After accepting the surrendered two all-steel battleships of the US Navy, the entire three fleets of the Northeast Navy began to return to the port of Manila under the order of Lin Daxin. {3w.

On the way back, Lin Daxin asked the commander of the U.S. Navy's Asian Squadron, George Brown, to call the commander of the U.S. Navy's Asian Fleet. Dewey invited him to the bridge of the Shenyang, Lin Daxin sat behind a desk, and saw a white man in his 60s being brought in by a naval soldier, pointing to the chair across the table, smiling and smiling at George in a major general's uniform. Dewey said, "Mr. Major General, please take a seat!" Let me first introduce myself, I am Lin Daxin, the governor of the four northeastern provinces of the Qing Dynasty, and the leader of the warring fleet of the Philippines and your U.S. Navy and the Italian Navy. ”

George? Dewey was a little surprised that Lin Daxin could speak to himself in proficient English, he sat on the chair opposite Lin Daxin, nodded at Lin Daxin, and said in a hoarse voice: "Hello Governor Lin!" I'm George the commander of the U.S. Navy's Asian Fleet? Dewey! ”

Lin Daxin smiled and said, "I am very sorry to meet Mr. Major General on such an occasion. If we see Mr. Major General somewhere else, maybe we can become friends. You know, I've always had a good impression of you Americans, but it's a great pity that you Americans and I chose war! ”

George? Dewey smiled bitterly and said, "Governor Lin, choosing to be an enemy with you may be the biggest mistake of our Americans!" ”

At this time, Lin Daxin asked the naval soldiers in the Shenyang to bring 2 cups of hot tea, and smiled at George? Dewey said, "Mr. Major General, I only have Chinese tea here. Without coffee, I don't know if you're used to it? ”

George? Dewey took a sip of the teacup and said, "I also like to drink Chinese tea very much, and Governor Lin's tea tastes good!" ”

Lin Daxin also picked up the teacup and took a sip, and then asked meaningfully, "Mr. Major General." What is the opinion of the fleeing Italian fleet? ”

George? Dewey frowned and asked, "I don't quite understand what Governor Lin meant!" ”

Lin Daxin continued: "I mean, where will the Italian warships that escaped go? ”

George? Dewey shrugged his shoulders and said, "Governor Lin, since you have prepared fake warships in advance to lure our US-Italian combined fleet to launch an attack first, I think you must already know that our U.S. Navy and Italian Navy are at the port of Taragan before coming to Manila Bay. The commander of the Italian fleet, Admiral Roberte, should not have been so stupid as to flee back to the port of Talagan. So I don't know where the Italian fleet will go now? ”

Lin Daxin asked George? Dewey just wanted to know if there were any other supply points for the combined U.S.-Italian fleet, and if there were, it was very likely that the remnants of the Italian warships would go to that supply point.

"Don't you have only one supply point in the port of Talagan for the U.S. Navy and the Italian Navy? Nothing else? Lin Daxin asked.

George? Dewey said, "Governor Lin." I will not lie about this, our American fleet and the Italian fleet have only one supply point in the port of Talagan, which I personally borrowed from the Dutch. On the vast sea, I really don't know where the Italians will flee! ”

Lin Daxin listens to George? Dewey put it this way. He smiled absently and said, "Maybe soon." I'll be able to get information on where the Italian warship has fled! In addition, I would like to ask Mr. Major General to come over, and I would like to ask Mr. Major General to send a goodwill signal to me and to you the United States, I do not want to be an enemy of you America, and I also hope to coexist peacefully with you America! ”

George? Dewey asked suspiciously, "Governor Lin, do you want to let me go back to the United States?" ”

Lin Daxin shook his head and said calmly: "I mean, after returning to Manila, Mr. Rear Admiral can send a telegram to you in the United States, reporting the situation here to you in the United States, hoping that you in the United States can accept my kindness, I don't want to send my fleet thousands of miles away." The other side of the Pacific to go to a war! ”

George? Dewey listened to Lin Daxin's words, and suddenly felt the hairs on his body stand up. A fear rose from the depths of his heart and enveloped his whole body.

The 27 warships of the three fleets of the Northeast Navy escorted the captured Italian Navy's Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships, the Angelo, Sirio, and Khima, and the captured U.S. Navy's Illinois-class all-steel battleships, the Illinois, Rabamawe, and the Sconstar, and returned to the port of Manila.

