Chapter 23: Escape

Fu Sbo asked in confusion: "Commander, how do you say this?"

Xiao Diji asked angrily: "Do you know why the Shen family informed us of this information?"

Fu Sibo reacted for a long time: "Commander, are you saying? They don't want us to fail!"

"Yes, we will be under the greatest pressure from Albion... So as long as we are in Nanyang for one day, Miss Chen can sleep peacefully... Isn't these damn Albion gentlemen just taking away most of the Nanyang? Why do you have to mobilize so much? Isn't it better to hand Nanyang over to me and have afternoon tea happily together?"

Fu Sbo finally understood what Xiao Diji meant, and he quickly said: "It seems that we must gather troops quickly to repair the war-damaged warships to deal with the attacks of the Albion people... After all, it will take a long time for them to rush from Albion to the Indian Ocean..."

During the ninety years of the Republic of China, the Suetu Canal had not been completed, so it was a painful and long journey for Albion to cross half of the earth to the east. Moreover, Albion and Cape troops who had traveled for a long time would rest in various ports in India for a period of time, and for the Second Fleet, every minute was precious.

But Xiao Diji just asked to himself, "How many warships and troops do we have in Taiwan?"

Fu Sbo knew that Xiao Diji was very clear about the answer. He replied: "Even if we added the troops and warships transferred from the reserve to active service, we can only barely defend Taiwan's troops. But Mo Di led the northern expedition at this time, so we must maintain enough troops in Taiwan... Also, the construction of the new warships we built, especially the ironclad ships, was very unsuccessful..."

"As for Mo Di, he does not have the courage to attack Taiwan for the time being... I hope our warship construction speed can be accelerated! As for the army, we can only find a way through Liu Jingxiao. I hope the Shen family's fleet can also send all their newly built warships to Nanyang... It seems that on some issues, we have to make concessions to the Shen family..."

The quarrel between the two allies never stopped from the beginning to the end. The two sides had fundamental conflicts of interest on many issues. For example, for the spoils on the "Olympia", the Shen family and the Second Fleet had a fierce conflict. The Jiang supervising officer fought for the interests of the Shen family. After the war, he believed that the ship was under the command of the Shen family, so half of the spoils belonged to the Shen family, and the rest could belong to the Second Fleet.

Of course, Duncan and the "Jingqing" refused. According to the rules of the Second Fleet, a considerable part of the spoil belongs to the crew. For example, the captain will receive one-eighth of the spoil, or in other words, if all this silver belongs to the Second Fleet, Duncan himself will receive 600,000 ounces of silver, and according to the rules of Jiang's commander, he will lose 300,000 ounces.

But now, Xiao Diji had to make concessions, and 2.4 million ounces of silver were handed over to the Shen family. However, in the distribution of spoils, an extremely fierce civil war had already started on the "Jingqing". The acting captain Duncan was on one side and the former captain Hua Yueying was on the other side, and the two sides had a intensive battle.

The focus of the fire exchange between the two sides was: "Who is the captain of Jingqing?" This question is related to the ownership of 300,000 ounces of silver, and both of them believed that they were the real captains.

Duncan himself believed: "I am the hero captain who is truly commanding the battle. The timid Hua Yueying escaped first as soon as he heard about the war... Later, we forced him to board the ship and just shrank on the deck and made no contribution in the battle..."

Hua Yueying believed: "Only me, and only me, is the only legal captain appointed by Commander-in-Chief Xiao Diji. During the entire battle, his calmness and calmness infected the entire ship and made the greatest contribution to seizing the spoils..."

In addition to these two, Bai Siwen also has his own opinion: "I think the 300,000 ounces should belong to me. His performance was the most outstanding in the battle, and these two guys who claim to be captains performed very unbearable..."

So the three parties launched an internal strife. Bai Siwen was good at arousing public sympathy and held many press conferences to gain sympathy from the news media. Hua Yueying was good at writing black materials. Xiao Diji's desk was filled with his accusation materials, all of which were bloody. Of course, Hua Yueying was a little dizzy, so he ate roast chicken every day and wrote quickly.

As for Duncan, he was good at uniting the forces that could unite and promised everyone the benefits. Most of the people on the "Jingqing" warship turned to support Duncan.

