Zhao Yufeng knew he had said the wrong thing, but he just shrugged his shoulders in the American style of Marshal Kun.
Marshal Kun had an open-minded personality and never cared about such trivial matters, but being too careless was not a good thing.
Last time, he made Secretary Liu cry, and his eyes It's been red for several days.
Suddenly, the roar of a motor was heard in the distance.
An American-made Harley-Davidson military motorcycle came from the direction of the provincial capital, dragging billowing dust and smoke.
In an instant, it drove to the foot of a hill.
A rider wearing a fur coat and goggles jumped off the vehicle.
He climbed up and reported: "Commander, urgent military report."
Zhao Yufeng took it and passed it to Chen Zikun.
Chen Zikun said with a smile: "Could it be that the Chief of Staff won the victory too quickly?"
When he opened the letter and looked at it, his face suddenly turned livid.
"Commander, what happened?
We were ambushed," Zhao Yufeng asked cautiously.
"A British ship sank one of our grain transport ships in the middle of the Huai River, causing heavy casualties to the cargo and personnel," Chen Zikun said bitterly.
Zhao Yufeng was a little dumbfounded: "What should I do if it's a foreigner's ship?"
Chen Zikun said: "The same thing happened in Sichuan last year.
I will not let the Wanxian tragedy happen again in Jiangdong.
Come here."
"Yes," Shuangxi, who was fully armed with two box cannons, responded loudly.
Zhao Yufeng was now the adjutant chief, and Shuangxi was Marshal Chen's personal adjutant.
"Pass my order and ask Zeng Jiao of the Marine Police Corps to lead his brothers to detain the British ship that caused the accident.
If he cannot be detained, ask him to come to see him."
"Yes."
Shuangxi turned around and left, but was stopped by Chen Zikun again: "Give me another order to pull the artillery regiment to the riverside to prepare.
If it can't be held, fire the artillery to bombard the mountain.
The trajectory of the artillery is curved and the boat is not powerful.
There are too many troops."
Wild gun, go ahead.”
"Yes" Shuangxi ran down the mountain to deliver the order.
Zhao Yufeng said worriedly: "Commander, we really want to start a fight with the British."
Chen Zikun said: "It's strange.
The British are not three-headed and six-armed.
Why can't they defeat me?
This time I have to let them know how powerful I am.
Prepare your horses.
I will return to the provincial capital and take command myself."
"But, what should we do here?"
Zhao Yufeng panicked.
"Aren't there division commanders and brigade commanders in charge?
Just follow the steps.
If you can't beat the British, I have to do it myself."
Chen Zikun got on his horse and galloped away, stirring up yellow dust all the way.
Zhao Yufeng scratched his head: "Oh my god, the commander is going to go crazy.
This is going to happen.
Someone is here."
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"have" "Send a letter to Chief of Staff Yan.
Only he can persuade the commander-in-chief."
Chen Zikun quickly returned to the office.
The damage data had been reported.
A sailboat was sunk by the waves, two thousand loads of military provisions sank to the bottom of the river, fifteen soldiers escorting the ship drowned, and three boatmen also drowned.
It can be said that the losses were heavy, and all of this was originally It was avoidable.
It was only because the British ships were arrogant and relied on their large tonnage and powerful horsepower to run rampant and cause tragedy.
Captain Zeng Jiaofeng of the Marine Police rushed in with a loud voice: "Commander, you are going to attack the British devils."
"Didn't I give the order?
Why are you still asking?"
Chen Zikun frowned.
This boy has become the captain of the Marine Police.
He is still careless.
The buttons of his police uniform are open.
In the cold weather, he is wearing nothing underneath, revealing his clothes.
Tattoos come with arrogant claws.
Zeng Jiao took out two Emei thorns from his waist and slapped them on the table and said: "Commander, the brothers have been angry with the British for a long time.
There is no need for me to take action in this matter.
There are several brothers in the team who are better than me."
Well, they have already rushed over.
If the British ship escapes, I will stab myself in the eyes with Emei thorns to thank the world."
Chen Zikun then smiled: "You guarantee it, I believe it, but you have to be careful.
British ships are no better than Chinese sailing ships, and they won't be able to sail even if they are robbed."
Zeng Jiao said nonchalantly: "Isn't it just a mechanical ship or a steam turbine?
Brothers have played with it before and are very familiar with it."
While talking, a double blessing came: "Commander, the British ship has been detained and has stopped at the dock of the provincial capital."
Chen Zikun said: "Arrest the captain and sailors, interrogate them, and send a telegram to the British consul and ask him to apologize.
The army is not suitable to intervene in this matter.
Zeng Jiao, go and handle it in the name of the Marine Police. " Everyone was getting ready to go.
Chen Zikun rubbed his temples and paced back and forth in the room.
He wanted to smoke, but when he touched his body, he didn't bring it.
There was a gentle knock on the open door, and Liu Ting came in carrying a tray with a pot of coffee and a box of cigarettes.
She was well aware of Chen Zikun's habits.
Coffee and cigarettes were indispensable when thinking about military affairs.
Chen Zikun held a cigarette in his mouth.
Liu Ting helped him light the match, put the tea cup on the table, and turned to leave.
"Last year, British ships bombarded Wanxian County, causing thousands of civilian casualties.
It was really not worth the losses.
Now I have detained the British ships again.
If the British ships bombarded the provincial capital, wouldn't it be more trouble than the gains were worth the losses?"
These words seemed to be talking to oneself, but also seemed to be asking Liu Ting.
Liu Ting turned around and said: "The Commander-in-Chief is studying in the United States.
He is not the same as Yang Sen.
He is reasonable and restrained, and advances and retreats in a measured way.
What can the British do?"
