Chapter 100: Blind Tossing
Whether it is a participant in this naval battle, or a bystander, or even Liu Buyun and other belated, they all know very well that with the gradual maturity of warship design and naval tactical thinking, it is impossible for such an unbelievable battle example to appear in the future, and in the foreseeable future, the feat of Haitian to destroy ten will always be an irreproducible miracle!
Although there were sour thoughts in his heart, such as "it's just the light of the warship", Liu Buyun is not a person with a small belly after all, he asked himself, even if he knew the strength of the Haitian, he would never dare to pursue it alone, so it would be impossible to create an excellent opportunity to "chase the tail", in terms of courage and courage, Deng Shichang is indeed better than himself
Therefore, Liu Buyun finally congratulated Deng Shichang open-mindedly, and together with Lin Taizeng, he rejected the opportunity to share the credit and let Deng Shichang get this miracle merit.
But this does not mean that Liu Buyun is willing to bow low and be small, and Li Hongzhang's disposal after the war made him see the hope of becoming the commander of the Beiyang Navy Division again, and naturally it is even more impossible to give it up
In order to check and balance the "Fujian Party", Li Hongzhang previously promoted Deng Shichang exceptionally, so that he could play a role in restraining him, but when Deng Shichang made this great achievement, Li Hongzhang found himself in an extremely embarrassing situation
Deng Shichang made meritorious service, and Li Hongzhang was naturally happy, because this could prove how wise he was in the previous personnel adjustments, but the credit was so great that Li Hongzhang had a headache.
If you only talk about military exploits, even if Deng Shichang is directly promoted to the commander of the navy to replace Lin Taizeng's position, there is a good reason, but Li Hongzhang promoted Deng Shichang before just to target Liu Buyun, but it does not mean how much he likes the former. If Deng Shichang becomes the boss of the Beiyang Naval Division, with his character, he will definitely give Li Hongzhang more headaches than Liu Buyun at that time.
Take the unauthorized attacks after the Battle of Dadonggou of the Beiyang Naval Division, Liu Buyun only dared to go around in the Yellow Sea to play side balls, and Deng Shichang even ventured into the Sea of Japan, if it weren't for the limited endurance and couldn't stay too long, he immediately saw that Shang Wen might die in the sea like Gao Shanji in history, and there would be no subsequent surprise attack on Pyongyang
Li Hongzhang's ideal state is that Liu Deng is balanced, or Liu is slightly stronger than Deng, but he never wants Deng to be stronger than Liu. Although Liu Buyun has a heroic and strong personality, he is not an unruly person, Li Hongzhang can control it after a little effort, but Deng Shichang is different, Li Hongzhang is really not sure that he can control it.
In particular, after the naval battle of Jianghua Bay annihilated all the main forces of the Japanese navy, the Beiyang Naval Division had no enemy, and Li Hongzhang could operate on it with confidence and boldness, without fear of making any trouble.
"Lin Tai once went to the Water Master Academy to be the general manager? This is a deficiency left by Ding Yanfu, but Lin Tai has not performed well in two naval battles, and he has nothing to say when he leaves, and his indecisive temperament is not suitable for front-line command. Li Hui looked at the message sent back on the message board, and gave a rare thumbs up for Li Hongzhang's decision-making, but the next one made his brows furrow again, "Sure enough, you still can't overestimate Lao Li, this power is used, don't you want to die if you don't play this set?" The war isn't over yet! ”
After Lin Taizeng left, Deng Shichang was appointed to act as the commander of the Beiyang Navy Division, which seemed to be very awesome on the surface, but the problem was in the "agent".
After the Battle of Dadonggou, Lin Taizeng also served as the "acting commander" of the Beiyang Naval Division for a time, and Deng Shichang is actually not as good as Lin Taizeng at that time, because Lin Tai was the "acting commander", but Deng Shichang was only the "acting" commander, his official position is still only the chief soldier, and there is less hope of becoming a regular in the future.
What's worse is that Li Hongzhang doesn't seem to have the intention of buying the Haitian, and when the lease period expires, Deng Shichang will become a grass without roots, and I am afraid that even Ding Ruchang's condition at the beginning is not comparable
"What's more, Deng Shichang was originally just a general and not a handsome talent, and it was inevitable that there would be mistakes during the acting commander's period, and Lao Li, who should have found a suitable candidate at that time, could confidently press Zhengqing back to his original position, and then parachute that candidate down like Ding Ruchang back then, so that the internal pattern of the Beiyang Naval Division could be restored to balance again", Li Hui couldn't help but sigh deeply after thinking about all this, "It's quite a clever power technique, but such a toss is completely harmful to the Beiyang Naval Division!" ”
The glorious victory of the naval battle gave Lao Li the confidence to toss blindly, and the Japanese side did not have such a good time
After confirming the results of Ganghua Bay, the Minister of the Navy, Saigo, was completely disillusioned, and committed suicide by seppuku that night, but he died a single death, but he left all the overwhelming verbal and written attacks to his subordinates.
In the face of the condemnation of the whole country, quite a number of young and vigorous Japanese naval officers committed suicide and apologized for their crimes because they could not bear the humiliation, and even among the high-ranking officers who were generally much thicker-skinned, there were some unlucky ones who were "condemned by heaven" and died unexpectedly, and as for those who left the navy because they were pessimistic and disappointed about the future, there were even more
In this case, although the former captain of the Akitsuzu, although he was also saddened by the defeat of the navy, he also saw the hope of returning to the navy, "No matter how disappointing the performance of the navy is, Japan cannot do without the navy, and it will always be rebuilt again in the future, and then it will be the opportunity for our group to return to the navy"
Uemura Hikonojo believed that the fiasco of the Japanese Combined Fleet in the Battle of Ganghwa Bay was to a large extent due to the poor quality of the personnel, and that Emperor Muhito would sooner or later realize his mistake in his original intentions, and that he was not Yuan Shao, and that even if it was impossible to apologize to Uemura Hikonosei and others after realizing his mistake, there was great hope that the Navy would let go and let the navy invite them back again.
However, although Uemura thought so, he did not wait passively, but boarded a passenger ship bound for the United States, preparing to travel to the West for three years and two years.
The Battle of Dadonggou and the Battle of Jianghua Bay, two naval battles of unprecedented scale, will inevitably have a huge impact on the world's mainstream naval doctrine, and many new theories, viewpoints and outstanding talents will certainly emerge in the next few years, after the defeat of Jianghua Bay, the Japanese Navy has suffered a near-devastating blow, and it will take at least a few years before it can begin to rebuild, and Uemura Hikonojo intends to use this time to personally participate in it, and by the way, make up for the regret that he was unable to study abroad