At that time, Ito Hirobumi was furious when he shelled the foreign embassy area, and to this day, as long as the name of Shiki Kayama is mentioned, Ito Hirobumi is still full of anger.

After being released back to Japan by the Dry State after the war, he was originally sentenced to three years in prison by a military court, but after only one year of his sentence, he was pardoned and released from prison by Emperor Meiji. This time, due to the urgency of the war and the lack of personnel in the navy, Okubo Ritsu had no choice but to re-employ a group of people who had participated in the Battle of Moss Bay, including Kayama Shiki.

"Don't talk about him." Soetomi said, "By the way, Ito-kun, do you really believe in the so-called 'dream'?" Do you think Saigo-kun will do the same thing as Okubo-kun? ”

"Xixiang-kun won't do this, but it doesn't mean that his people won't do it, such as the Qianguo man named Lin Yiqing." Ito Hirobumi withdrew his gaze from the monkey, turned his head to the deputy island and said solemnly again, "And there is an old saying in the Qianguo, it is better to believe what you have than not to believe in nothing......"

Probably thinking that this sentence was too absurd, Ito Hirobumi did not say any more, but shook his head, sighed, and closed the window of the carriage.

The carriage continued to move forward, and soon disappeared into the streets of Tokyo.

Tokyo Bay, the ironclad ship "Fuso".

"Yaga! Why are you running so slowly! Bastard! Mole! Quisling! Where is the chief engineer? Tell him to get out of here! On the flybridge, Shiki Kayama, who was in charge of supervising and observing the results of the exercise, jumped to his feet and cursed.

Hearing Shikiri's shouting and scolding, the faces of several non-commissioned officers and sailors of the "Fuso" ship on the flybridge showed a look of anger.

The captain of the "Fuso", Tsuboi Kozo, looked at Shikinori Kayama, who was like a mad dog, and originally wanted to say a few words for his subordinates. But Shiki Kayama vigorously called someone to find the chief engineer. He had the intention of embarrassing this unscrupulous layman. Yes, he did not speak.

Soon, the chief engineer who was dressed in gray and black came to the flybridge, his face was still sticky with soot, and he looked at the officers on the flybridge a little inexplicably, not understanding why he was suddenly called up.

"Yaga! The warship runs so slowly! Do you want to be a traitor and let go of the thief? Seeing the chief engineer with a blank face, Shiki Kayama scolded.

"Yaga! You drive the warship fast for me right now! Catch up with the enemy ship! Otherwise! All to court-martial! ”

"Sir! Do you know what the fastest speed of this warship is? When the chief engineer heard Shikiri's question, he was furious. Unceremoniously asked a rhetorical question.

Kayama Shikiri made the chief engineer breathlessly asked, of course he didn't know what the maximum speed of the "Fuso" was, so although his eyes were wide, he couldn't answer.

"I've been working on this warship for two years! From the day it became a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, I served on this warship! Never before has this warship been seen sailing at a speed of more than 7 knots! So please forgive me! We can't do your orders! The chief engineer yelled at Shiki Kayama.

As the commander of the power center of a warship, the chief engineer is quite respected on the ship, and when he heard Shiki Kayama scolding the chief engineer for "Yaga" just now, the faces of many Japanese sailors became ugly. Hearing the chief engineer's answer to Shikinori Kayama, the Japanese naval officers and men on the flybridge all shouted in their hearts.

For this army "layman" who was placed in the navy by a friend of Shan County, he was arrogant. They have accumulated too much resentment.

"You dare to disobey military orders?!" Shiki Kayama couldn't help but be furious when he saw that a small chief engineer dared to openly contradict him. He was about to point the saber in his hand at the chief engineer, but he was held by the rushing Tsuboi Hangzo.

"General, your accusations are unreasonable, you can't treat my subordinates like this!" Tsuboi Kozo looked at Shikiri Kayama and said loudly, "You must take back what you just said!" Apologize to my subordinates! ”

"What did you say?!" Shiki Kayama barely believed his ears.

"General! You must retract those rude words you just said! My subordinates have done nothing wrong! Tsuboi Kozo said unceremoniously and loudly, "If you always treat them like this, I won't be able to command this warship!" ”

Hearing the implied threatening words of Tsuboi Kozo and the hostile gazes of the Japanese naval officers and men around him, Shiki Kayama realized the seriousness of the situation, he looked at the chief engineer who was staring at him with his neck raised hatefully, forcibly put away his saber in anger, and said, "Okay! I retract what I just said inappropriately! I beg your pardon! ”

Hearing Shikinori Kayama apologize, the chief engineer's anger rested for a while, and Tsuboi Kozo immediately asked the chief engineer to go back and ordered the "Fuso" to sail as fast as possible to catch up with the target ship.

