If Lang Weili was in the original time and space, he would not have appeared until 1879, with the four mosquito gunboats purchased by the Qing court.But President Meng knows Luang Weili's ability, and more than ten years ago, Lang Weili participated in the Li A fleet and came to China, which can be regarded as an understanding of the situation in China, so this time, President Meng used diplomatic means.Considering that China is a friendly country and that it has a relationship with the member countries of the South Seas Treaty, the British readily agreed, and a lieutenant commander had no reason to refuse.Lang Weili is a British naval officer, in the early years of Guangxu in the original time and space, Li Hongzhang was ordered to create the Beiyang Naval Division, the warships were mostly purchased from foreign countries, and the lack of naval talents, had to borrow talents from foreign lands.Luang Weili was born in England on January 19, 1843.At the age of 14, he entered the Royal Naval Academy, and at the age of 16, he entered the British Imperial Navy as an intern.Since then, he has served in the British Navy, successively as warrant officer and major.In 1862, the Briton Li Tai, who was then the General Department of Customs and Excise of the Qing Dynasty government, was entrusted by Prince Gong Yixun to go to Britain to purchase warships.In 1863, Aspen led a fleet to China, and at the age of 20, Luang Weili was also a member of Aspen's fleet.However, due to Aspen's refusal to accept orders from Chinese officials and the Qing government's refusal to recognize Aspen's privileges, Aspen announced his resignation and led the fleet back to Britain.After returning to England, Luang Wili continued to serve in the Navy.In 1877, the Qing government purchased ships from the British.Jin Denggan, then director of the London office of the Chinese Customs, asked Lang Weili and Lawrence Qing to serve as captains and lead the fleet to China.After the ships arrived in China and handed over to the Qing government, Luang Weili did not immediately return to Britain, but accepted the British government's dispatch to take charge of the warships in Hong Kong and other places.In 1878, the Qing government ordered four more gunboats in Britain.Kim Tenggan asked Luang Weili to serve as the pipe belt again.In November of the following year, Lang Weili led four gunboats to Tianjin, which were named "Zhenbei", "Zhennan", "Zhendong" and "Zhenxi" respectively after being accepted by Li Hongzhang and others.After completing the mission, Luang Weili returned to England again, but this trip to China left a deep impression on Li Hongzhang's mind.Previously, Li Hongzhang had entrusted Zeng Jize, the minister to the United Kingdom, to find suitable foreign advisers for the Beiyang Navy, which was being organized, and Lang Weili was highly recommended by Hurd, the chief tax department of the customs, Jin Denggan, and the British admiral Goode.During his stay in China, Li Hongzhang saw that Lang Weili was diligent and capable of practicing several times, so he asked him to take leave from the British Imperial Admiralty and come to China to work after returning to China.In 1879, when Li Hongzhang entrusted Zeng Jize, the minister to the United Kingdom, to visit the British Admiralty for an adviser, Zeng Jize recommended that Luang Weili would send gunboats to China recently, and that this person was "honest and peaceful, and worthy of retention."
President Meng said that he was going to Qinhuangdao, and he was reluctant to go, and he always wanted to play with the princess Lihuang again, and Beijing was still unstable, and many things, he dealt with them directly, and he could also improve efficiency.The coolest thing after President Meng crossed over was actually the last decision.Two months later, Luang Weili arrived in Beijing, and it was already March and the weather was warmer.President Meng met with him several times, and watched him review the drill, very satisfied, so he was hired in person, the monthly salary is 400 Chinese yuan, 400 Chinese yuan is equivalent to 400 taels of Qing official silver, which is already a very high income, in the United Kingdom, it is also the salary of officers at the level of lieutenant general.President Meng appointed Luang Weili and Albert Jr. and then Instructor Xibahe as the deputy general staff of the Chinese army and the deputy general staff of the navy, so that the instructor of Albert Kirchbach the great, and the instructor of Xibahe and Luang Weili became the highest-ranking foreign instructors in the Chinese army.On March 3, 1875, President Meng officially announced the establishment of the Beiyang Naval Division.President Meng does not believe in evil, although now all the seas of China are in charge of Huaguo, and it is impossible for the Qing court to develop the navy, so he does not need to use an unlucky name in the original history, but President Meng believes that his Beiyang Naval Division and the Beiyang Naval Division in the original time and space must have a different ending The railway from Beijing to Qinhuangdao is connected, and President Meng simply took Princess Katrina Kafu and Liu Yuqing, as well as the president's secretariat, to live in the Beizhong base in Qinhuangdao.The train is only four hours, plus there is a telegraph, and there is a radio, and the contact with the Beijing government is still very convenient, President Meng does not want to stay in Beijing all the time, just go to the beach to relax.The Chinese Navy has a total of two medium-sized cruisers, 10 light cruisers, 20 frigates, and the number of warships has reached 33, which can already rank among the top 10 in the world.Luang Weili was hired as the chief instructor of the Beiyang Naval Division, responsible for the training of the fleet, "quite diligent, respected by the naval officers, and known at home and abroad".He practiced day and night in the army, "never had time to relax, and tasted in the toilet to beat the flag and pass the order", because of the strict management of the army, under his supervision, the Beiyang Navy Division drilled seriously, no one dared to ask for leave, and no one dared to make mistakes, under the strict requirements and training of Lang Weili, the Beiyang Navy Division was purged and impressed by all countries for a while.President Meng has been living in the Beizhong Guest House in Qinhuangdao during this time.During this period of time, President Meng wrote the famous book on the Chinese Navy, in which he demanded that the navy's martial spirit centered on loyalty, obedience, and sacrifice be combined with the bourgeoisie's concept of national interests, forming an aggressive militarist concept.Qing Dynasty naval officers were typical of the feudal consciousness of serving the country with loyalty.When he entered the officialdom while in the service, "the only professional enthusiasm was exhausted by the corrupt atmosphere of pursuing self-interest and coveting comfort."
The factions are complex, most of the sailors are Fujianese, and non-Fujian officers are excluded, and the military discipline is particularly corrupt.The statute of the Beiyang Naval Division clearly ordered: all officers below the general army live on ships all year round, and they are not allowed to build offices and mansions.However, most of the pipes had already built private homes near the base, and there were groups of wives and concubines, and prostitution and gambling were common.This sounds like a joke in the Chinese army, the military discipline of the Chinese Navy and the military discipline of the army, all of which are taken from France and Germany, are notoriously harsh, and after Luang Weili came, he added a lot of British naval ideology and military discipline, and it became even stricter.Since then, a large number of naval schools have been established in the highest naval academy of the Chinese army in Beizhong, with a complete range of categories, and students are selected to go abroad for further study, and President Meng selects students to go abroad, mainly to absorb some advanced concepts of the British Navy and the French Navy, and cultivate talents with the local area, forming a two-pronged effect.t1706231537: