readx;?“ Commander Li, the entire Liaodong Army also knows some about the navy as the commander of the coastal defense artillery regiment, and I plan to let you go to the navy as a deputy commander, which is equivalent to the commander of the army division in rank! Yang Xing replied in Chinese. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Jie was stunned for a moment, and then immediately became excited.

But the excited expression only lasted for a few seconds before he was covered with worry, and then said to Yang Xingguo: "Commander, although I know the navy, I have seen it all from books, I am afraid that I will not do a good job and embarrass you!" ”

"At your current level, you must not be able to do well." Yang Xingguo said without hesitation.

"So, I won't give your order to be the deputy commander of the fleet for the time being!"

"Shall I go to the Navy then?" Li Jie hurriedly asked, his face did not show the slightest expression of dissatisfaction because of what he had just said.

After nodding his head with Li Jie's reaction, Yang Xingguo continued: "Go, from tomorrow you will leave the army and take up your post in the navy." First of all, I will be the deputy captain of Captain Chen for a period of time, so as to get to know and learn about the navy. After passing the qualifications, he will be appointed deputy commander of the navy. ”

"I am temporarily holding the position of commander of the navy, but I certainly don't have time to deal with specific things. Therefore, although you are only the deputy captain in the navy, you have to take responsibility for all the things that the deputy commander should do, and if you don't understand, ask Captain Chen directly! ”

Doing what the Deputy Commander of the Navy did as a Deputy Captain is definitely an unprecedented combination. One is not good, Li Jie is not only not good as the deputy captain, but also the deputy commander will not be able to do well, which is most appropriate to describe with the words thankless.

But Li Jie only thought for a few seconds before replying with a firm face: "Please rest assured, Commander, I, Li Jie, promise to live up to your high expectations, Commander." ”

A few days later, the order for the Liaodong Army to set up a naval fleet reached Yingkou.

Almost all of the officers of the Far Beiyang Fleet who took the initiative in the Liaodong Army were promoted. For ordinary naval officers and men, who were not promoted, the Liaodong Army also increased their military salaries by 20 percent on the original basis as promised, and paid them the full amount of their first month's military salaries.

In the face of the white flowers, these remaining naval officers and men, each showed a satisfied smile, and became more and more eager for their future and prospects.

In particular, after listening to Yang Xingguo's assurance, the size of the fleet will be at least doubled in the next two years, and as long as everyone has the ability, it is possible to become the captain of the ship, and the naval station that was temporarily set aside at the Yingkou wharf immediately sounded a burst of excited shouts.

"Li Jie, and more than a dozen of your captains, within half a year, you have not had any military operations. But don't think there's nothing to do. Seeing the nearly 2,000 Liaodong troops I brought in the morning, from today onwards, they have officially joined the navy. Glancing at the dozen or so unfamiliar faces around him, Yang Xingguo ordered with a serious face.

"Your task is to train them into qualified navies in half a year!"

Chen Jiliang, the captain of the capital ship, immediately stood up and assured: "Please rest assured, the commander, and promise to live up to the commander's expectations of the navy." ”

After Chen Jiliang finished speaking, more than a dozen other captains also opened their mouths to express their loyalty.

As the so-called soldiers die for their confidants, Yang Xingguo trusted them so much that he promoted them to become captains who he had never dared to think of before. From the time Yang Xingguo announced his appointment, they regarded themselves as members of the Liaodong Army.

After seeing everyone's reactions, Yang Xingguo, who looked satisfied, continued: "I don't know much about the navy. But you are all naval talents, and you know and understand more than I do. So, a lot of things aren't just what I say? For the next six months of training, what do you have to ask! ”

More than a dozen captains all showed hesitant expressions at once, and finally Chen Jiliang gritted his teeth and replied: "The biggest problem is the replenishment of naval funds and ammunition!" ”

"In the past, in the Beiyang Fleet, it was because the imperial court continued to deduct naval funds, and there was even no silver to replenish ammunition for the fleet, which caused the navy to become weaker and weaker, and it was defeated in the hands of the Japanese in several consecutive naval battles."

"Also, as far as I know, the Liaodong Army does not have shipyards. In this case, ship maintenance will become a big problem. Once something goes wrong with a warship, there is no place to repair it. ”

"There is also a wharf, now more than a dozen ships are docked at Yingkou Wharf, but this wharf is a civilian wharf after all, and a large number of merchant ships dock every day, and naval training will definitely shoot and fire, training at such a wharf, it is definitely impossible."

As soon as Chen Jiliang spoke, the remaining twelve captains couldn't help it, and they all expressed their worries.

Sitting next to Yang Xingguo, Li Jie is completely in the role of a recorder at this time.

After more than a dozen captains finished speaking, Li Jie had already recorded a dense piece of paper.

After carefully reading all the questions, Yang Xingguo found that the dozen or so questions that everyone said before and after were related to one thing, that is, silver.

If you want to solve all these problems at once, you can't do it without four or five million taels of silver.

However, Yang Xingguo, who knew the importance of the navy to China, thought about it for five minutes, and finally gritted his teeth and affirmed under the gaze of more than a dozen pairs of eager eyes: "I will definitely solve all the problems that can be solved immediately within a month." ”

"Every month's training and maintenance expenses, the captains of the ships report to Li Jie here, as long as Li Jie agrees, the command guarantees that they will not deduct a tael of silver, and they will all be sent to you."

"As for the ammunition needed for training in peacetime, the arsenal can provide it, and I will replenish it for you as much as you use up to the arsenal. What the arsenal can't provide, I'll buy it back from abroad with silver. ”

"Navy Pier, I won't be able to give it to you anytime soon. But I'm going to set aside a special area from the Yingkou Pier for you to train. As for the usual live-fire training, you can only work hard to get the warship out of the dock. ”

"However, as the commander of the Liaodong Army, I will give you a guarantee that after I go back, I will immediately find and build a real military dock for the navy."

"As for the shipyard, I'll find a way to build one myself. I can find a way to buy the equipment back from abroad, and it's all the most advanced. But a shipyard needs a large number of experienced workers in addition to equipment, which will require a dozen of you captains. ”

"You must have known a lot of technicians and workers in the Beiyang Fleet before, and I hope you can persuade them to come to Guanwai. I promise that they will be treated better outside the customs than inside the customs. ”

More than a dozen captains left with a satisfied smile under Yang Xingguo's guarantee.

Li Jie was left behind by Yang Xingguo, and seeing the solemn expression on Li Jie's face, Yang Xingguo asked directly, "Do you have any feelings?" ”

"Yes!" Li Jie replied without thinking about it.

"The Navy is too complicated, much more complex than the Army, and there are many things that I have never heard of. Commander, now I'm a little scared, afraid that I can't do well and betray your trust. ”

If Li Jie patted his chest at this time and confidently told Yang Xingguo that he would definitely be able to be a good deputy commander of the navy, then Yang Xingguo would definitely consider a replacement.

Now that Yang Xingguo said this, it directly proves that Li Jie has seriously thought about the discussion just now, and compared his own shortcomings.

In Yang Xingguo's view, such a person is undoubtedly very promising.

Therefore, Yang Xingguo directly opened his mouth and encouraged: "It is precisely because of the complexity that you are allowed to learn." I can tell you for sure that as long as you learn well, your future is limitless. Do you still remember what I said at the inaugural meeting of the Navy: The current naval fleet is only the beginning of our development of the navy, and in the future, the navy will definitely grow and develop, and then you will have to command not a dozen ships, but dozens, hundreds of ships.

Yang Xingguo's encouragement and promise were like a stimulant shot to Li Jie, which made him confident again. (To be continued.) )