Chapter 33: The sound of cannons a hundred and five years ago (Part 2)

More than a dozen sailors were desperately slamming the wooden pulp in their hands, and with the shouting of the little military officer standing in front of the sampan, they rose and fell neatly. Every wave splashed snow-white waves, and everyone used all their strength.

The only imperial envoy in the Qing Dynasty!

Every sailor has full respect in his eyes. For these people who lick blood on their heads and live a monotonous and boring life under severe punishments all day long, and are quite harsh for civilians, it is very simple to see people.

Have a species, or have no species.

Xu Yifan and a few dozen people rushed out of the Sishui mob. The imperial envoy's flag did not fall and saved thousands of compatriots from the Chinese community. His face was covered in blood at this time!

The dozens of men under his command were all broken and covered in scars. Some were fainting at the dock on the spot, while others just lay down flat and gasped. The strong men like Zhang Xuzhou all ran and vomited blood, and they still kept guarding him.

What a person who can bring out such a man...

Even the foreign soldiers on the boats on the shore surrounded Zhiyuan and looked at Xu Yifan standing in a stern manner in the Qing Dynasty uniform. No one knew that Xu Yifan was worried at this time.

He brought dozens of escorts to smuggle guns and went ashore, shooting all the way, all of which were arbitrary. The situation on the dock had eased, but when Lieutenant Colonel Detten saw Xu Yifan and others coming with guns, he immediately looked nervous again. The foreign soldiers raised their guns again! The sailors naturally refused to let the students suffer losses, and the two sides confronted each other again.

Zhiyuan came here, and Xu Yifan's imperial envoy was flying, DeTann dared not do anything on the spot. He was just dead, and forgot about controlling the situation for a while. He just sent someone back to send a message and waited for the Governor's Office to handle the matter.

But Xu Yifan did not forget the situation at all!

He acted so recklessly, and could even be said to be bold. He was just a result, turning the worst result into the most beneficial reality for him! Today he was going quickly and even sacrificed his life, all for this. If the riots could be calmed down, he would have no other name in the reputation of the Chinese. As long as the subsequent management is done properly, Nanyang will be his best logistics base at the beginning.

But if the riot cannot be calmed down, then everything will be a waste of time!

Putting aside these stakes, we simply put so many Chinese people inundated by indigenous thugs. No matter how utilitarian or how they plan, they are absolutely something that they must not ignore!

After all, this incident also has some factors that flap his butterfly's wings.

Now I just need this last method! His dozens of scholars and soldiers were willing to sacrifice their lives, and they could not calm the riot... Besides, he didn't want to die yet.

Seeing that the sampan was approaching the Zhiyuan, the rope net had already been put down. Deng Shichang and Chen Jinping also walked down the bridge, waiting for Xu Yifan to come up with eagerness. The sailors flipped over the railings, hung on the rope net and reached out to pull Xu Yifan. In the blink of an eye, they pulled him onto the deck.

As soon as his feet touched this floating land, Xu Yifan's whole body almost softened. All kinds of anxiety, excitement, bloody excitement, and calculating everywhere, and the tragic situation he had seen along the way made him involuntarily turn a dizzy moment.

Deng Shichang hugged him: "Mr. Xu!"

Chen Jinping also supported Xu Yifan next to him: "Oh God! Just let's get out of danger. Let's stay here to see which thug foreign soldier dares to attack the imperial envoy's power! Sir, please take a break quickly! The cabin has been prepared for you, and we will take the injured brothers one by one... We will never let our brothers suffer grievances!"

Xu Yifan closed his eyes and suffused his chest with force. He grabbed Deng Shichang's hand: "Mr. Deng, Brother Zhengqing! Quickly fire a cannon to the west of Sishui City and scattered tens of thousands of mobs there. There are still thousands of Chinese people there, who are being massacred!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Deng Shichang's face froze. Chen Jinping even lowered his face.

"Mr. Xu, you are the Nanyang Propaganda and Fu Imperial Commissioner, commanding the military ships to fire artillery, and you also need the Beiyang Navy Office... Besides, can this artillery be fired?"

Xu Yifan just looked at Deng Shichang, but Deng Shichang just avoided his gaze. If the Dutch warships start to provoke, with Deng Shichang's courage, they will not dare to fight back. No matter how bad they are, they will have an obstacle. But the cannons bombard the Dutch colony Sishui, it will really be a loss of head!

He whispered: "Mr. Xu... I have to make a long-term plan..."

Xu Yifan looked at him and then there was Sishui. I wonder how long the houses could last? Is it really a luxury to stay out of the matter?

He grabbed Deng Shichang's hand: "Mr. Deng, if you don't fire at this time, it will really be corrupted in Si Shui. That is the real thing that you and my heads fall to the ground!"

Deng Shichang widened his eyes and looked at Xu Yifan tightly.

Xu Yifan just smiled bitterly: "We comforted each other, but it caused such a trend. The guns came ashore, and the imperial envoys fired and confronted the Dutch. Isn't that arbitrary act? If you go back like this, you will not be able to escape!"

