"That's really the case......" Wang Maoru sneered, "This Xu Shuzheng is not well-intentioned, Zhang Zuolin's thief heart is not dead." He walked around and asked, "Can you contact Shen Honglie, how is his preparation for naval operations?" ”

Compared with the army, the development of the navy of China has not been taken seriously since the collapse of the Beiyang Fleet, but there are many events in the history of the Republic of China that are still related to the navy, such as the first Zhifeng War in history. At that time, the navy had no owner, and then they decided to defect to Zhang Zuolin, the Northeast Military Law who was optimistic at that time. But at that time, Zhang Zuolin did not realize the importance of the navy, and he was born in the green forest, and he did not agree with these naval officers who were dressed in bright clothes and had arrogant expressions and drank foreign ink, which was like the mutual incomprehension of people who eat garlic and people who drink *coffee.

Although the navy is optimistic about Zhang Zuolin, it doesn't like it in his heart, but the navy is cornered, after all, at that time, not everyone could afford to raise the navy, a gold-swallowing beast. Zhang Zuolin didn't think the navy was important, the old brothers looked at the navy and said on the side, what is the use of these grandsons, fighting a war and occupying territory is not the army's business, no matter how powerful the navy is, can it be as powerful as the Japanese himself? So Fengjun's arrogance and ignorance would make the navy very disappointed, and at this time, Qi Xieyuan, the direct supervisor of Jiangsu, saw the opportunity to take the initiative to woo him, and the navy immediately took refuge in the direct line.

In the Battle of Zhifeng, the navy and marines of the direct line of China cut off the back road and railroad of the Feng army from behind, and the naval gunboats attacked the Feng army and defeated the Feng army in a battle (to this day, many people only know that Wu Peifu defeated the Feng system, but they do not know that the navy has a great merit in this).

The reason why Shen Honglie dared to ask Wang Maoru for a ticket has a lot to do with the fact that the navy is now three regardless of it. There are two fleets in the Republic of China Navy, namely the main force of the Navy, the First Fleet, the commander Cheng Biguang, when Yuan Shikai was proclaimed emperor, led the First Fleet to the south and participated in the movement against Yuan Shikai to protect the country (later Cheng Biguang was assassinated by Sun Wen because of his disagreement with Sun Wen, and the Fujian officers and soldiers of the First Fleet were suppressed and slaughtered and disbanded. planted the bane of the division of the First Fleet).

Rao Huaiwen, commander of the Navy's Second Fleet, however, led the Second Fleet to Nanjing, but he spent more time on the Huā ship than on the ship. The officers and men of the Second Fleet were furious.

At this time, the whole country was at war, the country's military spending was limited, and the War Department had always been the majority. Army Chief Duan Qirui is a strong man, Navy Chief Cheng Biguang ran to Guangdong, and the second Navy Chief had to invite the veteran Sa Zhenbing. However, Sa Zhenbing is already in his last years and cannot compete with Duan Qirui for military spending, which leads to a tight military budget for the navy. Sa Zhenbing only served as the chief of the navy for a few months, and resigned sullenly and was replaced by Liu Guanxiong.

The Second Fleet asked Navy Chief Liu Guanxiong for a salary, and Liu Guanxiong had no money, and it was the Ministry of Communications of Anhui that was rich, while the current government was directly in charge, and the officers and men of the Navy were kicked around like a ball.

It is said that on this day, Commander Rao Huaiwen finally stopped visiting the huā ship, Captain Jiang Heng of the Navy Chen Shiying, Captain Lijie Lin Peixi, and Captain Lisui Wang Shouting. Lin Guanshou, the captain of the Ichuan (armed tugboat), visited Rao Huaiwen and four people, but they were stopped by Rao's adjutant, saying that the commander was sick and closed the door. Everyone was surprised and asked how the commander was sick, the adjutant didn't speak, and the quick-tempered Chen Shiying was anxious. took out a gun and said that you didn't say that I killed you, and the adjutant told the truth. It turned out that this commander indulged in wine on the Qinhuai River and suffered from huā willow disease, and now he is indeed a strict disease.

After the adjutant said this, the four members of the navy looked at each other, and they wanted to question. But when I thought of Rao Huaiwen, who was sick, I felt sick. So they couldn't help but sigh when they returned to the navy, and summoned Jiang Yuan, Jiang Li, Jiang Zhen, and Jian'an, as well as the torpedo boats Hu Peng, Hu Ying, Hu Que, and Hu Falcon of the Yangtze River Fleet, and the chief and first mate of the shallow water gunboats Chu Tai, Chu Guan, Chu Tong, Chu You, Chu Qian, and Chu Yu to come to the Jiang Heng for a meeting.

At the beginning of the meeting, Rao Hanchang, the captain of the Chutai ship, and Ding Zugeng, the deputy captain of the ship, shouted: "There has been no military pay for ten months, but the commander is working hard every day, what does this make me and other sergeants think?" If this continues, it is better to go to Guangzhou and go to Commander Cheng. ”

"Cheng Guangdong?" Wang Guangxiong, the captain of the Chu Qian, sneered: "He defected to the Guangdong government, what's wrong now?" Still hungry? I can't believe this Cheng Guangdong. ”

"What do you mean?" Song Wenhui, the captain of the Jiang Yuan torpedo ship, a native of Xiangshan, Guangdong, slapped the table, jumped up and shouted, "What do you mean? Looking down on Cantonese Aberdeen? ”

Suddenly, the Cantonese officers jumped up and shouted, and Wang Guangxiong and other Fujian officers also stood up and shouted, and finally Chen Shiying saw that everyone was arguing, slapped the table, and said angrily: "Shut up, sit down for me!" ”

Chen Shiying's prestige in the Second Fleet is higher than that of Commander Rao Huaiwen, although as a Fujianese, he has always spoken more fairly and convincingly, and when he was angry, both sides sat down, but they glared angrily. The vast majority of officers in the navy are Fujianese, but the contradictions between Fujianese and non-Fujianese officers have a long history, and it is also a headache. Chen Shiying said angrily: "When is it, are you still discussing this, have you ever thought that we are discussing meaningless topics here, but the naval soldiers have to sell weapons and use warships to help people transport them to make money to supplement everyone's food expenses." Now we are talking about the future of the Navy, the commander, don't think about it, everyone knows who he is. Chen Shiying stood up, looked around, and said: "The government city is changing the king's flag, and it is getting worse and worse, and now it is not as good as President Yuan Da saying that the emperor attaches importance to the navy." A few days ago, I received a telegram from a friend inviting me to a place in my district where our navy is very important. ”

"Where?" The crowd craned their necks and asked.

"The three northeastern provinces, the commander of the Northeast Frontier Army, and the martial general Wang Maoru." Chen Shiying looked around and said: "Shen Honglie, chief of the general staff of the Northeast Navy, specially came to Nanjing, invited our second fleet to go north, and promised that the military salary would be made up immediately, all the captains of warships would be retained, all the soldiers would be retained, and the Northeast Navy base would be established, and three new ships would be purchased within three years. ”

Everyone looked at each other, put aside their prejudices for the time being, but discussed this martial general, although he was in the south, but he was no stranger to this martial general touted by the people. At this time, I have to mention the merits of "Shangwu Military Parade", which shows a patriotic general and ambitious leader to the fullest.

"Speaking of this Wang Maoru, I have met with him." He Guangcheng, captain of the Chu Tong ship, said: "In the past, when I was serving in the Admiralty in Beijing, I accompanied the then Navy Chief Liu Guanxiong, and accompanied President Yuan Da to inspect the 11th Mixed Brigade of the Border Army of General Shang Wu, and I also knew this person quite well. At that time, everyone in the world believed that Wang Maoru was the one who took over the mantle of Beiyang. At that time, Wang Maoru had only 3,000 soldiers, but he trained a group of recruits within three months to be strong, which can really be said to be the reincarnation of Sun Wu. ”

Song Wenhui said: "It's an exaggeration, is it true, Sun Wu is reincarnated?" I've seen him be opportunistic. ”

"Opportunistic?" He Guangcheng said strangely: "What do you say? ”

Song Wenhui sneered: "I think that he led an army division into Tianjin to prepare for Europe, I really thought that he would lead troops to Europe, but I didn't want him to see Zhang Xun's intention to restore, but he didn't send troops to Tianjin, and even I suspect that he secretly instigated Zhang Xun, and then after Zhang Xun was restored, he led his troops to recover Beijing and rebuild the republic." ”

Fang Yousheng, the captain of the Chuyu ship, said: "Brother Wen Hui can't say anything, since the Republic of China, how many heartfelt words, word of mouth to falsely rumor that three people become tigers will eventually ruin people's reputation." General Shangwu recreates the republic in the United States, if Brother Wen Hui is suspicious, how can anyone in this world be innocent? ”

"Sun Wen is one of them." Song Wenhui said.

"Hahahaha, ridiculous, to put it mildly, you Cantonese people are the best, yes or no?" Wang Guangxiong said angrily: "Sun Wen is innocent? He sneered and asked, "Then let me ask, who killed Tao Chengzhang?" Who killed Tao Chengzhang? It's not Sun Wen, a villain with a honey-bellied sword! ”

"You!" Song Wenhui stood up.

Chen Shiying felt helpless when he saw this, and said: "Sit down, let's do it, now that the Second Fleet of our Navy is surviving is difficult, in order to overcome such an environment, I have three buildings, can you listen to it?" If you think it's not feasible, let's add that our 37 captains and deputy captains voted on this by hand, one person, one vote, how about it? When Chen Shiying said this, everyone was like a mirror in their hearts, everyone decided to stop paying attention to the Admiralty, and Rao Huaiwen, the commander, was a fart in their eyes. Moreover, this decision also means that if they defect to Wang Maoru, they will no longer use the term "Chinese" navy, and will become an out-and-out local force.

Everyone looked at each other, their expressions were different, and the brothers still had their own ideas, not to mention the captains and deputy captains of the thirty-seven ships, these more than ninety people were together, each with different thoughts, so they discussed it loudly.

After a while, everyone decided to let Chen Shiying talk about his thoughts first, and Chen Shiying said: "My first plan is to continue to wait for government orders in Nanjing, we are soldiers of the government, naturally obey the government's orders, but we can overcome difficult situations, smuggling, transportation, assisting in the protection of merchant ships, are all money-making businesses, although this will inevitably fall the morale of the navy, but the navy can survive, and life is also worry-free." ”

Everyone shook their heads, and Song Wenhui said: "Assisting merchant ships sounds good, in fact, it is to help warlords transport opium, alas, we and other soldiers have now become opium dealers." ”

"yes." The officers were very depressed.

Chen Shiying said again: "The second article is that we will go south and defect to Li Houji, the overseer of Fujian, most of the Second Fleet of the Navy are from Fujian Province, and Li Houji will definitely take them in." He sighed and said, "It's just that Fujian is also a barren province, and to support such a huge navy of the Second Fleet, I'm afraid we also need to earn some money to make up for it." Then he said: "The third is to go north to the northeast, Wang Maoru expressed his willingness to accept and strongly support, but since then, the second fleet has become a local fleet from a national fleet, and our military expenses are naturally paid by them." ”

After everyone discussed for a while, Chen Shiying stood up and presided: "Now, all the gentlemen should raise their hands to vote." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )