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Navy spring is coming, but the money bag is finished.

Hangel made a lot of money laughing and almost added a half-battleship to the United States. Sa Zhenbing smiled that the navy finally had a home, or an increase of more than 100,000 tons at a time. Yang Qiu smiled even more slyly, and the introduction of Babcock-Wilcox boilers could help him break through the technical limitations of the scarce materials in the data machine. To be honest, materials and craftsmanship are his biggest headaches, but now with an American technician personally leading the team, he can break through with just a few years of training. As long as there are a few years to hone the technology, the reduction gear technology that must be depressurized due to the speed of the impulse steam turbine rotor can be obtained from the data machine, and ten years later than the United States to come up with stronger, lighter and more economical Chapter 360 An era is not a rhapsody.

Only Tang Shaoyi smiled bitterly, large warships are not as simple as buying them back, training and maintenance costs a lot, and the naval base must also be renovated and expanded accordingly. For example, if Lushun does not dig deep channels, it must wait for the high tide before entering and exiting 10,000-ton ships. To make matters worse, there is a shortage of fuel oil in the country, and high-quality anthracite of Welsh white coal is even rarer, and even with co-fired boilers, a lot of expensive white coal and fuel oil must be stocked.

However, in Yang Qiu's opinion, his problem is nothing, and it is still possible to feed a few giant ships with explosive financial income. As for fuel oil, the Yumen oilfield project survey is about to start, and foreign oilfields may not be available. Coal burning is simpler, Shanxi Jincheng has the second largest anthracite white coal reserves in Asia, if it is really not good, wait for the Baotou railway to be repaired to develop Ordos, tens of billions of tons of the world's first comparable to the Welsh white coal top anthracite resources, how to use enough.

Now that the four Anhai-class ships of tens of millions have been decided, Yang Qiu simply came up with a plan that had been prepared a long time ago. Now the country selects two suitable transport ships to be converted into improvised aircraft carriers, anyway, this thing is being studied and even the equipment is not leaked, and it is said that seaplane carriers are used for training and storage Chapter 360 An era is over to prepare talents. The project of 16 standard 1900 large destroyers, which have already begun work and designated the "Long Wind class", will also be accelerated, in addition to submarines and torpedo boats. He also took out two drawings, the Dutch Detruy and the British Southampton light cruiser, and handed them to the Jiangnan Factory for study, preparing to start building a light cruiser at an appropriate time.

Yang Qiu is not a miser like Japan, and strictly ordered the navy to completely eliminate all ships except 9 cruisers (Qingdao, Haichou, Hairong, Haiqi, Haichen, Zhaohe, Yingrui, Feihong, and the repaired Tsukuba) 10 Chu-class and Jiangzi-class gunboats (Chuyu, Chutai, Chuguan, Chuqian, Chutong, Chuyou, Jiangyuan, Jiangheng, Jiangli, Jiangzhen) and 7 destroyers (Yongjian, Yongji [Jiangnan self-built 1000-ton destroyers], Yuzhang, Jiankang, Tong'an, Whale Wave, and Longtuan). In addition, five 20,000-ton oil and water tankers were selected from the fleet traded by Germany, and 8 auxiliary ships such as reconnaissance, hydrographic survey, and communications were also sold to the navy for the transportation fleet.

According to the plan, by 20 years, the Republic of China Navy will have 2 improvised aircraft carriers. 4 large cruisers, 9 protective cruisers, 23 destroyers, 10 gunboats, 24 submarines, 40 torpedo boats, 8 auxiliary ships, 6 transport ships and 80 aircraft of various types.

Amid the rumbling New Year's firecrackers, Yang Qiu, Sa Zhenbing and Tang Shaoyi preliminarily set the "Republic of China 1920 Navy Expansion Plan" on the train back to Nanjing, but this plan is still a draft, because there is an important question that cannot be ignored, whether Yang Qiu will come to power in the March general election, or let Li Yuanhong continue to serve as president.

So much has happened in the past year. In particular, the news of the victory in the war made the Spring Festival of 15 years more lively.

The sound of crackling firecrackers came from the narrow coffin-like window, and a kerosene lamp on the table flickered. Not far away, on the carved wooden bed, a thick quilt bulged with a "mountain bag", and the faint sound of breathing in the mountain bag was intermittent.

When the whole country is celebrating the New Year, the longevity garden in Huanshang Village, Zhangde, Henan Province is quiet like a haunted house, and the people are scattered and scattered, even if they are left, they are all hanging their heads and full of sadness. The utility room next door was already full of funeral supplies such as white huā paper figures. Since Yuan Shikai was paralyzed, the Yuan Mansion, which used to dominate the world, was ready to lose its master.

People can best experience the warmth and cold at this time, except for Wang Shizhen and Feng Guozhang, a few old people in Beiyang who also send people to see from time to time, there have been almost no guests in Yangshouyuan for more than a year, and even a few aunts and wives have packed up their things and returned to their parents' homes, Yuan Keding and other children have also chosen prosperous Beijing and other places to make a decision, or simply go overseas, only Yang Shiqi has been here all the time, waiting for him without untying his clothes. Even Yang Qiu personally wrote to ask him to go out of the mountain, but he didn't agree.

Ahem.

Suddenly. The hill on the bed squirmed. Yang Shiqi hurriedly put down the book and went over, and he didn't know if he was noisy by the sound of firecrackers. Yuan Shikai, who had closed his eyes for a few days and nights, actually opened his eyes slowly.

