Edo Traveler

v11 Chapter 98: Chuanxi soldiers 1 cannon shot

For soldiers trained by the British, to beat the British is not the same as hitting the right with the left hand. It is easy. Moreover, Lin Hachiro and others had already understood the layout of the small barracks, and they approached and shot, and they hit a target.

Alcock in the embassy has yet to react. Although he is also the one who led the army to suppress the great uprising in India, it is precisely because he led the army that he does not think in the direction of the mutiny.

The Japanese character, which is famous all over the world, has both the tradition of inferiority and the habit of unconditional obedience to superiors. When the subordinate is obedient, you tell him that you will go to climb Mount Everest tomorrow, and don’t come back until you reach the top. He may have actually bought an evening ticket to fly to Nepal.

Therefore, when Earl Canning asked the infantry of the training team to rush to the moat in Lucknow, the army rushed up like a wave, as if it was not afraid of death, and in a flash, the moat outside the city was filled. Even with thousands of casualties, they did not retreat.

Such an obedient and easy-to-use army, he can't think of a mutiny!

He didn't know that something was bad until a cannon rang out from the training team and the angry soldiers rushed into the British camp. But at this time, no matter how bad things are, it's useless.

Some of the British soldiers in the barracks had already fallen asleep, and even those who had not fallen asleep had already lied down. The British army, who was on guard, asked a strange question when they saw the soldiers of the training team who were also wearing British uniforms.

"Are you practicing?"

The only answer to them was the indiscriminate firing of muskets from the soldiers of the training team.

The gunshots in the gate guard came along with the shelling. European-style exercise code, this kind of firepower compared to soldiers, the idea of ​​​​projecting more and more has long been there. In the Napoleonic Wars, the soldiers fought in front, and the artillery attacked the enemy on the opposite side to cut off the support of the enemy's follow-up troops.

After three rounds of shelling, the British army's barracks ignited a raging fire, killing dozens of British soldiers on the spot, and the rest were seriously injured or buried under the rubble. The few British troops who were still able to move freely were immediately beaten to death by the pass-through soldiers who rushed into the camp.

In just a few minutes before and after, the more than 200 British troops in the small British army camp in Yokohama were annihilated. In Yokohama, it was impossible for the British army to gather any effective offensive, and it was impossible to even defend on the spot.

At this time, the British embassy woke up like a dream, and the sharp rattling bell rang through the entire embassy mansion. British diplomats these days also know that they do bad things a lot of the time, so embassy staff often carry weapons and equipment for self-defense.

Historically, when the Qing army and the Boxers attacked Dongjiaominxiang, foreign nationals and embassy employees armed themselves and joined the battle. Greatly supplemented the problem of insufficient troops in the embassy area.

The British soldiers and employees of the embassy guards, including Alcock, who heard the ringing bell, took up arms and prepared to fight, relying on the embassy building.

Lin Hachiro and Takahashi Taro didn't want to kill Alcock, so they didn't immediately turn their guns and bombard the embassy. Instead, a soldier with better English was dispatched to demand that Alcock surrender immediately. The 3,000-strong training team that raised troops had completely surrounded the embassy area.

Surrender now, they guarantee the safety of the British embassy staff, and after dawn tomorrow, they can leave Yokohama for their own convenience.

Fifteen minutes to consider!

surrender? Although Alcock knew that the embassy might not be able to withstand the attack of the thousands of Chuanxiu teams, he also knew very well that if he surrendered, his life would basically be over. Just like Bernard in "Yes, Minister", he was assigned to the license plate management center in Swansea. And he is estimated to be the commissioner of Western Australia, and he will be friends with Huang Sha for the rest of his life.

If he doesn't surrender, no matter if he is defeated and captured, or he is killed in battle, the British government in London will not forget him. Combined with India's military exploits, the family should be directly knighted.

Do not drop!

If you don't surrender, you won't surrender. Lin Hachiro scolded, and immediately ordered the embassy to be bombarded. I usually look at the extremely strong iron fence gate, which is knocked down with a single shot, and then the main building of the embassy. The British guards who were hiding in the gatehouse and on the first floor were immediately killed three.

The gate made of teak, which was specially sent from Myanmar, was also smashed to pieces after only one shot.

In a hurry, Chuanxi soldiers rushed into the embassy mansion, and Alcock saw that there were Chuanxi soldiers in all directions, and he could not escape at all. After reciting the Lord's Prayer in his heart, he fired a random shot at the entrance of the stairs, and sat quietly on his own sofa, quietly waiting for the judgment of fate.

The resistance in the embassy was extremely weak, and more than a dozen British troops were not even able to run, and were either killed or surrendered. If the staff can learn from Alcock to shoot a shot, even if it is worthy of the salary given by the Queen. Most of the rest fell to the ground to show that they were unarmed and prayed for their lives.

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"Your Excellency Minister, it's been a long time." Lin Hachiro, who had initially achieved his plan, strode forward.

walked into Alcock's office.

"Who are you?" Alcock knew Jiang Chuan Yingmin, Hijikata Toshizo, and Enomoto Takeyo and other senior officers, middle and lower-level officers, but he didn't know them at all.

"Haha, it doesn't matter if you don't know me, it's enough for me to know you!" Lin Hachiro walked to Alcock, picked a sofa stool, and sat opposite.

"What do you want?" Alcock was someone who had gone to the battlefield after all, so he wasn't so frightened at this time.

"Please come with us!" Lin Hachiro made a gesture of invitation.

"The employees in the embassy are innocent, please let them go." Seeing that Lin Hachiro didn't seem to be planning to kill, Alcock said so.

In the future, the staff of the embassy will have to testify to him that he was defeated and captured, rather than voluntarily surrendering. These people got his favor and should answer truthfully.

"No problem, everyone will be released early tomorrow morning, including your Excellency the Minister." Lin Hachiro agreed quickly.

He needs to let Alcock leave immediately, and then hold him to break through the gate of Binhaiguan and rob Binhaiguan's gold foreign exchange. Then tell the soldiers of the whole city to let them come to Binhaiguan to make a fortune. After attracting the soldiers with money, they are almost equal to paying a certificate, and they can be coerced to go to Edo.

Yokohama's side is just an appetizer. Breaking Edo Castle, facing General Chen, and letting the Tokugawa family know the pain of the army and the chaos of government officials are the ultimate goals of these people.