"My friend, I'll get in touch with the country right away, there should be no problem. But do you only need two? If you don't build a few more ships, you must know that your current enemy is very strong, Britain and France have the Far Eastern Fleet, and Russia also has the Pacific Fleet. By the time the ships we build for you are put into service, they will be able to surpass those of their opponents in terms of combat power. However, by that time, the British 'Sovereign'-class battleships would definitely be in service, and they would inevitably send more than two battleships to the Far East. In that case, your fleet will have no advantage! Lucas enthusiastically pitched the German warship. Compared with the British, the German navy still has a very large gap, and if they want to catch up with the British navy, they need to build a large number of warships, especially battleships. And all of this requires a lot of money, and if you can sell warships to the outside world in exchange for a lot of money, then the speed of development of the German Navy will probably increase a lot.

The corners of Wang Xiao's mouth twitched, fifteen million marks each, which is equivalent to two million taels of silver, which is more than the military expenditure for equipping an integrated division. However, this is much cheaper than the Manchu Qing Dynasty's purchase of Dingyuan-class ironclad ships. After all, the relationship between Western Sichuan and Germany was much closer than that between the Manchus and Germany. Naturally, Germany could not slaughter western Sichuan as a fat sheep like the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Kawanishi is at war now, so there is still so much money to order extra warships. Besides, the 'Brandenburg-class' battleships were just the earliest battleships, and there were still great drawbacks, and when the subsequent 'dreadnoughts' came out, these battleships would all be obsolete. Become scrap metal. Wang Xiao won't be stupid enough to spend money to buy a lot of scrap iron and come back! As long as the advantage over the island nation to the east can be guaranteed, it will be enough.

"Lucas, you know, right now we're strapped for military spending. I have to pay for these ships out of my own pocket, so I will order so much for the time being. However, I need to order the full set of equipment needed for a large shipyard to be able to build and repair warships of more than 10,000 tons. Wang Xiao said to Lucas. Outsourcing is not a long-term way after all! It's king to be able to build it yourself.

"Shipyard, no problem, although the price is relatively expensive, but I know that you are very rich, and you can definitely afford it. But. With all due respect, do you have so many skilled shipbuilders and battleship designers in western Sichuan? Lucas asked. Although the army in western Sichuan is strong, the navy is indeed still blank.

"There is no one in western Sichuan, but there is one in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Their Mawei Shipyard and Jiangnan Shipyard. There are a large number of workers and designers. Especially the Mawei shipyard, after the end of the Sino-French war, the Mawei shipyard was also destroyed, and a large number of workers lost their jobs, as long as I sent someone to recruit. It shouldn't be a problem. As for the designers, the original Mawei shipyard was already able to build cruisers of more than a thousand tons, and after a period of training, they should have made even greater progress. Meantime. I also hope that the German side will urgently support our group of skilled workers and designers, and we will hire them at double salaries. Wang Xiao said. On shipbuilding. It is true that there is a very large gap between China and the West, but these gaps are not impossible to bridge. The learning ability of Chinese people has always been very good. As long as there is a good teacher to guide you, it is not impossible to catch up with the West.

"Okay, I'll report this problem to China!" Lucas said. He's just a consul, and he doesn't have the right to decide a lot of things. However, he believes that with the current domestic policy, these demands of western Sichuan will be met.

"In addition, Lucas, the warships I need must be built before the summer of 9, and the equipment of the shipyard needs to be sent to China half a year in advance!" Wang Xiao reminded.

Lucas raised his eyebrows, he didn't know why Wang Xiao was in such a hurry. However, now there is no outlet to the sea in western Sichuan, and even if it is useless to send warships and shipyard equipment now!

"Don't worry, before next year, we will definitely be able to get access to the sea!" Wang Xiao said affirmatively. The outlet to the sea is not only related to the trade of western Sichuan, but also restricts whether western Sichuan can develop and grow. Therefore, the seizure of the sea has become the primary problem in western Sichuan.

"Okay, my friend, I'll do as much as I can for you. I'll do my best to prepare all the things you need! Lucas nodded. He knew that since Wang Xiao was in such a hurry, he must have his intentions, although he didn't know the specific reason. However, in his eyes, Wang Xiao is simply a magical character, and in a few decades, he has created such a big foundation, even in Europe, it is a legendary story.

