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Commodore Ou Lei, who was standing on the bridge of the Vanguard, was over fifty years old, and it stands to reason that he should be a steady and mature age, but Brigadier Ou Lei was a naughty boy, and he often played tricks on his subordinates, and even stuffed a woman's petticoat under the pillow of his subordinates, causing his subordinates to be beaten out of bed by his wife in the middle of the night, sleeping on the floor for a month, and finally when his subordinates learned that it was him, they couldn't cry or laugh. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Commodore Ou Lei has always had no good impression of the Chinese Empire, especially after the Battle of Guangzhou, he himself failed to go to his post in time due to the typhoon, and was lucky not to be captured at Dagukou, after William's superiors left, the main force of the Far East Fleet of the Royal Navy of the British Empire was lost in the battle of Dagukou, and the Imperial Admiralty was reluctant to replenish, so the original position of Vice Admiral Commander was the turn of Ou Lei, the brigadier general.

For the huge fleet and behemoths outside Victoria Harbour, Commodore Ou Lei has nothing to do but red-eyed extreme envy and hatred! It is very difficult for Brigadier Ou Lei to understand how a small power in Southeast Asia could have an ironclad ship that even the British Empire had to hesitate to build until after the Battle of Dagukou. From this point of view, Commodore Ou Lei really wanted to thank Lin Haijiang, it was his cannon that woke up those politicians who were the number one in the world in the Imperial Navy, but Brigadier Ou Lei immediately found that the ships of the Chinese Empire seemed to be significantly different from the ships under construction in the Empire?

Commodore Ouray thinks that such a ship with a high board dry seems to be much more beautiful than a ship with a low board dry? But will such a high gunside shot rate also be high? Commodore Ouray clearly did not yet understand the benefits of the high broadside.

However, there was an order from Sir McDonald before, so Brigadier General Ou Lei also took the initiative to order not to raise the full flag, and let the sailors go to the deck to watch the excitement, in the eyes of Brigadier General Ou Lei, there is nothing wrong with this, maybe the group of barbarians does not understand the true meaning of raising the full flag at all, or they don't care about raising the full flag!

As a white supremacist, Commodore Ou Lei thought that the yellow monkeys who were banging and beating and making noise in the harbor were annoying, and if it weren't for the behemoth of the Chinese Empire in the harbor, he would have sent sailors to scatter those yellow monkeys.

Commodore Auray himself looked with interest at the two approaching behemoths with a glass of brandy, and he wanted to see how a battleship of this size could dock at the dock without a guide assistance ship. This was also the first time in Commodore Ouray's life that he had seen a steel battleship of more than 10,000 tons, compared to the 7,200-ton standard displacement Southern Cross-rated armored protection cruiser under construction in Nanfest, which was much thinner.

However, Commodore Ouray soon discovered that the speed of these two behemoths does not seem to be fast, and the Imperial Royal Admiralty built a 7,000-ton armored protection cruiser instead of choosing to build an ironclad ship first, Commodore Ouray somewhat understood, because once the appearance of a behemoth of more than 10,000 tons, the main ironclad ship of 8,000 tons will become a piece of chicken ribs that are tasteless and discarded, and the armored protection cruiser with a full load displacement of nearly 8,000 tons is the most urgently needed by the Royal Navy of the British Empire, which can be used for global deployment. The main reason for the Reich Admiralty to wait before was to see the effect of the two giant ships of the Prussian Hamburg Shipyard, since the Prussian Hamburg Shipyard could be built, then at least seventeen shipyards in the Reich could build such huge ships, placed in the capital ships of more than 10,000 tons, in terms of the final decisive battle strategy of the Imperial Navy, it would not leave the hinterland of the Mediterranean, so as to ensure that the supreme interests of the British Empire were not threatened and violated.

For what he did today, Brigadier General Ou Lei still has a trace of pride, after all, Lin Haijiang is a notorious guy in the empire and even in Europe, Brigadier General Ou Lei, to give such a brigadier General Ou Lei a deflated, I believe everyone wants to see.