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Chen Zikun smiled bitterly and said: "That's it, after the British Concession in Hankou and Jiujiang was forcibly taken back, the British Empire was like a chicken.
It really wanted to find trouble.
This time I was at gunpoint, but I pretended not to see it.
No, the only thing we can do now is force.
Unfortunately, we don’t have gunboats, and even all the artillery can’t match half a cruiser’s firepower.
If we don’t have hard power, we can only get beaten if we talk tough.”
Liu Ting said: "I heard that there is a defensive weapon called a mine."
"We don't have the equipment for mines."
Chen Zikun shook his head.
Liu Ting smiled: "Commander-in-Chief, you can have this."
Chen Zikun thought about it and understood, and laughed heartily: "Okay, you go and buy mines, and we will fight to the death with the British."
There is no British consulate in Jiangdong Province.
The British consulate in Nanjing is responsible for Jiangdong affairs.
After receiving the news that the British ship was impounded, the British consul issued an ultimatum to the military and political authorities of Jiangdong Province, ordering the ships and sailors to be released within 24 hours, otherwise Drastic measures will be taken.
Three British destroyers sailed into the Huaijiang River and headed straight for the provincial capital of Jiangdong.
The people were worried about a repeat of the Wanxian tragedy and fled the provincial capital with their families.
This made Chen Zikun furious.
He deployed his artillery along the river bank, built positions, and measured targets.
Ready for war.
The Marine Police Corps has several small steamers with very small tonnage and only equipped with machine guns.
They cannot compete with the British ships.
The largest artillery caliber of the Army is only 75 mm.
No matter the firepower or range, it cannot compete with the British ships' S-4 inches.
Naval gun confrontation.
The British knew the strength of the Chinese army very well.
Three destroyers swaggered to the waters near the provincial capital.
They found that there were few river boats and black spherical objects were looming on the water.
The sailors used telescopes to observe and exclaimed: "mines After hearing the news, the captain personally inspected and saw a huge black object in the water with tentacles on the surface, which looked very much like a mine.
He was startled and ordered to slow down.
At the same time, he lowered the boat to have a look.
The sailors rowed there in rubber boats.
When I saw the mine, I laughed out loud.
It turned out that it was not a mine, but a big ball made of bamboo strips.
The outside was painted with a layer of black paint.
From a distance, it looked like a mine.
When the captain saw this scene, he also showed a contemptuous smile.
The Chinese like to play tricks on themselves, and they actually pulled this trick to scare the Royal Navy.
It was really laughable.
The destroyer once again ran at full speed and moved forward unscrupulously in the Huaijiang River, not caring about the so-called "mines".
A bamboo strip mine was hit by the bow of the ship and exploded, blowing a big hole in the bow of the destroyer.
Although there were no casualties, the shock to the Royal Navy was greater than the explosion.
The Chinese actually have mines The captain had to make redeployments and move forward cautiously.
He fired the mines with his secondary guns and hit five mines.
One of them exploded, forming a high water column.
The charge yield was not very large, but it was Traditional Chinese black powder is fatal to light destroyers even if they eat a few.
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The Royal Navy finally understood that this was a homemade mine made by the Chinese, and that it was false and false, real and false.
Although the technology content was low, it was enough to slow down the maneuvers of British ships.
Suddenly there was a burst of artillery fire from the shore, and the artillery regiment that had been ambushing for a long time opened fire.
The first time was a warning shot.
The 75-caliber mountain gun shells stirred up jets of water in front of the British ship's channel, and the shooting was quite accurate.
The force and determination displayed by the Jiangdong Army made the commander of the British destroyer fleet understand that Jiangdong is not Sichuan, and Chen Zikun is not Yang Sen, but the honor of the British Royal Navy will not be stained on the Huaijiang River.
A flag was played on the shore, demanding that the British ships withdraw from the waters of the Huaijiang River.
The British ship responded with a flag, claiming that it enjoyed legal inland navigation rights and was not subject to the jurisdiction of the Chinese military.
The artillery on the three destroyers were all loaded and aimed at the south bank in preparation for bombardment.
The Jiangdong Army on the shore also completed combat preparations and only waited for the commander's order to bombard the British ships.
There was a buzzing sound from the sky, and two biplanes approached from far away.
The sailors saw the Jiangdong Army logo painted under the wings and hurriedly prepared to fight.
However, the anti-aircraft firepower on the destroyer was pitiful, and it was extremely difficult to deal with it for a while.
Fortunately, the plane did not strafe or drop bombs, but passed over the destroyer in a menacing manner.
The height was so low that the wind blew off the sailor's hat.
Someone clearly saw the face of the pilot, who was actually a white Westerner.
The British ships finally realized that Jiangdong's army was well prepared, so they had to raise flags, suggest a peaceful solution, and slowly withdraw from the war zone.
"The British guy ran away with his tail between his legs."
There were cheers from the artillery position on the shore.
The soldiers were holding back their energy to show off to the foreigners, but the officers were sweating.
They knew their own strength and were really fighting.
Get up, and the artillery regiment will be wiped out within a minute.
The British ship retreated temporarily, and the British consular envoy came aggressively.
After visiting the British crew members in custody, he met with Chen Zikun, the commander-in-chief of the Jiangdong Army, and gave him a solemn protest and ultimatum.
The ship and crew must be released unconditionally, otherwise they would face the British.
The wrath of the Empire.
"I am willing to settle an account for you, General."
The special envoy said reservedly and coldly, "The foreign navy has a total of 171 warships stationed in Chinese waters.
In this huge foreign fleet, Britain has seventy-six warships, the United States has thirty warships, Japan has forty-eight, France has ten, Italy has four, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands have one each.
If you must remain hostile to Great Britain, these warships will use their cannons to Targeting you, Your Excellency”: