Red Alert 1895

On September 15, 1900, a huge fleet with flags waving was moored at the Liugong Island Naval Base in Weihaiwei, Shandong. And here Liugong Island gathered countless Taiwanese civil, military, military and political officials, and even many gentry and celebrities from the north of the mainland, and many local people gathered here. Because today they are going to send off a powerful navy to go out to fight. If there is no accident in this naval battle, it will determine the future of China. Even, the impact is far more important than the Sino-Japanese War. In this naval battle, the pressure on the Taiwan Navy was enormous, and countless people who cared about the future of their country also came to see them off in organized and unorganized situations, because they hoped to use this method to make themselves Don't worry, you can do your part.

"Soldiers, our Taiwan Navy has been established for several years. We have no fewer than fifteen battleships, and we are already a world-class navy. The so-called raising troops for a thousand days, using them for a while, today, since Mr. Wang and the people of the motherland can use them We, our navy will naturally go out to fight, and we have no hesitation. Six years ago, this was Liugong Island in Weihaiwei, and it was the camp of the Beiyang Navy. It was here that the Beiyang Navy was wiped out. Today, Our Chinese navy, where we fell, we will get up again. We will set off here, inherit the behest of our ancestors, go to Dadonggou, and fight the Japanese pirates again. This time, either you will die or I will die. Death!" Qiu Baoren shouted.

"Either you die, or I die!"

Tens of thousands of sailors on various warships yelled together, and the sound could be heard directly over ten kilometers away. This decisive battle at sea is a decisive battle that no one can afford to lose, so this time everyone is determined to die.

"Everyone, have you written all your suicide notes?" Qiu Baoren asked.

"We have finished writing!" Tens of thousands of sailors said together.

Qiu Baoren took the initiative to pick up an envelope, and then came to a huge box. Then he took the initiative to say: "I am the commander of this naval battle, and I bear the brunt of this responsibility. So I first wrote a suicide note. If I can't win this time, then I will jump directly into the sea and give it to everyone." The ancestors who took the first step will make an explanation. Now, you all put your suicide notes in these boxes."

Those sailors lined up one by one, and then put their "suicide notes" in this box. When a box was full, they would be replaced, and then another box was sent to these people to hold "suicide notes". And when the "suicide notes" of tens of thousands of naval sailors were put into these boxes, and there were no less than 20 boxes in full, these were the "suicide notes" of these sailors. These suicide notes range from Qiu Baoren, Chief of Staff of the Navy, to the captains of the captains. Down to every sailor, he also wrote a "suicide note".

This suicide note was also placed in the same place, and then it was preserved.

"Order all military postal systems to send these suicide notes back to their homes," Qiu Baoren said.

When the military postal staff began sorting these "suicide notes" on the spot, these "suicide notes" would be sent to the families of the sailors through the postal system. Of course, some Red Police soldiers did not have family members, but were sent to a unified "village", and Wang Guorui would arrange for people to receive them. And these suicide notes immediately made the surrounding people point and point, and then felt that the navy did this. They were all determined.

"Since all of us have written suicide notes, we are all dead people now. From now on, we are all dead people. We are already dead. We can be here now, that is to be able to take revenge. We We can only fight desperately with the Japanese pirates, and then we can survive from death. If we can’t survive from death, then we can be regarded as having a companion on the road to Huangquan.” Qiu Baoren said.

Qiu Baoren asked these naval soldiers to write this "suicide note", that is, he hoped that everyone could put aside all ideas and give up all unrealistic fantasies, so that they would fight desperately. Because the current quality of Taiwan's sailors is not as good as that of Japan and the United States, especially their psychological quality. Therefore, Qiu Baoren probably hoped that through this method of "putting them to death and reviving them", these soldiers could completely give up all superfluous thoughts. Let them let go of their thinking completely, and then let them fight hard with the Japanese and Americans. Only in this way. Only then can they be completely let go, and then go desperately with the Japanese and Americans. Fight for the final victory.

Although according to the deduction this time, the Taiwan side still has a relatively high chance of winning, but only by letting these soldiers go all out as much as possible can they truly become warriors who will die and survive. And only by letting them experience this battle, can they truly mature and become a truly qualified navy. Otherwise, it was just a small fight before, it is impossible to call it a real navy, at most it is just some ordinary sailors.

According to the procedure, following the conventional procedures in ancient times for those "death squads" who performed important and life-threatening tasks, they would also be given a bowl of Zhuang Xingjiu. After that, everyone also sent up some of their thoughts, and then a jar of wine was brought up. Although as a rule, the navy is not allowed to drink alcohol to fight on the warship, but there are still two days before the war starts, and everyone is drinking some low-alcohol alcohol, plus a bowl, so there will be no problems.

"Little old man is the largest wine merchant in Shandong. This is our Shandong specialty, Jimo Laojiu. It is a famous wine unique to our Shandong. And good wine is paired with heroes. Now I will give it to all the warriors who are about to go to war for the country!" An old man came out and said.

The old man picked up a glass of old Jimo wine, but instead of toasting immediately, he offered to take out what looked like a bank check again.

"My lord Wang bought Jimo old wine from five thousand detectives with me, and he also paid me a check. However, as a member of our Chinese, how can I ask for money as a gift to our soldiers who went to war? ? So, this check, I..."

The old man didn't say much, and tore up the check on the spot, which made everyone look stupid. Because the value of this check is no less than 50,000 Taiwan currency, the value is not low. But the old man actually said that he would tear it up, without any heartache at all. This time, the old man took out 5,000 jars of Jimo old wine, but it was a loss to his grandma's house, but he took it out so directly, without worrying about the loss, which made everyone very emotional.

"It seems that there are still many people in China who are passionate, not all insensitive." Wang Guorui saw this from a distance, and felt a little emotional.

"Everyone, let's come together to toast to the warriors, representing our sons and daughters of China to let them go to the battlefield. Who else can they work so hard for? Isn't it for us ordinary people? Isn't it to fight against foreigners, and then let them go to the battlefield? We ordinary people don’t need to be exploited by foreigners, don’t we need to continue to be angry with foreigners? Today, they go out, we can’t do anything else, but toast them a bowl of Zhuangxing wine, that’s what we should have.” said the old wine merchant.

However, with this encouragement, some businessmen immediately took the initiative to come out.

"I am a merchant of medicinal materials in Shandong. I am famous for my donkey-hide gelatin business in Dong'e County. I don't have anything else, but I have a small amount of capital. This time, the soldiers are going to fight for the country. Although I am too old, I can't go there in person. Killing the enemy, but I also hope to fulfill the responsibility of my Chinese sons and daughters. No matter what, no matter whether the naval officers and soldiers go out successfully or fail this time, I am willing to contribute to take care of the families of a hundred marines who died in battle If the child is young, I will be responsible for taking care of him until he becomes an adult. I will pay a dowry when the daughter grows up. If there are old people, I will pay for their retirement. I promise! There is no basis for my words, I will make a statement in front of everyone, if I violate it, there will be a thunderbolt, and no one will come to do business with me."

After hearing this, everyone also took the initiative to bear the burden of the families of the fallen naval officers and soldiers according to their respective economic strengths. Some big businessmen are willing to take care of more than a hundred households, and some with poor economic conditions are willing to adopt a family member of a fallen naval officer with several families.

After hearing this, many naval officers and soldiers also burst into tears when they saw this situation. Only then did they feel that they were taken seriously, even Qiu Baoren felt tears in his eyes. When he was in the Beiyang Navy, he would never be so respected by the people. But now these people are so supportive of them, so that they can have no worries. This kind of military and civilian life makes them feel extremely moved. Since ancient times, how many people have been willing to do this? And being able to do this myself made these navy officers and men determined to work hard.

Even many sailors in the navy feel that if they can get such support from the people, it may be worth their death. In the past, many of them were old-style troops, and they had a very bad impression among the common people. How could there be such a situation of "military and civilian fish and water"?

Next, everyone began to toast one after another, and presented Zhuangxing wine to these navy officers and soldiers so that they could go to war safely. (To be continued.)