At this time, there are nearly 100,000 people in the port of Manila waiting for the victory of the Northeast Navy, in addition to more than 20,000 officers and soldiers of the 15th Division and the Marine Division of the Dingbei Army, the other nearly 80,000 people are Chinese living in the Manila area, when the crowd saw the Northeast Navy fleet returning from afar, the entire Manila port erupted into deafening cheers, after the victory in the naval battle, the Northeast Navy has used the radio to inform the 15th Division and the Marine Division of the Dingbei Army in Manila City.

The crowd, especially those living in Manila, are even more excited, and now the Philippines has belonged to Lin Daxin, and the army under Lin Daxin is strictly disciplined, under the rule of Lin Daxin, the Chinese in the Philippines not only have a high status, but also pay much less taxes than before, and many of the four northeastern provinces have implemented the policy of benefiting the people among the Chinese in the Philippines, so the Filipino Chinese are very supportive of Lin Daxin.

The good days of the Filipino Chinese have not passed for a few days, and at this time, the combined fleet of the United States and Italy actually came to attack the Philippines, which made the Chinese in the Philippines suddenly angry.

Even many young Chinese men from the Philippines came to the garrison camps of the Dingbei Army and asked to join the Dingbei Army to defend the Chinese in the Philippines.

Now that the Northeast Navy under Lin Daxin has defeated the powerful combined fleet of the United States and Italy, the Chinese in Manila are a little crazy with excitement.

"Our fleet is back! Banzai! Banzai! ”

"Look at what a big warship! With so many warships, we will never be bullied again by the Chinese in the Philippines in the future! Long live Lin Dashuai! ”

"Yes! Old man, I didn't expect to be in my lifetime. I can see that the Philippines belongs to our Chinese rule, long live Lin Dashuai! ”

"Great, you see. Those warships over there should be captured warships, haha, the Northeast Navy is too powerful! Long live the Northeast Navy! ”

"Even the navies of the United States and Italy together can't beat our Lin Dashuai! Hehe, you see, plus the port, which is the elite Dingbei Army at first glance, the life of our Filipino Chinese in the future will finally be stable! Long live the Dingbei Army! ”

"After all, it all depends on Lin Daxin! Long live Lin Dashuai! ”

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The slogans of Long Live throughout the port came and went, and it seemed that the excitement of the Chinese in Manila could no longer be expressed without shouting Long live. Squeeze into the crowd. Liu Achang, who is already a young owner of a small bar, also pulled his neck and shouted with the crowd Long live Lin Dashuai! He really hopes that Lin Dashuai will live long, how could he become the owner of a small bar without Lin Dashuai. And he also has a good property, and the matchmaker who has given him the media in the past few days has almost not stepped on the threshold of his house.

Now Marshal Lin has led the fleet and defeated the combined fleets of the United States and Italy. You can continue to run the small bar yourself. Liu Achang believes that under the leadership of Lin Dashuai, his life will get better and better.

In the bridge of the Shenyang, Lin Daxin looked at the port of Manila from the observation window with a smile on his face, and then turned his head to the commander of the Asian Detachment of the US Navy beside him, George Brown. Dewey said, "Mr. Major General, didn't you ask me why I bought the Philippines before you declared war between the United States and Spain? I can sue you for giving true freedom to the 1.5 million Chinese living in the Philippines. That's what I bought the Philippines for! Let the Filipino Chinese live freely, the Spaniards can't do it. You Americans can't do it, only I can! For this reason, I did not hesitate to choose the worst way, war-fight! ”

George? Dewey stood in the bridge and looked at the jubilant crowd in the harbor, shook his head with a wry smile, and said nothing. Facing Lin Daxin, the victor who won a big victory, what else can he say as a prisoner.

Now the Philippines has just been in the hands of Lin Daxin, and the opposition forces of the indigenous Filipinos still exist, and they have not been completely wiped out by the Dingbei Army, so for safety, Lin Daxin did not meet with the crowd at the port of Manila to welcome the victorious return of the Northeast Naval Fleet, but has stayed on the Shenyang, and summoned the commanders of the three fleets of the Northeast Navy to the Shenyang.

Lin Daxin said to the three people: "Are there any statistics on the casualties of each fleet?" ”

This time, with the combined fleet of the United States and Italy, the Northeast Navy also suffered a lot of losses, and there were 5 sunken warships, and these 5 warships were the main ships of the Northeast Navy.

