Volume 1: The Battleship Yitian Changes into the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 Chapter 56: Korean beauty star?
"At that distance just now, I could have hit it with a torpedo with my eyes closed," Wang Dejun said to Sun Gang.
"What happens after it sinks?" Sun Gang asked carefully, looking at the stupid captain who had already vented his anger.
"You are here, aren't you?" He laughed. "We still have the Lord Zhongtang to support us. The sky won't fall!"
I surrender. Sun Gang looked at him with some frustration. He now doubted whether Lin Taizeng had let him board this guy's boat just to play a trick on him.
"I'll push the boat a little further up and then take you ashore." Wang Dejun said, looking at the wide surface of the Han River.
Sun Gang was terrified all the way, fearing that the Russians who had suffered a loss would come back for revenge, but surprisingly nothing happened. The only thing was that the British and French warships he encountered made him secretly worried about the current situation in Korea. He didn't know whether Yuan Shikai and his men had arrived in Seoul yet. However, he was not interested in Yuan Datou, who was still in his "late adolescence". His heart was already filled with Kong Fangxiong, who was about to get him.
When I have money, I will use a battleship as a yacht to travel around the world with my beloved wife, and take a submarine to catch turtles in the five oceans. How will that feel!
Wang Dejun found a suitable place for landing, sent them ashore in a small boat, and agreed with them that if any situation occurred, they would launch a signal rocket so that they could respond immediately.
Sun Gang and his entourage set foot on the land of Seoul under the protection of 100 Beiyang Guards.
The entire Seoul city had been devastated by the war and had become unrecognizable. There were ruins and burnt-out houses everywhere. The villages and streets seemed deserted and desolate, with few people to be seen. Sun Gang looked around and couldn't help feeling a little depressed.
I can't remember who said that the countries on the peninsula are unfortunate because they will never have peace.
If you look at the history of the Balkan Peninsula, the Arabian Peninsula and the Korean Peninsula, you may agree with this statement.
Thinking about the war caused by North Korea, what would have been the fate of this country if China had lost the Battle of the Yellow Sea that day?
Will you still be like a poor girl who has lost everything and allow others to humiliate you and control your own destiny?
The sound of chaotic gunfire in the distance pulled Sun Gang back from his chaotic thoughts.
Zhan Shuxiao, the leader of the Beiyang Guards, looked around calmly and waved his hand. All the soldiers around him loaded their rifles and raised them up in tacit understanding.
The leader was a young man who could be described as cute, fair-skinned, handsome, shy and introverted, and didn't talk much. But Sun Gang could tell from his eyes that he was not as frail as he looked.
Because those eyes gave him a wolf-like feeling.
It is said that he was one of the captains of the detachment sent by Zhang Wenxuan to support Xu Bangdao when Jinzhou was in crisis. During the Battle of Jinzhou, he led several subordinates to break into the rear positions of the Japanese army and strafed them with a Gatling machine gun mounted on a cart, killing and wounding more than 200 Japanese soldiers and causing a battalion of Japanese troops to collapse instantly!
But such a brave warrior was later accused of "violating military discipline" and was "kept in the camp awaiting results". He was demoted to a small team leader, which made Sun Gang very puzzled: What military discipline did he violate?
Except for the two ladies, Sun Gang and his companions also drew out their revolvers. Only Old Ma Tou put his hands in his sleeves with an expressionless face. However, Sun Gang noticed that his eyes suddenly became sharp.
The Beiyang guards spread out and began to search forward. Sun Gang and his men walked in the middle. Sun Gang felt uneasy for some reason, as if he had a premonition that something was going to happen.
In the distance, a white figure was floating towards this side quickly.
Sun Gang looked at the white figure in surprise, and exchanged a quick glance with Su Xin, Wen Junfeng, and each of them understood something from the other's frightened eyes.
They both probably had the same idea as him, thinking they had seen a ghost.
"Who is it?" Zhan Shuxiao was also a little nervous and shouted loudly.
The white shadow floated to a place not far from them and stopped. Sun Gang could then see clearly that it was a woman wearing a mask and a hat.