The result was that no one could get the money in a short period of time. Not only that, after Duncan and his friends had a fuss for a month, Xiao Diji encountered a tight position problem, so he borrowed the spoil. As for Duncan and his friends' interests, Xiao Diji also made a clear decision: each person would pay a thousand to two thousand oceans, and the rest were patriotic and interest-free savings, and they would be collected after the war.

The three of them looked at each other speechlessly, and they also wrote articles to attack each other, so there are three completely different statements on the market about capturing the "Olympia", so that you can't believe that this is the same battle.

"Liu Jingxiao... Maybe I am a loser in the love field, and I am also a loser in the battlefield... But no matter what... I'm fighting..."

Although the weather was cold, Lin Yichen, who had taken on the heavy responsibility for the first time, was still sweating with nervousness. He silently repeated his oath in his heart.

This brigade responsible for the hijacking rear is a pure garbage unit, almost all new recruits. There are only two battalions of the entire brigade composed of combat-capable veterans, but no matter what, this unit is standing here now.

"Here..." Without reporting, the dense sound of cannons had already told Lin Yichen everything. He shouted: "Don't be nervous... prepare for the battle..."

After the dense sound of cannons, Liu Jingxiao's infantry jumped out of the fortification and rushed up with a sharp bayonet. The soldiers kept shouting: "The enemy is coming... The enemy is coming..."

Lin Yichen had to personally take on the role of commanding the front line of the battlefield, and he shouted: "Prepare to fight...kill them..."

Both sides fired volleyballs almost at the same time. Under the intensive shooting, the soldiers snorted softly and fell to the ground. Liu Jingxiao's troops carried out the advantages of extremely high firing speed to the extreme. Although they were at a disadvantage in military strength, he skillfully used a snare to retreat the bullet and reload the bullet and fire, shouting, and even gaining an advantage in the firepower deployment.

Lin Yichen's troops were as new as Dingbian Army back then, so the officers had to lead the team themselves. If the officers collapsed, the entire army would also be over. However, under Lin Yichen's injection, the officer's performance exceeded his expectations. Everyone shouted, while standing up and shouting: "Catch them back..."

The continuous range is the process of moving forward in hell. Under the dense rain of bullets, people stumbled on the ground at every moment, composing a bloody music on the ground with their lives. The military musicians beside Lin Yichen had already fallen to the ground, and the military flag bearer Lian Yi and the other two. At this moment, the military flag bearer fell to the ground and cried bitterly. Lin Yichen jumped up in person, grabbed the military flag and waved it hard, and the morale of the troops was greatly boosted.

"White soldiers fight..." Liu Jingxiao's troops, who had no choice but to enter hand-to-hand combat in advance, fought together and solved the problem with bayonets, but they chose to break through the position. They happened to hit a veteran battalion of the Fengtian army. The two sides fought together, and no one was willing to retreat. The battle was quite intense. One company that rushed in was almost injured. Three platoon leaders killed two people and seriously injured one person. After the battle, there were only ten people left. The company commander was rescued from the dead.

The Feng Army battalion also paid a heavy price, and their casualties were even greater than those of the coalition forces. The result of the battle was that both sides could hardly support such heavy casualties at the same time, and they retreated slightly.

During the battle, the vanguard of the coalition forces launched many attacks, but they were all repelled by Lin Yichen. The battle was so fierce that Sima Kan had to admit: "Although the enemy has some new recruits, the combat effectiveness is also strong... Our army cannot underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Feng army..."

According to the war history compiled by Bai Siwen, it is believed that: "Our army's pursuit is unstoppable, and the only strong resistance we encountered comes from the Feng army Lin Yichen Brigade (Note: The brigade was Zhang Buyun's guard brigade, equivalent to a reinforcement division). Although it became a war of attrition in the early stage of the battle, after we adjusted and deployed, we quickly destroyed Zhang Buyun's heart-wrenching treasure..."

But in fact, it took Sima Kan a day and a half to solve Lin Yichen's brigade, and he also paid the price of thousands of casualties. The detailed report of the battle of the participating troops had to be evaluated: "This unit has a strong combat effectiveness and will not collapse if its troops are at the advantage..."

