The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 21 Beauty and Kisses

It should be said that during this period, the most elite troops in the country, namely the Huai Army during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and the subsequent Wuwei Army, had good weapons and equipment. The weapons and equipment of a few troops, such as the Wuwei Front Army and the Wuwei Right Army, were not only as advanced as those of Western armies, but also had an advantage to a certain extent.

What these elite troops lack, apart from the small number of advanced weapons and equipment and the complicated and unsystematic models, is the advanced modern thermal weapons combat concept and thinking.

There are still many things that make Teng Yuzhao feel emotional, but he is now a little numb. He should hurry up to form his own vanguard army. This is the most important and urgent task facing him.

All the weapons in the armory and ammunition depot of the Wubei Academy were made in Germany. This was because during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Li Hongzhang's Huai Army was defeated by the Japanese army, which had a great impact on him. Especially in view of the Franco-Prussian War, when the German Army became famous in one battle, Li Hongzhang became extremely obsessed with German weapons. He even visited Krupp in person.

In the end, all the weapons, ammunition, war horses, etc. in the entire East District were moved away by people arranged by Teng Yuzhao.

Including the two huge hydrogen balloons that had been stored in the balloon room for a long time, forty magnetic telephones and more than thousands of meters of telephone lines in the utility room, all the maps and related instruments in the instrument room and the teaching and research office were all emptied by Teng Yuzhao.

Teng Yuzhao was particularly impressed by the two hydrogen balloons, as he personally participated in their production.

As for the magnetic telephone, it is the earliest military telephone.

Since Tianjin would definitely be occupied by the Allied Forces, it naturally could not be preserved for long. Teng Yuzhao simply smashed open the safe in the office area and took away more than 500 taels of silver and 800 yuan stored in it. This money was for the school's daily expenses, and he would not leave it to the Allied Forces.

In addition, Teng Yuzhao also had his men break open the warehouse next to the canteen, and took out all the more than 50,000 kilograms of rice that remained inside.

In short, not a single weapon, ammunition, and supply needed by the vanguard army was left.

Not a single tool or equipment used for training and teaching in the school's engineering department was left behind.

After doing all this, Li Yulin sent someone to find Teng Yuzao, who was busy as always, and told him that little Christian and his group had arrived outside the west gate.

When Teng Yuzao hurried to the west gate, he saw the astonished Germans from the Lihe Company talking to dozens of captured German soldiers from the Allied Forces. When he saw Teng Yuzao coming, little Christian immediately left the dejected Major Luke, pulled his sister Alice and followed Li Yulin to run to Teng Yuzao.

Li Yulin stood at attention and saluted, then reported, "Sir, according to your order, I have agreed to Major Luke to contact the foreign devils who stayed on the river. Now we are waiting for your order, and we can release their seriously injured back to the concession on the other side."

Teng Yuzao felt helpless about Li Yulin's deliberate neglect of the part about releasing some of the lightly wounded as well. He only emphasized the seriously wounded and did not mention the lightly wounded at all.

Teng Yuzhao understood that not only Li Yulin but also the officers and soldiers under him were unwilling to release the lightly wounded soldiers.

It seems that it is quite difficult to convince these people, and he has no good solution for the time being. Teng Yuzhao could only smile bitterly and nodded to indicate that he understood.

Teng Yuzao turned his gaze to Christian and Alice.

"Teng, you really surprised me. Not only did you defeat nearly 200 elite coalition troops, you also treated their wounded. You are a civilized gentleman. It is right to make friends with you!"

"I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you for not only ensuring their safety but also treating our German soldiers!" Christian said excitedly. Teng Yuzao was really grateful to little Christian, not only because he sent a large amount of arms to the Vanguard Army this time, but also because they had maintained close contact for more than ten years. As long as Teng Yuzao found little Christian, he would do his best to help him. Although Christian's help was to a certain extent for the benefit of Lihe Foreign Company, it was undeniable that Teng Yuzao did benefit greatly from it.

Teng Yuzao said with a smile. "Christian, my good friend, you don't need to be grateful to me. Although I have some preference for you Germans because of you, just like the Chinese idiom "Love the house and love the dog", but in fact, I treated all the wounded people."

"Yes, I saw it all, and I also communicated with Major Luke."

Christian glanced at Li Yulin standing beside him. He didn't know that Li Yulin could understand German, so he continued, "Teng, will you let all these people go?"

Teng Yuzao shook his head. "It's hard to say right now, but I will try my best not to make things too difficult for them."

Teng Yuzao's words were somewhat unexpected to Christian, because although what Teng Yuzao said was a little vague, he understood the meaning, which was that Teng Yuzao would not treat these people well, which made him feel a little flustered.

Christian took a deep breath and said tentatively, "Teng, my friend, if I ask you to release those German soldiers, can you agree to my request?"

Teng Yuzao deliberately hesitated for a while, and said awkwardly, "Christian, if it is something else, for the sake of our friendship, I will agree to you without hesitation."

"But you have to know that if these captured German soldiers are released, they will pick up their guns again and attack us tomorrow..."

Teng Yuzao's words left Christian speechless and his face flushed. It was not because he was excited, but because he felt that the request he made was a little too unreasonable, which made him feel ashamed.

Christian had to admit that what Teng Yuzao said was true. Generally speaking, no one would release healthy captured soldiers before the war was over, even in the so-called civilized Western world.

Just when Christian was feeling ashamed of his excessive and even somewhat unreasonable request, unexpectedly, Teng Yuzao suddenly changed the subject.

"But, Christian, my good friend, for the sake of our friendship, I can agree to your request this time."

"What? You promised to release us German soldiers!"

Christian opened his mouth in surprise, but Alice had already jumped up with joy.

Then, he rushed over and hugged Teng Yuzhao tightly, kissed him hard on the face, and even made a loud noise.

"Teng, I just told Christian that you will definitely agree to release us Germans."

Alice's pretty face flushed with excitement. The hand holding the whip kept hitting Teng Yuzao's back excitedly, completely unaware of Teng Yuzao's predicament.

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