Rebirth of the Northern Giants

Although Nie Shicheng's meaning was very cryptic, Ye Zhikui could tell at a glance that he was coming to rescue him, and he hoped that he could go there quickly, but Ye Zhikui still didn't expect that the German army was so strong that only a dozen people were killed in several fierce battles. However, thinking about the Langfang victory in later generations, Ye Zhikui had nothing to say. In the later generations of the Langfang victory, the coalition forces killed 6 people and injured 48 people. From this point of view, Nie Shicheng's battle results in the past few days are comparable to the two Langfang victories.

Ye Zhikui decided to start the army immediately. After all, the longer the delay, the stronger the German military buildings will be built, and the more difficult it will be for our side to attack.

On March 1895, 3, Ye Zhikui's army was dispatched from the Weihaiwei Beiyang Navy base, and the Beiyang Navy was not idle. Deng Shichang led the fleet southward according to the established policy discussed with Ye Zhikui, and blocked Jiaozhou Bay. Back in Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm II was very angry and threatened to send a second fleet to China.

German Imperial Palace, William II is sitting on a bench to eat, because his left arm is atrophied, his hands are of different lengths, and the knife and fork cannot be brought to his mouth at the same time when eating, which looks weird. His younger brother, Prince Henry, is sitting lies aside.

William II ate a few mouthfuls, put down his knife and fork, and suddenly said bitterly: "The Beiyang Fleet of the Qing Dynasty dared to blockade Jiaozhou Bay and treat our German fleet as nothing. Henry, you immediately organize a second fleet to go to the Far East and teach them a lesson. "

Knowing that the Kaiser was in a fit of anger, Prince Henry persuaded: "Your Majesty, the Beiyang Navy of the Qing Dynasty is not to be feared, but our country wants to compete with Britain for land around the world in order to achieve your Majesty's goal of finding a place under the sun for Germany." , it would be unwise to fight with the Beiyang Fleet if the losses are too heavy, please give your Majesty more consideration."

Hearing this, William II let go of his anger and regained his senses. He recalled that the Huns invaded Europe in the fifth century, and said to the herald next to him with a gloomy face: "Order Dietrich, commander of the Far East Fleet: You know, you are facing a A cunning, brave, well-armed and cruel enemy. If you meet him, remember: do not sympathize with him, do not take prisoners of war. You must fight bravely, so that the Chinese will not dare to spy on the Germans after 1000 years .”

The herald hurriedly wrote it down, and Henry knew that William would not let it go if he didn't vent his anger, so he turned a deaf ear to his brutal and cruel order.

In the end, Wilhelm II did not send the Second Fleet to the Far East, but agreed with Dietrich's opinion. While asking Hai Jing, the minister in China, to continue to put pressure on the Qing government, he asked the German army to defeat the strongest army of the Qing Dynasty, Wuyi Army, on land. , Then forced the Qing Dynasty to cede territory for peace, and issued a call for the Germans in China to enter Shandong to fight and defend the imperial territory Qingdao.

The order of Wilhelm II was sent back to China without any mistakes. German missionaries, businessmen, and retired soldiers in China responded to the call one after another, and formed a militia of more than [-] people to go to Qingdao to assist the German army in defense.

In the Summer Palace, Cixi is summoning Li Hongzhang.

Cixi was half lying on the Chanmu armchair, and two eunuchs next to her were delivering snacks to her mouth. Li Hongzhang sat on the small bench below, bowing his head respectfully and benevolently.

After a while, Cixi moved her head and said worriedly: "Shaoquan, the German envoy threatened to expand the war and invade the capital of the Qing Dynasty. Aijia was a little worried. I don't know if it is true or not. Although Wu Yijun is the elite of the Qing Dynasty , but they studied under the German army, and now they are fighting with the teacher, and I don’t know if Ye Zhikui can stop them.”

Li Hongzhang sighed secretly, soothed his emotions, and replied: "Reporting to the Empress Dowager, Hai Jing, the minister of Germany, exaggerated the truth and threatened with empty words. His army in China was only more than a thousand people. How could he attack me in the capital of the Qing Dynasty? Ye Zhikui five Among the elites of the Qing Dynasty, Nie Shicheng also has five or six thousand regiments in Shandong, ten times more than the enemy, and the anti-German enthusiasm in Shandong is very high, and the hearts of the people are available. I believe that Ye Zhikui will not let us down."

Li Hongzhang then swallowed a mouthful of phlegm, and said with a sigh of relief: "Besides, even if Ye Zhikui is defeated, we can seek peace afterwards, and it will not be too late to cede Jiaozhou at that time. Yes, don’t chill the hearts of the soldiers, Empress Dowager.”

