A turmoil in Tianjin interrupted the private work of the First Rapid Response Fleet. However, Bian Changdi and the others didn't seem to be ready to give up, and they were all in a hurry, so they were ready to set sail immediately after simply resting in Dalian. The "Long Live the General" and several other capital ships that had not recovered from serious injuries were also put down, and dozens of destroyers were gathered and ready to go straight on the road.

"The capital ships of your fleet are all overhauled, and although there are many other ships, they are all auxiliary ships, why don't I allocate you two capital ships from the captured ships and make you the flagship for the time being!" After all, Boton is the commander of the navy, and he still has the bearing that he should have. Moreover, the fact that all the warships of the Aspen fleet were able to capture all the warships of the Aspen fleet this time was the credit of the First Rapid Reaction Fleet, and Bolton certainly meant it.

"Commander Xie cares, but this kind of big ship, the general will be a little unaccustomed to it, and they can't keep up with the actions of other ships, which will affect the overall strength of the fleet!" Bian Changdi still has a minimum of respect for Botun, they don't like too big boats, they prefer speed and passion.

"In naval warfare, the fleet needs large warships as the fire support point of the fleet, and in landing operations, it needs large warships as a support for suppressing shore-based firepower, and large warships ......," Botun began to drop his schoolbag at Bian Changdi, reciting many things from textbooks.

"Thank you, sir!" Bian Changdi did not fully agree with Botun's point of view, but he was very energetic about the fact that large warships could suppress the firepower points on the shore, after all, this private work involved landing warfare, and they were not familiar with this kind of work between land and water.

"If you like that, I'll transfer it to you!" Botun endorsed because he had nothing to do, so he didn't care about being interrupted, and Bian Changdi's attitude of being humbly taught, Botun still liked it very much.

"Don't bother the chief, I'll send a telegram and ask them to send the three waste ships in Vladivostok!" Bian Changdi did not covet the majestic ship that Botun regarded as a treasure.

Botun didn't care, he didn't even know what Bian Changdi and the others were going to do, and he didn't think about what the "three wastes" in Bian Changdi's mouth were. Botun was busy taking complete control of the capture and allowing the Bohai Fleet to develop into a veritable First Fleet in East Asia. And Bian Changdi has been in too much limelight before, and Botun has a little dark and careful thinking in his heart, Botun is waiting for Bian Changdi to show his foreign appearance, waiting for this arrogant bastard to admit that they are still more powerful scholars who have returned from abroad. Only at that time will Botun really master the navy and be able to control the trend of naval development in the future.

But when the First Rapid Reaction Fleet set off again, Bolton felt that he had been calculated, and that Bian Changdi was dishonest. Because the "three wastes" in Bian Changdi's mouth are the three battleships with the highest number on the North Manchurian Navy, the 5,900-ton "Green Water", the 6,700-ton "Qingbo", and the 7,100-ton "Bitao". These three treasures were the main warships of the former US Federal Navy, and they became the trophies of the First Rapid Reaction Fleet in the US coastal melee. Goxinga still has a certain preference for large battleships, so he gave priority to the names of the ships, and concentrated a lot of resources to rebuild and upgrade the weapons of these three battleships.

However, after being incorporated into the 1st Rapid Reaction Fleet, these three majestic battleships were not taken seriously, and although they were huge and had many weapons, they were always understaffed. Although Goxinga equipped the battleships with the most advanced three-expansion steam engines in Northern Manchuria, the iron-clad battleships were too heavy to reach the speed of many destroyers. The First Rapid Reaction Fleet, whose tactical thinking has always been based on speed, certainly did not like battleships that could not run fast, so the three battleships became waste and became mobile batteries in the port of Vladivostok.

This time, Bian Changdi also listened to Bo Dun's words, and felt that it was still useful to deal with the big guy who was on the shore, so he transferred the three treasures out of Vladivostok and prepared to set off with them. However, when passing through Dalian, Botun was dark again, and he felt that it was Bian Changdi demonstrating to him. The "Green Water", "Qingbo", and "Bitao" ships were not more advanced than the ships of Botun in terms of hull design, but they were all equipped with iron armor, and ordinary shells could not gnaw at them at all. The upgrade of the weapon system is even more exaggerated, with a triple 248-mm heavy turret installed in the bow as the main gun, a total of 122 mm cannons on both sides of the ship's waist battery, 12 88-mm guns designed by Goxinga himself, and a 150-mm twin turret in the stern. In addition, eight machine guns were set up on the top of the bridge and mast, not the Makqin used by the army, but the 12.7 mm M2 heavy machine gun specially prepared by Goxinga for the navy.

This kind of luxurious equipment of the three ships, not to mention the ships of the Bohai Fleet that has not yet completed the transformation, even the British Navy cannot find such an ace warship. Botun calculated in his heart that even if the Bohai Fleet attacked in a group now, it would be difficult to take down these three ships. As for the so-called invincible British Navy, it also had to rely on the siege of the Pacific Fleet to have three ships to be killed. In a hard-fought frontal battle, these three divine ships are almost invincible in terms of protection, mobility, and firepower. Bo Dun secretly made up his mind that when Bian Changdi finished this private work, he would get these three divine ships into his own hands no matter what. And it seems that Vladivostok is still very strong in terms of warship transformation, and he has to find a way to quickly transform the nine British battleships in his hands.

