Chapter 336: Integrating the Navy

Zhang Haiping took a sip of tea and said, "The marshal has specially explained, what General Liu needs to do at present is what General Liu is best at. ”

"What am I best at?" Liu Yongfu asked with some confusion.

"Not bad! It is what General Liu is best at, training recruits and strengthening coastal defense, isn't this what General Liu is best at? Zhang Haiping said with a smile.

"Yuanting has been in the army for most of his life, and if you want to talk about this training, although I dare not say that I am good at it, I also have some experience. It's just that compared to the big handsome, Yuanting is still far behind? Yuan Ting really couldn't imagine how he could train an elite army like the Tiger Ben Army, which was invincible and invincible? Liu Yongfu said with a smile.

Zhang Haiping said with a smile, "Don't worry about this General Liu, I brought 1,500 elite Tiger Ben soldiers this time, including some excellent officers. They can fully assist the general in training the new army, so that with the general's experience in leading troops, they will definitely be able to train a more powerful Black Flag army in a short period of time. ”

Liu Yongfu nodded and said, "That's the best!" ”

Zhang Haiping continued, "Ren Dashuai once said that Taiwan is the treasure island of China, rich in products. It is precisely because of this that it will be coveted by those foreign devils, as early as the Ming Dynasty, the Dutch once occupied Taiwan. After arriving in this dynasty, first the French and Japanese Japanese pirates also wanted to occupy Taiwan, our treasure island, although they did not succeed. However, these foreign devils are not giving up, and they may offend Taiwan again at any time. Therefore, in order to defend our treasure island, recruit is trained. Strengthening coastal defense is a top priority. ”

"What Marshal Ren said is extremely true!" Liu Yongfu nodded again and again after hearing this.

In Beijing, Ren Chao was naturally very happy when he learned the news that the Tiger Benjun had successfully taken over Taiwan. But Ren Chao didn't stop there. Immediately summoned his cronies and generals to come to the meeting.

"There is news from the South China Sea Fleet that our army has successfully landed in Taiwan and has basically mastered the situation in Taiwan. What do you think we should do next? Ren Chao asked with a smile.

"I think that now that we have negotiated peace with Tsarist Russia, we can completely free up our hands to clean up the mess in the country. But we must not be too hasty, lest we provoke the princes of all sides and cause a large-scale rebellion. Although our Tiger Army is not afraid, the Tiger Army has limited strength after all. It is still difficult to quickly unify the whole country. Therefore, the lowly construction can adopt a strategy of slow encroachment, gradually divide the local forces, and break them one by one. Slowly unify the country. It's a bit slow, but it's the safest thing to do. Yang Jichang spoke first.

Ren Chao nodded slightly after hearing this, "Then where do you think it's better for us to start the knife first?" ”

"You can start with Anhui and Henan provinces. We can build Jinpu. Jinghan two railways. Troops were sent into Anhui and Henan provinces to gradually control the military power of these two provinces. Yang Jichang continued.

"Yes! This is good! Ren Chao nodded and said, "Immediately order the Third Division and the Fifth Division to send a brigade each, which will be reorganized into the First Brigade and the Second Brigade of the Railway Engineering Corps, and advance to Anhui and Henan provinces respectively." Survey of railway lines along the way. ”

"Yes!" Yang Jichang hurriedly responded.

"But that's not enough!" Ren Chao shook his head and said, "In addition, order the Eighth Division to advance into Shanxi." I will ask the emperor to decree that the governor of Shanxi be transferred to the central government. ”

"Isn't this too fast, not to mention that the Eighth Division must have a reason to enter Shanxi." Yang Jichang said with some concern.

"Didn't there be a riot in two counties in Shanxi two days ago? Then in the name of counterinsurgency! Ren Chao said casually. As for the riot that Ren Chao said, it was just a large-scale armed fight among the local people, dozens of people died, and the Qing army went to suppress it, which basically calmed down. But Ren Chao just needs an excuse, so he doesn't care if he really riots or not, and he will send troops over first.

"Yes!" Yang Jichang bowed down to receive the order.

"Didn't the emperor already give an order before? Let the Admiralty be responsible for the reorganization of the four naval divisions, and bring all the command of the four naval fleets under the unified command of the Admiralty. Immediately ordered the second detachment of the Jiaolong Fleet to go south to Jiangning to take over the Nanyang Naval Division. Isn't Zhang Haiping in Taiwan now? For the time being, there is no need to go back to Guangdong, so go to Mawei first and take over the Fujian Navy Division and the Fuzhou Ship Administration. Ren Chao then ordered.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the Qing government successively established four naval divisions in Beiyang, Nanyang, Fujian and Guangdong. Among them, the strength of the Beiyang Naval Division is the strongest, followed by the Nanyang Naval Division. So far, it goes without saying that the Guangdong Navy Division has successfully taken over those small gunboats by Ren Chao. And the Nanyang Naval Division still has a few old-fashioned cruisers, which can barely be called a navy, but in front of the second detachment of the Jiaolong fleet, those few battleships are not worth mentioning at all. As for the Fujian Naval Division, before the Beiyang Naval Division was formed, this naval division used to be the most powerful naval fleet of the Qing government. However, in the Sino-French War, the Fujian Naval Division was wiped out in the Mawei Naval Battle, and since then, it has not been able to recover its vitality, and its current strength is comparable to that of the Guangdong Naval Division. Unless the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang dares to rebel openly, but in Ren Chao's opinion, for the sake of those small gunboats, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Bian Baoquan, will not take risks, not to mention that according to Ren Chao's knowledge, Bian Baoquan is now sick in bed, and I am afraid that his life will not be long, and he will not have the leisure to take care of this matter at this time.

However, Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, is still a little troublesome here, and he is afraid that this old boy will not obediently hand over the command of the Nanyang Naval Division. However, Ren Chao expected that this old boy might not dare to openly rebel at this time, and the powerful combat power of the Tiger Ben Army was here? These old foxes have always suffered from gains and losses, and if they are not very sure, they will never take risks.

After Ren Chao thought about it, he suddenly said, "What's the name of that Ningxia general?" ”

"Kyung-eun!" Yang Jichang replied honestly.

"If I'm not mistaken, when Iktanga and the others rebelled, this Qing'en also rebelled." Ren Chao said casually.

"Yes!" Yang Jichang nodded and said.

"Cow Triumph." Ren Chao suddenly shouted.

"Here!"

"Didn't you kid keep clamoring for war? This time you go and fetch me the head of this rebellious man. Ren Chao commanded casually.

"Yes!" Niu Kaixuan responded excitedly, "But Marshal, are you going to let me lead that army on the expedition?" ”

"Is it enough to draw a brigade from an independent division, plus a newly formed cavalry division?" Ren Chao asked with a smile. (To be continued......)

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