On February 12, 1888, Jochen arrived at the port of Stettin, this time the arrival was still for the Qing State to order four cruisers to see off, due to the relatively long construction period of the Zhiyuan class, so it was completed in November 1887, and then the sea trials, the Qing State ship personnel were familiar with the equipment, so it was delayed until now to be able to return to China. After the completion of the sea trials at the Shuoxiao shipyard 4 months earlier, it has been staying in Danzig Port, but after the arrival of the Qing ship's receiving personnel, in order to better conduct the exercise, it was also transferred to Stettin, not only these 4 cruisers, together with the 2 80-ton torpedo boats as a gift and a 90-ton torpedo boat that the Qing Kingdom later ordered in the UK also sailed together this time, the two German-made torpedo boats were the first and second on the left, and the British torpedo boat was the first on the right. In addition, Qing Guo also ordered three torpedo boats of the same type from Volkeng Shipyard, which were transported back to Qing in the form of parts and assembled under the guidance of German technicians.

The leader of the Qing Beiyang Naval Division, who came to pick up the ship this time, was the protagonist of the flag removal incident, and the title was Lang Weili, an Englishman with the title of Admiral of the Beiyang Naval Division, the second class and the third treasure star. Jochen heard the gossip from the Volkeng shipyard that the British Navy Colonel and His Excellency the Admiral of the Beiyang Naval Division had firmly managed the officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division who came to pick up the ships even in Germany, and because the Jingyuan and Laiyuan ships had been completed earlier, Luang Weili did not let the ships sit idle, and the officers and men of the Naval Division directly carried out training on the two ships. History says that under his management, the officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division "never took time to relax, and tried to wave the flag and give orders in the toilet" and praised him for his "diligence and respect, and he was called "worthy of his name."

However, Volkeng's shipyard did not say good things about Luang Weili, and there were many complaints. I don't know if it was because of Hurd's instructions, or if the Admiral, as a British naval colonel, was dissatisfied with his motherland's failure to grab the Qing order, in short, he was picky about the equipment on the ship, and then always said what would happen if it was made in England, which made a lot of trouble for the technicians of the Shuoxiao shipyard and the Volkeng shipyard. Now that this guy is going to fuck off, everyone breathes a sigh of relief. Jochen smiled secretly and said sternly: "The British shipbuilding skills are indeed excellent, and it is a good thing that people are willing to give advice as British naval captains. The shipyard staff could only nod their heads, saying that His Highness was really diligent in self-encouragement.

Under the management of Luang Weili, the fleet began to light a fire at 3 a.m., and then the flagship Jingyuan raised the signal flag and ordered the whole fleet to anchor at 1 p.m. Before that, it was another scene of exchange and farewell. Jochen, on the other hand, had an exchange with Luang Weili.

"Hello, Your Excellency Luang Weili, can I talk to you?"

"It is my pleasure, Your Highness Joachim."

"I've heard that you are well managed and rigorously trained. Now I see that the officers and men of the Qing Navy are neat and well-trained, and they really live up to their reputation. ”

"Thank you Your Highness for your praise, I have seen that the German sailors are also forbidden during this time, and the organization is rigorous, not to mention how much." As soon as these words came out, Jochen knew why this guy was so annoying, this mouth was really a diaphragm. The German Navy is now the fourth in the world, and the training level of the German Navy may still be far behind that of the British, but the training intensity and training requirements are definitely much higher than the rotten Russian Navy and the chaotic French Navy. Moreover, Europeans generally look down on the yellow race, and praise you for a few words and say that the level of the German Navy is about the same as that of the Beiyang Naval Division, you are deliberate, right? No wonder the personnel of the Volkeng shipyard and the Shuoxiao shipyard complained, the words spoken by this guy are absolutely not good.

While complaining in his stomach, Jochen, who was still smiling on his face, snorted and cried over: "Where, where, compared to Your Excellency's Royal Navy, we are still far behind." ”

Fortunately, this guy is not a stunned young man, if he clarifies that he refers to the Beiyang Naval Division and not the British Royal Navy, Jochen will not be able to hold it on his face.

