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Chapter 570 Firepower Display and Guests from Beihai Town

With the successful end of the Qing army's armed parade, Fan led the armoured vehicle troops and 4,000 infantrymen, crossed the trenches and headed southward, capturing more than 3,100 Khalkha Mongols.

Most of these Mongolian soldiers were frightened by armored vehicles, and many people even forgot to escape. Until the rumbling armored vehicles stopped in front of the horse and the North Navy jumped out of the car shouting that they would not kill them, many people still looked devastated, and some people were even scared to the point of shit and pee.

In the next hour, Fan Tong and the others never encountered resistance from the trenches to the Qing army camp. When the troops arrived at the Qing army camp located at the Taradoland Station, they saw that there was a mess inside and outside the camp, and there were even a lot of white silver and a large amount of cloth scattered on the ground. The scene was indescribable.

From the time of dispatch to the end of the mission, the armored troops fired two guns, which made Fan Tong very bored. But when he remembered that the first time tanks appeared on the Somme battlefield in another space, the Germans with modern weapons were also desperately fleeing. In this way, the great collapse of the Qing army was nothing.

In order to fully vent his unwillingness, Fan Tong immediately asked Zhao Xin on a walkie-talkie, preparing to leave an infantry regiment to clean the battlefield. He himself wanted to lead the convoy and another regiment to enter ten miles from the south of the Kutuldolan Station to give the Qing army a "firepower display".

"...Boss Zhao, I also know that shells are quite expensive, but I feel so nervous if I don't come. You have to let me have a good time, right?"

"Yeah..." The walkie-talkie was silent for a while, and then Zhao Xin said: "Then let's fight for one minute, and each car will give you a quota of 200 grenades!"

Things in this world have always been "no brooms can't fall off, no dust can fall off." In order to let the Qing army have a good understanding of the firepower of the North Navy and can no longer have the confidence to dare to drum in front of each other, Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng discussed it and then agreed to Fan Tong's idea.

After receiving the order, Fan Tong did not let the armored vehicles attack immediately. He first ordered Pan Xiucheng's third regiment to send a company to serve as a reconnaissance force. The purpose of this guy was to eliminate the Qing army provocateurs responsible for the palace, so as to form a battlefield cover and prevent them from going back to report their messages.

More than three hours later, when Fan Tong received a report from the front that the provoy sent by the Qing army had been resolved, he immediately ordered the armored troops to be dispatched and arrived ten miles away from the Kutuldolan Station to the south.

At this time, night had already fallen, and a crescent moon had just risen in the sky, half-disappearing among the slowly moving clouds, reflecting the Gobi wilderness in darkness. Dark clouds, moonlight and light fog surrounded the Qing army camp with lighted lights of fire. The flames blown by the wind appeared in the telescope's vision, much like the mass of phosphorus fires in the cemetery.

As Fan Tong issued a shooting order, nearly fifty machine guns on armored vehicles were fired at the uninhabited wilderness four kilometers away. Dozens of red bullets drew bright trajectories in the air like meteors; 30mm shells roared towards the target area at a speed of 3 to 4 rounds per second, and the explosion of fire made the ground in the distance boil.

Tens of thousands of Qing troops ran for a day, and had reached the limit of 60 miles, and they were exhausted. Many people went to bed early after dinner at dusk, without any preparation. When the sound of cannons that were enough to shake the sky and the earth sounded, they instantly exploded. Poor these Qing troops came here for a long distance and had not eaten vegetables for another month or two. Many people were snatched by chicken eyes, and at night they were like blind people, running around in the camp without any brains.

General Xingzhao of Suiyuan faced the camp, knowing that even if he killed someone and established his authority, he could only wait for dawn. So he rode south under the crowd of one hundred personal soldiers. When he rode his horse up to a hill, he saw dark stars and moons everywhere, and black shadows could be seen everywhere, calling, crying, greeting, screaming, screaming, and screaming accidentally being trampled by horses, and the collision of weapons meeting mixed together.

The one-minute shelling passed quickly, but the chaos of the Qing army in the south did not stop. Fan Tong looked at it with an infrared telescope for a while, laughed a few times before ordering all vehicles to turn around quickly and return to Taradoland Station in a row.

The roar ended until dawn the next day. It came suddenly and went suddenly. Tens of thousands of people stretched south from the Kutuledoland Station for more than twenty miles, and seemed to be unable to see the end. Many were barefoot, dressed in disheveled, and didn't even take weapons. After a night of fright, they were trembling with cold. Some were tired of running and lying on the ground, some were sleeping prone, kneeling half-bearing with swords and guns, sitting back to back, and all kinds of strange things were everywhere. There were overturned grain trucks parked on the ground, and the grain bags on them had fallen on the ground; a trampled flag full of big footprints was raised again, and was blown by the cold morning breeze...

When Agui, who was at the Bolueba Station, learned about this, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He had to temporarily stop the retreat of the south, send people to gather the defeated troops, and at the same time wrote a letter of guilt to Qianlong. Fortunately, the Northern Navy did not arrest the Qing army, which was whistling at night, otherwise more than half of the more than 20,000 people would not be able to come back.

