Outside the sea area of Xiamen, in a blank sea area between the north and south fleets, two lonely ships slowly sailed towards each other, and at the place where the two ships collided with each other was only a few meters, the two ships stopped steadily like a pillar stone, and the bright moon slowly rose from the place between the two ships.

Sa Zhenbing's arrogant and upright figure is not so much a statue, but a bow statue is more appropriate, the tragedy of twenty or thirty years ago did not make him a hero, but it made him synonymous with the Beiyang Navy, as long as he appears, the people on the fleet will always have an inexplicable sense of tragedy, with this sudden sense of mission, that is a sense of superiority and satisfaction as a navy compared to other professions.

Lin Baoyi saw Sa Zhenbing and subconsciously stood up and saluted, and the captain of the fleet on the side said with some dissatisfaction: "Commander Lin, you are a revolutionary comrade, he is a rebel in Beiyang, and now he is the two sides of the war between the enemy and us. After he finished speaking, he turned around and spat very unhappily, but found that the officers and men of the navy behind him also stood upright and saluted like Lin Baoyi, which made him have an indescribable sense of absurdity and insecurity. How can there be a little bit of manly energy in such a crooked chatter, let alone to one, the Republic of China is rebellious and carrying out this righteous salute, which is good to say is to miss the old, and to say that it is ugly is the suspicion of stepping on two boats. No wonder Mr. Nakayama couldn't believe it, even after he saw the scene in front of him, he didn't really believe that the navies on these fleets had any revolutionary spirit, and sure enough, Mr. Nakayama was right, and these navies should be replaced by Mr. Nakayama's supporters as soon as possible.

Sa Zhenbing said lightly: "Baoyi, I haven't seen you for a long time. ”

Lin Baoyi said: "The teacher is very pleased to see that your body is so tough. ”

Sa Zhenbing said: "I know your affairs, it is Li Yuanhong's stupid thing who made a big mistake, you were provoked by others to rebel and go away, it is too late to say that these estimates are too late, it will rain and it will be up to you to remarry, as long as you can make these navy brothers with you live well." A person can not be responsible for his boss, but he can't live up to the brothers below, this sentence can be regarded as my parting message to you! ”

Lin Baoyi couldn't help but burst into tears when he heard this, since he escorted Sun Monkey to Vietnam, the entire fleet has become a child that no one wants, and can only swallow his anger and anchor in a small fishing port in Vietnam. Originally, it was said that the land and water would be combined to recover Guangdong, and Guangzhou Bay would be his station, but the ideal was full and cruel, and Sun Monkey was powerless to urge Tang Jiyao and Lu Rongting to send troops to Guangzhou, so they let them send people under the fence and suffer all the white eyes, not to mention that those Annamite people searched on the ship twice in three days, wantonly provoked and accepted bribes, and what was even more tragic was that those Vietnamese fishermen were unwilling to sell freshwater food, which made them even more distressed. After all, people take food as the sky, no matter how good the stomach is, the biggest problem is the biggest problem, outsiders always see the appearance of the scenery, but no one cares about the loneliness in the heart.

The captain of the fleet said with a cold smile: "The old guy told you that after Commander Lin led his troops to follow Mr. Sun, he embarked on the bright road, and the life of the brothers will get better and better, and now Xiamen is also classified as a naval city." If you know the current affairs, you might as well submit to Mr. Zhongshan, and turn over and be the master from now on, and no longer suffer from the sullenness of those Beiyang warlords! ”

Sa Zhenbing said: "You are a slave for Sun Monkey, and Sun Monkey is a slave for Tang Jiyao and Lu Rongting." Tang Jiyao is a slave for the Dongying people again, this kind of slave who is a slave for a slave, you can like it, but our dignified naval men naturally can't do it. ”

The face of the captain of the fleet branch suddenly turned iron blue and said: "You are a rebel of the Republic of China, you dare to be so presumptuous in front of this official, and someone came to bombard this thief for me!" None of the officers and men of the fleet listened to him, and although several revolutionaries wanted to make a move, they saw no movement around them, so they had to give up.

