late Qing Dynasty arrest

Chapter 637 Hannagan

Hannagan was a little guilty when he received the telegram from Li Guolou. He used to be just a military advisor, and it was the first time he was in power in the Beiyang Navy. Mention the matter of marching troops seven days later

Li Guolou only sent him a short telegram, "Military orders are like a mountain, and we will meet at midnight to make a decision."

Seeing Li Guolou boarding the boat, Hannagen quickly stretched out his hands to hold Li Guolou's hand tightly and said, "Li Zhentai has worked so hard that you came all night."

"Hannagan, it's not a big deal for me to come here overnight, as long as you don't mention Mr. White Snake's valuable opinions in your telegrams in the future, I want to know your opinions. My God, I only care about the clouds in the sky. A light rain can stop the Beiyang Navy's gunboats from advancing. "Li Guolou reprimanded Hannagan loudly, ready to slap Hannagan twice at any time, this is the iron-like military discipline of the Prussian army, Hannagen can only be scolded in front of him

"It's me who must learn a lesson and obey Li Zhentai's military orders." Hannagen was so frightened that Li Guolou didn't give him a good face when he came up, although he brought ten mosquito ships in name. He is the commander of ten gunboats, but the real command power is in the hands of Li Guolou. He doesn't want to be blasted out of the cabin by Li Guolou depriving him of the command right in wartime.[

The young and energetic Hannagan doesn't understand the navy, but he is very talented, eager to learn, and he can learn everything quickly. He learns and fights on the battlefield, and he will soon be able to be the commander of the Beiyang Navy, but he still needs a chance. Learn to be good and don't offend Li Guolou's Ni Lin

Li Guolou met with ten captains and asked about the situation of the troops

Li Guolou is most concerned about the speed of the coal carrier. After the coal carrier has been refitted, the speed has increased. The maximum speed can reach ten knots. He can't help but praise Hannagan. With the supply ship, the river and the sea will be dominated by mosquito boats.

The speed of a warship is expressed in knots. As early as the 16th century, sea navigation was quite developed, but at that time, there were one clock and two voyage recorders, so it was difficult to accurately determine the speed of the ship. The floating body towed by the rope is then used to measure the speed of the ship according to the length of the rope pulled out within a certain period of time. At that time, a quicksand timer was used for timing. In order to calculate the speed of the ship more accurately, sometimes the released rope is very long, so a lot of equal distances between the ropes are played. In this way, the whole speed measuring rope is divided into several knots. As long as the number of knots pulled by the rope in the same unit time is measured, the corresponding speed can be measured naturally, so "knot" has become the measurement unit of sea-going ship speed.

1 knot is equal to 1 nautical mile per hour, that is, traveling 1852 kilometers per hour. The two supply ships of the Beiyang Navy already have ocean-going capabilities.

In front of ten captains, Li Guolou criticized Hannagan for learning a set of "superstitious" superstitious tricks, and everyone should be warned not to "messy" in the navy to engage in divination and ask divination. Capture Weishan Island within seven days, of course, the morale-boosting myth is worth carrying forward, heaven favors the Beiyang Navy, and the White Snake descends

Li Guolou's words made people listen to the clouds and mountains. He said that the official language has no actual content. Now is not the time to break the "superstition". The winner is king. As long as the Weishan Lake battle is over, he is worthy of the respect of the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Navy. The officers will also be proud of Li Guolou's students.

Where did the country people see the leaders of the warship militia visiting another mosquito ship? As soon as they boarded the ship, they went to see the fort and touched the gun barrel with surprise. It turned out that the legendary mosquito ship looked like this

In the morning light, Zhu Hongdeng stood heroically on the deck, looked at the direction of Weishan Island, and muttered to himself: "Sun Guilu is a jumping beam, a clown, a gnat, and a tree, vulnerable to a single blow. Weishan Island is mine. Think clearly about where to go from now on."

"Sage aunts don't have to think about being young and beautiful to impress Li Guolou and Li Guolou to form a fairy couple and live happily ever after." This is not the first time that He Xiangu bewitched Zhu Hongdeng, she kept pouring soup and wanted Zhu Hongdeng to destroy spell

He Xiangu was thinking that as soon as Xiao Jiujiu leaves Shandong, she may not necessarily be the helmsman, but in the red light, she will have the final say. At least the second child's throne will be covered with a veil again. She can also pretend to be Zhu Hongdeng anyway. Zhu Hongdeng is not old. After the myth, let the apprentice play the role of Zhu Hongdeng and pass it down from generation to generation. The layman watches the excitement, and the expert sees the way of the Zhu Hongdeng. She knows the tricks at a glance.

