With a smile on his face, Wang Hengyue didn't care whether Chen Ce on the other side wanted to talk to him or not, he just said to himself: "Wouldn't it be a pity that you don't have to use your skills in the navy?"
"Generalissimo, please come back. Chen Ce is disheartened. He really no longer wants to join the army. He just wants to live a peaceful life here." Chen Ce said calmly.
Wang Hengyue didn't mind either: "I know that Chushuo is angry about Sun Wen, but now that the military government's Northern Expedition is imminent, our military government's navy is in urgent need of officers to command. Chushuo is brave and brave, so please help me! I ask Chushuo to serve as
Commander of the Navy's Left Fleet, you will bring glory to the Republic!"
Chen Ce didn't say anything, and just stared at the book in his hand.
After waiting there for over an hour, Chen Ce's mind seemed to be completely absorbed by the book in his hand, without blinking or raising his head.
Although Chen Ce was brave and made great contributions in defeating the rebels in the Guardian Fleet, he was still a young man with little qualifications. But now, Wang Hengyue sincerely wanted to invite him to come out, but he ignored him with his airs and temper.
No matter how good a person is, he still has to be angry.
Wang Hengyue slapped the table and stood up: "Okay, if you want to follow your Sun Wen, you can go and follow him. If you want to read your book at home, you can go and read it. Just pretend that I haven't been here this time. I still don't believe it. Young Master
Without your Chen Ce, I can’t build the Chinese navy. When I get the submarine and aircraft carrier out, you can just watch from the side, and beg me not to let you touch it!”
He cupped his hands and said, "Farewell!"
Chen Ce suddenly raised his head and asked: "What did you say?" "I said that if you ask me in the future, I will not let you touch the navy!" "No, no." Chen Ce's attitude suddenly changed.
It seemed that he was not the same person as before: "You said submarine, what else is there?" Wang Hengyue suddenly realized that he just said the two words "aircraft carrier" smoothly, and when he heard Chen Ce ask, he sneered.
: "This is a new type of ship, and it will definitely be the overlord of the sea in the future! Chen Ce, just read your book at home and do your knowledge. What I want to do has nothing to do with you!"
Originally, Chen Ce must have been furious because he said this, but he didn't expect that Chen Ce would frown: "Battleships, cruisers, submarines, what kind of thing do I not know? What the hell are you talking about?
It is simply unheard of among the major naval powers in the world!" Wang Hengyue sneered again: "You are said to be ignorant and ignorant, but you still refuse to admit it. Do you know the "Pennsylvania" and the American Eugene?"
Chen Ce nodded.
On November 14, 1910, American Eugene Ely piloted a "Curtis" biplane and took off from the USS Birmingham light cruiser. January 1, 1911
On the 8th, he successfully landed on the USS Pennsylvania. The cruiser was 31 meters long and 1 meter wide.
0-meter wooden modified sliding platform.
Eugene also became the first pilot to land on a moored ship, the USS Pennsylvania.
"Chen Ce, closed-door shipbuilding will only produce outdated things." Wang Hengyue's voice became calmer: "Soon, no, just this year, a ship that can take off and land aircraft will appear on the battlefield.
This kind of ship is called an aircraft carrier, and it will inevitably become a nightmare for battleships in the future, and the era of battleships will soon be a thing of the past."
"Nonsense, nonsense!" Chen Ce said repeatedly.
In fact, this cannot be blamed on Chen Ce. The number of capital ships owned by the giant iron-clad ships has always been a symbol of the strength of a country's navy!
Aircraft carriers have just started in the world, and their power has not yet been recognized. It is understandable that Chen Ce does not believe in this!
"Do you know why I desperately want to get Guangdong?" Wang Hengyue sat down again: "Because I have a dream of a big navy. I want to strengthen China's navy and use ten or twenty years to make ours
The navy is worthy of a battle. When I was in Sichuan, there was no place for me to develop the navy, but now that I have Guangdong, it is completely different!"
Wang Hengyue's words made Chen Ce's eyes cast on him. The three words "Great Navy" pierced his heart like needles.
Wang Hengyue is not the only one who has the dream of a large navy? Who among the Chinese naval officers does not have this dream?
It's just that this dream seems so far away and so unattainable.
But the generalissimo in front of him came up with such an idea!
To be fair, Sun Wen did not care about the navy when he was the generalissimo, and he never proposed any ideas for naval construction.
But now Wang Hengyue, who kicked Sun Wen out, has so clearly put forward the "dream of a big navy"!
"I know you have objections to me." Wang Hengyue smiled faintly: "You admire Sun Wen, so you don't like what I do, oppose me, and are unwilling to help me. In fact, you are not helping me, but
You yourself are China's naval dream! You say I am ambitious? Yes, I am ambitious, but my purpose is only to unify the country and become a president like Yuan Shikai. I can't be that powerful
Navy, and half of China’s navy ships are here with me!”
Chen Ce nodded involuntarily. Wang Hengyue was telling the truth on this point.