Lin Baoyi glared at the branch head coldly and said, "Don't you understand the truth that the two countries are at war and don't come to war?" ”

The branch head said unhappily: "The Republic of China is rebellious, how can we talk about it!" ”

Sa Zhen said coldly, "Who are you?" ”

The branch head held his head high and said: "Lao Tzu is the head of the branch of the revolutionary party fleet. ”

Sa Zhenbing's eyes suddenly widened angrily, and he scolded loudly: "Without a government title, Sun Monkey doesn't dare to call himself his own official in front of Lao Tzu, you are just the leader of Sun Monkey's private henchmen, and you dare to call yourself your own official, it's really ridiculous!" Even the own son of Emperor Hongxian does not dare to call himself an official, does his grandson monkey really think that he is the emperor! ”

The branch head was furious and said: "Hongxian traitor Yuan Shikai betrayed the power of the country in a vain attempt to steal the country and claim the emperor, how dare you compare with Mr. Zhongshan!" ”

Sa Zhenbing said: "Emperor Hongxian did not lose an inch of land under the strength of reason, and Sun Monkey gave all the land outside the thirteen provinces to Dongying in order to usurp power, compared with the two, it is clear who is rebellious, why say more!" ”

The branch head was annoyed and said angrily: "The thief Yuan Shikai is betraying the country's rights and interests, betraying the country, Mr. Zhongshan is to win the help of Dongying's friends, you have lived such a long time, why are you so ignorant!" ”

Sa Zhenbing said proudly: "My generation in the army is to protect the family and defend the country, thirty years ago, the Dongying people wanted North Korea, Liaodong, Li Hongzhang Li Zhongtang said yes, first kill our Beiyang Naval Division, and then talk, as a result, the Dongying people had to cross the corpses of Ding Ruchang, Deng Shichang and others, and go to take the Korean Bay. Now Sun Monkey wants to give the Dongying people a land full of Mongolia, and Lao Tzu has no objection, so he will destroy my Beiyang Navy and defeat my Beiyang army, so he can naturally take away the land of Manmeng, otherwise there is no need to talk about it! ”

The branch chief said angrily: "Old thing, Lao Tzu is going to kill you now!" Saying that, he took out his gun and was about to shoot Sa Zhenbing, Lin Bao on the side hurriedly stretched out his elbow and hit him, the bullet missed, concentrating on the shoulders of the adjutant next to Sa Zhenbing, and the branch head saw that he didn't hit, and said very unhappily: "Commander Lin, what are you doing here!" ”

Lin Baoyi glanced at him coldly, knocked him to the ground with a punch on his head, turned to Sa Zhenbing and said, "The student regrets it, there is no way back." Teachers and brothers, take care! After another salute, he turned and entered the ship's cabin, and the officers and men on both sides saluted their former brothers, tomorrow's enemies, and slowly parted.

Sa Zhenbing said: "Flag language, brothers are welcome home at any time!" ”

His flag had been played, and the Haiqi ship was silent, and then the flag was unfurled: "Have a good trip!" Good luck! ”

The flags of the two sides went back and forth, the action was single and boring, and the captain of the fleet branch didn't feel anything, at least he had seen it many times along the way, knowing that this was the etiquette of the fleet, so he didn't care too much, but he just found some revolutionaries and the senior officers of the fleet officers and the first division of Fujian to do a mobilization meeting in front of the station, after Lin Baoyi and other naval officers and the officers of the first division of Fujian retreated, the captain of the fleet said coldly: "The people of Fujian have controlled the navy from the Manchu Qing Dynasty to the present, Today's scene must have been seen by you, it is inevitable that there will be cats, so Lin Baoyi is not credible, but now you can't believe it, all revolutionary comrades must always be vigilant, if Lin Baoyi has any misdeeds, we must strike first and hold these fleets for Mr. Zhongshan! Let me arrange some related matters, and you and I must be vigilant before acting! I repeat, this plan will never be canceled, only the time! Saying that, he lowered his voice and broke down the task, don't look at the detachment commander, who doesn't know much about maritime affairs, but it's the first thing to do this set of assassination tricks to seize power, and he is really a talent.

