Recently, Wang Wu's intelligence department has been the busiest department in the entire Zhongyong Army.
They not only have to ensure the safety of materials and personnel, but also have to arrange and coordinate various relationships. What's more, they have to provide correct intelligence to their comrades in the Chinese Loyal and Brave Army. It can be said that the task is onerous.
Fortunately, after so many years of hard work, the Zhongyong Army's penetration into various places has become very scattered and very large.
For example, on every city gate in Beijing, there are soldiers of the Zhongyong Army, or people with "tongues", and the same is true in the Forbidden City.
April 4th, 1891, for the Manchus, this day was a day of sadness, sinking, and chaos!
On this day, all internal communications in the Qing Dynasty were paralyzed, and all ministries were cut off from the outside world.
In the early morning of the 4th, the location was Weihaiwei, which was poorly guarded and undisciplined.
Soldier of the Qing Dynasty ~ Someone A, he is a member of the guard and lookout in the Weihai Guard Port. Since everyone gathered to gamble very late yesterday, he, like the 'gamblers', are all at their posts
I was confused. The so-called guard duty had been forgotten a long time ago.
Person A was woken up by urinating. He went out in a daze and wanted to urinate.
It was not too cold in Weihaiwei in April. When Person A was urinating, his eyes were still half-open and half-closed. In a daze, he felt that there were shadows everywhere in Weihaiwei Harbor.
In doubt, he forced his eyes to open a slit and looked towards the sea.
In a daze, what he saw turned out to be warships, warships everywhere.
How is this possible? He thought to himself
The Beiyang Navy has never had a habit of sailing so early? Besides, the Beiyang Navy has not done much training at sea in the past few years!
He rubbed his eyes, trying to see clearly what was going on! When he opened his eyes, it was incredible. He saw an unbelievable and terrifying sight. A large number of people actually appeared in the Weihai Guard Port. They
I have never seen or heard of a warship.
These warships are very huge, so huge that I can't even imagine it. There are two warships that stand tall in the sea far away from Weihaiwei, as tall as several-story gun towers.
What's even more outrageous is that the gloomy cannons on those warships give people a cold, heavy and oppressive feeling when viewed from a distance.
He was in disbelief and rubbed his eyes with both hands again, trying to make sure he was hallucinating.
When he looked intently again, what he saw was still the same as before, except that the warships seemed closer to him and he could see them more clearly.
He was so stunned that he forgot to react, forgot that he was still urinating, and even more forgotten his responsibilities.
Deng Shichang was ordered to lead the warships of the East China Sea Fleet to exercise military control over Weihaiwei. However, the order also required Deng Shichang to never use force unless absolutely necessary, and to pursue a policy of peaceful evolution as the mainstay and military control as a supplement.
In the early morning of the 4th, Deng Shichang led his fleet and secretly arrived at Weihaiwei. When the distance reached a certain level, Deng Shichang ordered that the entire fleet use electric drive instead of diesel drive.
Of course, the naval warships used in this all-round operation of the Chinese Zhongyong Army still have certain requirements, that is, the A-class pre-dreadnought battleships that John Bull is under development are exposed, and the B-class dreadnought battleships are hidden.
John Bull is currently developing what John Bull calls the 'world's first' Sovereign-class battleship with an all-steel hull ~~ the "Royal Sovereign" (n). This Sovereign-class warship, John
The Ox was expected to be built in 1892.
Ever since John Bull made public the information about the former Dreadnought battleship, the ship immediately became a model for battleship design among the world's great powers. Since then, battleships have generally adopted steel hulls, with a full-load displacement of up to 12,000 tons, and adopted spiral-rifled main hulls.
The gun caliber reaches 300 to 350 mm, the thickness of the hull protective armor reaches 230 to 450 mm, and the speed is 16 to 18 knots.