Then the two talked about the situation in the Far East, and Jochen naturally focused on the extremely important "Nagasaki incident". "Your Excellency Luang Weili, I heard that there was friction with the Japanese side when you led the Qing fleet to dock in Nagasaki, Japan the year before last?"

"Indeed, I led Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, Jiyuan, and Weiyuan (Note 1) to the port of Vladivostok (Vladivostok) in Russia to visit Wèn, and after returning, because the ship needed maintenance and Port Arthur was not yet completed, I went to Japan to prepare for maintenance at the shipyard in Nagasaki. Then the sailors on board came ashore on vacation and clashed with the Japanese. As a result, there were casualties on our side. ”

Seeing that Lang Weili said this, Joheng did not expose it, in fact, this incident was not on the side of the Beiyang Naval Division. On August 1, 1886, the Qing fleet arrived in Changchang, and the three warships Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, and Jiyuan, which had experienced the Sino-French naval battle, could be regarded as famous in Japan. The majestic posture of the second ship of Dingzhen made the Japanese amazed, envious, jealous, and resentful.

On August 13, at the invitation of the Japanese side, Beiyang officers and soldiers went ashore to shop. Some sailors violated military discipline and went to local prostitutes. Yard Search. Merriful and drunken brawls. The police who arrived on hearing the news quickly quelled the incident, but several sailors went to the police station to continue the trouble. After stabbing a policeman to a serious injury, the sailors who caused the accident were also slightly injured and arrested, after which the sailors who remained on the warship went out to besiege the police station, and the ship's 305-mm cannon also turned its muzzle and aimed at the city of Nagasaki. In the face of the threat of force, the Japanese side can only obediently release the people and apologize for compensation. Li Hongzhang said: "Fighting to kill the cause of the brothel is a matter of negligence, and there is no excuse for it", but he also said: "The landing of the soldiers is a matter of narrow evil, and it is also a constant feeling." That is, the general is not strictly restrained, and it is not impossible to blame, and there is no need to be too hasty. "In his opinion, because of prostitution. The conflict caused by prostitutes can only be considered a small matter, but the situation is quickly expanded.

On 15 August, Li Hongzhang instructed the whole fleet to have a day off and allowed 450 sailors to go sightseeing freely. Although Ding Ruchang explicitly forbade sailors to carry ordnance ashore. However, according to Japanese records, many sailors were armed with sticks and knives, including Japanese swords purchased from Japanese antique shops, and the sightseeing quickly turned into a fight due to the dissatisfaction caused by the dispute two days earlier. The Japanese side dispatched hundreds of police officers to divide and surround the sailors, and cooperated with the citizens on the street to launch an attack. Later statistics showed that 5 Qing sailors were killed, 44 were wounded, and 5 were missing. The Japanese police also killed 5 people and injured 30 others. Many people in Nagasaki were also injured.

This incident is known as the Nagasaki Incident, or the Zhenyuan Riot, which the Japanese side calls the Nagasaki Kiyokuni Sailors Incident. Although the incident was caused by Qing sailors, the Beiyang Fleet had an overwhelming superiority over the Japanese navy at this time, so it finally ended in February 1887 with the Japanese side retreating.

Beginning with the Nagasaki incident, the Japanese authorities began to stir up anti-China, anti-China, and anti-Chinese sentiment among the people, and for a time even children played a game of sinking the second ship of Dingzhen. The Japanese Navy, which was deeply stimulated, also began to formulate its own counterforce against the Dingzhen 2. At this time, far away in the French Mediterranean, the Sankei No. 2 ship Itsukushima, which was designed to counter the Dingzhen 2 ship and was equipped with 320 mm Ghanaian guns, had already laid its keel (Note 2).

Jochen didn't mind giving the Qing people a thorough explanation: "I heard that His Excellency Lang Weili once built a war against Japan on the Qing side, and the Qing navy could completely overwhelm the Japanese navy with the naval strength of the Qing State, but it was not accepted by the Qing side. Now the cruisers Naniwa and Takachiho, which Britain built for Japan, have returned home, and as far as I know, the Japanese side has ordered new warships equipped with 320 mm naval guns from France, and the first ship has been laid on January 7 this year. It seems that the determination of the whole of Japan to be ashamed of the shame is very strong. ”

"320 mm naval guns? Is His Highness's message true? This news made Luang Weili attach great importance to it.

