Since Lin Daxin was assassinated, at the request of all the students, Lin Daxin re-established a guard team, the captain of this guard team is still Chen Ergou, but the number of guards has increased to 500 people.

At the same time, Lin Daxin felt that the pace of war was approaching, and he also stepped up preparations for war!

Lin Daxin also ordered a large number of munitions from the German Lihe Foreign Company, including 100,000 M1888 rifles, 20,000 Mauser revolvers, 1,000 Gatling machine guns, 100 75 mm field guns, 100 75 mm mountain guns, 100 105 mm German new army howitzers, and a large number of bullets and shells.

In addition, the arsenal purchased from Germany began to be put into operation in September 1893, and Lin Daxin was no longer short of army equipment!

To Lin Daxin's delight, Jiang Hui and Jerson also returned to Weihaiwei in October with the warships they purchased from Argentina.

Because the war between Chile and Argentina has ended, in order to save military spending, and the new warships in the West are about to be completed, Chile sold most of the main warships to Lin Daxin.

Argentina's finances were even more difficult, almost to the point of bankruptcy, and seeing that its old rivals had sold most of the warships in service, Argentina followed suit, and more thoroughly.

not only sold the main warships in active service to Jiang Hui and Jerson, but also sold several new warships that Argentina customized in the South American War and were about to be launched to Jiang Hui and Jerson. Argentina will not be able to sell it, the balance of these warships has not been paid off, and if the balance is not paid, the money that Argentina paid for several warships before will be in vain.

The Argentine government believes that if it does not sell a few newly built warships, it will be difficult for Argentina to even come up with the balance of the warships, even if it is barely able to take it out, and Argentina's finances will not be able to support these four warships. Therefore, Argentina reluctantly sold these four new warships to Jiang Hui and Jerson together with the current warships.

Jiang Hui and Jerson purchased a total of 5 Argentine main active warships.

"Brand" is an old ironclad ship with a displacement of 4,200 tons, a length of 73.15 meters, a width of 15.24 meters, a draft of 6.25 meters, 8 boilers, 2-shaft propulsion, a speed of 14 knots, and a maximum of 650 tons of coal. The armor was 300 mm to 200 mm thick, and the nose and tail armor were 250 mm to 50 mm thick. Equipped with 4 260-mm naval guns, 6 155-mm naval guns, 2 60-mm guns, crew composition: 520 people.

Two coastal armored cruisers "Liberty" and "Independence", displacement: 2330 tons, length 70.10 meters, width 13.11 meters, draft 3.96 meters, 4 boilers, 2-shaft propulsion, speed 14.2 knots, maximum coal loading 340 tons. Waterline armor 260 mm to 200 mm. Equipped with 2 35x 315 mm naval guns, 4 40x 155 mm naval guns, 4 47mm guns, 2 600 mm fish **, crew: 230 people.

Fast-protected cruiser "May 26" with a displacement of 3180 tons, a length of 100.58 meters, a width of 13.11 meters, a draft of 4.88 meters, 8 boilers, 2-shaft propulsion, a speed of 22.4 knots, a maximum of 620 tons of coal. Waterline dome armor 150 mm to 115 mm, equipped with 2 275 mm naval guns, 8 40 times diameter 155 mm naval guns, 12 47 mm guns, 3 600 mm fish **, crew composition: 300 people.

Fast protection cruiser "July 9", displacement: 3,600 tons, length 107.90 meters, width 13.41 meters, draft 5.03 meters, 5 boilers, 2-shaft propulsion, speed 22.25 knots, maximum coal loading 750 tons. The waterline dome armor is 150 mm to 115 mm, equipped with 4 40x diameter 200 mm naval guns, 8 40x diameter 155 mm naval guns, 12 47 mm guns, 5 600 mm fish **, crew number: 327 people.

These five warships plus the eight torpedo boats currently in service in the Argentine Navy, Lin Daxin spent a total of 1.2 million pounds.

Argentina has 4 new warships in the West, these 4 warships are all built by Italy for Argentina, and the 4 warships are currently undergoing final paint in Italy, and then they will undergo sea trials, which will take at least a few months if they are to be put into service.

These four warships are armored cruisers of the same class, that is, the "four generals" armored cruisers of Argentina in history, with a displacement of 7,069 tons, a length of 104.90 meters, a width of 18.19 meters, and a draft of 7.11 meters. 8 boilers, 2 axle propulsion, speed 20 knots, waterline armor 195 mm in the middle, bow and tail armor 100 mm, open turret armor 195 mm, conning tower armor 195 mm, equipped with 2 40x 330 mm naval guns, 4 45x 260 mm naval guns, 10 40x 200 mm naval guns, 14 45x 200 mm naval guns, 6 45x 155 mm naval guns, 2 x 100 mm naval guns, 10 x 57 mm guns, 4 600 mm fish**, Crew: 500 people.

These 4 armored cruisers can be said to be one of the most advanced armored cruisers at the moment, and the price is also very expensive, 4 warships Argentina asked for 3 million pounds, Jiang Hui and Jerson sent a telegram to Lin Daxin to ask if they would buy these 4 warships, and Lin Daxin replied that he would buy it for any money.

The reason why Jiang Hui and Jerson returned to Weihaiwei for so long was to wait for 4 armored cruisers to arrive in Argentina, and then return to China with 5 original Argentine active warships and 8 torpedo boats.

Lin Daxin asked Ding Ruchang to hide these warships purchased from Argentina first, so that when a war broke out, it could have a surprise effect.