"I'm not reconciled to him having too many women and won't take me to heart." Zhu Hongdeng resolutely decided to let go of his children's love and take root in Weishan Lake to develop the power of Boxing

"That's good, the community is much more important. Don't sit next to Li Guolou in the meeting later. Don't let him misunderstand. I think he can't hold it anymore." Only under her wings can she develop and grow her power

"I don't want to make him delirious. Who told him to bully me all the time?" Zhu Hongdeng's thoughts can't be seen through. She suddenly untied the scarf on her head, pulled out the hairpin on the crown and put it down two feet How long is the hair and I forgot to shake it a few times

"Holy aunt is 20 years old, right? You should think about the future." He Xiangu smiled and showed her pure white teeth. Her teeth were also Zhu Hongdeng's ten success methods, which were ground for her by Zhu Hongdeng's unique medicinal powder. I have learned [-]% and hope that the little nun will give up her identity as Zhu Hongdeng safely so that she can make a big splash in Shandong

The handicraft passed down by Aunt He Xiangu is to take female apprentices to the rivers and lakes to perform arts, and specially select girls with outstanding looks to practice kung fu. It is almost the same as human traffickers. After taking out the apprentices, they sell the apprentices to rich families at a high price. This is also a common trick used by the gang. A good destination and a small fortune, but after following Zhu Hongdeng, He Xiangu has a bigger dream, dreams of having a place of her own, and now there is only one woman standing in the way of realizing her dream. As long as Zhu Hongdeng leaves, the fruit of victory will be hers.

"It's not here yet. Next year will be the [-]th year." Zhu Hongdeng proudly raised her chest. Although she is tall and thin, she has slowly grown out all the things that a daughter should have. Whether she will live with Li Guolou depends on this. How courageous is a man, she is still a virgin, she can't be sent to bed automatically

He Xiangu followed Zhu Hongdeng and snickered secretly. The vicious Zhu Hongdeng even wanted to quit the arena, not afraid of everyone's ridicule and blatant temptation of Li Guolou

Zhu Hongdeng was coy, but after entering the conference room, he raised his eyebrows and glared at He Fengyu, the commander-in-chief of Yanzhou. [

Li Guolou stared at the map on the rectangular table and didn't look at anyone's face. He doesn't have children. Planning the Weishan Lake battle has already made him think hard. Treating Zhu Hongdeng as the leader of the militia is like a close comrade-in-arms.

After the meeting started, Li Guolou stood up and spoke: "The team rested for three days. Next, in the battle of Weishan Lake, ten mosquito boats will be used as the main attack, and the fish used to column will rush in to destroy the enemy's warships and clear the enemy's outer line of defense. Yihequan will attack Weishan as the first echelon. The Shandao Ever Victorious Army landed from the west as a flank. After the battle to seize the island began, the enemy would definitely flee out of the lake to intercept the enemy ships. It is best not to blow up the houses to persuade them to capitulate.”

Zheng Hengdan was rather surprised and said urgently: "Didn't you, Li Zhentai, promise the Governor of Shandong to capture Weishan Island within three days? How can you keep your word and believe it, and the consequences will be serious?"

Li Guolou smiled slightly and said: "Adjutant Zheng will not accept the orders of the foreign army. Now I have the final say here. To win the victory at the smallest price is the fundamental enemy of the Battle of Weishan Lake. How can I be bound by the oath?" I just want a few more ships to trick Zhang Renjun into winning once. How can I be so demanding on the victor? Those ships of the enemy are all made of people's fat and people's paste. I also think it's a pity to get the enemy's supplies to replenish it. The foundation for an army to fight stronger"

"Haha, I knew that my good brother likes to cheat money and sex, he really is a hypocrite with two faces and three swords." He Fengyu is a friend who never forgets to tease Li Guolou

Li Guolou paid no heed to He Fengyu Yanzhou Army is an army that has withstood the test of war. How can this kind of army charge to the front line? If He Fengyu allows the Yanzhou Army to seize the island, the Yanzhou Army will disobey the military order if it encounters setbacks and casualties

Therefore, Li Guolou placed the eighteen warships of the Yanzhou Army on the periphery to chase the fleeing enemies and clean up the battlefield.

