President Moe is satisfied with this lieutenant colonel, mainly because this is crazy enough!

The military is to be a little crazy, not crazy means that there is no ability, President Meng will not worry about the problem of control, as long as you have the ability, the army has the discipline of the army, not by feeling to control people, but by discipline to control, which will begin the process of regularization of his army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

For the construction of the army, President Meng can be described as painstaking, not to mention that there are no officers of their own, even if China already has excellent officers, in the early days of the army, President Meng also hoped that foreigners would guide and manage the army, what kind of character the Chinese are, President Meng is very clear, or foreign monks are more able to chant scriptures.

Like the national football team, it is useless not to invite foreign teachers and not insist on inviting high-level foreign teachers, otherwise there will be various factions in the army, which is a headache.

These soldiers are divided into several grades according to their experience and rank, and the highest one has an annual salary of two hundred taels of Chinese official silver! The lowest is also 20 taels of Chinese official silver, which is already a very high salary, you know, the average salary of the workers of Klinsmann Foreign Bank is less than the annual salary of 5 taels of Chinese official bank.

This is still the salary of skilled workers, most of the small workers, than half of this wage, at this time in China's per capita income measurement, to be able to work in Klinsmann is already a very good treatment.

What's more, the economic crisis in the United States is serious at this time, and these people can't eat, so they don't follow President Meng upside down!?

President Meng directly appointed Lieutenant Colonel Rob Criss as the chief of naval staff of the Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom and the commander of the fleet, and even made this guy in his thirties crazy, this guy was originally an official fan.

Although President Moe's navy only has one shipside gun ironclad, and this shipside gun ironclad only has a hundred retired naval soldiers hired, it still gives Comrade Rob Criss a taste of being the boss.

President Meng saw that it was not good, so he had to leave with the 2,125 tons of gold and more than 1,000 technicians who he secretly transported to the freighter, although the procurement of armaments was not ideal, but he could make so much money and network so many technicians, President Meng was still happy!

As for the industrial procurement in the United States, it is also very good, due to the economic depression, the economic crisis is the most violent time, at this time the equipment is bought casually, including energy mining and mining equipment are the most advanced, before the construction of Danzhou, where there is any mining, it has been explored very clearly, the establishment of each mining site, has long been in the early planning, the purchase of industrial equipment is also very complete, and it is only a matter of time before you build a mine.

The two medium-sized ocean-going vessels had three masts (two wooden and one iron, 18 meters long) and sail rigging, which were removed and only one iron mast remained.

The ship is 71.93 meters long, 10.36 meters wide, 8 meters draft, 5,000 tons of displacement, 530 tons of normal coal, 900 tons of maximum coal, 2 steam engines, 4 round coal-fired boilers, two-shaft propulsion, 2,800 horsepower, 15 knots, and 300-400 people, which is enough for a freighter.

It's just that the number is not enough, two freighters, and there must be frigates, right? Without frigates, if you want to sail far, you can only partner with the fleets of other countries, and the Americans are controlling themselves.

Also, why do people give you a strong army? What about the funny?

Business too!

However, President Moe is not a personality that can be easily controlled!

As for this ship-side ironclad, this is the oldest type of ironclad, the ironclad of the mid-60s of the 19th century.

The ironclad ships of this period had the same structure and guns arranged along the side of the wooden warships of the Sail Age, except that steam engines and chimneys were added.

At that time, it was a large ocean-going main ironclad ship, and it was also a rare large ironclad ship with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons at that time.

Also a rare 5-masted battleship.

The ramming bow, the stern of the cruiser, and the gunners are arranged on the side along the length of the hull, which is suitable for fighting in columns, and can also be called battleships.

But there is only one president of Meng, and there is no need to line up, if you want to be horizontal, you can be in a column.

The use of steam engine sail hybrid can save coal, increase endurance, and exercise the ability of the crew to control the sail equipment.

The disadvantage is that the sail equipment is easily destroyed by the artillery of enemy ships in battle.

It was completed on December 30, 1868.

The ship is 124 meters long, 18.14 meters wide, 8.46 meters draft, and has a displacement of 10,690 tons.

It is a steam and sail hybrid with single-axle propulsion and a power of 6,700 hp at 14.32 knots, an Ekencot with 6,867 hp and a speed of 14.8 knots, and a Northumberland with 6,545 hp and a speed of 14.13 knots.

This type of ship belongs to the early ironclad ships, with armor thickness of 5.5 inches-4.5 inches. The whole ship has a strength of 800 people.

Artillery: 4 9-inch front-loading rifled guns, 24 8-inch front-loading rifled guns, 8 24-pounder front-loading smoothbore guns.

Princess Catrina Caave stood on the deck screaming and jumping, "Now it's okay, we finally have our own warship!" Congratulations, President! ”

Although President Meng felt that it was not enough, he had already left, but he still accepted it calmly, nodded and said, "Well, it's very good." ”

Looking at the two medium-sized ocean-going freighters under the escort of the ironclad ship and the small fleet of three ships, this makes President Meng very proud, think about it, why do people want to help you?

In the United States, it was a robbery of money and people, and in the end it took away three ships, which is already quite good.

"The quality of these rifles seems to be inferior to the Mauser Model 1871 rifle that we bought from Germany." Wang Zhankui pulled the bolt and fired a shot into the distance, but there was no response on the empty sea, "It can only be used by the patrol police." ”

President Meng nodded and said: "Yes, it is not suitable for the army, and, it seems that the Americans will not export weapons to us in the future, these things can only be used by the reserve army and the police academy, and it is not bad for everyone to practice marksmanship." To be equipped in a large area, or to have a Mauser rifle and a Krupp cannon! ”

Wang Zhankui nodded and said, "Don't worry, president, aren't you a German aristocrat?" Looks like there's still a knighthood, right? ”

President Meng snorted, "There is such a thing, the German minister Dudek helped me get it, it seems to be called a baron, and I don't know if I went to Europe, and people won't buy it!" This time I went to Europe in the name of the Kingdom of Eastern Hawaii to engage in diplomacy in the name of preparing for the Olympic Games, so that as many people as possible could recognize us, establish diplomatic relations, and facilitate trade in the future. (To be continued.) )