Rebirth of the Qing Empire

The peaceful life in the Tianjin concession area was disrupted by the sudden outbreak of war. Various countries sent observers to observe the war to find out the situation and study countermeasures. After listening to Donovan's report, the U.S. Embassy notified the country while

Temporarily mobilized personnel to form a mediation team in China to prepare for diplomatic mediation.

The Japanese Navy responded quickly. A fleet of six purchased British-made armored cruisers and four troop carriers appeared off the coast of Tianjin four days later, ready to launch landing operations at any time.

In the early morning of March 11, the Japanese fleet sailed into the coastal waters of Tianjin, and it seemed that they were about to launch a landing operation. At the same time, the Japanese troops in the concession also launched a breakout operation.

The Jin army snipers guarding the periphery of the Japanese concession killed all the Japanese troops with precise shots from the Type 96 sniper rifles at a distance of 800 to 500 meters before the Japanese troops dispersed their battle formations and launched a charge.

officer, causing the Japanese army's breakout operation to lose their command to collapse instantly. At this time, the Dagukou Fort counterattack also began.

Although Luo Rongguang was in charge of the Dagukou Fort, he did not participate in the battle. He only observed as the supreme chief executive. The counterattack of the Dagukou Fort was independently completed by Jin officers and soldiers from beginning to end. The original Qing Dynasty

The military defenders retreated to reserve forces to provide logistical support to the Jin army.

The Jin army artillery commanders in the artillery firing command posts of each fort were very professional. They first ordered the four artillery pieces to fire. After the Japanese ship was suddenly hit, they were eager to fight back and turned the ship 90 degrees from facing the fort directly to use the full power of the front and rear main guns.

Firepower. In this way, the Japanese ship exposed its huge profile to the Jin army.

The rest of the artillery, which had been ready to fire, seized the opportunity and fired deadly 130mm armor-piercing shells at the selected target at the same time. The well-trained artillery of the Jin Army obtained accurate ranging from the artillery firing command post, and the first round of all

The shot hit a Japanese ship at the front of the Japanese ship formation. The fiery metal jet of the armor-piercing projectile easily penetrated the soft mild steel-wrought iron composite side armor of the Japanese ship. The successive violent explosions immediately destroyed the Japanese ship.

The ship was paralyzed on the sea and could not move. After several rounds of salvos, several other Japanese ships were hit one after another. The Japanese ship formation paid a heavy price for this turn. There were blazing fireworks on the sea for a while. It was so spectacular!

A few minutes later, the Japanese ship completed the turn and quickly organized a counterattack. The ferocious large-caliber naval gunfire immediately covered the fort.

The Jin army was suddenly in chaos. In the flames of the explosion, the casualties of soldiers increased sharply, and the phenomenon of leaving the fighting position without permission also began to appear. The once precise and neat shooting became messy, and the shells fired lost their previous accuracy.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Japanese ships adjusted their battle formations, and their artillery fire became more intense and more accurate.

Kang Fan calmly stood in the artillery position with his binoculars and observed the battle, turning a blind eye to the shells exploding everywhere.

After the renovation, the artillery emplacement of the Dagukou Fort is the strongest part of the fort. The walls and roof are made of reinforced concrete and alloy steel plates layer by layer, which can withstand artillery shells with a caliber of 150 mm or less.

It is not easy for large-caliber artillery with a diameter of 150 mm or more to destroy the gun position directly. What's more, due to the limitations of contemporary technology, the probability of a naval gun shell directly hitting the gun position is only two to three percent.

How strong a firepower density can six Japanese ships have? What's so scary about it?

The young artillerymen of the Jin Army were exposed to a real artillery battle for the first time, and any reaction was normal. Kang Fan believed that his soldiers would be fine after a while, and the soldiers who woke up would do better than they did at the beginning.

Give the soldiers a chance to grow. Therefore, he did not stop this temporary chaos: the officers also had to exercise.

Several battalions and company-level officers in the artillery position were running around like crazy, ordering the soldiers who were sticking to their positions to continue shooting, and shouting at the top of their lungs to the soldiers running around: "Principal

I'm watching you right next to me! Damn it, you bear bags, hurry up and do what you should do!"

After a while, the chaos was stopped, and the firing of the Jin army's artillery was as neat and precise as before.

Kang Fan smiled with satisfaction.

The Jin army's artillery sounded more violently. Even though Kang Fan was wearing ear protection, he could still feel the strong sound waves hitting his eardrums one after another.

