"Haha!"

When the train stopped at the Seoul railway station, as the passengers boarded the train, the bohemian laughter spread from the second-class carriage to the carriage, and then only a young man wearing a Hanfu and wearing a Korean black hat was seen walking into the carriage with two North Korean women in his arms. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Perhaps, in the past six years, the power of the Joseon royal family and the government has been deprived little by little, and the Civil Affairs Department has completely replaced the duties of the local government office, but the Governor's Office has not changed the favor of the Korean royal family and the two classes of nobles.

Three years ago, when the governor left the DPRK, he found that the "Hua Dynasty is originally a family" declaration, and further incorporated the DPRK into the "Chinese family"; for many years, the DPRK has always regarded itself as a "little China", and after receiving the recognition of this "original family", under the advocacy of the DPRK Shilin, it immediately threw itself into the "Chineseization" of the rejuvenation of the country with unprecedented enthusiasm, and even the Korean costumes were abandoned by many people, like Confucianism, and completely changed to Han-style "Chinese clothes".

Is the beauty of Chinese costumes known to the common people?

But the gorgeous clothes are paired with black hats, but there is always a sense of disobedience. Especially when the young man was holding the two women in his arms, it made some of the passengers on the bus frown slightly.

However, the laughter did not last long, not just for a moment, when the young man saw more than two dozen officers wearing dark blue naval officer uniforms in the carriage, the young Korean man still quickly let go of the woman in his arms, bowed respectfully to the officers 90 degrees, and said in official words.

"I've seen you!"

My lord, this is the most common appellation. Both in North Korea. Or the Northeast. People tend to lump together the ministers, the police, and the military, and call them "adults," even many North Korean officials on two shifts.

Han Che, who was sitting in the seat, did not sit there arrogantly and nodded lightly when the other party gave a salute, but stood up and bowed his head slightly. After returning the salute with the attitude of a superior person, he sat down again.

The appearance of a group of naval officers made the atmosphere in the carriage seem a little strange, more precisely, a little less comfortable and a little more restrained. For North Koreans, the military is undoubtedly the existence of authority, compared with the Northeast, the DPRK police are more authoritative, and naturally the military is more "majestic" in the DPRK.

Han Che and others, who have long been accustomed to the fear of North Koreans. He didn't feel any discomfort, and occasionally looked out the window. As early as five years ago, compulsory afforestation was convenient for North Korea to implement, and fuelwood was replaced by coal, after five years of hard work, many barren mountains have disappeared from yesterday's desolation, of course, in fact, this is also the need for economic development -- mulberry trees, in the industrial planning of the Northeast Governor's Office, North Korea is the only area that appropriately develops the sericulture industry, and naturally needs to encourage mulberry planting to provide sufficient raw materials for raw silk.

Years of hard work have not been in vain, at least now North Korea has become the world's third largest supplier of raw silk after the mainland and Russia's occupation of Japan, and relies on franchise rights to control the Korean raw silk export trading company, according to the sales of the international raw silk market, the North Korean original sales to France as silk weaving silk products, into the United States as hosiery double silk products. As a result, it has become more profitable and has opened up a whole new market.

Of course, Han Che didn't know about all this, and he wouldn't care about it at all, and even for him, whether the lives of the North Korean people were improving or not seemed to have nothing to do with him, at most, he was occasionally concerned about when North Korea would become a province of China, and this was also based on the relationship between the naval base camp Zhenwan and the Korean Peninsula.

As for the rest, there is no need for him as a soldier to think about it.

Homing!

Two days ago, the Yuanwang training ship commanded by Han Che ended its first round-the-world voyage, which was full of firsts for the Chinese Navy, such as the first time a Chinese warship sailed into San Francisco, the first time it sailed through the Strait of Magellan, the first time it arrived in Brazil, and the first time it sailed through the Caribbean...... For the first time like this, the ambitious ocean plans of a backward country have been showcased.

Of course, the first ocean voyage around the world also exposed too many problems, which were recorded in a thick logbook, and after the meeting of the Commanders of the Navy, the Navy will make corresponding improvements to these problems.

"Sir, do you still need tea?"

Again, the train tea attendant respectfully came to Han Che's face, and while he tapped the teacup, Han Che's mind was thinking about another thing, thinking about that potential opponent. Thinking about how to give his advice to the teacher.

"The Russian navy is still stuck in the last century, they have no admiralty, only an admiral who is a relative of the emperor and a relative of the emperor is in charge of all naval affairs, although there is a special body under the admiral to study the naval forces of potential adversaries and draw up plans for naval construction, but they still do not change their organizational ......."

Putting down the knife in his hand and facing the teacher, Han Che, who had just answered the questions of the commanders at the naval commanders' meeting, told the teacher one by one what he knew about the Russian Navy.

“…… Compared with other powers, the overall level of Russia's ruling circles is really not excellent. One can even say how rotten they are compared to the ruling circles of the Western powers. But perhaps it is the astonishing coldness of the Russian land that has tempered the spirit of the Russian nation as a whole: it is rotten, ignorant, but tenacious, and exudes a savage ambition. Like their Tsar Mikhail II, immediately after his accession to the throne, he drew up the "Great Naval Plan", according to which a total of ten battleships will be built before the next five years......"

When Han Che mentioned Tsar Mikhail II, Tang Haoran was still slightly surprised - in history, the current Russian tsar should have been Nicholas II, but after he was assassinated in Japan, two years ago, after the death of Alexan III. His younger brother Mikhali succeeded him as Tsar of the Russian Empire. It would be nice to say that the 16-year-old Tsar had ambitions for the sea. Or maybe it's the ** of expansion.

