December 14, 1884, October 27, 1884. At noon (11:00 to 13:00 p.m.), Li Hongzhang relayed to the General Administration a telegram from Japanese Minister Li Shuchang, reporting that Japanese Minister to Korea, TaketsuJinichiro, had returned to China to ask for troops and asked for troops to be sent to the DPRK as soon as possible.
Li
On the same day, Li Hongzhang telephoned Ding Ruchang and Yuan Baoling in Lushun, ordering Ding Ruchang to go to Korea immediately after the arrival of the two cruisers "Chao Yong" and "Yang Wei" who had gone to support Taiwan, and ordered Fang Zhengxiang's troops to accompany them and stationed in Korea after landing ashore.
On the same day (19:00 to 21:00 in the evening), Li Hongzhang called the General Administration, saying that he had just received the emperor's will and ordered the replacement of the two ships of the Nanyang Marine Division "Chengqing" and "Yiyuan" to go to the DPRK. The "Chao Yong" and "Yang Wei" warships were originally scheduled to depart from Shanghai tomorrow, if they had already returned, but there was no information in the middle of the way, and there was no way to know that the second ship would turn back. In this regard, Li Hongzhang was extremely anxious.
Liugong Island, the hometown of Jia Wu
December 14, 1888, November 12 of the Old Calendar. Li Hongzhang said that the "Beiyang Naval Regulations" have now been played accurately, but the number of salaries and other items in the charter is different from the amount originally issued, and should be requested to handle it in accordance with the charter from the beginning of the first month of the fifteenth year of Guangxu (1888).
On the same day, Jin Denggan, director of the Office of the Chinese Customs in London, wrote to the General Taxation Department, saying that Lang Weili, the chief instructor of the Beiyang Navy, sent him a letter saying that he was unwilling to return to China after returning to China for leave, which shows that Lang Weili did not have a satisfactory life in the Beiyang Navy and had the idea of retreating, which also laid the groundwork for his resignation two years later, that is, in 1891, due to the anger of the flag removal incident.
Langwilli
December 14, 1892, October 26, old calendar. "Zhenyuan", "Jiyuan" and "Weiyuan" sail to Shanghai, to Fuzhou on November 13, to Hong Kong on the fifth day of December, and to Xiamen on December 28 for the Chinese New Year.
December 14, 1894, November 18, 18, old calendar. Li Hongzhang telephoned Ding Ruchang and others, saying that his English secretary, Bi Dege, had recommended that the Americans, Wei Lide and Hao Wei, be able to build a new method of mine secrets, and that they should drive the torpedo boat export package to bomb the enemy ship on the ocean surface, and please send it from Yantai to Weihai.
Ding Ruchang
Just as "the illness rushed to the hospital", the panicked Qing court actually pinned its hopes on two Americans to save the defeat of Jia Wu.
Wei Lide and Hao Wei first knocked Lord Li Zhongtang down. They claimed to have the Qimen Shield Technique: the forts they built could not be penetrated by the enemy's navy; they could make the fort ports tightly arranged within 48 hours without the use of mines; the landing of troops, passing through the enemy's forts, and the approach of torpedo boats to enemy ships could make the enemy invisible... It can be said that it is a god, just like Zhuge Liang's rebirth!
Believing this to be true, Li Hongzhang decided to send Liu Hanfang to Weihai in a torpedo boat, and ordered Ding Ruchang to cooperate well and organize students studying in the United States, such as Wu Jinhou, Wu Yingke, Cai Tinggan, and Wang Dengliang, to first discuss their miraculous skills in destroying the enemy with the two Americans, and after examining and demonstrating the odds of victory in the sea, they were ordered to inspect the various forts in Weihaiwei's defense, so as to stabilize the overall situation.
The strange trick of the two Americans is just a hoax.