Li Hongzhang received a telegram from Ding Ruchang, saying that the army composed of cadets from the Naval Academy was willing to take over the defense of the Lushun base, and was worried about the lack of defensive forces along the Yalu River, and now there were people willing to take over the defense of the Lushun base.

Ding Ruchang received a telegram from Li Hongzhang and immediately asked Lin Daxin to send the army of the Sailor Academy to Lushun!

Lin Daxin got Li Hongzhang's consent to the news that the army units of the Naval Division School had taken over the defense of the Lushun base, and decided to let the First and Third Divisions of the Army of the Naval Academy go to Lushun, and Lin Daxin called Wu Peifu, the commander of the First Division, and Ni Fan, the commander of the Third Division, to the office in the Naval Academy. Ni Fan, the commander of the third division, is also from the first phase of the teaching team, a native of Jinan, Shandong, and is the tallest of the five division commanders, with a height of 1.9 meters, and his temper is also the hottest among the five division commanders!

Lin Daxin looked at Wu Peifu and Ni Fan and said, "Now it is decided that the first and third divisions will go to Lushun to take over the defense!" Wu Peifu is the commander-in-chief of the Lushun Defense Zone, and Ni Fan is the deputy commander-in-chief! To be honest, I'm not very optimistic about the defense line of the Yalu River! If the defense line of the Yalu River is breached, it is very likely that the Japanese army will drive straight in and attack the Lushun base! You two have to be ready for a big fight! ”

Wu Peifu and Ni Fan snapped, their feet together, and said with a rainbow: "Don't worry, principal!" We promise to keep Lushun solid! ”

Lin Daxin nodded, he also believed that more than 36,000 people from the two reorganization divisions would definitely be able to hold Lushun. Lin Daxin continued: "Moreover, the First Fleet will transfer the Dinghai Ships, Zhenhai Ships, Weihai Ships, Lihai Ships and 4 torpedo ships, and the Second Fleet will transfer the Yunhai ships and 4 torpedo ships that have been restored to combat effectiveness after emergency repairs to form the Lushun Garrison Fleet, and the commander of the garrison fleet is the chief instructor of the Sailor Academy, Xi Fu!" The Arthur garrison fleet will escort you to Arthur and stay in Arthur to defend with you! ”

Wu Peifu and Ni Fan nodded, with the warships of the Sailor Academy at sea, the defense of the entire Lushun is even stronger!

Lin Daxin said: "After you arrive in Lushun, most of the garrison in Lushun will go to the Yalu River, but the guards of the fort will stay in Lushun. ”

Wu Peifu and Ni Fan nodded and said that they would definitely incorporate these experienced gunners into two integrated divisions!

After the Navy of the Naval Academy transferred warships to form the Lushun garrison fleet, and after transferring a number of warships from the First Fleet and the Second Fleet, Lin Daxin redistributed the warships of the two fleets, and the flagships of the First Fleet, Xinghai and Anhai, were transferred to the Second Fleet, and the First Fleet was reformed by four captured Italian ironclad battleships.

The Lepanto, the original Italian ironclad battleship with a displacement of 15,900 tons, was renamed the Flying Bear by Lin Daxin and became the new flagship of the First Fleet, and Jiang Chen continued to stay in the First Fleet as the captain of the flagship Flying Bear.

The original Italian ironclad battleship Italy was named the Flying Tiger, and the captain was the first phase of the teaching team, and the captain of the original First Fleet sank the Chaohai in the naval battle. Wen Yu, who was very depressed because of the sinking of his battleship, did not expect a pie to suddenly fall from the sky, and he became the captain of an ironclad battleship with a displacement of 15,407 tons! Wen Yu, who was happy, immediately invited a few friends from the first phase of the teaching team to have a big meal at the best restaurant in Weihai Acropolis.

The original Italian ironclad battleship with a displacement of 12,264 tons was renamed the Flying Eagle, and Ma Yan of the first phase of the teaching team was appointed by Lin Daxin as the captain of the Flying Eagle.

The Enrico, the original Italian ironclad battleship with a displacement of 12,461 tons, was renamed the Flying Wolf, and Zhen Li of the first phase of the teaching team was appointed as the captain.

Four powerful ironclad battleships formed the First Fleet of the Naval Academy, making the First Fleet a battleship formation.