Lin Haijiang, who was standing in the bridge of the Hainan, had a much better face at the moment, and punishing himself with other people's mistakes was the most depressing thing, and Brigadier Ou Lei did exactly that, Lin Haijiang looked at Xia Xue, who was still expressionless on Brigadier General Ou Lei, he knew that this little girl was now like a fire thrown into the ammunition depot, and the explosion was a foregone conclusion, and the key issue was the scale and impact of the explosion.

As the head of the empire, Lin Haijiang should actually stop this wanton behavior, if this kind of behavior happens to any of the other captains or senior officers, Lin Haijiang believes that he will definitely stop it, but this happened to Xia Xue, as the highest ranking and only commander of a large surface ship in the Imperial Navy, Lin Haijiang believes that Xia Xue should have the right to express his dissatisfaction and anger.

In fact, Lin Haijiang also knew very well that in his subconscious, he wanted to make a big fuss even more, and even did not hesitate to directly trigger a war between the empire and Britain, but he also understood that as the head of the empire, he was the highest strategic decision-maker of the empire, and his words and deeds represented the attitude and strategic deployment of the entire empire.

Therefore, Lin Haijiang himself must not come forward to shout and kill, if his head of state does not take into account the overall interests of the empire, just for his own momentary pleasure, then the empire will also suffer huge losses, and the Chinese empire, which has been reckless, will fall into a never-ending war, war can bring unexpected wealth, opportunities and honor, but war can also bring destruction and death!

Lin Haijiang has never seen a good result in the history of the country that blindly recklessly militarized, without exception all of them are broken and killed, for the nature of war, Lin Haijiang has a deep understanding, soldiers are eager for war, they can be said to live for war, there is no war to squander blood and life of soldiers can be said to be born at the wrong time, when the fierce is over? As the head of the empire, Lin Haijiang didn't know how many gray-haired parents he would have to face, and how many orphans and widows he would have to face!

History is always so melancholy for future generations! Maybe, maybe, maybe there are too many maybes, Lin Haijiang launched wars one after another for people born in this era is extremely cruel, this Lin Haijiang knows better than anyone else, every time the battle is over, Lin Haijiang will lock himself in the office alone, facing the long list of killed, especially those young officers who graduated from the imperial school, their smiles are almost imprinted in Lin Haijiang's memory, so now Lin Haijiang has reduced the inspection of the Imperial Army and Navy Officer School, Lin Haijiang is not a cold person, On the contrary, he is the kind of person who has very delicate feelings, and many times he will think about it for others, this kind of surname can not really control the troops freely, such as the previous bloody battle of Ningxiang, Lin Haijiang can order reinforcements to defend Ningxiang, he himself has no need to go, according to the strategic and tactical war games of the General Staff, even if Lin Haijiang, as the head of the empire, does not arrive at the front-line battlefield in person, with two firepower as seven times the normal establishment of the infantry brigade, it is completely able to hold Ningxiang, but Lin Haijiang can't do it, He can't give his own death order and then stay out of the matter as if no one is around, he can't treat soldiers as numbers, he is afraid that one day he will really not be able to face this cruelty again!

So Lin Haijiang is forcing himself to calm down, in the face of the complex international situation, Lin Haijiang has been carefully managing the Chinese Empire, just like he was running the old port before, if this is an RPG game without archives, Lin Haijiang as a player must win! No matter what the price is, Lin Haijiang firmly believes that since God has brought himself to this era, it will definitely have its special significance!

For future generations of Chinese not to be international third-class citizens, for future generations of Chinese children and grandchildren not to suffer from schooling, employment, buying a house, and so on, for future generations of children can play in their own gardens, for future generations of Chinese to be true world nationals, for future generations of China not to make friends by playing the role of philanthropists in the world, Lin Haijiang firmly believes that all sacrifices today are worth it, and for this goal Lin Haijiang will not hesitate to break his bones.

Just as Lin Haijiang's thoughts were flying, the battleship Hainan had slowly entered the port, and the eight twin main guns of the battleship Hainan with a caliber of 35 times the caliber of the upper and lower stairs began to rotate slowly, and Wei Haiwei, who was standing next to Lin Haijiang, looked at Xia Xue's thin but shocking back in great surprise and was dumbfounded!

