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Let me reveal to you first, there are still two chapters about to usher in the climax of this book, guess what!

On November 11, 1861, it rained continuously in Guangzhou, and the already somewhat cold weather suddenly became very cold, in the conference room where there was no earth dragon and no hot wind, everyone attending the meeting was wearing a tweed general's coat, but still did not feel warm, it can be said that if there was no sunshine in the winter in Guangzhou, it would be very difficult to endure, Li Anmin felt very strange, why didn't the Führer raise the earth dragon or install some popular hot warm air?

At this time, it can be said that whether it is Li Anmin, Jia Wuji, Tang Zhiqiang, Ma Jiang, etc., almost all of them miss their warm dormitory, even the captain's room on the battleship is much warmer!

Lin Haijiang knew everyone's confusion, the temperature in the room could come out as soon as he spoke, Lin Haijiang looked at Zhanyang with a slight smile and said, "Zhanyang, why don't I light the earth dragon or install a hot heater?" ”

Zhanyang first looked around at Ma Jiang and Yang Tianhua left and right in a slightly surprised manner, and then stood up and snapped a straight way: "Report to the Führer, the humble position does not dare to speculate, but the humble position thinks that the warm environment will breed laziness and make people easily tired, and the earth dragon consumes high-grade charcoal and white bituminous coal, and the charcoal empire produces part of it, and all the white bituminous coal is purchased at a high price, so from the perspective of saving, the head of state does not use the earth dragon or hot warm air." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Zhanyang's answer made Li Anmin and others on the side suddenly look at each other, and the sycophants had to be just right, and Zhanyang's pertinent guess just now had become an unfathomable sycophant in the eyes of Tang Zhiqiang, Ma Jiang and others!

Lin Haijiang smiled and nodded: "There are many young women living in my head of state's mansion, all in the backyard, where there is hot and warm air, including my own bedroom, the space is small and naturally consumes less, such as conference rooms, offices and other large areas, the operation of heating facilities has been stopped, and I have stored the saved coal and charcoal in the material supply center. Therefore, many things have to be managed by our soldiers, everyone can't be too troublesome, and Zhanyang and Vice Minister Li will go together after the meeting! Study, study! ”

As soon as he turned around, Lin Haijiang read all the material dispatch documents and said: "The lint boots and battlefield cotton windbreakers distributed by the Marine Corps, the cold-proof winter bag and cloak must be fully prepared, and the fur hats, scarves, and gloves must all be given priority to the two brigades participating in this landing. ”

Li Anmin nodded and said, "Führer, we all heard that the cold-proof sleeping bag cloak integrated cold-proof bag was designed by you?" It is said that it is a snowy day that dripping water becomes an iceman and can sleep in it peacefully overnight, which is really amazing! A squad of soldiers can also be grouped together in a small tent to protect themselves from the cold. ”

Tang Zhiqiang interjected on the side: "But I like the battlefield cotton windbreaker the most, the raincoat made of tung oil tarpaulin on the outside, cold-proof and waterproof, and it is damp on the battleship, and the officers and soldiers like it very much, but at the moment they are all issued to the army and marines, and the navy is eager to wear it!" ”

Lin Haijiang smiled slightly: "What's the hurry?" The navy type is also about to be finalized, and yours are indispensable, now the burden of the two ends of the empire is on the army, and the other is on your navy, and we can regroup if the army defeats us, but if your navy is defeated, we will be defeated! ”

Although Lin Haijiang said it with a smile, the weight of his words still made everyone feel real pressure!