The Qing army retreated, but the Beihai Army's affairs were not over yet. Liu Sheng and Fan Tong had to lead their troops to Ulyasutai, 1,200 kilometers away, while Zhao Xin had to bring a regiment and relevant logistics personnel to build a military station near the Taradoland Station. This was the only node that guarded the Kulun South Road and the Altai Army's Taiwan Line. At least one battalion of troops must be placed in the future, and sufficient food and ammunition and medicine must be stored, and it must be built firmly.

Eight days later, Fukangan, who was urgently recalled by Qianlong from the Chechen Khan tribe, finally arrived at Rehe. He rushed along the way, traveling day and night; even Fukangan, who was sitting in the sedan chair, was sore all over, not to mention the thirty-six sedan chairmen who carried him the sedan chair and the 1,500 elite cavalrymen who accompanied him.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The group of people had already passed Weizheng when they arrived at Rehe. Fu Kangan asked his personal soldiers to lead the Sauron soldiers and Barhu soldiers to the camp outside the city, and then went straight to Lizheng Gate.

Although it was late autumn outside the pass, Qianlong had not returned to Beijing. According to convention, he set off at the turn of June and July every year. He first stayed at the Summer Palace for a while, and waited for August and September to join the Mulan in the surrounding area, and then went back to the Summer Palace. In September and October, he returned to Beijing and stayed in the Summer Palace.

Qianlong, who was having dinner in the west of Yanbo Zhishuang Palace, heard that Fukang'an had arrived, immediately pointed outside and said, "Call in!"

Fu Kangan almost trotted in all the way. When he arrived at the door of Xizhaojian, he knelt on the ground with his knees, and kowtowed while choking, "Master... I miss the dead slave! Are you in good health?"

Qianlong hadn't seen Fu Kang'an for several years. Seeing him like this, he felt a little sad, but he smiled and said, "Stand up! I'm planning on the road mileage. You should have arrived at Rehe no matter what. Isn't it easy to walk on the road?"

While he was talking, he looked at Fu Kangan. Seeing that his figure was no longer as tall as before, there were more white hair on his braids than before; there were a few more wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and even dark circles appeared. He couldn't help but sigh: "I'm not thankful for your hard work in Jilin for the past two years! Let's have a meal with me. Come and give Fu Kangan a seat!"

Fu Kangan grew up in the palace since he was a child. He had eaten with Qianlong for many times. He was not so embarrassed. He sat down and washed his hands openly. After Qianlong moved his chopsticks first, he picked up a small elephant-eyed steamed bun and ate it with the fresh mushrooms in front of him. Seeing that he was eating sweetly, Qianlong asked the eunuch to bring over a bowl of chicken silk bird's nest soup in front of him.

After dinner, he removed the table and served tea again. Qianlong asked about the situation in Jilin and Qiqihar. After Fu Kangan replied one by one, he asked the eunuch to show Fu Kangan the memorials of Baotai and Yamantai, the ministers in Tibet.

Fu Kangan took it with both hands, and when he finished reading it at a glance, he understood Qianlong's intention to ask him to come back, and then said, "The small country, how dare you rob and hide the enemy? The slave asked to lead his troops to fight to share the worries of the master!"

Qianlong said: "No hurry, there is another letter here. You can read it first."

When the eunuch took over a locked sandalwood box, Qianlong took out the key from his waist and opened it, and Zhao Xin's letter was placed inside.

When Fu Kangan took it and opened it and saw the look on it, he was immediately shocked. After he finished reading the contents inside, an incredible look appeared in his eyes.

Qianlong coughed lightly and asked all the eunuchs and palace maids in the hall to retreat. Then he said in a deep voice: "It is related to the Qing Dynasty. In addition to me and you, this letter has also been Heshen and his butler Liu Quan. You must not mention it to outsiders. You should first plan what you need and tell Heshen. In the future, you will ask Liu Quan to come forward if you contact the pirates in Beihai. He will also transport the things to Xi'an."

Fu Kangan quickly put the letter back into the box, swayed the horse's hooves, leaned over and kowtowed, "Yeah!"

On the morning of October 25, 1791, the Thor, who had been away from Beihai Town for a year, and two mainframe sailboats, were pulled by three tow barges, slowly sailed into Whale Bay with the whistling sea breeze.

Deng Fei in the cockpit saw the crowds of people waving on the shore, and somehow felt like "the wanderer went home". It has been almost eight years since he came to this era, and he has regarded Beihai Town as his second hometown.

There are two wharfs adjacent to the South China Sea in Beihai Town. The Whale Bay on the west is for civilian use, while the Dolphin Bay on the east is for military use. Because Hunchun has been taken down, Vladivostok, which was previously a small fishing village, and Mokuowei in the southeast of Hunchun City have also been included in the development plan for next year by the Civil Affairs.

At the end of the 19th century in another time and space, the Kanto people had a saying that "running to Weizi", which refers to going to these two places to go fishing and trade. Vladivostok's status is self-evident. Although there is a freezing period in winter, it is definitely a natural deep-water port. Although the hydrological conditions of Mokuowei are not as good as the former, it was the starting point for the Qing army to inspect the fourteen islands in the South China Sea, and it was the key to guarding the estuary of the Tumen River.

