Boarding the Dingyuan, the strongest armored iron battleship in Asia, and talking to the bigwigs of the Beiyang Naval Division at the table, this made Wang Chenhao's mood extremely excited.

The Beiyang Naval Division was raided by the fleet and was in a worrying situation. However, with the secret help of Wang Chenhao, Wang Chenhao became the benefactor of the Beiyang Naval Division and the hero of the Qing Empire.

After learning of the facts, Ding Ruchang, Deng Shichang and other senior generals of the Beiyang Naval Division, as well as hundreds of generals and soldiers, gathered around to watch Wang Chenhao and express their heartfelt gratitude and gratitude to him.

Such a big battle really made Wang Chenhao feel the true meaning of the word "flattered".

"Don't dare to be!"

"This is what I should do!"

"You're so modest!"

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The first time he dealt with the ancients, Wang Chenhao didn't learn etiquette, so he had to learn the same.

Others nodded and smiled at him, and he nodded and smiled back; When others bow down, he bows in return; Others clenched their fists, but he also learned to clasp his fists......

Learning to make a return gift is very simple and not tiring, but it can't stand the other party's large number of people.

After this round of politeness, Wang Chenhao's neck was straight, his back hurt and his legs cramped, which really hurt him.

However, Wang Chenhao's modest return and his attitude of not taking credit and arrogance at all won the favor of Ding Ruchang and other officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Naval Division.

Especially Deng Shichang, who was the loudest in his voice, patted Wang Chenhao's shoulder every time and shouted to everyone: "At that time, our ship had run out of ammunition, and I was planning to hit Nayoshino and prepare to die with him." After the little brother stopped Yoshino, it was equivalent to saving the lives of Deng and the officers and men of the ship. The great grace is not grateful, and there will be a chance to repay the kindness of the grace of the prince today! ”

Wang Chenhao only felt that Deng Shichang was extremely powerful, and patted him on the shoulder, so he hurriedly dodged sideways and said: "Lord Deng is serious, don't mention the word Engong again, if you want to repay, you only need to sink a few more devil warships to repay it!" ”

"Well said!" Lin Tai once applauded loudly, and everyone cheered in unison, and everyone's voice was like a bell.

It's just that Wang Chenhao is suffering, at this moment he only feels his ears buzzing, and he subconsciously touches his earlobe.

Ding Ruchang read countless people, and immediately saw Wang Chenhao's distress, and hurriedly stopped everyone from making loud noises, and then pulled Wang Chenhao over and said alone: "Chen Haoxiu blames them for their loud voices!" We live in the navy every day with the sound of the motors of the warships, the howling of the sea breeze and the roar of the cannons. So everyone is used to having a loud voice! ”

Wang Chenhao was explained by Ding Ruchang, and immediately nodded in understanding. At this time, when I listened to their loud voices again, I no longer felt deafening, but had a little more respect.

Soon, the topic talked about Wang Chenhao's Jiaolong submarine.

Wang Chenhao naturally won't tell the truth, only foreign advanced technology. Ding Ruchang and others have also seen submarines, and the Tianjin Machinery Bureau once imitated the submarine invented by the Americans, but at that time, it was made to curry favor with the imperial court officials, and it was not studied in depth at all.

It's just that all the senior generals of the Beiyang Naval Division want to visit the Jiaolong, especially the foreigners above. Wang Chenhao naturally didn't dare to let them watch the Jiaolong, for fear of exposing the secrets inside.

The equipment in the Jiaolong is advanced technology more than a hundred years later, and most of the senior officers of the Beiyang Naval Division have stayed in the ocean, and people who have seen the world are not easy to be fooled. Moreover, in this era, Western science and technology do not restrict China, and they have heard of some advanced things, and they will definitely be suspicious of all of a sudden more than a hundred years of technology.

Therefore, Wang Chenhao did not dare to let them visit, and falsely claimed that the Jiaolong was the life's work of his parents, a family heirloom, and outsiders were not allowed to enter.

The ancient people's family concept was very strong, and Wang Chenhao suddenly blocked their mouths when he said this.

And they were not too interested in the submarine, and they were only slightly disappointed to see that Wang Chenhao was inconvenient for them to visit. Considering that Wang Chenhao was kind to the Beiyang Naval Division, it was inconvenient for them to force it.

Everyone quickly diverted from the topic, and talked about the thrill of this fierce battle in the Yellow Sea, and everyone was a person who survived the artillery fire, and they all had palpitations when they thought of the tragedy of the naval battle.

However, for the victorious side, their self-confidence quickly overcame their fears.

Although Ding Ruchang and others did not suspect that Wang Chenhao was annihilated, they also tried to interrogate Wang Chenhao's identity from the side.

