Red Alert 1895: Chapter 643 Sacrifice to Heroes Part 2

The entire sacrificial activity has begun, and this sacrificial activity Wang Guorui made very solemn, and invited many surviving soldiers of the Beiyang Navy, as well as relatives and friends of the soldiers who died in the country, etc., to participate together This public festival. However, some people could clearly tell that Wang Guorui's public sacrifice included a lot of private goods. Before that, Wang Guorui loudly announced the defeat of the Manchu Qing in the Sino-Japanese War of 1899-1899, and blamed all the responsibilities on the corruption of the Manchu nobles and bureaucrats, as well as the faults of various Manchu nobles and bureaucrats. And Wang Guorui obviously shirked all the responsibilities to those Manchu nobles and bureaucrats. This is creating hatred for the Manchu nobles and bureaucrats!

However, Wang Guorui's words can indeed bring hatred to Manqing. The Manchu Qing had 50 million taels of silver. Without thinking about how the people could use this money to resist the enemy, but to celebrate Lafayette Cixi's birthday, this is simply absurd. Especially the family members of the sacrificed soldiers are even more resentful, because they also think that if the money could be used for the army, then their family and friends may not die in battle. Even if they take a step back and died in battle, at least their sacrifices are meaningful, at least the country can win. But now, because of the stupidity of this gang of decadent nobles and bureaucrats, their death is in vain, and it is meaningless to let those soldiers die in battle.

But no one knew that Wang Guorui's theories about spending money on the army in the Qing Dynasty were only theoretical. The so-called spending can form two Beiyang naval divisions, as well as the formation of more than a dozen army divisions, or the mobilization of more than 800,000 troops. This time it is actually "theoretically" feasible. In fact, it is impossible to succeed, because it involves not only the finances and the military, but also the games of many countries in the world. Western powers will not allow China to have more warships. That is to say, there are three times more navy than the current Beiyang Navy, which will completely affect the balance of all countries in the world. And more than a dozen new military divisions, that is impossible. Because Western countries may not sell you weapons. Once China has more than a dozen new army units, the interests of Western countries in China will be worrying. So they won't sell weapons to the squadron. The new army of more than a dozen divisions is just a castle in the air. As for the final mobilization of 800,000 troops, that is even more ridiculous. The so-called soldiers are good but not many, and the 80th traditional army is not as good as the 10,000 modernized army. So let alone 800,000, 8 million is useless on that battlefield. Because in the face of fierce cannons and rifles, no matter how many traditional cold weapon troops come, they will be slaughtered. Before the enemy's bullets were exhausted, his own side also retreated first, which was the reason for the army's generational gap. Once there is a generation gap in the army. The advantage in numbers is also gone, and it's useless to come as much as you want.

But ordinary people don't understand what's in it, and ordinary people don't know the complicated factors in it. The defeat in the Sino-Japanese War was actually inevitable to some extent, but too many ordinary people didn't know it. Therefore, Wang Guorui also took advantage of this opportunity to ruthlessly hate the Man Qing. Anyway, most people believed that the Man Qing nobles were incompetent, which caused the failure of the Sino-Japanese War.

"Now, Lord Wang, please read the sacrificial oration!" said the host Li Zhanfeng.

Wang Guorui took out a copy of the sacrificial rites written by the "rotten Confucians" in the Imperial Academy of the Qing Dynasty and began to read them out. This is also for the inheritance of traditional Chinese culture, so Wang Guorui did not object to using this kind of classical Chinese sacrificial rites to perform sacrifices.

When Wang Guorui read these sacrificial rites that he didn't understand what they meant, they came out. Wang Guorui looked at most of the people below as if they didn't understand, but he could only bite the bullet and read on. This sacrificial oration was a mouthful, but Wang Guorui really almost wanted to order those fellows from the Hanlin Academy to be dispatched to nursing homes immediately. But in the end I endured it. Doesn't it make him feel uncomfortable to let him read such a clumsy article like this? Among other things, how many people in ancient times could read fluently?

"I am a hero of China, and I will last forever!"

After Wang Guorui finished reading this sacrificial oration, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, as he had finished reading this sacrificial oration. But then, that is to enter the next link, and that is to formally offer incense. This time, the so-called incense case was placed on a very dilapidated warship. This wrecked warship. That is to say, the cruiser Laiyuan of the Beiyang Navy used to participate in the Dadonggou naval battle in the Yellow Sea. And then also participated in the Weihaiwei defense battle, but was sunk by Japanese torpedoes. Guan led Qiu Baoren and was rescued after falling into the water. However, Qiu Baoren is currently the chief of staff of the Taiwan Navy.

