Chapter 7: Fortress Lushun [1st Update]

The big rooster to be slaughtered in the kitchen of the Navy Office was pulling his throat to "cluck" to save his life, and Wang Chenhao woke up from his dream when he heard the rooster crow.

It was already three poles, Wang Chenhao stretched his waist and sat up, and found that he was wearing a pair of pajamas of the ancients.

Recalling that last night, Wang Chenhao lived in the back hall of the Navy Office, and Ding Ruchang arranged two pretty maids for him to serve, which really made him beautiful with snot bubbles.

In the case that other officers only have their own soldiers to serve, Wang Chenhao has a maid and a pretty maid to serve, and he is naturally a senior one.

Wang Chenhao thought that there was still a special service, but when the two pretty maids helped him take a bath, he fell asleep comfortably......

"Even the underwear has been changed, aren't they all looked down on by those two little girls?" Wang Chenhao couldn't help but smile bitterly, feeling a little lost.

Next to the bed was his clothes, pants, shoes and socks, which had been washed and dried, and there was still a faint fragrance on them.

Everything he had with him, wallet, watch and his fifth-generation Apple phone.

He bought this mobile phone ruthlessly after several months of frugality, but there is no signal at the moment.

There was also an old man's ticket and dozens of dollars of change in the wallet, as well as bank cards and credit cards, etc., but they were all useless now.

Glancing at his ID card, Wang Chenhao secretly said that this thing had to be destroyed quickly.

That's all there is to Zhou, Wang Chenhao sighed and couldn't help but think of his parents, relatives and friends in another time and space.

"How sad it would be if they couldn't find me!"

Wang Chenhao was muttering to himself, when the door of the outhouse creaked open, and a green-clothed maid walked in.

"Childe is up! The slave waits for the son to change clothes! ”

"I'll just do it myself!"

"Childe is doing great things! Let the slave do these little things! ”

The little girl is not very old, only about thirteen or fourteen years old, and her movements are very fast, and she soon helped Wang Chenhao get dressed neatly, and then waited for him to finish washing.

Not long after, another little maid came in with breakfast, two dishes, one soup and one porridge, which was very rich.

Wang Chenhao couldn't help but sigh with emotion, it is good to go back to ancient times, food, clothing, housing and transportation are all taken care of, and there is no need to do it yourself - because we are doing "big things".

After breakfast, Ding Ruchang sent someone to invite him to talk.

The senior officers of the Beiyang Naval Division were there, and they all smiled when they saw Wang Chenhao, which made Wang Chenhao feel very comfortable, at least the big family of Beiyang gave him a sense of belonging.

Ding Ruchang called him to come and asked how he was eating, how he rested, and so on. However, after learning that Li Hongzhang was coming to Lushun, Wang Chenhao was a little excited.

Li Hongzhang, as the governor of Zhili, the minister of military aircraft, and the minister of Beiyang of the Qing Dynasty, has many titles, which is enough to prove that he is the pillar of the Qing Dynasty.

There is such a sentence widely spread among the people: the Qing Dynasty is like a broken house that is about to fall, and Li Hongzhang is constantly tearing down the east wall to make up the west wall, trying his best to maintain the house like a pastemaker, and there are also popular slogans such as Prime Minister Hefei and the world is thin.

Such a pivotal figure in the Qing Dynasty, Wang Chenhao was very much looking forward to meeting him.

Ding Ruchang had already reported the process and results of the naval battle in the Yellow Sea to Li Hongzhang, who had already reported to the imperial court and asked for credit to the soldiers of the Beiyang Naval Division, and Wang Chenhao was also impressively listed.

Li Hongzhang will arrive tomorrow, and the ships of the Beiyang Navy Division have already been docked for repairs, and Wang Chenhao's Jiaolong is moored at the wharf of the mine camp at Lushun Military Port, where it is guarded by special personnel.

After the disbandment, Wang Chenhao was idle and wanted to visit the Lushun Naval Base, so Deng Shichang took the initiative to take him around.

A naval base is a place where the naval fleet is stationed, replenished, and repaired, and a good military port is very important for a navy.

As early as when the Beiyang Naval Division was being prepared, Li Hongzhang had already begun to prepare for the construction of the naval base of the Beiyang Naval Division. After several on-the-spot investigations, Li Hongzhang chose to build naval bases in Lushun and Weihaiwei, "a comprehensive view of the Beiyang coast, the main place for the naval division, but the two places of Lushunkou and Weihaiwei can be fought when they advance and can be defended when they retreat."

The mouth of Arthur is divided into east and west by the tiger's tail, and the Beiyang Fleet mainly builds Dongao, that is, the East Port. The eastern, southern, and northern sides of the East Harbor are 4106.8 feet long, and the west tidal dam is 934 feet long.

There is a large dock in the northeast of the East Port, namely the Lushun Dock, which is 413 feet long, 124 feet wide, 37.89 feet deep, the dock mouth is crossed by an iron lock as the door, and the whole dock is made of large ashlar stone from Shandong, and is made of cement.

