The reaction of the Qing court was expected by Wang Lin, originally he didn't plan to do it with the Qing court with such fanfare, as long as the other party could give a little concession, he would give the other party a step down, but he didn't expect Lafayette to give the surname to foreigners rather than let others take it to rub this incident that led to the fall of the Qing Dynasty in advance.

And this incident also caused the vitality of the Qing Dynasty to be greatly damaged, and it was not able to recover until death. The Beiyang Army is far from being as aggressive as it was a few years later, and it dares to ask for sky-high military expenses after walking a few steps.

After Lafayette gave the order to attack, the Beiyang military system only received a part of the food and salary supplement, and the ammunition was replenished, and then waited to assemble outside Tianjin, and then set off by boat, passing through Shanghai and Fuzhou, and finally rested in Zhanjiang, Guangdong for two days, and launched a sea-crossing operation on June 15.

Of course, they did not think that the Hainan side would set up positions on the beachhead, on the contrary, they also believed that as long as they went out, there would be no uneven war. Because they are currently China's most elite army, and they have the Beiyang Fleet, which is known as the largest in Asia, to help them, there is no reason to fail at all.

However, the Hainan side got the news as early as a month ago, and has already transported the troops to the preset positions, and now the troops have already been assembled, and set up beachheads, all kinds of trenches, people in this era do not understand the trenches at all, although the Beiyang army is the most elite troops, compared with the foreign [***] team is not much worse, but the defeat is because their understanding of operational theoretical knowledge is far inferior to Wang Lin, let alone Wang Lin's conditions for predicting the future.

And what Wang Lin is most worried about is whether they will just line up and go directly to the battlefield like this? But don't worry too much about this, because judging from some events in history, the military quality of the Beiyang army is not very bad.

"We have received definite information that the Beiyang Army has now boarded and set off in Tianjin, with a total of 10,000 soldiers from 20 battalions, as well as Xiangyong transferred from all over the country, adding up to almost 100,000 people, but these people are not a threat to us, they lack equipment, and the food and salary are not replenished in time. And there are a lot of things to eat. Wang Lin sat at the front of the conference room and pointed to the map.

"Teacher, are you really going to fight?" Although Tang Fenghu is already a senior general of the First Army, he has never been against the imperial court in his life. But what if you don't fight? The Qing court would also treat them as thorns in the flesh and painstakingly get rid of them.

"I have to fight, while the Beiyang Army has not yet fully trained and succeeded, I will give a hard shock, what can be collected will be collected, and what cannot be collected will be dispersed, and I will accept the Beiyang Fleet." Wang Lin said in a fierce tone. He immediately turned around and asked:

"How's the armament?"

"The 11th and 19th Divisions have all entered the predetermined positions, the 12th Brigade has been resting 10 kilometers behind the front as a reserve of the whole line, several artillery battalions of the military headquarters have been assigned to various battle positions, and the navy is also ready. Tang San said.

"Don't be so anxious and happy, this kind of thing is better to wait until after the complete victory, let Duan Mingde prepare, and when the battle is over, we will start recruiting troops in the whole territory of Hainan, our current establishment of 30,000 people in the new army is too small, this time we will give it to the full number, and then requisition an army, in short, this time we will expand the army by 100,000, and the total strength of the army will reach 130,000."

"Teacher, the two armies add up to a little more than 110,000, right? How can the total strength of the army reach 130,000? The crowd didn't understand and asked each other.

"Do you think it's really that simple to fight? Don't you need logistical care? At present, there is a serious shortage of manpower in our medical units, and the logistics and transportation units are all soldiers who are suitable for the battlefield, and when the time comes, let them return to the battlefield, transfer some soldiers who are not suitable for direct combat to the logistics side, and recruit 1,000 female soldiers to learn professional nursing knowledge, and then assign them to various field hospitals. After all, sometimes girls are still more attentive than men, and it is much easier to take care of the wounded. Wang Lin said lightly, those soldiers who were injured on the battlefield are the most valuable wealth of the army, because they have been injured, have combat experience, and know what to do to no longer be injured, at least much stronger than the combat effectiveness of new recruits on the battlefield, so Wang Lin has paid attention to the rehabilitation of injuries from the beginning, but the conditions are not very allowed, and now that there are such conditions, of course, we must do our best to protect the wounded.

In a certain military port in Shanghai, the Qing court borrowed the military port of the foreign powers as a transit, adding coal and replenishing fresh water and food here, although the foreign powers were happy to make money, but they were more concerned about the situation in the south, and the authorities of various countries are currently considering whether to directly send troops to intervene in the civil strife of the Qing Dynasty, because only in this way can the lion open his mouth in the next few days and get more favorable conditions for himself.

"Lao Wang, do you think we can beat the group of people in the south?" Lao Wang is a senior soldier, he has been in it since the formation of Beiyang, and he also appeared as the leader of the first batch of infantry battalions, the person who spoke to him was called Yang Guohai, and he was also a commander of the infantry battalion, and the relationship between the two was good, plus this time they were assigned to the same boat, which was extremely intimate.

"Lao Yang, don't worry, don't you know how our combat effectiveness is? Although the Eight Banners are powerful, they have slowly degenerated over the years, we can fight two or three Eight Banners Battalions with one battalion, what can we do with the group of people opposite? Besides, we still have warships to help, and the possibility of losing is very small. Lao Wang thought about this question, and now his friend Yang Guohai asked, and he naturally said it without concealment.

"Lao Wang, didn't you find out? The officers and men of the fleet were a little different from usual, as if they were very reluctant to go, and as if they were their friends on the other side, and they couldn't do it. ”

"What? Are you afraid of the defection of those bastards in the Navy? ”

"It's not impossible, I think their mood is a little wrong, from the commander of the fleet to the soldiers of each ship, what if they defect to us? We are an army, and even if we kill them at sea, we will not sail. ”

"If that's the case, we'll have to resign ourselves to fate."

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