According to the plan, Thor and the company should come back in late September to arrange an overhaul. The Zheng Yi fleet, which could replace them, did not arrive in Nanyang until the end of September because they helped He Xiwen encircle and suppress the remnants of Shimazu family.

In addition, Deng Fei and his team went north to pick up people, and then stayed for two days while passing through Ryukyu. In addition to visiting Shang Wen, the heir who had just recovered from serious illness, they also had a friendly conversation with Cai Shichang, who served as the Third Office. Hearing that Deng Fei and his team were going back to Beihai Town, Cai Shichang immediately proposed to send a "Thank You Envoy" to go north together and express his gratitude to Zhao Xin.

Although Ryukyu experienced a war and the Shuri Palace was also destroyed, the country's trade rights and control rights have been taken back, and it has completely gotten rid of its identity as a vassal state, and no longer has to pay the annual "payment" of 1,000 stones of grain to the Shimazu family. This alone has been recreated by Beihai Town for Ryukyu. In addition, the North Navy's military doctors completely cured Shang Wen's typhoid fever, which is another great favor.

As mentioned before, the political structure of the Ryukyu Kingdom was hereditary system, and only people from the four places, Shuri, Bo, Naha, and Jiumi, could become officials, but senior officials were all controlled by the four major surnames Xiang, Weng, Mao, and Ma. Among them, Xiang was actually Shang, and Weng, Mao, and Ma Sanjia intermarried with Shang from generation to generation.

However, after the end of a war of quelling the rebellion, the four surnames suffered heavy losses. Many people died in the war because they depended on the Shimazu family. The Cai, Zheng, Lin and Cheng families from Kume Village took the opportunity to rise.

Seeing that the situation was stronger than the people, He Xiwen was supported by the back, Xiang, Weng, Mao and Ma families had to bow their heads. After some discussion, the eight gentry families re-divided the "cake". The Shang family continued to serve as the first-rank supervisor. Cai Shichang legitimately became the third-rank official of the first-rank official and served as the national teacher, responsible for teaching the young Shang Wen; at the same time, the people from the other three Jiumi Villages also jumped from being a low-ranking official family to a hereditary high-ranking official family.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! The person who went north with Deng Fei as the "Thank You Envoy" was Cai Shichang's deputy, Zheng Zhangguan, the second-rank "San Si Guan Zufu". In addition to thanking him, this person also has an important mission to investigate Beihai Town and determine whether it is worth changing his door and hugging his thighs immediately.

After the Thunder God entered the port and steadily lowered the gangway, the bustling crowds of people climbed onto the dock one after another. After a cordial greeting with Chen Qingsong, Yu Deli and others who were coming to greet him, he got on a four-wheeled carriage in the bitter cold wind and hurried towards his respective destinations.

Among these people were Li Wenyue and Peter, who were entrusted by the Governor of the French East India Company and Nguyen Phuc Ying to discuss the expansion of cooperation with Beihai Town; there were missions from Ryukyu; there were Ye fathers and sons from Hoi An and several merchants from Mingxiang Society; there were also Jiang Fan, Zhong Huai, who were tanned and dark, and six or seven students who were collected in Nanyang by the two.

You should know that since Beihai Town was founded, there have never been so many visitors. Although Deng Fei sent a telegram in advance, the Civil Affairs Bureau was still busy to arrange their respective residences.

After almost everyone on the boat got off, the crowd and carriages greeted on the dock were all gone. More than ten minutes later, a shiny black and shiny four-wheeled carriage with a golden North Navy emblem on the door, followed by a large four-wheeled carriage that could be seated for sixteen people. After a while, the two cars stopped steadily next to the gangway of the Thor.

After a while, a group of people walked down from the Thor, and Deng Fei was the leader. Beside the guards, there were seven or eight women who followed him and men carrying luggage.

When these people walked down the gangway, the driver of the black-painted carriage had already opened the car door and put down the pedals. When Deng Fei helped a young woman wrapped in a thick fur walk to the front of the car, the woman looked around curiously and said softly: "Master, is this Beihai Town?"

"This is Whale Bay Wharf, and it's still a long way from Beihai Town. Get on the bus now. The weather in Beihai Town is different from that in the south. It's so cold in winter, so don't get sick."

After Deng Fei and the woman entered the carriage one after another, several guards called others to get on the carriage with their luggage. As the carriage started, Deng Fei reached out to cover the young woman's slender hands and kept breathing heat, and asked with concern: "Is it cold?"

The young woman smiled and said, "Fortunately, this is the first time I have worn a fur with her so old, which is very warm."

"How is it? Are you still uncomfortable?"

"I'm much better, so don't worry."

"Go home and have a good rest and take you to the hospital for a checkup tomorrow."

The young woman looked out the window curiously, and buildings with strange but unknown appearances flew past her eyes quickly, and she couldn't help but murmur: "So this is the North."

This person is the woman who came from the Chen family in Jiading, Annan, and was sent to Deng Fei and was named "Princess Zhenli" by Ruan Phoenix. Her name is Chen Yuwan.
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