In the port of Tianjin, dozens of large ocean-going vessels are quietly moored in the port. Thousands of officers and men of the 61st Army on the shore were nervously observing the movements around them, and dozens of shore defense guns and hundreds of antiaircraft machine guns were all loaded and ready to fire at any time.

Seeing the nervous appearance of the 61st Army, Chen Shaokuan and others were quite puzzled, it stands to reason that the Japanese troops around Tianjin have been wiped out by the 61st Army, and the only formed 30th Brigade has not already retreated, why is the 61st Army still so nervous.

"Commander Chen, I have seen your army so nervous along the way, why is this, is there a Japanese puppet army nearby that can pose a threat to your army?" Chen Shaokuan said.

"There aren't many Japanese puppet troops nearby, and there are just some stragglers, who can't pose any threat to our army at all. However, in the past few days, the Japanese air force has been constantly attacking Tianjin, and yesterday more than 40 bombers were dispatched to bomb Tianjin. Although the Japanese army was beaten all over the ground by our army on land, we couldn't help them in the sky! Chen Feng sighed and said.

Commander Chen thought for a while and said: "The Japanese army only has four airfields in North China, and now the Nanyuan Airport in Beiping and the Dongjuzi Airport and Zhangjiakou Airport in Tianjin have all been captured by your 61st Army, and now there is only one Baoding Airport left. In this way, it just so happens that Captain Gao led the fourth brigade to escort us this time, and let them go to Baoding on the return trip, and take good care of the little devil's airport, maybe it can relieve you a lot of pressure. ”

"Okay, well, little devil, this is unwilling to let these ships fall into our hands, so I'd rather blow them all up. Fortunately, our army was prepared. In yesterday's bombing, although the Japanese sank several small ships, they were shot down by our troops with six fighters, and the rest fled in panic. Chen Feng said.

"Hehehe, as early as when I was in Chongqing, I heard that the 61st Army was strong in combat, but I didn't expect it to be so strong, Chen Jun Chang has a good way of governing the army!"

"Where, where, this is the life of the brothers, otherwise our army would have been annihilated by the little devils, and as for me, Chen, someone's head would have been cut off by the little devils and sent to Beiping." Chen Feng said.

The handover of ships went smoothly, and the Japanese Provisional Air Force did not come to make trouble. It only took less than half an hour for the people brought by Chen Shaokuan to get on the boat. Then the Navy crew set the ship's boiler on fire. Watching the three warships slowly sail out of Tianjin Port, all the soldiers on the coast immediately cheered.

"Thank you, thank you. Xiao Chen, the Party Congress remembers you. You are heroes," Admiral Chen Shaokuan said excitedly.

Chen Feng smiled and replied: "It doesn't matter if the party-state remembers us or not. It doesn't matter if you're a hero or not. As long as the Chinese Navy remembers us, the Chinese people remember us. ”

Chen Shaokuan looked at Chen Feng meaningfully and said, "Xiao Chen, don't worry." Everything you have done for the country and the nation will be engraved on the monuments of history, and no one can erase them. ”

"I hope so!" Chen Feng said with a smile.

When he learned that the remaining 12 10,000-ton freighters, 7 patrol boats, and 11 gunboats of the 61st Army Company had all been sent to the navy, Chen Shaokuan was ecstatic and embarrassed to find that the manpower he had brought was far from enough, and he could not carry so many ships at one time.

When they went north to Tianjin this time, more than 150 people came. Originally, according to Chen Shaokuan's idea, it would be good if one of the three warships captured by the 61st Army could be started, after all, there must have been a big problem with the warships that entered the harbor for maintenance, otherwise they would not normally return to the port for repairs, and in addition, there are not many soldiers under the jurisdiction of the navy now, and Tianjin is so far away from Chongqing and Wuhan, and the transportation is inconvenient, so Chen Shaokuan only brought more than 150 people with him.

The navy was originally raised by the mother, since the Xinhai Revolution has rarely bought belongings, plus Jiangyin in the first battle Chen Shaokuan almost lost his pants, and now it is not easy to get three good ships, Chen Shaokuan will not give up no matter what, in desperation Chen Shaokuan had to ask Chen Feng for help, hoping that Chen Feng can lend him a thousand soldiers, and after these warships arrive in Guangzhou smoothly, he will send people to send the thousand people back to the north.

