In the early morning of Shanghai, affected by the marine climate, the early morning is shrouded in a layer of fog, which seems very humid, after a night of hustle and bustle, the streets appear dilapidated, and occasionally in the streets of the concession, there are specially hired cleaners to clean the streets.

A Ford car, carrying a group of five people, Zheng Daniu part-time driver, with the car of this era, a little practice a few times, you can drive, early morning on the street, there are few pedestrians, the speed can be increased relatively fast, from the Zhonghui Hotel, through the concession area, into the suburbs of Shanghai, according to Yang Yuanzhao's impression, it seems to be in the direction of Wusong.

Wu Song, in Yang Yuanzhao's impression, the later Shanghai, seems to be called Baoshan District, because of the Baoshan Iron and Steel Group is famous for its location, the current Shanghai Machinery Bureau and a series of industries, but a little far away from the main city, located on the north bank of the Huangpu River, the south bank of the Yangtze River.

The camp of the Shanghai Navy Division, not near Shanghai, in Shanghai, the great powers have their own military ports, but the Qing State with sovereignty, they have no military port of their own, the Shanghai Navy Division, but also set up on the other side of the coast, should be the direction of the later Shibao Mountain, this direction, a certain distance dù above, this is still a barren land, obviously, this is the place where no one cares about the powers, so it became the camp of the sailors.

The Huangpu River, rushing and turbulent, can be said to be one of the most important rivers in Shanghai, and the famous Bund is on the Huangpu River.

In this era, of course, there is no bridge to cross the Huangpu River, and if you want to pass, you need a ferry, but the empathetic Cheng Biguang prepared the naval gunboat early.

This gunboat is based on the model of the mosquito ship, a model of small boat cannons made of zuò, a ship similar to a passenger ship, the most distinctive is the huge naval gun, on the ship, when the hand touches the hull, Yang Yuanzhao knows that this ship has a displacement of only 140 tons, but it has a heavy gun of 170MM caliber, although it is a British gun 15 years ago, the quality is not bad, and there are some 12-pounder guns, these, above the naval division, are relatively small, relatively weak artillery, really have to be placed in the land camp, It's definitely a weapon.

The gunboat sailed quickly, the speed was between 12 and 14 knots, which was about the same as the maximum speed of the car just now, and under the wind and waves, it headed towards the open sea, and after leaving the mouth of the Huangpu River, it took almost an hour to reach the camp of the sailors.

The Shanghai Navy Camp was built on the basis of the Wusong Fort, and on both sides of the Navy camp, two batteries were set up to guard the Navy camp, and there were dozens of ships of different sizes among the Navy Division.

Compared with various types of troops, the naval division, I am afraid that it is the most expensive, the Shanghai naval division in front of us, in today's world, is considered to be unpopular, inherited some of the foundation of the Beiyang naval division, plus the battleship of the sea word, it can be regarded as a strong force, just more than 12 pounds of guns, I am afraid that in this small camp, there are at least hundreds, which is almost impossible in the land division, you know, the exemplary Beiyang Third Town, his 75 guns, will not exceed 50, let alone more than 100 large-caliber artillery.

When he entered the camp of the sailor, Yang Yuanzhao found that the camp of the sailor division was not as good as the army and the green shadow, it was completely peasants or decadent double-spearmen, and the officers and soldiers of the sailor division were very upward.

Think about it carefully, in later generations of China, the navy did not have anything outstanding, the only thing worth mentioning is the shipwreck, at that time, the Japanese army invaded China, in order to avoid the Japanese warships, light yì entered the mouth of the Shangjiang River, including merchant ships, civilian ships, including the rest of China's naval fleet, all the ships sank in a tragic place, with another kind of unyielding, to establish the backbone of the navy, a shot was not fired, but all of them sank, this is the sorrow of the navy, but this is not his cause, at that time, China's navy has completely lagged behind this era, decades have not purchased any heart ship, the rapid replacement of naval warships, in that era, it is particularly obvious, China has been fully backward, self-sinking ships, can block the Yangtze River, to prevent Japan along the Yangtze River direct attack on China's hinterland, you know, the Yangtze River channel is a deep-water channel, 5000 tons of Helen, can directly enter Nanjing, Wuhan can pass, more than 3000 tons of ships, Japan has been very strong, If there is any more help from the navy, what awaits China will be a catastrophe.

