Super dictator.

On July 7, Wei Jichen boarded the flagship Dingyuan at Dagukou. There were women, monks, foreigners, and more than 2 Dingliao soldiers in his company.

The mighty Beiyang Fleet set off at the port, along the coastline, all the way north, and the final destination will be Yingkou.

Under the blue sky and white clouds, Wei Jichen stood on the deck of the Dingyuan, with his hands behind his back, looking at the calm sea, listening to the sound of waves lapping on the bow, and remained still for a long time.

"Benefactor, your mind is disturbed." The nameless old monk came lightly, holding a rosary in his hand, looking into the distance with his eyes, and said in a loud voice.

Wei Jichen could see the slightest thing from the old monk's face, as if his face never changed, it was always so calm.

That day, when Wei Jichen learned that the old monk was Monk Xiao's master, he also kept him. Monk Xiao died for himself, and the remains are still not found. Although Ximucheng took it back, Wei Zijun died in battle All the soldiers were thrown together by the Japanese, and the old monk would definitely go there to chant scriptures for salvation.

"After going outside the customs, I don't know when I will be able to set foot on the land of the Central Plains again." Wei Jichen sighed, stretched out his hand, and grabbed the guardrail in front of the deck, his eyes were gloomy and his expression was gloomy.

"When is right and wrong, when will you stop worrying and worrying. Everything has its own destiny, why don't you think too much about it." The nameless old monk suddenly closed his eyes and said calmly.

Wei Jichen smiled casually, the old monk was right, the immediate matter has not been resolved, so why think so long-term.

"I thought that learning Buddhism would be done in the deep mountains and old forests, but Master, you are willing to step into the world of mortals." Wei Jichen said with a smile, this old monk seems to be a person with profound Buddhist teachings.

After getting along for a few days, Wei Jichen was even more sure that he was not a wine and meat monk who cheated the world.

"This is the misunderstanding of all living beings. The Buddha is not surrounded by a red wall, not a pure land where the soul can escape. The Buddha in the world is compassion and love for all living beings. He saves all living beings and saves them from disasters. It belongs to the old monk. Great wish." The nameless old monk raised his head, looked at the west, and continued: "The old monk returned to the west with his dharma name, and he was supposed to go to the Western Paradise, but for the sake of these sentient beings, he can only stay in the world of mortals."

Wei Jichen looked at Monk Guixi's sincere expression, and felt admiration for some reason in his heart. Everyone has their own goals in life.

What about yourself?What is your purpose in coming to this world?

Perhaps, leading the Chinese nation to stand on the top of the world again will not be in vain to live again.

Wei Jichen looked firmly into the distance, but when he turned around, Monk Guixi was nowhere to be seen.

But I saw Liu Buchan walking over slowly with a few sailors.

"General Wei, I didn't expect you to come to the deck so early in the morning." Liu Buchan said with a smile while walking, his face was a little tired, presumably he had worked hard enough for the transport of troops these days.

Wei Jichen secretly thanked him for his great help in his heart.

"Brother Zixiang still calls me Zijie, but you always call me General Wei to look extravagant." Wei Jichen leaned on the guardrail and said with a smile.

Liu Buchan nodded, walked to the side of the guardrail, and asked worriedly: "How is my brother and sister, she vomited badly when I saw her yesterday."

It was Su Zhiniang's first time on a boat, and she was very seasick.

"After tossing and tossing all night, I just lay down weakly this morning, but I don't want to eat anything. If this continues, I don't know what to do." Wei Jichen was more impatient than Liu Buchan, and replied with a frustrated face.

Liu Buchan had already given Wei Jichen some medicines for seasickness last night, but it didn’t work, so he could only comfort him, “Zijie, don’t worry, there’s only one day left for the fleet to stay in Yingkou, and everything will be fine once we get ashore. stand up."

"I hope so!" Wei Jichen turned his eyes to the ship ahead, paused, then changed the subject and asked, "Brother Zixiang, where is the Japanese fleet now?"

With his wealth and life on board the Beiyang Fleet, Wei Jichen was too worried, no matter what he couldn't let go.

What if the Japanese try their best to tear up the agreement and attack themselves and others?Wei Jichen is concerned about chaos.

