Chapter 56: National Righteousness
The war has ended, but the drama that should be played still has to be played, this war Wang Lin will drag on for at least half a year, in exchange for the time he needs now, he needs at least a year or more to thoroughly digest this batch of troops.
Although the war did not go on as expected, nor did it take place on June 15, 1898, but this was the result of deducting all kinds of special factors, and the real war was launched on June 20, 1898, but it ended precisely on June 20, and the only battle between the two sides during the beginning of the war was the battle on the beachhead, which was attacked by 500 Manchu noble soldiers and defended by ten new armies.
Despite this, Wang Lin still cleaned up the battlefield, filled all the trenches and the preset position headquarters, and completely handed over this place to Yuan Shikai, Wang Lin must give Yuan Shikai a foothold in Hainan, only in this way can he train and integrate this group of troops in the shortest possible time, without having to run back and forth to cross the sea.
The No. 27 position is located in Dongfang County, and it is so easy to attack Hainan, so that all the soldiers who came to participate in the battle feel that the other party does not seem to be as powerful as the legend, and the Beiyang soldiers and those green battalion soldiers are even more happy, especially the green battalion soldiers are prominent.
Yuan Shikai sent those green battalion soldiers back on the grounds that the war was not as cruel as expected, and that 10,000 soldiers in Beiyang were enough to solve the battle here.
"Comfort Ting, have you really decided?" Xu Shichang, as Yuan Shikai's old friend for many years, couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, Weiting, if we really enter the east given by Wang Lin, then it will not be easy to say what will happen later." Feng Guozhang continued to remind.
Everyone said one by one, only Duan Qirui didn't speak, this is because he knows more things than them, and according to the meaning of Weiting, it seems that Wang Lin wants to absorb the entire Beiyang Group and the Navy, since Weiting is so relieved, what's the use of worrying?
"Don't say any more, I thought I had negotiated with him, and my position was arranged by him, and he would not embarrass you, and when you get to the shore, you must cooperate with them well, and don't cause trouble." Yuan Shikai muttered, recalling the shock that Wang Lin gave him, as well as the weapons used by his guards, all of which shocked Yuan Shikai, who else in this world can have such ability?
"Comfort Ting, I see that you are getting less and less courageous, the other party has 10,000 people, we also have 10,000 people, and we still have the help of warships, what are you afraid of them doing?" As a soldier through and through, Cao Kun naturally does things for too many reasons, as long as there is not too much disparity in strength, then winning or losing is not certain.
"The other side's navy is much more powerful than us, if they want to sink us, we don't even have room to resist, in fact, there is something I didn't tell you, this is also what I just knew, in fact, they knew the moment we went to sea from Tianjin Port, and we have been targeted by them after we arrived in Zhanjiang, from the time we left the port to the time we docked here, their navy has been watching us." Yuan Shikai knew that these subordinates would be a little unconvinced, and even greeted Wang Lin in advance, and when the time came, let them show their faces and scare these subordinates.
"Spying on us? Where? How do I think it's all peaceful along the way? ”
Yuan Shikai pointed to his feet, and then to the sea not far away, and soon after, a submarine floated from the bottom of the sea.
Cao Kun and the others widened their eyes, and they seemed to be a little unable to believe that this thing was real, such a big thing could actually lurk at the bottom of the sea? And do you get up when you want to go, and go down when you want to? Although I was shocked by the strength of the other party, I was more afraid, if it wasn't for the other party's bent desire to take in himself and others, I'm afraid that these people would have become food for sharks under the sea now, right?
"Wang Lin has ten guards around him, and he is a great person." Yuan Shikai continued to sigh, since it has been done, it must be done thoroughly, an unknown ship still can't scare them, only by deeply shattering their glory on land can it completely shock them.
Everyone knew that Yuan Shikai had something to say next, so they didn't interrupt.
"The combat power of ten people is comparable to a hundred and thousands of people, a battalion of Manchu noble soldiers we sent before, one person was captured alive by them, 499 people were killed, their weapons are very strange, I have experienced it over there, it can be fired in bursts, and after dozens of bullets have been fired, you only need to replace a so-called magazine, and if you don't stand around, there is no sound at all, everything is unaware. There is an even more terrifying weapon, I have not seen it, but I have seen his power with my own eyes, I suspect that it is their new weapon, Hesheri Amur, you all know it, right? He died in the hands of that kind of weapon, and a bullet passed and his whole head was gone. ”
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and they touched their heads from time to time to see if they were still there, not that they were too timid, but what Yuan Shikai said was too evil, and now they already have a kind of desire to go over and take a look.
"I used to think that our equipment was already the best, but now I know that the equipment on the other side is much better than ours, the Maxim heavy machine gun is a treasure in our place, but over there can only stay in the warehouse, and will only be used when encountering defensive battles, once attacked, they will change to a lighter machine gun, and the lethality is stronger, I heard that changing the bracket can make the range nearly a thousand meters." Yuan Shikai looked at the expressions of the generals next to him, and wanted to laugh in his heart, but it could be seen that his words had already had some effect, and as for whether it could be completely effective, it could only depend on Wang Lin, after all, it was Yuan Shikai who said it, and Wang Lin did it.
"Hehe, you don't need to be so shocked, Wang Lin has already promised me that after we get there, they will first conduct special training for us, as long as they meet his requirements, they will equip us with the same equipment as his troops within a year, so you can endure for a year at most, and after a year, your army will be the strongest army in the world."
"Comfort Ting, we're not stupid, why the hell are you doing this? Since ancient times, have you seen a victor who would give the same weapons and equipment to surrender? If that's the case, there's only one possibility, and that's to completely reorganize and disrupt us and disperse us among their forces. Although Feng Guozhang yearns for the kind of weapons and equipment that Yuan Shikai said, it is absolutely impossible to disperse these brothers under his command into Wang Lin's troops.
"Don't tell me about the conditions, in the face of the great national righteousness, no one can talk to me about the conditions, at present Wang Lin is the most capable person to save China, even if he eats our 10,000 people, it will not be of much use to him, within two years he will expand the army by 100,000, and all of you here, after three years of study at the National Defense University, will become the commander of this army." Yuan Shikai finally revealed the news of Wang Lin's plan to expand the army, because Yuan Shikai believed in these brothers, and Yuan Shikai's decision was also agreed after Wang Lin's careful consideration, although Yuan Shikai's subordinates had become warlords in the future, and they fought when they met, but that was after Yuan Shikai died, before Yuan Shikai's death, the entire Beiyang was still an iron plate, and the combat effectiveness of the Beiyang army was indeed the most powerful in China at this time, stronger than the army. This is also why Wang Lin would spend so much effort to recruit them, instead of spending a few years to build an army that is stronger than Beiyang.
Everyone was finally persuaded by Yuan Shikai one by one, and two days later, all the 10,000 Beiyang soldiers landed and entered the preset temporary barracks and the positions they made, and the two sides formed a state of confrontation. In addition to walking around the sea, the Beiyang Navy went to a military port that had just been built for them prepared by Wang Lin.
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