Just when Pang Yu was talking about them here, in the small canteen of the Weihai base in Shandong: "Come, brothers, let's go again!" ”

Xiao Lang raised the small wine cup in his hand, his cheeks flushed slightly, obviously he had drunk a lot. But the interest was high, and after raising the glass, I didn't care how many people next to me responded, and I was bored by myself.

There are not many people in the small private room, but all of them are "their own people": Wu Nanhai, Chen Jun, Xu Lei, Hu Kai...... and three or four members of the original mechanical team who had recently come from Hainan with Xiao Lang - in a word, all of them were one of the 139 modern people on the Qionghai at the beginning, that is, the most decisive group of people in the entire Weihai base today.

Xiao Lang brought everyone together, definitely not to invite a drink, and his goal has long been known to everyone. And, obviously, not everyone is in favor of it.

There was a brief cold scene at the wine table, and after a while, it was Wu Nanhai who opened his mouth and asked, "Is there a call back from the committee?" ”

"Here we are."

Xiao Lang took out the telegram from his pocket and handed it directly to Wu Nanhai, judging from his movements, it was obvious that he was very confident in the contents of the telegram - the committee's reply did not hinder his plan.

Wu Nanhai took the telegram and read it out loud: "The call has been received, Weihai and Lushun are only separated by a water, how to deal with emergencies can be decided by Xiao, Wu, Chen, Xu, Hu and other comrades in the front. If you need help, the rear headquarters will give full support. In addition, the northbound fleet has recently departed, and the Governor and the Earl are also among them, and the commander Wen and the accompanying ships can participate in the battle, a total of 17 ships. ”

Wu Nanhai read the telegram and silently handed it to Chen Jun and others for circulation, but since the others already knew the contents, they just glanced at it and took a formality -- according to the regulations, the telegram must be conveyed to everyone unless it involves personal privacy -- of course, it refers to modern people.

And Xiao Lang also put down his wine glass after everyone read the telegram and began to talk eloquently: "Well, I said earlier: the committee is not the chairman, although the efficiency is a little low, and the decision-making is a little conservative, but after all, it will not engage in remote command." Even if we ask for it, they can't make a decision for us, so it's up to us to make our own judgment. ”

After taking the telegram and looking at it again, Xiao Lang sneered slightly: "Hmph...... 'It is up to all comrades to decide' -- the committee is afraid that I, Xiao, will act arbitrarily and arbitrarily, cover the sky with one hand on the Weihai side, and forcibly pull everyone across the strait to start a war with the Manchurians." However, not to mention whether I have the ability to do this or not, they are in the rear, and it is inevitable that they do not understand the situation. But in the past few days, you have all seen the actual situation on our side with your own eyes -- what are those refugees who are swimming in the sea, and how bad the situation is on the other side, is it not that I Xiao is exaggerating? ”

"Those people—!"

It was about the strength of the wine to come up, and Xiao Lang slapped the table suddenly: "There are tens of thousands of Hermes-Epitek there!" It's all us Han people, the Ming Dynasty government already doesn't care about them, if we don't care anymore, those people will die. They're all going to die -- just like they did in history! But what are we here for? We came to this era to change history! ”

"If it's beyond your ability and you can't manage it, then there's no way to do it. But since we have the ability to manage, our development route also needs to absorb more human resources, killing two birds with one stone, why don't we care? We have guns, cannons, and warships, and we are only a body of water away from the other side, so do we want to watch those Jurchen Tartars slaughter our compatriots? And then say to yourself that this happened in history, just watch this as a movie -- can we? Who can? ”

As the saying goes, pretending to be crazy with wine, Xiao Lang has a little bit of this meaning at this time, but it is also possible that he deliberately poured himself into this way in order to make it easier to make a fortune - after saying this chase, his eyes crossed over everyone present one by one, and of course, no one raised any objections.

But this was not enough, a moment later, a group of people next to him, the junior brother of the mechanical group who came from Hainan Island, took the lead in speaking: "Just say what to do, Boss Xiao, we will all listen to you." ”

Then several other people also expressed their support, although they were all members of the original mechanical group, but they also created a warm enough momentum. Finally, under the influence of such an atmosphere, the second battalion commander Xu Lei nodded: "Brother Xiao, it's good!" I'll do it with you! ”

"That's one of me."

Hu Kai, the commander of the third battalion, hurriedly joined, both of them were still very young, their blood was strong, and they were enthusiastic about what Xiao Lang said, and it was just because the internal opinions could not be unified, and it was not good for them to express their opinions casually as the commander of the army. But at this time, seeing that the atmosphere had been formed, that is, Wu Nanhai, who had previously held different opinions, and Chen Jun and Chen Jun no longer objected, so they also stood up and expressed their position.

