Li Hongzhang is a person who loves the navy, and when he looked at the new British warship, he was so greedy that he lost his hair, and sighed and was unhappy. Now there is such a good big thing in front of me, I can't stop it.

Feeling that it was really not enjoyable to see from a distance, he made a decisive request: "The old man wants to go up and have a look!" ”

Yang Hao had expected this scene, so he immediately nodded in agreement, and accompanied the old man to take a speedboat over there. Halfway through, Li Hongzhang refused to put down the binoculars, and by the way, he also saw the "Tianjin" heavy cruiser behind him clearly, and found that the guy was actually ordinary long and strong, and immediately understood why Yang Hao was able to beat the foreign devil so miserably. With such a powerful warship in hand, isn't it necessary to run rampant?

On the battleship "Hebei," there are now only a few hundred officers and men who can barely get the battleship up and running. Yang Haiwei personally commanded to ensure that the entire team could not run out of the big basket.

Sometimes it's not a good thing to build a ship too fast, backed by the powerful industrial power of the 21st century in the world, such an ancient warship with a simple configuration is too fast, but it is difficult to train the actual combat ability! Today's Chinese Navy has only assembled a team of heavy cruisers, and the rest have been trained on the beachhead concrete battleship for nearly a year, and it is only to temper and complete the officer corps of the two ships. But the question is, each battleship still needs a thousand qualified sailors, but where will it come from?

Not only these two battleships, but also two were being launched and outfitted, and there were also light cruisers, each of which was not less than a thousand people, and there were also new destroyers that were constantly launching ....... This is to take the whole old foundation, and it is not enough. The training of naval officers is too slow. It's too lacking.

This time. Two battleships followed. It is mainly for airworthiness and training, and if you want to put it into actual combat, you have to waste at least half a year, and it is useless to be in a hurry.

Li Hongzhang got on the "Hebei", and his eyes were a little insufficient.

The sleek hull is made by 21st century welding technology, the stout 50x diameter 305mm main turret is more than a lap larger than the Dingyuan, and the triple and front and rear three-seat piggyback structure. Now the empty seaplane catapult, a qiē looks so fresh.

What was even more strange to him was that he could not hear the rattling noise of the steam engine, but instead the smooth and smooth whistling of the steam turbine. There is no billowing black smoke from the coal-fired boiler, only the smoke column that is swallowed after the heavy oil is fully burned, and it is leisurely and relaxed when there is no full power, showing an unfathomable heritage.

The power system used by the "Hebei-class battleship" is not the same as that of the "Tianjin" heavy cruiser, and it is a new type of steam turbine that was re-modified and developed on the basis of Maozi's TB-8 drawings. The console is only about half the size of the original. The output power of a single unit is 30,000 horsepower, and the size of the boiler is reduced accordingly. In order to be able to adapt to the current hull width. After all, with four-axle propulsion, cramping four 47,000-horsepower TB-12s into it is too cramped, and the space and weight occupied are unbearable.

The design of the main engine system is a joint venture between Yanhuang Group and Jiangnan Heavy Industry, 7xx Institute and other units, which have placed orders for spindle rotor blades, cylinder liners and other parts in the world, and assembled several prototypes to be installed on two warships in Africa. Because it is in the name of verification, it is currently 60,000 horsepower for one ship and two engines.

Projected to the second plane, Yang Hao equipped two 8000kw low-speed diesel engines, so barely complete the four axles, but far from reaching the standard of 32 knots in the design, but it can easily run out of 27 knots to sweep a qiē opponent.

The factory on this side of the second plane has just learned to assemble steam turbines, and all the workers are still practicing with the little guys with thousands of horsepower, and it is their turn to produce and build advanced gadgets with more than 30,000 horsepower, and I don't know how long they will have to wait. How to disguise the fact that the world will continue to produce enough mainframe systems to supply the growing number of warships here - and don't forget the light cruisers!

Yang Hao had a headache, but he could only hold on first.

Hearing that the ship would have a maximum power output of 120,000 horsepower, the old man Li Hongzhang felt that his brain was a little insufficient. What do you mean? Your boat is equivalent to the total power of the steam engine that was reorganized by the Westernization Movement of the Qing Dynasty for decades?! It is equivalent to the power of the original 20 Dingyuan ships! Is this trying to make the battleship fly?!