The rapid and precise firepower of the electrically driven 130mm fortress gun quickly suppressed the Japanese ship's counterattack fire. The shells hit the Japanese ship continuously. In the dazzling fire, human bodies and ship fragments rose into the sky.

A Japanese ship in the middle seemed to have been hit in the ammunition depot inside the ship's hull. The hundreds of large-caliber artillery shells it carried were detonated by the fiery metal jet of the 130mm armor-piercing projectiles, violently detonating.

The turret weighing hundreds of tons at the bow of the ship was lifted off the hull and fell into the sea, stirring up an extremely huge water column! And a section of the front of the hull that was tens of meters long was also blown to pieces. After the fire flashed,

The Japanese ship disappeared on the sea in an instant!

The remaining Japanese ships sailed through the water columns stirred up by the shells, and still fought back tenaciously. However, under the fierce counterattack of the Jin army's artillery fire, which was as fast as machine guns, they were unable to parry and soon could not hold on.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the two Japanese ships that were still able to move dragged other injured Japanese ships and fled to the open sea while fighting. The four troop transport ships that came with them had long been bombarded by the Jin army's artillery fire and disappeared.

The artillerymen of the Jin army, who were getting ready to fight, were in hot pursuit, and the ferocious artillery fire immediately chased them.

After long-distance flight, the 130 shells reached the sky above the Japanese ships and were almost perpendicular to the sea surface. In the dense rain of falling bullets, several such vertical shells hit the Japanese ships one after another. However, these Japanese ships relied on the British's excellent watertight isolation.

The cabin structure design withstood the blow. Even though every Japanese ship was blazing with fireworks and riddled with holes, it still staggered away.

The sea, which had been boiling all afternoon, finally calmed down, and the setting sun was bright red and dazzling, as if it was dripping blood.

This first actual battle of the Jin army shocked both at home and abroad. Empress Dowager Cixi ordered Kang Fan to cease the war, and sent negotiators to work with the American mediation team to quickly sign an unconditional armistice agreement with Japan. But Kang Fan did not agree: it cannot be so cheap.

The Japanese and the fallen Jin officers and soldiers were looking at him from the sky, and he had to do something for them.

Therefore, Kang Fan continued to besiege the Japanese concession and informed the Japanese side: Japan had no reason to initiate the war, should bear all responsibility for this bloody conflict, and should unconditionally compensate our losses: pay a ransom of 5 million taels of silver,

Otherwise, the siege will not be lifted. At the same time, the five newly formed Jin army groups that rushed from Shanxi began to deploy defenses outside Tianjin, and the remaining Jin army standing armies and internal guard troops stationed in Shanxi Province have also completed preparations for war and can participate in the war at any time.

The Japanese naval fleet's confidence in victory began to waver after suffering such heavy losses. Although only one battleship was sunk, the thick armored hulls and superstructures above the waterline of all other capital ships participating in the battle were almost destroyed.

The sieves were basically scrapped, severely weakening the fleet's strength and disrupting the preparation timetable for war against Russia. Since the United States has strongly intervened in mediation work, it just led the U.S. Asia Squadron to annihilate the Spanish Fleet in the Philippines in Manila Bay two years ago.

General George Dewey once again led the fleet to Hong Kong, assuming an aggressive posture, which made the Japanese think that the advanced weapons and equipment of the Jin army were provided by the United States. It was not impossible that American soldiers might directly participate in the war. They just didn't believe it a few years ago.

How could the vulnerable Qing army make such terrible progress!

The local armed forces of the Qing Empire possessed hard helmets, uniforms that were indestructible with bayonets, rapid-fire rifles, numerous machine guns, powerful artillery and other weapons and equipment that the Japanese had never heard of or seen before. They were ignorant and decadent.

, how could the weak industry of the backward Qing Empire produce these novel gadgets? Especially the excellent military quality, bravery and tenacious fighting style of these officers and soldiers are even more impressive. This is what scares them the most!

In addition to throwing taboos, its psychology of seeking peace has become more and more urgent. Furthermore, the Japanese side has no conclusive evidence to prove that the bombing of its intelligence building was indeed the work of the Jin army. The situation has always been passive, not to mention the Japanese concession.

After all supply channels for food, drinking water, fuel, etc. were cut off by the Jin army, the soldiers and civilians in the concession struggled to survive with only meager reserves. After many days of siege, living supplies had been exhausted, and they were suffering from cold, hunger, thirst, illness, etc.

The resulting sharp increase in deaths of soldiers and civilians made it impossible to hold on any longer. The naval fleet was defeated again, and it was still unknown when reinforcements would arrive.

