There were sounds of death. Wang Hengyue walked over with a smile: "How about it, you are satisfied now, I helped you get the navy!" "I am satisfied!" Zhang Xiaoyue and Wu Qianlong said loudly together.
With Guangdong in your hands, one of the biggest benefits is that you can finally build your own navy!
The naval power of the original Beiyang First Fleet, later known as the "Guardian Fleet", almost completely fell into Wang Hengyue's hands. Along with the cruisers "Hairong" and "Haichou" that had been bought before, the First Fleet had
There are 13 ships with a total tonnage of 180,000 tons, accounting for half of the total tonnage of the Republic of China Navy!
Moreover, the previous ships of the Guangdong Navy were also in the hands of Wang Hengyue!
Although compared with the great powers, Wang Hengyue's naval power is still weak and pitiful, but compared with the past, it has made great progress!
Cheng Biguang, who came with him, smiled and said: "Zhang Xiaoyue used to be my subordinate, and now we are old friends getting together. Okay, great!"
"The Office of the Naval Headquarters of the National Revolutionary Army was established." Wang Hengyue straightened his expression: "Cheng Biguang is still the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Zhang Xiaoyue is the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy: the Jiang Defense Command is established, and Wu Qianlong is appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Jiang Defense Command!"
"Yes! Be loyal to Hengshuai and loyal to Gujia!"
Navy, navy! Big navy!
In Wang Hengyue's heart, he has always had a dream of a big navy!
Maybe I will never be able to fulfill my dream of a large navy in this life, and I will never be able to see China become the maritime hegemon in this life, but no matter what, as long as I am still sitting in this position, as long as I am still alive, I have to take it step by step.
Come and sit.
If you cannot realize this dream in this life, then leave it to the next generation to complete. One day, your dream will be realized in future generations!
Zhang Xiaoyue and Wu Qianlong were equally excited and excited.
They still firmly remember the scene when Sichuan's "Navy Army" was established in the early days of Bichu.
There is a small cannon mounted on a fishing boat. This is the "gunboat" Hengshuai prepared for them! But the dream of the navy started from this gunboat!
The name of that "gunboat" is "Qiang Sheng"!
To this day, they still can't forget what Commander Heng said to them that day: "Perhaps this is a symbol, the beginning of our navy. In the future, when we really have a navy and it becomes powerful, this "gunboat, then,
I will specially build a museum to preserve it to let everyone know that this is how our navy started..." Hengshuai did not break his promise, and Hengshuai finally gave them a real fleet!
"I have given you the fleet, and the rest is up to you. The construction of the navy does not happen overnight, but I will try my best as much as I can!" Wang Hengyue said with a serious expression: "I don't ask you to be able to
Immediately make the navy as powerful as possible. I have one thing. If we really have to fight a foreign fleet in the future, even if we lose, we will lose the dignity of the Chinese navy! The army must die on the ground: the air force must die on the ground.
I want to die in the air: Navy, I want to die on the sea!" "Yes, I must die on the sea!"
Cheng Biguang suddenly said: "Generalissimo, there is someone you have to go and invite him back."
"Oh, who should I invite personally?" Wang Hengyue said curiously.
Cheng Biguang smiled and said: "This man is very young. He is only twenty-five years old this year. When I led the first fleet to support the guardian, this man also came with me. Although he is young, I predict that he will be an outstanding naval general in the future!"
He paused for a moment as if to show off: "This person is from Wenchang, Guangdong. He went to Singapore with his father when he was three years old. He returned to China when he was eight years old. He graduated from the Guangdong Naval Academy. His surname is Chen Mingce!"
Wang Hengyue took a breath of air and wished he could slap himself hard right now!
How could I have forgotten this talented naval admiral? If Cheng Biguang hadn't reminded him, if he had lost this man, he would have regretted it for the rest of his life!
In fact, we can't blame Wang Hengyue entirely for not thinking of this person.
[China] The decline of the Chinese navy in modern times. The naval generals of the Republic of China are far less familiar than the army generals. In fact, there are many legendary figures among them. Chen Ce is one of them. He is a rare and brave naval general in the history of Guangdong Navy.
Chen Ce had a unique experience. He participated in the Revolution of 1911, the War to Protect the Country, the War to Protect the Dharma, the Battle of Chen, the Battle of Guangxi, the Battle of Guangdong, the Anti-Japanese War, and the Pacific War: he served as a naval commander, a warlord, a knight, and
He served as mayor, led foreign missions, commanded the Allied fleet, ran schools, built railways, and lost one hand in the battle with the invading army. His life was simply a life full of legend!
In that war of resistance that China will never forget, Chen Ce made extraordinary achievements. In recognition of Chen Ce's contribution, the Emperor of the United Kingdom awarded him the "Knight Commander of the Imperial Order"!
Sun Yat-sen organized the Guardian Movement in Guangdong. Navy Chief Cheng Biguang led the First Fleet to electrify support. Chen Ce also joined the Guardian Fleet to participate in this action. Speaking of the Guardian Fleet, there was an interesting episode. At that time, Chen Ce was on the "flying ship"
The "Eagle" ship was ordered to be the lead ship. The captain of the ship learned that the people of Guangdong were gathering at the Guangzhou Pier and were eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the guardian fleet. He got excited and ordered to rush at a high speed at all costs in order to steal the limelight. He drove the "hero ship" and the result was "
The "Flying Eagle" ship arrived ahead of schedule, and everyone was cheering for a while. However, the "Flying Eagle" ship's boiler burned out and it was unable to move for a long time.