Under the influence of Lin Daxin, Ding Ruchang, the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division, already understood Japan's ambitions for the Qing Dynasty, not to mention anything else, after Japan learned that Lin Daxin had purchased two German ironclad ships and six warships of the main force of the Chilean Navy, Japan bought two old ironclad ships "Berlai" and "Orion" that Britain originally built for Turkey! The two old ironclad ships have a displacement of 4,870 tons, a length of 74.68 meters, a width of 15.85 meters, a draft of 6.4 meters, and a speed of 12.99 knots. The main guns consisted of four 400 mm front-loading rifled guns, four 88 mm guns, two antiquated 460 mm torpedo launchers, and a knife-sharp underwater ramming angle in the bow of the warship.

And Japan purchased 4 more British protective cruisers in service, all 4 of the Mersey class, "Mersey", "Severn", "Tynas", "Forss".

Mersey class protective cruiser with a displacement of 4050 tons, 4500 horsepower, armor from 75 mm to 50 mm, speed 17 knots, 10 200 mm naval guns, 3 57 mm guns, 3 47 mm guns. 2 600 mm Fish**, crew: 300 people.

These warships purchased by Japan were all purchased by Japan from Britain in the form of loans, that is, for Lin Daxin's purchase of two German ironclad ships and six main warships of the Chilean Navy.

Japan purchased these 6 warships from the British, although the total tonnage is not as good as the entire Beiyang Naval Division, but the gap is not big! If Japan knew that Lin Daxin had purchased warships from Argentina again, perhaps it would have purchased warships in active service from Britain.

Britain expected that there would be a war between the Qing Dynasty and Japan, so Britain bet on Japan, and has now lent tens of millions of pounds to Japan, Britain absolutely does not want its tens of millions of pounds to be wasted, and Britain is trying to use Japan to contain Russia's power in the Far East, this time selling six warships to Japan, is to have the purpose of balancing the military forces of the two sides, if it knows that the Beiyang Naval Division has Argentine warships, Britain will definitely find a way to enhance Japan's naval strength.

After thinking about it, Ding Ruchang agreed to Lin Daxin's construction, hid the purchase of Argentine warships from the outside world, and asked Lin Daxin to secretly drive the Argentine warship to the bay north of Beigou Village, and transferred the cadets of the naval discipline to secretly enter the Argentine warship for training. This operation to hide the warship is also thanks to the thunderous action of Ding Ruchang and Lin Daxin against the Japanese spies in Weihaiwei after Lin Daxin's assassination, which swept away the Japanese spies in Weihaiwei and ensured the success of this operation to hide the Argentine warship! Until the outbreak of the war, the Japanese did not know that Lin Daxin secretly bought Argentine warships.

Lin Daxin had the support of Ding Ruchang, the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division, so he recruited a new batch of new students from the Naval Academy, and then with the army teaching team as the backbone, the new students and the old students were mixed and matched, and the first division of the army from the Weihai Weishui Division School to the fifth division of the Weihai Weishui Division School was reorganized, a total of 5 integrated divisions.

One integrated division consists of three infantry brigades and a divisional heavy artillery regiment with 20 105-mm howitzers.

Each infantry brigade consists of three infantry regiments and a brigade artillery regiment with 20 75-mm field guns.

Each regiment consisted of 3 battalions, 9 infantry companies and a regimental artillery battalion with 20 75-mm mountain guns.

Each infantry company had 3 infantry platoons, 9 infantry squads, and a machine gun platoon equipped with 6 Gatling tubes, each infantry squad had 12 men. Each infantry squad has an M1888 rifle, and the squad leader and deputy squad leader each have an additional Mauser revolver. Officers above the squad leader were also armed with Mauser revolvers.

The number of people in one division is about 18,000, and the number of people in five divisions is more than 90,000. Wu Peifu, Zhao Hu, and three other cadets of the army training corps became the commanders of the five integrated divisions. Most of the officers at all levels were cadets of the Army Instruction Corps and other outstanding cadets.

The number of naval disciplines has also reached 20,000, consisting of the eight "seas" these 8 warships and 8 torpedo boats to form the first fleet of the Naval Academy, the fleet commander Sun Xitao, the flagship of the first fleet is the 7,000-ton armored cruiser Xinghai, and the captain of the Xinghai is Jiang Chen.

Argentina purchased 9 warships and 8 torpedo boats to form the second fleet of the Naval Academy, fleet commander Jiang Hui, the flagship of the second fleet by one of the four newly launched armored cruisers, this armored cruiser was named "General" by Lin Daxin, the other three armored cruisers of the same type were named "Second General", "Third General", "Fourth General".

Lin Daxin turned the four warships known as the "four generals" in the history of the Argentine Navy into his four generals. The captain of the flagship "Great General" is Chen Ming.

The original Argentine old ironclad ship "Brand" was renamed Yunhai, the original Argentine coastal armored cruiser "Liberty" was renamed Changhai, the original Argentine coastal armored cruiser "Independence" was renamed Ruihai, the original Argentine fast protection cruiser "May 26" was renamed Yuehai, and the original Argentine fast protection cruiser "July 9" was renamed Xinghai.

The captains and officers of all ranks of the other warships of the First and Second Fleets are cadets of the Naval Instruction Corps and outstanding cadets of other naval disciplines.

The First Fleet of the Sailor Academy was stationed in Weihaiwei Harbor, while the Second Fleet was hidden in the harbor north of Beigou Village.