He couldn't see her face clearly, but Sun Gang judged from the way she ran that she must be injured.
When she heard Zhan Shuxiao's voice, she was slightly startled. Then Sun Gang saw the two long swords flashing with cold light in her hands and couldn't help but be startled.
"Bang bang!" A few more gunshots were heard, and the woman in white was shocked and fell to the ground.
Not far away, about a dozen Japanese soldiers appeared in front of them.
The Beiyang guards stepped forward together, protecting Sun Gang and his men in the middle, and pointed their guns at the Japanese.
Sun Gang looked at the Japanese soldiers wearing wide-brimmed hats and black military uniforms who looked like patrol police and security guards. They were quite different from the "Yellow Army" in later generations. Looking at their ragged appearance, he felt sympathy but also a hint of inexplicable disgust. These invaders were just civilians. Why did they become so vicious and barbaric when they came to other countries?
"Put down your guns!" Zhan Shuxiao looked at them and shouted.
"Put down all your guns!" The surrounding Beiyang Guard soldiers also shouted.
The leading Japanese officer holding a command knife yelled at them. Sun Gang and the others looked at each other, and no one understood what he meant.
"Bang!" A gunshot came from somewhere, and Sun Gang saw a soldier next to him with a blood arrow flying out of his shoulder. He screamed and fell to the ground.
Sun Gang was furious and raised his revolver and fired at the Japanese officer.
The Japanese officer seemed to have not understood what was happening. There was a "bang" from his head, a cloud of blood burst out, and he fell backwards on his back.
Almost at the same time, the Beiyang guards also opened fire. For a moment, the surroundings were filled with the ear-piercing sound of gunfire. The Japanese soldiers only had time to fire a few shots before they were mowed down by the rain of bullets like ears of wheat!
"Stop shooting!" Zhan Shuxiao looked at all the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side who had been shot into pieces, and he finally stopped his subordinates' crazy shooting.
"Great!" Su Xin yelled loudly, waving the gun in his hand.
"How is everyone? Is anyone injured?" Sun Gang asked nervously.
"You, check if there are any more Japanese around!" Zhan Shuxiao ordered, "Report the casualties!"
After a while, the soldiers reported: "Your Excellency, there are no more Japanese soldiers around. Six of our men were injured, but no one was dead."
Sun Gang breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still a little nervous. He had fought a battle with the Japanese for no apparent reason. It seemed that today was not a good day to go out.
Only then did he remember the strange woman in white, and then walked towards the place where she fell. Su Xinwen Junfeng and Zhan Shuxiao also followed.
The woman fell to the ground, already unconscious. Her white clothes were stained with blood, and her hands were still tightly holding the long knife. Sun Gang turned her over and took off her hat and mask. A delicate and beautiful face appeared in front of him.
What a beautiful girl! It's no exaggeration to say that she is so beautiful that the moon and flowers are ashamed! If her face wasn't a little pale due to blood loss.
"She looks like the 'Jeon Ji-Han' you showed me." Su Xin said beside Sun Gang, "She looks exactly like her."
"How dare you peek at my phone!" Thinking of the pictures stored in his phone, Sun Gang gave him a blank look in annoyance.
But it is true that after he said that, Sun Gang now also felt that she looked very similar.
"What, what, what? Who is Jeon Ji-Han?" Wen Junfeng was stunned and asked.
Su Xin chuckled and answered the question irrelevantly: "I know one or two beautiful women." He looked around and said, "I'll ask where the Queen Mother of Korea is." This sentence revealed that he might have even seen the passionate movie inside.
Wen Junfeng walked over to her and squatted down, reaching out and gently lifting the clothes on her chest. Su Xin slapped him on the forehead and said, "Good boy, you're taking advantage of others!"
"What are you doing? I'm just checking her wounds!" Wen Junfeng obviously didn't understand what he meant by "taking advantage of her". He turned to Sun Gang and said, "She has several bullet wounds on her body. If she is not treated immediately, I'm afraid she won't last long. It's better to send her to the warship."
