Chapter 7 Fortress Lushun
The big rooster waiting to be slaughtered in the kitchen of the Navy Office was "clogging" at the top of his throat to help him. Wang Chenhao woke up from his dream when he heard the rooster crowing.
It was already midday, and Wang Chenhao stretched his waist and sat up, and found that he was wearing an ancient pajama.
Looking back on last night, Wang Chenhao lived in the back hall of the Navy Office, and Ding Ruchang arranged two pretty maids to serve him, which really made him so beautiful that he was so snot.
When other officers were only served by their own soldiers, Wang Chenhao was naturally superior to his maids and maids.
Wang Chenhao thought there were special services, but he fell asleep comfortably when two pretty maids helped him scrub him...
"I even changed my underwear. Wouldn't it be that those two little girls looked at it?" Wang Chenhao couldn't help but smile bitterly, feeling a little at a loss.
His clothes, shoes and socks were placed beside the bed, which had been washed and dried, and there was still a faint fragrance on it.
All the things are there, wallets, watches and his fifth-generation Apple phone.
This phone was bought by him for several months after he was busy, but there was no signal at this moment.
There is also an old man's ticket and dozens of change in the wallet, as well as a bank card and a credit card, but it is useless now.
After taking a look at his ID card, Wang Chenhao thought that this thing must be destroyed quickly.
This is the only thing on the body. While Wang Chenhao sighed, he couldn't help but think of his parents, relatives and friends in another time and space.
"How sad it would be if they couldn't find me!"
Wang Chenhao said to himself, and the door of the outer room opened with a creaking sound, and a maid in green walked in.
"Young Master is up! I will serve you to change your clothes!"
"I'll do it myself!"
"Young master does big things! I'll do these small things!"
The little girl was not old, only about thirteen or fourteen years old, and she moved very quickly. She quickly helped Wang Chenhao dress neatly and then served him to finish washing.
Soon, another little maid came in with breakfast, two dishes, one soup and one porridge, which was very rich.
Wang Chenhao couldn't help but sigh that it was good to go back to ancient times. Food, clothing, housing and transportation were taken care of by his servants, so don't do it yourself - because we are doing "big things".
After breakfast, Ding Ruchang sent someone to invite him to talk.
The senior officers of the Beiyang Navy were all there, and they smiled when they saw Wang Chenhao, which made Wang Chenhao feel very comfortable. At least the Beiyang family made him feel a sense of belonging.
It was nothing big about Ding Ruchang asked him to come, so he asked how he could eat and how he could rest. However, after learning that Li Hongzhang was coming to Lushun, Wang Chenhao was a little excited.
As the governor of Zhili, military affairs minister, and Beiyang minister of the Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang had many titles, which was enough to prove that he was the pillar of the Qing Dynasty.
A saying is widely circulated among the people: The Qing Dynasty was like a broken house that was about to collapse, while Li Hongzhang kept demolishing the east and west walls, trying his best to maintain the house as a papermaker, and there were also popular sayings such as Prime Minister Hefei Tianxiashu.
Wang Chenhao was very excited to see such an important figure in the Qing Dynasty.
Ding Ruchang has reported to Li Hongzhang the process and results of the Battle of the Yellow Sea, and the latter has submitted it to the court to ask for credit to the soldiers of the Beiyang Navy, and Wang Chenhao is also on the list.
Li Hongzhang arrived tomorrow, and all the ships of the Beiyang Navy have entered the dock for repair. Wang Chenhao's Jiaolong is docked at the Mine Camp Wharf of the Lushun Military Port and is guarded by a dedicated person.
After disbanding, Wang Chenhao was idle and wanted to visit the Lushun Naval Base, so Deng Shichang took the initiative to take him around.
Naval bases are places for naval fleets to berth, supply and repair. Excellent military ports are very important to a navy.
As early as the Beiyang Navy was preparing to build the Beiyang Navy naval base. After several field investigations, Li Hongzhang selected to build a naval base in Lushun and Weihaiwei, "A comprehensive view of the Beiyang coast, the naval base is the most important place for the navy, only the Lushunkou and Weihaiwei, where you can fight and retreat."
The Lushunkou is divided into east and west Macao by the tiger tail. The Beiyang Fleet mainly builds Dong'ao, namely Donggang. The east, south and north sides of the East Port are 4106.8 feet long, and the tide-blocking dam on the west is 934 feet long. There is a gate left in the northwest for warships to enter and exit. Large stone embankments are built around the entire harbor.
A large dock is built in the northeast of Donggang, namely the Lushun Dock, which is 413 feet long, 124 feet wide and 37.89 feet deep. The dock entrance is made of iron locks as a door. The entire dock is made of large pieces of Shandong clay stone and made of cement.
In addition, there are nine ship repair factories in the port, four warehouses are built on the south bank and one warehouse on the east bank to store spare parts of ship machinery.
