Chapter 102 Back to Hawaii
Two hours later, the sea returned to peace, and strictly speaking, it rushed out of the dark cloudy sea area.
Li Zhu had gauze wrapped around his head, and was lying on the top of the No. 2 turret with several others. At this moment, the sun was shining brightly. If Li Zhu had heard the songs from later generations, he would definitely hum "The sun always comes after the wind and rain."
"I feel that the sunshine is much better now than before!" Chen Zhengdao. I always feel that everything is better after the disaster.
"It's all thanks to Mingshan. If it weren't for Mingshan's sudden whim, we might be either at the bottom of the sea or at the clouds." Su Chang glanced at Yunmingshan and said.
"Where are there! This is all thanks to the principal. If it weren't for the knowledge taught by the principal, how could I have thought of firing a fire at a tornado?" Yun Mingshan said.
Nowadays, everyone calls Qin Ge different names. Chen Zheng and ordinary soldiers call Qin Ge the general, while officers who have studied in military academy like to call Qin Ge the principal. Qin Ge's most direct troops, including some people rescued by Qin Ge in North America, still call Qin Ge the young master.
"In my opinion, this is thanks to the efforts of the officers and soldiers of the ship." Deng Shichang said. After this incident, Deng Shichang's understanding of them changed a lot.
"Yes, it all depends on the joint efforts of all officers and soldiers!" Li Zhu said, "We all have the determination to die! By the way, Deng Shichang, what was your mentality when you bumped into Yoshino?"
"I? It's also determined to die!" Deng Shichang sighed.
"No matter what the result is, Lord Deng's determination is extremely admirable!" Chen Zheng said.
"So what if you are admirable? It can't change the result of my Beiyang Navy defeat."
"Actually, it can't be considered a defeat, right? I saw that the Japanese fleet was shot a lot that day, but the damage was not great. Your Beiyang shells were obviously not as good as Japanese shells." Su Chang said.
"A few years ago, the emperor's wedding was very expensive. The Ministry of Revenue banned us from purchasing guns and cannons from outside, and the same is true for shells. If you have shells of power like yours, how could the Japanese fleet not sink!"
"Puff" Su Chang couldn't help laughing, and he said, "You, you even have to buy shells from foreign countries. Hahaha, what kind of war does such a navy fight? If foreigners don't sell shells to you, will your ship still make sense?"
"Then what can I do?! The country is backward, so it can only be like this!" Deng Shichang was helpless when talking about these things, his skills were not as good as others!
"Yes, the country is backward, but this also means a change of dynasty!" Chen Zheng said.
"The young master must be the true emperor!" Li Zhu continued.
"Yes." Su Chang nodded.
Deng Shichang shook his head and said, "Can you tell me what kind of person your young master is?"
"Well~~~ This is hard to say." Li Zhu said, Chen Zheng and Su Chang nodded.
"You will know when you meet the general." Chen Zheng said.
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Let’s talk about the Beiyang Navy returning to Weihai and Ding Ruchang reported to Li Hongzhang about the naval battle, Li Hongzhang ordered the Beiyang warships not to go out to sea.
Warships are not allowed to go out to sea, and additional reinforcements sent to North Korea can only travel by land, but in this way, the marching speed is much slower.
Japan was well-informed. The army's war in Korea was victorious, and soon Pyongyang captured Pyongyang. Pyongyang was easy to defend but difficult to attack. After Ye Zhichao and Nie Shicheng fled to Pyongyang, Ye Zhichao lied to report their military achievements and was named the commander-in-chief of the Korean Army by the court. He was frightened by the Japanese army. In addition, he knew one-third of the reinforcements mentioned earlier, and there were rumors that the navy was defeated. He was afraid that Japan would cut off his retreat and began to plan to escape when the Japanese army first started shelling Pyongyang. When the Japanese army launched a charge, Ye Zhichao began to lead the crowd to flee. Ye Zhichao fled. The morale of the soldiers dropped to freezing point and no longer had the fighting spirit to fight, so they fled one after another. Zuo Baogui led his troops to resist to the end and eventually died in battle.
In the court, in order to preserve his strength, Li Hongzhang deliberately exaggerated his defeat. After Japan received the news, he cooperated very well to exaggerate his achievements.
In fact, the Japanese fleet was not having a good time after returning to China. Because of Qin Ge's intervention, the combined fleet that had not sunk in the warship sank two, and the severely damaged Matsushima, Yoshino, Nishikyo Maru and Akizumaku were basically unable to fight.
After returning to Japan, Yuki Ito put the blame on the commander of the First Guerrilla Team, Yokozo Tsui.
Tsukii Yokozo was born in the Choshu family, and the navy controlled by the Satsuma family hated the most was the army controlled by the Choshu family. The Japanese navy and army were not coordinated. In the movie, Yuki Ito ordered the firing of the Qing and Japanese army in the place where the Qing and Japanese army fought hand in hand.
Yuki Ito attributed all the failure results to the flag utterances made by Tsukii Komi to the Hawaiian fleet, which led to the neutral fleet intervening. If the Hawaiian fleet had not wanted to remain neutral, even a warship would not have been able to return to Japan.
So Tsukei Kozo was tragic and was transferred to Yokosuka's garrison to be the commander-in-chief. However, even if Qin Ge did not intervene, Tsukei Kozo would be tragic three or two years later.
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Li Zhu looked at the busy crowd on the deck. The storm before was that most of the items on the ship were scattered.
Su Chang said: "Let's go down and help! You can't stop working just because you are an official."
"Okay, go down and work." Chen Zheng stood up and said.
Only Deng Shichang and his dog "Sun" were left on the turret. Deng Shichang stared at the setting sun and fell into deep thought.
Guangdong Fanyu.
"Old lady, get on the boat. Lord Deng is probably about to arrive in Hawaii." He Qiang said to support Deng Shichang's old mother.
"What did he really go to Hawaii?"
"Yes, yes, Lord Deng fought bravely and finally wanted to sink with the enemy ship, but was rescued by our principal."
"Xiao He, is that right?"
He said with his stomach straight: "Mom, I heard from Zhengqing's friend that's that."
"Okay, then let's go to Hawaii."
"Hey, grandma, be careful." Deng Haohong helped Deng's mother on board.
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After almost half a month of sailing, the Honolulu and two other cruisers finally returned to Pearl Harbor. After entering the port, Li Zhu looked at the calm port and recalled the scene of the tornado that day, and couldn't help but feel scared.
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Chapter completed!