There were tanks in the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 409
On the naval base.

Deng Shichang came down from Dingyuan and met with Li Chu.

The two sides looked at each other, everything was silent.

Immediately, Li Chu announced the establishment of the East China Sea Fleet, with Dingyuan as the flagship of the East China Sea Fleet, appointed Deng Shichang as the captain of the Dingyuan, and then appointed Deng Shichang as the deputy captain of the East China Sea Fleet and concurrently as the chief of staff of the East China Sea Fleet.

With Deng Shichang's talent and ability, plus the Dingyuan and the cruiser are all warships around 1900, their performance and functions can only be used and reflected by Deng Shichang.The chief captain of the East China Sea Fleet is none other than Deng Shichang.

However, Deng Shichang is new here.

Although he came out of the heroic soul, Li Chu knew his talent, but Li Chu was not the only one in the Qilin army, there were other generals as well.

The most important thing is that the Qilin army already has a navy army.

If Deng Shichang is appointed as the captain of the East China Sea Fleet, and then the sailors are recruited again, the current situation is very unrealistic.

Therefore, Li Chu intends to appoint Li Jun as the commander-in-chief of the East China Sea Fleet, with one deputy captain, three chiefs of staff, and ten commanders.

Cancel the establishment of the Kirin Army Navy and inject it into the East China Sea Fleet.

Then build a small fleet of the East China Sea Fleet to be responsible for the navy of inland rivers.

He believes that with Deng Shichang's ability and the naval combat methods he learned at that time, sooner or later he will shine in the East China Sea Fleet. he.

After accepting Li Chu's appointment, Deng Shichang stood beside Li Chu without saying a word.

Wang Delin looked at Deng Shichang, then at Li Chu, and then at the ironclad ships leaning on the port.

Wang Delin said: "General, once Suzhou is defeated, Jiangning will also be in danger. I wonder when will the general prepare to send troops?"

Before Li Chu could answer his question, the fleet arrived.

Now that the fleet has entered the harbor, Wang Delin asked Li Chu this question again.

Li Chu smiled slightly and replied: "Wang Zhizhi, it's useless to rush this matter. You must have enough manpower to fight Fang La. Now Fang La's morale is high, and he has captured cities one after another, but it is not so easy to fight. Now I accepted the secret order to arrive here one step ahead, but my Qilin army will come here a little bit, especially the water army, before this army arrives, what are we going to do to fight Fang La?"

Wang Delin: "..."

Li Chu's answer made Wang Delin not know what to say, but the facts are just as Li Chu said, everyone knows how fierce Fang La is in the south, and now Li Chu only has a few thousand people with him. People, if he wants to take these thousands of people to fight, isn't this obviously sending them to death?

The main force hasn't arrived yet, so there's really no rush for this matter.

Wang Delin sighed slightly, and did not pursue the matter any more.

So he proposed to Li Chu that he wanted to board the iron-clad ship Dingyuan to have a look, and Li Chu naturally agreed.

In the past six or seven days, Li Chu has not been idle here. He secretly inquired and collected a lot of news and messages about this Wang Delin Wang Zhizhi, and learned about this Wang Zhizhi's virtue and conduct through the rumors of the common people. It was unexpected.

Not to mention that Wang Delin is a very, very good official, but he is not bad.

Different from civil servants, Wang Delin was born as a military officer with a heavy emphasis on military affairs.

When Wang Delin did not come to Tongzhou, the coastal area of ​​Tongzhou was often harassed by small groups of Japanese pirates. After Wang Delin arrived, he immediately organized and trained soldiers to fight against Japanese pirates along the coast. The north gate of the city was sealed, and then the Japanese pirates were caught off guard.

Over the past few years, there have been very few incidents of Japanese pirates coming to Tongzhou. They all know the name of the king and dare not come.

This is a responsible and powerful official.

When he proposed to visit the Dingyuan ship, Li Chu directly agreed.

This Wang Delin is a talent, and he is also a talent who can lead a party alone. In addition to the military, he is also good at governing the territory. If the Qilin Army wants to grow, it needs this kind of talent.

So when visiting the Dingyuan ship, Li Chu even took the initiative to introduce the power of this battleship to Wang Delin.

Especially this cannon, Wang Delin couldn't believe it when he heard that this cannon could blow up the wooden boat to ashes.

Immediately, Li Chu asked Deng Shichang to test it himself, and found a small forest for Dingyuan's secondary gun to fire.

Looking at the trees that were blown away, Wang Delin was dumbfounded.

Seeing Li Chu's eyes filled with horror again, but also very curious.

Why does the Qilin Army have such a powerful warship?
With such a warship at sea, who else can be the enemy?

When Wang Delin left, Li Chu held him back and said, "Wang Zhizhi, I hope Zhizhi will not tell others about these things. The general knows these things in his heart."

Wang Delin said: "Why? How can such a magical weapon be so dim?"

Li Chu said: "In this Jiangnan area, I'm afraid there are some things that are beyond the control of Zhizhi. If this news reaches Fang La, no one will be willing to be fooled and fight with the Qilin Army."

Wang Delin: "They're not that stupid yet."

Li Chu: "..."

Wang Delin suddenly narrowed his eyes, and asked in a soft voice, "Could it be that you want to rebel?"

Li Chu suddenly smiled: "Rebellion? Do you know why my Kirin Army built an army?"

Wang Delin sank, and recalled: "It is rumored that the Qilin Army is the rebels from Huaixi. Somehow, the court made it right, recognized the Qilin Army, and even gave it a name. Is it true that you belong to the imperial court?"

The corners of Li Chu's mouth twitched, he was thinking about whether to kill this royal system.

What happened today was because he was impulsive, and he shouldn't have told him about these things, he was an idiot.

"It seems so." Wang Delin said with a smile.

Li Chu also said with a smile: "Is Zhizhi so sure?"

"Do you think you can do it?" Wang Delin asked Li Chu suddenly.

Li Chu didn't answer immediately, Wang Delin continued: "It's true that there is too much trouble here in the south of the Yangtze River, but this world is the world of the Great Song Dynasty after all. I don't know what Fang La is like, but this person's background is doomed. Seeing and knowledge are limited, in the Jiangnan area, although Hua Shigang's harm can be used to instigate rebellion, but there is only a little scenery in the Jiangnan area. If it is not in the Jiangnan area, I am afraid that everything will not be so smooth. There are people in the Jiangnan area. It's good for Fang La to make a fuss."

Wang Delin's words are intriguing.

Especially the last sentence, make a fuss, which means...

Li Chu didn't miss him, this Wang Delin has some good skills.

At a glance, we can see the most critical nature of the Fang La uprising, that is, the limitations of the peasant uprising.

At first, it might be possible to take the opportunity to ignite the fire, but what about after the fire ignites?
(End of this chapter)