Li Zhun was the pipe band of the Xiangying, and at the most fierce moment of the battle, he dared to rush to the Japanese fleet in a suicidal way, and was praised by Li Guolou after the war, and honored Li Zhun and the one-armed general Feng Zhaojin as the heroes of the Great Qingshui Division.

But behind the scenes, Li Guolou severely criticized Li Zhun, who was simply blind to military discipline, regardless of the safety of the war situation, and made assertions, almost making all his efforts in vain.

Li Zhun is about the same age as Li Guolou, only in his twenties, a talented man who returned from Prussia from abroad, and is taller than Li Guolou, but he lowered his head in front of Li Guolou and humbly accepted criticism. What's in your heart? It's not something that others can see, it's moody, it's as cunning as a fox.

Li Guolou shouted commandingly: "Li Zhun, your personal heroism is overflowing, I think you are unconvinced. I don't have time to say much to you now, let Ding Richang clean you up in the future, roll back to the Xiangying for me, and write a 10,000-word review. ”

"Yes!" Li Zhun finally puffed up his chest, and after saluting Li Guolou, his feet stepped on the "dong dong" and left the mighty number. He considered himself a national hero, dared to fight bravely to kill the enemy, and took Li Guolou's words as a spur. Ding Richang, the governor of Fujian, will regard him as his successor, and only he can be regarded as brave and tenacious, resolute and resolute.

When Li Zhun came to the deck, he heard all the praise, and the officers and men of the naval division praised his heroic deeds and reverent eyes, and regarded him as a model for the Nanyang naval division. The laughter from Li Zhun's loud voice was completely forgotten in a moment.

Li Guolou heard Li Zhun's laughter in the command room, shook his head and said, "The stinky boy is so arrogant." If it weren't for the war, I would have locked him up. ”

Feng Zicai sighed: "Li Zhun is a student of Shen Baozhen, and he has a great future!" An old man like me, only Ding Futai likes it, and in the future, the Nanyang sailors will be the world of young people. ”

Li Guolou was not easy to meddle in the personnel struggle of the Nanyang Naval Division, and besides, he was also a young man, so he did not take Feng Zicai's words. He smiled and said, "To learn to fight in war, we must give young people a chance to change their ways." I believe that next time Li Zhun will not act so recklessly, people will be taught a lesson. ”

Feng Zicai relied on the old and betrayed the old, and replied: "Commander-in-Chief Li, as the saying goes, seeing death at a glance, I am an upright person, what do I say." ”

"Hmmm! I understand Feng Guan's temper, he is a straight intestine, I like to deal with people like you. Li Guolou smiled forcefully and said it smoothly, making Feng Zicai smug.

Few people can stand the temper of a person like Feng Zicai. He was the commander-in-chief of the naval battle of the Diaoyu Islands, and the tactical arrangements were planned by him, so he should have been the greatest contributor. But Feng Zicai has already taken the battle exploits into his own arms, just like the naval battle of Diaoyu Island, only the officers and soldiers of the first echelon of the naval division can be regarded as meritorious heroes. The second echelon and the third echelon are just characters who clean up the battlefield, and he appeared on the battlefield to grab credit.

No wonder Feng Zicai was ostracized by officialdom in Guangxi and mixed up with being impeached by the chief. Feng Zicai was born for war, and only in troubled times can he have a chance to get ahead. People in their forties will not do Tai Chi in officialdom. Getting along with Feng Zicai was awkward. Although Li Guolou can tolerate Feng Zicai and recognize Feng Zicai's command level, he is unwilling to have a deep friendship with Feng Zicai.

Li Guolou's bedroom is next to the communication room, which has five high-power transmitters, which are used to eavesdrop on the Japanese army's telegrams in addition to receiving and receiving telegrams. This is Li Guolou's heavenly eye, he has great powers, and he knows things like a god, all by deciphering the secret code of the Japanese army.

The core secrets of the communication room were only held by adjutant Zheng Hengdan, and there were eighteen telegraph operators in the Xinwu Army, and they were recruited into the mysterious telegraph group after being selected layer by layer. Eighteen telegraphers were given the rank of lieutenant and the rank of captain. They are isolated from the world, they can't even go back to their homes in normal times, and even if they retire in the future, they can't go back to their hometowns, and they have to serve Li Guolou for the rest of their lives. They were the heroes behind the naval battle of the Diaoyu Islands, but no one knew about their exploits, and the imperial court would not reward them in the future.

This is to serve the country, regardless of personal returns, this time to go to sea to fight, Li Guolou brought ten telegraphers with him, and these ten telegraphers were his eyes in the sky.

In the small communication room, ten telegraph operators received the commendation order from Li Guolou's hand, and they were so excited that they couldn't help themselves, they were the first team to get the commendation order, all of them were first-class meritorious heroes, and the collective first-class meritorious service, what a glorious thing, but unfortunately there was no champagne to celebrate.

