On the afternoon of the third day after Zhu Daolin's departure, 32 warships of the combined fleet led by Xu Hongji, Duke of Wei, finally arrived in Weihaiwei after a 15-day voyage.

Seeing the dense warships slowly entering the harbor, Zhang Deyi, who had arrived in Weihaiwei two days earlier, and Huang Fuyi, a cavalry instructor of the New Army, were overjoyed, pulled up Chi Chongzhi, a thousand households in Weihaiwei, who was sincerely frightened, hurriedly walked down the lookout, trotted to the dock, and loudly ordered the hundreds of soldiers of Weihaiwei who were standing and watching in a daze to hurry up and prepare the mooring ropes and springboards.

Two new 550-ton warships of the Tamsui fleet were the first to berth.

More than 200 marines immediately set up a guard after boarding the wharf, and Li Changlong, chief of staff of the fully armed detachment, and Tan Yue, the pacification officer, followed closely behind, saluting and greeting Zhang Deyi, Huang Fuyi, Chi Chongzhi, and others.

Huang Fuyi hurriedly briefed Zhu Daolin on his arrangements.

After listening to this, Li Changlong and Tan Yue discussed slightly, and ordered the signal soldiers who followed them to play the banner slogan "All berth, land and rest".

It is about 800 meters from the coastline in the middle of the bay.

The 550-ton new flagship of the Jiangnan Naval Division, the "Fubo", had just dropped its mainsail, and Xu Hongji, the commander of the Naval Division, who was standing on the deck, had a scorched face and a sluggish complexion, and Zhang Gongwei, the commander of the Land Division beside him, could not hide the tiredness on his face and looked extremely weak.

Surrounded by a group of generals, the two looked at the signal flags constantly waving on the pier, scolding Zhu Daolin for not being a thing, and giving the order for the fleet to berth and land.

Xu Hongji and Zhang Gongwei were wrapped in thick fur coats, and they were covered with thick coats, but their lips were still purple from the cold, and they kept stomping their feet.

Fifteen days of sailing against the wind almost exhausted their physical strength and energy, and the officers and men under their command were also tormented by the violently bumpy and seemingly never-ending journey.

He has always been a proud soldier of the Jiangnan Navy who thinks he is the best in the world. Unable to adapt to the sea voyage with surging waves and changing wind directions, more than half of the soldiers vomited for several days in a row, like a serious illness, but the naval officers under Zhu Daolin's command coped with it easily, and they were as fierce as when they set off.

Zhang Dezhong led the 6,000 officers and men who stayed behind to disembark the ship. Xu Hongji, Zhang Gongwei, Simeno and Vargas, the chief general of the Tamsui fleet, followed.

This was followed by two artillery battalions of Jinzhouwei led by Wu Jicheng, as well as two cavalry battalions, one baggage battalion and one craftsman battalion that had not yet been war-armed, and finally it was the turn of the 16,000-strong sailor division officers and soldiers and the 3,000 marines of Baoshanwei.

The 6,000 officers and men of the Jiangnan Army Division who remained behind to guard the rear guard drove directly into the Weihai Acropolis and stationed there, but the officers and men of the navy and land under Zhu Daolin's command did not have this blessing, and took a short rest to light hundreds of bonfires, and began to unload weapons, ammunition, and various supplies carried by more than a dozen transport ships one after another.

Xu Hongji, Zhang Gongwei, Simeno and others, under the guidance of Chi Chongzhi and others, went directly to Weihaiwei, which was expanded by Qi Jiguang, and came to the lobby of the general's mansion in the center of the acropolis, and drank half a cup of steaming tea by the blazing charcoal fire. Only then did I feel a slight warmth on my body.

Zhang Deyi was the first to follow Zhu Daolin to the north to join the army.

