In the Battle of Toshima, Lin Guoxiang commanded a weak torpedo cruiser "Guangyi", bravely rushed into the Japanese fleet, challenged the three fast cruisers of the Japanese Navy in turn, and tried to use torpedo attacks, which once plunged the three Japanese ships into chaos.

In the original time and space, whenever Lin Yizhe read history so far, he often took pictures and shouted, "It's a pity to miss it!" ”

And now, Lin Guoxiang and Deng Shichang and other heroes who originally only existed in history books have appeared vividly in front of them. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Lin Guan Belt please get up quickly, this is home, no need to be formal." Lin Yizhe hurriedly helped Lin Guoxiang up.

Although he is now the governor of Fujian, and his official rank is much greater than Lin Guoxiang, it is natural for Lin Guoxiang to give him a big salute, but he still dare not accept it psychologically if Lin Guoxiang gives him a salute.

Lin Yizhe asked Lin Guoxiang to sit down, the servant brought fragrant tea, the two chatted a few words, and Lin Guoxiang reported to Lin Yizhe the task of this trip to Tianjin.

Originally from Daze Beiyang Township, Xinhui, Guangdong, Lin Guoxiang was born in Penang, Penang, Malaysia. Lim Kok Siang's father, Lim Dao Chee, was a well-known builder in the Nanyang area, who built the ancient city of Old Kwan Tsai Kok in Penang. Lin Guoxiang is the second of six brothers, studied in Penang since childhood, is proficient in English, and returned to China to learn Chinese with his third brother Lin Guoyu and fifth brother Lin Guoxi when he was young. In the sixth year of Tongzhi (1867), when Shen Baozhen, the premier of the shipbuilding, set up the Fuzhou Shipbuilding School, recruited students to learn manufacturing and driving skills, in addition to recruiting students from Fujian Province, and recruited Deng Shichang, Lin Guoxiang, Li He, Ye Fu, Lu Han, Zhang Cheng, Li Tian, Li Jiaben, Liang Zifang, Zhuo Guanluo and other ten people from Guangdong as students in the foreign school, and studied in different classes. In 1871, Lin Guoxiang and others graduated with excellent grades, and after Lin Guoxiang completed his internship on the "Jianwei" training ship, he was assigned to the "Wannianqing" and "Meiyun" ships for training, and was later appointed by Lin Yizhe as the pipe band of the high-speed reconnaissance ship "Feiting".

The main reason why Lin Yizhe appointed Lin Guoxiang as the high-speed reconnaissance ship pipe band that he secretly built for himself was the outpost battle "Battle of Toshima" that took place in the original historical time and space. In that naval battle, although Lin Guoxiang commanded the "Guangyi" ship to launch a high-speed charge against the Japanese ships, although it was unsuccessful, it shocked the Japanese Navy at that time (the Japanese naval battle records detail the course of the battle), and did not dare to despise the Chinese Navy. And this time, Lin Yizhe, who is familiar with history, "applied according to his aptitude" and let Lin Guoxiang serve as the pipe band of the high-speed reconnaissance ship "Feiting", just to let this hero in history be more familiar with high-speed ships, give full play to his strengths, and prepare for future challenges!

"On the day of the mark, he set off a little earlier than the 'Fusheng', and arrived in Tianjin seven days before the 'Fusheng', and did not dare to stop at all after arriving in Hong Kong, that is, he sent the letter to the Governor's Office to hand over to Li Zhengtai, and the Lord knew that the matter was important, and did not delay, so he immediately summoned the horse to come to Beijing, and ordered the Pegasus to go to Beijing immediately, and sent it to Prince Gong, and did not stop halfway. Under the label, he was drinking tea and talking with the master of the stage, and the flying horse had set off. Lin Guoxiang said, "After the rest is finished, I bid farewell to Lord Li, and ask Lord Li if he can have a reply, and Lord Li wants to mark down and tell the adult, saying that after the matter is over, I should send a letter to tell you, please rest assured." ”

Hearing Li Hongzhang's message conveyed by Lin Guoxiang, Lin Yizhe knew that Li Hongzhang had a firm grasp of how to deal with the Japanese, and Prince Gong and Prime Minister Yamen also knew about it, so he put his mind at ease.