Cixi nodded, closed her eyes, and stopped asking questions, but she thought in her heart that it would be best if Ye Zhikui was defeated, but if Ye Zhikui was defeated, Jiaozhou Bay would be ceded, and then he would be handed over to Germany to calm the anger. If you let it go, don't pursue it any longer. This will not have serious consequences for my Qing rule.

Seeing that Cixi stopped asking questions, Li Hongzhang couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief. He was most afraid that Cixi would go back on his war with Germany at this time and cede land for peace.

Jimo, Nie Shicheng handsome camp.

Nie Shicheng looked at the military map of the Jiaozhou area, frowned and said nothing. Now the German army has set up the first line of defense in Fushan, outside Qingdao.

Fushan is located in the northeast of Qingdao. It is a natural barrier. The German army has the advantage of occupying a large area, which echoes the German stronghold in Gushan in the north. It can closely monitor every action of the Qing army. Nie Shicheng hated the German reconnaissance team on the Fushan mountain. , Desire must be removed and then quickly.

Only by occupying Fushan, cutting off the eyes and ears of the German army, and being able to condescend and observe the situation in Qingdao city directly with binoculars, will be of great benefit to our army, so capturing Fushan has become the top priority at the moment.

However, Nie Shicheng's previous attacks were all frustrated here. The German army was condescending, and there were about two hundred defenders, relying on powerful weapons, to attack downward. Prepare, implement the policy of strengthening the walls and clearing the wilderness, and wait for Ye Zhikui's arrival.

"General Nie, General Ye called to report that he has set off from Weihaiwei and will arrive soon!" His subordinates suddenly reported.

Nie Shicheng didn't raise his head, but he could see his joy from the flash of his eyes. This news is the best in so many days.

Nie Shicheng said lightly: "I see, the reinforcements will arrive soon, and our army must not be careless to prevent the Germans from sneaking attacks. Last time, we were attacked because of carelessness. If it weren't for our large number of people, we might be defeated."

His subordinates were embarrassed. The last time his camp was attacked by the Germans, damn it, the Germans were too powerful. He was caught off guard and suffered a big loss.

After Nie Shicheng finished speaking, he stopped talking, looked at Weihaiwei with deep eyes, and his mind had already drifted to Ye Zhikui.Congyun, I didn't expect that we would fight side by side again not long after we separated. I just hope you can surprise me this time too, Blessed General of the Country.

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Volume 73 Fengyun of the Capital Chapter [-] The Welcoming Ceremony of the German Army (for collection)

"From the cloud!"

"Uncle!" Ye Zhikui jumped off the horse, first saluted respectfully, then stood shyly and looked at Nie Shicheng with a smile.

After several days of rapid marching, Ye Zhikui finally arrived in Jimo before noon today. Nie Shicheng, who received the news, came to greet him with the generals of the Yi Army and Songwu Army stationed in Shandong.

The generals in Shandong saw that after a long march, the soldiers of Wu Yi's army were still armored, their banners fluttering, their military appearance still neat, their morale was as high as ever, and they showed no sign of sluggishness. Moved, murderous, this momentum immediately overwhelmed the Shandong army.

The generals looked at the weapons again. The infantry was all Austrian-made rifles; Mu heavy machine guns; there is also a team of people who should be the mysterious engineering team, but the weapons they carry can only be said to be incomprehensible by the generals of the Shandong army.

The Shandong guard then thought of the miscellaneous weapons used by his sergeants, and even some soldiers were still using shotguns and swords. Under depression, he couldn't help but secretly stunned. Wu Yi's army deserved to be the elite troops of the Qing Dynasty. The army cannot be flattered.

Nie Shicheng took a step forward, looked Ye Zhikui up and down, stretched out his hand, then patted Ye Zhikui on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a long time, Cong Yun is getting more and more like a general."

Ye Zhikui rubbed his scalp in embarrassment, and saw that although Nie Shicheng's eyes were still deep, but his whole body had become much thinner, he couldn't help but said worriedly: "Uncle, you should pay more attention to your body."

The relationship between men is very strange. The relationship between Ye Zhikui and Nie Shicheng is like a year-end friendship, but also like a father and son. Originally, Ye Zhikui thought that after seeing Nie Shicheng, he would be very excited and hug him warmly. A word of good health.

"Come on, Congyun, enter our barracks first! Come on, make room for our allies so they can rest well." Nie Shicheng gave an order, and then took Ye Zhikui's hand and walked to the handsome camp. The soldiers hurried away one after another to arrange soldiers and horses for the soldiers of Wu Yi's army to clean up the dust.

