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Chapter 60 Dagu Meeting

After the battle report was posted to the headquarters, Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng and Xiao Jianjun felt uncomfortable. Because Xia Bohai was the person who initially supported this combat plan, although he had long thought that there might be sacrifices in this battle when he made this decision, but when he received the battle report, Xia Bohai still felt a little regretful.

However, this idea just flashed through. After all, Xia Bohai is not a person who cannot tell the difference. Although this battle finally broke the record of zero casualties in the crossing fleet, the results achieved were completely disproportionate to the casualties, which also proved that Xia Bohai's original decision was absolutely correct. If a safe plan was adopted, it would never be possible to achieve such a result. Qin Zheng and Xiao Jianjun also believed this way.

At this time, the Dagukou Battle was officially over. At present, the crossing fleet had completely controlled Dagukou and its surrounding areas, as well as the sea control power of the Bohai Bay. The Dagukou Fortress had basically returned to normal order. Among the men and women released by the crossing fleet, most of the men and women decided to stay in Dagukou for the time being because they basically had nowhere to go, and it was difficult for them to survive after leaving Dagukou. Moreover, they felt that the crossing fleet did not look like bad people, so they all thought they should stay and see for a few days. All of them, including the soldiers of the Beiyang Navy, remained in Dagukou. In the end, they decided to leave Dagukou with only a few more than twenty people, and no woman left.

But victory also brought a lot of trouble. First of all, the total number of captured prisoners has reached nearly 4,000. In addition, the released personnel have brought heavy pressure to the crossing fleet. Although a large amount of supplies were found from the surrendered ships, the food alone can last for about 50 days, and there are also a large amount of medicine, cloth, salt, etc., which can be maintained for a considerable period of time. However, it is necessary to confine these prisoners and the personnel who manage the release.

Another big trouble is the wounded. Although there are not many injured people in the fleet, there are only more than twenty people in total. In order to carry out this evacuation mission, the fleet brought a large number of medical personnel, medicines and medical equipment, which is completely sufficient. However, when stating the personnel, it was found that among the more than a thousand people released to serve as coolies for the Eight-Nation Alliance, many of them had various diseases. After all, they had been working in coolies for nearly two months, and their diet and living conditions were not good. People with a slightly poor health naturally could not withstand it. It was just because the time was not long and there had not been a large-scale outbreak. If they were delayed for a while, a large number of people would die. And women were even worse. They had all suffered from gynecological diseases, almost all of them had serious or minor gynecological diseases.

In addition, the wounded among the prisoners also accounted for the majority, with a total of more than 300 people. In Hejiawan Village, there were more than 120 injured prisoners, including more than 50 people.

While sending the results of the war to the headquarters, Hejiawan Village also requested the headquarters that Hejiawan Village needed enough medical personnel and medicines. Therefore, after receiving the war report, the three of them also gathered together to discuss the decision.

Xiao Jianjun said: "I think Hejiawan Village should be transferred back. Now the war in Dagukou has ended. It is meaningless for them to stay in Hejiawan Village. Even if they want to keep that capital, it is enough to leave a platoon at most. Moreover, we have to attack Tianjin next step, and we have to concentrate our troops. There are so many prisoners, and it is not a solution to stay in Hejiawan Village. It is best to escort it to Dagukou and be detained in a concentrated manner."

Qin Zheng bowed his head and said, "I also think that all the troops should be transferred back, but what should I do with the wounded? If the wounded are to be transported to Dagukou, it is best to send a warship to pick up people."

Xiao Jianjun smiled and said, "I have an idea. Why not drive a prisoner's transport ship, which can save us some fuel. You must know that the distance from Hejiawan Village to Dagukou is not close."

Xia Bohai immediately became interested and said, "Who drives the ship? Our soldiers will not drive the ship of this era."

Xiao Jianjun said: "You can find it from the prisoners. This ship is theirs, and there are also soldiers from the Beiyang Navy. Although they drive warships, the ships of this era use reciprocating steam engines, which are very similar, and the basic operating methods are similar. We will send some soldiers to the ship to monitor them, and at the same time learn how to drive the ships of this era."

Qin Zheng's eyes lit up and said, "This is a good idea. It's better to bring some medicines. Haven't we seized a lot of medicines? In addition, not only the crew members, but also many medical staff among the prisoners of the Eight-Nation Alliance. Some of them can also be brought with them. Others can treat the injured prisoners in Dagukou and reduce the pressure on our medical staff."

Xia Bohai also bowed his head and said, "It's great, let's do it like this. Arrange people to go to the prisoner-of-war camp to select people. We will set out tomorrow morning. After arriving in Hejiawan Village, we will first treat the prisoners, and then take all the prisoners to Dagukou." After a pause, Xia Bohai said, "There is another thing. To treat prisoners, we can only use the medicines we seized, and the medicines we bring can only be used to treat our own people. The people who are released by us can use the medicines we bring as much as possible. Unless it is related to life safety, we can use the medicines we bring. And we must apply. Lao Qin, please inform Comrade Zhou Ping later, mobilize medical staff to form an approval team."