Wei Haiwei will look at Xia Xue for a while, and look at the head of state for a while, this will Wei Haiwei feel that he must be crazy, and a planned visit turned into an act of war because of the Manqi incident? The battleship of the Indochina Peninsula, which was slowly gliding at a speed of two knots, was also slowly turning all its main guns, and an inexplicable smile appeared on the corner of Lin Haijiang's mouth.

Lieutenant Commander Zhanyang, the captain of the Indochina Peninsula, is in pursuit of Xia Xue is a well-known thing in the entire Imperial Navy, but if no one knows its progress, there will occasionally be some scandals and gossip, but there is a lack of practical basis, but now from Lin Haijiang's point of view, the two people can be regarded as having a good heart, without passing the flag, the Hainan turned the four turrets of the main gun and made hostile acts against the British ship, and the Indochina Peninsula immediately followed and turned the turret.

Commodore Ou Lei, who was standing on the bridge, noticed that the two behemoths of the Imperial Chinese Navy were actually turning their turrets? What does this mean? I'm afraid even idiots know what the Imperial Chinese Navy wants to do in the event of obvious hostilities? Could it be that his previous behavior poked a hornet's nest?

Damn Lin Haijiang, as a dignified head of state, can't he have no self-cultivation at all, right? Even if you are dissatisfied, you should file a diplomatic note to protest, right? Turning the main gun directly in the opponent's military port has the same meaning as opening the gun emplacement and blocking the door of the Fengfeng battleship.

Preparing for war? This thought was only a flash in Commodore Ou Lei's mind, the total tonnage of the other side is probably nearly 200,000 tons, and there are only three fourth-class two-masted cruisers with a tonnage of 600 tons on his side? The battle was tantamount to a brutal massacre, and the target of the slaughter was the Royal Navy of the British Empire, which always targeted the indigenous Africans.

Looking at the other party's increasingly approaching giant ships and their tall ships, Commodore Ou Lei suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief, Lin Haijiang's Chinese Imperial Maritime Fleet was bluffing, because the angle of fire of the opponent's thick main guns could not estimate their three warships at all, at best, they just stopped in front of themselves to show off their might, could it be that they still dared to take the initiative to attack the overseas colonies of the British Empire in Hong Kong and sink the Imperial Royal Navy warships?

The distance between the hull of the Hainan and the Indochina Peninsula, which slowly slid to a halt and began to reverse with two cars, was already more than three times the safe distance, only less than 20 meters, and you must know that in the face of such a large warship, this distance is very dangerous, especially under the premise of anchoring without anchorage, once a battleship of more than 10,000 tons collides, even a slight collision will have very serious consequences.

"The Indochina Peninsula is flag-bearing, all the main guns are loaded with special shells for the No. 3 salute, and the whole gun is charged!" Xia Xue's order made Wei Haiwei stunned for a moment, and then he raised his head and repeated loudly: "The flag informs the Indochina Peninsula that all the main guns are loaded with special shells for the No. 3 salute, and all charges are charged!" ”

Five minutes later, after the red fire control mechanical switches of the four main guns all turned red, Wei Haiwei grabbed the fire control command main gun synchronous firing signal with a slightly trembling hand and stood in place, holding a pocket watch in one hand, but his eyes were staring at Xia Xue.

Xia Xue took a deep breath and said: "Registrar, please record, at 14:22:21 pm on November 1, 1861, the captain of the ship, Lieutenant Commander Xia Xue, ordered the firing of the No. 3 salute special shell, with a full charge of 22 shots, and the British Royal Navy Victoria Harbour still adhered to the international naval exchange ceremony and saluted 22 times under the premise that the Hong Kong warships were not full of flags to welcome our ship!" The British side was reminded to fire a 24-gun salute to greet our head of state. ”

"Salvo of main guns!" Xia Xue's eyes widened and she roared, and waved her hand heroically!