Later, I heard that the nine main guns of this battleship can deliver 27 rounds of 375kg or 5G heavy armor-piercing shells within one minute, with a maximum range of 35 kilometers, and can blast through 460mm battleship armor ...... at a distance of 9 kilometers. The old man's whole person is a little bad. He felt that all the things he had been busy with in the first half of his life had become a joke, and the results added up to it could not catch up with the effectiveness of the battleship in front of him.

Indeed, if you look at the performance alone, the navy of any country in the world today will feel powerless.

The "Hebei-class" battleships in the whole state are the kind of invincible things that cannot be found, cannot catch up, cannot be hit, and cannot be killed, no matter how many contemporary warships come, they can only be beaten one by one with sharp main guns from afar. With that kind of ferocious force, any warship would have to kneel after a single shot.

Li Hongzhang looked up to the sky and sighed: "With this sharp weapon in hand, why worry about big things?" A small enemy can be decided in a war. ”

For the envoys, he felt that his waist was harder. With this big killer Zhenguo, there is no worries!

Not to mention that the old man Li was full of interest and scurrying around, like a curious child, he felt that everything was fresh, which made Li Jingshu, who accompanied him, feel worried, for fear that the old man would be overexcited and burst his blood vessels, which would be bad.

The fleet met and suddenly formed a mighty and unprecedentedly large and majestic momentum, and before going south from the East China Sea to the Ryukyu Islands, he sent someone to deliver an ultimatum, ordering the Japanese troops above to surrender immediately, otherwise the artillery would flatten the matter.

At this time, the people of the Ryukyu Restoration Organization had already taken action, and when they saw the warships on the sea and the earth-shattering waves from the 305 main guns, they were ecstatic and courageous, and they fought their lives to enter the Ryukyu Town Guardhouse, which was not guarded by many people. Cut off the Japanese inside with their heads. Declared reinstated. And immediately take China as the mainstay, and strive to become a Chinese overseas province and share the honor of a great power.

From beginning to end, it didn't take two days, and the speed was dizzying. Immediately after that, the fleet continued to the south, first to Hong Kong Island to show off its military might and declare its sovereignty. The original unconvinced British and half-hearted devils were fiercely shocked, completely lost their thoughts, and honestly accepted the status quo of being officially recovered by China.

The last time the coalition landing force was eliminated, Yang Hao announced that all the unequal treaties signed by the former Qing Dynasty were null and void, and the concessions occupied by the countries in China were immediately recovered, but none of them were put into action, so Britain, France, Portugal and other countries pretended not to hear.

Five months ago, a big war completely took out the navies of the Far Eastern powers, and Yang Hao easily sent people to take back all the Hong Kong Island Tai O. Those who try to resist stubbornly will all stand up.

Nominally recovered, but it does not mean that the people's will will return immediately. These two places were originally opened up by foreign devils. The people inside have long been tamed and Westernized, and they are quite resistant to returning to China, and they have many complaints about the style of the military government.

Not to mention anything else, there were law schools on Hong Kong Island at this time, and the lawyers trained had always regarded themselves as civilized people, and they talked about the law at every turn, as if they had become goddesses of fairness, and they had to give people rules and regulations at every turn.

In fact, what the lawyers of the nineteenth century were, Yang Hao knew too well, until a few decades later, they were simply a group of litigants who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic.

Now that they are taking back Hong Kong and Macao, this group of people jumped out, talked about the spirit of the contract, and picked and chose Yang Hao's behavior, as if it was formal if they followed their will. The best way is to hire them to form a team of lawyers, fight a protracted lawsuit of the century with the British, and then make him millions and make a fortune.

Yang Haoli ignored their pickles, and ordered the receiving personnel to be set aside as a pack of mad dogs, and make preparations step by step. To this day, the vast fleet is coming from the top, and from a distance, it looks like dark clouds are rolling and surging against the sea level, as if a wave can crush Hong Kong Island into powder!