After the Second Fleet transferred two armored cruisers, Xinghai and Anhai, the Second Fleet has five large fast armored cruisers with a displacement of about 7,000 tons, one fast medium armored cruiser with a displacement of more than 4,000 tons, and two fast protection cruisers with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons, making the Second Fleet a fast cruiser with eight cruisers with a speed of more than 20 knots.

The remaining 8 torpedo ships of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet and the 12 torpedo ships of the original Beiyang Naval Division formed a lightning strike fleet, and this lightning strike fleet was also assigned by Ding Ruchang to the name of Lin Daxin's Sailor School.

On the eve of the Army's preparation for departure, the Italian envoy came to Weihaiwei and asked the Beiyang Naval Division for 4 ironclad battleships. Ding Ruchang asked the Italian minister to go to the Sailor Academy to find Lin Daxin, and the 4 ironclad battleships are now under Lin Daxin's command.

Of course, the Italian minister did not get his wish, he touched a nail here in Lin Daxin, and when he left, he shouted to make the Beiyang Sailor pay the price, and was sent out of the Sailor School by Lin Daxin, who was impatient.

On October 1, 1894, the Lushun garrison fleet of the Naval Academy escorted 20 transport ships loaded with more than 36,000 people and equipment of the First and Third Divisions of the Beiyang Naval Division.

Fifteen of the 20 transport ships were newly built by Lin Daxin's shipyard.

These carriers have a displacement of 700 tons and a maximum speed of 18 knots, and the small steam turbines and small boilers on board are produced by Lin Daxin's machinery and equipment manufacturing plant. The steel plates on the ship are also products of Lin Daxin's steel factory.

The whole transport ship can be said to be purely Qing's production! The other 5 transport ships were ships of the Beiyang Naval Division.

Weihaiwei was not far from Lushun by sea, and it was not long before the fleet arrived at the port of Arthur.

The transport ship stopped directly at the port of Arthur, and the army cadets of the 1st and 3rd divisions of the Naval Academy disembarked from the transport ship to the port one after another, and marched to the barracks and batteries in Lushun after forming a whole team.

Wu Peifu and Ni Fan entered Lushun City with the personnel of the division headquarters, and completed the handover procedures with Xu Bangdao, the iron-faced Lushun commander-in-chief. No wonder Xu Bangdao, the chief soldier of Lushun, had a blue face, because the army of the Naval Division Academy took over the defense area of Lushun, and they, the Qing soldiers of the original Lushun defense area, were transferred to the front line along the Yalu River.

Now the war clouds along the Yalu River are thick, and the Japanese may attack the front line of the Yalu River at any time, and it is dangerous to go to the Yalu River at this time.

However, the military order was difficult, and the general army of Lushun led about 13,000 Qing troops the next day, left Lushun, and advanced towards the defense line of the Yalu River. Important institutions in Lushun, such as the shipyard and the machine bureau, were also taken over by the army of the Sailor Academy.

The more than 2,000 Huai soldiers who stayed in the fort in Lushun were absorbed by the artillery units of the first and second divisions after Wu Peifu decisively shot and killed two troublemaking officers, and after knowing the high salary of the army in the Sailor Academy!

Lin Daxin, who is not bad for money, is very generous to his troops, a soldier in the army has an allowance of 6 taels of silver every month, and the squad leader's allowance is 8 taels of silver, the highest level, the higher the subsidy, the monthly allowance of a division commander like Wu Peifu can reach 80 taels of silver.

The allowance of the Navy is slightly higher than that of the Army, the monthly allowance of an ordinary sailor is 7 taels of silver, and the allowance of the squad leader level is 9 taels of silver.

And if he is killed or disabled in battle, Lin Daxin will not care! For the students who died in the naval battle, Lin Daxin gave their families 500 taels of silver each, and issued a plaque and certificate to the families of the martyrs. In the future, the families of these martyrs can go to the Sailor Academy every year to receive a subsidy for the families of martyrs by virtue of their certificates.

For the naval cadets who were disabled in the naval battle and were willing to continue to stay in the army, Lin Daxin arranged for them to go to the logistics department of the Sailor Academy and handed them over to his cousin Wang Yan. Unwilling to continue to stay in the army, Lin Daxin arranged them in his own factory to do what he could.

The more than 2,000 people left behind in the Lushun Battery, most of whom were artillerymen, heard that the treatment of the army in the Sailor Academy was so good, and they were eager to join the Sailor Academy.