The autumn wind gradually blows, hanging the yellow leaves that have fallen into the sky at once, and then falling to the ground like a kite with a broken string, and even more, with the wind, it suddenly hangs into the sea and is swept into the bottom of the sea by the waves.

Woowoo...... Woooooooo A few whistles suddenly broke the silence of Weihai for a day. It's already dawn.

Weihai Beiyang Naval Division Military Port Wharf. Smoke was already billowing from the chimneys of the main warships of the Beiyang Naval Division. It was already seven thirty o'clock. In the next half hour, the warships of Wei Haijun Harbor, except for the torpedo boats and the Guangbing and Pingyuan, will leave the wharf and sail thousands of miles south to Guangzhou, Guangdong.

On the wharf, from left to right, there are six warships, including Zhenyuan, Dingyuan, Qiaoli, Buchan, Shichang, and Jiyuan, which are the main force of this exercise in Guangdong.

The two warships, Zhenyuan and Dingyuan, have now taken on a new look.

During the rebellion in Outer Mongolia. Pei Yinsen, who was in Lushun, changed the two warships according to Liu Jun's instructions, and the 305 mm main guns originally set on both sides have now been dismantled, and the current two ironclad ships in Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, the main guns have been set up in the middle of the deck to the conning tower, and they are still four 305 mm heavy guns, but they are now set up. These two warships can exert their power not only when they face the enemy on the bow, but on the side chords against the enemy, and they can also exert great power.

Not only did they install the best main guns, but they also installed 14 150-mm rapid-fire guns on both sides, regardless of which side was facing the enemy. The main gun plus rapid-fire guns, that is, 12 guns can fire at the same time, such firepower, not to mention the Japanese fleet, even if the Tsarist Russian Pacific Fleet wants to single-handedly take on these two warships, then you have to weigh whether your teeth are good enough.

Moreover, the boilers of the two warships in Zhenyuan and Dingyuan have been replaced, and now their speed has been able to reach 18 knots, which is able to reach the best Zhiyuan cruiser of the Beiyang Naval Division before the war with Japan at that time.

The price of the new look was that each warship cost nearly 800,000 taels of silver, so Liu Jun's heart ached for several days, but in order to strengthen Beiyang, he could only grit his teeth and endure it, and allocated money to change equipment for the two only two battleships of the Qing Dynasty.

Hashidate Ship Bridge. Liu Jun, who was standing on the bridge, looked at the two ironclad ships that were docked not far in front of him, and nodded slightly. He was very satisfied with the changes in the two warships now.

"Head, it's time. Let's see if it's time to set sail. Zhong Lin came to Liu Jun's side from the command cabin. He glanced at the two black warships that were rising in smoke.

Without any words, Liu Jun looked at the Weihai Fort not far away and Weihaicheng in the distance, took a deep breath, and turned his head to look at Zhong Lin who was standing beside him this time: "Let's go." ”

Woooooooo Woowoowoo...... Eight. The whistle of departure and the rattling of the flag soldier came from the Weihai wharf.

There was a loud noise, and Liu Jun knew that it was the bridge number that was pulling up the iron anchor.

With a slight squeak, with a slight shock, the Hashidate, as the flagship of the Beiyang Naval Division, was the first to leave the dock, falling in love with the fact that it slowly sailed towards the open sea under the guidance of the torpedo boat and waited for the warships behind to arrive and formed into formation.

In less than half an hour, six warships assembled in the open sea one after another, and Li He, as the commander, ordered a formation of geese in a line, and then began to increase their horsepower and head south.

In the captain's room of the Hashidate, Liu Jun at this time, after taking a look at the Shichang not far away through the porthole, turned around this time and looked at Li He and Zhong Lin standing in front of him.

"Did you notify Pei Yinsen?"

As early as a few days ago, Liu Jun asked Zhong Lin to inform Pei Yinsen that when the Beiyang Naval Division added coal and fresh water to Mawei, he would go to the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau as a guest.

On the surface, he was a guest, but in fact, Liu Jun was going to see the armored cruiser Yinsen under construction.

The Gloomy cruiser is actually a pirated copy of the Izumo built by the British for Japan, but Liu Jun has slightly changed the data above.

Long before the rebellion in Outer Mongolia. The construction of the Yin Sen has already begun, and according to Pei Yinsen's statement, in order to let the Yin Sen be launched as soon as possible, the current Fuzhou Ship Administration Bureau is to implement a two-shift work system, 24 hours, changing people without changing machines, and starting work continuously.