For Chen Shaokuan's request, Chen Feng agreed almost without consideration, but Chen Feng is also conditional, people can be lent to you, but there is no need to rush to return it after use, yours will train these people to be qualified naval officers and soldiers, if one day he Chen someone needs these people, you Commander Chen will send them back.

Chen Shaokuan thought about it and agreed, the navy was far more difficult than people imagined, and in addition to being unable to purchase additional ships due to the limitations of national strength, due to his personal influence, the navy was simply a backward mother in the entire establishment of the National Revolutionary Army, and not only could not pay the full amount of food and salary, but even the soldiers could not be guaranteed.

At this time, the navy was deliberately suppressed by He Yingqin, the top boss, and there was Lao Jiang's henchman Ouyang Ge to control the elbows, Defense Minister Chen Cheng to contain him, and the Japanese army to watch him outside, and the situation was difficult. The feud between Chen Shaokuan and He Yingqin began with the expansion of the Jiangnan Shipyard, which was originally a workshop of the Shanghai Manufacturing Bureau in the late Qing Dynasty, and after the Kuomintang took over the bureau, it was placed under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and later changed to the Ministry of the Navy and became an independent shipbuilding enterprise.

After Chen Shaokuan became the Minister of the Navy and the director of the Jiangnan Shipyard, he wanted to expand the factory and build a naval hospital on the site of the two empty batteries in the manufacturing bureau. The matter was consulted with the Ministry of Military Affairs, and official documents were sent back and forth several times, but no reply was granted. Chen sent section chief Wang Xuehai (who studied in Germany and learned water torpedoes, and most of the middle-level officials of the Ministry of Military Affairs were his classmates in Germany) to dredge up, but he was not allowed. Because Chen reprimanded He Yingqin for holding the commons, and tried his best to argue with it, although he finally got his wish, he offended He Yingqin because of this.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Admiralty was downsized and renamed the Navy General Headquarters, which was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Military Affairs. At that time, the navy was in urgent need of explosives to manufacture mines, and the Ministry of Military Affairs had explosives stored in the Hankou warehouse, but although it was requested, it was never approved. As for the appropriation of funds for mine control, it has also been made difficult. In terms of funds and military supplies, the Navy Headquarters is constrained by the Ministry of Military Affairs. In addition, Chen Shaokuan is not good at arguing, and he attends large-scale meetings held by the Ministry of Military Affairs or the Military Commission. The discussion and naval issues were not pleasant, and he withdrew from the table with his leather bag and sleeves in protest. Such a move aroused the resentment of officials of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of Military Affairs, and also further strained the relationship between Chen and Ho. Although Chen Shaokuan refuses to show weakness, he is in the position of others, and he is just helpless!

In addition to being at odds with He Yingqin, the top boss of the Navy General Headquarters, Chen Shaokuan also had a deep contradiction with Chen Cheng. However, this is not the most headache for Chen Shaokuan, the most headache for Chen Shaokuan is Ouyang Ge from within the navy.

What kind of person is this Ouyang Ge, who actually gave Chen Shaokuan such a headache. Although this Ouyang Ge person is not famous. But the origin is not small. This person is a high-ranking member of the navy personally promoted by Lao Jiang, and it can be said that Ouyang Ge is Lao Jiang's spokesman within the navy.

Although the old man does not have much level in battle, and is jokingly called the material of an infantry battalion commander at most, the old man's political skills are very tight. The navy is not a descendant of the old man's army. So there is a natural distrust of the old man in the Navy. So in order to completely control the Navy. Cultivate your own lineage. The old man not only deliberately preserved the Bohai Fleet of the Qingdao Department to oppose the Fujian Navy, but also ordered his henchman Ouyang Ge to establish the Navy Electric Mine School in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province in 1932, with Ouyang Ge as the principal.