After Lucas said goodbye and left, Wang Xiao still stayed quietly in the reception room, his thoughts drifting far, far away. Three years later, if nothing else, the Sino-Japanese War should have broken out. Although the emergence of western Sichuan changed history, it also made the Manchus even weaker. Japan, on the other hand, is developing more rapidly than in history. When the time comes, once the ambitions of the Japanese cannot be contained, they will definitely attack the Manchus. And western Sichuan certainly cannot sit idly by and watch Japan forcibly occupy China's territory. In that case, a strong navy is very necessary. In addition, Wang Xiao also understood that the great powers would not sit idly by and watch Western Sichuan overthrow the Manchu Qing in this battle. Therefore, Kawanishi still needs to continue to forbear. The next three years will be crucial, as the army in western Sichuan will not only develop stronger, but also the navy, if not comparable to the great powers, but also become a decisive force in the Far East. Once the Beiyang Fleet was defeated in the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, the navy in western Sichuan would have to be able to defeat the Japanese fleet. Therefore, time is pressing, and western Sichuan must speed up the pace of development. Once the Manchus were defeated by Japan, Sichuan West would not have to worry about more, and it would be time for Sichuan West to completely defeat the Manchus and unify the country.

However, the only regret is that Wang Xiao doesn't know if his body can survive that day. His own body knew that maybe it wouldn't be that day at all. However, even if he did not overthrow the Manchu Qing until the day, he hoped that his son would be able to do so and continue to carry forward the cause of western Sichuan. Fortunately, now Wang Yuze's expression is very satisfying to Wang Xiao. Although, there may be some shortcomings from a qualified leader in the western part of Sichuan, but that is because he is too young. With the help of several of his fathers-in-law, Wang Xiao believed that Wang Yuze would definitely be able to grow up soon and become a qualified ruler. When the time comes, he will die without regrets!

On July 6th, the weather was clear, the summer sun scorched the earth, and the temperature in the entire Jingshi area reached 30 degrees, and the heat was unbearable. But even this could not affect the enthusiasm of the Western Sichuan Army. Today, they are preparing to attack Jingshi, the center of the Manchu dynasty. In the morning, there was an army of several thousand Green Battalions coming from the direction of Tianjin, trying to reinforce the Beijing Division. However, as soon as it was rushed by the strength of a battalion of the Western Sichuan Army, it was directly routed, and it had no combat effectiveness at all.

The walls of the Beijing division are very strong, and the current cannons and explosives of the Western Sichuan Army cannot be exploded, but the Western Sichuan Army is still ready to try it, which can be regarded as a greater deterrent to the Manchu Qing.

One cannon after another was pulled out, and artillery positions were formed less than two kilometers from the Beijing division. A stiff heavy machine gun was also mounted directly to the front. Now the cannons on the walls of the capital division do not dare to fire at all, and once they do, they will suffer a stronger counterattack. Therefore, the Qing army in the Beijing division has completely become a shrunken turtle, allowing the western Sichuan army to toss outside. As long as the Western Sichuan Army can't get in, then the Western Sichuan Army can just toss it.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the Western Sichuan Army first began shelling. One after another, the scorching cannonballs exploded on the walls of the capital division, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the city, completely enveloping the city head. It's just that the Qing army has learned to be obedient, they don't have much troops deployed on the city wall, and most of the Qing army stays under the city wall! Therefore, the shelling of western Sichuan did not cause them much damage.

A squad of sappers took this opportunity to ride their horses and rush towards the gate of the Beijing Division, and they blew up the Guang'an Gate with explosives, and then the large army was able to enter the Beijing Division from here.

Because there was no obstacle from the Qing army, they quickly rushed into the city gate hole. Fifty kilograms of explosives were piled up outside the large iron gate of Guang'anmen. Such a power is enough to blow the big iron gate open.

Three minutes later, an earth-shattering explosion came from Guang'anmen, and the entire city gate seemed to shake, and the big iron gate was directly blown into several pieces. However, what made the Sichuan army dumbfounded was that the entire city gate hole had been blocked by boulders and sandbags, and although the explosives blew up the iron gate, there was nothing they could do about the tightly blocked boulders and sandbags behind.

"Bastards, these Qing soldiers are really ready to be shrunken turtles!" Ma Zhengyuan, the commander of the 13th Brigade, said scoldingly. Originally, it was not easy for him to ask Wang Yuze for the task of entering the Beijing Division once the city was broken, and his 13th Brigade was the vanguard. But now, the Qing army of the Beijing division actually blocked all the city gates, so how could his cavalry enter the city? You can't fly in over the wall more than 10 meters high!

"Forget it, the Qing army blocked the city gate, which is also what I expected. Anyway, I didn't expect to attack the Jingshi this time. There will be more opportunities in the future! Wang Yuze shook his head, although he was a little unwilling, but he was helpless. Whether it is troops or equipment, it is not enough to support him to break through the Beijing Division. However, the appearance of his army in Beijing had already caused a shock in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and his purpose had been achieved.

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