Liu Buchan understood what he meant, smiled lightly, and immediately said: "A few days ago, the Russian Far East Fleet was about to move, and the Japanese fleet had already returned to China for defense, so the Governor of Zhili, Mr. Wang, agreed to your suggestion of using the fleet to transport troops, otherwise , do you think it's that easy?"

It turned out that this was the case, and Wei Jichen discovered that when he did things, he was still not as thoughtful as those old and cunning people in some aspects.

"Brother Zixiang, I heard that the imperial court wants to buy some new ships?" Wei Jichen asked in a calm voice. The information sent contains this information.

The information on the red light is usually sent to Wei Jichen once a month, and if there is an emergency, it will be sent as quickly as possible.

"There is such a thing, but the court is arguing endlessly, and some people say that it is because we have established a navy that we have caused a catastrophe, so they propose to disband our navy, so that we can be safe and sound." Liu Buchan said with a tone With a touch of ridicule and dissatisfaction.

Wei Jichen was surprised, who on earth still had such naive thoughts, or they would rather shrink their heads and be turtles than face reality.

"Fortunately, the governor-general and the current sage are sensible people. If the Qing Dynasty is as confused as those people, I'm afraid it will perish at the hands of the enemy within three to five years."

The senior generals in the Beiyang Navy generally stayed abroad, drank foreign ink, and had extensive exposure to new Western things. Of course, they were more enlightened in thinking, and naturally they would not have much loyalty and respect for the Qing court.

"Nowadays, ship technology is changing with each passing day. In the Sino-Japanese War, our Chinese navy has entered a trough, and we don't know when we will be able to get out of it." Wei Jichen said with a sigh.

"Do your best." Liu Buchan said indifferently. Long before the Sino-Japanese War, Liu Buchan saw that Japan was building up its military equipment, so he proposed to buy more ironclad ships every year to expand the navy, but it was a pity that it was not adopted.

After the defeat, Liu Buchan was even more disheartened by the imperial court's indifference to the naval generals.

"By the way, I have already reported to the imperial court and tried my best to persuade the imperial court to exchange Gui Tailang for Brother Yuchen. The imperial court has now agreed with my opinion. After returning to Liaodong this time, I will release Gui Tailang." Wei Jichen has been observing Liu Buchan's behavior Seeing his disheartened look, when he rolled his eyes, he seemed to mention it inadvertently.

Sure enough, Liu Buchan's face became happy, and he thanked him: "Without your help, brother Zijie, I don't know how long this matter will be dragged on."

"Brother Zixiang is too polite. You and I have become close friends, so don't be too polite in the future." Wei Jichen suddenly pointed to a small freighter in the middle of the fleet and said, "Brother Zixiang, look at that freighter." how?"

"You said that old freighter! I am annoyed by this matter. This small freighter is slow and slows down the speed of our fleet." Liu Buchan said angrily.

The Beiyang Fleet suffered heavy losses, and it was already the limit to transport more than 6000 soldiers. There were still some guns, ammunition, food, etc., so they had to hire freighters from other companies.

Liu Buchan entrusted this matter to his subordinates, but he didn't expect that among the ships hired by his subordinates, there was such a top-quality old freighter. He was annoyed and was going to question him later.

Seeing Liu Buchan's angry look, Wei Jichen touched his chin in embarrassment.

"Brother Zixiang, this small cargo ship is mine." Wei Jichen said cautiously.

"Your, what, you said it's yours?" Liu Buchan's brain couldn't turn the corner for a moment.

Fortunately, Wei Jichen who was next to him quickly explained: "I recently registered a fast horse freight company. The company has two small ships, one is the fast horse you gave me last time, and this one is the flying boat in front of me. Ma, this, I really didn't expect this freighter to be so slow, if I knew it, I wouldn't have sent it."

Liu Buchan was more embarrassing than Wei Jichen, just now he said in front of others that other people's things were shabby, after coughing a few times, Liu Buchan said shyly: "Zijie, I didn't blame you, you don't know anything about maritime affairs, it's not a special purpose to run this shipping company To pay for it?"

"I was also in a hothead for a while. Now that I have invested all my wealth, it is too late to stop. Brother Zixiang, can you introduce me to a marine talent of yours? Brother Yuchen is good. After he comes back, you Introduce him to me." Wei Jichen took the opportunity to express an idea he had long ago.

