Lin Daxin followed the chief teacher Xi Yu Fu into a brick house, and Lin Daxin got a message from Yu Fu that Admiral Ding Ruchang thought that the current place of the Sailor School was too simple and too small, which was not conducive to future expansion.

At the same time, considering the issue of funds, the Admiral was ready to relocate the Sailor Academy to Liugong Island, and considered arranging the Sailor Academy in a naval barracks that had already been built.

Lin Daxin has not been in the Sailor School for three months because he has been in modern time and space! The Sailor Academy has changed a little.

Yu Fu told Lin Daxin, now there are no more than three people in the Water Master Academy! The Tianjin Sailor Academy supported six teachers, including Jiang Hui.

The general office, Lord Kang, is now in the Admiral's Mansion on Liugong Island, discussing with Admiral Ding the funding of the Sailor Academy, and the enrollment of students also needs the instructions of the Admiral.

Lin Daxin heard that the general office of the Kang Daren was not in the Sailor School, so he said goodbye to the chief teacher Xi Yu Fu, and came to Weihaiwei Port, because of Lin Daxin's identity as a teacher in the Sailor School, Lin Daxin easily took a small steamboat and boarded Liugong Island, where the Beiyang Naval Commander's Mansion is located.

Lin Daxin came to the Admiral's Mansion, and above the front gate of the Beiyang Navy Admiralty Office, a plaque with the inscription "Navy Office" was hung by Li Hongzhang. The side doors on both sides are painted with statues of Qin Qiong and Jingde, and Lin Daxin identified himself to the guards with waist knives at the entrance of the Admiral's Mansion, and proposed to meet Admiral Ding Ruchang.

Not long after a guard from the Admiral's Mansion entered the Admiral's Mansion, he came out and said to Lin Daxin that the Admiral invited him in.

The Beiyang Navy Admiral's Mansion is a brick and wood frame structure building, simple and elegant, stable and square. The whole building is built according to the central axis of the front, middle and rear courtyards, each with a central hall, an east and west side hall and an east and west wing. The front, middle and back courtyards are respectively the ceremonial hall, the council hall and the sacrificial hall. The corridors of each hall and courtyard are connected, carved beams and painted buildings, and the structure is strictly neat. There is a martial arts hall in the southeast corner of the courtyard, its building integrates Chinese and Western styles, the house is high and wide, and the hall is wide.

Lin Daxin followed the guards into the Admiral's Mansion, and did not go to the three halls, but turned around and came to a small courtyard, and the guards pointed to the main room of the small courtyard and said to Lin Daxin, The Admiral was waiting for him inside.

At this time, there were two soldiers standing at the door of the main room, dressed in the clothes of Qing soldiers, but the difference was that the two of them each held a rifle in their hands, Lin Daxin had seen this kind of gun, the German 1871 style 11 mm Mauser rifle, is a breech single-loading rifle that fires metal cartridges, the gun fires black ** bullets, the total weight is 4.68 kg, and the gun is 1340 mm long. This gun was armed in all armies of the Beiyang.

Lin Daxin walked into the main room and saw Ding Ruchang in civilian clothes sitting on the main seat in the house, and the head of the head sitting in the head of the water master school in official uniform, Master Kang.

From modern time and space, Lin Daxin knew that the Beiyang Admiral in front of him, in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, Ding Ruchang commanded on the flying bridge of the flagship "Dingyuan" ship, and was injured by artillery fire, but he did not specify in advance which ship would succeed him after the flagship command failed, so that the Beiyang Naval Division went its own way. After five hours of fierce fighting, the Beiyang Naval Division was defeated, 5 cruisers were sunk, and the rest of the warships were wounded, while only 5 warships of the Japanese Combined Fleet were wounded.

It can be said that the Beiyang Naval Division was defeated in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, and Ding Ruchang had a great responsibility.

After the Battle of the Yellow Sea, Ding Ruchang was ordered to guard Weihaiwei. He expressed concern about the army's combat strength, and prepared to blow up the land and coastal forts, which turned out to be evidence of "collaborating with the enemy and misleading the country", and the Qing court ordered him to be handed over to the Criminal Department for punishment. Under the telegram petition of Liu Buyun and other generals, and Li Hongzhang's vigorous defense, the Qing court finally reluctantly issued an order, and after Ding Ruchang's affairs at hand were over, he would be sent to the Criminal Department.

