"Jiang Shutong, commander of the Bohai Fleet of the Northeast Navy, has met Chief Liu!" At Yingkou Wharf, Jiang Shutong respectfully saluted Liu Guanxiong, facing this famous admiral who participated in the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle and killed Japanese ships, Jiang Shutong respected him from the bottom of his heart. Although he was dressed as Yuan Shikai's minions by the revolutionaries, Yuan Shikai had the grace of life and knowledge to Liu Guanxiong, and Yuan Shikai's reputation in the early days was indeed impressive, and Liu Guanxiong's loyalty to Yuan Shikai was not a bad deed.

Liu Guanxiong looked at the neat and orderly Yingkou Wharf with joy when he saw Hunting, and nodded incessantly, "Okay, good, outsiders only say that the Northeast Army is the strongest army in the Republic of China, but they didn't expect that the navy would achieve such great results without saying a word." ”

"I heard that Yu Shuai said that the newly built cruiser Boli in the Northeast will be launched today, so I came to see it, and take me to see what Boli looks like."

"Chief Liu, please come here!" Jiang Shutong stepped aside and walked while introducing Liu Guanxiong to nearby facilities.

However, when he walked near the huge hull of the Boli and saw the thick cannon barrel on it, Liu Guanxiong's eyes couldn't move, and after a long time, his lips trembled a little and said, "Look at this physique, the displacement should start at least 5,500 tons." ”

"Mr. Liu has good eyesight." JIANG SHUTONG SMILED AND SAID WITH PRIDE, "THIS WILL BE THE FIRST LIGHT CRUISER OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA ACROSS THE ERA, WITH A TWO-MOUNTED 52-FOLD DIAMETER 203.5MM GUN AND TWO TWO-MOUNTED 50X DIAMETER 152MM GUNS. The bolt is a broken screw type, and a sleeve-layer tight tube is used. The shells are in a split type, ammunition packs. The muzzle velocity of the muzzle is 843 m / s. The firing cycle is about 7 to 10 seconds. That is, 6-8 shells can be fired in one minute. The maximum firing range is 24.7 km, the barrel life is 1200 rounds with a strong charge, and the normal charge is 2400 rounds. ”

"ITS SECONDARY GUNS ARE FOUR SINGLE-MOUNTED 45 TIMES DIAMETER 105MM GUNS, WEIGHING 2216.2 KG. The maximum range is 45 km at an elevation angle of 19.1 degrees and 80 km at 11.5 degrees. The barrel life is about 580 rounds when fully charged, compared to 1200 rounds normally. The rate of fire was 12 rounds per minute. ”

"FOR AIR DEFENSE, THERE ARE FOUR TRIPLE MOUNT 13MM HEAVY MACHINE GUNS, WHICH ARE ADAPTED FROM THE 13MM ANTI-TANK MACHINE GUNS OF GERMAN IN EUROPE. THERE ARE ALSO 4 20MM CANNONS. ”

"On the torpedo side. ON EACH SIDE OF THE MAIN SMOKE BRINE, THERE IS A TRIPLE 533MM TORPEDO TUBE. ”

"In terms of power, four three-drum fine-tube boilers are used, and the main engine is the Jenlison gear reducer steam turbine unit. It is installed in the front and rear main engine compartments. The main engine has a power of 68,000 shaft horsepower, a maximum speed of 30.5 knots, a cruising range of 5,700 nautical miles at 12.8 knots, and a fuel load of 1,100 to 1,250 tons. ”

"The standard displacement of the cruiser Boeli is 5630 tons, and when fully worn, it has a displacement of 6380 tons."

"The cost of this ship is about 3.1 million yuan, and it has been changed several times. The budget was greatly exceeded, and if it had not been for the strong advocacy of the marshal, I am afraid that the case of building a ship would have been stillborn long ago. ”

"The cost of this ship is only 3.1 million yuan?" Liu Guanxiong boarded the hull of the ship, his hands touched the huge metal barrel, the coldness on it made Liu Guanxiong feel unusually cordial, since he became the chief of the navy, this kind of opportunity to get on the ship in person has become less and less, only standing on the ship. can imagine the magnificent sea, and the imperial sunset. The fierce sea battle in the Jiazi years.

"The firepower output of the main and auxiliary guns on the Boli, the ship's steel plates are all produced by local companies in the Northeast, including the heavy oil on the ship, except for the power boiler technology has not been thoroughly understood, the Boli is already a warship produced in the Northeast. Because it was a German engineer who was responsible for the design and construction of the ship, the core protective deck of the hull was slightly thicker than that of the British ship. Here we still have to thank those German technicians, otherwise with the strength of the Northeast itself, it would not be possible to build such an advanced cruiser. Jiang Shutong had a slight reservation when he said this, in fact, those technicians who got it from Tsarist Russia could also build light cruisers, but their performance was not as outstanding as that of German ships.