"Kung Pao? Kung Pao. ”

Yang Shiqi shouted cautiously, because Yuan Shikai was already extremely unconscious after being paralyzed, he had to call like this several times or even dozens of times every time he woke up. However, this time he only shouted twice, and he actually turned his face slowly. Looking through the light, this heroic figure who has been in the late Qing Dynasty for decades and has used his life to reach the highest peak of his political career in one fell swoop has lost his weight.

The eye sockets are deep, the cheeks are only bones, but the body is severely swollen, especially the belly is big, as if she is pregnant for October. Even people who don't know medical skills can know that their lives are short, and they can survive until today's top ten, which is the result of Yang Shiqi's careful care. After a moment, the somewhat blackened finger moved slightly, and the corners of his lips squirmed and spit out a vague meaning of water. Yang Shiqi hurriedly brought the tea and tasted the temperature before slowly pouring it into his throat. This action made Yuan Shikai's dull old eyes foggy, but he couldn't say half a word.

After a few sips of warm water, Yuan Shikai's spirit seemed to be much better all of a sudden, his cheeks were a little flushed, and although his voice was still very weak, he could finally hear it clearly: "Xingcheng, I'm sorry for you." ”

Hearing his clear voice today, Yang Shiqi suddenly had tears in the corners of his eyes, and he choked up while wiping his sleeve: "It's not bitter, it's not bitter." As long as Gong Bao can be good, it is worth it to ask for Shiqi's life. ”

Yuan Shikai moved the corners of his lips, and a weak and inaudible sigh echoed in the room, and after a while, he coughed a few times so much that Yang Shiqi hurriedly wanted to pat his chest, but he stopped him, and said: "Xingcheng, it's a New Year that is so lively outside, right?" Can you tell us about this time? ”

Paralysed for so long, even when he was awake, Yuan Shikai didn't ask about anything outside, and at this moment, he suddenly asked and his face became redder and redder, which suddenly made Yang Shiqi chuckle in his heart, and understood that the limit of this person was probably today. Since he wanted to listen to it, it was also his last wish, and he hurriedly explained in detail the events of the past year or so.

From the dissolution of Beiyang to the retirement of Li Chun and others, and then to the abduction of the little emperor outside the Xihua Gate. The Sino-Japanese war, the Great War in Europe until the victory in Tsingtao, the withdrawal of Japan and the recent Sino-British Treaty. Yang Shiqi convulsed and poured out word for word. Yuan Shikai listened silently, when he heard that the war in Europe was inextricable, Qingdao's victory was completely withdrawn from the mainland, and the navy returned to Lushun to erect the Yongzhen Mountains and Rivers Monument, and the old face like dead wood couldn't help but have a little hot flashes.

In a trance, from the first acquaintance with officialdom to the monopoly of North Korea, every scene and experience passed in front of his eyes like a movie version, the beginning of North Korea, the fiasco of the First Sino-Japanese War, the training of troops at a small station, the betrayal of the Six Gentlemen, the suppression of the Boxers, the resignation to avoid disaster until the betrayal of the Qing Dynasty and so on. Life is complicated and officialdom is more changeable than this, and the two betrayals made the corners of his lips twitch at this moment, and he looked at the sky with gloomy eyes, and he didn't know how many thoughts flowed through his heart at this moment.

"Yang Qiu, Zi Chenhua has had a good year." Eventually, all the helplessness turned into a low sigh.

Even Yang Shiqi nodded in agreement when he said this, Yang Qiu deserved to be in a good era. Taking advantage of Wuchang's move to determine its status, he turned his hands over and drove away the Kuomintang to dominate Hubei, and took Sichuan and Hunan while everyone's attention was on the war between the two armies. Wu Shengguan designed an ambush for Feng Guozhang, boldly withdrew the front-line troops and attacked Kokura Mountain, and from then on, the world was divided into three points.

Then there is the suppression of the Kuomintang Party, the monopoly of the south and the unification of the whole country by the hands of Germany and the United States. The war between China and Japan was originally dangerous and dangerous, but the Europeans themselves fought and no longer had the intention of "China", and in the end they put counter-pressure on "Japan" to agree to the conditions.

I am afraid that no one in the world can compare with the good luck.

"Xingcheng." A few sighs sounded at the head of the bed: "I can't do it, today is the limit." But I'm sorry for you, I didn't leave you a way out. I shouldn't have let Huafu stop, at that time, Kokurayama's troops were not returned to him and he should have taken Hankou Hanyang, but I calculated my life, and finally lost in my own hands. ”

Yang Shiqi wanted to persuade him to rest, but he knew that he was explaining what was going on, and he couldn't say anything when he got to his mouth, so he pricked up his ears and listened carefully for fear of missing something. Yuan Shikai's voice became lower and lower: "After I leave, you will sell all these homes." Those unfilial sons let them go, and each daughter should leave a thought, and you will also take a copy to Nanjing. Although Yang Qiu is unkind, but the heart of the country is not as good as the old man, you go and bring a sentence. At the beginning, the world could be ruled in chaos, but if you want to be stable, you need to be haste-free and patient. You tell him that age is the biggest cost, and you can survive some people. Tell him again, I, Yuan Xiangcheng, are the only Koreans and Russians who don't believe in this life! ”

He said this quickly and quickly, for fear that it would be broken. When the last word popped out, the hands like chicken feet grabbed the edge of the bed, and the body trembled and even the quilt was stirred, and he shouted bitterly: "Your Majesty! Xiangcheng shouldn't be! ”

Seeing this, Yang Shiqi, who had not yet pounced on the head of the bed, was suddenly shocked when he heard this, and slowly knelt on the ground.

In 1915, on the thirtieth night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Yuan Shikai, a generation of tyrants, died of illness at home.

An era is completely over!!!