On the 27th, the Admiral's Mansion in Lushun City was full of joy, and when Lu Hong followed Yang Shixiang into the mansion with the red wall of Zhumen, he had already seen Yang Shixiang leading the way, and a naval officer in a blue five-cloud suit greeted him!

One of the thin old men was wearing a first-grade unicorn official robe, and walked side by side beside Yang Shixiang very respectfully, bowing from a distance, his mouth was very skillful and polite, and he didn't forget to bow his hand towards Lu Hong.

Lu Hong immediately guessed the identity of this old man, the one who added the rank of commander of the Beiyang Navy was obviously Ding Ruchang, and the sleekness of the officialdom was completely beyond his imagination...... However, if you think about it carefully, Ding Ruchang was born in the Taiping Army anyway, and he was able to walk step by step from the bottom of the Huai Army to Li Hongzhang's henchman, which is obviously not a simple person.

Among the officers, Lu Hong also knew Li He, the commander of the Pingyuan ship, and the Dusi with thick eyebrows and mustache obviously recognized Lu Hong, and arched his hand at him through the crowd, but Yan Fu next to him had a strange expression...... He knows more than half of the people here, either he was a classmate in the past, or a colleague in the Huai family, but his current situation is obviously far inferior to these acquaintances!

Ding Ruchang arranged a sumptuous dinner in the backyard of the Admiral's Mansion, and even prepared a Shandong Bangzi opera, and after taking a seat after being polite, Yan Fu soon began to introduce his acquaintances one by one in the babbling lyrics, and Lu Hong saw the names that only appeared in his memory one by one.

"Lu Dusi, this is Liu Zixiang (Bu Toad), this is Lin Kaishi (Tai Zeng), a British classmate in the past, and this is Panyu Deng Zhengqing (Shichang) ......"

Lu Hong smiled and nodded, sitting at this dinner table, these admirals looked very relaxed, and they obviously didn't care too much about themselves, the traveler, after listening to Yan Fu's introduction, and only after being polite, their attention was obviously focused on the main table of the Qincha Wang Renkan.

The conversation between Ding Ruchang, Yang Shixiang, and Wang Renkan was obviously very warm, and after Wang Renkan accepted Li Hongzhang's suggestion, the conversation between the two sides was obviously more pleasant, and Ding Ruchang was very satisfied and began to introduce the grand occasion of the Tianjin Dagu military exercise.

Lu Hong naturally intends to express some discordant opinions on this, he has seen the Pingyuan ship Li He training, for the army of this era, on the whole, the soldiers of the Beiyang Naval Division are much stronger than the patrol battalions he has seen, but he also understands that whether it is an officer or a soldier in Beiyang, this salary is several times that of an ordinary patrol battalion, or even a new type of training.

However, soon, the big-mouthed Yan Fu and Lin Taizeng's nonsense on the other side involved him...... "Lin Kaishi, are you really ready to participate in North Korea?" ”

"Brother Youling, I haven't heard of this in Tianjin...... I heard that the master of the department had visited Lord Zhongtang and asked my country to send troops to quell the rebellion on his behalf, and I heard that it was led by the new Admiral Ye Zhichao, and the outpost was Nie Shicheng! Lin Taizeng drank it all with a wine glass in his hand, "I estimate that this is a small-scale counterinsurgency, and Dagu's performance is enough to make the Japanese country cold!" ”

"Lin Kaishi, if the Japanese Navy Division fights with Beiyang, what are our chances of winning?" Yan Fu immediately started his question out of place.

"The British all think that the combat power of our Beiyang Naval Division is better than that of the Wa State, the combat power of the two ships of Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, although the Wa State has new warships and rapid-fire guns, but they can't fight against our ironclad ships!" Lin Taizeng was obviously very familiar with the stinky temper of this former classmate, for fear that he would be stalked, so he immediately sacrificed the argument of deciding the surname...... Since the Royal Navy, the world's No. 1 team, agrees, this conclusion is obviously convincing!

Yan Fu swallowed a few glasses of old wine, and his habit of big mouth was immediately exposed, he pointed at Lu Hong, and smiled at this Lin Taizeng: "Kaishi, Lu Dushi's views on naval battles are completely different from yours!" ”

Lu Hong was holding a small wine cup of blue and white porcelain at the moment, looking at these familiar faces one by one...... Deng Shichang, this guy actually has a good amount of wine, and he is fighting with Li He, he has a rough appearance, how can he not be as heroic as Li Moran in the classic movies of later generations! It's this Liu Buchan Liu Zixiang, sitting on the right side of Yang Shixiang at the main table, looking very sophisticated and calm, and pouring himself a drink without saying a word! What about Fang Boqian, the big antagonist in history...... On the contrary, he is a popular one among the people, and he is coming to the far pipe with Qiu Baoren, and Jingyuan with Lin Yongsheng!

