began to break out, first from the capital, then from the areas directly controlled by the military government, and then the southern provinces began to faithfully implement this order.

In the afternoon, the British embassy was breached by the Beijing Imperial Guards. More than 300 British people, including the British ambassador Wilson, counselors, clerks and British soldiers, were beheaded in Caishikou, Beijing.

Then, more than 500 other British people in Beijing were also attacked one after another. They either escaped from the city by chance or swallowed their last breath.

All countries looked at the reaction of the military government in fear and were extremely shocked. Finally, they came to the conclusion that Beijing had completely lost its mind.

Yes, China has completely lost its mind. Soldiers all over the country hunted and arrested the British. Those who resisted were killed on the spot, and those who did not resist were shot collectively the next day.

On August 5000 alone, more than [-] British people were executed by the military government.

All the rest of the British people in China trembled and fled here and there. Most of them ran into the concessions in various places, and they did not dare to enter the British concessions, but ran into the concessions of other countries, because at this time the military government began to attack the British concessions .

In Tianjin, in less than a day, the British Concession was breached by more than 3000 soldiers led by Luo Rongguang. After burning and killing, what was left was the same result as what the British had done.

Hankou, Nanjing,…

This is the revenge of the Chinese, and this is the greatest outburst of humiliation that has been suffered in a century. .

Volume 2 The Wind and Cloud of the Capital [-] Chapter [-] Dark War

The reason why Ye Zhikui dared to provoke the British government at this time actually had some ideas of his own.

One is that he is unwilling to be like the many opinions of later generations, first pretending to be a grandson for a while, selling out some small and big national interests, gaining the support of some big powers, and then slowly growing up.

What he wants to do is backed by the Chinese people. China has a population of hundreds of millions, and now it has a certain industrial base. It can build guns, warships, and everything. Why can't it seek independence? Thinking that the PLA in the future will also be able to fight with millets and rifles. Ye Zhikui did not feel that his situation would be worse than that of when he fought with the coalition forces of more than a dozen countries on the Korean battlefield. As long as he aroused the patriotism of the masses, Ye Zhikui was confident that he would fight to the end.

The second is that unlike the Eight-Power Allied Forces that invaded China in later generations, Britain was resisted by the whole of China because of its attempt to subvert the military government. It boycotted Britain and weakened the British power. The military government only provoked the British family. Who would benefit in the end?The United States, Germany, France and other big powers can all expand their trade with China. The British were originally the biggest sellers. This cake must be very big, enough for them to divide it up.Therefore, their wise choice is to take the opportunity to expand trade in China, rather than risking the possibility of a crazy counterattack by the military government, and to teach China together with the British, the loss outweighs the gain.

The third is the conflict between the great powers. Needless to say, Germany is jealous of the British colonies and has been secretly stumbling it. The conflict between France's '2S Plan' and Britain's '2C Plan' has not yet been resolved.

The reason why Britain was chosen is because it has many colonies, and it is not so easy to get out of it for a while. The conflict between Britain and Borussia has reached a fever pitch. The British have been preparing for several years and are launching a "James attack". The offensive was launched in December 1895 in an attempt to annex the Boer country. Now it is August. Ye Zhikui has received news that the British have been sending troops there. I believe they are already ready to go. Only Ye Zhikui knows. The "pleasant trip" that the British thought before the war would allow them to mobilize 12 troops, more than seven times the total number of the Boers, and last for more than two years. Finally, they created the concentration camp system and implemented the three-light policy to win the war.

Once the British fall into the quagmire of the war in China, its colonies will be ready to move. Therefore, the British have no possibility of fighting a protracted war. As long as the military government resists its front three axes, the days behind will be much better .

As for the massacre of the British would arouse national hatred, Ye Zhikui could only say one thing, are the Chinese too kind? The British burned, killed and looted in China, so massacring the Chinese is not afraid of provoking national hatred between China and Britain?The massacre of the British by the military government will provoke ethnic hatred. If there is ethnic hatred, I believe it has already been forged.

After two days of voyage, the British Far East Fleet passed through the Taiwan Strait and entered the East China Sea. Freeman stood on the deck proudly, looking at the blue sky and white clouds, and listening to the waves.

After venting in Guangzhou, he felt a little more relaxed, and then thought that only by bombarding Dagukou could he put the greatest pressure on the military government and force the military government to surrender, so he went straight to Dagu without stopping. mouth to go.