"The bid led the 'Feiting' ship to return home, and happened to meet the 'Fusheng' ship halfway." Lin Guoxiang said, "At that time, 'Fusheng' had been drifting at sea for two days due to engine failure, and the standard sent personnel to rescue and repair for one day, so that 'Fusheng' could restart. ”

"Oh? What a coincidence! Lin Yizhe knew from Lin Guoxiang's words that Deng Shichang carried out his order to the letter, and he smiled secretly in his heart, but he didn't show it on the surface, "Have you been to see 'Fusheng'?" ”

"I learned that the engine of 'Fusheng' was faulty, so I personally went to the ship to check it, and saw that the damage was not serious, but there was a lack of spare parts, so I took the parts from the 'Feiting' to help it repair." Lin Guoxiang said, "Deng Guandao said that the accessories were not brought, and they would be returned after returning home." ”

"Have you seen all the Japanese on board the 'Fukukatsu'?" Lin Yizhexiang asked casually.

"I've seen it, that Japanese deputy envoy Yanagihara Maemitsu saved our ship, and he thanked him for a thousand thanks, which is really incomprehensible." Lin Guoxiang said, "However, among the Japanese, except for these two or three scribes, the rest seem to be hostile to us. Especially the man named Kayama Shiki, his eyes were full of fierceness, and he was full of stench, like a prisoner who had just been released, and he didn't know why there were such characters among the Japanese envoys. ”

After listening to the unaware Lin Guoxiang's description of Huashan Shiki, Lin Yizhe couldn't help it, and finally laughed out loud.

"This kind of villain should be made to know him well." Lin Yizhe said with a smile.

Lin Guoxiang couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Lin Yizhe laughing.

Of course, Lin Guoxiang would not know that the reason why Shikiki Huashan is like this is completely due to Lin Yizhe's deliberate arrangement and the "discord" strategy implemented against the Japanese!

I believe that after this experience, the beam between Yanagihara Maemitsu and Kayama Shiki can be regarded as forever!

Lin Yizhe didn't ask again, but changed the topic.

"What is Lin Guandao's impression of the 'Flying Thunder' ship?"

"The speed of the 'Flying Thunder' is like a galloping horse, but the armament is a little too thin, but this ship is for communication and transmission, and it is not a ship dedicated to war, so it is appropriate to reduce the armament to increase the speed." Lin Guoxiang replied simply, "Don't hide it from your lordship, mark the Suxi high-speed ship, this 'Flying Thunder' is indeed more in line with the meaning of the standard." ”

Hearing the meaning of Lin Guoxiang's words, he was very satisfied with a high-speed reconnaissance ship like the "Feiting", Lin Yizhe knew that his judgment was correct, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud.

He didn't want to tell Lin Guoxiang what kind of combat ship he would give him in the future!

In fact, the purpose of Lin Yizhe's construction of the "Thunder" class high-speed reconnaissance ship is not only to quickly and quickly transmit information (in the era when the world's navy did not have radio, the reconnaissance ship undertook the heavy task of reconnaissance and communication, not only the reconnaissance and scud of the fleet, but even the exchange of information between warships, which also needed to be completed by the reconnaissance ship), but for the purpose of making technical preparations for the construction of destroyers with torpedoes as the main attack weapon in the future!

The two talked for a while, Lin Guoxiang got up to say goodbye, and not long after Lin Yizhe saw Lin Guoxiang away, the porter came in again to report that Mei Hongmei was visiting.

Hearing Mei Hong's name, Lin Yizhe remembered the Xiucai Gong who kowtowed and bleed in the Harbour Administration Office to stop smoking opium taxes for the Harbour Administration, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

Now, this talented man from a poor background, with his own funding, has been admitted to the Juren, and is now serving as the director of the shipyard, becoming another right-hand man of his own.

"Please." Lin Yizhe said and sat down in the living room again.

Soon, the porter reappeared in the living room, and behind him was Mei Hong, who had a dark face but was full of energy.

"The mountains are coming." Lin Yizhe saw Mei Hong, who was dressed in official uniform, and knew that he should have just returned from a distant place, so he immediately stepped forward.

"Yuanshan, this is just back, right?" Lin Yizhe saw Mei Hong's face tanned by the sun, and asked with concern, "Why don't you take a break first?" ”

"I just got off the boat, and I was afraid that the adults would be anxious, so I rushed over directly after getting off the boat." Mei Hong smiled and said, "You always have to say from the Prophet." ”

"Yuanshan has worked hard this time!" Lin Yizhe invited Mei Hong to sit down, and built a cup of tea for him with his own hands, Mei Hong took the tea, gently flicked the tea leaves on the water surface with the lid of the bowl, and drank the tea with a bang. Seeing his thirsty appearance, Lin Yizhe knew that he was running very hard this time, and his heart was moved, so he hurriedly refilled a bowl of tea for him.

