However, after turning the head, the ship sailed against the current, so although the power increased to full power, the ship still couldn't get up.

The designed speed of this ship is 15 knots, but due to its long age, it has been more than 15 years. In addition, it is not well maintained, so it can only reach 12 knots without force. When sailing along the water, it can exceed 13 knots, but when going against the water, it can only reach a little more than 10 knots. Therefore, although Huang Jingong was so anxious that he only stamped his feet, the speed of the ship was only so high, and it was useless to be anxious.

Huang Jingong's anxiety is not unreasonable, because behind the ship, the Zhecheng and Yucheng destroyers of the People's Army's escort fleet had already caught up.

It turned out that after the surrender of Anqing Navy, only Huang Jingong's ship was left to escape. Luo Yue's goal was to wipe out the enemy troops to warn the officials of various provinces along the Yangtze River. Moreover, the ship was on the banner of the main general, which was obviously the flagship of Anqing Navy. Therefore, naturally, he would not let Huang Jingong's ship escape. So he ordered four patrol boats to receive the surrendered warships of Anqing Navy, and ordered the Zhecheng and Yucheng to chase Huang Jingong's ship, and asked to try their best to force the landing of this warship. Bi Jing was able to force the landing of the enemy's flagship, which was of great significance.

The design speed of Zhecheng and Yucheng is 22 knots. Even if it is sailing against the current, it can exceed 20 knots. Therefore, the speed is much faster than Huang Jingong's ship. Moreover, Huang Jingong's ship is not much ahead, less than 1,000 meters. This distance is nothing when the ship is sailing. It only took more than ten minutes. Zhecheng and Yucheng have already caught up and advanced together with Huang Jingong's ship.

Although the Zhecheng and Yucheng can only be regarded as small warships, compared with Huang Jingong's ship, it can be regarded as a giant. Two warships, one left and one right, sandwiched Huang Jingong's ship in the middle, with a distance of only more than 100 meters. In fact, if Huang Jingong's ship could be sunk, it would be enough to sink 4 or 5 times. However, although it could not be bombarded, the three Maxim machine guns on the side of the two warships also opened fire together at this time, firing fiercely at Huang Jingong's ship. There was a burst of "ping-pong" sound on the deck of Huang Jingong's ship, with wood chips and glass splashing everywhere. The soldiers on the deck were naturally killed and injured, lying all over the entire ship deck. Only a few flexible and quick-responsive soldiers hid in the cabin at the extreme and escaped by chance.

The machine gun fired for more than a minute before stopping. Huang Jingong's ship deck was in a mess and empty. At this time, the Zhecheng and Yucheng shouted to it, demanding that the Qing army surrender.

At this time, Huang Jingong and Enqing held their heads and stomped on the ground in the cab. The previous round of shooting broke all the window glass in the cab. Fortunately, the two of them were quick to react and slammed down very quickly. They survived this round of shooting by the People's Army. They were only cut by the splashed glass, but there were more than 10 people in the cab. Not everyone had the reaction speed of both of them. They were shot and died, and 6 or 7 were injured, and 2 were even directly shot. The size of the cab was only so big that they had a lot of blood on their bodies and faces, and there were even **. However, the two were hiding on the ground and motionless.

After hearing the Zhecheng and Yucheng, another surviving officer said tremblingly: "Admiral Huang, let's surrender, otherwise we will be dead."

Huang Jingong hesitated for a moment, glanced at Enqing, and said, "Sir Eun, do you see indica?"

At this time, Enqing was scared to death and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, surrender as soon as possible, otherwise it would be too late."

Seeing that Enqing also advocated surrender, Huang Jingong no longer hesitated and quickly pulled off the white door curtain, acted as a white flag, and hung it out of the broken window. He shouted: "Submit, surrender, we surrender."

On the Zhecheng, a sharp-eyed man saw the white cloth hanging from the window in the cab and immediately said: "They have cast out the white flag, and they have surrendered."

So the Yucheng temporarily kept the distance between Huang Jingong's ship and Huang Jingong's ship, while the Zhecheng ship was crossing the Long. After the two ships leaned against the side, more than 20 soldiers came down from the Zhecheng ship and boarded Huang Jingong's ship and shouted to the Qing soldiers on the ship to surrender on the deck.

When Huang Degong and others saw this, they came out of the cab and surrendered to the People's Army. The People's Army soldiers escorted all the surrendered Qing soldiers to the Zhecheng, leaving only a small number of operators who could ensure that the warship could be activated, and then escorted the warship back.

After the Zhecheng and Yucheng escorted Huang Jingong's ship to join the team, the transport ship had already set sail again. On a transport ship, the reporters who were traveling with the fleet this time were carrying cameras on the deck to take photos. In addition, the three surrendered ships were anchored by the fleet. At the same time, several warships also lowered their boats to rescue the Qing soldiers struggling in the river.