What the ghost guys don't know is that the Chinese Zhongyong Army has long ago built an A-class pre-dreadnought battleship that is more advanced than John Bull's Sovereign class. The Sovereign class battleship and the Zhongyong Army's A-class pre-dreadnought battleship
There is a certain gap in comparison.
Not to mention the more advanced B-class dreadnought battleships that were deeply hidden by the Zhongyong Army...
This is the dark sea fleet that the Manchu soldiers ~ someone A saw.
Under the watchful eye of that Manchu soldier, A, the warships of the South China Sea Fleet gradually entered Weihaiwei, took control of the Beiyang Navy warships parked in the military port, and controlled the sea surface of the military port.
Then those warships dispatched a large number of armed personnel, landed from the dock to the shore base, and headed straight towards them. And unknown to the inland part near the military base, a large number of armed personnel emerged from there.
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These two groups of personnel responded to each other and quickly took control of the entire military base.
During these processes, no armed conflict occurred. Most of the Manchu soldiers, after being controlled, did not know what was going on!
Soldiers from the Manchu Qing Dynasty ~ A person, the armed personnel in the interior that he saw were the Chinese loyal and brave soldiers hiding in the Qing Dynasty. Soldiers from various military bases. They were the absolute main force responsible for coordination and maneuvering.
Under the gaze of this Manchu soldier, A, Weihaiwei was calmly controlled and taken over by the Chinese loyal army, including him and other Manchu soldiers.
The elites of the Beiyang Navy, such as Liu Buchan, Lin Taizeng, Lin Yongsheng, Qiu Baoren, Ye Zugui and others, had been visited one by one by Huang Feihong, Deng Shichang and others. At that time, everyone said that if the Qing Dynasty'
Nothing could be done, so they were willing to join the Chinese loyal and brave army.
Now, Deng Shichang led the East China Sea Fleet and suddenly sent troops to control Weihaiwei. Finally, these elites of the Beiyang Navy saw a scene that shocked them.
There are more than 30 large ironclads in the dark. The smallest B-class ironclads are close to the size of the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan warships of the Beiyang Navy. Among them are two warships, which are A-class pre-dreadnought battleships. They are huge and scary.
They have also heard recently that John Bull has announced the technical data of the Sovereign-class battleship that will be equipped with the Navy in 1892. However, based on current visual inspection, John Bull's Sovereign-class is far inferior to the A-class front-line battleships in front of them.
Dreadnought battleship.
These warships are just big, that's not all. Not only are they large in size, but the most terrifying thing is that the weapons and equipment on the warships are even more terrifying!
Those installed on the main axis, six twin-mounted 403mm main guns, all have their muzzles facing the shore, exuding an eerie sense of oppression. This is an unprecedented 403mm main gun!
The secondary battery on the ship's inboard gunwale is 26 76mm rapid-fire guns.
The structural layout of the entire warship also looks elegant and smooth. Compared with the messy warships of the Beiyang Navy, it is quite different!
These elites of the Beiyang Navy, who had long been attracted by the navy, "half-heartedly" and "shyly" agreed to join the Chinese Loyal and Brave Army Navy. With such a powerful fleet, would they be fools if they did not join?
As for those such as Fang Boqian, Wu Jingrong, Cheng Biguang, Niu Changbing, Yan Daohong, etc., they just stood aside and wanted to join the navy of the Zhongyong Army. Dream on! Please tell me where you came from and where you will go back!
These people are the unavailable personnel that Zhou Yu has always mentioned.
After everything is settled, these people will be thoroughly investigated and dealt with, and whatever needs to be done will be done!
It was extremely correct to send Deng Shichang to lead the East China Sea Fleet and come to Weihaiwei of the Beiyang Navy, because Weihaiwei was the place where Deng Shichang once lived and worked.
The people in the Beiyang Navy had no resistance to Deng Shichang. Relatively speaking, they were more cooperative and less likely to cause trouble.
If we send someone else to come forward, there's no telling, maybe something will happen!