In 1930s, Liu Xiang, a warlord in Sichuan, established the "Chuanjiang Public Security Fleet" as an integral part of the "land, sea and air" integration of Sichuan Army.
Of course, this "Chuanjiang Public Security Fleet" sounds quite famous, but it is not worthy of the name. At that time, Liu Xiang thought it was too long to buy from abroad, so he bought two retired German patrol boats, equipped with armor and artillery, and a merchant ship, equipped with guns and machine guns.
In other words, the Sichuan navy at that time had three "warships", namely "Bayu", "Yangtze River" and "Cragginess"! Jiang Kui is the commander of the Sichuan Navy and concurrently the captain of the "Yangtze River" ship!
In this way, the navy of the Sichuan Army was established.
There was a nosy person who posted a notice and quipped:
"Tell the small fishing boats along the river that they will lose money if they turn over the warships. It costs 55,000 to buy a boat and 33,000 to buy a gun. " Interestingly, after the navy was established, Liu Xiang cheerfully ran to Chaotianmen Wharf to review his "navy".
The day of the parade was very lively. Although this "warship" is a bit fake, it is at least equipped with artillery and iron shell. This is a rare thing.
Liu Xiang wanted to show off, but he had an accident on the way. At this time, Jiang Kui saw the excitement on the shore. In order to enliven the atmosphere, he ordered a salute for the leaders on the shore to listen to.
It doesn't matter if you don't open it, it will mess things up. The warship itself is just a small steam ship, which can't bear the recoil of firing. As soon as the fire is fired, the hull will stagger, retreat a lot, and almost capsize. I see Liu Xiang's face is black.
Another version said that there was a storm and just two tugboats passed by Lu Zuofu Minsheng Company. As a result, the water wave caused the warship "warship" to swing. At that time, Jiang Kui flew into a rage, grabbed the microphone and shouted:
"Turtle son tugboat in front, get out of the way for Lao Tzu, and the waves will turn Lao Tzu over. Your turtle son can't stand it!"
Zhang Biguo once wrote a poem ironically:
"What a private boat, Chongqing opened for seven days. All the equipment is neat, and there are two large fiber vines outside. If it weren't for pulling the beach backwards, I almost caught up with the cypress boat. Attention, when the waves sink, the boatman along the river will lose money. " Of course, although Liu Xiang's navy is in rags, it is still a "navy" and still plays a great role in the struggle to unify Sichuan.
At that time, Erliu and Liu bombarded Luzhou City with the navy, covered the siege troops and defeated Liu in one fell swoop. Liu Xiang finally defeated his uncle Liu Wenhui and became the king of Sichuan!