The Huacheng Navy was the largest fleet in China since the 1894 - 1895 War! The military port was located in Huangpu, the city of flowers. It was responsible for the defense of the southern generation, the coastal waters, and the garrison of the city of flowers.
Although it was a fleet, it was originally adapted from the land camp, so its land combat ability was relatively strong. Coupled with the artillery support of the gunboats, no one could ignore the navy.
In the afternoon, after Li Donghan had occupied almost all of Huacheng, he had to consider the issue of the navy.
The soldiers in the city were scared out of their wits. Even though there were still many defeated soldiers from the patrol camp and the Eight Banners Green Camp, they could only flee in panic or hide in the houses.
Li Donghan only needed to leave a portion of his men behind to deal with these people. What he needed now was to take control of the situation in eastern Guangdong with lightning speed.
When the time came, the situation in Eastern Guangdong would be settled. Even if the 26 towns were spurred on, it would still take a few days.
Therefore, what Li Donghan had to do now was to defeat the navy as soon as possible and then focus on dealing with the 26 towns!
However, in Huacheng City, the sound of gunfire had been heard for the entire morning. The navy had already received the news. It was definitely impossible to deal with the navy like how they dealt with the patrol battalion.
They were probably already prepared. Li Donghan was not worried about the navy's combat power on land, even if it was stronger than Ta Shan's patrol battalion.
However, Li Donghan did not think that they would be a match for his new army. Li Donghan was thinking that if the navy saw that the land battle was not going well, they would directly go out to sea. Then, Li Donghan would have a headache!
After thinking about it, this matter ultimately had to fall on Li Zhun's relationship. He was an old friend of Li Donghan's father, and Li Donghan's current status could not be without his and Zhang Renjun's support.
Li Donghan was not an ungrateful person, but he was destined to disappoint Li Zhun in this matter.
The Qing court was already in danger, and there was no point in Li Zhun dying for it. Li Donghan hoped to persuade Li Zhun to change sides!
Li Donghan knew that Li Zhun was a strong person. He did not change his expression even when facing the Japanese fleet back then, and he did not even hesitate to die in the South China Sea.
He was a heroic figure, but as long as he was alone, he would have a weakness, and Li Zhun's weakness was the Huacheng Squadron under him.
After the 1894 - 1895 naval battle, the Beiyang Squadron was completely wiped out, and the Huacheng Squadron became one of the few naval forces in China.
More navies saw it as the hope for the revival of the Chinese navy. At the very least, it was a seed that had a very important status and significance.
Li Zhun would not tolerate the fleet under his command suffering heavy losses in the civil war. In the original time and space, Li Zhun had joined the revolution to protect the Huacheng Squadron, the last naval force.
Li Donghan believed that Li Zhun was still Li Zhun. He still cared about the Huacheng Squadron. He would rather lead the Huacheng Squadron to Japan and die in battle than be consumed in a civil war. Li Donghan could make an issue out of this!
Hence, after leaving the 1st Battalion of Section 98 to clean up the remaining forces in the city and take control of the situation in Huacheng, Li Donghan led the other troops to Huangpu Military Port.
According to the reports from the scouts sent there, the fleet was already on alert when the battle broke out in Huacheng.
They did not even receive Fengshan's order and directly entered combat readiness. All the soldiers fired their bullets and the gunboats left the port, wandering around Huacheng Bay.
In such a short period of time, they had completed their preparations and could deal with a war or suppress a rebellion at any time. From this, one could see how capable the Huacheng Squadron was.
Li Zhun's ability to train soldiers was not weak either! It was just that they still did not know what the situation was. Li Zhun did not act rashly, lest it was taken as a rebellion.
However, the City of Flowers was not far from here. He did not have to wait for long before Feng Shan's orders came. He looked at the small piece of paper in front of him. The red seal was so eye-catching.
However, the words were like knives that stabbed into Li Zhun's heart. Li Donghan had rebelled and the Flower City Navy had been mobilized to quell the rebellion!
Li Donghan had actually rebelled. That was the only thing that lingered in Li Zhun's mind. He felt very angry and disappointed! It was even very powerless!
He was on good terms with Li Donghan's father, and after his father's death, he had taken good care of Li Donghan and his son. He had even helped Li Donghan study abroad.
Li Zhun completely treated Li Donghan as his own nephew. He watched as Li Donghan's achievements became greater and greater. The tactics of the German army that he had learned had indeed strengthened the combat strength of the new army in Eastern Guangdong by a lot.
Li Zhun felt gratified and proud. He believed that Li Donghan was fully capable of taking on the future of the Qing army.
However, he did not expect that Li Donghan would give him a surprise all of a sudden!'Li Zhun was caught off guard.
"Did Li Donghan really rebel?”In the admiral's manor, Li Zhun expressionlessly said to the messenger beside him.
In the distant Flower City, there were still faint sounds of gunfire. In fact, Li Zhun no longer had any doubts. It was just that he still hoped to hear a different answer from the messenger.
Unfortunately, the messenger had disappointed him!
"There's no mistake. The ones fighting with the patrol battalion are the new troops. Perhaps it's because the general ordered the patrol battalion to disarm the new troops, resulting in a conflict!”
"But no matter what, the situation in Huacheng City is about to reach an uncontrollable level. The patrol camp is not a match for the 49th Association.”
The messenger was a staff officer of the General's Residence. He obviously knew some inside information and directly explained the general situation.
Li Zhun did not show any expression from the beginning to the end. There was no fluctuation in his turbid eyes. He only said indifferently to the messenger,"Go back and tell Lord General that Li Zhun accepts the order! Immediately send troops to suppress the rebellion of the new army!”
After the messenger left, Li Zhun sighed at the empty room. He felt very powerless at this moment.
He had also poured a lot of effort into Li Donghan, but in the end, Li Donghan had still embarked on the path that he did not want the most!
He would not suspect that the revolution had started this rebellion, because Lee Zhun was very clear about Li Donghan's control over the 49 associations. There was no such possibility!
"Li Donghan! Do you know what you are doing?" Li Zhun muttered softly. His words were somewhat bitter.
However, he quickly hardened his heart. Although he was very optimistic about Li Donghan, he was a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty. He would not allow a rebellion to happen, and he would not allow Li Donghan to rebel!
Just as he got up and was about to lead his troops to suppress the rebellion, a subordinate hurriedly ran in and said to Li Zhun in a panic,
"Something bad has happened, Sir! The new army has already occupied Huacheng and is now coming towards us!”
(To be continued)
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