After Lin Baoyi went back, he also immediately convened a meeting of the middle and upper echelons of naval officers, although it was said that this kind of thing was generally carried out in naval cities, and was rarely held on the flagship, but the enemy was currently ignoring these details, and they were all gathered in the captain's room of the Haiqi ship, and the strange aroma of the coffee that had changed its flavor wafted around, but it could not suppress the gloomy atmosphere. Lin Baoyi glanced around at the naval officers and said: "Tomorrow, the battle plan will be officially launched, Xiamen is the life-and-death gate of our Protector Navy, yes, the Protector Navy can be regarded as having a harbor to rely on, I don't want to be under the fence like that when we were in Vietnam, no, looking at the whole of East Asia, we will have nowhere to live!" I also hope that you will work hard to win the final victory. ”

After a long silence, a Protector Navy officer stood up and asked, "Teacher, is the last flag true?" ”

Lin Baoyi glared at him and said coldly, "Can't you even understand the flag language?" Ask such stupid words, where is your naval literacy! ”

The Protector Navy officer retreated in shame, and another naval officer said, "If this is what the teacher meant, given our current situation, there is no reason not to agree." ”

"Shut up! The victory or defeat is undecided, how can you say such depressing words! A naval officer leaning towards Sun Monkey shouted loudly.

Immediately, a naval officer beside him said: "I think the victory or defeat has been decided, and after we defected from Shanghai, we are doomed to fall the seeds of defeat, even if we defeat the teacher, if Fujian falls, our Protector Navy will repeat the death of Weihaiwei, so I think we should have a good talk with the teacher." ”

"Bastard! You're a traitor! Sun Monkey's supporters were furious, and punched the officer, the officer had already been prepared, leaned back slightly, grabbed the opponent's wrist, and pulled down violently, Sun Monkey's supporters were caught off guard and were dragged to the ground with a bang, and the officer stretched out his legs and kicked over like a storm. Seeing that it was about to turn into a bloody battle, Lin Baoyi slapped the table fiercely and shouted: "What kind of trouble, the enemy hasn't come over yet, we ourselves will be in a mess, what kind of system is this!" Then the naval officers retreated to the side, and the officers who had been standing at random were inadvertently divided into two distinct rows, and although there were not many revolutionaries, there were about three or four percent.

Lin Baoyi looked at the officer who was going to talk to Sa Zhenbing just now and said, "How do you want to talk to the teacher?" ”

The naval officer thought for a while and said: "The teacher treats us as his own children, as long as we return and will not care too much about our sins, I am afraid that some seniors and brothers will not be used to the teacher being so tolerant of us, and secretly make stumbling blocks, and think that we can go back, but we only accept the management of the Admiralty but do not accept the direct jurisdiction of the Admiralty, let the teacher find us a naval city to station, and the food and salary will be organized by ourselves, I think the teacher should be able to understand and agree to our conditions." ”

As soon as these words came out, they won the approval of most of the naval officers present, and even the people on Sun Monkey's side couldn't help but second.

Lin Baoyi thought for a while and said, "This method is good, this method is good, even if those senior brothers and seniors have opinions, they can only complain a few words, and it can't hinder our brothers' affairs." ”

"Against! Commander Lin, I'm against it! The simplest revolutionary on Sun Monkey's side finally stood up and said: "It is a self-evident truth that the revolution must succeed, and the arrogance of Emperor Hongxian Yuan Shikai is not able to prevent the vigorous development of the national defense movement?" What's more, today's Duan Qirui is far inferior to Emperor Hong Xian, and the Dharma Protection Movement will definitely succeed, and our navy can only develop better if it stands in the camp of the victors, so I don't approve of us joining the side of the Beiyang Navy that will definitely be overthrown. If you feel that the battle situation is uncertain, you might as well remember that the revolution will win, and our army will win, so that your thinking will be full of positive energy. ”

Lin Baoyi said coldly: "What you said is very good, but you forgot a premise!" ”

"What a premise!"

"It only makes sense to join the camp of the victors alive, and for a dead man, it doesn't matter if he wins or loses."

"This ......"

