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In this era, coal was undoubtedly the only source of power for the fleet, and the coaling points that controlled the distance of the long island chain directly represented the scope of naval activities, which was also an important limiting factor for the direction and expansion of the colonial expansion of the great powers in this era.

After several phases of transformation, the 501 ironclad ship has achieved a qualitative leap from the steam engine to the steam turbine in addition to the use of fire-tube boilers, of course, there is still a difference between this quality and quality, although the power of the power system has reached 4300 horsepower, and the speed of the ship has also reached 16.3 knots, which has made Lu Han and Xu Shoushan these officers of the naval division ecstatic.

But Qin Kai knew that this battleship was the blood of the German industrial system, and in terms of the overall architecture design, he still did not have any talents who could get his hands on it, which made him a little worried, you must know that technology comes from innovation, and design often comes from inspiration, this thing is really not easy to quantify, it really can't be done, and then the temporary battleship design will have a light brain to plagiarize.

Traveling on a battleship, Qin Kai in his previous life also had a chance, but traveling on a 501 ironclad ship is another fun, this is the first ironclad battleship in China in this space, at this point, Qin Kai secretly had a good time.

But then again, the comfort of this 3,700-ton ironclad ship is really not good, it is the monsoon season, the wind and waves at sea are not small, although he does not feel seasick, but the range of the boat swaying from side to side is not small at all, and there is no comfortable feeling of being a cruise ship in the previous life.

He was bored, but he thought of a question, the biggest impact of the swaying hull from side to side was the artillery shooting, he slipped to Lu Han and asked: "Gengtang, you have been going to sea recently, how is the progress of this artillery shooting training!" ”

"Supervisor, this artillery salvo you admire is indeed extraordinary, we use solid practice shells to shoot at moving targets on the shore, and within 3,000 meters, we can hit the target within five rounds of salvos!"

...... within 3000 meters Qin Kai was a little depressed! It is important to know that the range of the 254 caliber guns on the ship is 6 km! Five rounds of salvos, that is, thirty shells, and more than 2,000 kilograms of propellant alone, Qin Kai secretly mourned for his money bag, we can be regarded as a super expert when we make money now, but that can't withstand such a toss, fortunately, Lu Han is still quite economical, and he hasn't practiced real shells yet......

Qin Kai was naturally a little curious about how they overcame the problem of the ship's hull shaking, and he ran to the main gun firing command room to find Chen Ying, who was instructing a team of officers to practice using the optical rangefinder, and an officer was using the optical rangefinder to measure the distance of the ship following behind.

When the officers saw Qin Kai coming, they all saluted sideways, Qin Kai smiled and motioned for them to continue, and asked Chen Ying this question, only to know that there was actually a way to judge the position of the gun mount as long as a primitive level, and generally only when the position was horizontal, the cannon was fired, but this was a great test of the artillery technique, and it was obvious that this would affect the frequency of the shot.

Qin Kai was very excited, obviously this was another place that could be improved and improved, and the effect should be obvious. On later warships, the turret had a gyroscopic instrument to ensure the horizontal position of the weapon platform, otherwise the angle of the gun fire would be completely uncontrollable, which seems to be an important part of the need to be improved.

A day later, the fleet docked in Hong Kong, and before entering the port of Hong Kong, Lu Han had already issued an order, led by the freighter "Bingfeng", and the rear of the 501 ironclad ship should dock here, mainly to replenish coal and water, after all, the amount of coal on the cargo ship will not carry too much, and it is necessary to make room for the tonnage of the cargo.

Seeing this fleet, the two British fleet patrol ships on duty outside the port approached and hung up the flag of inquiry from a distance, and Lu Zhiyuan, the captain of the Bingfeng in the queue, replied according to the usual rule, explaining that he was a Fuzhou merchant ship, and Lu Han naturally understood that the other party would definitely ask about him, and he also took the initiative to hang the flag of the Chinese fleet.

The two patrol ships, one is the fly-class clipper "Kurek" and the other is the jewel-class gunboat "Lilai", the tonnage of which does not exceed 800 tons, and they are both ordinary old-fashioned warships with wooden hulls and armor.

