Soon, the captain Qin Yuhai came to Qin Zheng on a running trip, saluted a military salute, and said, "Political Commissar."

Qin Zheng returned the tribute and said, "Battleman Qin, are all Chinese people in this place? Have you asked?"

Qin Yuhai bowed his head and said, "Yes, there are three houses in total to imprison prisoners. We simply asked a few people. Most of them were ordinary people from nearby villages. They were captured by the Eight-Nation Alliance as coolies to transport goods on warships. They heard that there were soldiers from the Beiyang Navy inside them." He paused and said, "There is another house with women, and it seems that they have all been defeated by the Eight-Nation Alliance."

Qin Zheng said: "Okay, I have informed the Kunming ship to send a few female soldiers to help. You can take me to a house with prisoners to check it out."

Qin Yuhai said: "Yes, political commissar, please come with me."

After that, Qin Yuhai brought Qin Zheng and several soldiers to a house. A scent of tide and stinking sweat scent came to his nose. There were about two or three hundred people gathered in the house. There were large walls on both sides of the wall, about 0. meter above the ground, and a walkway about two meters wide was left in the middle. At this time, the people in the house were sitting or lying down, talking loudly. Moreover, Qin Zheng, Qin Yuhai and others pushed the door in and immediately stopped talking and looked at the people at the door.

Qin Zheng looked at it and found that the room was basically young people, and their clothes were very worn, but the clothes some people wore were still visible. It should be the uniforms of the Beiyang Navy. Qin Zheng studied modern history and knew the uniforms of the Beiyang Navy. However, although everyone looked quite frightened, his complexion was still acceptable. It seemed that he had not suffered too much dismantling and grinding, and his basic diet should still be guaranteed. Qin Zheng thought about it and immediately understood that because the Eight-Nation Alliance also called them working, he did not treat them too badly.

Qin Zheng walked forward two steps, looked around and said, "Are you all captured by the Eight-Nation Alliance?"

No one answered, but they all looked at Qin Zheng with panic. The people who were closest to Qin Zheng subconsciously took a few steps, as if they wanted to distance themselves from Qin Zheng.

Qin Zheng smiled, softened his tone again, and said, "Don't be afraid, we are not the Eight-Nation Alliance, and we will not hurt everyone. It seems that everyone is Chinese, and we are also Chinese. And I can tell you that the Eight-Nation Alliance stationed in Dagukou has been defeated by us, and the warships parked at the dock have been sunk by us. Now Dagukou has been occupied by us. If you are ordinary people captured by the Eight-Nation Alliance, we will let you go home immediately."

After hearing Qin Zheng's words, there were finally some complicated expressions on everyone's faces, and the vigilance and panic were relieved a lot, and there were also people hiding behind and talking.

After a while, a man in a torn Beiyang Navy uniform came out, bowed his body, and tentatively said, "I wonder what this adult is called?" He hesitated for a while and said, "Is it the adult's army?"

It turned out that the cannons roared last night, and almost all night. Although they were locked in the house, they could hear it clearly. Many people were talking about it. Some were fighting back by the Beiyang Navy, some were the new army of the court, and some were the Boxer Regiment who invited the heavenly soldiers and generals. In short, there were all kinds of discussions. But in the morning, they found that it was a strange army.

However, the soldiers of this army were very Chinese, and their language was very standard. They were not white-skinned and yellow-haired foreigners, and they were rumbling and whispering birds. Therefore, these people were relieved. However, they were still different from the Qing people who had a debate, and they could not be completely relieved. After hearing Qin Zheng's words, Qin Zheng claimed to be a Chinese. Although this was different from the people of the Qing Dynasty, the actual meaning was similar. Finally, some people were moved and thought that it might be the new army of the court, so someone asked Qin Zheng.

Qin Zheng looked at the man and said, "Are you a soldier of the Beiyang Navy?"

The man slightly lowered his head and said, "Yes, he is Liu Ximing, the official cannon leader of the Beiyang Navy Hailong."

Qin Zheng was on the head. He knew that the Hailong was a type of torpedo gunboat ordered by the Qing government from the German Shuoxiao Shipyard in the autumn of 1896. It was also called a torpedo destroyer. There were four ships of the same type, and the other three were the Haixi, Haiqing and Haihua. The ship was 59 meters long, 6.4 meters wide, with draft. 55 meters, a standard displacement of 4 tons, and a full load displacement of 84 tons. It was equipped with two vertical three-inflatable steam engines, four-seater boilers, speed festivals, and a staffing of 57 people, including officers. The ship was equipped with 6 47 mm caliber Haqikas pound rapid-fire guns and 56 mm torpedo launching pipes.

