But Xia Chuanhai opposed the practice of concealment, because in the past few days, the main job of the released personnel was to build defensive positions. Everyone knew that this was to deal with the counterattack of the Eight-Nation Alliance. Moreover, Dagukou was so big, once it really started fighting, nothing else could be heard, at least the sound of gunfire could be heard, so it was actually impossible to hide it at all.

From a deeper level, the method of concealment is essentially a distrust of the time traveler's own abilities, and does not believe that the time traveler can control the released local residents, and does not believe that the released local residents have trusted the time traveler. Since the time traveler has planned to cultivate this group of released local residents as their first naturalized people, it is indeed necessary to eventually replace the Qing court and establish a new republic. Therefore, this is a great time to establish the image and ability of the time traveler in front of these released local residents, and it is also a great time to establish the time traveler's image and ability in front of these released local residents, and it is also a great time to say that the time traveler is a completely different ruler from the Qing court.

As for the local residents who were worried about the release of the country, Xia Bohai believed that from another perspective, we should know that the time travelers took over Dagukou with their own strength, defeated the Eight-Nation Alliance stationed in Dagukou, and rescued the local residents who were captured by the Eight-Nation Alliance. If such results are not enough to make the released local residents believe that the time travelers have enough strength to protect them, then the released local residents can only be regarded as completely losing their bloody walking zombies and have no value for cultivation at all.

Therefore, Xia Bohai believes that the more at this time, the more he should announce the news that the Eight-Nation Alliance attacked Dagukou to the released local residents. Of course, after the announcement, he should focus on emphasizing that the time travelers have the confidence to win the defeat of the invading Eight-Nation Alliance. In addition, he should require the released local residents to be fully prepared, such as cleaning up the battlefield, confiscating spoils, rescuing wounded, guarding prisoners, etc. Of course, according to the principle of voluntary action, those who want to leave Dagukou at this time can still be allowed to leave.

Doing this can not only show the characteristics of time travelers being open, confident, generous and keeping their words, but also establish the government credit of time travelers in the minds of these released local residents in the future to establish administrative agencies. This is a very important intangible asset. In addition, those who are still willing to stay at this time have shown that they have established considerable trust in time travelers, so this group of people is worthy of time travelers training.

Qin Zheng and Xiao Jianjun both agreed with Xia Bohai's opinion, believing that since he is confident of defeating the invading Eight-Nation Alliance and conquering Tianjin, there is no need to hide it. As time travelers ultimately aim to establish their own regime, then now they should deal with the current affairs with the mentality of governing the country. Establishing a modern national system, administration, and decision-making transparency is an important principle. Don't think about how to conceal it whenever there is something, as this will only make the decision-makers accustomed to secretly working, which will ultimately be detrimental to the country.

After some thought, Wang Yunpeng and Xu Jichao did not object to Xia Bohai's opinion. This was not because they completely agreed with Xia Bohai's opinion, but because Qin Zheng and Xiao Jianjun supported Xia Bohai, even if they opposed it, it would be useless. On the contrary, it would also lead to an opposition to the military and split the interim executive committee.

The other two also thought that once the implementation of Xia Bohai's opinion caused a large-scale fear and unrest, the responsibility would naturally be paid by the military, and they could take the opportunity to weaken the military's influence in the interim executive committee. If it did not cause panic, it would not matter. Although it would further enhance the status of the military, the entire crossing group is basically dominated by the military, and no matter how high it is, it would not be there. Moreover, they did not oppose Xia Bohai's opinion. Maintaining an attitude that is consistent with the military has no impact on themselves.

The trio of Wang Yunpeng and Xu Jichao were in a state of concern for these thoughts. After the meeting, they immediately announced to all the personnel of Dagukou in the name of the Interim Executive Committee that the Eight-Nation Alliance stationed in Tianjin had sent troops to invade Dagukou. Of course, they also emphasized that the time-travel group had enough confidence and strength to smash the imperialist attack, and also listed the troops who easily captured Dagukou, wiped out the Eight-Nation Alliance stationed in Dagukou, and captured nearly 3,000 people to prove that all imperialism was a paper tiger.

At the same time, non-military personnel in Dagukou are required to remain calm, not panic, and not spread rumors, otherwise they will be severely punished and do a good job of logistics preparations to support the fighters on the front line, work together, unite, defend Dagukou, and defeat the invaders. Of course, those who want to leave Dagukou at this time can still leave freely, and the time travelers will never stop them.

