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The predecessor of the South China Sea Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy was the Nanyang Fleet during the Manchu Dynasty, in the impression of the officers and soldiers, the emperor should be an unattainable existence, he should live in the palace, surrounded by a large number of people to protect him inch by inch, ordinary people want to see the emperor, this is simply impossible.

But now, the emperor of the Chinese Empire appeared in front of the officers and men of the navy, and he would chat with the officers and soldiers, although the officers and soldiers could still feel the majesty of the emperor, but they also felt the care of the emperor, which was impossible to happen during the Manchu Dynasty.

Many officers and soldiers burst into tears of excitement the moment they saw Yan Xueyi.

When Yan Xueyi was about to leave the Kaiji cruiser, more than 300 officers and men of the entire Kaiji cruiser gathered on the deck and shouted: "Long live His Majesty the Emperor!" Long live the Chinese Empire! ”

As one of the two major naval fleets of the Imperial Chinese Navy, the South China Sea Fleet is mainly stationed in Guangdong and Hailan, and is responsible for guarding the South China Sea waters of the empire.

The South China Sea Fleet has as many as 23 warships, but the highest tonnage of these warships is just over 2,000 tons, and the few are gunboats with a tonnage of only a few hundred.

Yan Xueyi inspected the South China Sea Fleet, and it was impossible for every warship to go up and take a turn, so he could only select the more important warships and go up to take a look, even so, after a circle, it was already nearly four o'clock in the afternoon, and at noon, Yan Xueyi and his party also tasted the food of the South China Sea Fleet, more precisely, the food of ordinary soldiers.

The food of the navy is not bad, four dishes and one soup, two vegetarian dishes, one fish and one meat, plus a soup, such a food standard can be a little higher than that of the army, and the standard of the air force is about the same, but the fish is the most common in the navy's food, after all, the navy deals with the sea and can eat fish every day.

From the day the empire's army was founded, the standard of food in the army was very high, almost every meal had meat, and the food of ordinary soldiers was so good, so it also led to a tradition in the army: under normal circumstances, the food of officers and soldiers in the army was the same, and officers could not open small stoves.

Then, the navy and air force of the empire appeared, and the navy and the air force also had to inherit this tradition, and the air force and the army came from the same source, and could well inherit this tradition.

But the navy is different, the navy of the Chinese Empire is mostly the navy inherited from the Manchu Dynasty, and some officers think that their status is higher than those ordinary soldiers, how can they eat the same meal as soldiers, so some naval officers and destroy this tradition, stay away from soldiers, and every time they eat, they open a small stove alone.

In fact, it is also possible to do this, and the military regulations of the Chinese Empire do not clearly stipulate that the food of officers and soldiers in the army should be the same, but doing so will make the "distance" between officers and soldiers farther and farther away.

However, Yan Xueyi had lunch with ordinary soldiers in the South China Sea Fleet, and seeing this scene, the hearts of many naval officers were touched.

"The emperor is such a noble existence and can eat with the soldiers, how can I, a big old man, open a small stove, in the future, no, from today onwards, I will also eat and live with the soldiers."

It was a bonus.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, after Yan Xueyi inspected the South China Sea Fleet, he returned to the airship, which slowly rose at the Hong Kong pier, aimed at the Ryukyus, and began to advance, the distance from Hong Kong to the Ryukyus was 1,450 kilometers, and the airship was heading towards the Ryukyus at a speed of 90 kilometers per hour, and it was expected to arrive at its destination before 9 o'clock the next day.

Ryukyu is the current station of the Beiyang Fleet, and the Beiyang Fleet is docked in the Ryukyus, which can deter this ambitious island country, and in the future, the Beiyang Fleet will be mainly stationed in the two areas of Ryukyu and Taiwan, guarding the waters on the eastern side of the empire.

In addition, in the future, the Chinese Empire will establish a third naval fleet, but this fleet will not belong to the Royal Navy, but to the Ministry of Police: the Coast Guard, or the Maritime Police.

The coast guard will be equipped with a large number of coastal warships of less than 2,000 tons to guard the coastline of the Chinese Empire, and the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire is responsible for foreign wars.