This was a bit scoundrel. Deng Shichang was excited by his passion. He carried the gun to defend himself with a sea of ​​blood. Zhiyuan came to the world and refused to leave to support him. Now, in Xu Yifan's mouth, he became a grasshopper on the same rope!

If it weren't for the fact that Xu Yifan was injured and that he had really sacrificed his life for the Chinese community, Deng Shichang really wanted to slap him.

Xu Yifan's face darkened and bowed to Deng Shichang solemnly: "Does Mr. Deng remember what Xu said? Truth and justice are only within the range of the cannon. Now that we are far away, the boiler is almost full. We are moving, two Dutch iron-armored warships and old forts on the hill... To be honest, we are not our opponents on the sea! The cannon will not suffer any great losses. If you are in the protection of overseas Chinese affairs, you will have to fight a lawsuit. As long as we create a fait accompli, we are not only not sinners, but also heroes who have made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty! Do you really expect that the court will be in the court and have been slapped with foreigners for so many years, and you don't want to exhale some anger? The Netherlands can still be offended. I can protect this for Lord Deng!"

This sentence moved Deng Shichang again. What they are doing now is indeed arbitrary. But the court is indeed like this. If foreign negotiations take advantage of the facts and the opponent is not strong, then they will be tough to the end. Everyone involved is innocent and meritorious. If they retreat with weakness, then it will be a disaster.

In Deng Shichang's memory, now in North Korea, in the Beiyang backwards. The rather swaggering and looking at a big future, the Tongzhi of Yuan, who was named Yuan Shikai, wasn't he? During the Ionchen Incident in Korea a few years ago, when the court ordered a retreat and was not allowed to interfere with internal affairs in North Korea, he braved the world's pretext to break into the Korean palace ban, shot and killed the Korean ministers, killed the Japanese envoys, and "accidentally injured" the British and Russian diplomats. He kidnapped the Korean ministers into his own military camp, and started a massacre in North Korea. Just because he calmed the situation, Japan was not strong. The court not only did not punish Yuan Shikai for being bold, but also made the negotiations complete.

What about Yuan Shikai? A Henan child who had never fought a war or entered a school once. In his youth, he took over the command of the Qing army in the Sixth Bing of North Korea and was responsible for negotiating all the Korean vassal states!

In this way, firing a gun means being tough, calming the situation and protecting overseas Chinese successfully. Is it the only way?

Deng Shichang and Chen Jinping's expressions changed again and again.

And Xu Yifan just looked at them anxiously.

At this time, he could only hope that he could persuade them!

The air became closer and closer in the uneasy silence, and a manager rushed over and reported loudly: "Military gate, come to the distance, and the air pressure of the boiler has been raised!"

Deng Shichang was still silent.

Xu Yifan suddenly pushed away the two sailors who were supporting him and pointed at the smoke pillars rising from the city of Sishui: "Deng Junmen, I feel sorry for these 100,000 Chinese people in Sishui! If the court asks something, I will take it all!"

He reached out and pulled the foreign gun on Deng Shichang's waist. Deng Shichang grabbed his hand. Xu Yifan pushed it away firmly. Deng Shichang just looked at Xu Yifan deeply and stopped his hand.

Xu Yifan pulled out the foreign gun and pointed at Deng Shichang's head: "Brother Zhengqing, I'm sorry... I'm forcing you, and the responsibility lies with me!"

A loud bang came from afar, but there was no known Chinese building in Sishui City that was burned and collapsed, splashing smoke and dust in the sky, and some of them floated straight to the dock from afar.

Everyone looked at Xu Yifan and Deng Shichang standing there. Just afterwards, the wound on Xu Yifan's head cracked again, and blood slowly flowed down.

Deng Shichang slowly reached out and slowly took the gun from Xu Yifan: "You underestimated me, Deng Zhengqing... and underestimated us, these bloody men in Beiyang!"

The sailors' chests were fluctuating violently. Chen Jinping turned around and refused to look at them. He closed his eyes and hugged his head and hit the deck railing, sighing fiercely. Suddenly he stood up and stood up straight: "Military Gate, order!"

Deng Shichang walked towards the bridge with great strides: "Send the order to go far and wide, start the machine, take the northward direction, and ten speeds! Each gun is measuring the distance, and heading to the densest place of the smoke column to the west, and wait for the order to open fire!"

There is a wooden hall in the Li family in Sishui, and it is also the most stressful time.

Everyone stood up, from the young men in the Li family who were well-dressed and frugal, to the workers who were doing sex under the mates. They were strongly facing the gate, and the others were standing on the ladder tables and chairs, guarding the walls with all kinds of weapons.

The door was violently hit, shaking the people of the Li family and pounced on it again. Many thugs roared to climb over the wall, but beat them with wooden sticks. Stones and tiles were thrown in like raindrops. The people who were hit were bleeding, regardless of their blood. As long as they could move, they picked them up and threw them out.

As soon as the door opened, it was time for both jade and stone to burn. Thousands of thugs outside had their eyes red!

