A bucket of cold water was poured directly on Henry's body. Although it was November and it was still relatively hot, it still made Henry wake up from his stupor immediately. After seeing Li Ningyu smiling beside him, Henry was puzzled.
He was about to ask why he was treated like this, but the next second he saw the new governor tied up beside him. Henry seemed to remember something immediately, and immediately opened his mouth, but then he saw Li Ningyu motioning for him to stop talking, and
Point to the chair next to him and ask him to sit down first.
Li Ningyu could naturally see what was revealed in Henry's eyes, but he was not prepared to change his plan. Instead, he continued to plan to start operating according to his own ideas. In the next period of time, Li Ningyu started talking to Henry in French.
During the communication process, Henry not only made a cry, but for a moment he opened his eyes wide and looked at Li Ningyu with an incredulous look. However, it didn't take long for him to agree to Li Ningyu's plan, because Li Ningyu's plan was so awesome.
At this time, when Li Ningyu came to Africa and started to do a series of things, Li Ningyu's hometown in China, far away in the east, was also changing. 1888 was a big day for the Beiyang Fleet. At this time, the Lushun Beiyang Navy was in the main hall.
In the middle, sit forty-six Beiyang naval officers
The naval generals, commanders, and leaders, the newly appointed naval admiral Ding Ruchang, sat in the upper seat and looked down at the generals, and then took the lead in speaking up: "We have gathered here today mainly for the matters that the Lord of the Central Hall has explained, and I want to discuss them with you.
Let’s take a look, what do you think?”
After 1879, Li Hongzhang ordered Chaoyong from the United Kingdom, two fast ships and cruisers, and two gunboats in the middle of the town.
Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, and Jiyuan three ships. At the same time, Li Hongzhang also stepped up preparations to build a naval base, set up a naval academy, and hired foreigners to train the navy. In 1885, the Naval Yamen was established, and Li Hongzhang alone held real power.
It also took the opportunity to expand the Beiyang Navy and ordered four 2,000-ton cruisers such as Zhiyuan, Jingyuan, Jingyuan and Laiyuan from Germany and Britain. In 1888, the Beiyang Navy Charter was formulated and the Beiyang Fleet was organized.
There were 22 ships of various types and more than 4,000 officers and soldiers. On November 15, Li Hongzhang appointed Ding Ruchang as the admiral of the Beiyang Navy, Lin Taizeng as the commander-in-chief of the left wing, and Liu Buchan as the commander-in-chief of the right wing. The Beiyang Navy was officially established.
In the same year, according to Li Hongzhang's instructions, the battleship Dingyuan of the Beiyang Fleet visited Japan. In fact, it was mainly to scare the Japanese devils. However, who would have thought that it would completely arouse the strong intentions of the people of the island country towards the navy, and at the same time, the Nagasaki incident also occurred (
Let me explain here, in fact, the Nagasaki incident in Beiyang was in 1886, but there were two Nagasaki incidents, and one in modern times. If you are interested, you can go and see it yourself).
"I think we can go. After all, we will show our strength to the Japanese, and we also want to make the Japanese dare not underestimate our empire!" The training officer of the Kangji ship led Sa Zhenbing. When he saw everyone sitting there, he didn't speak. His character
He stood up first and said, being outgoing and arrogant, and following his lead, the young marines sitting around him
The officers began to stand up one by one and said: "Yes, we have gone through so much, aren't we just waiting for this day to come? But if something unexpected happens, we must not take the initiative to provoke a war.
Otherwise, the blame will be hard to bear!" The person who spoke next was Yang Yonglin, the leader of the Zhenyuan Gang.
Next, in the main hall of the Beiyang Navy in Lushun, there was a lot of discussion and different opinions. It lasted for about a quarter of an hour. The new admiral Ding Ruchang gently patted the table and said: "Everyone, be quiet for now! Be quiet!".
Sure enough, everyone immediately became quiet, and Ding Ruchang continued to say slowly: "Since everyone agrees, we will make a specific plan and submit it to the court, and finally wait and see what happens. Okay, today's discussion will be over.
Here, everyone should go back and prepare their own military affairs!" After saying this, Ding Ruchang left immediately, and then everyone left one after another.
An hour later, on a hill not far from the Beiyang Military Port, the commander of Zhenyuan was Lin Taizeng, the commander of Zhiyuan was Deng Shichang, the commander of Jingyuan was Ye Zugui, the commander of Jiyuan was Fang Boqian, four people
They were all sitting on the floor with thick eyebrows knitted together. Among them was a young man wearing a blue robe and not wearing Beiyang clothes.
The perimeter was guarded by more than a dozen sailors. It seemed that some secret event was being held here. Then the man in blue robe whispered to everyone: "I, Zhang Jun, have known and followed the young master for five years. I have never doubted the young master's words."
, among which the information about the Japanese Navy we have collected is the most comprehensive and detailed!"
It turned out that this young man in blue robe was Zhang Jun of the Expeditionary Force's Night Intelligence Department. After following Li Ningyu for many years, he had already begun to take charge of the intelligence work in the Far East. After hearing Zhang Jun's affirmative words,
Deng Shichang immediately went on to say with certainty: "Yes, since the young master helped us, every step of his calculations has been accurate! So we should make preparations in advance!".
"Well, the young master's character and ability are unparalleled in our Qing Dynasty. If you add the young master's help to a few of us, it will be impossible to repay! I am saying that the young master's arrangement will only make our Beiyang Fleet
With increased strength, he doesn't need to play tricks on us at all!" Lin Taizeng, the leader of Zhenyuan, agreed.
Then the night slowly rose, and finally the four members of the Beiyang Fleet discussed and reached a unanimous answer. Just a few days later, Ding Ruchang led the four main fleets of the Beiyang Navy and left the naval port towards the Japanese island.
At the same time, a secret plan in the Beiyang Fleet began to be carried out, but it was not until 6 years later that this plan really became effective.
In Africa, the huge anchor of the 8,000-ton battleship has just been lowered. A young man is standing on the deck of the armored battleship. At this time, he is looking up at the dark sky. Thick clouds obscure the stars. The sea wind blows from the ship.
With sobs, the ocean currents passing through here still let
The battleship was up and down, moving and swaying little by little. At the same time, a middle-aged man stood beside him. The young man turned his head and said with a smile: "Brother Qinghui, do you think my plan can succeed?" The young man seemed to be using his words.
He asked the middle-aged man beside him in an uncertain tone.
"Don't worry, this plan is flawless and will definitely succeed. Although I know you have no experience in maritime operations, so you should worry more about the army and let me take care of the maritime affairs!" said the newly appointed First Navy in the Far East.
Commander Liu Qinghui raised his hand and patted Li Ningyu on the shoulder as he spoke.
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