The plague spread very quickly. On August 6, a plague broke out in Nagasaki, Japan, on August 12, on Osaka, on August 17, on Vladivostok, and on August 24, despite the Yalu River, the plague broke out in Dandong.

For Zhao Gang, he did not want to bury the body at that time, but he did not want to create a big plague, but because of the urgent time and Zhao Gang's understanding of the war was not comprehensive. After all, the plague was not selective. Fortunately, the northeast was vast and sparsely populated at this time, and the plague could not be spread through the crowd. After half a month, the epidemic in Dandong was controlled. Zhao Gang believed that the Japanese army would not invade the Northeast in the short term, so he led most of his troops to Lushun and shifted the military focus to Lushun.

The plague also disrupted Russia's military dispatch. Russia hurriedly retreated its personnel, preparing to wait for the plague to subside before making plans.

The Germans' situation was even more embarrassing. The first batch of personnel were almost in Hong Kong and had to stay in Hong Kong. The first batch of strategic materials were sent to Lushun at the strong request of the commander of the Qing Dynasty Navy Scher. This included a batch of large-caliber shells, a considerable amount of ship repair materials, the most precious Japanese ship information collected by the Germans, and the corresponding tactics.

After arriving in Lushun, Zhao Gang learned all the naval battles at that time, and couldn't help but sigh that sometimes the inertia of history is very strong! Before Ding Ruchang went to war, Zhao Gang once asked someone to tell Ding Ruchang that the entire Japanese warship might attack. However, the final result was not very different. The incident of Japanese torpedo boat attacking Dingyuan occurred in Lushun in advance, causing the two largest pillars of the Beiyang Fleet to sink.

The most important thing at this time is to restore the morale of the soldiers of the Beiyang Fleet. Zhao Gang was determined to inspect the soldiers of the Beiyang Fleet after the defeat. That morning, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and Zhao Gang and several personal guards dressed as sellers and entered the Beiyang Fleet's base camp.

As he walked along, Zhao Gang's face became increasingly ugly. Most of the soldiers in the barracks were drinking and gambling cards, and some of them were empty, and it was obvious that they had gone there to fool around.

In a blink of an eye, another camp was passed, and there were several people playing cards. Zhao Gang was unhappy and wanted to walk away. A sailor inside found Zhao Gang. He stood up and shouted:

"Do you have any good things for the seller? Let me show you?"

Zhao Gang didn't know how to sell goods? A clever guard on the side took the goods and introduced a few things to the sailor.

Finally, the sailor bought a few pieces of cooked food and paid a tael of silver. The guard was a little embarrassed and didn't even lead the copper selves with him, so he couldn't find it. The sailor just gave up seeing this and asked Zhao Gang and others to find change in the future.

Zhao Gang was a little surprised and asked:

"What do you call this brother? I'll find money for you in the future."

The sailor smiled: "My name is Gu Yulin, from Beigou Village, Weihai, first-class gunner of Laiyuan Ship. These are my brothers, the ones who leaned aside are Chen Xuehai, Weihai, and second-class sailors of Laiyuan Ship. On my right are Miao Xiushan, Liugongdao, and third-class sailors. If you want to come over, just find them."

After saying this, Gu Yulin sighed and took a sip of wine.

Zhao Gang asked, "Why did Brother Gu sigh? Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. I think you are all warriors and will definitely defeat the Japanese devils in the future."

Gu Yulin smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, you haven't experienced that naval battle and don't understand the situation, so if you understand the situation, you wouldn't say that. Most of them are just like us and waiting to die."

Zhao Gang pretended to be curious and asked: "I heard from others that the situation of the last naval battle is similar to the Japanese, but Ding Junmen commanded blindly and ended up losing. What is going on? Can Brother Gu tell me about it?"

Gu Yulin was angry and didn't have any trouble, so he started talking:

"There are two sentences in the Navy: "Seven towns, eight faraways and one great prosperity, and super bravery to show their power and Caojiang."

"The main ship, there are these two sentences."

The "seven towns" include the east, west, south, north, middle, edge, and sea, all of which are small gunboats.

The "Eight Fars" include Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, Yueyuan, Zhiyuan, Jingyuan, Jiyuan, Pingyuan, are all big ships. "Kang" is Kangji.