"Head, it's been notified." Zhong Lin nodded.

"Cheng, Li He, when the time comes, when you arrive in Fuzhou, you drag those ministers, and Zhong Lin and I will go to the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau." Liu Jun turned around and looked at Li He beside him.

Li He has always been a very silent person, he just nodded slightly and didn't say anything.

A huge fleet sails quietly on the sea, and apart from these warships, the best companions are the seagulls that fly through the sky from time to time.

After two days and one night of sailing, the Beiyang Navy Division came to Fujian and ran into the patrol ship of the Fujian Navy Division.

The Fujian Navy Division had long been given the route of the voyage sent by the Beiyang Navy Division and the Zhili Governor's Palace, and the matter of adding coal and fresh water in Malaysia.

After brief negotiations between the two sides, the Beiyang Naval Division, led by the Fujian Naval Division's patrol ship, slowly entered the Mawei Military Port and began to add all fuel and fresh water.

Liu Jun and Zhong Lin, who had changed into civilian clothes, took advantage of the time when the ministers of various countries were resting, and secretly left the Qiaoli and came directly to the Fuzhou Ship Administration.

Pei Yinsen, who had already received Zhong Lin's telegram, saw Liu Jun coming, and immediately put down everything in his hand and led Liu Jun to the No. 2 dock.

He knew that Liu Jun's time was tight, and he knew that the best way for Liu Jun to understand the Yin Sen was to take Liu Jun to have a look.

The No. 2 dock is now the largest and most staffed working dock of the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau.

After passing through the No. 1 dock and walking forward for two or three hundred meters, Liu Jun came to the relatively hidden No. 2 dock, and looked from afar, not far away, the shadow of a steel giant appeared in Liu Jun's eyes.

Liu Jun knew that it was the Yinsen, but the current Yinsen couldn't tell that he was a warship, after all, it had only been more than half a year since the start of construction.

Walking in, Liu Jun suddenly began to get excited, on the drawings and now see the Yin Sen, those are two concepts. Although the current Yinsen has just built its shell, Liu Jun knows that it won't be long before this shell will make people tremble in horror.

"Marshal, if it's fast, at the beginning of the next year, this warship will be launched and sea trials."

The year after that, it was now October 1896, that is, around March 1898, if all went well, then the warship would have joined the Beiyang Naval Division.

Nodding slightly, Liu Jun was very satisfied with getting such an answer from Pei Yinsen's mouth.

Pressed for time. Liu Jun can only stay here for a short time, after all, going to Guangdong is a big deal, and after a short exchange with Pei Yinsen and letting Pei Yinsen pay attention to rest, he then turned around and left the Fuzhou Shipping Administration Bureau and returned to the Qiaoli warship docked at Mawei Military Port.

After waiting for half an hour, the Beiyang sailors, who had already added coal and fresh water food, let out a deafening whistle again, and then began to head for Guangdong.

From Fujian to Guangzhou, it was only a day's journey, and at noon the next day, the Beiyang Navy Division finally arrived at the destination. Guangdong Naval Base Huangpu.

Li Hanzhang and Liu Jun, the governors of Liangguang, are already old acquaintances, and Liu Jun is his brother's grandson-in-law, Li Hanzhang of course attaches great importance to Liu Jun, not only to greet him in Huangpu, but also to wash the dust for Liu Jun in the governor's palace. After holding a sumptuous dinner, Liu Jun was allowed to rest.

In the study of the Liangguang Governor's Palace, the sunlight shines through the window, illuminating the study warmly. Liu Jun is not very unfamiliar with this place, after all, more than half a year ago, he still announced the decision to send troops to Manila in this study.

From Li Hanzhang's mouth, I learned that the Qing army that went to Nanyang with Liu Jun at the beginning has now become the most disciplined unit in his hands.

What is expected, if the troops who have followed him for so long have not yet fought bloody, it will really cost so many people's lives.

Hehe smiled, Liu Jun temporarily put down everything, after all, when he came back from Nanyang, he lured Li Hanzhang's fierce general Qin Liang to Lushun. He was really worried that Li Hanzhang would mention this matter at this time.

In order to distract Li Hanzhang's attention, Liu Jun hurriedly asked Zhong Lin to take down the map and spread it on the table, after all, the biggest thing now is the exercise of the two sailors.