At this time, all the Beiyang Navy ships were repairing it. Although the Yangwei Shi was not destined to sink, the fire had already deformed its keel bones, and after repairing, it could only become a patrol ship.
The facilities around the port dock are connected by railways, with 5 large cranes along the coast and an iron wharf for coal transportation on warships. In addition, there are also stone wharfs in East Australia, which are specially designed for repairing mine boats and mosquito boats. There are 46 electric lights in various facilities in the port, and tap water pipes are laid everywhere for drinking by officers and soldiers. In addition, in order to dredge the port pool, Lushun Port is also specially equipped with imported river digging machine ships (drilling boats "sea guide").
In order to protect Lushun, which is the Beiyang Navy's repair and maintenance base, while building Wu'ao, a total of 9 coastal forts were built on the coast of Lushun base based on the mountain terrain.
With the Lushunkoukou Gate as the boundary, there are 5 towers in the east and 4 towers in the west. From east to west, the Laolizui Back Fortress, Laolizui Fortress, Tuzhu Reef Fortress, Huangjinshan Sub Fortress, Huangjinshan Fortress, Tiger Tail Fortress, Weiyuan Fortress, Manziying Fortress, and Mantou Mountain Fortress. Except for the Laolizui Fortress, the rest are open-air fortress, with a total of 58 artillery pieces, including 9 more than 200mm caliber. Later, 4 turrets were added, and 23 artillery positions were added.
Since 1889, a total of 17 land turrets and 78 gun positions were built around Lushun. At the same time, in order to cover the rear road of Lushun and defend Jinzhou, 5 coastal turrets, one land turret and 24 gun positions were built in Dalian Bay. During this period, Li Hongzhang subcontracted the French Devey in 1887 due to the slow progress of the Lushun dock project. It was completed on November 9, 1890. Ding Ruchang, Zhou Fu and others went to inspect and accepted the Lushun base in Asia.
Although Wang Chenhao had traveled to Dalian, Lushun, he rarely saw the spectacular scene of the former No. 1 fortress in the Far East except for an ancient Krupp Fortress cannon.
Now in this time and space, Wang Chenhao was able to see the whole picture of Lushun Fortress. This excitement and excitement are beyond the reach of others.
"Mr. Deng! It's indeed the Yadong Super Fortress!"
"So what are you doing when you see someone? Just call me elder brother or Zhengqing!"
Wang Chenhao smiled. Deng Shichang was over 20 years older than him. Calling him big brother really made him take advantage.
"Brother Deng! Who do you think can win this war?"
"Of course it's us!" Deng Shichang blurted out without thinking.
Wang Chenhao shook his head and said, "We were defeated in the Sino-French War. We defeated Japan's invasion of Taiwan in Keelung, but we still had to pay compensation for 500,000 taels of silver. Do you think this war can be won?"
Deng Shichang sighed and said helplessly: "At least our Navy can win!"
Wang Chenhao looked into the distance with deep eyes. Although his appearance changed the end of the naval battle, it did not mean that he could definitely change the overall situation of the Sino-Japanese War.
He expressed his feelings: "Japan has completed a phase of goal, that is, to occupy North Korea. The Japanese government is well prepared. If the Japanese navy wins, it will advance to China; if the navy is tied, it will maintain North Korea's maritime power and stabilize North Korea; if the navy is defeated, the army will retreat to Japan."
Deng Shichang looked at Wang Chenhao in surprise and said, "Chen Hao, you have such strategic vision at a young age and will definitely become a great player in the future! According to your analysis, our navy has won a game, and the Japanese navy is seriously injured. Then the Japanese should retreat to Japan!"
Wang Chenhao smiled and said, "It's theoretically! But the problem is that the Qing army fled without fighting in Pyongyang. Not only did he lose North Korea, he left a large amount of weapons, ammunition and supplies for the Japanese army. In this way, the Japanese army would not have any concerns about supply in a short period of time. With their gambler-like personality, they would probably decide whether to advance or retreat after another battle!"
Deng Shichang still looked no longer worried and said, "Lord Zhongtang has deployed tens of thousands of troops on the front line of Yalu River. The entire army should be led by veteran Song Qing, so there should be no problem!"
Wang Chenhao snorted and said coldly: "If the Japanese army doesn't fight, it's really thankful! If the Japanese army decides to fight, the Yalu River defense line will be lost within three days!"
Deng Shichang frowned and said, "Chen Hao, you are too pessimistic! But just say this in front of the brother, don't go out and talk nonsense!"
Wang Chenhao smiled and said, "I don't want to hurt your self-confidence. I'll know soon if I'm right!"
"This kid!" Deng Shichang pointed at Wang Chenhao and smiled helplessly, obviously not caring about his words.
Chapter completed!