Chapter 551 A generation of loyal souls of the navy

At noon, Wu Shaoting used a simple meal at Mawei County Government, and in the afternoon, he left for the Naval Academy.

Mawei Shipbuilding School was fully started on November 17, 2018, and was initially named "Qiushi Hall Art Bureau". The school site was still under construction, but the Qiushi Hall Art Bureau officially started to recruit students and teach on the first day of the next month. It was first set up in Dingguang Temple in Fuzhou City and Xianta Street for temporary lectures. Then it began to recruit students majoring in shipbuilding, and temporarily borrowed the Yabelshun villa outside the city to start classes. It was not until the campus site of the Shipbuilding School was completed that the students gradually entered the school to study.

This first-generation naval training school in China has immediately become China's leading naval training cradle after several years of development. The Naval School not only started to run schools, but also divided into front schools and back schools, but also has its own manufacturing bureau within the yamen, teaching shipbuilding technology while manufacturing advanced ships.

When Wu Shaoting and his party came to the gate of the old ship management yamen, looking at the building that was weathered but still majestic, he felt a sense of passion in his heart. He sighed to his attendant behind him: "In the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, one school, one factory, one factory, one factory, and one caliber is this ship management school. In the Huanghai, many martyrs in the ship management school died for their country, with their bodies sank in the ocean, and many martyrs now do not even have a tombstone. The country's sorrow is this."

He signaled his escort to go in and report.

The manufacturing school and the naval military academy are both inside the Shipbuilding Office, just across the street. However, the gate of the Shipbuilding Office has long been discontinued, so there is no one here, so I can only enter the school inside the Yamen to find people. After the entourage entered through the gate, it took a long time before returning one after another.

A escort said in a sweating voice: "The Navy School is still teaching today. Principal Xu led the students on the practice ship and could not find anyone for a while."

Another attendant said: "Principal Lin said that something was wrong with the dock and it was inconvenient to meet."

After hearing the words of the two escorts, Wu Shaoting's expression changed slightly and felt a little unhappy.

Wang Changling snorted coldly and couldn't help but scold, "These two are so arrogant. Li Houji changed his words to meet him when he heard that Ting Shuai has arrived. Why dare to refuse?"

Wu Shaoting asked calmly: "Did you two see Lord Lin and Lord Xu himself?"

"Mr. Xu really didn't see it, and there were not many students in the school. Tenth *** was really on the practice ship."

"When I met Lord Lin, he was in the principal's office."

Wu Shaoting didn't think much and immediately said, "If they don't see me, I can only be shameless and uninvited. Let me go and see this Lord Lin first."

Wu Shaoting walked in through the gate of the yamen with big strides. The escort led the way in front, and Wang Changling and other guards followed closely behind.

After passing through the corridor and crossing the inner street, he came to the manufacturing school compound near the Minjiang River. Several handymen found people here and hurriedly came forward to ask to stop them, saying that it was during class and outsiders were not allowed to enter the school privately. Wu Shaoting only said that he was not an outsider, and then took the lead in continuing to move forward. Seeing that Wu Shaoting's guards were all carrying guns, these handymen did not dare to say more for a while, so they had to send a person to inform the principal.

Before he arrived at the principal's office, Lin Baoyi immediately rushed to the corridor with several officers and cadets to intercept Wu Shaoting and others. Lin Baoyi is exactly fifty years old this year. Although he is over fifty years old, he is much more energetic than Fang Guoming who saw in the morning. He is wearing an old summer shirt, without crutches in his hand, and his black and white hair beards are orderly taken care of, and he looks like a division commander. The naval cadets following Lin Baoyi are holding rifles in their hands, and their young faces are full of determination. I am afraid that they will never wince at the command of the principal.

"Who is coming? How dare you break into the important campus?" Lin Baoyi only glanced at Wu Shaoting and had already guessed the other party's identity, but he deliberately asked without hesitation.

"I guess this is the principal, Lord Lin. I am here to visit Wu Shaoting, who has long been famous for a long time. Today, I will visit him." Wu Shaoting gave a false tribute to Lin Baoyi and said in a moderate manner.

"It turns out that you are Wu Rongwu. Unfortunately, I have something to do today and it is inconvenient to entertain you. I have explained to your escort clearly before, why should you trespass the school? " Lin Baoyi said with a strong apology without anger.

"I'm here to visit Lord Lin today, and I have a key negotiation on the new policy of the Naval Academy. Even if Lord Lin has something to do today, I hope Lord Lin will make an appointment to make this official business as soon as possible." Wu Shaoting said slowly.

"Hmph, General Wu, you are too arrogant. The Naval Academy is a national school. If there is any new policy and it is a national instruction document, why do you make a point?" Lin Baoyi said without hesitation.

"If Lord Lin said that, 60% of the funds of the Naval Affairs College in the past four years have come from the Guardian Envoy Office. Now that the Guardian Envoy Office is reorganized into a military government, can you turn against you? Anyway, Lord Lin still has the government of Beijing that can rely on, and the local government is just a passing cloud. Helpless, I will not bother you and say goodbye." Wu Shaoting sighed pretending to be a sensation, turning around and planning to leave.

Lin Baoyi's face changed drastically, and his anger couldn't hide it from his eyes. He shouted: "Wu Shaoting, are you threatening me?"

Wu Shaoting turned around slowly, stared at Lin Baoyi with a firm look, and said instead: "Mr. Lin, it's not that I, Mr. Wu, threatening you, but that Mr. Lin is threatening me, Mr. Wu! I sincerely invite you to attend the military government restructuring meeting, you don't appreciate it. Today I came to visit myself and was rejected by Mr. Lin again. Let me ask, Mr. Lin, what is the ambition to support revolutionary justice, national justice and national justice in the past? Or, Lord., you look down on me, Mr. Wu!"

