Completed the cooperation intention with Federrog, especially the teachers recruited from all over the country, also came to Qingdao one by one, the construction of the naval school, entered the fast lane, the northwest construction team quickly entered Qingdao to start construction, the new naval school, not placed in Qingdao, even with the Qingdao shipyard is far away, is in the other direction of Qingdao, choose a good harbor, as the naval school is located.

In the name, of course, it is not from the northwest, so once it is put into the goof, even the Qingdao shipyard will not be able to keep it, and the northwest also knows that once the fantasy class enters the German naval sequence, it will not be able to hide it, but it can be concealed for a period of time, that is, for a period of time, to give the northwest enough buffer time, which is very important for the strategy of the northwest.

In Yang Yuanzhao's plan, with the German fleet together sea trials, large-scale construction of naval schools for training, fishermen plan and ocean-going freighter plan, these together, is the real naval strategy of the northwest, in order to cultivate a group of soldiers, with the old and the new and strengthen training, and strive to catch up with the world's advanced footsteps, it may take two years, three years, or even longer, the most lacking in the northwest is always time, how to reduce this time, faster accumulation of strength, the construction of China's navy, is the most critical.

At present, the naval academy of a large construction site has begun to hold classes, and 2,500 cadets have entered the training, although all kinds of equipment are not in place, but the personnel and teachers are already in place, in the face of China's sea defense, in the face of the great powers that still occupy the concession and sphere of influence, has begun to rise, and has the national spirit of the northwest people. Be willing to sacrifice for this qiē, as long as you can absorb knowledge. Get promoted.

Naval training, there is not much in the classroom. It's more of an internship, in the classroom, instilling some important matters, theoretical knowledge, etc., and then it's an internship on the ship. Because of the wealth in the northwest, in order to expand Cheng Biguang's fleet, a batch of cruisers of more than 8,000 tons were also imported from various countries, which were much stronger than several ordinary mine strike boats in the previous naval base. In particular, some old ships have been cleverly converted into offshore gunboats, and the small boats have been equipped with cannons, so that the trainees can practice the power of heavy artillery in person, and it will be much easier to get started on battleships in the future.

The huge naval school is a little desolate, but all the students are full of energy. Some of these people are simply the descendants of the victims of Dadonggou, or they are cultivated in the northwest, have a national concept, and are willing to dedicate themselves to the country.

It is this spirit. Coupled with the education and promotion of the Northwest, the learning progress of these cadets is extremely fast, and it is necessary for the naval cadets to train their physical elements. Because this group of people are carefully selected, their strength is above the level line. In addition to some necessary swimming or emergency escape training at sea, it goes straight to the topic. In just over half a month, almost four or five times the number of courses has been carried out, and according to the fixed time of 3 years of study, plus minus the winter and summer vacations, at most one year, this group of students can learn.

This not only made the Northwest happy, but also unexpected Fedroger, his stubbornness from one side, is rigorous, since these students, are relatively excellent results, in the case of completing their studies within a year, he will not insist on the other party to stay, and even Northwest proposed, 2 months later, when this batch of students completed the first stage of study, is it possible to recruit a new batch, it is best to complete the recruitment of 3 batches within a year, and the study time can be extended in turn to ensure the continuity of the school.

In Yang Yuanzhao's view, this school will become the cradle of the Northwest Navy in the future, and it will continue to provide enough officers for the Northwest Fleet.

Qingdao Naval School, is slowly being built on a tidal flat, countless naval talents, the future will come out of here, and in the Qingdao shipyard, one after another capital ships, launched from the dock, adjusted and installed, Orion changed, not as good as the fantasy class, but enlarged the hull, The barrel has also increased from 13.5 inches to 14 inches, with a smaller caliber and better materials, making the caliber of the barrel longer, reaching an astonishing 52 times, with enough magnification to allow the shell to fly in the barrel for a longer time, the range has increased considerably, and the power has also increased a lot.

In addition to the improvement of artillery, power is also a major item of improvement, Baotou's already strong power, so that the total power of only 27,000 horsepower has been increased to 92,000 horsepower, which has increased by more than 3 times, bringing an increase in overall speed, Orion changed from the prototype of 21 knots of speed, increased to 26.7 knots, not as good as the fantasy level of 28.3 knots, but also comparable to the lion level, in the case of afterburner, it can also be improved by one section.