"Yuanshan went to the mountain this time to deliver a letter and a dowry for me, but it was quite smooth?" Lin Yizhe asked.

"Thanks to you, everything goes well." Mei Hong put down the tea bowl and said with a smile, "I went into the mountain and met the father and brother of the little lady, that is, the father and son of Alugu, the head of the Peony Society, handed over the letter of the adult, and gave the dowry. Alugu did not know the whereabouts of his daughter, thinking that she had been captured by the lion-headed society's enemies, and was anxious and hesitant, but when he saw the adult's letter to explain the reason, he turned his anger into joy, and accepted the letter and the wine, silver, coins, dowry, firearms and ammunition given by the adult, and set up a banquet to entertain the lowly position, and entrusted the lowly duty to bring a letter to the little lady. As he spoke, he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Lin Yizhe.

"It's really Lao Yuanshan!" Lin Yizhe took the letter and put it away, thanked him.

"Most of the people are now attached, but I heard that the Japanese people still have contact with one of the societies, and they wanted to investigate, but they were afraid that they would miss the adult's affairs, so they didn't stay for a long time and came back." Mei Hong said, "I think that this matter is lowly and I still have to investigate it clearly, and we should be prepared for it." After all, the remnants of the Lion's Head Society have not been cleared, and the Changhua Liao bandits have only been extinguished, so they must be prevented. ”

"What Yuanshan said is that I should instruct Taidao to find out about this matter." Lin Yizhe nodded and said, "After all, the Japanese have been watching the platform for a long time, and if the Japanese are doing bad things in secret, it is even more worrying." ”

"Do you really think that Japan will do anything to Taiwan?" Mei Hong looked at Lin Yizhe and said.

"That's right!" Lin Yizhe replied very bluntly, he didn't intend to hide too much from Mei Hong, especially for Japan's vigilance and concern, "This day is actually not too long!" ”

"Do you think there will be a war between Japan and Japan?" Mei Hong's eyes widened in surprise and asked again.

"One mountain does not allow two tigers! What's more, now it's the three tigers competing for food! If Japan wants to strengthen itself, there will be a war with Russia within 30 years! However, if you want to fight Russia, you must first take North Korea as the screen of your own territory, and if you want to take North Korea, you must first defeat our Qing Dynasty! ”

Hearing Lin Yizhe's solemnity, Mei Hong couldn't help but be even more surprised.

Mei Hong won't know what is about to happen, but as a traverser, Lin Yizhe is very clear!

"Japan, a small country, really dare to do this?" Mei Hong still said with some disbelief, "I **** have millions of soldiers on land and water, and there are foreign guns, foreign cannons, and steam gunboats, if Japan dares to invade the territory, isn't it self-defeating?" ”

"Millions of soldiers? Hehe, Yuanshan, it's not that I'm arrogant, now I'm in the Qing Dynasty, except for tens of thousands of Xianghuai Lian Yong and these few steam ships, there is really nothing to be afraid of against the Japanese! Lin Yizhe smiled bitterly and shook his head.

As a Chinese, I can't even find a reason to believe that China can now win against Japan......

Lin Yizhe still remembers the first class of "Modern Military History of China" when he was in military training at the university, and the military academy instructor who looked polite and polite and wore a pair of titanium alloy glasses but gave people a kind of gangsterism, when talking about the famous "Xisha Naval Battle" in 1974 in the history of the PLA Navy, he bluntly told the young people in front of him who had just entered the university -- the entire Xisha Naval Battle, except for the fighting spirit of the officers and men of the navy, everything else was fucked up!

A small boat against a big ship? Hand-to-hand combat with grenades?

A maritime power, a navy that has been established for 25 years, can't even take out a warship of the same class as its opponent when facing a puppet navy equipped with World War II ships gifted by the Americans! Are you embarrassed to brag about this merit book?

"You firmly remember to me that as college students in the new era and reservists of the country, in addition to having the courage to drive a 400-ton hunting submarine to throw grenades and submachine guns on enemy destroyers, you must also have the courage to admit that your skills are inferior! If any bastard can't even figure out 'shame and courage', get me out of school immediately, don't ****** embarrass Chinese! ”

Shame and courage! This is the first lesson Lin Yizhe learned in military training!

But even in the time and space where Lin Yizhe was originally located, many Chinese people are not to mention "Hou Yong", and even the word "shame" is still far away!

Lin Yizhe remembered that he didn't know when he read an article saying that the Japanese had inadvertently robbed a Chinese merchant ship, and found two sets of "Nautical Charts and National Chronicles" written by Wei Yuan on this ship......