In this regard, Wang Chenhao only replied vaguely that he had been "wandering all over the world since he was a child, and he had no fixed place", and he had been to all the countries of Taixi. And Ding Ruchang and others also knew that the Qing Empire was weak, and it was difficult for the Chinese to integrate into the world of the great powers when they were discriminated against overseas, so they sympathized and said that Wang Chenhao should stay in China in the future and not drift anymore.

Afterwards, everyone put aside the dull topic of naval warfare and talked about some interesting things about the north and the south. And Wang Chenhao knew a lot about the foreign history of this era, so after a flamboyant boast, most of the officers who stayed abroad were impressed by his erudition and believed in his overseas Chinese status.

"Our sailor is lacking a talent like Chenhao! Now that it is the time of the Great War, I hope Chen Hao you can stay in our water division! Ding Ruchang saw that Wang Chenhao was familiar with the military affairs of various countries, so he had the intention of soliciting.

Of course Wang Chenhao was willing, he didn't have anything but the Jiaolong now. Eating and sleeping are all problems, to be exact, because his stomach is rumbling now.

"I want to go back to China to participate in the confrontation war, but I don't know what I can do in the Beiyang Naval Division?"

Ding Ruchang said with a smile: "With my current rights, I can arrange for you to be in charge, how about you command your Jiaolong first?" ”

Wang Chenhao secretly said in his heart, this Ding Ruchang is very good at doing business, and he will merge the Jiaolong into the Beiyang Naval Division with a false title.

It's just that Wang Chenhao doesn't know how to survive in the late Qing Dynasty now, so he can only agree.

"Thank you so much, sir!"

Ding Ruchang said with a smile: "The Beiyang Navy Division has Chen Hao's Jiaolong, how dare this navy come to provoke again?" ”

Everyone nodded their heads.

This time, thanks to Wang Chenhao's help, otherwise they would really be worried, so all the generals had a good impression of Wang Chenhao and stepped forward to congratulate him.

Deng Shichang was the happiest, he was a colleague with Wang Chenhao, so he was naturally closer.

Although Wang Chenhao got a position as a pipe band, he was just commanding himself and holding a false title. But Wang Chenhao thought that he could be regarded as saving Deng Shichang's life, and it would be better to have him in Beiyang.

It was getting late, and the aftermath of the Beiyang Naval Division's ships had been sorted out one after another. Casualties, battle damage, and ammunition consumption were counted on each ship.

In this naval battle in the Yellow Sea, the Beiyang Naval Division lost the cruiser Chaoyong, the Yangwei was heavily damaged, the Zhiyuan and Jingyuan were seriously injured, and the rest were slightly injured; A total of 472 officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Naval Division, including Huang Jianxun, were killed in battle.

It is said that the losses on the part of the combined fleet are huge. The two cruisers Yoshino and Naniwa were sunk, and the four ships Matsushima, Hiei, Akagi, and Saikyo Maru were severely damaged, among which the cruiser Saikyo Maru and the mine carrier Hiei were sunk on the way back to Saimoto, so a total of four warships were lost. 1,130 officers and men of the Tsuyomoto Navy, including the captain of the Yoshino, Kawara Yodaisa were killed, and 222 people, including Heihachiro Osa in the Middle East, were captured.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the Yangwei sealed the hole in the bottom of the ship, and the Jiyuan ship was responsible for towing it back.

Wang Chenhao stayed on the Dingyuan ship, and his Jiaolong was hoisted into the vacancy of the No. 3 torpedo boat of the Dingyuan ship, and then covered it with a canvas.

At the same time, at Wang Chenhao's insistence, Ding Ruchang sent a special person on duty to strictly prohibit anyone from approaching.

At 7:20 p.m., the Beiyang Naval Division was reorganized, and the fire formation returned to Port Arthur.

The Lushun Port base had already received the notice of the great victory of the Beiyang Naval Division, and Gong Zhaoxi, a member of the Lushun Daoist, immediately led the Lushun guards Huang Shilin, Zhao Huaiye, Wei Rucheng and other commanders to greet them on the wharf, and called the Lushun soldiers and civilians to form a grand drinking ceremony.

The lights on the pier were bright, firecrackers rang out, and it was a big bustle for everyone to see each other.

Gong Zhaoxi set up a reception banquet, but Ding Ruchang and other sailors said that they were injured, and many colleagues and brothers were killed in battle, and they were in a bad mood and did not participate.

Wang Chenhao didn't feel anything at first, and it wasn't until Deng Shichang told him that the relationship between the sailor and Lu Ying was not good, and he understood the key.

Lushun has a naval officer's apartment, but it does not have Wang Chenhao's share. Deng Shichang originally wanted to ask Wang Chenhao to sleep with him, but Ding Ruchang took care of him very much, and directly arranged Wang Chenhao in the Navy Office, which was a place where only the admiral could live.

And most importantly - the service there is superb.