Li Guolou shook hands with the 10 telegraphers one by one, greeted them with warmth, and ate celebratory noodles with everyone, the small communication room was like a warm home, and these 10 telegraphers were all his cronies.

Zheng Hengdan took a sip of longevity noodles and said with a smile: "This time the Japanese army was deceived, the Japanese fleet was trying to ambush our sailors outside Keelung Port, and now they are rushing to the waters of Diaoyu Island." Commander-in-Chief Li, are we not going to kill a horse gun. ”

Li Guolou took a bite of ham sausage and said with a smile: "Adjutant Zheng, don't treat the Japanese army as fools, they suffered a loss, and the first thing they thought of was to keep Langqiao Port, for fear that we would enter Langqiao Port, and we would not fight a battle that would be lost on both sides." Or go back to Keelung Harbor and repair the damaged ships. We have a shipyard in Keelung Port, so that the officers and men of the naval division can rest and recuperate, and I think that in a short period of time, it is not easy for the naval division to go out to fight, and it is still mainly to protect the waterway. ”

Zheng Heng frowned and said, "That's right!" Now that the Japanese army's telegrams are flying all over the sky, I see that the enemy's morale has been disrupted. But judging from the telegrams we have intercepted, why are there only telegrams from Iwaki and Nisshin, why have we not seen the telegrams from the Kongo, and where is the cruiser Kongo hidden? Could it be that the King Kong is silent on the radio and wants to intercept our fleet? ”

Li Guolou smiled calmly: "Adjutant Zheng, don't imagine the enemy so terrifying, the enemy's cruiser is called King Kong, but at that time, the warships eliminated by the United States, the old warships, were all sick, and I think the King Kong is still overhauled in Japan." So from beginning to end, we did not intercept the telegram of the Kongo, because the ship did not participate in the war at all. ”

"I also think so, the Japanese army only had three cruisers participating in the war, and now there are only two left, which are on a par with us, so there is no need to be afraid of them at all." Wang Han, deputy head of the telegraph group, nodded in agreement with Li Guolou's analysis, he was one of the first batch of students in Xinwutang, Li Guolou's fellow villager, a native of Hefei, and the same village as Li Guolou. Of course, Li Guolou first used his innocent fellow countrymen, who had a clean history and an innocent resume, from childhood to adulthood, at a glance, people like Wang Han were the students that Li Guolou focused on cultivating.

Zheng Hengdan quickly bit the ham sausage, and still quibbled: "You can't breathe out of one nostril, what you said is just a possibility, the King Kong will appear on the battlefield at any time, we have to guard against it." ”

Li Guolou replied proudly: "I didn't leave a way back for myself, so I used all my family funds at once." However, the Japanese are not so bold, and there must always be leeway, so according to me, even if the King Kong appears in the waters of Taiwan, it will only be bold, and the Japanese army will also defend the country, how dare they exhaust all their national strength, the Japanese army is also afraid of losing, and I will sit in Taiwan, and the Japanese army will never dare to send the King Kong to fight. ”

"It's a possibility." Zheng Hengdan did not tell the truth, and analyzed the enemy's movements with the eyes of a strategist.

Wang Han raised his eyebrows mischievously and said with a smile: "But according to me, the Japanese army is not afraid of the famous Li Guolou, but is afraid of the white snake Langjun who can pinch the calculation, right?" ”

"Yes!" Everyone laughed, and for them, it was the so-called who the battle merits were assigned to, and the halo given to a god stick was the best cover for their work.

Zheng Hengdan shook his head and sighed: "White Snake Langjun is not a thing, the national disaster is at the head, and he is still cheating money, the beneficiary of this battle is White Snake Langjun, the stinky boy is about to become a millionaire." ”

Li Guolou nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "People still make indelible contributions, and they will be recorded in the annals of history in the future. Everyone's fate is different, you can only be an unsung hero, and in another hundred years, future generations will overturn the case for you. ”

Zheng Hengdan put down the big bowl, wiped his mouth, and said: "I can only suffer like this, the white snake Langjun is not peaceful, jumping up and down, saying that he wants to inspect the water master, I ignore him, there is a kind of flying!" What else do you need ships for? ”

The 10 telegraph operators have dedicated their lives to the motherland, keeping their names and interests in mind, and for them, money cannot move their patriotism, and it is only meaningful to follow Li Guolou to fight the country. For a clown like White Snake Langjun, laugh at it, who cares how much money White Snake Langjun cheated?