Lin Baoyi narrowed his eyes and stared at Wu Shaoting coldly. His tone was the same as his eyes, and he said coldly: "Revolutionary justice, national justice and national justice, you can say these words too? Didn't you announce your break with the revolution last year? This year, he jumped out and shouted, are you really fools in the Chinese people?"

Wu Shaoting knew that Lin Baoyi was a person who supported the revolution, but obviously Sun Yat-sen's more important than the other party's heart. He shook his head helplessly and said with a serious expression: "Okay, okay, in Lord Lin's eyes, I, Wu Shaoting, is just a clown! Let's put aside these unrealistic topics and just say one sentence. I plan to invest a lot of funds to revitalize the Naval Academy, double the scale of the Naval Academy, and make it the best in China and even Asia. My intention to do practical things, Lord Lin refused to accept it because of my personal prejudice. Let's ask who is wrong."

Lin Baoyi said disdainfully: "I can't see what your intention is Wu Shaoting? You still want to turn the Naval Academy into another Whampoa Military Academy and turn these naval patriots who serve the country into your personal use!"

Wu Shaoting was a little angry, and he said loudly: "Today I don't have students from the Whampoa Military Academy around me, but I guarantee you this life. If I have any precedents that graduates from the Whampoa Military Academy are not allowed to leave the province for high school, I would like to drown under the river in the Huangpu Harbor. You keep saying that I am bullying the world and stealing reputation and are not worthy of talking about justice, then I will only ask Lord Lin, what kind of bad things have I, Wu Shaoting done? What is the point of being sorry for the Republic of China?"

Lin Baoyi was stunned. There were many words that wanted to criticize Wu Shaoting, but he couldn't say a word. In his opinion, Wu Shaoting was an unreliable ambitious man, who had done many cruel and ruthless things, but thought carefully that these things were all caused by reasons. For example, the bloody purge of the Shanghai Qing Gang was because the Qing Gang participated in the assassination case; the announcement of a break with the revolutionary party was also found out that Chen Qimei was the real culprit behind the scenes; for example, he always took the initiative to fight, but there was no morality on the battlefield. In the past, the Japanese fleet used despicable sneak attack methods.

Wu Shaoting knew that Lin Baoyi could not defend himself. He did not choose to ask questions so that he embarrassed Lin Baoyi. Instead, he quickly turned to the naval cadets holding rifles and scolded: "You are the so-called national soldiers? Are you? The new law promulgated by Yuan Shikai in Beijing, are you illiterate? Lord Lin said that I will make you my personal use. Let me ask, are you not using it for Yuan Shikai's dictatorship now?"

The naval cadets looked at each other, silent for a moment, and the rifle in their hands hung down unconsciously.

Wu Shaoting said again: "I left the north to destroy the democratic republic and came to boycott my wholehearted support for the Shipbuilding School. What is this reason? Although the two provinces are hostile in this Fujian War, who jumped up in this battle? Instead of facing the enemy of the country, you are holding guns to me who are both soldiers of the country. What is this called sorrow, the sorrow of the country, and the sorrow of the nation!"

The naval cadets looked even more ashamed, and they wanted to throw the rifle in their hands to the ground. They were dejected and could no longer see their previous tough momentum.

"Mr. Lin, you teach these naval students to hate me. You are misleading! I kindly discuss with you the plan to develop the Naval Academy, but I have selfish intentions. Then I will tell you some more practical reasons. Even if I want to turn the Naval Academy into Wu's private property, where can I find so many warships to settle them? Are the warships still belonging to the Central Navy Department? Didn't Commander Du still disobey my order?" Wu Shaoting shouted with great momentum.

This sudden outbreak really shocked the scene. Everyone present, whether from the Naval Academy or Wu Shaoting's subordinates, could not find loopholes in these words.

"Wu Shaoting, do you know that if I discuss this development plan with you, it will be a break with the central government! You tell me how to make this decision?" After a while of silence, Lin Baoyi said with difficulty.

"If Lord Lin does not accept this consultation, not only will he not get the funds, but he will also lose your integrity and ruin the dignity and opportunity for revitalization of the Chinese navy. You go, you will flatter the great dictator, bow your head to the bullshit agreement, and be willing to be a slave of the Beiyang government! If this is true, I have believed in Lord Lin incorrectly, and today will be in vain." After Wu Shaoting said that, he shook his sleeves hard, turned around angrily and refused to look at Lin Baoyi.

Lin Baoyi felt that Wu Shaoting's words just now were very harsh. If he were young, he would definitely rush up and fight without saying a word. He took a deep breath and had heard of the new law promulgated by Yuan Shikai, and was also quite indignant, but it would be too difficult to make such a decision now. He was born in the navy and was burdened with the national humiliation of the Sino-Japanese War like other naval generals. Therefore, what he least wanted to see was that the Chinese navy participated in the civil war, which was simply shameful. Once he chose to cooperate with Wu Shaoting, he would inevitably not encounter the pressure of facing the civil war in the future. Can he bear it?

"I have to say that your words are thought-provoking, but..." He sighed inwardly and said helplessly.

"Mr. Lin, you don't have to rush to make a conclusion. I hope you can think carefully, make the right choice for yourself and the Chinese Navy." Wu Shaoting interrupted Lin Baoyi's words and said very seriously.

Lin Baoyi frowned and thought, maybe he really needed to think carefully.
Chapter completed!