Lyle and the Dynasty's Edge Chapter 12

Dexter Ding, the admiral of the Beiyang Navy, came from the Yangtze River Navy. The Yangtze River Navy was a navy from the feudal and closed era. It was a large wooden ship that sailed by pulling sails and taking advantage of the wind. He dropped out of school due to family poverty, but as a young man with ambition, he was not willing to spend his life on a wooden trough boat, so he joined the Huai army instead. 

He repeatedly made military exploits in suppressing the Nian Army uprising. In addition, he was from Lujiang, Anhui, so he was valued by Lyle Li and was promoted very quickly. In the first year of Gideon, Lyle Li approved the establishment of China's new navy. Among the Huai Army generals, Dexter Ding, the only one with experience as a wooden ship sailor, was pushed to the post of creating China's new navy. From the purchase of the first ironclad ship to the official completion of the Beiyang Navy, Lyle Li made the decision and he executed it. It was the same today. He received an order from his old boss to send a ship to escort the convoy. Lyle Li wrote eight big characters for him: "Don't show your face, go and return quickly."

Dexter Ding fully understood that his old boss had something to hide. Although his old boss had to obey his orders, he still wanted to keep the Beiyang Navy. He would not fight if he could, and he would not fight if he could.

Lyle Li's "keep quiet and return quickly" is absolutely confidential. Unexpectedly, this absolutely confidential message was in Japanese and was lying naked on the table of Japanese Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi. This was a reconnaissance team sent by the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters to Tianjin. They used a store as a cover to observe during the day. He searched the radio waves at night and finally deciphered the secret message.

Amidst the excitement, the Marine Minister of the Navy Ministry boasted: "China's Beiyang Navy has finally forced out of the sea. This is the inevitable result of our decisive sinking of the Yingshang Gaosheng troop transport. Just at this moment, a sudden attack was carried out, and some of them were killed." !" The Minister of War also boasted: "The Chinese braided soldiers once again crossed the sea and went to Korea. This was the result of our rapid occupation of Seoul, the rapid imprisonment of the Korean royal family, and the rapid capture of Asan. If you come out, there will be no one who will go back. We must quickly increase the number of troops in North Korea and capture Pyongyang before Lyle Li's reinforcements arrive!"