Since Li Guolou said that it is not easy for the Dashimizu Division to go to war in the near future, but to take a strategic break, the topic has been extended to the battle on the island of Taiwan. Zheng Hengdan asked: "Commander-in-Chief Li, after the landing in Taiwan, which army will be used first?" ”

Li Guolou said: "Fighting on the plains with the victorious army, fighting on the plains, the victorious army is not afraid of any opponent, Bai Langning's command talent is higher than mine, although I don't want to admit that the victorious army is stronger than our new army, but the victorious army is enough to take on the heavy responsibility." Try to cooperate with Liu Liu Mazi in mountain warfare, or use our new military army, even if the jade is burned, we have to go on it ourselves, I am not prepared to leave a way back for myself, and I will fight for the light. ”

Zheng Heng hurriedly said worriedly: "But Commander-in-Chief Li, Taiwan Island is full of mountains and jungles, I'm afraid that if we go in, we won't be able to get out, this battle is not easy to fight, and we still have to cooperate with friendly forces." Liu Mingdeng, the chief soldier of Taiwan Town, has 10,000 horses, and this person still wants you to deal with it. ”

"Rubbish! Bastard! Liu Mingdeng can only fight the peasant army, and when he sees the Japanese, he becomes a eunuch, and I can't wait to kick his soft egg and make him a eunuch. Li Guolou was furious, stood up angrily, and scolded Liu Mingdeng in the communication room, Taiwan's erosive war situation is the fault of Liu Mingdeng, the chief soldier of Taiwan Town.

Li Hongzhang repeatedly ordered Liu Mingdeng to strengthen Taiwan's coastal defense, but he still let the Japanese army land from Langqiao, and after the Japanese army landed, Liu Mingdeng did not know anything, but the kind-hearted British informed Prime Minister Yamen that Taiwan's Langqiao was occupied by the Japanese army, and the Japanese army regarded Taiwan as a colony and was reclaiming barbarian wasteland, which was simply a national shame for the Qing Dynasty.

Wu Dating of Taiwan Province and Liu Mingdeng, chief soldier of Taiwan Town, are not kind to Taiwan's ethnic minorities, and they do not need to treat Taiwan's ethnic minorities well with a policy of restraint. This state policy must also be adapted to the conditions of the times, and how it is possible to forcibly promote the transformation of the land and return it to the river in areas inhabited by minority nationalities will lose the support of the people.

The policy of changing the land and returning to the river was promoted in Taiwan, but it also laid the root of the bane, and many ethnic minority Tusi were dissatisfied with the Tongzhi Emperor, their ancestors were vassal kings, and when they came here, they became Tusi, and they had to pay grain and taxes. Most of the inheritance left by this ancestor was destroyed in their hands, and many Taiwanese ethnic minorities lost trust in the Qing Dynasty. In the final analysis, the Japanese army invaded and occupied Taiwan, and there were human factors in it, otherwise where would the Japanese army find a deep-water port? Easily land from Langqiao. The fact is that there was a large group of traitors serving the Japanese army, and the Japanese army invaded Taiwan because it was led by people from Taiwan's ethnic minorities.

This guide is the American Charles? Li Xiande was originally the U.S. Consul General in Xiamen. The Japanese named Li Xiande a general, and called him General Li. He has been in and out of Taiwan's minority areas twice, become friends of Taiwan's ethnic minorities, and are familiar with Taiwan's topography. It was Li Xiande who made a bridge from it, which made the Japanese army invade Taiwan, and now the Japanese army also has supporters in Taiwan, and some ethnic minorities who betrayed the Qing Dynasty have taken refuge in the Japanese.

Li Guolou vented his dissatisfaction, he could only scold his colleagues here and walk out of this door, but he had to defend Liu Mingdeng everywhere and handle a good relationship with Liu Mingdeng. Only in this way can we gain a firm foothold in Taiwan and clean up the rotten war situation in Taiwan. Li Guolou was extremely depressed, the Qing army did not have "geography" and "people" in Taiwan, and only Taiwan's ethnic minorities knew the terrain of this barbaric place. The first thing he did when he arrived on the island of Taiwan was to buy people's hearts, to win over those ethnic minorities who had betrayed the Qing Dynasty, to put the overall situation of the country first, and to let go of the "traitors" who served the Japanese army.

"Commander-in-Chief Li, only you can bear the affairs of Taiwan in the world, and only you can play this game of chess well." Zheng Hengdan watched Li Guolou's exaggerated performance, and it was not easy to be a national hero. Taiwan is a game of chess in which the Qing Dynasty and Japan compete, and if you play chess, you will have both gains and losses, and if you want to win, you must abandon many chess pieces. The so-called moral concept must be abandoned on the chessboard, and Li Guolou can dance with the devil. He believed that as long as Li Guolou came out, all the bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods would be attached. Li Guolou has courage and ability, and will make Taiwan reborn in blood.

"Hmmm! The emperor and Fu have placed great trust in me, I will keep it in my heart, and I will not let them down. Li Guolou clenched his fists tightly, he had enough confidence to take on the heavy responsibility.

"Yes! Commander-in-Chief Li said two people less. A big victory made Zheng Hengdan a little carried away, he was originally a person who had no edges, specifically said some reactionary remarks, and accidentally failed to keep the door open.

Li Guolou glared angrily and shouted: "Close your beak, the horse cake is not here, I also have a leather whip." ”

"Yes!" Zheng Hengdan jumped up in fright and escaped in a puff of smoke.