The curriculum of the Naval Lightning School is exactly the same as that of the Naval School. The blueprint for the water torpedo facilities was also copied from Chen Shaokuan's naval construction plan, and water torpedo boats were purchased from Germany and Britain, and the scale of the school expanded day by day. At the opening ceremony of the Electric Thunder School, Ouyang Ge said to the students: "We are the Whampoa School of the Navy. At this point, the Fujian, Qingdao, and electric and thunder systems stood in full force, and Chiang Kai-shek achieved the goal of dividing and ruling the navy, and Chen Shaokuan's ideal of unifying the navy was completely shattered.

In addition to this, the contradiction between Chen Shaokuan and Ouyang Ge has long existed. As early as when the Nationalist Government established the capital of Nanjing, a large-scale award ceremony was held, and the old man awarded the Nationalist Government a first-class medal for Chen Shaokuan's outstanding contributions in the attack on Sun Chuanfang in the Battle of Longtan. Ouyang Ge believed that before Chen joined the National Revolutionary Army, when he was the commander of the Second Fleet and led the ships in Nanjing, he had a hot relationship with Sun Chuanfang, and sent ships to assist Sun Chuanfang in attacking the Northern Expeditionary Army in Jiangxi, so he did not deserve this reward.

After the old man left the table, Ouyang Ge immediately accused Chen Shaokuan on the spot of being deserved, and Chen Shaokuan was very angry when he heard it. When the old man learned about this, he reprimanded Ouyang Ge. After that, Ouyang Ge was treated coldly by Chen Shaokuan, so he had a grudge against Chen, and since then he has opposed Chen Shaokuan many times. Ouyang Ge even enrolled the students of the marine engineering class who had been Kaige by Chen Kaige at the Mawei Naval School into the Thunder School, and after graduation, he sent them to Germany to learn water torpedoes, so as to cultivate backbones and gather strength to oppose Chen. The admirals who were dissatisfied with Chen Shaokuan also tried their best to win over and bribe them, in an attempt to divide and disintegrate the strength of the Fujian navy. For those close to Chen Shaokuan, Ouyang Ge looked for a way to slander and frame them.

In particular, in the recent battle of Jiangyin, Chen Shaokuan's confidant Chen Jiliang commanded the "Ninghai," "Pinghai," "Yingrui," and "Yixian" ships on the Jiangyin front. Some people advised them not to hang the commander's flag to avoid bombing by enemy planes, but they were reprimanded. All four warships were finally blown up by enemy aircraft. When the "Ninghai" and "Pinghai" were bombed and stranded in the shallows, Ouyang Ge immediately sent troops to dismantle the antiaircraft guns on the ship.

Chen Jiliang was wounded in the bombing, and the Admiralty sent Zeng Yiding as the commander of the Navy's river defense to replace Chen Jiliang, and ordered Chen to retreat to the rear for medical treatment. Ouyang Ge actually lied to Chiang Kai-shek that Chen Jiliang had escaped from the battle. Jiang immediately instructed: "Shoot on the spot." ”

Chen Shaokuan was greatly annoyed when he received the instructions, and immediately reported to Jiang that Chen Jiliang commanded the operation in Jiangyin, and Jiang Sheng said angrily: "Hey! You go find out and deal with it. At that time, a German general adviser was fortunate enough to take a group of people to watch the naval and air battles on the Jiangyin Battery, and he said in a telegram to Chiang: "This is the fiercest battle of the navy and air force that I have seen since the First World War. Jiang was stunned after receiving the call, and immediately told Chen on the phone: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, comfort Chen Jiliang on my behalf." ”

Because Chen Shaokuan's relationship with the top leaders of the Nationalist Government was very tense, the navy was struggling, and the difference in the strength of the Chinese and Japanese navies was huge, so they were passive everywhere. From the beginning of the war to the present, the navy has not only lost almost all of its large ships, but also a large number of soldiers.

However, these lost soldiers could not be replenished in time, which made the already weak navy even weaker. Now that the navy has been replenished with so many ships at once, Chen Shaokuan is happy in his heart, but he is worried about the navy's soldiers, according to the approved personnel of these three large warships and a large number of gunboat patrol boats, at least about 2,000 people.

Chen Shaokuan knew that if he applied for the Ministry of Military Affairs in the normal way, it was likely that he would be suppressed before the Ministry of Military Affairs came out, and now Chen Feng actually took the initiative to let the navy train the navy on his behalf, how could there be any reason for reluctance. (To be continued......)