Tomorrow is 515, the anniversary of the starting point, and the day with the most benefits. In addition to the gift bag and school bag, this time's "515 Red Envelope Flip" must be seen, how can there be a reason not to grab the red envelope, set the alarm clock high~

The whole country was shocked on the Japanese side, but the complete opposite on the Chinese side, and even because the victory in this decisive battle was too brilliant, including Li Hongzhang, when they first saw the good news, they thought it was a false report or a false report, and they couldn't believe it at all, and they didn't feel at ease to report it to the imperial court until they confirmed the results from the foreigners. Maybe it's because the time has dragged on, and the ecstasy that should have been diluted a lot has been invisibly diluted

However, Li Hongzhang was still deeply moved by Li Hui's foresight, except for those ignorant and fearless fools, who could be so sure of victory before the war, probably there would be no second place in the whole world.

And the detailed report of the Beiyang Navy Division also pointed out that Li Hui, who made a plan before the war, was the biggest contributor to this brilliant victory, and if he had not formulated the best strategy to promote his strengths and avoid his weaknesses, even if he could still win this battle, it would be a defeat for both sides at most, where could it be so hearty?

However, before evaluating the merits of the battle, Li Hongzhang had a more important thing to do, that is, to immediately appoint a new admiral to the Beiyang Naval Division, so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy without a leader.

On the one hand, he deeply regretted the death of this cronie, and on the other hand, the new candidate for the commander of the Beiyang Navy also made Li Hongzhang very worried.

When the Beiyang Naval Division was just formed, the personnel and warships were all new, the interior was like a plate of loose sand, and the collective consciousness had not yet been formed, so Li Hongzhang could let Ding Ruchang, who was born in the army, serve as the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division to "mix sand" and ensure his control over this naval force.

But now the pipe bands of the Beiyang Naval Division have also stayed on their respective warships for several years, and the relationship between the superiors and subordinates and each other is closer than when the Beiyang Naval Division was first established, especially after this war. If the new Admiral is still parachuted, then he must have extraordinary abilities that can convince the entire Beiyang Naval Division.

And among the cronies that Li Hongzhang can send now, he can't even find a little insider, even if he forcibly assigns it, he will inevitably be overshadowed by those arrogant generals, and he will be even more nominal than Ding Ruchang before

What the? You say Li Hui?

It would be even more impossible, although the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Naval Division now have quite respect for him, but both the official position and qualifications are too far behind, even if he is promoted exceptionally, it will not be his turn.

What's more, Li Hui is not Lao Li's cronies, he adopted Li Hui's opinions and suggestions only because what he said was indeed reasonable, and he entrusted him with important tasks just because Li Hui could help Li Hongzhang earn more benefits, to say how much Li Hongzhang really trusted Li Hui, or how loyal Li Hui was to Lao Li, but it was impossible to talk about it at all, as long as Lao Li did not have a brain pump, it was impossible to hand over the task of helping to control the Beiyang Naval Division that could not be put on the table

If it was in peacetime, then the situation would be better, and even if there was no candidate who could convince the public, Li Hongzhang would be able to use various means, including personnel changes, to divide and disintegrate the so-called "Min Party" in his eyes, so that the new admiral could gain a foothold.

But now that the war is not over, with Li Hongzhang's usual caution, he will never dare to do this. Even if the main force of the Japanese Navy suffered unprecedented heavy losses in the Battle of Dadonggou, they still have at least 6 warships available, and the Beiyang Naval Division has Jingyuan, Laiyuan, Jingyuan and Yangwei, the four warships have been severely damaged, of which Yangwei has lost the value of repair, and can only be changed to transport ships for waste utilization in the future, and even the second ship of Dingzhen also needs to be repaired. The strength advantage of the Beiyang Naval Division is actually not as huge as it seems.

If there is another civil strife at this time, it is not completely impossible that the Japanese will overturn the tables, and this has not taken into account the variable of the Japanese government's urgent purchase of new ships

Therefore, no matter how unwilling he was, Li Hongzhang could only find someone from within the Beiyang Naval Division in the end, but out of distrust of Liu Buyun, he finally chose Lin Taizeng, the pipe band of the Zhenyuan who did not perform well in the Battle of Dadonggou, and only asked him to temporarily act as the governor, obviously this is only a temporary emergency measure, and after the war is over in the future, Li Hongzhang will definitely send his cronies to parachute down.

Such a petty approach naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the Beiyang Naval Division, especially Liu Buchan, and it was useless, because Lin Tai was obedient to Liu Buchan after becoming the Admiral of the Naval Division, Li Hongzhang was simply covering his ears and stealing the bell, not only did he fail to receive the effect he wanted, but let the Beiyang Naval Division really start to centrifugal

"In the final analysis, a scheming guy like Lao Li and a generous and heroic person like Liu Buyun are inherently incompatible, if it weren't for such a decent fleet in the whole of China, I'm afraid Liu Buyun would not have invested in Lao Li's command anyway", Li Hui laughed somewhat gloating after learning about this, he has long been determined to win the Beiyang Naval Division, and the greater the contradiction between Lao Li and the Beiyang Naval Division, the greater the possibility that he will be successfully incorporated in the future.

After the Battle of Dadonggou annihilated the main force of the Japanese Navy, Li Hui's previous worries had been swept away, and now he could pull the flag and rebel at any time, the reason why he did not do it immediately was that it was more advantageous to have a little more time to train the troops, so he planned to wait for the matter to be exposed before he started, and he could fight for one more day.

Therefore, Li Hui repeatedly postponed the matter of entering Beijing to face the saint on various grounds such as being ill, and even Li Hongzhang wanted to summon him to discuss the matter, Li Hui did not want to try to refuse, and he even went into the Zhaoyuan Mountainous Area, where there was no telegraph line, on the pretext of visiting the front line in person, so that the people sent by Li Hongzhang could not find him at all.

After the victory in the Battle of Dadonggou, he immediately expanded the mine protection team and road protection team into brigade-level troops, totaling more than 15,000 people, and if you add the troops on the Flying Tiger Army, the total strength is no less than 30,000.

At the same time, Li Hui also ordered 50,000 mules and horses, 40,000 Jiawu-style rifles, 500 Jiawu-type heavy machine guns, a large amount of ammunition including 50 million rounds of ammunition, 1 million grenades, and 50,000 mines, and a large amount of medicine and other necessary supplies from the system in one go. In addition, considering that the training time of the troops was too short, Li Hui also recruited thousands of additional biochemical soldiers to ensure combat effectiveness and cohesion, with a total cost of nearly 70 tons of silver.

After so much silver was scattered, there was not much profit left from the previous many exchanges with Beiyang, but fortunately, the hoarded materials were enough to last until the end of the year, and Li Hui had a new source of income

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