There were many cadets from the Guangdong Naval School in the Guardian Fleet, and Chen Ce's prestige grew. He went to the meeting on behalf of his classmates to lobby Chen Jiongming, prompting Chen to come to Guangdong from Zhangzhou to support Sun Yat-sen. As a result, Chen Ce gained the respect of Sun Yat-sen. At that time, the people under Sun Yat-sen's account
The navy consists of two groups. The large ships mainly come from the former First Fleet that supports the law, including the cruiser "Haiqi", the largest warship in China at that time, the cruiser "Zhaohe" which was the first to use a turbine main engine, etc.: and
Part of them are the ships of the Guangdong Navy of the original Qing Dynasty. The Guangdong Navy once developed rapidly. However, the three cruisers "Guangjia", "Guangyi" and "Guangbing" that went north for reinforcements in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894 were all lost. Since then, they have failed to recover. At this time, there were only a few
Small ships, Sun Yat-sen appointed Chen Ce as commander of Cheung Chau Fortress, responsible for cleaning up the ships of the former Guangdong Navy.
The Chinese Navy at that time had a strange tradition. Most of the senior officers in the main fleet were from Fujian. It is said that this tradition originated from the Beiyang Navy. Most of its main officers came from the Fuzhou Shipping School. Except for Ding Ruchang and Deng Shichang, almost all
He is from Fujian, and the official languages in the navy are English and Fujian.
Fujian dialect is the only dialect with six tones in the Chinese language. If people from other provinces want to learn the navy, you can imagine how awkward it is. Therefore, the "Fujian" navy, as the "central" navy of the "Chinese" country, has always been
It has existed for decades. Such a force with a strong regional character obviously has a strong independent character.
The Guardian Fleet was no exception. Therefore, when the Guardian Movement recurred, the Guardian Fleet, under the control of Fujian officers, showed signs of returning to Beiyang. Sun Yat-sen gave instructions to summon non-Fujian officers and officers of the naval fleet stationed in provincial rivers.
The provincial forts, Huangpu forts, aircraft fleet commanders and other relevant personnel held a meeting and decided that Chen Ce would lead the Jiang Defense Fleet to seize the "Haiqi", "Haichen", "Zhaohe" and other large ships stationed in Huangpu.
It is no joke to dare to take this command arrow. The displacement of a "Haiqi" ship at full load reaches 5,000 tons. At that time, Chen Ce only had shallow water gunboats such as "Dongjiang" and "Beijiang" in his hands.
The displacement is only two to three hundred tons. The largest "Haijingqing" weighs 600 tons, but it is the "mosquito ship" Li Hongzhang bought before he established the Beiyang Navy. It is so old that it cannot be described in words. Going to fight with the "Haiqi" is no different.
How to fight this battle with an egg against a stone? Chen Ce is indeed a fierce general. The method he adopted was to fight at sea and on land. He imitated the Japanese Navy's tactics of organizing Kaiten kamikaze squads in the Battle of Hakodate, organized marines, and jumped into gangs to seize ships.
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In the Battle of Hakodate, the Kaiten Kaisen were defeated miserably due to inaccurate intelligence, but Chen Ce succeeded!
Chen Ce led his men to launch a general attack on each ship at the same time. The naval officers and soldiers of the protecting fleet were caught off guard. By 5 pm, the battle ended successfully and all ships surrendered to Chen Ce. Lin Yunke, the navigation deputy of the "Yongfeng" ship and others were shot dead due to resistance. Sun Yat-sen thus
It was at this time that Captain Feng Zhaoxian of the "Yongfeng" ship was replaced. Captain Feng Zhaoxian of the "Yongfeng" ship took over the warship. Chen Ce was promoted to rear admiral and commander of the Jiangfang Fleet because of his good military management, bravery and daring to fight. From then on, he became the number one figure in the Guangdong Navy.
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No matter what, we have to get this person here!
It's a pity that this man is a follower of Sun Yat-sen, and he is a very staunch one. After Sun Yat-sen was squeezed out by Wang Hengyue, a large number of Sun Yat-sen generals in the army were invited to go abroad for "inspection". Only the navy was because of Wang Hengyue's dream of a big navy.
The officers have been preserved intact.
Fortunately, fortunately, Wang Hengyue is very lucky. This person should still be in Guangdong. Otherwise, he would have been severely slapped in the mouth and cursed for the rest of his life.
I have to think of a way to get this person here.
"Where is this Chen Ce now?" Wang Hengyue asked quickly.
Cheng Biguang laughed: "Don't worry, he's not leaving. Originally, he wanted to go with Sun Wen after Sun Wen left, but he was persuaded to stay after I persuaded him hard.
I'm sulking at home right now. Generalissimo, you need to hurry up and invite this person out."
"This is unreasonable, really unreasonable." Wang Hengyue said to Zhang Xiaoyue and Wu Qianlong very roguely: "Such talents, as commanders, why don't you stay in the fleet, causing me to almost lose one of my talents!"
Zhang Xiaoyue and Wu Qianlong looked at each other, dumbfounded. What does this have to do with themselves? They just came from Sichuan, and they didn't recognize anyone. How could they know who Chen Ce was?
Come on, who made him the generalissimo?
Wang Hengyue carefully arranged his military uniform and said impatiently: "Let's go, I'm going to visit Chen Ce right now!".