The Zhecheng took Huang Degong and Enqing to the Yongcheng, and Luo Yue interrogated the two. At this time, the two did not dare to be tough and honestly confessed that they were ordered by Anhui Governor Enming to intercept the transport fleet. In fact, this was also expected by Luo Yue. If it were not for the local officials like Enming, they would not dare to intercept the transport fleet in East China ** if they had not ordered a local official like Enming, they would not have dared to intercept the transport fleet in East China.

At this time, the results of the war were also revealed. A total of 334 Qing soldiers and 4 warships were captured. None of the People's Army was injured, and only 15 were injured. However, Luo Yue also had a headache at this time and didn't know how to deal with these prisoners, because this time Luo Yue had to inspect all the victim resettlement camps, it would take at least one month. You can't take these prisoners to inspect. Moreover, the three destroyers were equipped with only 100-110 personnel, and some naval lands were arranged.

The soldiers of the team are all full, and each warship can only accommodate more than 10 people at most, not to mention the four patrol boats, and there are only 65-70 crew members on each boat, and the total number of crew members of the four boats is not as large as that of prisoners. Of course, if the prisoners are scattered onto various transport ships, it is not impossible to arrive, but these transport ships will eventually be dispersed to various disaster victim resettlement camps. You can't take these prisoners to various disaster victim resettlement camps.

After Luo Yue's repeated considerations, he finally decided to send all the prisoners and the prisoners' warships to Shanghai for custody. Bi Jing brought it impossible, and he could not kill them all. He was even more unwilling to let them go, so he could only send them to Shanghai. In addition, after these prisoners, including the warships, were sent to Shanghai, Li Songchen could definitely take the opportunity to make a big fuss.

Of course, we must first send a telegram to Shanghai to explain the situation. At this time, the wireless telegram technology in East China has made significant progress. The telegram transmission distance can reach 1,000 kilometers. Of course, the size of the wireless telegraph is still very large. A small warship like Yongcheng cannot be installed. This time, one was installed on two troop transport ships.

At this moment, a long telegram sent to Luo Yue from Shanghai. After Luo Yue read it, he couldn't help but change his color. It turned out that the telegram urgently informed Luo Yue that a religious organization called the Red Lotus Sect appeared in Yingzhou Prefecture in northwestern Anhui Province. Taking advantage of the flood, he vigorously recruited religious believers among the victims and gathered people to revolt. It is said that the number of religious people collected now has exceeded 100,000, and occupied Fuyang, Taihe, Yingshang, Mengcheng and other places in the capital of Yingzhou Prefecture. In addition, he once went to Chenzhou in southeastern Henan under the jurisdiction of East China. Now, he seems to have signs of going south to enter Luzhou Prefecture. Therefore, after Luo Yue arrived at the disaster victim resettlement camp in Luzhou Prefecture, pay attention to the movements of the Red Lotus Sect. If necessary, he can stay in Luzhou Prefecture for a longer time and wait until the situation of the Red Lotus Sect has subsided, and then continue to inspect the itinerary.

At the same time, the telegram also briefly introduced some situations of the Red Lotus Sect. The Red Lotus Sect, also known as the Red and White Lotus Sect, is actually a branch of the White Lotus Sect. In Chinese history, there have been many peasant uprisings, and most peasant uprisings rely on a certain religion, because only by relying on the famous discussion of religion can a large number of believers be gathered in a short period of time, and to a certain extent, it can also hide people's eyes and avoid the pursuit of the government. For example, the Yellow Turban Uprising in the late Eastern Han Dynasty relies on the Taiping Road; the Sun Enluxun Uprising during the Eastern Jin Dynasty relies on the Five Dogs of Rice Sect; the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement in modern times relies on the worship of God. Since the Yuan Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect has become a religious organization for most peasant uprisings, so it is even called a special religion for peasant uprisings.

The White Lotus Sect originally originated from the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism and formed a fixed religion in the early Southern Song Dynasty. Later, it absorbed some of the components of Taoism and folk beliefs, and merged with Manichaeism, which was introduced to China by Persia during the Yuan and Wei periods, and finally formed a hodgepodge religious organization.

It is precisely because the White Lotus Sect combines various religious components that it determines that its organizational structure is loose, but the doctrines and scriptures are also easy to understand. In addition, religious rules are secularized and are more acceptable to the lower class people, so they are often used as religious tools for organizing peasant uprisings. In addition, the White Lotus Sect also derives a large number of branches, which are located in the statistics of the White Lotus Sect. There are no less than a hundred sects in the side. Moreover, these branches and side sects are different, and their doctrines are quite different. The organization, rituals and activities are also different, and the quality is also uneven. But overall, the believers mainly come from the lower class and have more or less the mark of the White Lotus Sect. They are generally called the White Lotus Sect in the folk. In a broad sense, the more famous churches in history, the Boxer Rebellion, the Red Gun Society, the Little Knife Society, etc. can all be regarded as the branches of the White Lotus Sect.
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