"Yuchen? Are you sure, you know, he was seriously injured." Liu Buchan asked curiously.

Wei Jichen waved his hand and said with a smile: "I know that, I don't value these things, what I look at is Brother Yuchen's brain and his brave and fearless spirit."

"Zijie, I didn't expect you to take such good care of us." Liu Buchan said softly after pondering for a while. He thought that Wei Jichen deliberately proposed to hire Yang Yonglin because he thought that he would have nowhere to live in the future.

Wei Jichen didn't explain too much.

These few days at sea, Wei Jichen has been following behind Liu Buchan, watching carefully how he commands the fleet. Liu Buchan saw that he was really interested in ships, so he specially sent a chief officer to answer all kinds of weird questions he raised.

Wei Jichen wanted to make friends, and Liu Buchan also admired this well-known and knowledgeable General Wei. It didn't take long for the two of them to turn from nodding acquaintances to life-and-death acquaintances.

On the day Wei Jichen boarded the port, Liu Buchan even left the Dingyuan ship to see him off. This was the first time he stepped on land after the fleet was repaired, which shows that Liu Buchan's feelings for Wei Jichen are quite different.

Haicheng Dingliao Army Temporary Headquarters, all the generals gathered together, the room was full.

There are generals of the original Wei Zijun, Li Yunfei, Wang Shizhen, Zhang Meng, Zhao Hu and others.

There are experienced veterans: Xu Bangdao, Ma Jinxu, Jiang Guiti and others.

Of course, there are also those who graduated from the Armed Forces Academy and were originally teachers or mid-level generals in other armies: Feng Guozhang, Wang Yingkai, He Zonglian, Cao Kun and others.

Li Yunfei stood at the front, and the rest of the people were seated according to their original positions. Seeing so many generals, Li Yunfei couldn't help being filled with emotion. Once upon a time, a small army of about two thousand people would grow to such a large size. Don't even dare to think about it.

But Zijie insisted on turning decay into magic. During the war, Wei Zijun not only suffered no losses, but their numbers increased.

"Thanks to the hard work of all the adults, the soldiers are finally recruited, and the adults will arrive in Haicheng tonight. I believe that in a few days, the Liao army will be formed. The hard work of all of you for many days is worth it. I have paid you back." Li Yunfei didn't dare to trust him, and he called all the adults, but Xu Bangdao, Ma Jinxu and others sitting below are all older than him.

Everyone had obviously heard the news of Wei Jichen's arrival tonight, and they were not surprised by Li Yunfei's words. There were faint smiles on their faces. You know, once the Liao army is established, everyone must be on the move. One step further.

Ma Jinxu said with a smile: "General Wei brought more than 6000 soldiers, and the number of our Dingliao army will reach more than 5000. , I am afraid there will be [-] soldiers, who will become the leading new army in the Qing Dynasty, it seems that the imperial court has high hopes for us."

Xu Bangdao coughed and said solemnly: "This Liaodong is the place where the Fourth World War was fought. Although the Japanese agreed to withdraw their troops, they were unwilling to do so. Sooner or later they would cause trouble. Our Liao army seems to have a large number. Not much more."

"Master Xu is right. People have no long-term considerations, but they must have near-term worries. We decided that the reason why the Liao Army chose this name must be to ensure the stability of Liaodong. In this way, we must use the Japanese army as an imaginary enemy. We must practice day and night. Become an elite teacher." Wang Shizhen nodded and said aloud.

Now everyone's positions have not been determined, and they all call each other adults.

Cao Kun was sitting in the last seat. Seeing the people talking and laughing happily, he couldn't help feeling envious, but at the same time, he was very grateful. Not only will he avoid the bad luck of being dismissed, but at least he will get a battalion officer to serve as a leader. Thinking of this, he can't help but feel secretly grateful to Wei Jichen.

"Report, my lords, the commander-in-chief is less than five miles away from Haicheng." A signal soldier came to report with a happy face.

"Everyone, get ready to turn around, it seems that it's time to go out and meet the adults." Li Yunfei stood up with a smile and said.

"That's right." All the generals stood up one after another.

But at this time, Wei Jichen, who was sitting in the carriage, was thinking hard with a piece of paper, and sometimes murmured violently to himself.