A few days ago, Zhang Deyi was sent by Zhu Daolin to Weihaiwei to greet his father and eldest brother, at first he was not very willing, but at this moment facing his kind father and smiling elder brother, Zhang Deyi suddenly felt a kind of warmth and family affection that he had never felt before, and finally understood the hard work of his brother Zhu Daolin.

Huang Fuyi, the cavalry instructor of the New Army, who was about to take up the post of commander of Weihaiwei and Tongzhi, strode in with a stack of pamphlets, looked around, and first distributed five pamphlets belonging to the navy to the chief of staff of the navy, Simeno, the commander of the detachment, Bagas, the commander of the detachment, Li Changlong, the chief of staff, Tan Yue, and the tactical instructor Normansia. Morality. Calis. The remaining four copies were sent to Xu Hongji, Zhang Gongwei, Zhang Dezhong and Wu Jicheng respectively:

"This is the information summarized by the Military Command Department based on the reconnaissance of our army scouts and the battlefield report of Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong, and records in detail the situation of the rebel generals, the number of each department, weapons and equipment, and the defensive situation of Dengzhou City. Among them is also the four-way army under the command of Zhu Daren, the governor of Shandong. ”

"It's a pity that the subordinates rushed to Weihai as soon as they arrived in Dengzhou, and the forward departments have not yet conducted battlefield field surveys, so they can't draw battlefield maps and sea charts, and can only make some text summaries."

Xu Hongji carefully read the five-page battlefield report, and he had a clear understanding of the situation of the enemy in Dengzhou. He looked at Huang Fuyi, an old subordinate from the guard battalion under his command and now a cadre under Zhu Daolin. Curiously asked, "Huang Fuyi, what is the 'Military Command Department' you just mentioned?" ”

Huang Fuyi hurriedly replied: "Report to Grandpa Guo, the Military Command Department is an operational command organization established by General Zhu a few months ago, which is specially responsible for formulating operational strategies, intelligence gathering, mapping, troop deployment, and military training......

"At the beginning, there were only 7 people in the Military Command Department, and all of them were martial arts instructors from the Ziyang Martial Arts Pavilion. Last month, many young 100 household officers and general flag officers who can write and calculate have been transferred from various armies, and the number has now increased to 36! ”

"The first director of the Military Orders Division was Brother Li Yiliang who stayed in Qingdao Wei to train recruits and was responsible for building a military port, and most of the soldiers in the Military Orders Department stayed in Qingdao Wei to assist him."

Xu Hongji looked at the thoughtful Zhang Gongwei, and said with a smile: "Brother Xian, the most capable family leader under your command was still poached by that kid!" ”

Zhang Gongwei waved her hand disapprovingly: "Lao Li has always wanted to return to the battlefield, let him go out for a few years, otherwise he always sighs that he was born at the wrong time, and I am tired of listening to it." ”

Everyone laughed, and Xu Hongji turned to the other side of the side to discuss in a low voice: "General Simeno, what are your plans?" ”

Simeno hurriedly stood up: "Your Excellency Duke, after reading General Zhu's briefing and suggestions, we unanimously agree that General Zhu's opinion is feasible and the best. ”

"Judging by the current weather conditions, wind direction and sea conditions, there should be no major changes in the next three days, and only God knows after three days, so we need to hurry."

"If the fleet departs tomorrow at 7 a.m., it will be able to reach Long Island north of Dengju by 5 p.m. at the latest......"

"When the time comes, send five small warships to launch a round of artillery bombardment, which can destroy the will of the rebels on the island to resist in one fell swoop, and then 3,000 marines will forcibly land, I believe that it will not be long before the number of rebels on the island is less than 800 and our operational base can be quickly established!"

Xu Hongji hurriedly discussed with Zhang Gongwei.

The clever Zhang Deyi brought the charts of several Francophone officers to his father and Xu Hongji, and the two commanders compared the charts for a long time, and finally thought that Simeno's opinion was completely feasible, and the occupation of Long Island would have a foothold, and it could also be used as the starting point for attacking Dengzhou Water City.

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