The whole exercise lasted more than four hours, and not only did the training subjects take place, but the representatives such as Zhao Xin and Han Qi also stepped onto the armored cruiser and personally felt the horror of this war weapon.

As far as Zhao Xin is concerned, he is quite dissatisfied with this weapon, speaking of which, he just has the name of an armored cruiser, and the protection force and speed are not satisfactory, but the firepower is enough.

4 guns of 260 mm, although it is said that there are only 3 guns in each direction, which is among the old battleships, which cannot be solved, and all-heavy artillery battleships, facing almost every direction, are the same number, and can fire in a salvo, which is the terrible thing about all-heavy artillery battleships.

This is a battleship that surpasses this era, much higher than the level of this era, and in the eyes of Han Qi, it is full of disbelief.

An armored cruiser, his tonnage, around 7500 tons, is the only one that is relatively perfect in terms of firepower, except for deducting a certain amount of protection and not having enough power.

On land, the artillery fire of the armored train is enough to be amazing, but he has such and such weaknesses, although he can use the train, he can maneuver quickly, but that is only when transporting, once it reaches the place, it needs to be deployed, this time, at least one day, at most two or three days.

This problem does not exist on armored cruisers, the problem of the recoil of this gun was taken into account when designing the artillery fire, and the sea has a strong bearing capacity, as long as the balance of the design is maintained, and when firing a salvo, it is okay to let the ship go backwards, as long as it can withstand such recoil, it is fine.

In the information age, and even in later generations, the era of missiles and rockets, Zhao Xin was not very cold about armored cruisers, and even felt that he was a little weak.

However, this most powerful creation that human beings can make at present, a behemoth of nearly 10,000 tons, still gave Han Qi a huge shock, Han Qi knew that the Dinghai Navy had artillery, muskets, and even a fortress could be demolished, but that would take time.

The fist-wide muzzle of the cannon does not seem to have increased much compared with the huge caliber of 260 mm, but the huge shell and the power of the cannonball give Han Qi a deep understanding.

In the meantime, several ground attacks have also been tried, whether it is the armor-piercing effect of armor-piercing shells, or the lethality effect of anti-personnel shells, large-caliber artillery, especially the Dinghai Navy, the use of new gunpowder, the power of the artillery is amazing, it does not need to use flowering shells at all, high-explosive shells can be used.

Although it is said that there is no impact and lethality of shrapnel, the power of large-caliber artillery itself is quite a lot, once hit, under the impact force, the surrounding area of more than ten meters, or even twenty or thirty meters, will be hit by air pressure, and there will be no possibility of survival.

This is the power of heavy artillery, similar to the TV series of later generations, or in the anti-Japanese drama, 150 mm, or even larger caliber artillery can be charged as soon as it goes down, shaking the earth, it can be charged, that is just a random shot, why during the Anti-Japanese War, so many people died in the battle of Shanghai, all of them were made of heavy artillery, and the naval artillery went down, and the cannon went down, just like the map cannon, cleaning up a huge area, in this area, it is almost impossible to live.

Even the muskets are felt to be advanced, from the time when the Dinghai Navy was founded, Han Qi got a few muskets, and until now, the Northern Song Dynasty has not been able to come up with a reason, not to mention, at present, you Gao Navy has come up with such a terrible weapon of destruction.

If the previous artillery was already something that non-human beings could deal with, the current one is even more terrifying, Han Qi doesn't even know how such a terrible weapon is made, is this the industrial heritage of the Dinghai Navy.

From the beginning of seeing this armored cruiser to the end of the entire exercise, Han Qi's mind was muddy, the opening up of the Ding Navy was almost under his nose, and after a few years of development, he didn't know what was going on, he created such a terrible strength of the Ding Navy, and could even destroy the Liao State.

The shock to the Northern Song Dynasty at that time was huge, and the reason why Han Qi, including Han Qi, still had the spirit to catch up with the Ding Navy was because he firmly believed that the Northern Song Dynasty could develop faster, have stronger forces, and catch up.

But 10 years have passed, not only did the Northern Song Dynasty not catch up, but the gap was even greater, and even muskets were not made.