Britain's Far East Chinese Fleet has been independent since 1864 after it broke away from the East Indian Ocean Fleet, but to be honest, the main warships of this fleet have always lagged far behind other British fleets, and now the entire Far East China Fleet has just been transferred to the flagship "Iron Duke" a year ago, which is a 6,000-ton ironclad ship, and it is also the only ironclad ship in the whole fleet. ,

The Iron Duke ironclad ship is actually an outdated thing, the bow gun is not a new turret, but an octagonal gun room, four 240 main guns in four directions, and the tail gun is only 190mm, and they are breech guns, and today's escort of the Chinese warship, it is very clear to see 6 twin guns, which is still in the continuous refit, the British Empire's first ironclad ship "Inflecilble" only has the latest technology, which really surprised the British patrol boats.

Speaking of the breech guns on British battleships, it is not because the sun never sets on the imperial artillery technology is outdated, but because just in the past year, that is, in 1879, the Admiralty of the British Empire had just completed the debate about the safety of breech guns and breech guns.

Last year, a heavy artillery accident on board the British European Fleet's ironclad ship "Thunderbolt" completely destroyed the entire battleship, because the breech gun was charged, and the careless artillery filled the breech with a double amount of propellant, which was impossible to happen on the breech gun loaded by the machine.

What is quite funny is that in the more than 20 years when breech guns have been popular, the reason why Britain abandoned breech guns and still tightly embraced the so-called mature breech guns was precisely the shelling of Japan during the Sath-British War, and the breech guns on many warships exploded.

Of course, with the achievements of the British Industrial Revolution, in the past ten years, the breech gun technology of the British has advanced by leaps and bounds, and it is not inferior to the breech guns of this era in terms of firepower and range, but it is slightly backward in terms of loading and rate of fire.

In front of the powerful ironclad ship, John Bull also showed a gentleman's side, and after hoisting the passing flag, the fly-class clipper ship "Kurek" sailed in front of the ironclad and guided the 501 into Hong Kong Bay.

Qin Kai stood in the command room, and all the British warships and merchant ships kept appearing in front of him, filling the harbor with mooring. Although technically speaking, the warships here should not be as good as the 501 ships, but he understands very well that the war is definitely not only about technology, resources and economy are the foundation of the war, and he can still engage in small fights now, and he really has to rely on his personal strength to fight against these old empires, and he can burn you to death just by burning money.

The rise of the empire on the sea for more than 100 years was by no means the work of a single political leader, and the road map of the commercial empire drawn up by the British prompted them to continue to improve, and only by maintaining a strong navy could they ensure the export of goods and the source of raw materials for the British Industrial Revolution.

Every officer and soldier on the battleship was amazed by the huge fleet in the free port, and in the command room, Lu Han and Xu Shoushan also sighed at the huge size of the British fleet, only from the warships seen in the port, the British Far East Fleet had at least 30 warships of all sizes, and what surprised them even more was that from the entrance of the harbor to the distance beyond sight, there were British steamers flying the rice flag everywhere.

"I'm surprised!" Qin Kai looked at the two future captains he had trained with a smile, this time he was anchored in Hong Kong, not Huangpu Port in Guangzhou, he just had this meaning, to let the officers of the training ship have a clear understanding.

"Governor, this British fleet is really huge! No wonder it is known as invincible at sea! Xu Shoushan, who is tall and tall, sees that the strength of the other party is inevitably three points shorter.

Qin Kai smiled and waved his finger at the warships and ships outside, "This is the British Far East Fleet, which was separated from the British East India Fleet more than ten years ago, and as far as I know, the overall strength of this fleet belongs to which of the worst in the British Navy." ”

Hearing Qin Kai talking about the British Navy, even the officers in the shooting command room crowded to the door to listen, Qin Kai's magical experience and terrifying ability had already been privately circulated in the training camp, and someone immediately asked: "Supervisor, it seems that the British fleet in the Far East has no less than thirty ships, how can it be the weakest?" ”

Qin Kai smiled slightly, "Everyone, do you know what the total tonnage of the British Navy is?" And how much was the gross tonnage of British steamers? He paused, knowing that the officers wouldn't be aware of the information either, and just gave them a moment to think.

"Britain now has an estimated 70-80 ironclad ships with a tonnage of more than 530,000 tons, and more than 100 unarmored large warships with a tonnage of about 190,000 tons, and many other small ships. And what about us? Everyone is in the know about the strength of the Nanyang Naval Division, and the Beiyang Naval Division is purchasing ironclad ships, and the number of ironclad ships is also zero, so I said that the British Far East Navy is the weakest, and you should understand it by referring to this number. ”,

As soon as Qin Kai's remarks came out, the officers in the command were dumbfounded, the strength of the empire has never been lost, and no one has ever been able to give a specific measurement, but as soon as this number is said, it is inevitably too terrifying.

