Unexpectedly, the sudden victory, like a summer thunder, spread all the way from Europe to China via radio waves and reached Beijing. After a moment of surprise, this ancient eastern country boiled overnight.

"Extraordinary number, extraordinary number, great victory of the expeditionary force... great victory of the expeditionary force on the Somme..."

When the newsboys cheered on the street and waved their numbers, the pedestrians on the street all stopped and scrambled for the number, which was only worth one copper. The news brought by the number that was as big as a palm made these people's faces look blank.

There was joy on the faces, and more people even shed tears of joy.

"We won!"

"We defeated the Germans!"

Cheers like this rang out from time to time in people's mouths, and at this time, several young students who stopped to look at the exciting Zhanjie outside were excited for a while, and then roared again.

"Compatriots, the expeditionary force's victory has greatly enhanced our country's prestige. Now we still have a German archway in the capital, the Klinde Arch. It has humiliated me for more than ten years. Compatriots, let's demolish the Klinde Arch..."

The calls of these young students immediately received a response.

"Let's go to Clinder Archway!"

This call was echoed by hundreds of people. Maybe they had no idea in the past, but today, with the great victory of the expeditionary force, these confident people immediately became excited.

"Compatriots, demolish the Klinde Arch!"

"Demolish the Klinde Arch..."

In response to this response, more and more pedestrians followed these excited people towards Dongdan Street. People kept shouting slogans such as "Demolish the Klinde Archway" and "Long Live the Expeditionary Force".

It seems that overnight, with the great victory of the expeditionary force, China's humiliation has fallen...,

In January 1900, Cixi ignored the protests of Western diplomats and issued an edict to protect the Boxer Rebellion. The Boxer Rebellion, which the Qing government first suppressed and then promoted, spread across North China, burning churches everywhere, killing foreign priests and churchgoers, and destroying railways and buildings everywhere.

Telephone poles and other foreign objects. The Dongjiaominxiang embassy district in Beijing was filled with panic. Originally, according to international practice, the Qing government should be responsible for the security work in the embassy district, but it was obvious that this work could no longer be guaranteed. Therefore, embassies from various countries asked the Qing government to approve the dispatch of troops.

Protect the embassy area. After consultation, the Prime Minister’s Office approved that ministers from various countries can bring their own guards. From May 31 to June 3, guards from eight countries entered Beijing to protect the embassy area and Xishiku Church.

On June 19, the Qing government's Prime Minister's Office issued a note to the envoys of various countries stationed in China that "all persons from all countries must leave Beijing within twenty-four o'clock." That night, the ministers from various countries jointly sent a letter to the Prime Minister's Office, citing the unsafe road safety as an excuse.

Requesting to postpone the date of departure from Beijing and requesting a reply before 9 a.m. the next day.

At 8 o'clock in the morning on June 20, Klind failed to persuade the ministers of various countries to act together, so he took the translator Kodashi alone in a sedan from the embassy in Dongjiaomin Lane to the Prime Minister's Office in Dongtangzi Hutong, Dongdan Archway North Street. On the way, he walked to Dongdan Archway North Street.

At the west entrance of Xizongbu Hutong, Zhang Jingenhai of the Shenji Battalion Tingzi Gun Team who was patrolling was killed and Kodashi was injured.

On June 21, the Qing government, in the name of Emperor Guangxu, simultaneously declared war on eleven countries including Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Osmaga, Japan, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

When the Qing government declared war on various countries, it also offered rewards for killing foreigners. It stipulated that "a reward for killing a foreigner is fifty taels; a foreign woman is forty taels; a foreign child is thirty taels." The Boxers and the imperial army besieged the embassies of various countries in Beijing.

After the killing of Klinder, German Emperor Wilhelm II decided to retaliate against China and officially dispatched an expeditionary force of more than 20,000 people to China. It was commanded by Marshal Waldersee. However, this force had not yet arrived in China, and the war was over.

In August, Zhang Jingenhai of the Shenji Battalion who killed Klind surrendered and was sentenced to death by Germany. Later, on the tenth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, he was beheaded in the downtown area where Klind died in Dongdan Archway.

After the defeat of the Qing Dynasty in 1901, the Xinchou Treaty was signed with 11 countries. The first clause is: the Qing court sent Prince Chun Zaifeng to Germany to apologize to the German Emperor for the murder of Minister Klind, and to build a palace at the site where Klind was killed.

A stone archway of comparable quality. On September 4, 1901, the special envoy Prince Chun Zaifeng apologized to the German Emperor on behalf of Emperor Guangxu in Berlin.

To a certain extent, the "Klinde Arch" that appeared on Dongdan Street due to the "Xinchou Treaty" can be said to be a symbol of shame. Now that the expeditionary force has defeated the main force of the German army, why not take this opportunity to demolish it?

?Those young people who were so excited about their victory had only one thought left in their minds - smash it! Smash the Klinde Arch!

Dongdan Street, the Klinde Archway built on January 18, thirteen years ago, spans Dongdan Street. It is a white marble building with four pillars, three bays and seven floors. It is a stone arch with a blue glazed tile roof.