After the news was announced, the non-soldiers of time travelers did not react much. As time travelers, they were all rushing to the sea of ​​stars, so they would be afraid of this. Among the released local residents, some panic did arouse, but they did not cause a large-scale panic, because since the time travelers occupied Dagukou, they have been preparing to deal with the attacks of the Eight-Nation Alliance on Dagukou. The released local residents actually had to be mentally prepared for this. Now that they know, they don’t feel anything suddenly, but they just feel like they are "finally coming". In addition, it is also because most people really have no place to go, so they can at least have food and drink and houses to live in Dagukou. Even if they leave Dagukou, they may not be able to get there, and they may starve to death in the wilderness. Therefore, it is better to stay in Dagukou and spend a day.

Of course, the victory of the time-travel army to capture Dagukou has indeed inspired a considerable number of people. They have a lot of confidence in the time-travel army, and have also announced that the time-travel army is confident of defeating foreigners, and has also added a lot of new words, such as imperialism and paper tigers. It sounds very fresh and seems to be very good. In addition, in the past few days, the time-travel army has shown a completely different appearance from the Qing army, and its mental state is obviously much better than the Qing army, but its attitude towards the released local residents was very gentle and did not bully them. Therefore, they also hope that the time-travel army can defend Dagukou and continue to survive under the protection of the time-travel group.

Under various mentalities, although the news of the Eight-Nation Alliance's attack on Dagukou caused a certain degree of instability, overall, the time travelers were able to stabilize the situation in Dagukou and allow the army to devote all their strength to the battle.

However, after the announcement was issued, the Military Commission immediately entered the command of the operation, and the combat time was set at ten o'clock in the evening. All the soldiers of the Marine Corps had been sent to the front-line positions to be arranged, and the armored battalions were also opened to the rear of the positions so that they could be put into the battle at will. The garrison and order at Dagukou were handed over to the newly established reserve team and some naval soldiers. In addition, the reserve combat troops also drew some combat personnel from each warship to form an army of 10 people, as the general reserve team, and they could be put into the battlefield at any time.

At the Dagukou Wharf, the officers and soldiers on the Xiangyang ship and Huaihua ship were all ready for battle, and the various shooting unit data were input into the hosts of each ship. The Kunming ship led two 18 boats to anchor at the entrance of the Haihe River, and only waited for the order of the Military Commission to launch bombardment. The other two warships, Yueyang ship, were sent to Bohaikou for warning, and only the Sanya ship was parked at the dock. Although there was no combat mission, the Sanya ship was still prepared according to the combat status to prevent any sudden incidents.

At this time, all the preparations have been completed, and you can only start fighting immediately when the time comes.

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Fukushima An led his army to Gegu at noon today. On the afternoon of that day, Fukushima An himself rushed to the front line to observe the status of the enemy.

Although it is more than 2,500 meters away, Fukushima Anmasa can still see the arrangement of the opponent's position with a monocular telescope. The defensive positions arranged by the opponent are mainly trenches. However, the trenches dug by the opponent seem a bit messy, but it seems to be arranged according to certain rules. Fukushima Anmasa has certainly learned the principles of trenches, but the arrangement of the opponent's trenches is similar to those learned by Fukushima, but the difference is even greater.

Of course, Anmasa Fukushima was not so arrogant that he thought the other party would not set up trenches. Such a layout naturally makes sense. However, Anmasa Fukushima has no practical experience after all, and he doesn't know what the other party's purpose of such arrangement is.

Because the trench tactics of this era were not yet perfect, only in the First World War in the old time and space, trench tactics reached the state of pure fire. Later, the People's Liberation Army fully developed trench tactics, which reached the peak stage of trench tactics. Therefore, the trench arrangements of the army was of course unfamiliar to Fukushima Anmasa.

Moreover, all the soldiers who traveled through the army hid in the trenches, leaving only a few soldiers who were on guard to patrol back and forth on the trenches. However, Fukushima Akamasa could clearly see that the dress and assembly of the opponent's soldiers were indeed very different from the soldiers of this era. First of all, the helmets. In this era, the helmets of the European army all had a circle of edges, which looked like a large pot lid, but the helmets of the opponent's soldiers had no edges and were obviously hemispherical, but they were slightly higher in the front, slightly lower in the back, and slightly opened at the lower mouth, which looked like an ancient bell.

Also, the upper body of the opponent's soldier was obviously bulging, as if it was stuffed, but the distance was too far. Fukushima Masashi could not see clearly what was stuffed, but the gun held by the opponent's soldier could see clearly. He only felt that the style was extremely weird, which was unprecedented. What was even more strange was that the gun held by the opponent's soldier was not long, probably only more than 70 centimeters, but the gun was not equipped with a bayonet, which looked a bit like a carbine, but the carbine machine was generally used for cavalry. Will the opponent's army use carbine as its main weapon?
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