When the last reorganization plan of the General Staff arrived, Lin Haijiang glanced at it a few times and handed it to Li Anmin: "Come on!" Roughly as I imagined, after the meeting, the General Order commended the Military Command Agency, and it only took two hours to complete a huge reorganization plan, and it seems that they have done a lot of work in normal times! That's good! ”

Li Anmin sorted out the dossier and looked around at the audience: "Next, I will announce the programming of the main fleet of the Imperial Navy, as well as the replacement of the names of the original warships. ”

Li Anmin took a deep breath and said: "The battleship is Yuanzi, the original Hainan has been changed to Zhenyuan, the original Indochina Peninsula has been changed to Dingyuan, the heavy armored protection cruisers of more than 6,000 tons have been named after imperial cities, and the light armored protection cruisers of less than 4,500 tons have been named Thunder, Blitz, Thunderbolt, and Giant Wave!" Within 25 years, the empire plans to complete the construction of 12 sub-fleets, each with 12 warships, of which six belong to a heavy fleet with a displacement of more than 8,000 tons. ”

After the ship name sequence name regulations and the announcement of the empire's shipbuilding plan, Tang Ziqiang and the others couldn't help but take a deep breath, the empire's Zhenyuan, Dingyuan, Zhiyuan, Laiyuan, etc., a total of nine ships, that is to say, the empire will add at least seven battleships, according to the empire's shipbuilding plan, the head of state is likely to plan to build a special battleship formation.

As the main ships of ocean-going warfare, it seems that the number of heavy armored protection cruisers under 8,000 tons can be increased by about ten, and if the empire has twelve sub-fleets, each fleet has twelve large surface warships, it is believed that even the British Empire will not dare to penetrate its power into Asia.

However, everyone here also knows the cost of warships, and to accomplish this great goal within twenty-five years, at the current speed of development of the empire, it does require a little miracle to help, and they can only say that this is a grand dream and a great journey in the heart of the Führer!

Next, Li Anmin announced the names of the remaining eighteen heavy armored protection cruisers, namely, Yanjing heavy cruiser, Suzhou heavy cruiser, Nanjing heavy cruiser, Hangzhou heavy cruiser, Jinan heavy cruiser, Guangzhou heavy cruiser, Tianjin heavy cruiser, Fuzhou heavy cruiser, Chengdu heavy cruiser, Wuhan heavy cruiser, Changsha heavy cruiser, Xining heavy cruiser, Lanzhou heavy cruiser, Quanzhou heavy cruiser, Nanchang heavy cruiser, The heavy cruiser Shanghai, the heavy cruiser Kunming, and the heavy cruiser Yichang, all of the five warships sold to the Qing court by the captured British were also incorporated into it, and the remaining eight light cruiser battleships were also Thunder A B, Blitz A B, Thunderbolt A B, and Julang A B.

Lin Haijiang knew very well that this reorganization was of great significance to the Imperial Navy, not only to unify the names of individual ships, but also to play a role in confusing the enemy, because Lin Haijiang believed that the British side might have already had the pictures and detailed information of the imperial warships, and this time the names of the warships were greatly adjusted, if once a sea battle broke out, the British army still dealt with them according to the previous ship intelligence, then they could fight without hesitation, and it would be too late for the British to find out.

It will also take a few days to wait for the supplies and ships that the Marines will need, and the ships will be replaced, and Lin Haijiang will take this opportunity to prepare for a complete relaxation after the big victory.

Lin Haijiang can relax, and he can also laugh, but there is such a group of people on Jurong Island, they are now crying without tears, and the depressed Tang Jiayao has already sent the specific situation to Hong Kong through the British telegram, please send the people over there to Wuhan and Tianjin, whether it is Tang Jiayao or Xu Changshou, Long Kelong, Helda, no one can explain where their warships have gone? Was it robbed? What do the hundreds of living people on the ship eat? The British said that there were faint gunshots that night, but that night Longcolon had set off some firecrackers for fun, which scared the British a lot, anyway, the final problem was that they woke up and found that the five battleships Baturu, Zhefeng, Haidongqing, Nanyuan, and Changfu were all missing, and along with the hard laborers on the dock, only the British prisoners who were knocked out and tied up like mummies.