Bian Changdi's private work was to drive the First Rapid Reaction Fleet to Nanjing, and the purpose of coming to Nanjing was not to deter Zeng Guofan for the imperial court, but to send the first Marine Regiment and an old commander to Nanjing. Although Bian Changdi was born as an artilleryman, in addition to Kong Zhen, Bian Changdi also has an old chief, that is, Tan Shaoguang. Not only Bian Changdi, but many people in the First Rapid Reaction Fleet are Tan Shaoguang's subordinates, after all, a group of old Maozi such as Ostrovsky were captured by Tan Shaoguang, and Tan Shaoguang is an important funder of the "Inland River School". The marines raised by the First Rapid Reaction Fleet are almost all developed by the infantry under Tan Shaoguang and Acton, so the old commander has something to do, and they must stand up and help do some private work. Although it is said to be a private job, in fact, Bian Changdi also obtained Guo Xing's approval, Tan Shaoguang came to Nanjing privately, but Guo Xing'a did not object.

In the early summer, Tan Shaoguang went to Changchun and attended a tactical seminar at the Army University, and one of the topics of the tactical unit was the offensive and defensive battle in Nanjing. Tan Shaoguang did not pay much attention to how the students and other generals analyzed the situation in Nanjing and predicted the strategic and tactical trends, but Tan Shaoguang was deeply impressed by Guoxinga's judgment of the outcome of the Battle of Nanjing. Guo Xing'a asserted that the Hunan army would win, and Li Xiucheng would not only be unable to break the siege, but would inevitably give up the opportunity to let the city go because of internal strife, and the final result was likely to be the defeat of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom regime, and Li Xiucheng's defeat and capture. After Tan Shaoguang returned to Aihui, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that what Guo Xing'a said made sense, and at the same time, he began to worry about Li Xiucheng, who he had followed for many years.

Guo Xing'a and Li Xiucheng don't have any deep hatred, but they are definitely not friendly and good-neighborly, and the two have also had times when they fought offensively and defensively to kill people. So Tan Shaoguang also knew that Guo Xing'a would not take the initiative to rescue Li Xiucheng, but Tan Shaoguang knew Guo Xing'a, he was a very talented person, if Tan Shaoguang could persuade him, Guo Xing'a would still be tempted. However, Li Xiucheng is hard-boned and ruthless, and he is loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, so I am afraid that he will not bow to Guoxing'a for a while. If Li Xiucheng went to Northern Manchurian to continue the development of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it would be a miracle that Guoxing Ah would not kill him with his own hands. Tan Shaoguang thought about it and fell into a dilemma. When Tan Shaoguang mustered up the courage to go south to Changchun again, a good news that he had never expected reached his ears, Guo Xing'a spent a lot of money to redeem Shi Dakai from Sichuan.

Shi Dakai's identity is much more valuable than Li Xiucheng's, and his harmfulness and loyalty to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are also deeper than Li Xiucheng's. But after Tan Shaoguang went to find Guo Xing'a, the answer he got was not as he wanted, Guo Xing'a didn't pay a penny, and he had almost no interest in rescuing Li Xiucheng.

Zeng Guofan and Luo Bingzhang are different, no matter how much money Guo Xing'a takes, he doesn't want to ransom people from Zeng Guofan. Moreover, Zeng Guofan's Hunan army is too strong, and it is also the main buyer of Guoxing's current arms, and Guoxinga does not want to have a head-on conflict with Zeng Guofan because of a stubborn enemy. Guo Xing'a refused to come forward, Tan Shaoguang could only come by himself, and Guo Xing'a did not interfere, but there was a limit, it was okay to make a small fight once, but it must not be too big, and it could not cause a full-scale conflict with the Hunan army. With Guo Xing'a's acquiescence, Tan Shaoguang, who has always been not far away to cause trouble to others, still found the old subordinates of the navy departments, and he had no choice but to find the navy, and he couldn't swim to Nanjing for thousands of miles across the ocean.

When the First Rapid Reaction Fleet sailed into Shanghai, it caused a commotion among the great powers, and Li Hongzhang was also very surprised. After it was determined that it was only the North Manchurian fleet that had crossed, everyone collectively looked at the Western scenery, the great powers admired the rapid development of North Manchuria, and Li Hongzhang began to think about how he should develop in the future. At the same time, Li Zhongcheng also determined one thing, Guoyun in Northern Manchu is not easy to mess with, and it is better to avoid conflict with it at the moment.

Nanjing's Zeng Guofan couldn't stand the persuasion of Zeng Guoquan, Bao Chao and others, and ran to Shence Gate to admire his celebrity calligraphy and paintings. Hong Xiuquan's level of commanding and managing the concubine will definitely not be able to write any good calligraphy and painting, and the ancient books and classics in Nanjing have also been ruined for him, and Zeng Guofan has no chance to improve his taste. However, during the attack and defense of Nanjing, the wall tiles of Shence Gate were shattered by shells, and the celebrity carvings that were covered up by Li Xiucheng a few years ago leaked out. Looking at Guo Xing'a's couplet in his eyes, the words of Xiande, and listening to the persuasion of Zeng Guoquan and others in his ears, Zeng Guofan's mood was still good. Imagine that Guoxing Ah was drunk under the city, climbed the city with a drum, and carved and laughed, what a young hero and how high-spirited he was.

But when he landed at the top of the city, looking at the warships on the river that were a few points bigger than the Taihe Palace, and looking at the marines who were landing and establishing a beachhead, Zeng Guofan's face became worse and worse. Looking at the equipment of the Marine Corps, fools know that Guoxing's weapons were hidden when they sold arms, and the 100,000 elites created by Zeng Guofan's huge investment have some potential for jokes in front of the troops in North Manchuria.

"It's not good!" After landing, the Marines quickly dispatched a search team and began to explore the area around Nanjing, where there were still sporadic battles, and Zeng Guofan knew that he was in trouble.