The "Qinzhou" was successfully launched, and the next step was the outfitting of weapons and the training of the crew, which Lin Xiao did not have to worry about, and it was estimated that at most three months, this battleship could join the combat readiness duty.

At that time, although this is not the largest in time and space, but has a speed against the sky, the machine-driven warship will become the flagship of a certain fleet, Lin Xiao plans to build at least four to six warships of the same type, and in the future, three ocean-going fleets will be needed to ensure that the three oceans are rampant, so as to stop the eastward advance of European colonists, and even protect our Chinese flag in various strategic fulcrums around the world.

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On this day, Lu Hua is leaving, and he will go to Qinzhou to serve as the superintendent of the new-style school.

The Qinzhou New School Hall has been completed, and the recruitment of Mr., the selection of students, and the compilation of teaching materials all take time, and she needs to rush there as soon as possible, fortunately, everything there is the help of Mo Yuanwei and Nangong Qiang and others, and in terms of safety, Xia Bomin also left a company stationed, and Lin Xiao has nothing to worry about.

Originally, Lin Xiao wanted to accompany her to take a look, but when he was talking to the battalions overnight, he received a report of the Qing army in front of the various departments, so he decided to stay at the Baisha Island headquarters to analyze the enemy situation and reorganize the army.

Fortunately, Lu Hua did not go out alone, He Shouxin's newlywed wife Nangong Yanran has been reading poetry since she was a child, and after hearing about it, she took the initiative to invite Ying to teach.

First, anyway, her newlywed husband Jun is also going to go on the expedition soon, she stays at home and has nothing to do, it is better to find something to do, and secondly, Qinzhou is also closer to her parents, and the bride is always more nostalgic for her mother's homeland.

After Lin Xiao obtained the consent of He Yi's old shopkeeper, he decided to appoint her as the assistant of the academy, so that Lu Hua would have a companion and not be too lonely.

Nangong Yanran is everyone's best girl, and this trip naturally brought several servants, including the maidservant Xiaocui, in addition to that, there is another person, that is, the Shuang'er girl who Lin Xiao rescued at the beginning.

Some time ago, Shuang'er came to Fangcheng City alone to find Lin Xiao to repay her kindness, but Lin Xiao was inconvenient to take her in Baisha Island, so he entrusted her to He Yi and let her do chores in the dart game, which can be regarded as solving her livelihood.

This pair of hands and feet are very diligent, and many jobs are rushed to do, this time He Yi asked Nangong Yanran to bring her with him, he felt that this girl was originally Lin Xiao's person, this time give her a chance, maybe she will be able to get into a public position slowly, it is better than staying in the dart game all the time.

What no one expected was that He Yi's well-intentioned decision would bring about a monstrous disaster.

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Seeing off Lu Hua and his entourage, Lin Xiao returned to the command headquarters and immediately analyzed the military situation.

In the direction of Hunan, Guilin Zhu Yujia found that a large number of Qing troops were gathered in the area of Yongzhou and Xinning, and their vanguard small units had been frequently active not far north of Quanzhou, and the scouts of the three battalions and one company stationed in Quanzhou had captured several prisoners.

Liu Xulei's face in Wuzhou and Xia Bomin's face in Yulin also found a similar situation, and intelligence showed that a large number of Qing troops had recently been transported to Guangdong from the north, and their intentions were currently unknown.

"What should come will come." Lin Xiao thought silently in his heart.

From strategic defense to strategic offense, this day, with Hong Chengchou's active attack, is finally coming in advance.

Just as Ding Shuai's recruit training was over, Lin Xiao immediately issued an order for the reorganization of the whole army, and the whole army officially used the name of "Capture Army", Lin Xiao served as the commander-in-chief, and Xiao Kaifeng, who was still in Annan, was the chief of staff.

The first battalion of the original first regiment under Ding Shuai was upgraded to the first regiment of the "Capture Army"; Liu Xulei's second battalion was upgraded to the second regiment; Zhu Yujia's 3rd Battalion was upgraded to the 3rd Regiment; Xia Bomin's 4th Battalion was upgraded to the 4th Regiment.

The official number of each regiment's field army was 2,700 according to the old practice, all of which used stockpiled automatic weapons, and the rest of the surplus personnel allowed each regiment to set up independent battalions, which mainly used old-fashioned artillery, arquebuses and cold weapons for the time being, and were responsible for auxiliary attack and defensive tasks.

Xia Bomin recruited more than 10,000 recruits in Yulin at the beginning, so this guy was the strongest one among the regiments, and he even exaggerated the establishment of twelve independent battalions of 600 people in one go, with a total of 10,000 people in the whole regiment, which was completely a division-level army, so he still had surplus personnel, so he had to set up a militia of more than 2,000 people.

Liu Xulei and Zhu Yujia also set up six or seven independent battalions respectively, each regiment had as many as five or six thousand people, and the smallest number was Ding Shuai's first regiment.

Li Hanzhi's baggage battalion was divided into two, and about 200 people were merged with Mo Yuanwei's original official army to form the Qinzhou Garrison, which exercised functions similar to the armed police force in later generations, and most of the rest temporarily served as the logistics work of the whole army, responsible for organizing migrant workers to allocate and transport food, ammunition, clothing and other materials, and after Xiao Kaifeng's second regiment returned to China, it would be merged into the Qinzhou Independent Regiment, as one of the mobile forces directly under the headquarters in Lin Xiao's hands.

The troops directly under the headquarters also include Zhang Chenfeng's reconnaissance battalion and Duan Zhenghong's machine gun battalion, and He Shouxin's guard company left a platoon, which was personally led by deputy company commander Qin Shuya to be solely responsible for the security work on Baisha Island.

In addition, the newly established special operations brigade was finally selected with more than 120 fighters, with Zhang Chenfeng concurrently serving as the captain and two squadrons under its jurisdiction, Situ Zheng and Yu Cheng serving as squadron leaders respectively, and also directly under the headquarters, which was personally controlled by Lin Xiao.

However, Feng Suqin's master and servant were not selected, but were sent to Guilin by Lin Xiao, and her 300-strong Yao soldiers had also passed the new training this time.

This time, Lin Xiao asked her, the young village master, to serve as the battalion commander, which was also a logical thing, Feng Suqin also tacitly agreed, and immediately went to the post with his female guards, before leaving, Lin Xiao specially approved 300 M16 rifles for her, which is also the difference between this independent battalion.

As for Jiao Lian's department, after this recruitment, the strength has increased to more than 30,000 people, and its main force is currently stationed in the front line of Hexian (now Hezhou), tightly guarding the northeast gate of Guangxi.

This army is said to be the official army of the imperial court, but after Liu Xulei's help, everything gradually has a new army's flavor, and Jiao Lian himself and Liu Xulei also cherish each other, and they have the intention of seeing each other late.

Therefore, although he was only a friendly army, Lin Xiao still valued him very much, and knew that he had set up a gun platoon team of 3,000 people, and this time he would give away all 3,000 brand-new flintlock muskets, which would not violate the principle of not outgoing his modern weapons, and could also greatly strengthen the combat effectiveness of this army.

The reorganization had just been completed, and the weapons and ammunition had not yet been delivered to the ministries, but a very bad news came from Nanning - Sun Kewang turned against the water.

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