Chen Ying muttered, "Obediently, I think our 501 ironclad ship is already very invincible, compared with the British, their 520,000 tonnage, they can't build 150 501 ships!" ”

In fact, the number of British ironclad ships is far smaller than the one estimated by Chen Ying, which shows that the tonnage of the other party's ironclad ships is at least much larger than that of the 501 ships, thinking that the "Inflecil" battleship has crossed the threshold of 10,000 tons, Chen Ying's words immediately aroused heated discussions among the officers, and even Lu Han came to Qin Kai's side and asked about these amazing numbers, and what he got was still Qin Kai's only underestimated answer.

Seeing the officers discuss for a while, Qin Kai raised his hand to signal them to pause, and then continued: "Everyone, the strength of the British fleet is difficult to change at present, but! We still have our own advantages, our land is 50 times that of the UK, our people are hundreds of times more than the UK, and the technology of our Mawei Shipyard is catching up with the UK in an all-round way! I remember your philosophy when you joined the camp, but we don't need to be hostile to the British at the moment, but we have to work hard to surpass the British! ”

"Beyond the British!" "Training camp mighty!"

Several young soldiers also shouted loudly, keeping their soldiers in a sense of crisis at all times, and seeing that the goal was achieved, Qin Kai waved his hand to let them go down and prepare for the berth.

Lu Han stood next to Qin Kai and asked with some emotion: "Supervisor, the strength of this British fleet is still beyond our expectations!" ”

"Gengtang, we won't fight them for the time being, in the near future, the task of the training camp may be escort and training, our artillery currently wants to be compared with the powers, there is not much advantage, but my advantage is the indirect observation and ranging system and artillery shooting officers, train them well! Artillery shooting, what I need is to dominate the enemy at the maximum range of artillery! Qin Kai's request shocked Lu Han and Xu Shoushan for a few minutes!

After four hours of berthing in Hong Kong, the three cargo ships completed the work of adding coal and water, sailed out of the port and headed southwest again, and this situation was quickly sent to the desk of Rear Admiral Shirya, commander of the British Far East Navy, as top secret information, but at this point, this information was completely annihilated, and it was not until a few years later that the Westerners turned over the case file in the pile of old papers, but in the handling of the information, a certain British military official signed the "completely untrue" appraisal results...... This has become a fog of history again.

On March 13, at the port of Hue City, the capital of Vietnam, the Vietnamese sailors in charge of patrolling were surprised to find a fleet led by a huge warship in the distance, and the Vietnamese sailors only had a dozen sailboats and three small steam tugboats with a wooden hull of more than 100 tons.

Five years ago, when France advanced by sea and land, and when it approached Hue, it also sent three sail-class gunboats to go through the motions, and the Vietnamese king of Hue, Nguyen Phuc Dinh, was frightened, and tens of thousands of Vietnamese troops did not dare to attack in the face of the defense of hundreds of French troops in Da Nang, and when the 8,000 French army in the south arrived, they immediately collapsed and were forced to sign the "Treaty of Saigon" and agreed that France would preside over Vietnam's diplomacy.

At this time, what Nguyen Rudan, the commander of the Vietnamese Hue naval army, wanted was to immediately send someone into Hue City to report the situation, and at the same time let all the naval troops go ashore to stand by. After Commander Ruan came ashore, he remembered that he should at least go up and ask questions, otherwise he would be a big loss if he returned to the city and was given a big hat that was afraid of the enemy.

At that moment, a reward of 20 taels of silver was promised, and only two veterans of the navy volunteered to go out of the port to see the situation. The two veterans were also old oilmen in the army, they had nothing to worry about, they were chic for a day when they had money, and they mixed salaries in the camp when they didn't have money, and they got on a small boat and set sail out of the harbor. When the broken sailboat slowly turned around the bay, they saw that the muzzle of the huge battleship not far away was neatly facing them, and the two of them were a little confused. Fortunately, one of them knew some of the rules of the French army, and immediately picked a piece of white canvas and shook it around.

