"Although my brother is sick, I heard what I advocate, "If the war starts, it means that there is no distinction between north and south, year between old and young. No matter whoever is responsible for defending the territory and fighting against the war, they should all be determined to sacrifice everything." The words of the Five Thunder Initiation are thought-provoking and awakening... Yesterday I heard that a soldier in the army wanted to defend the country and went to Qingdao to volunteer. How could he stop such volunteer troops?... Pray for victory!

Brother Shikai”

After Zhang Yilin finished reading the telegram, Li Zicheng failed to come back to his senses for a while.

Volunteer Army?

Unexpectedly, even the volunteers have come out now.

The so-called volunteer army is actually the most urgently needed group of troops to guard Jiaoao now - the fort soldiers!

Whether this volunteer is a real volunteer or a fake volunteer, I will not investigate it. However, Yuan Shikai has drawn troops from Yantai, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Xiuying and Zhennan to the rubber. This is true. Just before Yuan Shikai's telegram came to him, the staff department over there received a secret telegram from the Navy Department.

Cannons are technical jobs. It takes half a year to a year to train a land gunner, and training a coastal defense fortress gunner that can attack moving targets at sea takes longer. In the past few days, Qingdao Fortress fired against the Japanese fleet, but it did not take any advantage. Instead, it paid a price to damage a thousand people. The reason can be said that the reason is that there are no qualified gunners.

But now Yuan Shikai sent the most urgently needed gunner to defend the Qingdao Fortress. Yuan Shikai! It is indeed Yuan Shikai!

"The Strategy Envoy, two hours ago, the Red Cross donated 500,000 yuan to the Longhai Railway General Hospital!"

"Anhui Provincial Governor's Office pays 200,000 yuan in Jiangsu..."

"Shandong Province's Jinfu Jiaoao refugees are injured and treated 100,000 yuan..."

Listening to the news and pointing at the table, Li Zicheng fell into silence. From the time he conceived this plan and until he received this telegram, the thing he was most worried about was Yuan Shikai to "wear his little shoes". But now, his actions are completely different from what he described in history, not just different.

After jumping from Huaihai to receive Jiaoao, Yuan Shikai remained silent, then pretended to be sick, and then started fighting. The "volunteer army" and silver, and even weapons were all his own. Is this Yuan Shikai really the "old treacherous" Yuan Shikai who saw in history books?

Jumping over the central government and receiving Jiaoao is equivalent to slapping Yuan Shikai in the face, but he is not angry and fighting back against the Japanese fleet in Qingdao is equivalent to starting a war between the two countries, limiting the overall situation of the country is unfavorable. However, Yuan Shikai is still angry, and he has done everything he should do, and even sent such a telegram to calm his heart.

Yuan Shikai!

What kind of person are you?

Muttering in his heart, Li Zicheng looked up at Zhang Yilin.

"Our president..."

"I can't see through!"

Zhang Yilin took the voice and said again.

"But only President Yuan can do this!"

When talking, Zhang Yilin's words were somewhat respectful.

"The President, after all, is the President of our China!"

He had always been quite disgusted with Yuan Shikai, but he said this. His words made Li Zicheng raise his head and look at the people in the office. Even Zhang Binglin, who had passed by "Hope for the Administration to be a pawn of the office" yesterday, showed some admiration on his face.

Keep your heart!

Finally, the strangeness on their faces made Li Zicheng understand Yuan Shikai’s intention. He used his patriotic heart to regain Jiaoao and win the hearts of all the people in the world. Now Yuan Shikai’s patriotic act is probably a patriotic act!

With his own "passing" ahead, and now that Yuan Shikai can do this, how can others not admire him, how can he not...

It’s really Yuan Shikai!

I sighed in my heart. Although I knew the purpose behind Yuan Shikai's intention, I really swallowed this poison that penetrated the intestines. Otherwise, the one I had been carefully crafting...

"Anyway, we have to thank the President,"

After taking the telegram, Li Zicheng stood up.

"Facts have proved that a just cause has never been lonely. Perhaps we are the beginning of loneliness. Just as our songs sing, when people are no longer loyal, we remain loyal, but in the end, our loyalty will awaken the loyalty of the entire nation to the country! We are the guides of all this!"

On the distant sea level, many Japanese warships appeared again, which were more than 60 warships of various types of Japanese Second Fleet responsible for besieging Qingdao's coast. On the flagship "Zhoufang" warship, the commander of the Second Fleet, Kato Tadakishi, stood inside the bridge, and used a telescope to search for the coast's artillery barriers.

Because the artillery fire at sea has temporarily stopped, the fortress artillery of the Chinese people on the coast has also stopped firing. On the sea and land have been silent. On the distant coast, you can see the fortresses in the Cape of Huiqian, and you can vaguely see the fortresses that were deformed by shells. The artillery battle outside Qingdao lasted for two days. In the past two days, the Second Fleet fired tens of thousands of shells at the fortress in Qingdao, but failed to stop the other party's artillery fire and even failed to destroy their fortress.