Sun Gang nodded and said to Zhan Shuxiao, "Please arrange for the injured brothers and the woman to be sent to Captain Wang and ask the ship's medical officer to treat them as soon as possible."
"I understand." Zhan Shuxiao immediately went to make arrangements.
A few brave Korean people nearby rushed over and saw that it was the Qing Navy soldiers who were transporting the wounded. They immediately called many people from their homes and brought several wheelbarrows. Sun Gang was very moved. It could be seen that the Korean people's gratitude to the Chinese army for helping them resist the invaders was truly heartfelt.
When the war started, the Japanese army was preparing to launch a surprise attack on the Qing army stationed in Yashan and forcibly conscripted Koreans to transport supplies. However, the Korean people resisted in many ways, which ruined the Japanese army's surprise attack plan! When Fang Boqian escorted the Qing army reinforcements to Incheon, the nearby Korean people came to help unload the supplies, allowing the escort fleet to set off early, which won precious time for the subsequent Battle of Fengdao.
We are all neighbors, why is there such a big difference?
Zhan Shuxiao arranged twelve people to escort the wounded back to the ship. Ling'er asked Xiao Yu'er to go back and take care of the injured "Korean beauty star". At the same time, she looked at Su Xin meaningfully. Su Xin pretended not to see it and was concentrating on fiddling with the "Murata" rifle captured from the Japanese.
"It's actually a single-shot gun. What the hell is this? It's not as good as the guns of our Qing Dynasty." Su Xin said in surprise: "Our guns have seven-shot and thirteen-shot guns."
"Ah?!" Sun Gang was stunned. Didn't some books say that there were people using swords and spears?
"They are not as good as ours." Zhan Shuxiao said to him, "I heard that many of their cannons are bronze cannons. We in the Qing Dynasty all make our own breech-loading steel cannons and buy German Krupp camp cannons. They are much better than theirs, but our soldiers are too disappointing."
"Your Excellency is right. I heard that the common people call the Border Guard the 'Tofu Camp.'" Someone said this, causing the other Beiyang guards to burst into laughter.
"Yes, we still had 'shoddy projects' at that time." Su Xin's thoughts were misplaced by a familiar term for a moment.
Sun Gang was extremely depressed after hearing this. No matter how good the weapons and equipment were, they had to be used by someone! It didn't matter if the Japanese lost this battle, as long as they had their people! There was still a chance! But what about Qing China?
Can this little butterfly solve this "human" problem?
Several Koreans who knew Chinese volunteered to be their guides. They searched and advanced along the way, but no Japanese troops were found. According to the guide, the Japanese army began to withdraw after the ceasefire between China and Japan, and many Japanese expatriates followed them. After the Japanese army withdrew from Gyeongbokgung Palace, the Korean king and his wife had already hidden in the Russian embassy. The Qing army that entered Korea was slow to act and should still be gathering in the Pyongyang area. Only a small group of cavalry appeared in this area, probably a reconnaissance unit.
No new information was found. During the break, Sun Gang took out three pictures that looked like maps and asked everyone to study them together. Then they realized that the Minister of the Navy was not only here to investigate the enemy situation, but also to dig for treasure.
But after seeing those pictures that were not maps, Lao Ma's expression changed.
"This one is obviously a map of the entire country of Korea." Sun Gang pointed to one of the maps and said, "What's strange is that there are neither cities nor military targets on this map. It only shows thirteen places. I don't understand what they mean."
"Maybe they have some arrangements here?" Su Xin said.
"Present the map!" Zhan Shuxiao said to his men, and several soldiers took the map of North Korea.
Sun Gang compared the two maps and found that some of the thirteen locations were cities, while others were marked in the mountains. He was confused for a moment. Could they be ancient tombs?
"This is a topographic map of Seoul." Su Xin pointed to another map and said, "I've been here before when I was working on a ship. It's a little different now, but I can still recognize it in general."
"What did the Japanese mark here?" Wen Junfeng asked, pointing at a pattern that looked like a knife.
"They want to lock the dragon veins of North Korea." Lao Ma said in a deep voice behind them.
