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Chapter 1688 The Hero¡¯s Funeral

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    The combined fleet on the other side.

    On the night of Wang Rulong's death, several senior fleet officials including Ma Yinglong, the joint fleet police commissioner on the Chixiao, Lin Feng, the deputy commander-in-chief on the Chengsheng Wanli, and Xiang Xuehai, the chief commander of the Shangfeng Fleet on the Wanren, heard that  News arrived one after another on the Kaiyuan to keep vigil for the commander-in-chief.

    In the temporarily arranged mourning hall, after discussion with members of the former enemy committee, it was decided to split the fleet into two. Ma Yinglong would lead two battleships to escort the coffins of the commander-in-chief and the fallen soldiers, as well as the sick and wounded from each ship, and immediately return to Yongxia.  .

    Xiang Xuehai led the severely damaged warship to the nearest base in Sanmiao Strait for simple repairs, and then returned to Yongxia to rest.

    Lin Feng led the remaining 90 warships, escorted the captured 120 Spanish warships, and slowly walked back.

    With so many warships being escorted, safety was the second priority. The key was that the surrendered Spanish warships had basically lost their masts and sails and turned into wooden boxes that lost power.

    Because of the "Epidemic Prevention Regulations", Marines cannot be sent to board the ship before complete isolation and elimination, so we can only connect the captives' bows and sterns to the ship like a candied haws on a skewer, and slowly drag it back.

    This season, the wind is blowing again. Even with all our strength, we can¡¯t travel more than a hundred miles in a day, so we¡¯d better move slowly at the back.

    "However, the fleet has sent homing pigeons to the war zone, requesting that the tug fleet be dispatched as planned. It will take about three to five days to be relieved."

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    The fleet escorting the coffin and the wounded also faced the same problem.  Although the voyage back to Yongxia was only eight hundred kilometers, the north wind would take the fleet eight to ten days.

    ? ? It¡¯s okay for the wounded. During this battle, Zhao Hao took the initiative to add a hospital ship, mobilized the elite force of the Coast Guard General Hospital, and moved a full set of medical equipment and medicines to the ship for battlefield rescue.

    There were more than 600 lightly and seriously injured people in the entire fleet, and the two hospital ships were overcrowded.  Fortunately, the group's medical strength is far from what it used to be. Jiangnan Medical College has graduated eight medical classes, and the Southeast Medical College that was later established has graduated five classes, and the Coast Guard Medical College has also been established.

    Jiangnan Pharmaceutical Factory and Southeast Pharmaceutical Factory have also been completed and put into production long ago, producing various patent medicines.  There are enough medical staff and medicines on the hospital ship to treat the wounded, so they can calm down.

    What is even more troublesome is the remains of Wang Rulong and the 366 martyrs on the Kaiyuan.  Although it¡¯s almost the twelfth lunar month, the so-called cool season in Luzon is close to 30 degrees during the day.  In this hot and humid environment, the body will quickly decay.

    Ma Yinglong, Mei Ling and others absolutely do not want to let Lao Wang and the sacrificed brothers suffer a second time.  Not only would they not be able to explain it to the Commander-in-Chief, they would also be unable to pass the test themselves.

    In fact, according to Coast Guard regulations, during an ocean voyage where it is not possible to transport intact remains, the commander can decide to bury the deceased at sea.

    At this time, it is 800 kilometers away from Yongxia, which is definitely enough for the ocean standard, but the Chinese people have the plot to rest in peace.  Ma Yinglong and the others still tried their best to allow Lao Wang and the fallen soldiers to be buried in the Yingling Cemetery in Yongxia.

    This problem still needs to be solved by experts from the Coast Guard General Hospital.  If Lao Wang is easy to handle, just soak him in medical alcohol, but there are still 366 martyrs, how can there be so much alcohol?

    Fortunately, Chen Shigong was still teaching chemistry at the medical school and came up with the idea of ??using fire salt to make ice and building a cold storage to store the remains of the martyrs.

    There is nothing wrong with this method, it just requires a lot of fire salt.

    Although the fleet only has a few jars of fire salt used to relieve pain and diuresis, it has several tons of black powder

    "Gunpowder?" Mei Ling was dumbfounded when he heard this: "It's true that there is saltpeter powder in it, but it's all mixed together. How can you separate the gunpowder and saltpeter separately?"

    "Don't you have a chemistry class at the Coast Guard School?" Chen Shigong pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses and said, "Don't you know that sulfur and charcoal powder are insoluble in water, but potassium nitrate is easily soluble in water?"

    "What is potassium nitrate?" Mei Ling asked in a low voice.

    "It's just fire and saltpeter." Ma Yinglong said with a bit of confusion on his face: "Dean Chen, just tell me how to do it."

    Chen Shigong gave his plan. Pour the gunpowder into water and dissolve it. After filtering, you can get a potassium nitrate solution. After evaporating and crystallizing, you can separate the fire nitrate.

    Then fill the copper basin with water and place it in the bucket.  Keep adding fire salt to the bucket until the water in the copper basin freezes and is usable.  The saltpeter can then be evaporated and crystallized for reuse.

    Although the Coast Guard soldiers are not smart enough, their execution ability is invincible.  Once you have a solution, make a plan immediately and go all out to take action!

    A group of men and horses immediately set up a pot on the forecastle deck to extract fire salt.

    &nThey were the honor guards of a squadron, leading the hearse procession as it slowly drove to the cemetery.

    On both sides of the road, every 2 meters, there were two young soldiers wearing starched white military uniforms and black military caps. They had a red kapok on their chests and faced each other with guns like green pine trees.

    When the first hearse arrived, the two soldiers saluted with guns in unison.  Wherever the hearse went, the soldiers saluted together, and the scene was solemn and solemn.

    There was no mourning or music, no monks or Taoist priests, not even the paper flowers and money required at funerals and the sound of crying, only the low beat of drums and the neat sound of boots of the honor guard marching on the road.

    Everything is solemn and suffocating, but people clearly feel that there is no more solemn funeral than this.

    That is the highest respect and condolences for the martyrs!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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