After the German Far East Fleet was frightened by torpedoes, Ultraman immediately sent a telegram to the fleet commander Detlichi, saying that the Qing Dynasty Beiyang Navy was relatively strong and had two iron-clad ships. If the Beiyang Navy deliberately participated in the war, the Far East Fleet would be unpredictable. Ultraman hoped that the army could occupy Qingdao, withstand the attack of the Qing army, and then put pressure through the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs to force the Qing government to ced Jiaozhou. If this was to do so, it would be necessary to give the Qing government some colors. After defeating the strongest army of the Qing government - Wuyi Army, Ultraman believed that the Qing government would surrender to the imperial military power.

After reading the telegram, Detlichy agreed and ordered the army to turn from offensive to defensive and take various defensive measures. He believed that as long as he resisted one or two attacks from the main army of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty would lose confidence, and then wait for an opportunity to find a fighter opportunity and defeat the Wuyi army in one fell swoop. Everything would be fine. At that time, the Qing Dynasty might have to bow down and come to the door for peace talks.

The situation in Shandong is about to break out, and a war is about to happen, which has attracted the keen attention of Chinese and foreign media. From time to time, reporters go north to Jiaozhou Bay to look for news.

Shandong Governor Nie Shicheng is a genuine traditional literati general. If media visits, they will be kept out of busy with affairs. The newspaper reporters had no choice but to look for another focus person, Ye Zhikui. It's a pity that Ye Zhikui should be in Weihaiwei, Shandong. Weihaiwei is the Beiyang Navy military base and has a tight defense. It is not so easy for reporters to enter, so a large number of reporters can only wait for Ye Zhikui to appear outside.

In Weihai Guard and the Beiyang Navy Admiral's Mansion, Ye Zhikui was discussing combat matters with the generals. Ye Zhikui's five thousand troops have landed on the warship one after another. After a short rest in the navy camp, he will rush to Jimo, the first front line of the German army.

At this time, Ye Zhikui formed a command center for the Anti-Japanese War, which was responsible for strategic and tactical research and handling some technical auxiliary services, including logistics, marching, garrisoning, surveying and mapping.

The members of the Anti-Japanese War Command Center include commanders at or above the department level, the general offices of various units of the headquarters, and some staff members of Ye Zhikui. Ye Zhikui asked the command center to come up with a practical marching plan within one day, and to study the general combat policies of the German army and various response strategies of our army based on various intelligences.

Nie Shicheng was commanding Shandong Huai in Jimo to train the troops, but did not come to welcome Ye Zhikui. Deng Shichang sent a telegram to the court to report the unexpected situation of the troops transporting the troops. Soon he hurriedly came and saw Ye Zhikui practicing calligraphy leisurely in the study. He couldn't help but praise: "Congyun is worthy of being a famous general in the anti-Japanese war, and he is not worried about the war."

Ye Zhikui secretly cried out in his heart. It was not that he was not worried, but that he had handed over everything to his men. He had a rare free time for a while.

Ye Zhikui did not refute, but asked, "Brother Deng, what's the point of being so late?"

Speaking of serious matters, Deng Shichang immediately changed into a serious expression and said, "That's right. I just received a telegram from the Military Affairs Office to order our Beiyang Navy to cooperate with the army's operations. I came here to listen to Congyun's opinions and see how our navy cooperated with each other."

Ye Zhikui thought for a while and replied: "Now, according to the strength of the navy, the German Far East Fleet is far from the enemy of our Beiyang Navy. But on the one hand, the navy must also guard against the powerful powers of other countries to take advantage of the situation. In order to preserve its strength, it has to be a little tolerant of the German Navy. I think, brother, you just need to prevent the German Far East Fleet from continuously reinforcing Qingdao, and leave the rest to me."

After hearing Ye Zhikui's words, Deng Shichang said with a smile: "Since that's the case, my brother will put the navy on the route from Shanghai to Qingdao, and prevent Germany from adding troops and soldiers to Qingdao again, so that they will be exhausted from ammunition and food. By the way, Congyun, Ji Cheng has been demoted by me. I hope Congyun, you can forgive his previous recklessness."

Ye Zhikui remembered the first mate Xu Zhenpeng who caused him to fire a torpedo, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Ji Cheng was just out of righteous indignation. How could Congyun blame such a loyal and patriotic man? Instead, he was worried that you would be punished too much by brother!"

