I can't die

The capital of the U.S. Navy in Changzhou was also on the verge of breaking, and ran all the way to the direction of the Qing Dynasty. Seeing this, the admiral of the British Navy was also chasing them, obviously not planning to let them go.When the one flees and the other chases, the horsepower speed of the two warships is actually about the same, but they can't stand in a stalemate. It's hard to say who will do what, it just depends on which of the two sides can't hold on.

"My lord, if you go forward, you will be on the coast of the Qing court."

They chased them all day and night, and they almost ran to Dagukou, so they couldn't help asking.It should be noted that Dagukou is an important place of the Qing Dynasty. Once the two sides continue to chase here, it is obvious that the face of the Qing court is underfoot.Hearing this, Bo He thought to himself that since he was already planning to quarrel with Qingmei, he couldn't care less about anything else, so he made up his mind and ordered: "Continue to pursue."

In this way, the armies of both sides rushed to Dagukou in one go.Seng Gelinqin, the leading general stationed at Dagukou, jumped when he heard a report from his subordinates that there was a large wave of warships approaching Dagukou, and hurried to the top of the fortress. I was taken aback, strange, with so many troops, there was no such battle even when the British and French allied forces entered Tianjin that day.

"Hurry up and light up the wolf smoke! Speed ​​up and light up the wolf smoke!!!"

The subordinates got the order and immediately blew the trumpet, and then puffs of black smoke came out from the mouth of Dagu. The Qing soldiers who saw the wolf smoke immediately entered the first-level alert state, armed with weapons and came to the fortress, and then all Everyone has turned into a state of sluggish panic:

"This... so many foreign warships? Is it impossible to start another war?"

Seng Gelinqin only felt that his hands were sweating coldly, and he even planned to sacrifice himself. With so many warships, he obviously couldn't bear it. If another coalition army came into Beijing, he would rather wait for the court to ask him to blame him. Died under the cannon of foreigners.

"Wait, what's wrong?" Seng Gelinqin looked straight at the sea with a telescope in his hand, only to see that the dozen or so warships were divided into two factions, one more and one less, and they were bombarding each other on the sea with artillery fire. There were clusters of water splashes on it.

"How do you look, this doesn't look like a group of people?"

Seng Gelinqin watched the two groups of people fleeing, chasing, and firing cannonballs twice, and felt confused. When did the foreigners start to fight among themselves?Looking through the binoculars, I can see that the warships at sea are flying two different national flags, and they don't look like they belong to the same country.

"My lord, the chased warship ran towards us."

The deputy at the side saw the warship with the Mi Zi flag coming quickly, and couldn't help shouting.

Seng Gelinqin was also very anxious at this time, not knowing what to do, whether he should give the order to fire or not.The American warship sailed into the shore of Dagu Port, but stopped firing, but the British warship chasing behind ignored it, and the artillery fire was still fierce. There was only a "boom", and a stray bullet directly hit the fortress. On the city wall, a big hole was smashed.

"It's the British!" The soldiers under their hands didn't recognize the Mi Ziqi, but they were very familiar with the British flag that had launched two wars against the Qing Dynasty, so they shouted immediately.

"My lord, what should I do?" The people under him were in a panic. Obviously, the British navy had left a deep shadow on them.Seng Gelinqin looked at the big hole that was blown out of the Haimen Fortress, and couldn't care less. Immediately, his anger surged up, and his heart sank, and he ordered: "Fire! Fire!"

Now that the chief general has made a decision, the people under him have the backbone, and quickly launched new red cannons on the artillery platform, blasting the sea.Dagukou is the coastal defense of the mouth of Tianjin, and it is fully armed. After a burst of artillery fire, it immediately gave the US warship a chance to breathe. Seeing this, the US Navy was overjoyed and quickly increased its firepower to open fire on the British warship. , for a while, the entire sea was very lively, with constant rumbles, but it was not a disadvantage.

At this point, Uncle He couldn't help gnashing his teeth, thinking that the Americans were really lucky, and they escaped.

"Let's go, we can't get to the top of the battle along the coast. Go back to Japan and take control of Changzhou."

Uncle He knew that wars at sea were different from land battles, and now that they were alone, once they left the warship, they would definitely not have an advantage in numbers. They had no choice but to order a retreat because of the combination of American warships and Qing artillery.

When Seng Gelinqin saw that the British were repelled, he couldn't help cheering. After all, this was the first time that the Tianjin navy successfully fought against the British, so he was inevitably refreshed.

Even at this point, Seng Gelin was also beaming with joy. He just felt that there was no need to die bravely, and maybe he could still win a battle. It was really a blessing from the gods.only. . .He looked again at the American warships docked at the Dagu Port, and felt troubled again: what should these foreigners do with them?

"Go to Tianjin City and invite Mr. A over here."

Mr. Jia is Jiayi under Xia Changping's banner at the sticky pole. He was sent to Dagukou as an excuse to prevent riots in Tianjin because of the Wanghailou incident in Tianjin.Seng Gelinqin is just a general of coastal defense, he only has military power, no political power, not to mention foreigners. One thing is to affect the whole body. pot.

"By the way, if the foreigners on those warships don't make trouble, it's okay to give them some food and drink as an excuse, but don't let them enter the fortress." Seng Gelinqin went through the things to pay attention to in his mind again, and then Instructed the people under his command to say so.

In this way, Dagukou can be regarded as lively.After Jia Yi heard about the incident at Dagukou, he also felt that the situation was urgent and hurried to the capital.The original Tianjin City also had a distribution of sticky poles to deliver messages, but because of the Wanghai Tower incident, it was attacked by Japanese pirates, so the reconstruction has not been completed, so he had to ride a horse to Beijing City himself.

It took only one night for Tianjin City to arrive in Beijing City. Zai Chun received the news early in the morning, and then he was stunned.

"What's the matter, the British really have both hands with the Americans?"

Yuan Zaichun didn't expect it to turn out like this, he just thought that these two foreign countries would fight at most, but he never expected to start fighting.

"Go, I want to meet the Minister of Military Aircraft and the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces before the court."

Some things can't be discussed in the morning, so we can only hold a small meeting first.