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Chapter 208 The surprise attack on Weihaiwei (2)

The enemy's most threatening turrets were successfully destroyed, including the Kunming ship, Xiangyang ship and Huaihua ship, and the officers and soldiers on the Kunming ship, and the Xiangyang ship and Huaihua ship were all energetic. Although the Weihai Guard's turrets launched a counterattack at this time, they were basically bombarded and fired randomly, posing no threat to the Kunming ship, Xiangyang ship, and Huaihua ship, and the crossing fleet immediately turned to bombard the next target.

This is the Kunming ship, Xiangyang ship and Huaihua ship parked about 1 kilometer away from the turret, which has exceeded the effective range of artillery in this era. However, the Kunming ship, Xiangyang ship and Huaihua ship are all advanced warships with relatively high technical level in the old time and space. Although the caliber of the artillery is not large, its accuracy is far beyond that of the artillery in this era. It is also equipped with an advanced fire control system, and there are drones in the air to provide coordinate guidance. In addition, the shore-based turrets are stationary, so the artillery is very accurate.

The main guns of each ship still use five consecutive shots, and then the shooting unit is modified. The Kunming ship is equipped with a single-barrel 10mm caliber naval gun, while the Xiangyang ship and Huaihua ship are equipped with a double-barrel 100mm caliber naval gun. After two rounds of volleys, a total of 10mm shells and 40 100mm shells were fired. After the drone confirms, a total of guns hit the target, and the average explosion hit rate reaches 55.8%.

Most of the Weihaiwei's turrets were open-air turrets, and their defense was not strong. Therefore, after two rounds of volleys of the fleet, the second turret was completely destroyed, and then the crossing fleet turned to attack the third target.

Less than half a time passed, four of the eight forts at the Beishan Pass of Weihai Wei were destroyed by the time travelers.

Although Weihai Guard was not prepared for battle, such a big movement had naturally spread to the city of Weihai Guard. Most of the residents, troops and soldiers in the city were awakened by artillery fire and were suddenly panicked and in chaos. At the same time, people were sent back from the fort to report to the Chief Executive of Weihai Guard.

After the British leased Weihaiwei in 1898, it was first managed by the British Navy Department and set up a temporary administrative office in Weihai. The highest official position was the Political and Military Commissioner of the Weihaiwei Office. The following year it was changed to the Military Commissioner of the Military Commissioner of the Civilian Administration. Although at the British administrative level, the Political and Military Commissioner of the Civilian Administration of the Civilian Administration of the People's Republic of China was of course lower than that of the Colonial Governor, and it was only a temporary official position. It was generally used for the colonial areas that had just occupied a relatively large area, but it was the one who took over the place. It was ☆☆☆☆, m.↗.co△m, administrative, legislative and judicial power, so its power was much greater than that of the Colonial Governor. Of course, after the colonial areas stabilized, it would be handed over to the British government and the government sent civil servants to manage.

The current political and military commissioner of the Weihaiwei Administrative Office is named Dao Huade, who is the Army Colonel and the second highest officer of Weihaiwei.

The British joined the Eight-Nation Alliance, which took Weihaiwei as the front-line base. After most of the transport ships transported troops and supplies to Tianjin, they turned back to Weihaiwei to berth. Because the waters of Weihaigu are large and can be parked with a large number of ships. Therefore, although the United Kingdom has the world's largest navy and the number of warships is more than the sum of the second and third France and Russia, there are not many British ships anchored at Dagukou. As the highest commander of Weihaigu, Dawd also did a lot of things for the logistics support work of the British fleet.

Although the situation in northern China changed drastically due to the intervention of the time traveler, Dowald never worried that overseas Chinese would attack Weihaiwei, because the 100-year reputation of the British Empire was Dowald's greatest reliance. After the German fleet arrived in China, Dowald sent a protective cruiser Endymion from the Weihaiwei as an observation ship and went to Tianjin with the German fleet. Therefore, the news that the German fleet was defeated by the time traveler was first transmitted back to China by Britain.

The German fleet was defeated by overseas Chinese, and the negotiations between overseas Chinese and other countries broke down. The British merchants of Weihaiwei were also worried about whether overseas Chinese would come to fight Weihaiwei, but Daohuade promised that overseas Chinese would never come to attack Weihaiwei. In addition to the century-old reputation of the British Empire, there was also a convincing reason, that is, overseas Chinese would use troops to fight Beijing, rather than attack Weihaiwei. Therefore, the doubts of many British merchants were dispelled and they stayed at Weihaiwei with peace of mind.

Today, Colonel Dawhad was still the same as usual. After completing the work for the whole day, he returned to his mansion and went to bed and rested at ten minutes in the evening. When the fleet launched an attack on Weihaiwei, Dawhad was dreaming on the bed.