The cruiser Laiyuan was salvaged by Wang Guorui, and because the diving salvage ability of this era is not very good, Wang Guorui sacrificed several frogman sailors in the red police system to salvage it. Wang Guorui intends to use this Laiyuan as a future patriotic education memorial hall, as a mobile memorial hall, which can tell future generations with a war casualty, cherish the present peace, and be able to look back on the war and feel The hardships of the soldiers who sacrificed for the country back then.

"Everyone, please go to Shangxiang!" Li Zhanfeng said.

"Master Wang, please!" Li Zhanfeng took the initiative to bring three sticks of incense and said to Wang Guorui.

According to the ancient rules, the person with the highest status should burn the incense first. At present, the person with the highest status here is Wang Guorui, that is to say, Wang Guorui is the first to offer incense.

But Wang Guorui said to Qiu Baoren next to him: "Old Qiu, this time you come to offer the first incense stick."

"Lord Wang, I..." Qiu Baoren hesitated.

Wang Guorui nodded and said: "You used to be the leader of the Laiyuan, and you and the sailors of the Laiyuan battleship who sacrificed back then have a great friendship. Whether they are from our side or not, they are still in love with each other. I gave my life for the country, and there is no need to worry about it. No matter what, since we have already sacrificed our lives for the country, we can’t care about it. No matter where we are, we are all paying for the country, whether it is They are not our people, whether they are in our army or not. I just want to say that there are no supernumeraries for heroes. Regardless of whether we are part of a government or not, they are all Chinese. You are their former captain, then This time, it's up to you to offer the first stick of incense."

Qiu Baoren didn't continue to say anything, but picked up the three sticks of incense, took the initiative to come to the wreckage of the warship Laiyuan, and put down the three sticks of incense. However, Wang Guorui was also the second to offer incense. He took the initiative to offer incense, and then he also offered incense step by step according to his status. Chief of the General Staff Hu Wei, Director of the General Political Department Zheng Hong, and then the chiefs of various military departments and government officials also came to offer incense one by one. This is also lined up according to their status. There are distinct levels, so you can't just go beyond the status.

"Now, everyone kowtows three times to the martyrs!" Li Zhanfeng said.

"Kowtow!"

Wang Guorui led everyone to kneel down, and then kowtowed on the surface of the Yellow Sea outside Weihaiwei. However, this move surprised many people, because Wang Guorui would kneel down to the martyrs of the Beiyang Navy, which was very unusual for many ancient people.

"Master Wang actually kneels down to the martyrs?" A martyr of the Beiyang Navy asked in surprise.

And the other martyr was also a little moved and said: "Master Wang would kneel down to the heroes of the Beiyang Navy. This is really extraordinary."

"Yes! It's really rare!" "My lord Wang is the one who will soon become emperor!" "Since ancient times, common people have knelt down to the emperor, but Mr. Wang, the future emperor, actually kneeled down to the martyrs. It's really not easy!"  …

In ancient times, even the emperor would not kneel to the martyrs, the emperor is the son of heaven, their power comes from the grant of heaven, but they will kneel to the world~www.mtlnovel.com~ or they are out of respect for their ancestors Worship, will also choose to kneel to their "first emperor", but it is impossible for others to make the emperor kneel. In China, the emperor is also the representative of the supreme, and it is impossible to kneel down to anyone. Even if the other party is a martyr, because for the emperors in the ancient feudal period, it is only right for soldiers to sacrifice their lives for you, and it is your duty to fulfill, there is no glory at all. After all, the emperor is the emperor, and the soldiers are also the emperor's slaves. How can the emperor kneel down to the slaves? Maybe some "slaves" died, and the emperor would reward his family with something, but he would never kneel down for them.

Now Wang Guorui not only knelt down, but also knelt down to the soldiers of the "former dynasty", which made many people feel very moved. Wang Guorui is very generous, and there is really nothing to say about these soldiers of the Beiyang Navy.

"Now, I sacrificed the martyrs of the Sino-Japanese War of 1899-1995. Now I want to announce a news, a very important news, in front of the martyrs." Wang Guorui said.

When everyone heard that Wang Guorui was going to announce a very important news, they all pricked up their ears to listen, because the news that Wang Guorui announced at this time was definitely not ordinary news. Moreover, it may be related to the soldiers of the Sino-Japanese War, especially the news that is of great significance to them, but no one knows what the news is, and everyone is looking forward to Wang Guorui's announcement. (To be continued.)