Boom, boom, boom! Eight 260 mm 35 times caliber naval guns completed the sequential firing in two seconds, Lin Haijiang could even see that the shock wave of the muzzle emptying made the air almost distorted, and Lin Haijiang, who was standing in the well-sealed bridge, felt a sudden surge of air in the ear drums, and with a burst of tinnitus that lasted for about three to five seconds, this sense of impact of the naval guns disappeared completely.

Lin Haijiang, who was standing in the bridge and was outside the distance of the ship's guns, was still like this, so the officers and men of the British Royal Navy on the three fourth-class sail cruisers of the British Royal Navy under the muzzle of the guns could naturally be imagined! After the main gun salvo of the Hainan, it drove half a car forward, and the Indochina Peninsula immediately followed behind it and fired an eight-gun salute!

Lin Haijiang even saw the auxiliary sail of a fourth-class cruiser of the British Royal Navy ignited by the high temperature of the flames of the ship's guns!

Brigadier General Ole, whose face was covered in blood, could no longer hear or see at the moment, and the deck was full of officers and men of the British Royal Navy wailing and screaming, and all the glass night lights near the harbor shattered almost at the same time! The infrasound in the muzzle blast even killed dozens of officers and men of the British Royal Navy on the spot.

The Chinese who were dancing the lion and dragon on the pier also stopped, looking at the still smoking muzzles of the two behemoths in amazement, when some people in the crowd who had seen the exchange of warships began to say: "Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid! That's normal, the warships of foreign devils are like this! ”

In the dock, Sir McDonald's carriage lost control because of the sound of cannons, startled the horse to Sir McDonald's bottom, the front end of the cup of coffee all given the hat, even frightened, Sir McDonnell climbed out of the carriage in a panic, extremely shocked looking in the direction of Victoria Harbour, after finding that there was no so-called explosion on Hong Kong Island, Sir McDonnell breathed a long sigh of relief, if Lin Haijiang really shelled Hong Kong Island, Sir McDonnell knew that the only one who would be unlucky was himself, Because the empire was not ready for war against the Chinese Empire, Prussia continued to sell the warships it had built to the Chinese Empire, which can be said to have caused great trouble for the empire in the Far East.

When Sir McDonnell arrived in Victoria Harbour, he was stunned by the scene in front of him, the three cruisers kept lifting the Royal Navy officers and men who were bleeding from their noses, ears and mouths, Sir McDonald had no idea what was going on?

When Sir McDonald grabbed a midshipman and questioned him, he realized that it was the Imperial Chinese warship that was too close to our Royal Navy when it fired the salute, and most of the officers and men on the ship were injured by the afterglow of the gunfire.

Sir McDonald looked at Sir McDonald's giant ship of the Chinese Empire that had docked, although he was not from the Royal Navy, but such a huge ship also surprised Sir McDonald, compared to the first-class battleship Victoria Harbour that he had seen on his homeland, it was really a bit worthless.

Sir McDonald felt very uncomfortable looking at the giant ship of the Chinese Empire at this moment, because this huge ship and the more than 20 armored protective cruisers of the Chinese Empire at sea gave him an extreme sense of oppression, which was the first time that Sir McDonald had this feeling in more than half a century of travel.

The pride and pride of the British Empire have completely lost their former majesty under the guns of the other side, and Sir McDonald could only feel the glory and pride of the British Empire in the past, but today he understands for the first time where the honor and pride of this empire come from. Why would the Imperial Royal Navy be the pride of the Empire, rather than the Army that constantly reaps the benefits of the Empire!

Lin Haijiang stood on the bridge and looked at the tall thin man wearing a white tuxedo and wearing a jazz belt, with a face full of wrinkles, Lin Haijiang knew that it must be Sir McDonald without asking, because love is the essence of the British, in the Zulu War and all the wars before 1900, British officials and officers dressed themselves differently, and would rather be bullets from the enemy than change into a light green military uniform to pull out the chicken feathers on their heads!

It seems that in the eyes of the British, mixed costumes, such as officers wearing soldiers' clothes, are equivalent to hiding their glory, and the final result would rather die than be beautiful!

(To be continued)