It is conceivable that at sea, the Northern Song Dynasty was still an ordinary wooden ship, holding rockets or ballistas and the like, but for armored cruisers, which were wrapped in steel all over their bodies, they were tantamount to itching through their shoes, and even cruisers could sink them without using artillery.

Could it be that what he did before was really wrong, the previous thoughts once again rose in Han Qi's heart.

In the next half a month, Han Qi did not go to investigate again, what is the meaning of the investigation, not to mention anything else, simply having such a huge killing weapon, it is not something that the Northern Song Dynasty can deal with, although the ships cannot go ashore, but once these ships sail to any port in the Northern Song Dynasty, even if there is only one, these ports will be fallen, not to mention, how many ports and cities are on the Yangtze River, once the Yangtze River is blocked, the Northern Song Dynasty will be directly divided.

Not to mention, the previous thermal weapons and artillery, Han Qi suddenly had an idea that the Northern Song Dynasty could exist, I am afraid that it was really as Zhao Xin said, and he didn't want to do anything to the Northern Song Dynasty, before, he thought it was a big talk, but the facts in front of him proved that this is really not a big word, but a big truth, a real big truth.

For half a month, Han Qi seriously considered the information obtained by the Northern Song Dynasty before, as well as the every move he saw when he came to Dinghai.

Han Qi has never been a stupid person, Zhao Xin and Ding Haijun, what they did for such a purpose, why are there so many, no matter how long it took before, they couldn't figure it out, but now, just in front of them, their purpose was soon revealed.

Solicitation, they are soliciting themselves, as soon as this idea appeared, plus the previous ones, Han Qi suddenly found that there was only such an explanation.

If Han Qi hadn't had such a thought in his heart before, he might not have been shaken much, but now, with coercion and temptation, coupled with his own experience, it is difficult to realize that there is only one way.

There is no hope in the Northern Song Dynasty, this is the only thought in Han Qi's heart at present, in the face of a force that is difficult to resist with his body, if the Dinghai is only strong above the navy, then he is not afraid, but the Dinghai is strong in all aspects.

Even, back then, the Northern Song Dynasty's move to recover Yanyun also made him vigilant, that is, a copy of the future Northern Song Dynasty battle.

To deal with Liao, a large number of fortifications can be used, even now, the Dinghai Navy has the weapons to break the fortress, but the army weapons are always not so powerful, so that the dense fortress protection can slow down the pace of the Dinghai Navy.

However, this method is not valid at all in the face of the Dinghai Navy, and the vast coastline, starting from Shanhaiguan and ending with Guangzhou in the south, is a huge coastline of thousands of kilometers, which can be attacked.

As long as the navy destroys the defenses, the navy can log in, land at Shanhaiguan, you can directly threaten Zhuojun, and if you land from Shandong, you can threaten the Daimyo's mansion, Lianghuai, and Guangdong, these are full of holes, and everywhere are places where you can start.

It is impossible for the Northern Song Dynasty to fully fortify, nor can it be prevented, and every corner that can be defended must be gunsmoke everywhere and beaten everywhere.

If Zhao Xin knew that in Han Qi's heart, he would not care too much, because this is exactly the purpose of Zhao Xin doing this, showing Han Qi everything that can be shown, and then it is a process of waiting, waiting for a melon to ripen.

I thought it was to recruit Han Qi, but it became the next opportunity, because after thinking seriously for half a month and writing down at least 40 pieces of information, Han Qi chose to return to the Northern Song Dynasty.

Here, because of Han Qi's return, there is still a disagreement in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Dinghai, and some officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believe that Han Qi has seen too many secrets of Dinghai, which he cannot bring back to the Northern Song Dynasty, and some of them think that Han Qi only saw these under Zhao Xin's explanation, since he showed him, he was not afraid of what he was doing, and when the difference in strength reached a certain level, it didn't matter whether he had foresight or not.

A sudden attack may bring a certain advantage, but in the face of absolute strength, if you can use a sudden attack, just wait slowly.

In this way, Han Qi left Dinghai and returned to the Northern Song Dynasty with his own investigation results and some of his own experiences, which also brought a huge shock to the Northern Song Dynasty.

The first person to see this result was Fu Bi, as an old friend for many years, and he has always been a partner at work, and there are some things that it is better to let him know first.