Ye Zhikui then asked Deng Shichang about some basic situations in Shandong. Deng Shichang said worriedly: "To this day, Governor Nie has launched three major counterattacks against the German army, but unfortunately he has returned without success every time, with little effect. Alas! It's not that I sighed that the Huai Lian Army has fallen and corrupted too quickly and its combat power is too weak. Moreover, the court did not pay attention to them at first, and the supply of weapons and ammunition is insufficient. Now we are rushing to catch up with the battlefield. Some soldiers have not touched guns or cannons for a year or two, which is really worrying."

Ye Zhikui also knew about these situations. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the court, given that the local regiment training was too strong, concentrated the original elite of the Huai Army in the Zhili area. Some were reorganized and some were dismissed. Then the court trained new troops and concentrated military power to the central government. The remaining troops in other provinces were troops with poor combat power. The big peasants were okay. When they encountered a strong army like Germany, they could only admit their bad luck.

Although Nie Shicheng is a famous general of a generation, it is a pity that a good wife cannot cook without rice. He has just taken office for a while and cannot vigorously improve the combat effectiveness of Shandong Huai Army within a few months.

Ye Zhikui discussed with Deng Shichang for a moment, and the two talked until late at night when Deng Shichang left Ye Zhikui's room.

Shortly after Deng Shichang left, there was another knock on the door outside Ye Zhikui's room. Hearing such a knock on the door, Ye Zhikui had to get up again. Soon after, he opened the door and saw a masked man in black standing outside.

The masked man in black is the head of the Shandong branch of Thirteen Eagles. The guards outside Ye Zhikui's room are all Thirteen Eagles' men. As long as he takes out the token, it will be easy to come in.

As soon as the man in black came in, he removed the masked decoration, revealing a vibrant face, looked at Ye Zhikui eagerly, and saluted: "As a subordinate No. 501, see Mr. Ye."

Five represents Shandong within the Thirteen Eagle, and Zero One is his code name. Just from the code name, you can see that he is the person in charge of Shandong Thirteen Eagle.

Of course, Ye Zhikui knew the young Shandong person in charge, and couldn't help but smile and said, "How about it, are you still used to it in Shandong?"

Wuling said with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Ye. Everything is fine here. I'm here to report good news to Mr. Ye. Thirteen Eagles are developing rapidly in Shandong, and there are more than five hundred core personnel above the Nine Eagles."

The Thirteen Eagle is marked by the number of eagle heads and the number of eagle heads is the level. The more eagle heads, the higher the identity. The Nine Eagle is already considered a core member. The nine-headed ones are divided into formal members and peripheral personnel. The Thirteen Eagle has a strict promotion reward system. In the previous article, Wu Liuyi gave Zhao Sanduo one eagle product. According to the rules, Zhao Sanduo can be regarded as the most peripheral member of the Thirteen Eagle.

The person in charge of each province is almost the golden token of one eleven eagle, and the butcher is a twelve eagle. As for the thirteen eagle, there is no need to say that it only exists in the hands of Ye Zhikui.

Ye Zhikui nodded in admiration and then asked, "What's going on with Yihequan?"

A long time ago, Ye Zhikui received a letter from Nie Shicheng saying that the Yihequan appeared in Shandong. He thought of the Boxer Rebellion in later generations, and immediately instructed the Thirteen Eagles to start entering the Yihequan when the Boxer Rebellion was still in its infancy, waiting for an opportunity to gain control.

Five-1 also came for this matter, so he reported with confidence and proud face: "If you say goodbye to Mr. Ye, now more than 80% of the leadership of Yihequan in Shandong, our personnel are infiltrated by the remaining twenty percent, but our personnel are not in high status and have not obtained certain command power."

After saying that, Wulingyi took out a list from his arms and handed it to Ye Zhikui and said, "Mr. Ye, this is the only list of our personnel within the Boxer Rebellion. Please check it out."

After Ye Zhikui took it, he looked around briefly and closed it and said, "Thank you for your hard work. We must continue to sneak in with Yihequan, and we must ensure that we have our people among every Yihequan upper class."

Wuzhen reported to Ye Zhikui some other important information from various parts of Shandong, and finally presented the German defense maps that the Thirteen Eagles had worked hard for so many days.

When Ye Zhikui saw it, he couldn't hide his inner joy. With this, Wu Yi's army had another guarantee of winning.

Ye Zhikui was happy and even spoke much lighterly. It was not until dawn that Wulingyi quietly retreated.

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Chapter completed!