The battleships anchored and anchored on the sea one after another, and the foreign devils left behind on the island and the unwilling group of foreign slaves stared at each other with round eyes, looking at the towering figures of the two 30,000-ton guys in horror, and the black muzzles seemed to devour their souls, and they were so frightened that they wanted to pee their pants!

Say 10,000 words, it's better to show a little strength to let them see clearly.

The leaders of the foreign slaves asked the foreign masters in a trembling voice: "Does the British Empire have such a huge warship?!" ”

The Englishman shook his head very sincerely: "No, this is simply unimaginable!" We don't even know how that guy made it. It's really ...... It's too big! ”

The tonnage of the battleship and the caliber of the guns are the combat effectiveness, and the British judged by their perception and experience that the main guns of the two big guys in the distance were at least twelve inches, and the body barrels were at least 45 times more. Based on the Chinese Navy's usual appearance, this guy's range and accuracy must be very amazing, and he can't afford to provoke it!

The lucky people are completely disappointed, and the British masters admit it, what else can they say? the top, was it bombarded into scum? I can only bend down unwillingly and recognize the shape!

Shock is not something that can be done just by putting on a show. After the fleet stopped, the next day, Yang Hao arranged for several battleships to conduct a live-fire drill in the coastal waters. The behemoths lined the sea in a long line of snakes, and at a distance visible to the naked eye on the shore, they fired at the target ships looming in the distance. Whether it is the 45 times cannon of the three major distances or the 50 times cannon of the two major ships, they have made a huge roar like thunder!

Especially in the scene of multi-turret salvo, 24 305mm cannons are like firecrackers, firing in the same second under radio coordination, a series of earth-shattering explosions on the sea surface, roaring air currents hit the water surface to form a mountain and sea of air waves, boiling gunpowder smoke swallowed the tall figure, and a colorful water column in the distance soared more than 100 meters, like a huge wall soaring into the sky!

The target ship was blown to pieces, and the people on the shore were dazzled and couldn't help themselves.

The professional Englishman opened his mouth and muttered to himself: "What terrible firepower! Who will survive in the face of such a salvo in battle? ”

No wonder the two joint sorties suffered a miserable defeat! Although the enemy did not seem to have so many battleships at that time, their performance had long surpassed that of any other country in the world. Not to mention that people succeed in sneak attacks, there are no ifs in war. To lose is to lose.

Many people are lost in mourning. The majority of the people rejoiced. Excited firecrackers and lion dance, celebrate all night long! With such a powerful naval guard, they no longer have to worry about being enslaved by foreign devils, no matter what, they are China Zhengshuo, and they wanderers can be regarded as having a backbone!

The fleet was so active that the people of Canton came to see what was going on. Whether it was comprador foreign businessmen or bureaucratic spies of the Qing court, they were all dumbfounded by the powerful power of the navy. Chill!

Some businessmen who were unlucky with Ye Yongtai last time, after seeing this scene, patted their chests and called "luck" again and again. Thanks to their lack of involvement, they did not stubbornly fight to the end. Otherwise, it really annoyed Yang Hao, and drove this big soldier ship over, which one else could withstand it? It's scary!

When Governor Tan Chung-lun heard this, he locked himself in his study for a day and did not come out. He was a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, and he always thought that there was a case that he could rely on the emperor to be far away after the revolutionary army weakened. Accumulate strength to defend the territory of the imperial court in Liangguang.

But now he was completely discouraged. With such a navy, the sea is their own place. Liangguang has no defense at all, and may be bombarded by a giant cannon at any time. Under such a threat, who would dare to follow him all the way to the dark? Seeing that the hearts of the people were being retracted, his hope became more and more diminished.

The strength is preached enough, and the navy is almost rested. The main thing is that the two "Hebei-class" battleships have too few manpower and no substitutes, and they can't rotate continuously, so they have to stop and go like this. In addition, it is necessary to gradually adapt to various sea conditions and obtain valuable numbers.

After two days at anchor on Hong Kong Island, the fleet resumed its voyage into the South China Sea.

By this time, the news had spread all over the world. Shocked to hear that China actually has two behemoths of at least more than 20,000 tons, or a guy with three full main guns, the British and French were shocked to sweat! They subconsciously thought that Yang Hao was coming at them, was this to raise troops to retaliate?