The previous prediction of Scheer and others was correct, although because of the tonnage and size, this Orion could not reach the Cheng dù of the fantasy class, and it may be compared with the Bavarian class, in addition to speed, firepower, protection, etc. are not opponents, but he is a real capital ship, even more than the King class, and also more than all the warships currently in service in the United Kingdom, just by virtue of the speed that can keep up with the Fantasy class, you can form a detachment of high-speed battleships together with the Fantasy class, which is specially used to deal with the British battle patrol detachment. If you use it flexibly, it will work wonders.

9 capital ships, 8 heavy cruisers, as well as light cruisers and destroyers, these have been launched one after another, Qingdao Shipyard ushered in a new wave of ship-building peaks, the same 9 capital ships, or a combination of 5 Fantasy class and 4 Orion reforms, but the heavy cruiser was canceled, Yang Yuanzhao asked Fabian to work with the designers in the northwest to design a protective cruiser, the main requirements are fast speed, intensive firepower, and even add a lot of small-caliber rapid-fire guns.

The caliber of the heavy cruiser is gradually getting closer to the battleship, from 150, to 180, to 203, and even the heavy patrol of the quasi-capital ship like 240, as if it does not increase the artillery fire, it is not a heavy cruiser, but what makes Fabian strange is that the main gun of this cruiser is about 127 mm, and even the secondary gun of the battleship is not as good as this, this 127 mm main gun, a total of 3 units of 35 calibers, 4 12 guns are distributed on the heavy cruiser, for a cruiser of only about 8000 tons, The density of such a main gun is also okay, regardless of the size of the caliber, but the combination of 8 40mm guns and 16 20mm guns makes him wonder what he can do, do you shoot torpedoes, you don't need to do this, is it obviously a waste of tonnage.

This requirement, Yang Yuanzhao is made with reference to the more famous air defense light cruisers in World War II, 8 40 mm machine guns, at the very beginning, will be made into high and flat dual-use, rather than ordinary machine guns in this era, 20 mm is the same, when the time comes, a total of 24 guns against the air, enough to form a relatively strong air defense for the battleship, after a series of modifications, it can even be used for more than ten years.

Fabian was a little strange, he still did it according to Yang Yuanzhao's requirements, there was no heavy patrol with enough firepower and heavy artillery, maybe there was a use for the number, it was useless for the entire battleship formation, the German number jù was still the previous version, the version of the 203 mm main gun, what was used in the northwest, it didn't matter much.

8 8,000-ton cruisers, quickly completed the design, just 12 days later than the previous one, the keel was laid, plus light cruisers, destroyers, capital ships, and nearly 500,000 tons of warships, laying keels in Qingdao shipyard, with the previous run-in and experience, especially a steady stream of manpower supplement, so that Qingdao shipyard is more efficient, it is expected that this fleet, than the previous batch, at least 15 to 20 days ahead of the water.

The trip to Qingdao lasted almost 30 days, and the time also entered October 1913, when the situation in Europe restarted, Greece and Serbia, which had been supported by Britain and France, began to recover part of their strength, armed 12 divisions from the country, and rushed to Turkey, wanting to rescue the expeditionary force that had been besieged for nearly 4 months, but 4 months was enough for Turkey to complete the preparations, with the dual teaching of German and Chinese instructors, the civil protection had surrounded the Greek expeditionary corps, If it hadn't been for the opening of a small passage, perhaps the expeditionary force would have starved to death.

The Greek and Serbian assault, at the beginning of the momentum, hundreds of artillery guns fired continuously, so that Turkey suffered a little loss, perfect fortifications, helped them resist this attack, and even counterattacked, Turkey was originally stronger than the Balkan Alliance, and was not overly weakened in the first Balkan War, but the veterans were complete, the weapons were complete, a counter-charge, killed the Greek and Serbian coalition 3 divisions, the Serbian coalition army retreated, a large amount of equipment was discarded, The situation in the Balkans began to change in favor of Turkey.

The Balkan situation has once again become the focus of Europe, although it is only between Turkey and Greece and Serbia, but diplomatic and military pressure has still appeared, and even Russia, which has finally realized it, has begun to enter a state of national mobilization, and the two blocs have begun to move towards the whirlpool of war, inertia, and there is almost no possibility of reconciliation.

The whole world, everyone thinks, maybe both sides will choose a suitable opportunity to declare war, a long confrontation, there is no benefit to both, but most of the high-level still think that it is already October, maybe there will be no war in 1913, it will be the middle of winter soon, the northern division is the most unsuitable time for war, even the warm south is the same, at least it can be delayed until after the New Year, but a crisis actually broke out in a place that no one expected. (To be continued......)