In addition, there are nine ship repair factories in the port, 4 warehouses on the south bank and 1 warehouse on the east coast for the storage of ship machinery spare parts.

At this time, all the ships of the Beiyang Naval Division were repaired inside, and although the Yangwei was saved from sinking, the fire had burned its keel out of shape, and it could only be reduced to a patrol ship after repair.

The facilities around the dock are connected by railway, there are 5 large cranes along the coast, and an iron wharf is built for warships to load coal and transport machinery. In addition, there is a stone wharf in the east of Aodong, which is dedicated to repairing mineboats and mosquito boats. There are a total of 46 electric lights in various facilities in the port, and tap water pipes are laid everywhere for the officers and soldiers to drink. In addition, in order to dredge the harbor basin, Port Arthur is also specially equipped with imported river dredging machine ships (dredgers "guide the sea").

In order to protect Lushun, which is the repair and maintenance base of the Beiyang Navy, a total of 9 coastal batteries were built on the coastal side of the Lushun base along the mountainous terrain while building the dock at the same time.

With the Lushun Kou Gate as the boundary, there are 5 in the east and 4 in the west, from east to west, respectively: Lao Oyster Mouth Fort, Lao Oyster Mouth Fort, Mozhu Reef Fort, Golden Mountain Auxiliary Fort, Golden Mountain Fort, Tiger Tail Fort, Weiyuan Fort, Manziying Fort, Mantou Mountain Fort. Among them, except for the old oyster mouth battery, which is a dome kiln type, the rest are open-air batteries, with a total of 58 artillery pieces, including 9 guns with a caliber of 200mm or more. Later, 4 additional forts were built one after another, and 23 gun emplacements were added.

From 1889 onwards, a land fort was built around the back of Lushun, with a total of 17 guns and 78 gun emplacements. At the same time, in order to cover the Lushun back road and defend Jinzhou, 5 coastal forts, 1 land fort and 24 gun emplacements were built in Dalian Bay. During this period, Li Hongzhang was subcontracted to the Frenchman De Wynny in 1887 due to the slow progress of the Lushun dock project, and the construction was completed on November 9, 1890.

Although Wang Chenhao has traveled to Lushun and Dalian, except for an ancient Krupp fortress cannon, he can rarely see the spectacular scene of the first fortress in the Far East in the past.

Now in this time and space, Wang Chenhao was able to see the whole picture of Lushun Fortress, and this excitement and excitement were incomprehensible to others.

"Lord Deng! Sure enough, it's Yadong Super Fortress! ”

"So what are you doing outside? Call me big brother or Zhengqing! ”

Wang Chenhao smiled, Deng Shichang was more than twenty years older than him, and calling him the eldest brother really made him take advantage.

"Brother Deng! Who do you think will win this war? ”

"Of course it's us!" Deng Shichang blurted out an answer without thinking about it.

Wang Chenhao shook his head and said: "We lost the Sino-French war undefeated, and the Battle of Keelung was defeated by us in the invasion of Taiwan, but we still have to pay compensation of 500,000 taels of silver. ”

Deng Shichang sighed and said helplessly: "At least our navy can win!" ”

Wang Chenhao looked into the distance, his eyes were deep, although his appearance changed the outcome of the naval battle, it did not mean that he would definitely be able to change the overall situation of the Sino-Chinese battle.

Feeling it, he said: "I have already completed the first phase of the goal, that is, to occupy North Korea. It is said that the political axe is well prepared, and if the navy wins, it will march into China; In a naval draw, North Korea's sea supremacy will be maintained and North Korea will be stabilized; When the navy is defeated, the army retreats to its original capital. ”

Deng Shichang glanced at Wang Chenhao in surprise and said, "Chenhao, you have such a strategic vision at a young age, and you will become a great weapon in the future!" According to your analysis, our navy has already won a game, and the vitality of the navy has been greatly damaged, so the people should return to their roots! ”

Wang Chenhao smiled and said, "Theoretically, that's the case! However, the problem was that the Qing army fled without a fight in Pyongyang, not to mention the loss of Korea, leaving a large number of weapons, ammunition and supplies to the army, so that the army did not have to worry about supplies in a short time. With their gambler-like surname, it is estimated that they will fight another battle before deciding whether to advance or retreat! ”

Deng Shichang still didn't look worried, and said: "Lord Zhongtang has already deployed tens of thousands of troops on the front line of the Yalu River, and the veteran Song Qingtong will lead the whole army, there should be no problem!" ”

Wang Chenhao snorted and said coldly: "If the army doesn't fight, then thank God!" If the army is determined to fight, the defense line of the Yalu River will be lost in less than three days! ”

Deng Shichang frowned and said, "Chen Hao, you are too pessimistic!" But just say it in front of my brother, don't go out and talk nonsense! ”

Wang Chenhao smiled and said, "I don't want to hit your self-confidence, I'll know if I'm right or not!" ”

"This kid!" Deng Shichang pointed at Wang Chenhao and smiled helplessly, obviously not caring about his words.