And their support finally made Xiao Lang smile reassuring - the garrison in Weihai is the third regiment of Qionghai, with three battalions under its jurisdiction, and the regiment commander is still relieved - he still has the title of Weihaiwei general, and he can't be replaced casually, otherwise it will be difficult to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty. But anyway, the dismissal is not in Shandong now, and everything is decided by this side.

The commander of the first battalion, who was originally Ao Sayan, returned to Hainan Island because he was to serve as a member of the management committee, and it seems that he does not plan to return again in the future -- the winter he had spent on the mainland had frozen this Taiwanese boy. Therefore, he took the initiative to step down from the post of battalion commander, so Xiao Lang happened to act as the battalion commander -- the committee appointed him to be the person in charge of the Shandong base, and he always wanted to give him some military power. But Xiao Lang was parachuted, although he has a name in hand, and he has often been in the army recently, but his actual ability to control the army is still unknown after all - after all, he is not like Xie Xi and others before, who watched this army slowly expand and grow, and has been with the army for a long time, and knows almost every soldier well.

Therefore, the most effective troops in Weihaiwei at present are the second and third battalions led by Xu Lei and Hu Kai. Although the two men were only high school students a few years ago, they were all part of the most important battles of the Joan Navy to date. Over the years, he has been promoted from squad leader, platoon commander, and company commander...... Completely grew up with the three regiments, Pang Yu had previously arranged for them to suppress bandits everywhere near Weihaiwei and train in battle, but now it is not a problem whether it is actual combat experience or troop control, Xiao Lang wants to make a difference in the military, it is absolutely impossible to bypass the two of them.

And the attitude of the two of them finally determined the direction of the entire Weihai team - Wu Nanhai and Chen Jun finally nodded after glancing at each other: "Okay, we also support your idea, it's a good thing to save more people after all." ”

"Yay! Come, brothers, one more! ”

Xiao Lang was overjoyed, and raised the wine glass in his hand again, this time everyone was very face-saving, and they raised their glasses one after another, and they suffocated.

After that, Xiao Lang did not delay, and quickly began to deploy his plan: "We don't have a master of the staff group here, so we can't make too complicated and perfect plans." My idea is relatively simple, let's discuss it together - I plan to lead the first battalion and Xu Lei's second battalion to Lushun, first set up an advance base, organize the local refugees, if the shape can still be supported, I will first hold up in the local area for a while, and wait for the rear Awen and their large fleet to arrive, and directly load the boat and pull south. If the shape is not good, they will cross the sea and send it to Weihai first - but I guess those people are willing to get on any boat in order to escape in Lushun, but I am afraid that they will not be willing to go to the south again after they actually arrive in Shandong, so try to send it to the south at one time, what do you think of this idea? ”

"Brother Xiao, what do you mean, look down on me, don't you? Can't our three battalions fight? ”

As soon as the words fell, Hu Kai put forward his opinion, and Xiao Lang hurriedly smiled: "Xiaohu, don't get me wrong, I definitely didn't mean that, but our Weihai nest must have someone to stay behind." ”

"Then we shouldn't stay in the third battalion, in the past, in Lao Ao's hands, the first battalion has always been in charge of the housekeeper. Moreover, to put it mildly, when it comes to actual combat experience, the first battalion really can't compare with our second and third battalions -- when Brother Pang arranged for the two of us to suppress bandits everywhere, didn't it just let us increase our experience and serve as the main combat force? ”

Xiao Lang smiled bitterly: "I also know this truth, but since it is my own plan to send troops, I may not be at home, but let the other brothers cross the sea to fight the Tartars." Since he is the acting battalion commander of the first battalion, it is natural for him to lead the troops into battle. The three regiments of our Qiong Navy are all equipped according to the field army, and any one of them should be pulled out to fight, even if there is some difference in combat effectiveness, it will not be too big. ”

"On the other hand, as soon as the large army goes out, there will be only one third battalion left in the entire base, Xiaohu, in addition to being responsible for the defense of the base, you also have to guard against threats from the Ming Empire, and the burden on your body is not light."

"The Ming Empire? If we help it fight the Jurchens, it will still come to us for trouble? ”

Hu Kai said disapprerovingly, Xiao Lang snorted: "Anyway, I don't have any confidence in those stinky bureaucrats, no matter what they think in their hearts, I will never give them any chance." And, in case of the worst......"

Xiao Lang paused, and then said: "Xiao Hu, your third battalion, as a reserve, is our last hope, and we will rely on you to rescue when the time comes." It is not a bad thing to keep a strong fighting force down. ”

After some hard work, he finally persuaded Hu Kai to agree to stay in the rear temporarily, but he finally agreed with Xiao Lang: when Wen Dehei and them came up in the rear, they would temporarily hand over the Weihai defense to the navy - anyway, this port was mainly used as a future naval base for construction, and Hu Kai would lead three battalions into battle at that time.