Qin Kai is also the first time to come to Vietnam in his previous life and this life, but he is also quite interested, this area belongs to the South China Sea, in the previous life, it has long been completely encircled by the republic, the super sky fighters of the South China Sea Fleet are patrolling around all day long, and if the surrounding small countries want to cooperate in development, they have to look at the face of the big brother, under the deep sea here, there are huge resources. ,

Outside the port, Lu Han was directing the cargo ship that had ordered it to slow down, but he saw two tattered guys waving white flags on the small sailing boat opposite.

"Supervisor, do you think the two people on the other side look like Vietnamese officers and soldiers? Why are they waving the white flag, don't they know what it means? On the side, Xu Shoushan joked happily.

Qin Kai smiled, Vietnam is extremely weak in this era, and it is really possible to surrender this flag-waving, "Gengtang, lean up and take a look, now this Vietnamese king Ruan's family is still a subject country of the Qing Dynasty!" How much to save some face. ”

The ironclad ship slowly accelerated, and when it came to the vicinity of the two Vietnamese soldiers, it also put the two Vietnamese soldiers up. Seeing that the ship was not a French white devil, but a warship of the suzerain, the two old oil soldiers were proud now, 20 taels of silver were in hand, and they went back to report the news, saying that it was still a great achievement.

Qin Kai personally came down to interrogate, one of the veterans surnamed Wang turned out to be a Chinese expatriate, which saved the trouble of interpreting, but the things that could be asked from the mouths of the two of them were very limited, so Qin Kai took out his name thorn, stamped it with the big seal of the Mawei Ship Administration, and asked them to go in first to deliver the letter.

Ruan Rudan, the commander of the sailors who was squatting in the port, saw that the small sailing boat came back after a while, and then wrote that the Funing Mansion of the Great Qing Dynasty and Zhizhou concurrently served as the Mawei Ship Administration Supervisor to do trade.

Qin Kaile greeted this Vietnamese six-rank military attache and presented a set of stamped small hardware tableware, this Lord Ruan Rudan was immediately knocked down by this small favor, and there was nothing to say in the back.

When he went ashore, in order to thank these old men for their dedication, Qin Kai was very embarrassed to give a cotton cloth again, and Ruan Rudan naturally thanked him again and again for such a rich harvest before leaving, and patted his chest before leaving, saying that he must find him next time he has something.

The co-optation of local officials has long been in Qin Kai's plan, but Hue, the capital of Vietnam, is really a big leak, and it is accessible everywhere, and the sea and land rivers can be reached everywhere, which is the supreme convenience for a military power, and for such a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty and Vietnam without military power, it is equivalent to opening the door and stealing, Qin Kai can only shake his head secretly.

After the warship anchored in Hue Port, the Mawei shipping company that landed in Vietnam for the first time to trade immediately put into the sales of products, as the capital of Vietnam, is now a treaty port of Vietnam, the trade here is still quite prosperous, what is the use of this matter, Wu Jingui to deal with it, Qin Kai took a team of soldiers ashore to find the king of Vietnam to do business.

Twenty years ago, after the relationship between the former Vietnamese king Nguyen Phuc Kyauk and his French master was deadlocked, the French sent troops to rob the three provinces of South Vietnam, and soon after the Treaty of Saigon, the French unceremoniously demanded that Vietnam open many coastal ports, and Hue, as the capital, was naturally among them. However, there are not many merchant ships that come here to trade, after all, along the continental shelf, there is Guangzhou, the largest trading port in the East!

The cotton cloth, printing and dyeing cloth, small hardware, toothpaste, soap and other daily necessities shipped this time are all high-quality and low-cost things, many of which are unique products of Fuzhou, and the goods sold are from the suzerain, and soon many local merchants came to inquire, but the answers they got were the same, and they were only sold after three days.

And He Yong and Wu Jingui have already taken people out to explore the market, since they are doing maritime trade business, they naturally have to know the benefits well, and there is Qin Kai to escort them, and there are guns and cannons and big warships overseas, so they are afraid that they will not make a lot of money, and the two of them are happy while walking.

"Lao He, I think this ticket is going to be profitable, I asked a few cloth shops just now, and the price of cloth here is still the same as the price of 18 taels earlier! Lord Qin is really the God of Wealth! ”

"Old Wu, don't patronize counting money, the matter that Lord Qin cares about is the point! I've calculated everything, and I'm going back and investing money to get two boats to run along, saving me the trouble of running back and forth! He Yongle pondered.

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