"Haitian was introduced from the former Qing Dynasty. Haichou, Hairong, Haiqi after a few ships to now, the Republic of China has not increased the number of new ships, although the successive governments are forced by financial embarrassment, but the Republic of China Navy withered to this point, people are sad, I did not expect that the Northeast not only has such a tonnage of cruisers, the scale of the shipyard is also unprecedented in the history of the Republic of China, based on self-made, good, good. ”

LIU GUANXIONG CARESSED THE TWIN 203MM MAIN GUN, THE FOG APPEARED IN HIS EYES, THE CALIBER OF THE MAIN GUN OF THE HAITIAN WAS ALSO SO LARGE, IF IT WEREN'T FOR HIS DISOBEDIENCE, IT WOULD NOT HAVE CAUSED THE HAITIAN TO RUN INTO THE REEF AND SINK INTO THE WATER, THE SINKING OF THE HAITIAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE BIGGEST HIDDEN PAIN IN LIU GUANXIONG'S HEART, EVERY TIME HE SEES THE CURRENT SITUATION OF THE NAVY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA, LIU GUANXIONG ALWAYS THINKS OF THE HAITIAN. And now the Republic of China has a more advanced and larger cruiser. Unlike the original purchase of the foreign powers, this warship was built by the Republic of China itself, and the navy has been silent for so many years since the First Sino-Japanese War, and now it finally has a chance to recover.

Boarding the Boli, Jiang Shutong's mood was not much calmer than Liu Guanxiong's, and it was a supreme honor to be the captain of this warship in the Northeast Army. This warship can be said to represent the highest technology of Northeast munitions manufacturing in a certain way, and after the introduction of the original Krupp technicians from the Rhein Metal Company, the Northeast has advanced by leaps and bounds in the manufacturing technology of artillery, and has digested the technology of 203MM large-caliber naval guns, so that the life of the gun has been extended. AND THE 13MM LARGE-CALIBER MACHINE GUN ALSO MARKED THE RAPID PROGRESS OF THE NORTHEAST ARMY'S ANTI-AIRCRAFT WEAPONS.

"The achievements of the Northeast Navy are remarkable, but the entire military port now only sees such a warship, and even the cruiser has been built, so the Northeast Navy will not have such a little money, right?" After a long time, Liu Guanxiong asked.

"Chief Liu, there are three new-type destroyers and five German-style U-boats that have now left Hong Kong and gone to sea to further investigate the northeast coastal data and put them in storage. In Heilongjiang, there are several dozen more gunboats in the northeast. But those were all captured from Lao Maozi's hands, and they were about to get old, so they couldn't be counted. Jiang Shutong said with a smile.

Liu Guanxiong nodded, although there are only four warships in total, but the total displacement is close to 10,000 tons, and the ships of the Republic of China Navy are only about 40,000 tons, but there are only more than 40 ships. In terms of performance, it was pulled down a few streets by the Northeast. With the shock of the cruiser. For the U-shaped submarine, Liu Guanxiong feels a little more acceptable.

"Okay, no wonder Yushuai asked me to come to Yingkou to discuss the reorganization of the Republic of China Navy with you young generals. Jiangnan Dock, Dagu Dock is backward compared to Yingkou Shipyard, but they are all shipyards for many years, some old foundations, what resources need to be deployed, you just talk to me here, I still have to go back to Beijing in two days. You can't stay in Yingkou all the time. ”

Jiang Shutong took a copy of the text that had been prepared a long time ago from the soldier's hand, handed it to Liu Guanxiong and said solemnly, "The marshal has already patted me with an electric board, this time on the issue of the integration of resources of the Republic of China Navy, one is that the shipyard itself needs to readjust the personnel, and the other is to eliminate some old machines and purchase new ones." The third is the issue of naval academies, Yantai Naval School, Guangdong Naval School. Teachers and students of the Mawei Naval School. The dispatch of students from the Navy is handled in a comprehensive manner. Fourth, with regard to the arrangement of the existing fleet, some old gunboats and redundant personnel must be eliminated in order to save valuable funds. This is prepared by me and Deputy Commander Shao, and I also ask Chief Liu to look at it if there is anything wrong. You can contact Yingkou at any time. ”

"Okay, I'll take a closer look when I go back." Liu Guanxiong nodded and said.

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"Brother Zhong Shan, your Cao family is really talented, one family and two overseers, this is still the only one in the Republic of China." Sun Liechen said almost to Cao Kuntao familiarly. Originally, I only wanted to take Zhao Jie and Wu Peifu to open my eyes, but I didn't expect Cao Kun to come too, so it would be better.

"Where, where, it is the central government's love, otherwise where can the younger brother supervise Anhui's military affairs." Cao Kun said politely, people are under the eaves, I have to bow my head, I think it was Duan Qirui who was polite to him at the beginning, he was even nominated as vice president, but this qiē was interrupted with the entry of the Feng army, the extremely strong Feng army has three divisions in the north of Baoding, two divisions in Shandong, two in Beijing, counting the newly incorporated Cheng Shen division in Henan, which was pacified, and Cao Kun could not bow to Beijing. If he had participated in that big war earlier, as his general Wu Peifu said, maybe the outcome would be unpredictable now, and the Feng Department might not have entered the customs so easily.

