On the concrete road of the wharf, some thin teenagers galloped with steps, waving their arms at the huge battleship in the water, his face was full of excitement and excitement, and he had to shout to vent. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Uncle De, Uncle De, look at it, that's a cruiser, Datang's cruiser!" The boy's eyes were wide open, and he wanted to put the whole giant ship into his eyes, and the gray-and-white painted giant ship seemed to have infinite charm, and in the eyes of the adolescent boy, it seemed to be more eye-catching than those flower-like girls.

The middle-aged rickety, whose hair was already a little gray, shouted helplessly: "Fuxing, you slow down, don't bump into others!" ”

It's just that at this moment the boy seems to care about nothing else, he stands on the shore, holding on to the gauntlet, and half of his body leans out. Uncle De followed, patted him on the back of the head, and said, "You kid, don't fall into the water." ”

The boy touched the back of his head and smiled, "How come? Even if I fall, I'm still in water! ”

The young man named Fuxing pulled Uncle De and said excitedly: "Uncle De, this is the cruiser of the Tang Dynasty, it's really amazing, it's so big!" ”

Uncle De was not as interested in these as Fuxing, and he said, "How can I see that the ship is not as big as the two ships next to it?" ”

Fuxing shook his head violently and said: "It's different, it's different, it's a transport ship next to it, there are no guns on it, but there are cannons on the cruiser, and the main gun can collapse a building with one shot!" ”

The boy looked longingly at the naval cruiser over there, and was overjoyed. He immigrated to Singapore with his parents many years ago and has lived a completely different life ever since. First of all, I was able to eat enough for every meal, and then I was able to read and write, and I was able to read and write, but also went to middle school. After graduating from high school, due to average grades. At this time, Datang only had universities in Shanghai and China, and students living overseas generally only had a secondary education level. Of course, the best of them will definitely be sent to university for education.

Sixteen-year-old Fuxing is relatively educated, and he got an errand in the port authority, but he is young after all, and his personality is still a little jumpy. Since coming to Singapore. Fuxing has a new interest, that is, the military. After all, Singapore is a major transportation artery, and the flow of information is also developed. There are not only branches of important media such as the local Datang Daily, but also some magazines from the local area for sale. Among them, Fuxing's favorite is a magazine called "Military Lovers", this color-page military magazine takes Datang military weapons, military life, and military history as the main content, which is relatively expensive in the bookstall and is not too willing to buy it in ordinary families.

Speaking of this magazine, it has also caused controversy in Datang because of the introduction of "cutting-edge weapons" on it. Undoubtedly, it can be regarded as some degree of valuable military intelligence. Even if the specific performance will not be disclosed above, it cannot be compared with the military magazines of later generations, but just some photos and some general descriptions are also very enlightening for some countries with ulterior motives.

In the end, however, the state approved the issue of the magazine, with the simple aim of expanding the military interest of the people. Increase the martial spirit, patriotic education, etc.

And it was exactly as the magazine organizers expected. As soon as this magazine was launched, it soon had a group of loyal readers, many boys were born to love weapons and yearn for the military, and this professional magazine is undoubtedly a treasure. Fuxing is such a teenager who can't help but like these things. And in all branches of the military. Fuxing likes the navy the most, and the rhapsody of giant ship cannons is a special beauty.

After Singapore became a dependency of Datang, in order to ensure its own interests, Datang established a naval base here. However, the size of the fleet is relatively limited, with only two Liberty Wind-class frigates and a few Qiulong-class gunboats. Therefore, Fuxing has never seen the absolute capital ship of the navy, the cruiser, with his own eyes.

The Navy has a total of 10 Pinghai-class cruisers, most of which are deployed in the Asia-Pacific region, but the Asia-Pacific maritime defense area is also relatively large, so Singapore is not equipped with too many ships. The commissioning of the Dingyuan class has once again expanded the strength of the Western Pacific Fleet, and has also made it possible to send more ships to the Indian Ocean to carry out missions. The two Pinghai-class cruisers escorting the two troop carriers this time will be based in Singapore. This is something that Fuxing doesn't know, otherwise he might be even happier.

Datang is building up its naval power in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia, and its interests are expanding, and it must be protected by a strong navy. Previously, the Western Pacific Fleet could focus on the East China Sea, but now it has to set up a series of naval bases in Kampong Son (Sihanoukville) in Cambodia, Brunei in Borneo, Batavia in Java, Chittagong in Donghui, and Singapore. The size of these naval bases will not be particularly large, and the size of the guard fleet will not be large, at most a few frigates and gunboats. Only such an important naval base as Singapore would have cruisers of this class.

The Gurkha expedition will not stop in Singapore for long, the fleet will make the necessary supplies, and the soldiers will not disembark. Fuxing is too addictive this time, feasting the eyes. Later, when he returned to the unit with Uncle De, he couldn't help but say, "Why don't we have a naval recruitment point in Singapore?" ”

Uncle De said: "Even if there is, your father will not let you go, your whole family is just one man, and there are two younger sisters below, how can you let you go to the army to fight." ”

Fuxing retorted: "My two younger sisters are also studying, and they can take care of my father and mother in the future, and besides, the Tang Navy is invincible, and it is invincible at sea, who can hurt me, why can't I be a sailor?" ”

Uncle De couldn't help but knock him again, and said: "The invincible Datang Navy is the old Huang Li, and I haven't fought for several years, who knows what's going on now?" I heard that the Fanyi in Europe learned the technology of Datang and built a steam ironclad ship themselves. ”

Fuxing snorted and said: "Uncle De, you don't understand military affairs, so you don't know, the technology we sold them is all outdated, it is the technology of the previous generation, and now we are all using brand new, and the British, Spaniards or something still can't beat us." ”

Uncle De carried Fuxing and said: "Hey, even if you want to be a navy, you can't do it, you have to go to Pontianak to sign up, your monthly salary is handed over to your family, how can you buy a ticket to Pontianak?" ”

Fuxing was very unconvinced, and he was helpless, and his eyes became more and more hot when he looked at the giant ship on the water. (To be continued.) )