On January 20, 1895, the Japanese army landed in Rongcheng on the Shandong Peninsula, and Ding Ruchang refused the persuasion of Ito Yuhiro, commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, to surrender. Subsequently, the Japanese army conquered the Weihai land battery by land, and surrounded the Beiyang Naval Division by sea and land.

The Japanese navy and army cooperated and used the occupied land batteries to attack the Beiyang Fleet for several days, but they were all repulsed. Later, the Japanese torpedo boats attacked at night, and the "Dingyuan" ship suffered heavy damage.

In Weihai, the British naval advisers agitated for the surrender of the ship, and some of the naval rebels threatened with weapons, and Ding Ruchang committed suicide at the age of 59. The rest of the Beiyang Naval Division surrendered, and the entire army was annihilated. Ito Yuhiro returned Ding Ruchang's body to China by merchant ship.

Although there is such and such a ** for Ding Ruchang in history, it cannot be denied that he, as the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division, would rather die than surrender when the Beiyang Naval Division was about to fall, and committed suicide, showing the integrity of a soldier.

This is the first time Lin Daxin has seen Ding Ruchang, he respectfully kowtowed to Ding Ruchang, and said: "Xiaguan Lin Daxin, a teacher in the Weihai Weishui Master School in Beiyang, has seen Lord Admiral!" ”

"Get up!" Ding Ruchang looked at Lin Daxin, who was burly and dignified, and had a good impression.

Lin Daxin hurriedly stood up and said in his mouth that he had thanked Lord Admiral!

"You're the kid with Lin Yongsheng's family, right?"

"Lord Admiral, my father is the pipe band of the warp ship!"

"What is the matter with Lin Xian's nephew coming to me today?" Ding Ruchang asked.

"Back to Lord Admiral, Xia Guan has some thoughts about the Water Master Academy, and I hereby report to Lord Admiral!"

"Oh! Sailor Academy! Any thoughts? It just so happens that Master Kang and I are studying the matter of the Sailor Academy, what do you think, just tell this official! ”

Lin Daxin organized the language and said loudly: "Lord Admiral, now that Japan is reorganizing its army every day, the big ships of the Japanese Navy are being purchased from foreign countries one after another. At present, most of the Japanese navy are new ships, and their strength is no less than that of our Beiyang. Moreover, the Japanese wolf ambition forcibly occupied Ryukyu, a vassal state of our Qing Dynasty, in the early years, and also attempted to invade Taiwan of our Qing Dynasty. Now that the strength of the Japanese army and navy is getting stronger and stronger, the lower officials are afraid that what happened in the early years will happen again! ”

Ding Ruchang and the Kang people on the side, after listening to Lin Daxin say this, they didn't react much, but continued to wait for Lin Daxin to continue. The mentality of the two reflects the mentality of most of the dignitaries of the imperial court towards Japan, and most of the dignitaries of the imperial court believe that Japan is stuck in the stage of "a small state", and many bigwigs of the imperial court "do not care about the Japanese people".

Lin Daxin learned from modern sources that at the critical juncture when Japan was pouring all its strength to expand its armaments and the danger of war was approaching, the Qing government instead relaxed its national defense construction, cut its military budget on the grounds of financial constraints, stopped purchasing warships from 1888, and stopped allocating funds for equipment and ammunition for the Beiyang Naval Division in 1891.