No matter how stupid Tang Jiayao is, can he not know what happened? But such a monstrous disaster, as the governor of the school, he was the person in charge of the return of the warship, and it can be said that the blame is inescapable, even if the people who were left on Jurong Island can be said to be completely innocent.

Tang Jiayao no longer has the anxiety of the previous two days, the matter is already out, what can be done in a hurry, he is suspicious for the past two days, he even suspects that the British have teamed up with Lin Haijiang to rob his battleship, for this shameful humiliation Tang Jiayao is very helpless, the battleship was robbed by the enemy and even the ship and people at the door of the house? I, the governor in charge of the return of the prime minister's warship, was left on a barren land, shouldn't God be joking with me?

In fact, it is no wonder that Long Kelong, Herda and others were negligent, because the British army stationed on the island was not a navy but an army, so the town where they chose to be stationed was too far away from the dock, except for the fierce gunfight in the bilge of the Haidongqing, there was no shootout on the outer deck of the other two ships, and the grenade originally prepared was also useless, and the task of armed seizure was almost quietly completed.

Lin Haijiang originally wanted to use a few shots to get Tang Jiayao and He Ying up, but considering many concerns, he gave up! In the end, Tang Jiayao and others were woken up after singing and drinking all night, and found that the dock and the sea were empty?

Tang Jiayao's news after four days of twists and turns before it reached Wuhan, when Zeng Guofan, who was holding a book of distant mountains and reading carefully, received the bad news, the color of his face quickly changed several times, and he fainted directly without coming up in one breath, Zeng Guofan's fainting frightened the staff on the side, and it was pinching Renzhong who shouted that the doctor was busy, and finally the doctor rushed to use the silver needle to puncture the acupoint method to make Zeng Guofan relieved, and Zuo Zongtang and others who rushed to hear the news were also waiting anxiously outside.

The first thing Zeng Guofan said when he woke up was a telegram, a fast horse, and an urgent 800-mile rush to the imperial court, ordering Dagukou to send ships to sea, and doing everything possible to prevent the seven warships returning from Russia from returning to Hong Kong, so that they could return to the port for the time being.

Zeng Guofan's order shocked Zuo Zongtang and the others, who had just entered the inner hall, originally this noon was to discuss the preparation of the attack on the Lin rebel bandit army, looking for an opportunity to seize Changsha, how could it be a withdrawal after a while?

When everyone saw Tang Jiayao's urgency, they all scolded Tang Jiayao for misleading the country, Zeng Guofan waved his hand weakly and said: "You can't blame the book for everything!" The old man is also at fault, the scholar misunderstood the country and the old man has long heard of it, first Li Hongzhang talked about the army on paper, and then Tang Jiayao misled the country and lost the ship, how can I be a Confucian general who reads poetry and books in the Qing Dynasty is really not defeated by Lin Haijiang's young man who drinks blood? ”

Zuo Zongtang heard Zeng Guofan talk about being a Confucian general, and said disdainfully: "My lord, this battlefield is a place to fight for your life, you are in the back of the strategy, we will serve in front of the army, this is the way to win, Li Hongzhang and Tang Jiayao's subordinates can be effective people?" Is his qualifications likely to convince the public? Everything is a fatal wound, on the other hand, Lin Wei's side, his officers and generals are extremely young, there is no sense of official position, all of them are devoted to confronting the imperial court, we and other people with serious thoughts meet such a hot-blooded person, this battle has not been fought and lost! I see that you directly preached the order, directly beheaded Tang Jiayao, so as not to bite him indiscriminately, this scholar is the most annoying at this point, and he has to pull a few pads on his back when he dies, and then he pleads guilty to the court, and now the court is employing people, presumably it will not be too good for you, and if it is really not good, he will pay tribute to Prince Gong. ”

Zeng Guofan glanced at Zuo Zongtang meaningfully, Zuo Zongtang was also born in the imperial examination, but he regarded himself as a martial artist everywhere, and only this person could have a heart-to-heart with his subordinates and eat with his robes, which is easier said than done, but it is even more difficult to do, after all, people born in the imperial examination have arrogance, which is also the main reason for the disagreement between civil and military.