Sun Xitao, commander of the First Fleet, first said: "The all-steel battleship Xiandeok of our First Fleet sank, three all-steel battleships of Xuandeok, Zaideok, and Pyongyang were seriously damaged, and the other six all-steel battleships were also slightly injured, and 530 naval officers and men were killed and more than 400 officers and men were injured in the whole fleet. ”

Jiang Chen, commander of the Second Fleet, continued: "The ironclad battleships of our Second Fleet, the Flying Deer and the Flying Lion, were sunk in the naval battle, and the four ironclad battleships of the Flying Fox, the Flying Eagle, the Sky Wolf, and the Sky Bear were seriously injured, and the other eight ironclad battleships were fine, and the whole fleet lost 680 naval officers and men, and more than 500 officers and men were injured. ”

Jiang Hui, the commander of the Third Fleet, smiled bitterly and said: "Our Third Fleet is the most casualty, the whole fleet has lost 810 naval officers and men, more than 600 officers and men have been injured, two large fast armored cruisers Xinglong and Xingye have sunk, the flagships Xinghai, Yushui, Shocking and Spring Equinox are not lightly injured, only Lichun is almost undamaged, and is now carrying out the task of monitoring the escaped Italian warships." ”

Lin Daxin sighed when he heard this, although the naval battle in Manila Bay was a great victory, but the enemy was killed by 1,000 and suffered 300 losses, and the 3 fleets sank 5 warships in the naval battle, he didn't care very much about the sunken warships, but the more than 2,000 officers and men of the Northeast Navy who died made Lin Daxin feel a little distressed.

The officers and men of the navy on these main warships that died were all elite and strong generals who had been trained hard for several years, and they lost more than 2,000 in a big battle.

However, in such a large-scale naval battle, casualties are inevitable, Lin Daxin waved away the sadness in his heart and continued to ask: "Have we counted the results of the battle?" ”

The spirits of the three commanders were lifted a little, and Sun Xitao said on behalf of the three of them: "Marshal, after interrogating the captured prisoners of war of the US Navy and the prisoners of war of the Italian Navy, the results of the battle have been counted!" ”

Then Sun Xitao took out a piece of paper from the pocket of his military uniform and read: "This time, the second expeditionary fleet of the Italian Navy, known as the Second Expeditionary Fleet, has a total of 8 Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships with a full load displacement of 14,974 tons, 4 Queen Elena-class all-steel battleships with a full load displacement of 13,995 tons, 6 Dotenaro-class large fast armored cruisers with a displacement of 9,700 tons, and 4 Elba-class fast protection cruisers with a displacement of 2,800 tons!" ”

"In the naval battle, our Northeast Navy sank the Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships Alfonso and Dante, and captured the seriously wounded Angelo, Sirio and Khima of the same rank. Four Queen Elena-class all-steel battleships, the Queen Elena, the Silvio, the Valero and the Sergio, were all sunk by us. The Dortnaro-class large fast armored cruisers Pinciga and Diegory were sunk by us. The Elba-class fast-defending cruisers Umberto and Rickli, sunk by us! ”

Sun Xitao paused for a moment and then read: "There are a total of 12 warships in the Asian Fleet of the US Navy, none of which escaped, and 3 Indiana-class all-steel battleships with a full load displacement of 11,523 tons, the Indiana, Massachusetts, and Oregon were sunk by us. 2 all-steel battleships of the Chishach-class with a displacement of 11,540 tons, the Chishach-class and the Kentucky were sunk by us. The large armored cruisers USS New York with a displacement of 8200 tons and USS Brooklyn with a displacement of 9200 tons were sunk by us. 2 Olympia-class protective cruisers with a displacement of 5800 tons, the USS Olympia and the USS Baltimore were sunk by us. ”

"3 Illinois-class all-steel battleships with a displacement of 11,565 tons, USS Illinois, USS Labamawee and USS Sconstar were captured by us. In addition, our Northeast Navy captured more than 3,800 prisoners of war from the Italian Navy and more than 3,000 prisoners of war from the United States Navy. ”

Lin Daxin was very happy when he heard that such a great result had been achieved, but the sadness of losing more than 2,000 naval officers and men was also diluted. (To be continued......)