Chapter 24

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Protagonist:

Lv Muzhi

Inside the Whampoa Military Academy office, the Principal was studying the city defense map of Guangzhou City.

Chief Instructor He Yingqin walked quickly into the office: "Principal, the Merchant Corps has sent two thousand troops to attack the Grand Marshal's Office, and they have already been repelled by Li Fulin's troops."

The Principal nodded slightly and said faintly: "I know."

He Yingqin asked: "Principal, what should we do about our Whampoa Student Army? The fighting enthusiasm of all teachers and students in the school is very high!"

"Don't rush. There are over ten thousand Merchant Corps troops inside the city. Although their quality is poor, they are still not to be underestimated. Li Fulin's Yue Army Fourth Army must be used to defend the Grand Marshal's Office and monitor Chen Jiongming, and cannot enter the city to suppress them. In our Whampoa School, only the first-phase students have some fighting ability. The second phase has only trained for one month, and the Instruction Regiment's new recruits have trained for less than one month. They cannot be easily deployed. As long as we ensure the safety of the Whampoa Military Academy, we just wait for the Grand Marshal to return with troops for reinforcements."

He Yingqin fell silent for a while: "I'm afraid that by then, the inside of the city will have changed."

The Principal sneered, not taking the Merchant Corps seriously at all: "Chen Lianbo and them can't make any trouble. Even if they control the urban area, so what? We are still here, and the Grand Marshal's Office is safe and sound. As long as the British fleet doesn't come in, the Merchant Corps will eventually be eliminated by us."

"By the way, were the Merchant Corps soldiers who attacked the Grand Marshal's Office captured, or were they all wiped out?"

"Over two hundred escaped, running toward the Taikoo Dock. That is a dock run by the British, and Li Fulin did not send anyone to chase them."

"Taikoo Dock... Alright, you may go. Have the first-phase students prepare for combat, and by the way, call Lv Muzhi to the office."

The Principal continued to look down at the map. After a while, Lv Muzhi walked into the Principal's office.

"Principal, student Lv Muzhi reports for duty!"

"Come in, come in. Two hundred Merchant Corps soldiers have now directly hidden themselves in the Taikoo Dock. They are now directly colluding with the British merchants!" The Principal hurriedly greeted Lv Muzhi.

Lv Muzhi thought for a moment: "Principal, under the pretext that they are harboring anti-government thugs, quickly send people to surround the Taikoo Dock, and spread this news far and wide, spreading the news that we are going to confiscate Taikoo Shipping's assets in Guangzhou."

The Principal clenched his fist, looking somewhat nervous: "I was still thinking, will the British Empire's fleet stationed in Hong Kong rush in?"

Seeing the Principal's hesitant appearance, Lv Muzhi directly urged: "Principal, don't worry about these things. Haven't you already started short-selling Taikoo Shipping's stocks? Our fleet and the old hairy ones' warships have also gone to control the Humen Waterway. Even the old hairy ones have taken action. You must seize this opportunity. Quickly surround the Taikoo Dock!"

"Yes... I already entrusted someone to borrow Taikoo Shipping stocks worth twenty thousand yuan from an arbitrage company. I must do something, otherwise the handling fees and interest will be an astronomical figure..."

"Twenty thousand yuan? Principal, you have so much money!" Lv Muzhi was stunned.

"Oh, I borrowed the funds from someone, and others also participated in this short-selling. The amount is even larger than mine. We just need to be responsible for specific actions and create a bearish phenomenon. Reporters and newspaper offices have already been arranged by important figures."

"Muzi, you and He Yingqin take people there to surround the Taikoo Dock. Within the military academy, besides us, only He Yingqin knows about the short-selling of stocks. Pay attention to the scale. Do not let a foreigner bleeding incident happen. There will be reporters at the scene."

