Chapter Forty-Nine: I'll Go and See More

On the flagship Zhenyuan ship, in the command cabin, Lin Tai had cleared out all the people, and at this time, there were only twelve warships left in the cabin, as well as fourteen Yuan Shikai and Duan Qirui. Although the fleet leaders don't know what the result will be, the red battle flag is there, take a step forward, absolute destruction, take a step back, you can survive, but what will happen when you go back? It's not that everyone doesn't know Lafayette's temper, and it's not that there are no soldiers on the warship, so they will naturally talk to those high-level people.

As for why the last Sino-Japanese naval battle was not known, the reason is also very simple, after Wang Wei and others left, Lin Tai once let the ships bombard themselves for a while, and injured each ship, since it is a battle, then death is inevitable, this number of casualties and injuries in the number of people naturally accounted for more, after going back, the Manchu soldiers fought hard, driving the Han soldiers to fight.

As soon as it was touted, the Manchu soldiers who were so happy to make great achievements were naturally happy to accept this fact, anyway, the credit was buckled on their heads, and it was themselves who were rewarded, and besides, they knew what those people were like, so why did they risk being killed to betray them? Rather than doing this, it is better to wear the hat of this national hero with peace of mind and enjoy the life of a fairy.

"Lord Yuan, there are no outsiders here, so I won't pimp with you, let me tell you the truth, our navy won't fight this battle. If you want to fight, you can board the ship here and move on, and if you don't want to, I can send you back to land. Lin Tai once said bluntly, he really didn't want to waste his tongue here, and he didn't want to waste time, maybe the killing god on the other side was watching him from a short distance, and he didn't want to risk being sunk to continue to stay here. Yuan Shikai is the person next to Cixi, and he is one of the most trusted people in the middle hall, but he is not afraid of these now, because he has made up his mind to defect to the other party, and he will not go back to that side, so what's the harm in letting him know this?

"Lord Lin, you have to give me a reason, right? Surrendering without a fight is not your Lin family's style. Yuan Shikai was worried about how to ask about this, and now he seized the loophole in Lin Taizeng's words and hurriedly asked.

"Oh, I'll tell you quickly, our navy can't beat people, and I don't know if your army can fight or not, but I think it shouldn't be able to beat either." Lin Tai once remembered that when the heavy machine gun lifted from the submarine shot the sailors who fell into the water, they obviously came prepared, and every time he thought of this, Lin Taizeng was sweating profusely. And now he wants to tell Yuan Shikai that our navy can't beat it, and I advise your army not to fight either.

"Lord Lin, we haven't fought yet, how do you know we can't beat us? The Beiyang Naval Division is the most powerful fleet in Asia, and even the combined fleet was completely wiped out by you, so why can't it be defeated when you get here? Yuan Shikai finally felt that what happened a few years ago didn't seem to be as simple as he said, and now that he finally has the opportunity to find out, he naturally won't let go of this opportunity, not to mention that he also wants to find out the bottom of it so that he can plan for the next step.

Is that something to say or not to say? We were told that we weren't allowed to say it back then, and now we plan to defect to the past, but it's a matter of their secrets, can I just say it casually? Lin Taizeng felt like he had knocked over the five-flavor bottle, and he didn't feel good no matter how he thought about it, but finally decided and let it go. Now they can only fight Yuan Shikai to go with us, even if they don't go over, they just know that there is a powerful naval division opposite, which is enough to overturn the entire Beiyang Naval Division, and now the people of the Beiyang Army are not on the warship, so far the only people who belong to the army on the entire warship are Yuan Shikai and Duan Qirui, the big deal is that he put the two of them under house arrest, and then take the warship to Hainan, as for the nearly 100 large and small troop carriers, those who are willing to go back, I don't want to go back, and I have to fight for them when I get over there to fight for the old face.

"Does Lord Yuan remember that naval battle?" Lin Taizeng let go of his mind and asked.

"The one in the Yellow Sea?"

"Yes, in fact, that naval battle was not fought by us, we just fired a few cannons, and the flagship main gun blew itself up, Ding Ruchang was injured, but refused to hand over the command of the fleet, in fact, this naval battle was fought by the gang on the other side, and I only knew it after seeing the flag, when they said a sentence when they left, I still remember it vividly, saying that they don't fight their own people." Lin Tai once said.

"And what is the explanation of the Combined Fleet? The entire fleet survived? Yuan Shikai continued to ask.

"After they sank the combined fleet, in order to keep their own strength secret, they killed all the sailors who fell into the water of the combined fleet, and I was still not at ease after they left, and then ordered the fleet again to make up for all the sailors, fortunately, they were not many alive at the time, otherwise the guns on our ship would not be enough at all." Lin Tai once thought back to the scene when he cleaned up the battlefield, and his heart was difficult to calm down for a long time, although he was not so shocked before, but he didn't know who these people on the other side were? When I went back, I checked the flags and battle flags of various countries, and even the navy's flags, but in the end I found nothing.

Now he finally knows that this is a Chinese force that has been entrenched in Hainan for at least five years, and they are likely to save the entire nation, and now, he is also willing to sacrifice his own strength to save the nation, as for Yuan Shikai, I believe that he is also a Han and will not be loyal to the Manchus, after learning what he has experienced.

Yuan Shikai quickly calculated the pros and cons in his mind, since the other party has a strong navy, then the power on land should not be too weak, at least he doesn't have to hide his plans so much after he defects to the past, because their plans are the same as their own, but they have already made it public, and they have only disclosed their plans for several years if they join it.

If you succeed, you will be famous, and if you lose, you will be a violent corpse on the spot, at least after the Manchu Qing Dynasty is overthrown, you may still be in the history books. Thinking about everything, Yuan Shikai still felt that it was good for him to defect to the past, of course he knew that the senior generals who had defected since ancient times were rarely reused, but as long as he had a normal heart, he believed that one day he would succeed.

"Lord Lin, I want to go over there with you to have a look, if you think it's appropriate, I'll also pass, if not, Yuan won't stop you, you defected, I naturally can't go back, it's a big deal that I will occupy the mountain as the king after I go back, and divide troops with the Qing court to fight, I think I should still have this strength." Yuan Shikai nodded, or decided to go over and take a look first, at least not to let himself down, and the industrial base should not be zero, because he knew that the prosperity of a country must not only rely on advanced education, but also have developed industry.

"Okay, I'll make arrangements, in order to avoid suspicion, I think it's better for the two of us to go over, the army side will rely on Zhiquan to stabilize it, let's go over there to check the situation and make a decision after we come back." Lin Tai had arranged.

"Lord Lin, do you think the other party will let you come back? You are the supreme generals of our army and navy, and if I were them, I would definitely find a way to keep you and force us down. Duan Qirui said softly, in fact, he said this sentence to Yuan Shikai, but Yuan Shikai had already calculated, the other party was definitely not a despicable villain, if it weren't for this, they would have sunk the Beiyang Navy Division by the way.

"That's it, Zhiquan, after you go back, stabilize the brothers first." Yuan Shikai said lightly, he didn't want to live under Cixi all the time, he also wanted the Han people to take off, and he also wanted to look down on the powers, but with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there was absolutely no such possibility, and now there is a new force that I heard that it can be, if I don't even look at it, then I am too sorry for my own person.

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