Fu Bi, as the leader of the work of the Privy Council, when Han Qi brought back so much information about the Ding Navy, first of all, the first feeling was, of course, happy, anyone, when he saw so much information, happiness was certain.

But looking at it, this joy disappeared, and was replaced by solemnity, and after reading almost 10 copies, he couldn't help but ask Han Qi if this was true, and the more he looked at it, the more it looked like it was made up.

Han Qi didn't answer Fu Bi's question directly, but calmly let Fu Bi continue to read it, a total of thirty or forty copies, and Fu Bi only read how much.

Even if Fu Bi has a strong disbelief in his heart, out of respect for Han Qi, he still looks down, the previous one just said that people couldn't believe it, but after that, it became more and more outrageous, 18 billion official salaries, 50 billion public construction expenditures, 70 billion medical expenditures, and 150 billion education expenditures.

What kind of existence is the Dinghai Navy, the Northern Song Dynasty said that it is a fund of three or five billion, it is so difficult, the Dinghai Navy is directly tens of billions, hundreds of billions, even if he has heard it before, the Dinghai Navy has a strong place in terms of income, but he still can't believe it.

However, the biggest, or the last, about the section about the sea trials of the armored cruiser, a behemoth 220 meters long, more than 30 meters wide, and more than 30 meters at the highest point, and all made of steel, how does this sound, how does it sound like a fantasy.

The largest ships that the Northern Song Dynasty could make were only three or four thousand materials, but how big those ships were, dozens of meters long and a few meters wide, they were several times larger than the largest ships in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Not to mention his force, 4 artillery pieces, extremely powerful, as soon as he runs down, armor-piercing bullets, can penetrate several meters deep into the reinforced concrete structure, huge penetration plus impact, the so-called fortress of the Northern Song Dynasty, once it is hit like this, I am afraid it will directly collapse half of it, not to mention the attack of high-explosive bombs, which is dozens of acres in radius, and there is no piece of armor left.

Under the premise of the density and high density of the Northern Song Dynasty army, a huge team may be one shot, and the first army, or even the second or third army, will be gone.

No matter how convinced Han Qi was, Fu Bi didn't believe that it was true, Han Qi looked at the excited Fu Bi and sighed, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, how could he have thought that the Dinghai Navy had such a terrible weapon of destruction.

Whether they believe it or not, the facts are in front of them, and they can't help but believe it.

In addition to the military force, another very critical issue is the territory, before, Han Qi didn't know how big the area of the Dinghai Navy was, thinking that it was only a place as large as the area of the Liao State, at most it was a little bigger.

This is Han Qi's idea, and it is also the idea of the vast majority of people in the entire Northern Song Dynasty, but when he left the Dinghai Navy, Han Qi was invited by Zhao Xin to enter the palace of the Dinghai Navy, and in the Tianji Hall of the Imperial Palace, he saw a huge map of East Asia.

It records in detail that including Liao, Mongolia, Tibet, the Northern Song Dynasty, the Indochina Peninsula and Siberia, that is, the whole of East Asia, Central Asia and Southeast Asia, this huge territory, at least about 20 million square kilometers, except for the Northern Song Dynasty of 3 million square kilometers, the others belong to the Ding Navy.

It is this that prompted Han Qi's return, maybe other places, Han Qi is not familiar with, but in the Northern Song Dynasty, no matter which way, Han Qi's trajectory has been left, especially in the northwest where he has personally fought, Youyun, these places can no longer be familiar.

Dinghai's mapping has unique features, but most of them are realistic, on the huge map, the shapes of cities, prefectures and counties, these can't deceive people, even part of the Liao country, as well as some countries in the Indochina Peninsula, even if he hasn't been there, he has heard of it, these can't deceive people.

In just 10 years, the Dinghai Navy not only digested and absorbed the territory of the Liao State, but also expanded them to the current size of at least 5 times the size of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the most important thing is that these lands almost surrounded the Northern Song Dynasty.

The Liao State itself plus the Western Xia, which was in the north and west of the Northern Song Dynasty, plus the southwest Tibet, and the Indochina Peninsula in the south, it can be said that except for the sea on the southeast coast, the other lands are under the control of the navy, and it is unceremoniously said that the Northern Song Dynasty has been surrounded, and it is surrounded by a very large and heavy land.