After everything is stabilized, the navy, land and air forces of the Chinese Empire will not participate in the internal affairs of the empire at non-essential times, and will be responsible for foreign wars, while the security police, armed police, maritime police and even air police under the Ministry of Police are responsible for maintaining the security of the empire.

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At 8:45 a.m. on the 19th day of the first lunar month, a formation of four airships came to the sky over the Ryukyus and slowly descended.

The warships of the Pacific Fleet docked at the Ryukyu dock were spitting black smoke and lined up in a line outside the dock, and the naval soldiers removed the gun jackets from the battleships, so the guns were aimed at the Ryukyu open sea.

The airship landed on the pier, Yan Xueyi and Chang Yuxin walked off the airship hand in hand, and only Ding Ruchang, the commander of the Pacific Fleet, came to greet Yan Xueyi.

"Wan Sheng! All the officers and men of the Pacific Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy greet His Majesty the Emperor! Ding Ruchang shouted loudly, and at the same time, there was another person not far behind Ding Ruchang with his back to Ding Ruchang, and after hearing Ding Ruchang's shout, this person quickly waved the signal flag in his hands to transmit signals to the warships of the Pacific Fleet outside the dock.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

More than ten seconds later, the guns of the warships of the Pacific Fleet opened fire in unison, and the deafening sound reached the ears of everyone on the dock.

At this moment, although Yan Xueyi was smiling at the scene in front of him, Yan Xueyi's heart was dripping blood.

"These bastards are really losers, what kind of formalism are they engaged in, the shells they shoot out are all money, the development of the country needs money everywhere, but you are wasting shells here in vain."

Yan Xueyi didn't feel anything about this round of shelling by the Pacific Fleet, but Chang Yuxin, Mu Xue and this group of female soldiers in the women's battalion were shocked by this scene.

The Pacific Fleet is not comparable to the South China Sea Fleet, the largest warship of the South China Sea Fleet is only more than 2,000 tons, while the largest warship of the Pacific Fleet has a tonnage of more than 7,000 tons, and the largest gun caliber is 305 mm.

The previous group of people had visited the South China Sea Fleet, which was a "small fight", but now it is the Pacific Fleet with real steel giants, and the shock in the hearts of the ladies can be imagined.

Only Ding Ruchang, a high-ranking member of the Pacific Fleet, came to welcome Yan Xueyi's arrival on the dock, and after a brief chat between the two, Yan Xueyi began to inspect the warships of the Pacific Fleet.

The Dingyuan ironclad ship is also known as the "Saxony" improved warship in the West, it belongs to the Dingyuan class combat ship, there are two battleships of this class, in addition to the Dingyuan, there is also the Zhenyuan, the cost is 1.4 million taels of silver, the length of the ship is 94.5 meters, the width is 18 meters, the draft is 6 meters, the normal displacement is 7335 tons or 7430 tons, and the full load displacement is 7670 tons.

It is powered by two horizontal three-cylinder reciprocating steam engines, eight circular coal-fired boilers with a power of 6,000 or 7,300 horsepower, a speed of 14.5 knots, a cruising range of 4,500 nautical miles per 10 knots, a searchlight with an illumination of 8,000 candles and a searchlight of 20,000 candles, and 3 generators (2 generators for "Zhenyuan") to provide 70 kilowatts of electricity.

The total weight of the armor was 1461 tons, the armor of the ironclad fort was 14 inches (365 mm) thick on the waterline, 12 inches (305 mm) thick under the waterline, the armor of the 305 gun mount was 304 mm thick, the gun shield was 15 mm thick, the armor of the conning tower was 203 mm thick, the coal container carried 700 tons, the maximum coal load was 1000 tons, and the establishment was 329-363 people.

Main guns: Equipped with 4 German Krupp 305 mm breech guns (one twin turret on the port side and one on the starboard side, hydrodynamic power, each gun weighs 31.5 tons, 25 times the caliber).

Secondary guns: 2 Krupp 150 mm breech secondary guns, 4 75 mm Krupp guns, 8 37 mm five-barreled Haggaeus machine guns, 2 57 mm and 47 mm Haggkai rapid-fire guns, 3 14-inch torpedo tubes, plus a total of 22 main guns.