"Lord Wang, according to the news sent by Liu Feng of the General Intelligence Administration, it will probably not be long before Sa Zhenbing, the representative of the Beiyang Naval Division, will come. This time they want to watch our warships, and if they can satisfy them, then they are not indispensable to serve the king. And then the General Intelligence Administration arrived, and Lord Liu Feng wanted to ask Lord Wang, have you prepared a warship? When will our warships come? ”

Kang Tongwei, who had just become Wang Guorui's secretary, soon began to enter the role, and then handled some uploading and distribution and manuscript work for Wang Guorui. And now Liu Feng told Kang Tongwei the news of the generals of the Beiyang Naval Division, and Kang Tongwei also relayed it to Wang Guorui again. And this is about Sa Zhenbing will soon come to Taiwan, to observe whether there are real warships, so that they can come and serve Wang Guorui! If Wang Guorui can get the warship, they will serve Wang Guorui.

"Okay, I'll check right away to see if the warship has arrived?" Wang Guorui said.

Wang Guorui took the military dogs of the red police system to form a dog cart this time, came to Kaohsiung in Tainan very quickly, and then took a boat to the ocean. And this time he didn't take Kang Tongwei, but just Tanya. After all, Kang Tongwei is not suitable to know about this red police base. However, Wang Guorui's behavior of "favoring one over the other" made Kang Tongwei a little depressed, because although she was Wang Guorui's woman, Wang Guorui was not really able to trust her 100%, and she was not as favored as Tanya who did not have a husband and wife with Wang Guorui.

"It's time to start building warships, and the Japanese have already sent money for food, and they haven't been used. In the past, those talents were recruited using mining vehicles to dig pits, and they could get more than 1,200 silver dollars every six hours, which was enough to support the cost of recruiting talents. Next, the two million taels of silver will be used to make warships. Of course, these should have been better sooner. Wang Guorui said.

Wang Guorui soon determined the model of the warship, since he wanted to make it, he also wanted to make some good warships. This is because if backward warships are manufactured, then this is obviously useless, and only the most advanced warships can guarantee that Taiwan's maritime rights will not be infringed upon. And in this era, the most advanced warship was none other than the British monarch-class battleships. This era was the most glorious era of the pre-dreadnought, so the Sovereign-class battleships could be said to be the best warships, with a displacement of more than 14,000 tons alone. It is the first giant ship of this era. And with such a large displacement, a Sovereign-class battleship was almost equal to the displacement of half of the fleet of the Beiyang Naval Division at that time. And if a real war starts, this Sovereign-class is enough to defeat the entire fleet of the Beiyang Naval Division. So since there are such good warships, why not use them?

"Build a Sovereign-class battleship, and two Centurion-class battleships." Wang Guorui said.

Soon, the huge dockyards also began to be made with manipulators, and the steel used to make warships began to be generated out of thin air, and then gradually began to assemble battleships under the control of manipulators. This dock can be used not only to build battleships, but also to maintain and repair warships. And it's all automatic. In this way, the cost of Wang Guorui's future use of the navy is many times lower than that of other countries, which is an important factor for Wang Guorui to develop the navy and the army together, otherwise it is impossible for him to develop the navy and the army at the same time.

And the Centurion-class battleship, that is, the secondary stage of the Sovereign-class battleship, has a displacement of about 10,500 tons, and this is also a battleship, and there are only two of them in the British. And this Centurion-class battleship was prepared to fight the Russian fleet in the Far East, so this warship was very targeted. His fleet was the flagship of Britain's so-called "Chinese fleet," a warship designed to contain Russia's expansion into the Far East.

And the reason why Wang Guorui didn't have three ships was built in the Sovereign class. One of the reasons is because the monarchy class is more expensive, and one tonnage requires thirty silver dollars. Wang Guorui is not currently competing with the British for sea power, he just wants to maintain the security of the waters near Taiwan, and be able to dominate the waters of East Asia in the sea, and contain the Far East Fleet of Japan, Russia, and Britain and France. As for the struggle for world sea power, I can't do it at present. So that being the case. As long as there is a monarch-class as the Dinghai God Needle, there is no need for too many high-end goods. As for future naval battles, in fact, regular small security was dominated by destroyer frigate detachments, while medium-sized naval battles were carried out by cruiser detachments. As for only the largest naval battles, battleships will be put on the field. So the current demand for Wang Guorui is not too big. Naturally, there is no need for too much monarchy. If three Sovereign-class battleships were to be produced at once, it would probably provoke the British too much, and then force them to send all their warships to the Far East, and I am afraid that Asia would be completely unsettled.