Zeng Guofan got up safely, he knew that he was in a hurry, when the court was employing people, as long as he appropriately shirked his responsibilities and avoided the important and light, the court would definitely not do anything to change the battle, and the elite soldiers of the ten towns of Beiyang were all under the command of someone else, and Beiyang was in charge of the money and grain in the six places, even if the court wanted to move him, he had to think about it.

Zeng Guofan hesitated for a moment and said to Zuo Zongtang: "Tang Jiayao and the others are extremely guilty, so they can only be comforted and let them come back first. Monk Greenqin has already made such a joke, the imperial court has not reprimanded it so far, Tang Jiayao is no better than a small battalion official! He is a scholar governor and superintendent from the second grade, and he is really lacking from the third grade, and he is a dazzled Hanlin servant! ”

Zuo Zongtang also knew that he was a little more aggressive, so he put on a teachable look and said: "But my lord, I understand that you are worried that the Lin rebel bandit army will rush to attack Dagukou and threaten Jinggi, but if our army rushes to oppose Gyeonggi Zhili, it will take at least two months, Lin rebel bandit army's move is just a feint to besiege Wei to save Zhao, it must be that they have recently felt the pressure of our army's frequent temptations, so that it is not as good as my Beiyang Ten Towns and Three Roads will attack Changsha, and Lin Shun will be caught off guard, and it is also good to save Zhao by encircling Wei to save Zhao and relieve his siege of Wei to save Zhao?" ”

Zeng Guofan glanced at Zuo Zongtang and said: "Lin Wei can let you fight to Guangzhou, he is fighting back, what about us?" If Lin Rei's marines land at Dagukou, what do you think Yanjing City will look like? If we are still blindly attacking Changsha at that time, you and I will not have our own heads at that time! How many people are looking at you and me down there? Can the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces let us calmly encircle Wei and save Zhao? Don't oversimplify others. ”

Zuo Zongtang said helplessly: "Then we have only one way to go back to the teacher?" What about the monk Grinqin? ”

Zeng Guofan waved his hand and said after retreating from the people serving inside and outside: "We have lost five ships without a war now, and many people in the DPRK have long been jealous of the family business of Beiyang, how much silver has the imperial court given in the past two years?" How much do we raise ourselves? The whole Hunan people have been hurt by someone in my past, and now they want to suffer from the disaster of war, and the family business in Beiyang is piled up by ourselves bit by bit, how can we give it up? As long as these 100,000 elite soldiers are here and do not give excuses to those people in the DPRK and China, I believe that although the wind and rain are great, it will not be able to move me in the slightest. ”

Lin Haijiang's reorganization and material replenishment in Guangzhou were unexpectedly delayed for two days, mainly because the personal cold-proof equipment distributed by the Marine Corps was not in order, and Lin Haijiang did not want his elite troops to suffer unnecessary losses due to equipment problems, so he waited for two more days, and at the same time, it was also time for the newly formed first, second, and third detachments to run in and get familiar with the newly formed first, second, and third fleets from commander to captain.

In addition to the Dingyuan, the heavy cruisers Yanjing, Suzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Jinan, and Guangzhou were incorporated into the First Fleet.

Tang Zhiqiang was inaugurated as commander of the Second Detachment of the Imperial Navy, and 12 heavy cruisers, including the Tianjin, Fuzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan, Changsha, Xining, Lanzhou, Quanzhou, Nanchang, Shanghai, Kunming, and Yichang, were all incorporated into the Second Fleet.

Ma Jiang took office as the commander of the Third Fleet, and subordinate eight warships, including Thunder A and B, Blitz A and B, Thunderbolt A and B, and Julang A and B, and Jia Wuji got his wish and became the Chief of Staff of the Imperial Admiralty.

(To be continued)