The battle went very smoothly because the British army was far fewer than the army of the time travelers, and they had no defense on the flanks and had no fighting spirit, so they were almost defeated at once and were quickly defeated.

However, the British army's defense line was close to the sea, and behind it was the Weihai Acropolis. The front and sides were all the troops of travelers, so there was no place to escape. As a result, a group of soldiers were killed. The remaining soldiers retreated to the beach and found that there was no way to escape, so they had to abandon their guns and surrender. After dawn, when cleaning up the bodies of the dead British army, they found Weihai Guards.

Xiao Jianjun and Jin Feng received news on the Kunming ship that they had captured Weihai Acropolis and wiped out the British army. Although this had been expected, the two were still very happy. After all, they had only taken one night to capture Weihai Guard, which is also worth celebrating.

On the other side, the transport ships anchored in Weihai Bay fled from the southern exit of Weihai Bay after the fire was raised. However, the Yueyang and Sanya ships had already been waiting at the southern entrance of Weihai Bay. When British transport ships fled, they immediately opened fire and bombarded. Although the Yueyang and Sanya ships' pj6 single-barrel 76mm stealth guns were the weakest firepower among several crossing warships, the transport ships were not warships after all. Not only were there no armor protection, but they were also partly made of wooden structures. Therefore, the naval guns of the Yueyang and Sanya ships were more than enough to deal with them. Moreover, the pj6 single-barrel 76mm stealth guns also had the advantage of fast firing speed and high accuracy. As a result, three transport ships were sunk continuously in 10 minutes, and two were fired to a fire, illuminating a large sea surface.

Seeing this, the other transport ships did not dare to run away, so they had to turn back and return to Weihai Bay. Fortunately, the Yueyang ship and the Sanya ship did not kill them all. Seeing that these transport ships had retreated, they waited to pursue them. After all, these transport ships were not armed. It is better to persuade them to surrender after dawn and take them away for their own use. Of course, it is not a reason to avoid bombing the Ridao Fort.

However, the crew on the transport ship did not know the plan of the crosser, and only knew that Weihai Bay was not safe. Although there was a Ridao Fort guard at the southern entrance of Weihai Bay, the north entrance was completely opened, so the other party could rush into Weihai Bay at any time and sink all of their transport ships, and he had no power to resist, so he was also worried at this time.

But after waiting for a while, no warships launched shelling on them. The crew members on the ship were also puzzled, but they did not dare to act rashly. Waiting is often the most difficult, because they are waiting to die, some crew members were even puzzled: If the other party wants to take action, it is best to sink their ship sooner, so as not to wait for the torture.

Even so, no one was willing to die, so he could only suffer in waiting. As time passed by minute by minute, dark night gradually passed, and day slowly came. The crew members on the transport ship discovered that four silver-white and large warships were anchored in Weihai Bay, and their muzzles were all pointing at them.

At this moment, a relatively large warship was sailing towards the transport ship, and it made a sound. When I heard carefully that it was still shouting in English, I persuaded the crew on the transport ship to surrender. I also claimed that if I did not surrender, I would sink the transport ship.

After a while, a transport ship sent a signal of willingness to surrender, and when the other ships saw it, they all expressed their surrender. So under the command of the other warships, they docked and anchored one after another. The crew members got off the ship and went ashore for inspection by the army. All the transport ships and the materials on the ship were handed over to the army's army for supervision. Of course, there was not much material on each transport ship at this time, but the transport ship itself was a very good spoil.

At the same time, the crossing army recruited surrenders to the Sun Island Fort. Seeing that the general situation was gone, the British army guarding the fort had to give up resistance and surrender to the crossing. Then the headquarters ordered that a company of troops be transferred out of the land battle camp of the crossing army landed on Liugong Island, recruit surrender and clear the remaining resistance forces on Liugong Island.

It was around ten o'clock in the morning that the crossing army had completely controlled the entire Weihaiwei area. After the Qing Dynasty, a total of 188 British soldiers were killed, warships, 5 transport ships, 7 British soldiers, 17 crew members, 11 transport ships, 8 shore defense artillery of various types, and more than 00 rifles of various types. Only 69 people were injured in the crossing army, and none were killed.

Although the results achieved in this battle were not great, it reached zero casualties, and it was not easy because it was landing and new troops participated in the battle. In the Battle of Dagukou, the time-traveling army suffered damage for the first time. Of course, this result was related to the fact that the British army was not strong and there was no combat preparation at all.

But no matter what, the first step of the attack on Shandong had achieved perfect success. Xiao Jianjun sent a message of victory to Tianjin, then landed on a boat, came to Weihai Acropolis, and arranged for the work of the Crossover to take over Weihai Acropolis, because there was a battle plan to attack Qingdao, and the Weihai Guard was the frontier temporary command center for the Crossover.