If you do too many bad things, others will inevitably think crankily when they move a little.

The colonies of the two countries are on the edge of the South China Sea, and once such a large fleet sails over, the defense force will definitely not be enough!

As a result, the two governments quarreled, with some radicals shouting that they would send forces from their own territory to go to war, and some appeasement factions hoping to find Yang Hao to negotiate peace and compromise. Opinions were confusing, but without exception, no one could answer the question of how to confront those warships.

The Chinese Navy, which used to have only two battleships, was so powerful, but now there are at least five, and two of them are still so big, how can this battle be fought!

Although Britain had dozens of battleships, the old ones could take a break, and the slightly more similar ones were the "Sovereign class" and "Majesty class", but they also lost a lot, otherwise they would have been improved on the slipway. Without battleships, there was no possibility of victory.

In the end, the British were experienced, and immediately after the quarrel, they telegraphed to the governor of Malacca and contacted diplomats to find out what the Chinese were and whether they really wanted to attack their colony.

Sa Daoyi replied that the troops deployed by the revolutionary army in various places had not moved, and there was no sign of an attack on land. In addition, its navy is more like a pure display of its power to scare people, but it does not have to worry about it actually going to war. The revolutionary army is now busy opening up new territory, and it needs people everywhere, and they are afraid that they will not have the economic strength to fight a war of attrition against the foreign powers.

The war is fought with comprehensive strength, not that if you drive your warship out and win the battle, you will be considered victorious. With the heritage of the great powers, even if they fight you to the death while building warships, they can drag on for ten years and eight years. China, on the other hand, absolutely cannot afford it, because it simply does not have the strength to toss.

The revolution did not mobilize the forces in the control area to prepare for war at all, and Sa Daoyi judged that it should not take the initiative to provoke a war.

The British government chose to trust their judgment and simply put the Royal Navy in Malacca and the Indian Ocean on standby and ready to meet it.

But none of them thought that Yang Hao's real goal was the Philippines!

The fleet wandered around the South China Sea for several days, changing course at various speeds, from Dongsha to Zhongsha, and then suddenly rushed straight to Manila to kill.

At this time, the Philippines has become a mess. With the covert support of Yang Hao, a Chinese armed force mixed in the midst of the rebel army, constantly attacking and destroying the important targets of the Spanish colonial army, so that they could not take care of one thing and the other, and greatly restrained the fighting force.

The defeated Spain has long since lost the domineering spirit that once rampantly swept the world, the colonial army was outdated in weapons, demoralized, and insufficiently supplied, and the bureaucrats of the governor were patronizing themselves to enjoy themselves, unaware that the crisis had come.

In the past few months, the activities of the rebel army have become more and more frequent, covering almost all of Luzon, and even a few larger forces have occupied many islands and established national governments. The colonial army pressed down the gourd and scooped it, and the smoke everywhere could not be covered.

Under these circumstances, Yang Hao, on behalf of the revolutionary military government, suddenly telegraphed to the Spanish authorities that in order to protect the personal safety and property of local expatriates, the Chinese Navy would send a fleet to protect the overseas Chinese.

When the telegram was sent, the fleet was almost there. The Spaniards were confused, and subconsciously replied in an extremely tough tone, claiming that they would never accept this unreasonable demand. If the Chinese warships dare to approach the Philippines, they will surely be attacked head-on by the powerful Spanish Navy!

A telegram was sent from the front foot, and the coastal batteries on the back foot saw the Chinese battleships approaching in the distance! There was only a 1,000-ton frigate running ahead, and its small body looked very slender. The Spanish Navy, which had no intuitive sense of the changes in the Chinese Navy, was suddenly contemptuous. Montojo arrogantly ordered: "Open the cannon and drive it away!" ”

The only decent 3500-ton battleship "Rena? The "Christina" fired a shell from its old-fashioned 6.2-inch gun, and the rushing frigate immediately sent a telegram to the fleet: "The enemy is firing!" ”

Yang Hao sneered: "It's very good, we are famous!" (To be continued......)