The army is what warlords everywhere value, but the navy has been neglected for too long. Some of the ships in the navy are older than their grandfathers. It is only a dream for such a navy to become a maritime power!
"If we are still divided into political parties and doctrines, and still hostile to each other, then in a hundred years we will still be a weak country on the sea. We can only guard this three-acre field and act arrogantly in our own home!" Wang Hengyue
The smile was a bit sarcastic: "Are you willing to do this? At least I am not willing to do this, and I will not allow this situation to happen." Wang Hengyue then said very seriously: "To be honest with you, I have ordered the development of my own aircraft carrier.
The first step is to buy a large passenger ship for refitting. Of course, compared with the United Kingdom and the United States, we have just started, and I can't guarantee whether we can succeed, but I have to try it even if I spend all my money, let me tell you
I don’t like to hear words. I am a doer. I will do it when I think of it. No matter what the consequences are, the Sun Wen you follow is just a talker!" After saying that, Hua stood up and said, "I have finished speaking.
At this point, as for whether you want to help me or not, I will no longer force you. I will develop my own navy with or without you!"
Seeing that Wang Hengyue was about to leave, Chen Ce suddenly said: "Wait!"
Wang Hengyue stopped. Is it true that Chen Ce's temperament belongs to that of a donkey, and he is driven away without being pulled away?
Chen Ce was silent for a moment: "Do you really want to strengthen the Chinese navy?"
"certainly.
Wang Hengyue was overjoyed when he saw that there was a way, but he still said with a straight face: "I sincerely want to build a powerful navy, so I came here to ask you to come out." "Okay, I am willing to serve in a powerful navy."
An officer..." Just when Ji Ce spoke, Wang Yuyue was already smiling. I spent so long talking,
Isn’t it just to wait for your words?
Chen Ce said slowly: "I just hope that what you do in the future will be the same as what you say now." "Don't worry, I always keep my word!" Wang Hengyue was really confident when he said this.
No matter what, now the foundation of our navy has been built. With Chen Ce, we still have Chen Shaokuan from Fujian, who is currently serving as the naval attache of the Chinese Embassy in the UK. When he comes back, we will
We have to pull him over no matter what...
"Heng Shuai, we have sent people to negotiate with Fujian Governor Li Houji, but Li Houji is from the Anhui faction, has a lot of troops, and has the support of the arsenal, so I am afraid he will not give in!"
After hearing this, Wang Hengyue said coldly: "This person will not give in. Prepare to solve it by force. What is his specific request for leniency now?"
"Sun Yat-sen established the French military government in Guangzhou. When preparing for the Northern Expedition, Duan Qirui wanted to unify the country by force and prepared to send troops to the south. Li Houji was a cadre of the Anhui clique and actively expanded the army, made weapons and raised funds, and combined the two brigades under his original jurisdiction.
It was expanded into two divisions, and eighteen supplementary battalions were established. Six arsenals were expanded successively to produce cannons, rifles, machine guns, bullets, artillery shells, smokeless powder, and a large amount of ordnance was purchased from Japan. In order to support military expenditures,
Established a mint, imitated Guangdong cents, issued bonds and securities in large quantities, and borrowed huge sums of money from the Bank of Taiwan, Taiwan's big landowner Lin Xiongxiang, and Japanese merchants, but still felt it was not enough, so he resumed advance payment of grain and paid taxes.
In 2000, he forced farmers to plant opium in order to harvest tobacco seedlings for donation. As a result, the opium poison spread throughout the province and the people were in dire straits. His reputation in the local area was very bad, but he still had a certain degree of strength!"
"What else?" Wang Hengyue asked coldly.
"After the Guangdong army attacked, Duan Qirui appointed Li Houji as the commander-in-chief of the assisting Guangdong army. Li Houji set up a general headquarters in Xiamen, took charge of it on his own, and deployed heavy troops in southwestern Fujian to confront the Guangdong army. Zhejiang Army Tong Jiaxuan's Department was in
There are also heavy troops on the Fujian and Guangdong borders. I think it will be difficult for the Guangdong army on the front line to attack them!"
Wang Hengyue thought for a while: "The task of attacking Fujian is handed over to Yang Sen. The first route army will be formed. Yang Sen will be the commander-in-chief. It will have two main divisions, the fifth and the sixth, and two independent divisions, the third and the fourth.
The mixed brigade, the Cantonese troops already on the front line, will be unified under its command and dispatch. Before the preparations for the Northern Expedition are completed, do not rush to attack, but stabilize the current front line, and at the same time reorganize the Cantonese troops on the front line and wait for the attack!"
"yes!"
"The rest of the ministries must also step up their reorganization, and I have sent orders to all armies in Hunan and Hubei. I have taken office as the military government's generalissimo, and all ministries have been reorganized into the National Revolutionary Army and accepted the unified command of the military government's generalissimo."
"Yes!" Wang Hengyue thought for a moment: "Also, let Liu Zhaocheng come to Guangzhou!"!