The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 197 The Terrifying Maxim

"Damn it, these foreign devils are really capable of making a fuss. They make such a big fuss just to collect a corpse."

As soon as he saw the British, Liu Shijiu became furious and couldn't help but start cursing again.

Teng Yuzao could understand the mentality of people like Liu Shijiu who hated evil.

The British and Japanese were still very well-behaved today. They did not play any tricks. Even when they arrived at the gap in the city wall, before those shirtless Indian soldiers and the short Japanese soldiers in T-shirts had time to start their work of collecting the bodies, a Japanese officer in a white shirt and a tall and thin British officer also in a shirt rushed to jump onto the ruins of the city wall. Each of them held up an electric loudspeaker and started shouting "Wow, wow" to the stunned remaining Allied forces in the ruins of the city.

The volume of the electric horn was very loud. It was probably because the British and Japanese wanted Teng Yuzao to be relieved and not misunderstand their actions.

At the same time, what they were most worried about was probably that the remaining coalition forces in the ruins would be unable to bear it and suddenly rush over to join their team that was collecting corpses.

Such an action would undoubtedly immediately attract the vanguard officers and soldiers hiding in the fortifications, monitoring their every move, and they would launch indiscriminate shooting at their corpse-collecting team. At that time, not only the remnants of the coalition forces, but also these more than 300 unarmed people would all become corpses here.

"Xingfu, what are these Englishmen and Japanese devils shouting about?"

Liu Shijiu, who was completely confused, turned to Teng Yuzao and asked.

"The two officers told their respective troops not to act rashly. They would come to rescue the defeated soldiers in the ruins soon. They were told not to leave the ruins, otherwise they would be punished by military law."

After listening to Teng Yuzao's explanation, Liu Shijiu couldn't help but laugh, "Xingfu, Hu Dianjia should be unhappy this time!"

Will Hu Dianjia be unhappy?
Teng Yuzao was somewhat puzzled by Liu Shijiu's words.

Liu Shijiu smiled slyly and said, "Hu Xuanqing just came to me and asked me if I could think of some way to force the foreign devils out of the ruins when they come to collect the bodies."

Only then did Teng Yuzhao finally understand that Hu Dianjia deliberately wanted to take the opportunity to kill the coalition forces that came to collect the bodies!

Teng Yuzhao couldn't help but smile bitterly. His current thoughts were completely different from those of these generals.

The generals were thinking about how to kill more foreign devils, but he wanted to kill more Allied forces and bleed more of these aggressive and looting powers, but at the same time, he wanted to avoid pushing them to the point of desperation.

These two somewhat contradictory and conflicting issues kept lingering in his heart and mind.

On the one hand, Teng Yuzhao really wanted to kill more coalition forces, or even wipe them all out in one battle, so that the blood would flow like a river!
But on the other hand, he was extremely worried in his heart, or even extremely anxious.

What Teng Yuzhao was worried and concerned about was that the extremely severe damage he inflicted on the Allied Forces might attract more Tsarist Russian troops to enter the interior.

This may even trigger a chain reaction. For fear that the Qing Dynasty would be monopolized by Tsarist Russia, the Japanese army would probably follow in Tsarist Russia's footsteps and send large numbers of troops into the country. The rest of the British, French, Americans, and even Germans, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Italians would probably have the same idea as the Japanese and start to send large numbers of troops into the country. After all, no great power would be willing to let go of such a large and rich land.

If all these great powers rushed to send troops to the country, with only these 20,000 or 30,000 men, he would probably never have a chance to stop the country from being divided up by the great powers.

This is not impossible, but it is very likely to become a cruel reality.

Sometimes, Teng Yuzhao really hoped that he was not a time traveler. He was just the Teng Yuzhao of this world, and he had the same idea as Hu Dianjia, Liu Shijiu and others, which was to kill the foreigners happily.

In recent days, Teng Yuzao has been thinking all the time about how to solve this problem.

Teng Yuzhao took a deep breath and tried to drive away the thought that suddenly popped up in his mind.

Those are all strategic issues. He should fight every battle at the tactical level first. His main focus now is to focus on the battle in Tianjin City.

"Hehehe." Liu Nineteen said with a gloating smile, "The foreign devils are busy very quickly. The foreign devils in the ruins are also very honest. It looks like Hu Dianjia's hope will be dashed."

"Oh!"

Wu Peifu slapped his forehead as if he suddenly realized something and complained.

"I was wondering why you were picking on me the moment you came here. It turned out that the teacher called you over to ruin your relationship with Captain Hu. You just said that I didn't tell you about Phillips in advance, but in fact, it was because the teacher ruined your relationship that you were so angry that you took it out on me."

Liu Shijiu's face turned red when his thoughts were exposed, but he still refused to admit it and started cursing.

"You little bastard, you have become more capable after learning from Xingfu for a few days. How dare you to sow discord between us brothers? You are itching for trouble. Today, as your uncle, I will teach you a lesson."

As he spoke, Liu Shijiu rolled up his arms and sleeves and pretended to give Wu Peifu a good beating.

Teng Yuzhao collected his thoughts and looked back at the coalition forces who were clearing the bodies at the gap.

Sure enough, the coalition forces there had already loaded 1,500 to 1,600 corpses onto the trucks, and many large trucks filled with corpses had begun to return one after another.

The coalition forces cleaned up very thoroughly. Even the broken limbs and arms "produced" by the Maxim heavy machine gun were picked up and thrown onto the vehicles. Then, at the urging of the British and Japanese officers, the vehicles of the brigade began to move slowly and orderly, preparing to withdraw.

It was not until this moment that Teng Yuzhao's anxious heart finally began to slowly ease.

The reason why he called Liu Shijiu to come to him was that he was worried that Liu Shijiu could not resist his impulse and launched an attack on the Allied Forces in the ruins in advance, thus causing the remnants of the Allied Forces in the ruins to risk fleeing to the Allied Forces' team that was collecting corpses.

Although Teng Yuzao spoke lightly when threatening Phillips, it would be hard to justify anywhere if it really affected these "innocent victims" and he killed these unarmed coalition forces who came to collect the bodies with his consent.

Moreover, if I did that, I would probably get a bad reputation as a liar and cheater.

Fortunately, all this will soon be over.

Just when Teng Yuzhao felt relieved, Murphy's Law finally began to work its magical power. The scene that Teng Yuzhao least wanted to see suddenly appeared in the field of view of his telescope.

About thirty Indian soldiers suddenly rushed out of the ruins and rushed towards the coalition forces' body collection team that had already begun to evacuate.

This sudden scene made Teng Yuzhao's heart suddenly rise to his throat. He punched hard on the sandbag breastwork and shouted.

"Zi Yu, quickly connect me to Hu Dianjia's call."

Wu Peifu, who was just about to avoid Liu Shijiu's "atrocities", reacted after a moment of hesitation. He rushed to the table with the telephone, grabbed the handle and shook it violently.

However, it was too late. "Da da da da." The dense sound of Maxim heavy machine gun guns suddenly rang out on the silent battlefield.

Moreover, the firing of the Maxim heavy machine guns did not come from one side, but from the upper and lower walls on both sides, as well as from the commanding heights of the arc-shaped encirclement surrounding the ruins. Nearly twenty heavy machine guns were firing fiercely at the same time. The dense and fierce rain of bullets from more than twenty heavy machine guns from several directions instantly wrapped up the Indian soldiers who tried to take the opportunity to escape.

As the Maxim heavy machine gun suddenly roared, the thirty or so Indian soldiers who rushed out of the ruins were like duckweed tightly wrapped in a violent storm, swaying left and right in the center of the storm.
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