This is the only appearance of the Chinese Navy during the Anti-Japanese War, it can be said that in the memory of most Chinese people, the image of the Navy is not good, but before, the image of the Navy has been very good.

The navy, basically the officers and soldiers are highly educated, the navy is a technical branch, in the case of not knowing a word, can resist the gun as the army, can gradually grow from the battle, become a combat hero, or others, but in the navy, absolutely not, battleships, especially battleships, is a concentration of earth science and technology, which has a very high scientific and technological content, a warship, at best, is just a product of the machine, if you want to play a huge role in the battleship, you must control the fleet of people, From command, to artillery fire, to aiming, every step determines the strength of the battleship, well-trained battleships, in the same number and strength, can easily defeat other battleships, which is also unique to the navy, the tactics of the sea of people in this navy, it is almost impossible to appear,

Compared with the army, the navy is more obedient to orders, and the most important thing is that on the sea, even if you are a deserter, you may not be able to escape anywhere, you are brave and keep moving forward.

Seeing Yang Yuanzhao and them enter the camp, everyone threw their eyes into the salute, Yang Yuanzhao looked at Uncle Guang, Uncle Guang also took out what had been prepared, there are only three big ships in the Shanghai Navy, all of them are cruiser-level, each with more than 400 people, but there are many small boats, counting, just the soldiers on the ship, there are almost 4,000 people, on the logistics staff and some necessary soldiers, a total of more than 9,000 people, yesterday, they specially went to prepare, 1,000 bags of white noodles, 20 big fat pigs, and some scattered things, enough for the water master to eat a good meal.

These things, hired people early, sent to the vicinity of the water division, at this time, just sent up, it can be regarded as a good labor army, for Yang Yuanzhao's knowledge, the officers and soldiers of the water division are also very satisfied, especially Cheng Biguang, he is almost exhausted for the water division's funds, these donations, plus these real things support, it shows that Yang Yuanzhao is a person with the same heart and mouth, and he said to do it.

The logistics officers received these things, and the officers and soldiers also dispersed, but their eyes were looking at this side, such a large amount of money, bits and pieces, I am afraid that there are thousands of silver dollars, which young master is this, it is actually Director Cheng personally accompanied.

"Brother Yuanzhao, you want to see that one first!" Cheng Biguang said generously.

Yang Yuanzhao's eyes fell on the battleship of the sailor, the most eye-catching, of course, is the three seas, especially the largest Haiqi, accustomed to seeing the 10,000-ton or even larger ships of later generations, but the opportunity to really embark on a warship, in Yang Yuanzhao's era, is almost impossible, 4500 tons of ships, is already China's largest warship.

"Let's take a look at the Sea Prayer first!" Yang Yuanzhao pointed to the Haiqi and said.

"Haiqi, alright!" Cheng Biguang took Yang Yuanzhao and embarked on the traffic boat, Haiqi, it can be said that among this batch of warships, Cheng Biguang is the most familiar with, he was stationed in the UK back then, and these are the things he received, from the construction of Haiqi, to sea trials, and then to return to China for service, almost all of his hands, all aspects of the performance of Haiqi, almost like a few treasures, from power, to firepower, to the personnel above, one by one to introduce Yang Yuanzhao in detail.

From the camp to the Haiqi, almost ten minutes, Yang Yuanzhao basically understood the Haiqi thoroughly, when the moment he stepped into the Haiqi, he directly copied the drawings of the Haiqi, a big stone in his heart, put it down slightly, and began to observe this, the most powerful warship in the late Qing Dynasty.