There are more than fifty people on each ship in the "Seven Towns", each with seven cannons. One cannon on the bow of the ship is a cannon, and the rest are small cannons.

There are two or three hundred people on each boat in the "Bayuan". Among them, Dingyuan and Zhenyuan have the largest number, with more than 300 people each.

Chaoy, Yang Wei is an old ship, and when he fires a cannon, he will directly drop rust.

Guangjia, Guangyi and Guangchuang were transferred from the Nanyang Navy.”

Gu Yulin's first words were clearly stated, and Zhao Gang nodded secretly in his heart. Except for Guang A, Guang B, and Guang C who remembered the others incorrectly, they were not bad at all. This person is obviously not an ordinary person and is worthy of training.

Gu Yulin continued to talk

"As soon as I got on the boat, I was on the boat. The owner of the ship was named Qiu. On June 15th, Admiral Ding received a telegram from Li Zhongtang and ordered him to set off on the 18th to escort the army to Dadonggou. Admiral Ding was afraid that the ship would be slow to make trouble, so he set off at 2:00 on the afternoon of the 16th. The navy went to a total of eighteen boats and escorted five troops to carry twelve battalions (note: it should be eight battalions, each battalion of five hundred people). At one o'clock in the night of the 17th, he arrived at Dadonggou. The next day, he started to unload troops early in the morning. At eight o'clock, the main ship Dingyuan hung a dragon flag and prepared to return to the voyage. The lunch started at half past 11:00, and the food was set on the deck, and the Japanese ship was approaching."

Zhao Gang heard this and asked, "How is Ding Junmen's reaction?"

Gu Yulin was stunned, thought for a while and replied:

"I'm also surprised by this. The Dingyuan ship was in the back position at that time, and we came to the Yuan ship to the front. As a result, the Dingyuan ship was the first to discover the Japanese fleet. It was really weird? Later, I thought this was strange, so I asked Liu Damazi, the sailor on the Dingyuan ship."

Zhao Gang asked again: "What did he say?"

"He said that there was an intern from the Navy School on the Dingyuan ship. He first discovered the Japanese ship and immediately notified the ships with flag words. Later, the Japanese ship came and shot and hit the bridge. The intern was killed. I don't think these things are that simple, but the sailor told me that I wouldn't ask about this matter anymore, so I won't ask."

"At that time, I saw Dingyuan hang up the "Three Seven Nine" flag and order each ship to live ammunition to prepare for battle. So, our ten ships lined up in a row, and then they formed a herringbone formation and rushed straight towards the enemy ship. Dingyuan fired the first shot first, and the other ships opened fire. Then they started to rumble.

"At that time, the brothers on the ship were very energetic and wanted to fight with the Japanese. No coward. Wang Fuqing and I carried the shells, and they wanted to lift them too much, so they ran away on their shoulders. We didn't expect any danger. We were carrying a shell, and it exploded nearby. I hung up the color. Under the crotch, we asked the shells to peel off a piece of meat, tested the second-class injury, and rewarded thirty taels of silver."

Chen Xuehai, who was standing beside him, joked: "Brother Gu, you didn't destroy your cannon."

Everyone laughed and laughed, Gu Yulin said with a blushing face:

"Damn, I don't even have a single ball of hair. If you don't believe me, I'll know if you ask your girl to come and accompany me all night." Everyone laughed, Chen Xuehai's face turned red, and he suffered a secret loss.

Seeing that everyone stopped laughing, Gu Yulin continued to talk again

"In the eight major boats, Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, Zhiyuan, Jingyuan, Jingyuan, and Laiyuan were all very good. The Japanese main ship, Dasongdao, caught fire, and all the cannons on the boat were mute. Shu Jiyuan was unable to fight. The owner of Jiyuan was surnamed Huang, a bear egg bag, and he was afraid of death. He just wanted to avoid shells and ran around the sea. When the brothers of each ship saw it, all of them were angry and scolded fiercely: "The weasel running all over the sea!" Later, the owner of Jiyuan did not obey the order and turned the rudder.