Zhou Ping is Qin Zheng’s wife and one of the leaders of the Chinese medicine personnel who traveled through the fleet.

Qin Zheng and Xiao Jianjun both bowed their heads and agreed with Xia Bohai's suggestion. Because the cooperative drugs and medical devices produced in modern society are naturally much better than the drugs of this era. Although there are a large number of drugs and medical devices in the crossing fleet, they cannot withstand a large amount of consumption. Therefore, the first thing to do is to ensure that the traveling personnel are used. Whether it is Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, or Xiao Jianjun, is not the "Holy Mother's Heart", and he will never be polite when he should be selfish.

At this moment, the guards came to report that Wang Yunpeng, Xu Jichao and other administrative personnel had arrived.

It turned out that the crossing fleet was about to recruit meetings at half past the afternoon. In addition to the military and main personnel, there were also administrative personnel and representatives of the evacuated overseas Chinese personnel recommended by administrative personnel. Therefore, this meeting was also called the first crossing of all personnel representative meeting, or the Dagukou meeting.

The meeting place was set at the Dagukou Command Center. The tables and chairs for the meeting were all captured by the Eight-Nation Alliance. Of course, the conditions were not better than on the ship, but the place was much more spacious.

The people attending the meeting arrived one after another. Among the attendees, the military included the three-person team of the headquarters, Shang Jinfeng, the captain of Kunming ship Zhang Wei, the captain of Yueyang ship Wang Hailong, the captain of Yueyang ship Cai Ning, the captain of Sanya ship Zhang Wei, the captain of Huaihua ship Xia Jie, the captain of Huaihua ship Zhang Guangzhi, the captain of Xiangyang ship Xie Fuzhan, the captain of Xiangyang ship Li Chao, the captain of Changbaishan ship Lu Kai, the captain of Changbaishan ship Liu Lantao, the captain of Taihu ship Xie Teng, the captain of Taihu ship Ding Xinghua, and the commander of the Marine Corps Chu Yaping, the commander of the Marine Corps, a total of 18 people were sitting on the left side of the conference table.

On the right side of the conference table are: eleven government officials, including Wang Yunpeng, the State Council official, Xu Jichao, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs official, Shang Qisong, Jiang Shiwei, the Embassy Counselor Li Sanjie, as well as officials Zhang Yuming, Jia Zhenzhao, the clerks Li Songchen, Wang Sheng, Zeng Dong, and Jia Wenbo. The management personnel of the five evacuated personnel: You Mingqian, Ren Wendian, Wang Jun, An Xiangui, and Lu Hong, a total of 16 people. There are also listeners, including the deputy captains of each ship, deputy political commissar, the battalion departments of the two land battle battalions, as well as the captains of three passenger and roulette ships, and the senior personnel of the other four evacuated personnel, a total of 26 people. There are also responsibilities on-site records, and eight service personnel are served. Therefore, a total of 68 people participated in the meeting.

The meeting was naturally hosted by the three teams of the headquarters. Xia Bohai first spoke: "Comrades, whether you want to or not, we have traveled to 1900 more than a hundred years ago. It is certain that there is not much hope for us to travel back again. Therefore, we must consider whether to survive in this era, whether we want to live a better life and build a new China, it is not enough to rely on our troops alone. We must unite and work together to achieve our goals. The purpose of our meeting is to the future of this era. We hope that everyone can speak freely. If you have any suggestions, ideas, and questions, you can discuss it." After a pause, he said: "First, please introduce the situation of the battle in the past two days and the next battle arrangements to you in detail."

Then Xiao Jianjun stood up and roughly explained the several battles that occurred after the time travel, and focused on the achievements, including how many enemies they destroyed, how many enemies they captured, how many guns, food and supplies they seized, how many captured Chinese people they were rescued, and of course, seven soldiers were sacrificed, and the next goal of the troops was to capture Tianjin, and explained the reasons for setting this goal, one was the limitations of Dagukou, two was to obtain a relatively stable material supplementary land, and three was to have a population base for recruiting troops.

After listening to Xiao Jianjun finished, Wang Yunpeng stood up, first expressed his gratitude to the army on behalf of the administrators and the crossing personnel, and also expressed his condolences to the sacrificed soldiers. Then he said: "Commander, Political Commissar, Chief of Staff, we discussed it yesterday and put forward a few of our own opinions. Now let me explain it to you, and I would like to discuss it together, hoping to find the best solution."

Xia Bohai said, "Please, everyone can discuss it together."

Wang Yunpeng said: "Then please Comrade Li Songchen speak on our behalf."
Chapter completed!
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