Chapter 409: The Great White Fleet

There is nothing to say about the progress of these three major wealth projects, the Empire State Building from site selection to construction, this is responsible for the construction company under the consortium, there is experience in the construction of the Swedish headquarters building, and the rest is nothing more than construction against the drawings, but it takes a lot of thought in terms of site selection, this skyscraper is too high, can not be too close to the palace, Emperor Yang does not want to be in the palace in the future, are in the eyes of others overlooking, you must know that all his future unsightly deeds, are ready to be carried out in this palace.

Including the inner city is not good, so it is best to build outside the city, at this time Beijing city has begun to expand with economic development, although it has not expanded to the modern so terrifying Cheng dù, but it has long been not just a forty-nine city can be accommodated, especially to the east, now it is almost connected with Tongzhou, so that Emperor Yang quickly determined the location of the Empire State Building, built outside the Chaoyang Gate, so that foreigners who enter Beijing in the future will first accept the baptism of modern industrial miracles, Then you will feel the depth of an ancient civilization.

As for the city of Beijing, all buildings must be limited in height, and it is strictly forbidden to build any skyscrapers, it is conceivable that after the completion of the Empire State Building, there will definitely be people who follow the trend to build high-rise buildings, these buildings can be built as high as they want outside Beijing, even if they exceed the Empire State Building, it doesn't matter, but the highest in Beijing cannot exceed 30 meters, and within the imperial city that has been opened by him, the height of all buildings must not exceed the three major halls.

Both the cabinet and the Congress are very much in favor of this, of course, their main consideration is the royal majesty, in fact, the Congress is not very in favor of Yang Feng when he opened the imperial city, and some parliamentarians even proposed that if the emperor does not like to keep those buildings that have lost their usefulness, such as various manufacturing bureaus, stables, etc., then simply tear them down and change them into gardens.

Of course, Emperor Yang is not interested in this, and it is already very boring for his wife and children to live in a courtyard of more than half a square kilometer. If you live in another seven-square-kilometer building, it would be better to live than to die.

However, although the imperial city has been opened in recent years, if you want to live in the imperial city, it still has to be strictly censored, at present, some old and important ministers have this qualification, and those who do not have the title of nobility are not approved by the Beijing Municipal Hall. It is resolute not to be a neighbor of the emperor.

The manufacture of airships is simpler, China's current aluminum alloy level has surpassed that of Germany in the airship era, whether it is 2024 alloy or 7075 alloy, this is the level of World War II, especially the latter, which is the national treasure technology of the Japanese, the magic weapon of zero to win the world, with high-performance aluminum alloy as the skeleton, it is very simple to build a hard airship, and then equipped with a high-power engine, it is estimated that his Zeppelin will be built. I'm afraid the performance is much stronger than the original.

Such a factory does not need to be hidden, and it will be opened directly outside Beijing to build a super-large factory. All of them are carried out inside, and twenty airships are manufactured together, and it is estimated that it will be almost completed in half a year if the speed is faster, and it is not high-tech. It's nothing more than an oversized balloon, and as for the crew cabin, it is naturally as luxurious as possible, not only to have a bedroom. And also to bring sanitary facilities, lying in the bathtub and watching the white clouds outside is undoubtedly a great enjoyment of life, only this is worthy of their royal style.

There should also be two air support models from it, equipped with a 37 gun, four 12.7 mm machine guns, and even a few 50-kilogram bombs, so that even if there is an accident and has to make a forced landing, the 1,000 guards used to protect him can also get artillery support, of course, the probability of this situation is probably not much greater than that of the middle 5 million, and this is more to show off his strength to the Europeans.

In fact, in the fantasies of scientists at this time, the sky war in the future world is carried out by airships, and some people have even described in the newspaper that the scene of using airships to attack sea warships, such an armed airship will definitely make Europeans obsessed, if they learn to convert hydrogen airships into air warships, Emperor Yang will definitely die of happiness.

Big Gukou.

With the sound of gongs and drums on the shore, a huge fleet painted white is slowly coming, looking at these majestic sea beasts, countless Chinese let out excited cheers, and those reporters from various countries who have long been impatient are frantically pressing the shutter of their cameras to record this historic moment.

The Chinese Navy's round-the-world fleet, or Yang Feng's Great White Fleet, will be inspected by the Emperor at the mouth of Dagu, and from here it will set sail for Europe to begin their round-the-world voyage, or show off their might.