Running to Shibajia Island, he sank Yang Wei in panic. After he did this, the fleet formation became chaotic. Dingyuan and Zhenyuan suddenly entered the encirclement of the Japanese fleet. The enemy had so many cannons and the ship was full of fire. The owner of Zhiyuan ship Deng Bandanzi was really good. Seeing that Dingyuan was at risk, he saw that Yoshino was the most powerful in the Japanese ship. He wanted to die with it, so he ran his horse and ran forward with all his strength. Unfortunately, he was hit by thunder and was seriously injured and had to withdraw from the battlefield."

"But his rush to the point that scared Yoshino and the other ships so much that he didn't dare to get close to him. Maybe he might be in trouble!"

"At this time, the Japanese devils had the upper hand. Their shells were fast, our speed was slow, and they all used black fire. They were not as strong as Huang fire, and they could not sink them, and they would not sink us for a while. But at this time, a strange scene appeared in the Japanese fleet."

"The Japanese home team seemed to be heading behind us and joining the guerrillas, but for some reason, the guerrillas that were attacking behind us suddenly turned around, turned around more than a dozen points of rostral points (i.e., 180-degree large rotation), and after throwing out a large circle, they drove from the outside of the Japanese team to the left wing of the Beiyang Fleet, which was exactly contrary to their team."

"This is not the end. After two Japanese fleets almost passed by, the guerrilla team turned a 180-degree bend to catch up with it. I was very nervous at that time, and I was really afraid that they would play beautifully in front of us and it was really successful. Then I had to run away immediately. We had never thought about this level. Let alone try it."

"But soon we could see that the Japanese could not complete such a move. The guerrillas sailed outside the Japanese warship. The people running in the inner circle ran one step, while the people in the outer circle had to run two or three steps. The guerrillas saw that they could not catch up, so they had to follow behind the team."

"In this hour, the speed of this guerrilla team changed from 14 knots to 12 knots, and then from 12 knots to 15 knots, and then from 15 knots to 10 knots. I think their mechanics were exhausted and half dead. The Japanese fleet was only exerted half of the firepower. At that time, Ichidao was hit by our long ship with one shot. It might have detonated the firehouse and suddenly sank. When it was close, I saw that the wrecked land was so big that nothing came out. The Japanese were panicked at that time, and the formation was loose, far away from us."

"After just a tossing, at around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Pingyuan, Guangbing, Zhennan, Zhenzhong and four torpedo boats also left the port to participate in the battle. When the Japanese saw that the situation was not good, they turned around and fled southeast. Our boat chased for dozens of nautical miles at the stern, because the speed was slower than the Japanese boat. If they didn't catch up, they would stop. Back to Lushun, it was already six o'clock in the evening. We lost three boats in total. The previous Zhiyuan was on the tiger reef three miles outside Lushun and sank. Guangjia was hit by the 320mm shells from Songdo, and the power of being sunk. Japan also sank two, Itsuki and another troop transport ship."

"At that time, I felt that I had won, so I wrote a memorial to report the victory, each of whom was rewarded with half a month's salary. Unexpectedly, at night, the Japanese sent six torpedo boats in. Zhenyuan won three Dingyuan won five, and sinking into the port. Dingjunmen, Deputy General Liu, and Deputy General Lin saw that things were bad, so they took the big smoke that night. Dingjunmen was not ineffective in the medicine, so they carried it on the spirit bed and struggled to sit up. At that time, Sa Zhenbing was guarding him and asked him to drink some big smoke, and then he died. When Dingjunmen died, I was standing guard outside the door and saw it very clearly."

Speaking of this, Gu Yulin finally couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Our Ding Junmen is not afraid of death when fighting, but in the end he was forced to die by those people. At that time, he struggled from the spirit bed. I knew he didn't want to die, but he didn't die. His eighty-year-old mother had to die, and all four sons and more than a dozen grandsons had to die. He died in the end, so he had to drink some more opium."

A gust of wind came, causing Gu Yulin's cry to come from afar. At some point, those decadent Beiyang sailors gathered at the door, with sobs.

Zhao Gang sang slowly with tears in his eyes

All the honors yesterday have become distant memories.

I have been working hard for half my life, and I have entered the storm again tonight.

I cannot follow the waves and give my loved ones to my love.

No matter how hard or difficult it is, you must be strong, just for those looking forward to your eyes.

If the heart is in the dream, there is true love between heaven and earth

It's just a heroic life to see success or failure.
Chapter completed!