When the Eight-Nation Alliance attacked the Dagu Fort on June 17, 1900, the four warships were anchored at Dagukou for routine repairs and maintenance. The Qing court urgently ordered them to leave the Dagu Dock quickly to avoid being involved in the upcoming war disaster. However, it was too late to reach the four ships. The battle had already begun, and the four ships could not escape the misfortune and were captured by the British Navy's Demon and the Yacod destroyers. Later, they were divided into one by Britain, Russia, France and Germany respectively. In addition, there was a torpedo gunboat, the Feiting, which was repaired in the Dagu Dock, and also encountered the same fate as the four Sea Dragon-class torpedo gunboats and was captured by the Russian army. From this point of view, Liu Ximing's words were still credible.

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "My surname is Qin, but I am not an adult, but we are not a Qing Dynasty army." After a moment of pause, he said, "It is even more important than our origin, but there is one thing that can be explained. Like you, we are both Chinese and Chinese, and we are here to fight the Eight-Nation Alliance, so you can rest assured."

Liu Ximing was confused, but he could understand the meaning of the greatness, and he could also see that Qin Zheng was obviously a leader in this army, and his status was definitely not low, so he said: "Qin Da... Master Qin..."

Qin Yuhai next to Qin Zheng couldn't help it and said, "What kind of master, you are called political commissar or political commissar."

Liu Ximing was a soldier of the Beiyang Navy. He had seen some interfaces. Although he thought the title of "political commissar" was strange and he couldn't understand what it meant, it must be the name of the official position of this army, so he immediately changed his mouth and said, "Political commissar Qin, you..." He didn't know what to ask for for a moment.

Qin Zheng looked around and said, "It seems that there are still many soldiers from the Beiyang Navy who have been arrested?"

Liu Ximing lowered his head and said, "The four warships of Hailong, Haixi, Haiqing and Haihua were all captured by foreign ghosts. Some of the brothers on the ship were beaten to death, but nearly half of them were arrested and locked up here, transporting goods to them every day and serving as hard labor." After a pause, he said, "Political Commissar Qin, have you really seized Dagukou?"

Qin Zheng laughed and said, "What are you doing? If we didn't occupy Dagukou, how did I come here?"

Liu Xi said with a clear head and said, "This is the same."

Qin Zheng said again: "The captives of the Eight-Nation Alliance that we have captured are on the dock now, and the warships that have been sunk by us are also on the dock. You can go and see if you have lie to you."

Liu Ximing said: "Can we really go out?"

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "Of course, isn't I? The people can be released home, and you Beiyang Navy soldiers can also be released."

At this time, everyone believed Qin Zheng's words and cheered, and they all looked happy. After they shouted for a while, Qin Zheng raised his hands and pressed down to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said: "Everyone packs up their own things and go out immediately. Then everyone goes to other houses to tell others and let everyone come out. We want to use these houses to imprison the prisoners of the Eight-Nation Alliance. Now we should let the foreign ghosts pay for the feeling of being in prison. In addition, I know that everyone has suffered during this period, and you want to go back Home, you can go back later, but we just occupied Dagukou, and the aftermath has not been sorted out, so we can't compensate you anything. However, if someone has no place to go for the moment, or wants to wait for a while, we also welcome to arrange another place for you to rest. After we straighten out the Dagukou matters, we can see if we can find some decent clothes for you, and invite everyone to have a full meal, and maybe we can also pay travel expenses. However, everyone must respect our order, otherwise we will not be polite."

Then Qin Zheng turned to Liu Ximing and said, "Liu Ximing, you have gathered all the soldiers of the Beiyang Navy, and we still need your help if we have something to do."

When Liu Ximing heard this, he was quite flattered, and then turned around and said to everyone: "Everyone listened to Political Commissar Qin and quickly packed up. We can leave here."

After their revelation, although most of the prisoners in the other two houses were half-doubted, they were able to come out now, so everyone had the idea of ​​coming out and looking again and again, so they packed their own things and walked out of the house. In fact, most of them had nothing and quickly walked out. Qin Zheng ordered Qin Yuhai to take everyone to the dock to see the results of the crossing fleet, so as to enhance everyone's confidence in the crossing fleet.

At this moment, a group of female soldiers rushed over to the military camp. A female soldier led by him walked to Qin Zheng and raised her hand and saluted: "Report, Gao Jun, the leader of the second group of the Communications and Xun Group of the Kunming Ship Watch Department, come to report and ask the political commissar for instructions."

Qin Zheng also returned the tribute and said, "Comrade Gao Jun, thank you for your hard work, you are here just right." Then he briefly told Gao Jun about the situation here, and then said, "Comrade Gao Jun, they were all captured by the Eight-Nation Alliance Army and were all under the umbrella of the Eight-Nation Alliance soldiers. It would be more convenient for you to do your work, so you have to work hard."
Chapter completed!