This fleet consists of a total of twenty combat ships and four supply ships, including the Kunlun-class battleships Helan, Qilian, Wushan, the latest Hongwu-class battlecruisers Hongwu, Kaihuang, Zhenguan, and four heavy cruisers and ten light cruisers that are also in service, including the original unfinished protective cruisers, were simply dismantled.

Although there is no agreement in this regard, Emperor Yang himself set a standard, a full row of less than 7,000 tons, and a gun caliber of less than 200 mm is considered a light cruiser, and even if it is a heavy cruiser, the power system of his four heavy cruisers is the same as that of the Tianshan class, all of which are twelve 80,000 horsepower diesel engines, but the artillery has been changed to three triple 240 main guns, and the arrangement of the front two and the rear one can make the fastest speed reach 35 knots.

His battlecruisers also used this way to reduce weight in exchange for speed, but it was a triple 280 main gun.

This arrogant to the extreme to the fleet, will truly show the world Yang Feng's imperial prestige, his purpose is very simple, is to pass Guò this ostentatious voyage, to eliminate the European powers' ambition to get involved in his interests, if you want to expand to the Pacific coast, you don't have to count on it, this place is my Yang Feng's, if you are not satisfied with your existing life, then go and rob the British Empire, the French Republic, they have a target for you to start.

The Great White Fleet lined up outside the mouth of Dagu, saluting the cheering crowd on the shore with a salute, and on the blue sea under the sun, one after another white giant ships stood majestically, like the muzzles of the forest pointing to the sky, declaring the majesty of the sea hegemon. This scene brought tears to the eyes of countless people on the shore, ten years like a dream, ten years their country from a poor agricultural country, to the world's third largest industrial country, ten years from the East Asian sick man slaughtered by others to become a great power, and brought them this qiē is the emperor who is slowly coming on the Haihe River.

In the countless heartfelt voices of long live, Emperor Yang stood on the deck of the Nautilus with satisfaction, waving to his subjects, this guy is no longer wearing his golden dragon collar today, but his navy and army generalissimo uniform, which looks extremely gorgeous, especially the hat on his head, and the spirit of a king is full of domineering.

The arrival of His Majesty the Emperor made the farewell ceremony enter Gao Chao in an instant, and for a while, the salute kept ringing, the ceremonial flowers exploded in the sky, and the band played desperately. Under the admiring gaze of all the people, the black trimaran slowly sailed out of Dagukou, and then Emperor Yang boarded a cruiser that served as a review ship and began to review his fleet. During the course of the review, it was naturally inevitable to issue a holy precept, encouraging the soldiers who are about to sail away to bring the greetings of the Chinese people to the people of all countries, let them feel the gentle spring breeze from the ancient civilization, and let those descendants of Yan and Huang who spread the world know that there is a powerful motherland behind them, and if they are bullied, they must speak out, and the motherland will support them.

This fleet stretched for ten kilometers on the sea, and the review ships slowly sailed from front to back, and then turned around and sailed next to the battleship Helan as the flagship, and Emperor Yang personally gave the order for the fleet to set sail as the generalissimo of the navy and army, and then visited Vice Admiral Cheng Biguang, commander of the wèn fleet, to receive the order, and the Great White Fleet sailed into the distance.

"If we can see that our navy has today, it can be said that we have no regrets in this life." Ding Ruchang, the Minister of the Navy beside Emperor Yang, looked at the Great White Fleet that was gradually moving away, and said with emotion.

"What is this, it's just six battleships of more than 10,000 tons, and when our two super battleships and aircraft carriers are commissioned, then you will say this again." Yang Feng said. But having said that, he still has a great sense of accomplishment in being able to bring China to where it is today, after all, it has only been fourteen years since he came to this time and space. When it comes to the time when he returned to China, it has not even been ten years, and in ten years he has turned a poor and backward feudal agricultural country into one of the few capitalist powers in the world today, and even he himself feels that his emperor is worthy of a generation of Ming monarchs.

Mingjun is being proud there! Yuan Shikai hurriedly came over, handed him a telegram, and then said with a somewhat nervous expression: "Your Majesty, the Kaiser visited Morocco and delivered a speech at the port of Tangier, openly stating that Germany would help the Moroccans to maintain their independence, that the Great Powers would have equal rights in Morocco, and that any monopoly of Morocco would be regarded as a provocation to Germany." ”

"Oh, this William, he can't let his uncle have a peaceful birthday!" Emperor Yang looked at the telegram in his hand and said with a smile. (To be continued......)