The plaque is engraved with: Due to the Boxer Rebellion in the Boxer Rebellion during the Gengzi Years, the German minister was killed. Fortunately, peace negotiations with the Empire were successful. This square was specially built as a commemoration...

In the past ten years, this archway has stung the hearts of many people from many countries, but at this time, tens of thousands of angry people gathered under this archway.

"Smash it!"

"Smash it!"

In the midst of this public anger, Li Zhuowei walked out of a nearby shop carrying a hammer. The crowded people took the initiative to make way for him. He walked to the Klinde sign and looked at the

The stone tablet is made of white marble. Look at the word KLINDER on the tablet.

He was silent for a moment. When he was silent, the originally angry crowd seemed to also become silent. Everyone turned their attention to the young man, while nearby reporters quickly captured the scene with their cameras.

"call!"

Taking a deep breath, Li Zhuowei suddenly raised the hammer in his hand.

"Tum..."

The hammer hit the stone tablet hard, and there was only a sound of metal and stone impacting. A piece of white stone was immediately thrown away from the white marble pillar.

"Smash...smash it!"

As the hammer fell, there were cheers everywhere under the Klinde Archway on Dongdan Street. Thousands of angry people kept shouting. A dozen young people swung the big iron hammer borrowed from nearby shops.

The hammer kept hitting the archway. As the hammer fell, there was only the sound of gold and stone hitting the monument.

Smash it!

At this time, more and more people joined in the action of smashing the Klinde Monument. People brought hammers and iron drills from their homes and shops. People took those simple tools and smashed them on the hard stone.

On the Klinde stele made of white marble. Finally, due to people's efforts, cracks appeared on the stele, one after another. Finally, a gap appeared.

At this time, the clerk from a nearby store even found the arm-thick hemp rope that he found somewhere, and then several people with flexible hands and feet climbed directly to the top of the Klinde Archway and used the arm-thick hemp rope.

He tied it to the archway and then dropped the rope. Almost as soon as the rope was dropped, hundreds of people picked up the thick rope. When the guy got off the stone monument, they immediately started pulling the rope.

People's mood is urgent. They don't even want to wait for a second. They just want to destroy this stone monument that means shame immediately, right now, right now.

The arm-thick rope tightened and straightened under the pull of the people. One end of the rope was tied to the stone tablet, and the other end was hundreds of angry people. They kept pulling the rope backwards, using their own strength.

All the energy.

"One, two..."

The sound of chants, accompanied by shouts and smashing sounds, echoed on Dongdan Street, and as they pulled, the Klinde Monument began to shake, began to tremble, and finally with a loud noise, the Klinde Memorial Arch on Dongdan Street

After being pulled down, cheers rang out again amid a burst of dust.

"Falled!"

"Falled!"

Amid the cheers, the excited people jumped onto the remains of the stone monument and kept cheering.

"Long live the expeditionary force!"

"Long live the victory of justice over might!"

"Long live the Chinese Expeditionary Force!"

"Long live China!"

The cheers were deafening, the cheers came from the heart, and nearby, the foreigners who witnessed this scene were surprised to see that once upon a time, the submissiveness that existed in the Chinese people, bowing their heads, seemed to be at this moment

They all disappeared. Even when they saw the presence of these Westerners, they deliberately puffed out their chests to make themselves look energetic.

When a passerby saw a foreigner on the roadside, he first puffed up his chest, then looked at the foreigner holding a camera and said arrogantly.

"We defeated the Germans!"

We defeated the Germans!

Defeated the most elite German army!

This is enough for them to be proud of.

"We defeated the Germans!"

Li Zhuo dropped the hammer in his hand and murmured to himself with tears of excitement on his face.

"The Expeditionary Force defeated the Germans!"

"Long live!"

Suddenly, another roar burst out from his voice.

"Long live the expeditionary force!"

"Long live the Republic of China..." Following Li Zhuowei's roar, the excited roar came from the mouths of excited people one after another. They kept shouting, roaring, and roaring.

"Long live the Republic of China!"

Excited people began to shout slogans and walked from Dongdan Street towards Chang'an Street. Celebrating crowds continued to gather at various street corners. On the roadside, the policemen from the Capital Police Department treated the people with friendly gestures.

Smiling, even though this parade was outstanding, these police officers could not understand their mood. In fact, they believed that if they were not on duty, maybe they would also participate in this parade.

"Long live the Republic of China!"

"Long live the expeditionary force!"

Finally, the parade arrived at Dongjiaomin Alley. At the entrance of the foreign embassy area, which is like a concession, the guards of the various diplomatic missions stood with guns. Although they were "allies", they did not want to see this parade.

Entering the diplomatic area threatens the security of the diplomatic area.

"I want to tell you..."

Standing in front of the barbed wire fence in the embassy area, Li Zhuowei looked at the foreigner and shouted loudly in fluent English.

"Today, we can defeat the Germans, smash the Klinde Monument, and tear into pieces the shame the Germans have inflicted on me. Tomorrow, tomorrow we can also defeat you, and we can completely wash away the shame you have inflicted on China!"

Then Li Zhuowei suddenly turned around, looked at the compatriots behind him, and shouted loudly.
To be continued...