Wake up by the roar of artillery fire, Dowald's first reaction was that the Navy's people were causing trouble. In any country, the Navy and the Army were born rivals, and they were dissatisfied with each other and confronted each other. The reason was very simple. Everyone wanted to be the boss, not to be the younger brother. Although the Navy has always been the boss in the UK, the Army was destined to be the younger brother, and no army official had ever thought of changing this pattern, it did not mean that there was no conflict between the Army and the Navy.

The Navy looked down on the Army and believed that the Army was just a group of ghastly hiding on the shore. When they really needed to contribute to the British Empire, they could not count on it. Even the tens of thousands of Buer farmers in South Africa were too tired to help them transport troops, food, and supplies. If the warships were not loaded with wheels, the Navy would go ashore to do it themselves. The Army was full of resentment. The Navy took the heads of the military spending every year, and all that was left to the Army was left was a piece of leftovers. Just like this, the Army had to upgrade equipment, train soldiers, and bear the salary of soldiers. It was not enough to use it. As long as the Navy built less battleships, the Army could form a new division army.

Although Daohuade is the highest commander of Weihai Guard, he cannot control the British ships stationed in Weihai Bay. When there is something wrong, the two sides can only negotiate. Of course, most of the time, the Navy and the Army can still put the overall situation first and will not pull each other back. However, in front of the Army, the Navy always shows superiority, which makes the Army very unhappy. Moreover, in some matters that have nothing to do with the overall situation, the Navy does not care about the Army's feelings, does its own thing, and does its own thing.

Therefore, Daohuade was awakened by the sound of cannons, and his first reaction was that the navy was making trouble. Because similar things had happened before, the navy was training or attacking unknown ships close to warships to fire, and did not tell the Weihaiwei Administrative Office.

However, soon Daohuad knew that his judgment was wrong. Because the sound of artillery continued and there were continuous bombing sounds, Daohuad immediately realized that it was definitely not the navy causing trouble, but the war broke out. Therefore, Daohuad hurriedly got up to put on his clothes, and before his clothes were put on, he received a report that the Beishankou Fort was attacked by an unknown fleet.

When Daohuade heard this, he was shocked because if a fleet came to attack Weihaiwei at this time, then there would be no one else, only a fleet of overseas Chinese, but did overseas Chinese really come to attack Weihaiwei?

As a soldier, Daohuade naturally knew in his heart that the garrison of Weihai Guard was actually very weak. With the overseas Chinese defeating the Eight-Nation Alliance, the strength of the German fleet was not something that the current garrison of Weihai Guard could not resist. What's more, the Weihai Guard has not yet prepared for a garrison. If the attacker of Weihai Guard was really an overseas Chinese, the Weihai Guard would not be able to defend it at all.

In fact, the best choice at this time is to give up Weihaiwei immediately, and they can escape from land or sea. However, Daohuade's sense of honor as a soldier or the duties of the Chief Executive of Weihaiwei did not allow him to give up Weihaiwei without resistance. Therefore, even though he knew that he was not a match for overseas Chinese, he had to stick to it.

After putting on his military uniform, Daohuade immediately rushed to the Administrative Office. His residence was not far from the Administrative Office, only a few hundred meters away. However, the entire Weihaiwei was alarmed at this time, and many people rushed to the Administrative Office to ask what had happened. Seeing Daohuade coming, several merchants immediately stopped Daohuade and said angrily: "Col. What happened? Is there a war? Are overseas Chinese coming to attack Weihaiwei?"

Now Daohuade naturally had nothing to do, so he could only say: "Sorry, I don't know what happened, but please don't worry, no matter what happened, I will do my best to protect Weihaiwei and everyone's safety." After that, Daohuade hurriedly separated everyone and walked into the administrative office.

When he arrived at his office, most of the other major officials of Weihaiwei arrived. Daohuade immediately said: "How is the battle now? In addition to attacking the Beishankou Fort, are there any other places that are attacked?"

Adjutant Major Morris said: "Col. Now only the Beishankou Fort is attacked. There are not other places yet. And I just received the news from the Beishankou Fort. Four Beishankou Fort have been urged to be destroyed. The remaining four cannons cannot last long. The warships in the bay have already started to make fires, but it will take at least half a time to act. They have sent people to ask us how we can cooperate with the land-based army to fight."

After listening to the adjutant's introduction, Daohuad felt a little comforted. Although the Navy and Army had always disliked each other, they were able to let go of their differences and fight side by side at Guan Jian's moment.

There are more than a dozen ships moored in Weihai Bay, but there are only three warships, namely the protective cruiser Endimion, the torpedo boat destroyer Sturgeon, and the ray. The rest are all transport ships.

However, among these three warships, only the Endymion has more powerful firepower, equipped with two 9.in (4 mm) caliber artillery and 10 6-inch (15 mm) caliber artillery. The other two are ships, and their main firepower is two 4-inch (10 mm) caliber artillery. Therefore, even if these three warships participate in the war, they will not add much power to the Weihai Guard's garrison.

Daohuad turned his head and said, "Where is the Weihaiwei army?"
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