After taking control of the entire Beiyang Naval Division, Zhang Shanlin divided the more than 1,000 prisoners into three, and held the senior officers of the pipe belt class alone, the low-level officers and soldiers in solitary custody, and then the ordinary officers and soldiers. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After finishing, Zhang Shanlin first walked into the room where more than 100 low-level officers were imprisoned.

At this time, Zhang Shanlin came here for one purpose, to recruit troops and mobilize these prisoners to join the Liaodong Army.

For these officers, the general word certainly does not move them. Therefore, as soon as Zhang Shanlin came up, he made three promises to them.

"As long as everyone is willing to join the Liaodong Army, the Liaodong Army guarantees that all of everyone's families will be taken outside the customs within a month!"

"After the establishment of the naval fleet of the Liaodong Army, the salaries of the officers and men of the navy were increased by 20% on the basis of the imperial court, and the full amount was guaranteed. In addition, the Liaodong Army will absolutely not deduct the navy's repair and maintenance costs, and will strive to purchase at least one ship for the navy every year. ”

"The third and most important one. The Liaodong Army Navy was in its infancy, lacking a large number of officers. As long as you have the ability, you are willing to join the Liaodong Army. Maybe it won't be long before everyone gets promoted. If you're lucky, it's possible to be promoted directly to a ship's pipe band! ”

"Brothers, the opportunity is right in front of you, I hope you will seize it."

"If you find that we have not fulfilled our promise after joining the Liaodong Army, you can leave at any time, and our Liaodong Army will not stop you. Besides, you are the navy, and if you really want to leave, no one can stop you.

The high military salary, taking their families outside the customs, and Zhang Shanlin drawing a big pie for them, every sentence spoke to the hearts of these officers.

At this time, many people were moved. But, with no one taking the lead, these people all had one last bit of hesitation on their faces.

Zhang Shanlin, who saw the situation in his eyes, continued: "I know that everyone is afraid that as soon as they join the Liaodong Army, the Liaodong Army will be wiped out by the imperial court. After all, the Liaodong Army is still wearing the hat of a rebel. ”

"What I want to tell you here is that if my Liaodong Army can eliminate the Beiyang Army of the five towns of the imperial court stationed in Mukden, it will have the strength to eliminate the imperial court officers and troops who are attacking the three eastern provinces."

"Take the battle here, for example, if you are captured, your ships docked at the docks will not be able to escape. In this way, the imperial officers and soldiers of the two towns who were escorted and landed by you will also be in a desperate situation, and there will be no way to leave here, and they will eventually be wiped out by us! ”

"Everyone is an officer, even if you don't know the current situation of the imperial court, you have heard of it. With the current strength of the imperial court, if you lose more than a dozen ships of the Beiyang Naval Division, and lose a few more towns, do you still have the capital to continue attacking our Liaodong Army! ”

"In the words of our commander, it will take ten days at most, and the decisive battle in front of us will be over. The grievances between our Liaodong army and the imperial court can only be resolved through negotiation in the end. As a result of the negotiations, the imperial court approved the occupation of the entire three eastern provinces by our Liaodong army. ”

"I'll give you five minutes to think, and after five minutes, I am willing to join the Liaodong Army, and we welcome it. If you don't want to join the Liaodong Army, don't worry too much, we will use you to exchange the families of many of your brothers from the imperial court to Guanwai. ”

After giving everyone a reassurance that the Liaodong Army will win and the imperial court will compromise, more than 130 low-level officers are willing to join the Liaodong Army in the end.

On the one hand, it was because the price offered by the Liaodong Army made them very satisfied, and on the other hand, because the imperial court's attitude towards the navy was too chilling, which gave them a feeling that they would have no future if they continued to stay in the Beiyang Naval Division.

Compared with officers who attach more importance to their future and development, ordinary officers and men attach the most importance to military salaries and immediate interests.

I heard that Zhang Shanlin promised that after everyone joined the Liaodong Army, the military salary would increase by 20%, and all of them would be paid in full. The eyes of many officers and soldiers lit up at once, especially after seeing that the Liaodong Army had mobilized more than 80 officers to join.

Nearly 1,000 ordinary officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division, except for a few Manchus who were still loyal to the imperial court, more than eighty percent of the remaining officers and soldiers all agreed to join the Liaodong Army.

With the help of these officers and ordinary officers and men who agreed to join the Liaodong Army, the special operations detachment very easily boarded the ships without any vigilance, and then took control of a total of 13 large and small ships.

After the telegram was sent to Yang Xingguo, Yang Xingguo first breathed a sigh of relief, and then shot out two scorching Champions League shots out with a pair of eyes, and said very excitedly to Wu Xin and Li Jie, the commanders of the cavalry division who had rushed back.

"The time for the counteroffensive has finally arrived, ladies and gentlemen, this is a telegram from Zhang Shanlin of the special operations detachment just sent a telegram, last night, the special operations detachment successfully recaptured the Yingkou wharf and captured all the ships of the Beiyang Naval Division docked at Yingkou."

"The officers and troops of the two towns that are now blocked by us have not only lost all their artillery and baggage, but also cut off their retreat by us. Next, we can eat them as much as we want! ”

Li Jie, who had been pressed and beaten by Zaitao for the past two days, and was full of resentment, seemed to have suddenly found an outlet and shouted directly: "Commander, in the past two days, the deputy commander has sent us an infantry regiment and a mixed artillery regiment. Together with the cavalry regiment of Division Commander Wu and several garrison regiments, we have every strength to fight a decisive battle with the officers and troops here. ”

Yang Xingguo shook his head and vetoed: "No, it's too much of a loss to fight a decisive battle, and rabbits will bite people if they are in a hurry, not to mention nearly 20,000 well-equipped officers and soldiers!" ”

"Then commander, how are you going to fight!" Li Jie was stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood and asked.

"In the rout, the officers and soldiers did not know that Yingkou had been taken by us. As long as they are defeated, then they must retreat in the direction of Yingkou. Nearly 100 miles away from the retreat road of the two towns, we have another cavalry division, and no matter how many people there are, the officers and soldiers will be eaten up by the cavalry division. Yang Xingguo replied with a serious face, and his words were full of confidence.

An hour later, he didn't know that his artillery and baggage were ended, and he didn't know that Zaitao had missed Yingkou, but he still confidently mobilized his troops to prepare for the attack.

Eighteen field artillery pieces began to shell first, and the shells that smashed into the blocking position of the Liaodong Army with a screaming sound, as if they didn't want money, lasted for ten minutes before stopping.

As soon as the shelling stopped, the officers and men of the two battalions, under the cover of a full 30 heavy machine guns, rushed to the blocking position.

This time, Yang Xingguo no longer retains his strength. Several garrison regiments were originally equipped with more than a dozen mortars, nearly 20 mortars brought by reinforcements, plus nearly 50 mortars brought by cavalry divisions, and they were divided into two, some of which were aimed at the heavy machine gun positions of the officers and troops, and some were aimed at the attacking troops of the officers and troops, firing shells at the fastest speed.

The intense artillery bombardment caused heavy casualties among the officers and soldiers at once.

Zaitao and the two town commanders were not vegetarians, and they immediately judged that the Liaodong Army that was blocking them had reinforcements.

However, the three of them were also glad that the strength of the defenders was not as strong as that of their field artillery battalion.

Therefore, Zaitao decisively ordered the field artillery battalion to counterattack, and then sent an additional battalion of infantry to continue the attack. (To be continued.) )