At this time, the hot potato thrown by Yan Youling made him a little helpless...... His current status is obviously not enough to affect these admirals who are at least Sanpin Staff Generals and Dusi, and he has also learned a lot about things inside Beiyang from private contact with Cai Tinggan...... In a word, "It's too complicated!" ”

At this moment, hearing Yan Fu's nonsense, this guy has also wandered on Nanrui and Nanchen, and he must have heard something, but many of the details of the tactical surname that he knows so far also need to be explored to a large extent before they can be transplanted to today's warships, and any large-scale naval technological transformation is obviously not something that can be taken for granted!

He laughed and arched his hand at these admirals and staff generals, "Brother Ling again, Admiral Liu is a naval veteran, and if I say it, it is really a class axe, and it stinks!" ”

"Lu Dushi, aren't you helping to repair the battleship in the Nanyang Naval Division, isn't Lu Jianzhang promoting the new artillery skills you created!" Yan Fu used the wine to prosper and shouted again, which made Lu Hong somewhat suspicious of his motives! This big mouth obviously doesn't mean to be closed.

New Artillery ...... As soon as this term came out, more than a dozen eyes on the wine table were staring at Lu Hong, but soon some of them continued to engage in the wine war, however, Lin Taizeng was obviously quite interested, he immediately raised his wine glass towards Lu Hong, and said with a smile: "When I was in Tianjin, I heard Lord Zhang mention the name of Lu Dushi, and I heard that Lu Dushi traveled around European countries and was very knowledgeable, but I didn't expect to be familiar with artillery skills, so I would like to toast you a glass below!" ”

Lu Hong smiled slightly, raised his glass and drank it all, "General Lin, I know a little bit about it, how dare you say that you are familiar with the word two, and you can laugh...... See ...... laugh! ”

Lin Tai naturally knew Yan Fu, although his old classmates and colleagues didn't speak very well, but they were not the kind of people who liked to brag, but seeing that Lu Hong didn't seem to have any intention of continuing this topic, considering that this was a celebrity, he said with a smile: "Lu Dushi is modest, then I will have the opportunity to ask you about this artillery problem later!" ”

When the two of them laughed, someone next to them suddenly shouted loudly, but it was Fang Boqian who was fighting with Fang Boqian to take Qiu Baoren from afar, "Lord Lu, what you said is too mysterious, this artillery technique can only be trained with a few more cannonballs, how can it be so ......?"

This table is full of people with heads and faces, although most of them know Yan Fu, but they are really a little skeptical about what he said, after all, the Beiyang Naval Division has been officially formed for more than 7 years, and they have more than ten years of experience in the navy.

In this era, the officers of the pipe guns have been completely trained in the British or German style, and they must also have basic knowledge such as mathematics and chemistry, and can adjust the elevation angle and firing range of the guns according to the observation of the landing point of the shells...... But that's all there is to it, the real artillery training is actually to ensure the process of heavy artillery loading, you know, Dingyuan, Zhenyuan's more than 300 kilograms of shells and hundreds of kilograms of propellant, this loading is a university question.

No one came to open this cavity before, naturally no one really compared with Lu Hong, and when they heard Qiu Baoren provoke the conversation, they immediately realized that the show had begun, and immediately put down their wine glasses one by one, and turned their heads to look at Lu Hong, who was picking vegetables opposite......

When Lu Hong heard Qiu Baoren's words, he looked up at this mustache, obviously drank a few more glasses at the moment, and his face was flushed, and looking at the surname of this goods, he was also a stubble who liked to offend people, and he originally had no intention of stealing any limelight from this wine table, but since this matter was provoked, he could teach them a lesson!

At this moment, someone next to him had already interjected, but it was Liu Buyun, who was still pouring himself a drink just now, "Qiu Guandao, have you drunk too much...... Lu Dushi is a talent asked by the university, our sailor's gadgets, you really take it seriously! ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Buyun raised the wine cup in his hand and arched his hand towards Lu Hongyi, "Lu Dushi, this time to supervise the corruption case of the Navy Yamen, I heard that you have made a lot of contributions, and I wish you a high rise in the morning!" ”

Lu Hong ate a mouthful of food unhurriedly, and then raised his glass and Liu Buchan, and then said in a calm tone: "Liu Junmen, when it comes to this artillery technique, I have a little experience...... Dare to ask the military gate, when we are performing in Beiyang, what is the artillery firing distance? ”

As soon as he opened his mouth like this, it was also a big surprise for this table pipe belt, Liu Buyun was even more surprised by Lu Hong's question, you know, the firing range of artillery is definitely the key to artillery skills in this era, Lu Hong can ask directly on the point, it can be seen that this person is not that kind of layman...... He was immediately curious about the other party's explanation.

"Lu Du Shi, according to the Beiyang Naval Division, Pingshu shooting training, the target ship is 1,500 meters, and the tea must be hit!" The Beiyang Naval Division has the practice of military parade every year, of course, the scale of this military parade is small and large, this time because of the response to the North Korean crisis, so the Beiyang Naval Division was all dispatched to conduct training in Dagu...... However, after another of the performances, now the so-called tea work hit, has long been a formality, and even on the target ship!

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