Lin Daxin continued: "If there is a war between the Qing Dynasty and Japan, our Beiyang Navy Division can still compete with the Japanese navy, but the officer is pessimistic that there is a considerable gap between the various armies under our Beiyang and the Japanese army. The gap he said is not the gap in weapons, but the fact that Japan's current army has been learning from the French army and the German army, which are powerful in the West, since its establishment more than 20 years ago. At present, the largest establishment unit of the Japanese Army is a division and regiment, which is divided into brigades, wings, brigades, squadrons, and squads, with a normal establishment of about 10,000 people. At present, the Japanese Army has a total of 7 divisions, of which 1-6 are field divisions and 1 guards division. ”

Lin Daxin paused, glanced at Ding Ruchang with his eyes, and saw that Ding Ruchang had been attracted by his words, so he continued: "Moreover, the Japanese Army followed the method of the German Army and equipped its divisions and regiments with all kinds of weapons needed for independent operations in proportion, making them independent combat units with multi-arm composite formations, that is, strategic units of the Army. The Japanese Army Division has 2 infantry brigades, 1 cavalry brigade, 1 artillery wing, 24 field artillery, 12 mountain artillery, 1 baggage brigade, and 1 engineer brigade. At present, the Japanese army can be said to be well-trained, and to put it mildly, our Qing Dynasty has lagged far behind Japan in the construction of a modern army! ”

Ding Ruchang frowned when he heard this, and sighed: "I didn't expect that Japan, a small country, would have such a powerful army, and this officer only thought that the Japanese national naval division was strong, but I didn't expect that the army should not be underestimated!" How do you know this? ”

Lin Daxin immediately explained: "Xiaguan used to study in the Fujian Sailor School, and I listened to a French teacher! The situation of the Japanese Army is not a secret among European countries! ”

Ding Ruchang was a little surprised when he heard that Japan had such an army, but he didn't take it seriously, he had a million troops in the Qing Dynasty!

Ding Ruchang asked: "What is the relationship between the Japanese Army and the Sailor Academy that you are talking about?" ”

Lin Daxin immediately said: "Our naval division in Weihaiwei is not afraid of the enemy on the sea, but if the enemy lands from other places on the Shandong Peninsula, such as the landing of Rongcheng on the Shandong Peninsula, the enemy can conquer the Weihai land fort by land, occupy the Weihai Acropolis, and encircle our Beiyang Naval Division by land and sea." Xiaguan observed that the defenders of the forts around Weihaiwei and the green battalions in various places were lax in training and armament, and could not protect the safety of the Beiyang Naval Division on land in times of crisis. Therefore, Xia Guan thought that he would take advantage of the opportunity of establishing the Naval Academy in Weihaiwei to expand the scale of the academy and establish the two major disciplines of the Naval Discipline and the Army Discipline of the Naval Division, not only to provide the Beiyang Naval Division with the reserve talents needed by the fleet, but also to use the cadets of the Army Discipline as the backbone to form a modern Qing Army to protect the safety of our Beiyang Naval Division on land! ”

Ding Ruchang heard Lin Daxin say that the enemy landed from other places on the Shandong Peninsula, such as when Rongcheng landed on the Shandong Peninsula, his brows furrowed a little deeper, and he heard Lin Daxin say that the defenders of the forts around Weihaiwei and the green battalions in various places were lax in training and loose in armament, Ding Ruchang nodded approvingly.

After Lin Daxin finished speaking, Ding Ruchangjue's young Lin Daxin was a rare talent, and he decided to see if there was a suitable position to promote this Beiyang child, and said with a smile: "It's hard for you to think so much at a young age, and the old man also agrees with some of your views!" However, what you said was about establishing naval disciplines and army disciplines in the Naval Academy, and using the cadets of the army disciplines as the backbone to form a modern Qing Army! It's a good idea, I'll tell you about it! But now the imperial court's finances are tight, and there is really no silver! The old man's Beiyang Admiral's Mansion is not rich, and last year, the imperial court even stopped allocating funds for the equipment and ammunition of our Beiyang Naval Division, and now even the training of the Naval Division does not dare to conduct live ammunition shooting! Your kid's idea is good! What a tiger father without a dog! Lin Yongsheng gave birth to a good son! What a pity! It's a pity that there is a lack of silver! ”

Master Kang, the general manager of the Sailor Academy, who had not spoken on the side, said to Ding Ruchang with a smile at this time: "Congratulations, Lord Admiral, you have got another young talent!" ”

Lin Daxin's eyes lit up when he heard Ding Ruchang say that there was no silver, he had prepared so many words, he just wanted to establish the Sailor Academy by himself, Ding Ruchang and the imperial court had no silver, and he Lin Daxin was now lacking nothing and silver!