And in order not to irritate Westerners, at present, it is enough to make a monarch-class and two centurion-class warships, and as for any warships that are too advanced, Wang Guorui can't build them at present. And what Wang Guorui hopes to build the most is the dreadnought-class battleship, which is an epoch-making battleship. However, at present, Wang Guorui has no relevant technical accumulation, and the British have not been able to manufacture it, so at present, it can only be studied slowly.

A few days later, all three warships were also built. And Wang Guorui invited some sailors of the Beiyang Naval Division who arrived first, let them visit these warships, and then let them see the warships they would use first in the future. However, at present, only three battleships have been built, and the next cruisers and auxiliary ships will also be built slowly, and this process may take seven or eight days to complete. Therefore, it is necessary to show these sailors of the Beiyang Naval Division the warships they will use in the future, and then let them get on board first to get used to it.

"Heroes of the Beiyang Naval Division, you fought against the Japanese in the Yellow Sea at that time. Although you have failed, you are still glorious even if you are defeated, and this is a crime of non-war. And this time you have come to our Taiwan, then we will definitely reuse you, and you will soon be able to return to the warship and drive the warship all over the world again! Wang Guorui said.

And those sailors looked at these three warships, and their hearts suddenly felt excited. Because these three warships were much larger than the ace warships Dingyuan and Zhenyuan of their Beiyang Naval Division at that time, they knew the displacement just by looking at them. And that Sovereign-class battleship had a displacement of more than 14,000 tons, which was almost twice the size of the two ships in Dingyuan and Zhenyuan at that time. Originally, they were thinking of returning to warships to fight, and then one day they could go to another naval battle with the Japanese, so that they could take revenge and avenge their comrades-in-arms at that time. However, at first, they did not have much idea about how big a warship Taiwan could be, and they thought that Taiwan would not be able to get too big a warship. But now the reality is that Taiwan has not only acquired warships, but also been able to get huge warships, which are currently the largest warships in the world, which is enough to make them extremely excited. This is a real thing that I have seen with my own eyes, not something that was promoted by mouth in the past, this is something that can be seen and touched.

In this era of cannons and giant ships, the size of the ships and the caliber of the artillery are the greatest combat effectiveness, and now Wang Guorui has brought the world's largest warship, which makes them all feel very confident, they are confident that if they can drive these warships, they will be able to cross the seas and be able to beat the combined fleet of the Japanese into the water to feed Wang Ba.

"Now, I declare that these warships are ready to be named according to the method of your original Beiyang Naval Division. These two smaller warships were named Zhenyuan and Dingyuan, and the largest warship was named Shichang, which was used for several years for General Deng Shichang's heroic and fearless feat, daring to drive the warship to rush towards the enemy. In the future, there will be five cruisers with a displacement of 5,000 tons, which will be named Jingyuan, Laiyuan, Zhiyuan, Jingyuan, and Pingyuan. As for that Jiyuan, he escaped from the battle, so he lost the face of our navy, so he won't let him be renamed! Wang Guorui said.

And those sailors who were originally on the Jiyuan also felt a burst of shame when they heard this. At that time, the Jiyuan actually escaped in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, which was a shame for the Beiyang Naval Division. Although even if the Jiyuan does not escape, they may not be able to win. But since there was a escape, many people also put the blame on Fang Boqian of Jiyuan. And now Fang Boqian has also been beheaded to show the public. But Jiyuan is also very bad in everyone's minds, and now Jiyuan has not been able to get "resurrected", which makes many people agree with it. And those sailors of the Jiyuan were also a little helpless, who let their leader Fang Boqian escape from the battle at that time, and ended up in this end? This means that the establishment of the Jiyuan has been completely abolished, and it cannot be returned to the establishment of the navy.

And those sailors from the Beiyang Naval Division immediately felt a lot more cordial when they heard that these seven warships were still named after the "Eight Great Distances" of the Beiyang Naval Division. And now with these warships, it is equivalent to the continuation of those warships in the past, and those warships can be "resurrected". In the future, they will drive these warships out to guarantee Taiwan's sea power, and even be able to beat the combined fleet of the Japanese into the water, so that they can wash away the shame of the past war in the Yellow Sea. (To be continued......)