Suddenly, several flashes and slightly visible smoke came from the front of the Huiqian Cape Fort, and the smoke quickly dissipated. More than twenty seconds later, five water columns fell near several destroyers and lightning strike ships of the Ninth Destroyer, the closest to Qingdao.

"It seems to be the 150th fortress cannon of the Chinese army!"

Kato Tachiyoshi frowned. In the history of the world's Shanghai military, there has never been a profit from the navy's battle with the same shore artillery. In the past two days, the Second Fleet has almost not suffered much loss. I'm afraid that it is because most of the Chinese artillery soldiers are novices, so...

"Junzu, look at the Japanese warships. You will definitely receive a gift from our Yantai Fortress!"

Fu Qingguo, wearing a navy uniform, looked at Han Wu next to him with some pride. He and his brothers rushed to Qingdao from Yantai Fortress according to the secret order of the Navy. They were not unfamiliar with the 280, 240, 150, and 120, and Krupp Sea Defense Cannons of Qingdao Fortress. The artillery used by Yantai Fortress was the same type as it was.

"Um!"

Han Wu turned his telescope to the Japanese warship when he responded, and immediately saw several water columns rising around the warship that was sailing in the front, but black smoke did not explode from the ship.

This round is a test shot!

Apart from gratitude to the fortress gunners who came to support Qingdao from Yanyun, Han Wu was more excited because he knew that from the moment Fu Qingguo brought more than 300 gunners to Qingdao, the Jiangsu Army was no longer alone. This group of artillery soldiers also brought the coastal defense shells that Qingdao urgently needed, with a total of 5,000 rounds.

Suddenly, accompanied by the sound of cannons, several violent cannon sounds came into the shelter, and some dim shelter lighted up. The 240mm sea defense cannon that had been silent on the turret once again roared again. This time, the volley of five sea defense cannons and five mobile fortress cannons.

In the telescope, seven or eight groups of water columns were blown up around the Japanese warship. Suddenly, a huge black smoke column rose in the middle of the warship!

"Okay, hit it in one shot!"

Holding the telescope, Han Wu shouted excitedly. When he was calling, he saw a cloud of smoke rising from the warship again, and the warship ignited a fierce flame.

"It must be a 24 cm gun! This destroyer is over..."

Perhaps it was like verifying Fuqingguo's words. The destroyer with black smoke was tilting rapidly and sinking towards the water. From the telescope, it was even clear that the Japanese sailors were jumping off the warship.

"Who commanded the shelling!"

"Zhong Zun is Major Fang Tianming!"

Fu Qingguo quickly replied.

"Is that black face?"

Han Wu's mind saw the taciturn black-faced man when he greeted them at the train station.

"His gunfire is really accurate!"

"Junzuo, Fang Heifang is the old fortress leader of Liu Gongdao. In the past twenty years, he has been working on the fortress all day long, trying to improve the artillery and aiming tables. The few turrets in Yantai are the most accurate in counting these artillery shots!"

The cannons sounded again, and only then did Han Wu truly realize how big the gap between his gunners and these old gunners was. Before they came, the cannon only fired a round of volleys in one minute, but now, the same cannon can be fired in half a minute.

"June, another row of cannons!"

Unlike the targets that were shot near the previous ones, this time the platoon was shooting the main force of the Japanese Second Fleet ten kilometers away, which seemed to be a bunch of them. Several shells fell near the Japanese warships, and several other shells formed near-range bombs, one of which fell on a cruiser.

"Get out of the combat distance!"

The reality of the stern of the Chitose-shot ship formed two volleys in half a minute, forcing Tadaki Kato to make a decision. Now the shooting level of Chinese gunners has improved a lot.

"The day of quietly shooting with the fortress is over!"

After a sigh, Tatsuyoshi Kato put down his telescope.

Although the artillery in Qingdao Fortress is old, mostly the old-fashioned guns from more than 20 years ago, and the range is limited, although the second fleet's naval guns are ship-rejected guns, the inclination angle is limited and the range does not have any advantage. Now that the opponent has "learn" how to attack maritime targets, firing against the fortress guns is undoubtedly a suicide. Compared with the naval guns affected by wind and waves at sea, the fortress guns are more accurate. The previous round of volley shots has proved this.

"Commander, we have withdrawn from the range of the fortress artillery!"

Safe?

However, the people on the Luojing Bridge on the Zhou Fang battleship were full of unwillingness.

"Your Excellency, we should continue to carry out cruiser shelling on the fortress!"

"But, our previous losses have been heavy!"

"But that's the case..."

"Attacking the fortress, warships are useless!"

Kato Tadaki still interrupted others' advice.

"What else is there except warships?"

Putting down the telescope, Kato Tatsuki slowly turned around and looked at the Chief of Staff who questioned him.

"have!"
Chapter completed!