"Brother Zhong Shan is too modest, if it weren't for Yu Shuai's support, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to supervise Shandong, to be honest, this time it is not fun to fight with the Anhui participating army, it is better to fight with Lao Maozi." Sun Liechen sipped his lips and said with some unfinished words, "There are also forty or fifty thousand troops in Shandong, I hope it won't disappoint too much." ”

"Listening to the meaning of His Excellency Sun Inspector, it seems that he is full of confidence in this war, but as far as I know, this time your central army is only about half of the opponent's troops going south, maybe this war may not be as smooth as imagined." At the invitation of Sun Liechen, the French military attache Piette came to watch the battle, but he was not very accustomed to Sun Liechen's tone, and he didn't know where he offended the other party.

"Of course, within three days, the Central Army will definitely be able to enter Jinan, defeat the rebels on the opposite side, and stabilize the situation in Henan, which will not take more than half a month." Hearing Pierre's cynicism, Sun Liechen smiled coldly, "Before coming, our commander told me that some people have always thought that their country is very strong, and they like to impose things that other countries don't like on each other, and they also try their best to extort the property of their people, so they specially asked me to invite some military countries or consuls over, so that those robbers can also take a look, although our country is poor and weak, but the combat strength of the Central Army is not as weak as others think." No matter how shameless the bandit is, if he wants to obtain undeserved property from the Republic of China, he must be prepared to face our soldiers. ”

"So, your country has taken this war against the localities as a demonstration against our great powers?" Aoki Nobujun is Japan's first generation of Chinese soldiers, according to which he has lived in China for 24 years, as early as the Russo-Japanese War was promoted to major general, and is now one of Japan's major veteran lieutenant generals, the originator of the first generation of agents in China. Standing behind him was Okamura Ninji.

Originally, according to Qin Yu's intentions, Shandong was pacified earlier, but later the matter of customs autonomy was opposed by the great powers, especially France and Japan, Italy, followed by Britain, Qin Yu changed his mind, and planned to take this opportunity to knock on the diplomatic corps of these powers and show off the muscles of the Northeast, so he temporarily added a heavy artillery regiment on the basis of the Northeast 1st Division and the Central 9th Division originally sent to Shandong, and two tank battalions totaling 36 tanks. There were also two aviation squadrons, mainly bombers, for the Shandong battlefield. In addition, the ministers and military attaches of the great powers stationed in Beijing were invited to visit the war.

"General Aoki, although you are a lieutenant general of the Japanese army, please be careful about your words and deeds. We, the commanders-in-chief, have only seen this war as a demonstration of those countries hostile to our country, and not all. If your country has bad intentions towards our country, it is a warning to your country. ”

Sun Liechen has been in the Northeast for a long time, and he has not been openly threatened for a long time since he became a self-contained system of the Northeast Army, not to mention that the Northeast Army in Boli has not fought with the Japanese army, and it can be regarded as weighing the Japanese army's catties and taels, and before coming, he was instructed by Qin Yu to maintain the necessary toughness this time, and Sun Liechen was not very polite to Aoki Xuanchun.

"Well, very well, I haven't heard of an army in Asia that can demonstrate to the Japanese Empire, and I hope your army won't let me down." Aoki Xuanchun had green tendons on his forehead, he had stayed in Beijing since the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was the first time he was so angry, that Qin Yu was crazy, but he didn't expect that the generals under him didn't take Japan in their eyes.

"It will not disappoint your country." Sun Liechen smiled coldly.

Wu Peifu, who had been watching coldly, glanced at Sun Liechen in surprise, not knowing where Sun Liechen's confidence came from, even if his temper was as hard as Duan Qirui, he was polite to this Japanese, and he didn't dare to offend, but what happened in front of him was a bit overwhelming to his cognition.

Not only Wu Peifu, but also the military attachés and consuls of the great powers present were also very surprised, but they did not expect that the war had not been fought, and the smell of gunpowder here was already full, and it seemed that after the transfer of the Beijing regime, their attitude towards Beijing should also be adjusted in time.

But the scene in front of him was destined to change the color of everyone present, the first to launch was the independent heavy artillery regiment, hearing the sound of the heavy artillery shaking the sky and the earth, the defense line built by the Lu army outside Jinan City in sight was directly torn apart like paper paste. AOKI XUANJUN, WHO WAS STILL SITTING, STOOD UP IMPRESSIVELY, WITH MANY YEARS OF MILITARY CAREER, AT LEAST ONE OR TWENTY POINTS OF 150MM LARGE-CALIBER ARTILLERY, AND THE OTHERS WERE ALSO 105MM HEAVY GUNS, AND IN THE TELESCOPE, THE POWER OF THE EXPLOSION WAS CLEARLY MUCH GREATER THAN THAT OF THE 38-TYPE HEAVY FIELD ARTILLERY THAT HAD NOT BEEN IN SERVICE FOR A LONG TIME IN THE JAPANESE ARMY.

The Lu troops on the position were also blinded by this first wave of explosions, and a quarter of an hour later, the sound of artillery stopped, followed by a roar in the air, and twenty-four planes lined up in eight squads and swept towards Jinan in two lines. Corresponding to the air, a group of 36 tanks on the ground advanced like sharp knives towards the positions of the Lu army. (To be continued......)