The courtyard of the Li family was covered with wounded people. The women and children of the Li family were muttering to chant Buddha's name while taking care of them.

In the upper floor, Mr. Li was still standing there, while Mr. Li Noah and Li Xing and his son were holding sticks in their hands and standing behind the old man. In addition to them, there was also a Dujuan, holding a six-wheeled pistol with three bullets inside. She looked at the wheel of the gun, and then looked at the black head outside, and her little face was also pale.

Li Yuanfu suddenly turned around and said to Du Juan: "Mrs. Xian, our Li family has a secret cellar. Can I ask the dog to accompany you to the cellar?"

Du Juan hugged Li Xuan and went downstairs to the cellar, where there were women from the Li family hiding there. They all shook into a ball. She tilted her head and thought about it. Finally, she followed Xu Yifan these days and knew what the wife of the boss called her boss was. According to her identity, she should be called Xian. Finally, Du Juan shook her head: "My grandfather told me to stay here and wait for him. I can't go down, I have to wait for him."

Li Yuanfu smiled bitterly: "It's too late... We remember Lord Xu's kindness underground. Nobita and Ah Xing, remember that as long as the Li family has a descendant, Lord Xu will do whatever his request is, and he will do it even if he tries his best!"

Before Li Daxiong and Li Xing agreed, the old man sighed: "Chinese people in Sishui will also remember Lord Xu's desperate efforts to save him today... This is actually what we wanderers ask for... If Mrs. Xian is hurt, how can we be worthy of Lord Xu?"

Du Juan still shook her head stubbornly.

The sound of rushing outside was getting more and more violent, and more and more indigenous thugs appeared on the wall. Some people had already flipped down and were beaten up by several strong men of the Li family. However, more and more people were injured, and it was almost time to see!

Looking around, some of the houses had been broken, and even louder cries came. The Chinese people ran around the west, and the native thugs were walking everywhere, screaming strangely. Some of the grand mansions accumulated over a hundred years had been lit, and smoke columns were even denser than in the city. The Martian pierced blew up, reflecting the beastly faces!

This is hell.

Du Juan gritted his teeth: "Master, I can't wait for you!"

The sea water swept, and the two soldiers turned sideways. Zhiyuan pointed at the Dutch warship with the five-inch Armstrong cannon at the ear, and the main gun of Laiyuanqian simply aimed at another warship. The situation slowed down just now, and the Dutch warship was old again. The boiler pressure has not yet fully increased. Zhiyuan Laiyuan has already started to move, and they are the targets of stopping!

The foreign sailors on the ship went from leisurely to squeaking and running around everywhere. The officers were all anxious and sweating profusely. Zhiyuan had raised the signal flag: "My boat will fire the artillery to quell the chaos and protect the overseas Chinese. If your boat does not fire, my boat will never add up with one bullet!"

There was even chaos on the shore. Lieutenant Colonel Detten widened his eyes in surprise. Zhiyuan's three 210-mm Krupp cannons seemed to be pointing at them. The Qing people really planned to open fire? How did this situation eventually turn out like this?

But at this time he also realized that at this point, he was no longer able to control his lieutenant colonel's deputy. Thinking of this, the white man couldn't help but feel relieved. He stood there with his legs spread apart, but he felt calm and calm.

On the Zhiyuan Bridge, Deng Shichang looked ashamed, listening to the series of reports of data from the first mate of guns and cannons.

"Take 5,500 yards far away, angle... direction... number of medicine bags..."

Xu Yifan was also so nervous that he was sweating, but he still forced himself to remain silent.

Everyone's eyes were focused on both of them.

At this moment, the two looked at each other, but smiled at each other.

"put!"

The Zhiyuan ship suddenly shook, and the 2,300-ton drainage warship spread across the sea. The blasting wind at the muzzle swept across the cabin and lifted up all the tents on the rear deck. All the unfixed things were clattering. The sea surface also stirred up huge ripples for the blast.

The yellow flames and rising black smoke completely enveloped the front and rear decks.

Zhiyuan has fired!

Xu Yifan's mind was buzzing, but he widened his eyes and looked at everything in front of him. He had forgotten all the plans and plans in his heart. For some reason, there was only one voice in his ears.

"This is the sound of cannons a hundred and five years ago!"

In 1965 AD, the official figure was that 300,000 Chinese were massacred by Indonesian natives. In 1998 AD, in front of the unprecedentedly developed world media, countless Chinese were tortured on this land.

And at that time, there were only weak protest voices.

But when I came to this era, the cannon sounded that should have exploded 105 years later!

I have really changed history.

The sound of cannons is proof!

The Li family's door was knocked open with a bang.

The crying sound suddenly sounded, and the young master of the Li family who was standing in front gritted his teeth and tried his best to resist. Some of the wounded soldiers lying in the courtyard had already gritted their teeth and got up. They could not lie down and die here even if they died!

Looking up the building, Du Juan pulled out his pistol and was about to rush down. Li Xing rushed in front of him. Li Yuanfu had already closed his eyes and cried.
To be continued...