Upon hearing this, Lv Muzhi roughly guessed that the Principal had contacted big merchants in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang region to jointly short-sell Taikoo Shipping. The Principal was only responsible for specific execution, while the big merchants were responsible for creating momentum.

"Then Principal, what about my share..." Lv Muzhi rubbed his hands and reminded him.

"Rest assured. This suggestion was proposed by you. We will not shortchange you. Originally you said you would contribute fifty yuan of stock capital. I think it's funny just thinking about it. That's like playing house."

"You don't need to spend money. If it succeeds, you will have enough money to build a house in your hometown. If it fails, it doesn't matter. The situation has developed to this point. It is no longer just the two of us involved. At least we must earn back the interest and handling fees..."

On the Whampoa Military Academy playground, He Yingqin issued the order: "Student Teams Two and Three, immediately board ships and set off! Second-term freshmen and Instruction Regiment new recruits will remain at the Whampoa Military Academy!"

At He Yingqin's order, the students, fully armed, boarded the small boats.

"What's going on, Muzi? Are we going into the city to fight the Merchant Corps?" Chen Geng asked, and the gazes of others were also cast over.

Everyone had personally seen that after Lv Muzhi entered the Principal's office, He Yingqin issued the combat order.

Lv Muzhi must know something!

"Nothing much. The Principal just asked me in for a chat..."

Seeing Lv Muzhi being evasive, everyone was unhappy. Guan Linzhen said: "How can there be so many days for chatting? You've entered the Principal's office once every few days recently. Is there a beauty hidden in gold inside?"

Over twenty people on the small boat laughed loudly. He Yingqin was also on this boat. He glared at Guan Linzhen: "What nonsense! We are going to the Taikoo Dock. Over two hundred Merchant Corps soldiers are hiding inside. We are going there to suppress them!"

When Chief Instructor He Yingqin spoke, everyone fell silent and began checking the weapons in their hands, preparing for combat.

After sailing for two hours, He Yingqin led everyone to land on a small sandbar south of the Taikoo Dock.

"Listen to my command. Everyone divide into four combat teams. Team One Captain Instructor Chen Cheng, Team Two Captain Instructor Gu Zhutong, Team Three Captain Instructor Liu Zhi, Team Four Captain Instructor Chen Jicheng. You four each lead over fifty students and act in coordination!"

For this operation, He Yingqin only brought these four instructors out. The others remained at the Whampoa Military Academy. After all, only two teams, over two hundred students, were brought out, and there weren't that many soldiers for them to lead.

Team Three Captain Instructor Liu Zhi immediately found Lv Muzhi: "Muzi Ah, seeing you again. In the past, Instructor taught you theory in the classroom. Today, I will truly teach you a lesson in actual combat!"

Obviously, Liu Zhi wanted to pull Lv Muzhi into his Team Three.

Lv Muzhi did not refuse. Although he really wanted to exchange a few words with Chen Cheng, the future leader of the Civil Engineering Clique, in order not to reject Liu Zhi's face, Lv Muzhi still joined Liu Zhi's Team Three.

Seeing Lv Muzhi join Liu Zhi's side, Chen Geng also came over.

Even more surprisingly, everyone saw Lv Muzhi join Liu Zhi's side, and Hu Zongnan, Du Yuming, Guan Linzhen and others also joined in.

Obviously, Lv Muzhi frequently entered and exited the Principal's office. During this period when Jiang Xiangyun and He Zhonghan were absent, everyone, in order to obtain information, began to gravitate toward Lv Muzhi.

This was a bargain for Liu Zhi. Seeing so many excellent students join his team, Liu Zhi smiled from ear to ear, angering the other three instructors quite a bit. He thought to himself, where am I inferior to Liu Zhi?

He Yingqin saw the teams were divided and issued the order: "Alright, listen to my command. First surround the dock! Team One and Team Two monitor the water surface to see if any armed elements board ships or jump into the water. Team Three block the main gate. Team Four monitor the side gate. No one is allowed to enter or exit!"