After shelling the two divisions of the Japanese army outside Dalian, Lin Daxin led the naval fleet of the Naval Academy to return to Lushun Military Port.

After the ironclad battleship Flying Bear docked, Lin Daxin took Sun Xitao, the commander of the First Fleet, and Jiang Chen, the captain of the Flying Bear, to walk down from the Flying Bear and walk to the dock of Lushun Military Port. At this time, there were already many people on the dock to welcome the naval fleet of the Naval Academy that had returned victoriously.

Wu Peifu, commander of the first division of the Dingbei Army, and Zhao Hu, commander of the second division of the Dingbei Army, walked in front of Lin Daxin first, and the two of them saluted at the same time and said with joy on their faces: "Congratulations to the principal!" Another big victory over the Japanese Combined Fleet! ”

Lin Daxin said with a smile: "It's a pity that I still let the Japanese Combined Fleet run some warships!" By the way, how is the situation in the Army? ”

Wu Peifu said: "After the naval fleet of the Navy Academy shelled two Japanese divisions with naval guns, the two Japanese divisions suffered heavy losses and were unable to form an army, and were chased all the way to the city of Jinzhou by the four divisions of our third, sixth, seventh and eighth divisions, and the two divisions were only three or four thousand people who could escape into Jinzhou City!" Now our 4 divisions have built fortifications in the south of Jinzhou City, ready to attack Jinzhou City at any time! ”

Lin Daxin nodded, and then asked Zhao Hu, the commander of the Second Division: "Zhao Hu, how are the tanks and armored vehicles of the Second Division doing?" It's up to your second division to attack Jinzhou City! ”

Zhao Hu said loudly: "Don't worry, principal! Our second division must take down Jinzhou City to the principal! The 50 T-62 tanks and 50 BTR-60 armored vehicles brought to Lushun this time, our second division has selected the best crews to ensure that the Japanese army will not forget the awesomeness of our iron guys! ”

Lin Daxin said with a smile: "That's good! Jinzhou City depends on your second division! ”

Lin Daxin said to the senior officers of the army and navy gathered together: "At present, the Japanese combined fleet has been greatly damaged by the navy, and the main task of our navy in the near future is to blockade the Korean Strait, Liaodong Bay, and the Changshan Islands, and cut off the channel for the Japanese army to continue to send reinforcements and logistical supplies from the mainland to Korea and Liaodong!" ”

At this time, Jiang Hui, the commander of the Second Fleet, frowned and said, "Great handsome! What if the Japanese rented a British transport ship to transport troops and supplies? After the last Battle of the Yellow Sea, the Japanese used British transport ships to transport supplies and troops from the mainland to Korea! ”

When Lin Daxin heard this, this was a problem, he thought about it for a while and said: "Let the navy's warships be closely inspected in the waters of Korea and Liaodong, and if they encounter British transport ships, they must be carefully inspected, and if British transport ships transport supplies and troops for Japan, they will all be seized!" ”

Sun Xitao, the commander of the First Fleet, said with some concern: "What if the British transport ship is forbidden for us to inspect?" ”

Lin Daxin snorted coldly: "Hmph! If the British dared to refuse to be inspected, it meant that they were transporting Japanese things on board! You can take tough measures and sink the British transport ship with cannons! ”

Yu Fu, the commander of the Lushun garrison fleet, said worriedly: "It's best not to sink the British transport ship, we still have to consider the attitude of the British after all, otherwise the British will definitely not give up!" ”

Lin Daxin waved his hand: "Don't care about the attitude of the British!" In this war between the Japanese and us, the British sent troops directly to help the Japanese to fight us! Just do as I say, if the British transport ship is not inspected by our naval warships in the waters of Korea and Liaodong, I will allow you to take strong measures and sink the transport ship! ”

Seeing that Lin Daxin had made up his mind, the senior officers of the Navy of the Naval Academy received the order in unison.

Chen Mingjian, the captain of the Xinghai, the flagship of the Second Fleet, said: "Principal, now the Japanese Combined Fleet has been severely damaged by us!" Why don't we attack the Combined Fleet military port on the Japanese mainland! Wipe out the Combined Fleet! ”

Lin Daxin had this idea for a long time, and when he heard Chen Ming's words, he nodded and said, "I will consider attacking the Japanese mainland!" ”

Wu Peifu said to Lin Daxin at this time: "Principal! When will our Dingbei Army start attacking Jinzhou City? ”

Lin Daxin's eyes showed a glimmer of light, and he said to the generals of the Dingbei Army present: "Lord Ding, the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division, has written to the court for me, and hopes that the court will crown me as the governor of Fengtian!" We now don't worry about the Northern Army, wait for the imperial court to make a decree, canonize me as the governor of Fengtian, and then launch an attack on Jinzhou City! ”

When everyone heard Lin Daxin's words, they immediately felt a shock in their spirits, if Lin Daxin could really become the governor of Fengtian, it would really be regarded as a steady progress, and the subordinates who followed Lin Daxin would also follow!