Ye Zhikui and a group of senior generals followed Nie Shicheng into the commander's camp. Seeing that Nie Shicheng's commander's camp was full of various military maps, Ye Zhikui couldn't help but ask, "Uncle, what's the situation on the front line now?"

Nie Shicheng was a little worried, pointing to the map and said: "Now the vanguard of our army has occupied the Shimantou Mountain area not far from Fushan Mountain, and has built a defensive position here, while the Germans have outposts all over Fushan Mountain, with many fortresses. Can't beat it."

Before Ye Zhikui came to Fushan, he had received news that this mountain was steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, from bottom to top, rapid-fire guns could not reach it, so soldiers could only attack it by force.

Ye Zhikui turned around in his heart, and said to Song Pinglan behind him: "Pinglan, you first lead a battalion of elite troops to support Shimantou Mountain. By the way, bring two teams of snipers and two teams of grenadiers. Make a test attack."

There were 13 snipers in the first team, because it was not easy for snipers to train, and there were not many snipers in Wu Yi's army. Ye Zhikui led most of the snipers in the army this time, a total of more than [-] snipers, which can be said to be the best of the best.

Song Pinglan couldn't even sit on his butt, so he had to salute and leave in a hurry. Wu Yi's army had better arrive at the Shimantou Mountain area before sunset. More than 1000 soldiers of Wu Yi's army rushed to the front without any complaints. .

Seeing that Ye Zhikui was not in a hurry and had the air of a general, Nie Shicheng nodded secretly. After Song Pinglan set off, everyone discussed the battle again, and Ye Zhikui got up and left to rest.

Leaving aside Ye Zhikui, just say that Song Pinglan led a battalion of troops to Shimantou Mountain before dark. There were more than a thousand Qing army forwards here. home village.

Sun Wanling was in his fifties. He was brave and resourceful in battle, which is why he was regarded as a forward general by Nie Shicheng. However, his army, like other Shandong armies, used old guns and old front-loading rifles. This attack was unfavorable, hundreds of soldiers were lost, and the morale of the army was low.

Sun Wanling thought hard about how to defeat the enemy, and when he heard that Wu Yi's army had come to help him, he couldn't help being overjoyed, and held Song Pinglan's hand, refusing to let go, and two thousand soldiers joined together to squeeze the small Yangjia Village into a crowded place. Song Pinglan spent many days After running around, I was a little tired, so I made arrangements for setting up camp, and after dinner, I took my leave and rested without talking to Sun Wanling.

At this time, at the guard post on the top of Fushan Mountain, Lieutenant Von der Leer, commander of the Fushan German Army, was discussing with Second Lieutenant Feisboff about the surprise attack on Yangjiacun tonight.

Second Lieutenant Fei Sibaofu took the information he had just received and said with a smile: "Sir, the latest news from Yang Family Village shows that reinforcements from the Wu Yi Army of the Qing Dynasty arrived today. Are we going to welcome this new friend tonight?"

Von der Leyer didn't think for long, with a bloodthirsty gleam in his eyes, he replied: "Of course, there is an old Chinese saying: It's a pleasure to have friends from afar. How can we reflect the empire if we don't welcome new friends? The demeanor of a soldier, tonight, the second lieutenant, you will lead a team of 50 people to welcome you."

"Yes, sir!" Feisbaofu was equally excited. The previous few times he had killed the enemy very well, but for some reason, the Qing army suddenly stopped attacking more than ten days ago. It turned out that they were waiting for reinforcements to arrive. Well, what about today? Tonight I will give you a surprise, let you learn more, and tell you that no matter which army you are from the Qing Dynasty, when you face the imperial soldiers, there is only one result, and that is death.

At 3:30 in the morning, Fisboff led more than 50 German sergeants and approached Yangjia Village quietly. At the entrance of the village, there were two Sergeants of the Songwu Army who were on guard, yawning boredly. In this cold weather, They had to wrap their coats tightly and curl up.

A sergeant lit a stick of dry tobacco, took a puff, and said to the other sergeant: "Damn, it would be great if I were Wu Yijun. Look at them, they are full of food and warm, and their faces are full of red."

"Come on, you, you still want to join the Wu Yi Army with your appearance, and take pictures by yourself without urinating."

The smoking sergeant asked indignantly: "What's wrong with me, they have one head and two eyes..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a gunshot, and the smoking sergeant immediately fell to the ground, taking in less air and exhaling more, and seeing that he could not survive, the other sergeant hurriedly stood up and picked up the gun, before he could take aim. , He also fell to the ground with another gunshot.

The peaceful night was suddenly broken by gunshots. The night patrol sergeants in Yangjiacun hurriedly sounded the alarm, and the shouts of enemy attacks continued. The sergeants in the battalion got up one after another, took their guns, and prepared to fight.