Shortly after his accession to the throne, he proposed a frighteningly large "Great Naval Plan", according to which the Russian Empire would build 16 new battleships, 6 armored cruisers, 6 light cruisers, 50 mine-striking ships, 50 torpedo boats, and 10 mine-laying ships over the next ten years. Of course, the reason why Russia was able to come up with this plan was, to some extent, really thanks to the occupation of Japan.

"Emphasizing that naval expansion has a higher priority than the rest of the Empire's armies."

Quoting Mikhail II's instructions to the navy, Tang Haoran looked at Han Che and said with a sigh.

"Now. Russia's financial resources have been completely attracted by the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the construction of this staggering scale and difficulty is already exhausting the national resources for Russia, which is not very wealthy. After the surrender of Japan, the Russians on this railway, far exceeding the military expenditure of the same period. The railway would certainly bring immeasurable economic benefits to the Russian Empire - just think a little about the endless natural resources of vast Siberia. However, the direct economic benefits were difficult to obtain in the short term, on the contrary, the empire had to continue to pay for the railway for a long time, in order to build supporting facilities along the railway line and maintain the daily operation of the railway. And, here's what needs to be understood. In order to ensure absolute control over this strategic lifeline of the empire, Russia did not spend a penny of foreign money. All the sources of construction funds are self-raised. But until the flower of prosperity brought about by the Trans-Siberian Railway blooms, it can only be a sponge sucking the imperial treasury, but even in this case, the Russians still managed to find the money, right! ”

Tirpitz, the father of the German Imperial Navy, once said: "...... The construction of the Navy is not just a step-by-step process, the first problem that needs to be solved is money. "Without sufficient financial resources and strong economic strength to back it up, all the plans are just a pipe dream, but God undoubtedly bless the Russians.

"Thanks to the efforts of Mikhail II, Witte agreed to use 50% of the financial surplus of the Viceroyalty of Nicholas as a special fund for the Navy, which may not seem like much, but it is still as high as 35 million rubles per year, and it is increasing every year, and even the surplus of the Viceroyalty of Nicholas has eased Russia's tight financial difficulties......"

Lamenting the wealth brought to Russia by the "imperial cow" of the Viceroyalty of Nicholas, Han Che did not sympathize with the people there, let alone consider that these fiscal surpluses were based on the overall reduction of public expenditures, including education, under the Russian occupation.

"So, teacher, the pressure we face now is even greater than in the past!"

"Hmm,"

Nodding, Tang Haoran sighed.

"Yes, so, the Admiralty has a corresponding plan, but we have a five-year plan, about half the size of the Russians, and considering that Russia needs to divide the fleet into three forces, the Baltic, the Black Sea, and the Pacific, we believe that the equivalent of 50% of Russia's naval forces can ensure superiority at sea. So, at least for now, our expansion is undoubtedly relatively more sensible! It's also a realistic ......."

After all, there is no cow in the Northeast!

As far as the Northeast is concerned, although the DPRK, as a cow, can provide tens of millions of yuan, it is absolutely impossible for that money to be used entirely for military expenditures, and the current expansion of the navy is entirely based on borrowing, and as for how to repay it in the future, it can only be repaid through the sale of land finance -- the commons of Northeast China.

In order to avoid the suspicion of the great powers in Northeast China caused by the large-scale naval expansion construction, out of diplomatic considerations, this huge naval expansion cost was divided equally among the budget expenditure for two years. Thinking of the expansion of the navy, Tang Haoran thought of the era he was in.

People in this era are more confident than they will be in a hundred years from now, because countless amazing inventions have given people incredible confidence...... Well, this is an era of omnipotence, at least for many, and people are analogous omnipotent. Since everything is possible, it is a reasonable ambition to build a majestic navy.

It is precisely because of this that countries all over the world that aspire to become great powers are desperately building their navies, and Tang Haoran naturally wants to join the ranks of this struggle for world power! Of course, it's not just about competing for the world, but for the Northeast, it's more about survival.

"Teacher, it is inevitable that there will be a war between us and Russia! The current expansion plan is necessary. ”

Again, Han Che emphasized this consensus that had already been formed.

"Russia's greed for territory and its expansionist ambitions to turn to the East will inevitably lead to war between us and them, and during this visit to St. Petersburg, I fully felt the ambitions of the Russians towards the East, teacher!"

Looking at the thoughtful teacher, Han Che slowly proposed some of his thoughts.

"Although we have now established the Admiralty and have also established the Council of Naval Officers, the current mechanism of the Council of Chiefs is still somewhat insufficient, and the Navy and the Army have fundamentally different ......."

Looking at the teacher, Han Che thought of the current army and navy structure in his heart, whether it was the army or the navy, they were all directly subordinate to the commander's combat meeting, this meeting was presided over by the teacher, and the commander-in-chief of the army was directly under the governor himself, and the military command department, the general staff and the navy department gave assistance, and others had no right to interfere. In other words, the teacher has always been the direct supreme commander of the army and navy, and compared to the army with a complete organization, some of the construction of the navy that has just built a skeleton is somewhat unsatisfactory, and even the system of the naval chiefs' council is too conservative in comparison.

"I would like to be able to create a department dedicated to studying the naval forces of a potential adversary, drawing up plans for naval construction, and developing all the necessary organizational principles and measures for preparing for war. Of course, in this department, experience is secondary, and if possible, I would like to be selected to join this body to outline the grand blueprint for the future navy are young naval officers who are well-educated and full of vitality......"

Han Che's words fell, and Tang Haoran realized what his student wanted to do.

"You mean the formation of a naval staff?"

Creation of the Naval Staff? It's not that it's not necessary, it's actually very necessary, but there's no right person. That person must be reliable and worthy of appointment.

"No, at least for now, not the Navy Staff!"

Han Che smiled slyly and played with words there.

"If possible, I would call it the "Naval Research Laboratory". (To be continued.) )