When he saw this text, Lin Yizhe's first thought was to immediately find the second angry young man who wrote this text and beat him up, and then throw it to Sansha to reclaim the sea!

It has been more than 100 years since the First Wu Dynasty was lost, but some Chinese people are still unrepentant of their YY problems!

The Japanese still need to go to the "Chart of the Nation" to see? You've got your brain in water! As early as 1811, the Tokugawa shogunate had already set up a special translation agency in the observatory and began to translate Western books into Japanese, and the establishment of China's earliest official translation agency, the Kyoshi Tongbunkan, would take half a century!

When Honto Toshiaki, who proposed in Japan that "the wealth and poverty of the land lies in institutions and teachings", died in 1820, Guo Songtao, the first Chinese to advocate the introduction of a Western political system, was not yet born!

China's "opening of its eyes to the world" has been more than 100 years later than Japan's, and in terms of concrete actions, the gap between China and Japan, a small country, is more than a hundred years. Up to now, the so-called "Tongzhi Zhongxing" is still just staying at the end of gun-making and shipbuilding, but the Japanese have started to "seek knowledge in the world and greatly revitalize the imperial base" to "break away from Asia and enter Europe"!

Is it really that difficult to admit that you are inferior to others?

"The adult wants to bring a firearm as a gift this time, in order to give it to someone, I don't understand why the adult wants to be like this at the beginning of the humble position, but now I know the adult's intentions." Mei Hong said, "My lord wants to arm the people with foreign guns to fight against Japan. Your Excellency can be said to have good intentions, but your Excellency said that our military forces are so weak that it is hard to believe that I am despicable. The long-haired giant, my dynasty can be leveled in turn, and the prosperity of martial arts is unprecedented. How many soldiers and horses does Japan have? How many ships? How could he be my opponent of the Qing Dynasty? ”

"I haven't gone out to see Yuanshan, so I naturally don't believe it." Lin Yizhe knew that Mei Hong, like the vast majority of scholars and doctors in China at this time, was still superstitious about the strength of the **** kingdom, and said, "I have one more thing here, I want to ask Yuanshan to go for me, and Yuanshan will go here, just to investigate the defense of my coastal areas in Fujian, Zhejiang, and Ningxia in the Qing Dynasty, and I will know the end." ”

"Commanded by humility." Mei Hongdao.

"Yuanshan Ya is good at Danqing, you might as well draw a map of what you see on this trip, and you and I can discuss it together when we return, okay?" Lin Yizhe suddenly had another idea in his heart and immediately said it.

"Your Excellency, rest assured, you should draw out the details of what you have seen and bring it back to your adult reference." Mei Hong happily agreed, "I just don't know what the adults entrust?" ”

Lin Yizhe took out the letter to his eldest brother Lin Xunshu that had been hidden in his sleeve for many days, which was drafted by Xu Run and copied by himself, and handed it to Mei Hong.

"I want to ask Brother Yuanshan to be a messenger for me again." Lin Yizhe said, "Go to Jiangning and hand over this letter to my eldest brother Lin Xunshu." ”

"Your Excellency, rest assured, the letter will be delivered by hand."

Mei Hong took the letter and did not feel anything strange about Lin Yizhe's request. In his opinion, Lin Yizhe's main purpose in sending him out should be to inspect the coastal defense situation, and the letter was just to be piggybacked, so he happily agreed.

"Yuanshan can take the 'Flying Eagle' ship this time, the ship is fast, and it can not miss the trip, which is convenient for Yuanshan to go and return quickly." Lin Yizhe said.

Mei Hong thanked him, and the two chatted for a while, and Mei Hong took his leave. After Lin Yizhe saw Mei Hong away, he turned into the back hall and saw Chen Wanxing coming over with a letter in his hand.

"Is it a letter from my aunt?" Lin Yizhe quickly glanced at the envelope, and when he saw the beautiful English floral letters and the italic characters on it, he guessed that the letter was written by Sarah, and immediately asked with a smile.

"yes!" Chen Wan smiled and nodded, "Auntie just sent it over!" ”

"Don't be happy alone, just miss it. Let me hear it too. Lin Yizhe saw her happy appearance, and did not ask for the letter to open it first, but asked Chen Wannian to read it to him. He had been talking with Lin Guoxiang and Mei Hong for a long time just now, and his mouth was a little thirsty, so he sat down and drank tea.

"Good! Listen. Chen Wan sat down opposite Lin Yizhe, opened the letter, and began to read it.