"I can't be mistaken, the designer was the designer of France's first protective cruiser, the Sverks, and in 1885 Japan hired him as an adviser to the Ministry of the Navy. The specific design is not very clear, but the credibility of the information about the armament of the 320-mm Griffonia gun is still very high. Although the rate of fire of this thing is extremely low, once it hits, the power is still amazing. "In fact, the evaluation of the main gun of the Sanjing ship is one word - pit, this 320 mm 42 times the caliber of the naval gun is amazing, but the Sanjing ship is a small boat anti-cannon, the 4000-ton hull only carries one main gun, the actual engagement rate of fire and hit rate are pits, in the First Sino-Japanese War, Itsukushima in the 5 hours of engagement its main gun only fired 5 times, its threat is not as good as its own equipment of 12 120 mm secondary guns. Of course, Jochen will not say this, let the Qing people guess for themselves, if the Qing people think that it is a huge ship with a displacement of 10,000 tons and equipped with 4 320 mm guns, it would be better, the arms race has always been the favorite of arms dealers, if the Qing continue to buy ships, Jochen does not mind persuading the navy to sell the two cutting-edge Oldenburg-class ironclads that he just commissioned in 1886. "Once this kind of warship with strong attack power is completed, the Japanese Navy will have the capital to fight against the Beiyang Naval Division, and now that the contradictions between Japan and the Qing are deepening, there will be a war between the two countries in the future. If His Excellency Luang Weili's advice had been implemented at that time, the Japanese navy would have been vulnerable at all, but it will be difficult to say later. Jochen sighed deliberately.

"Your Highness don't have to worry, equipment can't determine the outcome of the war, the tradition of my Royal Navy is 'fight when you see the enemy', I believe that under my training, the level of Qing sailors must be above Japan, even if the Japanese Navy has stronger ships, it can also win the war." Luang Weili said with a look of course.

The problem is that as soon as the flag removal incident comes out, you will leave immediately, and then the training of the Beiyang Navy Division will be abandoned. Jochen scolded. It's not that Yoheng favored the Qing Dynasty because he was Chinese in his previous life. For Jochen, it was in Japan's better interest to win the First Sino-Japanese War, because it was impossible for the Qing government to cause any trouble to the Russians. But Jochen would prefer a slightly weaker Japanese and Russian to fight in the Far East, and if those old Maozi had not lost so completely in the Far East, Nicholas II's character would have continued to increase investment in the Far East, instead of obediently retracting his claws and staring at the Ottomans. For Germany, the more energy the Russians expended in the Far East, the less pressure they put on themselves. Therefore, although Japan wanted to win the First Sino-Japanese War, it could not let him win so comfortably, and the Japanese Navy, which was bitten off a piece of meat by the Beiyang Naval Division, was more in line with Jochen's hope. What's more, whether it is the arms race between the two countries before the war or the replenishment of naval strength after the war, Germany has the opportunity to get a piece of the pie, and doing business on both sides is the true nature of arms dealers.

The word has already arrived, and as the chief instructor of the Beiyang Naval Division, Lang Weili, who holds the rank of commander, will definitely not be light in passing on this news after he goes back. Jochen had no interest in continuing with the haughty Englishman. After a few more idle words, he found an excuse and left. There's another person Jochen is interested in to talk about.

Note 1: The Weiyuan training ship, the 20th ship built by the Fujian Shipbuilding Bureau, is China's first iron-wedged wood-hulled warship. Due to the lack of manufacturing experience, the keel, beam, partition and other components were ordered in France, and the Frenchman Shu Fei was responsible for supervising the manufacturing. There are also Chaowu, Kangji, Chengqing, and Henghai ships of the same type.

Note 2: Actually, the official name of the Sankei is the Matsushima-class cruiser, which is called the Sankei ship because its name comes from three scenic spots in Japan, but Itsukushima started construction earlier than the No. 1 Matsushima ship.

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