Lin Yichen's strong resistance made Chen Sheng's troops calmly withdraw from Anhui Province. Although many small troops were annihilated by Sima Kan during the pursuit, Chen Sheng's troops basically preserved a complete system. When they entered Anhui, there were more than 48,000 people and more than 42,000 people left Anhui.

After quitting Anhui, it was already Chen Yunjie's territory. Chen Sheng had no intention of challenging the leader of the Zhijun, saying that this time it was just a "fake road". The troops advanced along Pinghan Road. Although there were twists and turns along the way, some troops mutiny and soldiers fled, but overall they were all in danger. The entire army returned to North China smoothly.

However, Zhang Buyun's plan to manage the Southeast failed so far. Not only that, after seeing Liu Jingxiao easily defeating more than 100,000 Fengtian troops in Jiangxi and Anhui provinces, he generally held a contemptuous attitude towards the Fengtian troops.

Jinan.

Liu Jingxiao looked at Xu Qiaozhi who was gently pressing her belly with a smile, and her eyes looked very gentle. He whispered: "Qiaozhi, what do you want to eat? I'll run out to buy it for you..."

Xu Qiaozhi also felt Liu Jingxiao's love, responded, and said, "No need... your injury has not healed yet... To be honest, you don't need to accompany me now, you have to have a good rest by yourself..."

Liu Jingxiao said loudly: "A father always needs to take more responsibility! Besides, my injury is not serious. Look at Ding Ning, now he can ride a horse..."

After a little slowing down, Liu Jingxiao lowered her head, but her eyes were secretly staring at Xu Qiaozhi: "By the way, tell you the truth... Our troops are fighting Lin Yichen..."

There was no fluctuation on Xu Qiaozhi's face. She was more concerned about the little life in her belly. Liu Jingxiao continued: "Lin Yichen fought very hard, Sima reported fighting very hard, and now he took it down, but he couldn't find Lin Yichen's shadow, he could not see anyone in his life, and he would not see the corpse in his life... I guess he had successfully broken out..."

Seeing Xu Qiaozhi responding casually, Liu Jingxiao was secretly happy, and Xu Qiaozhi's heart was still tied to him.

Of course, human wisdom is infinite. Lin Yichen's breakthrough is very legendary. After the troops collapsed, he took off his military uniform and fled on the spot. He soon ran away with the guards and ran into a nearby temple.

As the pursuers approached, Lin Yichen simply shaved off his hair, put on a monk's robes, chanted Buddha's name in the Buddhist temple and ate vegetarian food. He was completely a monk who was tired of the world. After six or seven days, the wind was getting louder and louder, he was ready to say goodbye.

The temple host felt that Lin Yichen had a very wise and understood Buddhist principles during these days, so he asked Lin Yichen to formally orphan. Lin Yichen replied: "The worldly relationship has not yet been completed, and his wish has not been fulfilled..."

He returned to North China and apologized to Zhang Buyun, saying that he had lost a brigade. Zhang Buyun did not blame him, but instead patted his shoulder and praised him, "I know, this time you fought a tough battle, even Liu Jingxiao praised you very much. I have prepared a brigade for you, all of which are veterans of our Fengtian Army. You should take office immediately!"

Lin Yichen was naturally very grateful.

Liu Jingxiao made new moves here. He ordered Sima Kan: "After you get Long, look at Shu again..."

This is very obvious. He said: "We spent a lot of money on our troops this time. We cannot return empty-handed. We must grab more territory and come back..."

Sima Kan immediately overturned the Anhui governor Hu Jieru and asked him to choose one between the governor and the governor. Hu Jieru saw it clearly. He said: "If you serve as the governor, the army has no source of food and salary, the position of this governor will naturally not be stable. If you serve as the governor and have no support from the troops, the governor will have to step down..."

However, Sima found a single choice question, so he could only choose to succeed the general and hand over the civil affairs. After more than a month, the three divisions under his command began to make a fuss and collectively opposed Hu. Hu Jieru had no choice but to agree to Liu Jingxiao as the special consultant of the coalition headquarters, leaving Anhui and going to Jinan to take office.

Sima Kan, who was behind Hu Jieru, was going to solve the huge enemy Han Zhiguo in Huai.
Chapter completed!