"Msister, what are you doing Gougouhuahua?" Su Zhiniang, who was sitting by the side, saw that Wei Jichen was frowning and unable to write, so she couldn't help but find something to say.

"Personnel appointments are difficult." Wei Jichen lamented, Ding Liao Army's personnel appointments would be determined by him first, and then reported to the imperial court. If there were no major problems, they would usually be approved.

Although so many talents were recruited, Wei Jichen sadly found that there were still not enough generals, and some middle and low-level generals had to be selected from the army.

First of all, the most important thing is the camp affairs office.

Li Yunfei is naturally the head of the camp affairs department. Under the camp affairs department, there are important camp affairs departments such as the law enforcement and operation supervision department, and Wei Jichen naturally has to firmly grasp it in the palm of his hand.

In addition, Wei Jichen also envisioned setting up a staff office in the battalion office, that is, the staff office in the western-style army, so as to minimize the mistakes of the general in the war.

In addition to the business office, there are also some civilian departments. The Food and Rating Bureau appointed Yan Dunyuan as the general office. Since the headquarters of Kuaima Freight Company will definitely be located in Lushun in the future, Yan Dunyuan temporarily hired a manager in Tianjin. , but he himself came to Liaodong with Wei Jichen, and he may be able to cover several jobs,

The Ordnance Bureau, without much consideration, must be handed over to Ruan Zhongshu.

Other officials in less important positions such as the Western Affairs Bureau and the Military Medical Bureau can be competent.

The Bureau of Western Affairs was not in charge of Westernization. It actually included schools for infantry, artillery, and cavalry, which could train mid- and low-level officers. Of course, there was also a foreign language school, which taught generals German, English, and Japanese.

Civilian officials basically have no major problems, and now it's time to lead the army.

The first is the team.

The Dingliao army is derived from the current German square division structure. It is divided into three wings: left, center, and right. Each wing has two divisions, and each division governs two battalions. Each battalion has about [-] troops. People, and each battalion is divided into four teams, each team has three whistles, and each whistle has six sheds.

Calculated in this way, if the team is full, there will be [-] people.

The leader of the left wing can consider Ma Jinxu, the leader of the middle wing can consider Xu Daobang, and the leader of the right wing can consider Jiang Guiti.

Veterans go out, one is worth two, the infantry can be regarded as a traditional army, and it shouldn't be a big problem to hand it over to them. Anyway, the training is in charge of the teaching department.

Then there is the artillery team. In the case of the artillery team, in the former Huai army, they were only in each battalion and did not form an independent army. Now they are formed as a separate army according to the German style, and must be handed over to both Chinese and Western military tactics. Only in the hands of people.

This person is Duan Qirui, so there is nothing to worry about.

The artillery team is divided into one branch, led by Duan Qirui, with a total of more than 2000 soldiers and more than 80 cannons. In the future, the old cannons will be eliminated and replaced with Krupp cannons. The strength of the artillery team will be the strongest among several Chinese armies.

The formation of the cavalry is also divided into two battalions, but the number of the cavalry battalions is relatively small. Each battalion has only about 600 soldiers, but there are more than [-] horses, so the cavalry has a total of about [-] people.

The leader of the cavalry, Wei Jichen, prefers Huzi.

Finally, there are special forces and engineering teams.

The engineering team includes the bridge team, the base team (fortification), the demolition team, the lightning team (land mines), the machinery repair team, the surveying and mapping team, and the telegraph team. The number of each team is uncertain, but Wei Jichen estimates the total number of people to be around a thousand Well, Wang Shizhen is naturally in charge. Wang Shizhen knows both Chinese and Western, and is easy to accept new gadgets. He couldn't be more suitable. Besides, Wang Shizhen can also join the staff office.

The special operations team has a establishment of 500 people, and the captain is Mengzi.

And people like Feng Guozhang, Wang Yingkai, He Zonglian, Li Chun, Chen Guangyuan, Cao Kun, etc., should not have much problem if they are the division commanders in the army or battalion officers.

In this way, among the Dingliao Army, there are old and young, some who know how to fight, and some who graduated from the Armed Forces Academy, which can be regarded as a collection of Chinese and Chinese.

Such an army, are you afraid that the training will not be good?Wei Jichen was full of anticipation.