It turned out that before leading the fleet of the Naval Academy to leave Weihaiwei, Ding Ruchang told Lin Daxin in private that now that the Shengjing City of Liaodong has been lost, and there is not much left of the 100,000 army, and the imperial court can only gather 100,000 troops with weak combat effectiveness in Shanhaiguan, and most of the 100,000 Qing troops are green battalion soldiers with weak combat effectiveness and newly recruited soldiers from the Huai Army. It was very difficult to stop the strong Japanese soldiers.

If Shanhaiguan is lost again, then the Japanese army can go to the city of Beijing! Then the situation will be out of control, so the imperial court must find a way to hold back the Japanese army in Liaodong. And the only one that can hold back the Japanese army is the Dingbei Army in Lushun at present!

Ding Ruchang built yì Lin Daxin took this opportunity to get absolute benefits for himself!

When Lin Daxin heard this, he sighed in his heart that Ding Ruchang really regarded himself as a son-in-law, and immediately asked Ding Ruchang for guidance.

Ding Ruchang was very satisfied with Lin Daxin's attitude, and told Lin Daxin that he would write to the imperial court for Lin Daxin, hoping that Lin Daxin would be crowned the governor of Fengtian Province and be in charge of the battle situation in Liaodong, so as to better delay the pace of the Japanese army's attack on Shanhaiguan, so that the imperial court could have time to mobilize more troops and strengthen the defense of Shanhaiguan and Beijing.

Ding Ruchang also specially told Lin Daxin that the Dingbei Army should first hold the Lushun area in Liaodong, and not take the initiative to attack the Japanese army, so as to exert some pressure on the imperial court and let the imperial court consider the stakes clearly. After the imperial court agreed to give Lin Daxin the post of governor of Fengtian, the Dingbei Army launched an offensive in Liaodong again!

As soon as Lin Daxin heard Ding Ruchang's construction, he immediately agreed, and thanked Ding Ruchang for his kindness!

Ding Ruchang said with a smile on his face: "The old man treats you like this!" It's all for the old man's precious daughter! Daxin, the old man is suing you! You don't care about your three wives and four concubines! But the old man's daughter Ding Xueshan must be your Lin Daxin's wife! ”

When Lin Daxin heard this, Ding Ruchang's words were obviously aimed at Du Juan who appeared next to Lin Daxin, and he immediately said embarrassedly: "Uncle Ding, don't worry!" Wait until this big war with Japan is over! I'll marry Xue Shan! ”

In the Xinuan Pavilion where Cixi lived in the Forbidden City in Beijing, the center of power in the Qing Dynasty, the four top figures of the Qing Dynasty, the Empress Dowager Cixi, the Guangxu Emperor, the foreman of the military aircraft and the foreman of the prime minister, Prince Gong Yixun, the minister of Yamen, and Li Hongzhang, the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang Commerce, were studying the situation in Liaodong here.

Li Hongzhang said: "Queen Mother, the Beiyang Naval Division has sent a good news, and the Beiyang Naval Division Naval Division Naval Academy Practice Fleet has once again defeated the Japanese Combined Fleet in Jinzhou Bay!" Sink 17 large Japanese ships and capture 3 large ships! Sailor Academy practice fleet sank 1 big ship! In addition, the practice fleet carried out a long artillery bombardment of the Japanese army outside Dalian! Let the 2 divisions of the Japanese army suffer heavy casualties! At present, the Japanese army has returned to Jinzhou City, and the Lushun base of our Beiyang Naval Division is worry-free! ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi nodded and said, "This is finally good news!" Prince Gong, how is Shanhaiguan now? ”

Prince Gong Yixin said: "The commander-in-chief in charge of the Shanhaiguan defense line, Yi Ketanga, called and said that although Shanhaiguan already has an army of 100,000. But most of them are green battalion soldiers with weak combat effectiveness, and the newly recruited soldiers of the Huai Army, who are not able to fight! Please continue to send troops to support Shanhaiguan! ”

Emperor Guangxu was shocked and said: "100,000 troops are not enough!" Let the court find reinforcements for him Iktanga! Is it the loss of Sheng Jing that has scared Iktanga's courage away! ”

Prince Gong Yixin explained: "Your Majesty! It's not that Iktanga doesn't have the courage, it's really that our Green Battalion of the Qing Dynasty has been in extreme decay over the years, and in the face of the powerful Japanese Army, I can't complain about Iktanga's bitterness! ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi frowned and said: "Shanhaiguan is very important, if Shanhaiguan is lost, won't the Japanese fight under the city of Beijing!" Do you want to let the events of the Xianfeng years repeat themselves! Let the mourning family flee again! Prince Gong, since Shanhaiguan's troops are not enough, send troops to Shanhaiguan again! And to send some elites to Yiketanga, so that Yiketanga must ensure that Shanhaiguan is not lost! ”