At this time, Xia Bohai, who was staying in Tianjin, received Xiao Jianjun's report and immediately ordered the follow-up troops who had been ready to go at Dagukou to board the ship and set off for Weihai Guard. After the order was passed to Dagukou, twelve transport ships were loaded with five battalions of troops and corresponding ammunition and medicine supplies, and rushed to Weihai Guard under the escort of six warships captured by the army.

Then, the Time Traveler officially issued a telephone call under the name of the Tianjin Provisional Government, announcing that the Time Traveler had recovered Weihaiwei.

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"You must have received the electricity from overseas Chinese," said Mr. Zhongtang.

Li Hongzhang looked at Huo Bilan, the British Consul General in Shanghai, who had a calm face in front of him, and couldn't help but exclaim, and said, "Of course I received it."

Huo Bilan said: "Since Lord Zhongtang has known it, I will not be polite. I have to tell you that the behavior of overseas Chinese cannot be described as excessive, but is completely picking and polite to the dignity of our British Empire. I can tell you clearly that the British Empire will never tolerate the behavior of overseas Chinese, and will use all measures and any means to retaliate against overseas Chinese, including war means."

Li Hongzhang sewed his eyes and said, "Does your consul's statement just now represent the attitude of your government?"

Huo Bilan bowed his head and said, "Of course, I have sent back the news that overseas Chinese captured Weihaiwei as soon as possible. I have been authorized by the country to express the attitude of our British government to Lord Zhongtang."

Li Hongzhang said: "So has your government decided to take military action against overseas Chinese?"

Huo Bilan said: "This has not arrived yet, but this issue will be submitted to Parliament for discussion. In my personal opinion, there is a great possibility that Parliament will pass, because the dignity of the British Empire cannot be violated."

Li Hongzhang had been in charge of the Westernization Affairs for a long time and had a certain understanding of the domestic operations of various countries. He knew that although Britain was also a monarchy country, the power of the monarch was bound by the parliament, and major matters must be passed by the parliament first. The monarch could not do whatever he wanted, while other monarchy countries, such as Germany, Russia, and Japan, had much greater power. Even though the British Parliament had not passed the resolution to send troops, it was obvious that there was room for operation. In addition, it was not ruled out that Huo Bilan was bluffing. Because Zhang Peilun went to Tianjin and learned from overseas Chinese that Britain was fighting in Africa now, but the war was not good and costly. Therefore, it was still difficult to launch another large-scale war.

Honestly, Li Hongzhang was really shocked after learning that the time travelers captured Weihaiwei. Unexpectedly, this group of overseas Chinese really dared to do it. After the negotiations and contacts broke down, the first thing they did was to attack Britain. As the world's top leader, Britain naturally would never give up. Although Britain is fighting in Africa now, it may not have the power to dispatch a large army, but it can recruit other countries to send troops together. Once this war begins, its scale will not only expand ten times. No matter who wins and who loses, the only one who is unlucky will be the Qing Dynasty, and whether the stability in the south can be maintained.

However, although Li Hongzhang was worried and was very dissatisfied with the time traveler, thinking that the time traveler's behavior of challenging the UK was too reckless, he also had a lot of slight attitude towards Huo Bilan, because Huo Bilan was simply asking for guilt to himself. The overseas Chinese occupied Weihaiwei and it was not my instructor. If you have the ability, go and settle the score with overseas Chinese.

Of course, Li Hongzhang is now a weaker party. Although he is unhappy, he can only bear it. He also has to smile and say, "Then what does your consul mean to me? The consul knows that this group of overseas Chinese are not subjects of my Qing Dynasty, and we can't control them."

The telegram from the time traveler reached Shanghai was no less than another earthquake. As it was Britain, it was slapped hard. Since Napoleon, no country dared to despise the dignity of the British Empire like this. And the British Consul General in Shanghai Huo Bilan will also bear an unruly responsibility. Because since overseas Chinese occupied Tianjin, Shanghai has replaced Beijing and became the center of communication between China and abroad. All countries obtain China's information through Shanghai, and this information is naturally collected and sorted by the consuls of various countries in Shanghai. Even personal opinions and attitudes will directly affect the judgment of governments on the situation in China.

In this sense, Huo Bilan is obviously unqualified because the information he sent back to the country and his personal opinions have not mentioned that the time traveler will attack Weihaiwei. Therefore, no matter how the UK deals with Weihaiwei in the end, Huo Bilan's negligence will not be able to escape.
Chapter completed!