Therefore, half a month after the armistice agreement was signed, the Japanese finally agreed to Kang Fan's conditions, collected the ransom, and monitored the withdrawal of the siege.

On March 29, heavily armed Jin army officers and soldiers lined up outside the Japanese Concession. They had the same stern face under the same helmet, the same gray-green military uniform, the same military boots and steel guns. Although there were thousands of officers and soldiers, they were silent.

, the majestic military appearance and strict military discipline made all observers from various countries present shudder.

Kang Fan was holding a 96 rifle in one hand and wearing a military uniform, leaning on the bumper in front of his SX2300 car, expressionlessly waiting for the Japanese representative to come to pay the money. His injured left arm and forehead were wrapped with white bandages.

, you can still vaguely see the blood seeping out.

Six "Iron Horse" armored personnel carriers riding in some officers and soldiers of the guard battalion escorted Kang Fan. The doors on the top of the crew compartment were all open, exposing their upper bodies. The officers and soldiers standing upright in the carriage were loaded with guns and ammunition, and they were scanning the surroundings with eager eyes. The roof of the vehicle

The black muzzle of the Type 96 machine gun was rotating and pointing everywhere, as if it would spray out deadly tongues of flame at any time.

The negotiating delegation sent by the Empress Dowager Cixi, the American mediation team and members of various diplomatic missions were all blocked from the Jin army's ranks and were not allowed to approach. The military attache from the Russian embassy was arrogant and wanted to break into the Jin army's ranks, but was stopped by a guard.

The battalion soldier fell off his horse with the butt of his rifle and fainted with bleeding from his mouth and nose. Seeing this, how could the others dare to do something wrong?

Just when the officers and soldiers of the guard camp were relaxing a little, a figure suddenly rushed out from the ranks of the American mediation team and headed straight for Kang Fan. This was a woman, a white woman with blond hair and blue eyes!

Several members of the working group of the Security Bureau knew this woman, and they hurriedly stopped the officers and soldiers of the guard camp from blocking her. "Let her go. Brothers, that is the principal's crush." ​​A member of the working group smiled evilly.

explained.

Kang Fan never expected to meet Judy on this occasion! He was so shocked that he almost sat down on the ground. Judy sat upright on the horse with a smile on her face, her white blond hair fluttering in the breeze, she was stunningly beautiful!

"Dismount." Kang Fan suppressed his inner excitement and stretched out his hand to her as he spoke.

Judy noticed that the hand he stretched out was shaking obviously. This phenomenon happened to this professional soldier who in Chinese terms is "Taishan collapsed in front of him without changing his expression", which showed that his heart was at this time.

What a turn of events! But he still had an indifferent expression on his face, this hateful guy!

Judy pouted dissatisfied, jumped directly from the horse to Kang Fan, and threw her whole body into Kang Fan's arms. Even though Kang Fan was tall and strong, he was still staggered by her collision, and he was close to sx2300's

The bumper didn't fall down.

"Don't you even look at what kind of occasion this is!" Kang Fan took off his helmet, which was knocked crooked by Judy, and put it on her head. He couldn't help but complain while helping her fasten the helmet straps, but his face was filled with joy.

The look is really real.

Judy smiled and said, "I forgot everything when I saw you were injured." After saying that, he started to check Kang Fan's injury.

"It's okay, it's just a minor injury." Kang Fan blocked Judy's hand.

Judy opened his hand and frowned, "Let me see!"

Kang Fan stopped moving and looked ahead, letting Judy do whatever he wanted. A guard battalion officer immediately gave his helmet to Kang Fan. Then, several guards battalion officers and soldiers stepped forward with loaded guns and blocked Kang Fan and

In front of Judy.

Judy took out the medicine and gauze from the leather bag she brought with her and started bandaging again, "Is this the level of your military doctors? Isn't this fooling people!"

Kang Fan smiled and said: "That's what field rescue is like."

Judy stopped talking. Under the gaze of thousands of pairs of eyes, she snuggled intimately with Kang Fan as if no one else was around.

Donovan was very effective originally, but this time Judy was added. With these two people working together, the U.S. Embassy definitely worked hard in this mediation! Kang Fan couldn't help but smile with satisfaction when he thought of this.

Holding the gun in one hand and holding Judy's slender waist in the other, he straightened his body.

In front of the formation of the two armies, the originally tense and explosive situation was confounded by the ambiguous behavior of Kang Fan and Judy. Everyone present actually felt a bit of romance and warmth from it!