"Sun Monkey those people have been revolutionizing since the time of Lafayette, assassination, explosion, rebellion, etc., and there are not a few people who died for this, but Sun Monkey has never been involved in danger, so there are many people who died for him, but his core has always been, and now he has successfully overthrown the Manchu Emperor, and his revolutionaries are also famous all over the world, but who still remembers those who died on the eve of success, that is, Huanghuagang only knows that there are seventy-two martyrs, who is it? No one knew that Li Liejun killed his friends and seized the United States, regardless of the lives of the people, and opened the city, because he stood on the side of Sun Monkey alive, so that many people were upset for him in Shanghai. thinks that an unknown adjutant dies when he dies, how can he compare to Li Liejun's contribution to the revolution? This person has done such a dirty thing, just because he is alive and standing next to Sun Monkey, someone will whitewash him, which shows that it is very important to be alive! ”

Sun Monkey's supporters said with some displeasure: "Master Li Liejun has already written a review, don't mention this kind of thing again, after all, no one has made a mistake yet!" ”

"Hehe, killing people and seizing beauty, unclear evidence and punishment, just write a few words, is it just as long as you join a revolutionary party, you can kill you, take your daughter-in-law, and then write a few words I am wrong, you can still be a big official, shake your prestige! I look at such an era, it is better to go back to the time of Lafayette, at least there is a national law and a king's chapter, courtesy, righteousness and shame. Brothers, are you right? ”

"It's this hellish revolutionary party, how can it get rid of this disgusting act of killing friends and wives, if this is placed with us, it will be cut down by a thousand knives and immersed in the pig cage!"

"Let Li Liejun soak the pig cage!"

The officers who were inclined to Sun Monkey were also embarrassed, after all, Chang Zhenbang stabbed this matter to Shanghai, and there were all kinds of human and material evidence, which was a sure thing, but Sun Monkey only asked Li Liejun to write a review and even if it was passed, don't say that the prince violated the law and committed the same crime as the common people, that is, the emperor did such a disgusting thing, and he also had to kill the dragon robe, this revolution only needs to write a review of the seal, I am afraid that there are more and more people like Li Liejun, and the life of the people is only afraid that it will become more and more difficult.

Lin Baoyi sighed and said: "Okay, don't talk about this matter, now we are also members of the Protector Army, everyone should know the truth of who to eat, tomorrow when the decisive battle is either you die or I live, so all brothers must share the same hatred of the enemy and kill the enemy to revenge...... Report...... In order to repay Mr. Zhongshan's salary! Even he couldn't say the words of killing the enemy and serving the country with a clear conscience, and after sending away the officers who were screaming, Lin Baoyi left the naval officers of the most staunch revolutionary party faction and said: "Don't talk about the future, just talk about the current situation, tomorrow's battle is inevitable, you are firm revolutionaries, I hope you can play a leading role and take the lead in attacking the teacher's side, otherwise with the temperament of other brothers, I'm afraid it will be difficult to open fire!" When the branch chief saw it, he was afraid that he was going to make trouble again. These revolutionaries looked at each other, and finally introduced a naval officer and said: "What the commander said is very true, our revolutionary party is not afraid of death, but if it fails, the seeds of our revolution must be preserved, right?" So what we mean is to let those people go first, and we people will respond positively! ”

"Yes, yes, it is reasonable, we must have a view of the overall situation, and the seeds of revolution must be preserved."

The revolutionaries agreed.

Lin Baoyi looked at the cowardice of these people, and there was a sense of grievance in his heart, so he had to wave his hand and let them go.

The night is getting colder, the sea breeze is whistling away from the window, accustomed to the normal Chinese naval officers and soldiers according to the shift to start resting, Lin Baoyi looked at the empty but still spilled the coffee pot that still smelled of coffee, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, he was really too optimistic, the revolutionary party was arrogant and domineering but timid, scheming and indecisive, bewitching big things but sparing his body like gold, seeing the small profits and ignoring the overall situation, now such a crowd is distributed in various ships, and there is a teacher Sa Zhenbing to fight, tomorrow's battle is bound to be difficult, I also hope that Mazu will bless you, even if you lose, there will be fewer casualties among the navy brothers.

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