However, the speed of the "Fuso" made him anxious.

Although he is a layman in the navy, he can now judge that the speed of this ironclad ship does not exceed 6 knots!

"Why are you still running so slowly!" Shiki Kayama looked at the "Fuso", which was sailing slowly like a giant turtle, and couldn't help but jump to his feet again.

"The turret is too heavy, sir." Tsuboi said to Shiki Kayama.

Shiki Kayama couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the three huge steel stuffy tank "Coles turrets" on the deck.

"This turret was designed by the Englishman's uncle." A Japanese officer pointed to a British officer on the deck observing the ship's seaworthiness and whispered to a companion, "I heard that his uncle sank with this ironclad he designed......

"Yes! I wonder if the 'Fuso' will also ......."

"Shut up! What are you talking nonsense! When Tsuboi Kozo heard such unlucky words from them, he couldn't help but reprimand loudly.

Hearing the rebuke of the commander, the officers immediately closed their mouths.

Of course, Kozo Tsuboi knew that what the officers were talking about just now was a famous accident in the British Navy -- the sinking of the ironclad ship "Captain."

The "Captain" ironclad belonging to the Channel Fleet of the British Royal Navy is a new type of "surface rotary ironclad", with a displacement of 7,892 tons, mainly armed with four 305 mm guns, launched in March 1869, using twin propellers and horizontal engines. By Cooper? Designed by Colonel Coles. There was a perception that it was much better to have a small number of guns in an armoured turret with a wide range of fire than to spread many guns along the ship's flanks with only thin armor. Cooper? Coles is a strong proponent of this notion. He further argued that a turret ship, which is generally used for coastal defense, could be equipped with a complete set of sails that would make it a true ocean-going battleship. After the completion of the "Captain", it performed well in sea trials. But in September 1870, the Captain sank in a storm in the Bay of Biscay. A total of 473 people were killed, including its designer, Colonel Coles. Coles was on board the ship to observe how his masterpiece would perform at sea.

And the current ironclad ship "Fuso" uses the famous "Coles turret" designed by the deceased Colonel Coles!

The "Coles turret" was considered a world-famous invention at that time. The main feature of this type of turret is: there are bearings for rolling friction. The gun carriage is mounted on a slope, and when the retractable gun retreats to its apex due to recoil, it slides down the slope back to its original position. It was more advanced than the "Erikson turret" (that is, the famous "Ericsson") with sliding friction, but the disadvantage was that the weight was too large, which caused the warship to have too low freeboard, and as a result, he himself sank in a storm with the ironclad ship "Captain" he designed, which became a famous tragedy in the history of the world's navies.

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When was the first ironclad built? Some say that we should start with the turtle ships in North Korea, and some say that China had iron-walled Yezui planar sea cuckoo warships equipped with iron armor as early as the Song Dynasty ("Song Hui to Compile Manuscripts. Food Fifty"), of course, the more accepted version is still the "Glorious" made in France in 185+.

The real ironclad ship does still have to be counted as "glorious", of course, this is not because of the admiration of foreign flattery, to be honest, the Song Dynasty built two iron-walled ships, and did not participate in actual combat, whether it is practical is unknown, of course it cannot be counted. The North Korean turtle ships were built in large numbers and were distinguished by their military achievements, but first of all, they did not change the concept of building warships of the same era -- they still built wooden warships; secondly, the ships were too heavy and unsuitable for sailing in the open sea, and the North Korea only used them for ambush warfare in the waters between islands, which shows its limitations. But since the beginning of the "Glorious", the navy of the whole world has changed, all countries are proud to build and own ironclad ships, in just 40 years, there are hundreds of types of ironclad ships, various designs emerge in an endless stream, it has become the first generation of naval hegemons after the navy entered the age of steam, and the era of large ships and huge guns was also opened by it. From this point of view, the ironclad of the nineteenth century is the real ironclad, it is the king of the sea with a trident in his hand.

When was the first ironclad built? Some say that we should start with the turtle ships in North Korea, and some say that China had iron-walled Yezui planar sea cuckoo warships equipped with iron armor as early as the Song Dynasty ("Song Hui to Compile Manuscripts. Food Fifty"), of course, the more accepted version is still the "Glorious" made in France in 185+.

As early as the Song Dynasty, China had iron-walled Yezui planar sea cuckoo warships equipped with iron armor ("Song Hui to Compile Manuscripts. Food Fifty"), of course, the more accepted version is still the "Glorious" made in France in 185+. (To be continued......)