He Fengyu, who was originally boastful, came to the military meeting and kept silent. He boasted that he was not afraid of heaven and earth, and he was not afraid of bloodshed. The officer of the Yanzhou army also lamented bitterly. He said that he was afraid that the governor of Shandong, Zhang Renjun, would settle accounts later. The unanimous approval of the wing commander's five battalion officers

The one who makes Li Guolou look better is the ever-victorious army, the mercenaries of the Qing Dynasty, who are eager to win, and want to participate in the battle of seizing the island. The bastards who stayed in the concession are more patriotic and willing to make sacrifices for the people of Shandong. This is Li Guolou's biggest gain. Fighting side by side with the Ever Victorious Army and forging a deep friendship will definitely repay the people in the concession

Zhu Hongdeng raised his head and said, "What about the enemy chieftain?"

"If the crime is the worst, then kill." Li Guolou glanced at Zhu Hongdeng.

Everyone gathered around the long table to discuss tactical deployment. Try to lure as many enemy ships as possible. Ten mosquito ships cleared away the enemy ships in Weishan Lake to prevent the battle of seizing the island from turning into a war of attrition.

The navy officers and militia leaders in the conference room have all fought water battles and are talking about it on paper, but they are full of confidence in victory, because the mosquito ship is the enemy's wooden ship, how can it fight against the iron-clad ship? Casualties are also what Zhu Hongdeng is most worried about. She can't let the [-] boxers she leads fight out. This will make her unable to explain to the people of Zaozhuang.

Zhu Hongdeng asked: "Li Zhentai and our Boxer Fist seized the island from the eastern port and landed easily, so how should we attack the next one?"

Li Guolou said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about Zhu Hongdeng, the Xinwu Army has already built the latest chariot to seize the island. Using advanced chariots to enter can avoid heavy casualties. The enemy's son can't do anything to our army."

"How did I see the chariot, Li Zhentai, where are you hiding?" Zhu Hongdeng didn't believe Li Guolou's words. These days, she went to the Xinwu army camp every day, and Li Guolou, who had seen a chariot and deceived people, wanted to fool her.

Li Guolou squinted at Zhu Hongdeng with reproachful eyes, as if blaming Zhu Hongdeng for not believing him

"Don't worry, Zhu Hongdeng, I will conjure up several chariots for your soldiers to use as soon as you teach them." Zheng Hengdan got angry this time and stood up for Li Guolou to show that the Xinwu Army still has powerful weapons hidden

"It's about brother's life and death, I always have to ask clearly." Zhu Hongdeng hurriedly expressed his feelings and couldn't help but get closer to Li Guolou secretly made up his mind not to eat garlic these days. Boldly, Li Guolou touched her buttocks, it's too shameful for her It's not easy to provoke Li Guolou's waist and eyes with an eye for an eye

Li Guolou let the people from all walks of life see the ten mosquito boats, which ignited the confidence of these people to win, and it really had a good effect. The most prominent is that He Fengyu, the general of the Yanzhou Army, became very active, saying that the Yanzhou Army has the ability to attack. Go down to Dushan Island, Nanyang Island, and Liuyi Island and ask Li Guolou to give the Yanzhou Army a chance. Of course, Li Guolou will not dampen the spirit of the Yanzhou Army. He promised to let the Yanzhou Army show bravery after capturing Weishan Island.

The military meeting was successfully concluded, and the long table where the map was removed was the dining table. After a tired day, he drank sweet preserved egg and lean meat porridge, and ate Gaozhuang mantou. Even Li Guolou lamented that the living conditions of the Beiyang Navy were first-class. The plate is different. I am eating bread and cheese. The plate is filled with ham sausage and I am drinking oatmeal porridge.

Li Guolou and Bai Langning looked at each other, their expression was not good

"Hannagan is a guest, don't be stingy, we also want to eat cheese and ham, take out the good things in the storage room, and show me that I will treat you to grilled fish." Browning learned the selfishness of the Prussians and didn't say anything. western friendship

Seeing everyone looking at him, Hannagan said brazenly: "Don't get me wrong, I treat you to Western food with meager salary. These foods are bought by myself and are not included in the public account." The food on the plate was wiped out, and only the lingering aroma of ham sausage could be smelled

Li Guolou looked at the old-fashioned Hannagan method and expressed in words why the Prussian's heads are different. A breakfast Hannagan left a deep impression on him. This kind of person can only live in Prussia and doesn't understand the Qing Dynasty at all The way of living

After breakfast, everyone went to the deck to clear the fog. Ten mosquito boats were cruising majesticly on the wide lake. The navy officers and soldiers were neatly dressed and lined up on the deck to accept Li Guolou's inspection. Guolou's special relationship

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