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Xu's plan to visit various European countries was approved by the Qing Dynasty. (Dingtian Novel Ju.dtxsj.) After all, from 1840 to the present, for more than half a century, the Qing Dynasty finally won a war. What a joyous event. You must know that the emperor will no longer build a monument of merit after losing the territory! It's easy to win a war, so it's natural to show off your face. Originally, the best choice was Li Hongzhang, but Li Hongzhang resigned on the grounds of poor health. Of course, this is just an excuse, and one of the new and old generations of leaders of Beiyang must stay in the country in case of an emergency.

As for the excuse for the visit, Xu Jie has already thought about it, since he wants to promote the national prestige. Then it is better to take the fleet out of the city. And in terms of fleet composition. Xu Jie tentatively ordered the current flagship of Beiyang, Tianjin, the German-built ironclad ship Dingyuan, and the British-built cruiser Zhiyuan. Such a choice is nothing more than an attempt to show goodwill to these three countries. Needless to say, Italy's Beiyang Fast Fleet was made by others. Not to mention Britain, if it confronts Russia in the future, it will rely on Britain in terms of funding. And Germany? Although the current military purchases, especially the navy, tend to Italy, as a country with traditional friendships, it is still necessary to show a kind of closeness. Of course, if Wilhelm II still wanted to occupy Qingdao, then Xu Jie didn't mind "communicating" with the embryonic German Navy.

As for the issue of the group personnel, Yang Yonglin, Deng Shichang and Liu Buyun of the Beiyang Fleet naturally wanted to go. The former was preparing to go to Spain as an expatriate officer. Deng Shichang, as the commander of the First Fast Fleet, naturally had to go. Liu Buyun went to Europe to pick up the ship. Xu Jie and the Italian authorities have reached an agreement on the transfer of two Dante-class warships, (don't be surprised, the Italian-built Garibaldi-class has been repeatedly taken by other countries back then.) The Dante class was started in 1894, and now it is the end of 95, considering the advanced nature of this "first-class battleship all over the world", Xu Jie decided to let Liu Buyun take people to get familiar with it first.

On the army side, Nie Shicheng, Peng Yi and Zhang Wenxuan are the main ones, among which Nie Shicheng is a high-ranking old man in Beiyang, and it is natural that he can be selected for this delegation. Peng Yi, as a representative of the Nanyang Chinese army, can naturally go. Zhang Wenxuan, a senior officer of the Beiyang New Army, was also a relative of Li Hongzhang, and was also selected for the delegation. The main task of the army is to purchase new European equipment and negotiate with the German school to accept a new batch of Beiyang colleges.

In addition to the Navy and Army, Xu Jie will also bring all kinds of technical personnel trained by the Beiyang New School to study in Europe. And these people will have Zhan Tianyou and Wei Han to be responsible for managing and arranging the school. These will be the main scientific research forces of Beiyang in the future. After all, Beiyang can't always rely on buying other people's things, and now there are relatively few restrictions on the output of techniques, and when there are more restrictions on techniques in the future, Beiyang can't buy them even if they have money!

In addition to the students studying abroad, other technical members of the delegation will discuss with European industrial giants the construction of a series of large enterprises in Beiyang. Among them, the most important ones are the heavy industry base with the Anshan Iron and Steel Plant as the core and the shipbuilding base with the Dalian Shipyard as the core, which will be personally handled by Xu Jie.

The news that the Qing fleet was about to sail to Europe once again caused an uproar in Europe. If it is said in the early campaign that Qingguo will go to Europe for big purchases. It was just a business opportunity for European countries, when Xu Jie's long-distance fleet came to Europe with a large number of military and technical personnel. That would not just be a commercial act, it would be a direct matter of political and military cooperation.

If it was the Qing Kingdom in the past, it would be a representative of barbarism and stupidity in the eyes of Europeans. And the Qing army was called an army that could only be used as an ornament by European insiders. However, since the end of the Sino-Japanese War, this view has changed radically. …,

The Japanese fleet, which was jointly armed by Britain and Russia, the Japanese fleet, which was equipped with various cruisers built by Britain and Russia, and the Japanese fleet, which had a total tonnage of more than 100,000 tons, was wiped out by the Beiyang Fleet in a short period of one year. The strength of the new Beiyang warships, as well as the quality and tactical literacy shown throughout the war, made the Europeans have to face up to this rising maritime force. And in the ensuing battle. The best Russian commanders led Russia's most elite cruiser fleets on expeditions to East Asia. Although there were objective reasons of one kind or another, only after the First World War, the Russian fleet with a total tonnage of 40,000 tons collapsed. If it weren't for the power of money, maybe the remaining Russian warships would have sunk in a place called Okinawa, and after this war, the world would have regarded the Beiyang Fleet as a fleet that could be compared with the European fleet.

In the Far East, the Beiyang Fleet finally sat on the throne of the First Fleet in the Far East, symbolizing that the Trident without sea power was finally firmly grasped by the Beiyang Fleet. And any actions of the Beiyang Fleet will have a huge impact on the Far East.

As for the Beiyang Army. Although the performance was not as brilliant as that of the Beiyang Fleet, it was a miracle that it was able to resist the attack of the Japanese army with absolute firepower for a long time under the condition of inferior troops, especially in the establishment of the trench system and the coordination of infantry and artillery firepower in defensive operations.

After Russia launched the war against Japan, as more and more Japanese prisoners of war were sent back to the mainland to participate in the war, the Russians actually found that the Russians were slightly inferior when the strength of the two sides was equal. The fighting in the mountains and jungles made the Russians suffer even more, and at the beginning the Russians were able to comfort themselves with the advantage of the opponent's geographical advantage and two points. But in a recent offensive and defensive battle, the Russian army on the defensive was actually broken through by a comparable number of Japanese troops. This is simply inconceivable in the eyes of the Russians! However, the German Army and the French Army, two traditional European powers, pointed out that the Japanese army, baptized by a large number of automatic firearms and long-range indirect shelling, was tactically much stronger than the Russian army, which had not been through the fire. The Russians were still in the stage of cavalry and artillery. So it's quite normal to fail.

In this way, it is easier to produce results with comparison, and the field capability of the Beiyang Army is difficult to say, but when it comes to the coordination and defense of infantry and artillery, the Beiyang Army can simply be described as quite powerful! This is not boasting, but it has been tested in actual combat, and the Japanese army, which has absolute superiority in numbers, cannot break through the defense line of the Beiyang Land Division, but can beat the Russian defense line into a sieve with equal strength. If it weren't for the fact that Japan really doesn't have money now. On the island of Honshu, you may not be able to see the Russian team.

So countries began to pay attention to this visiting fleet with different purposes. At a time when Mahan's theory of sea power was all over the world, each country was taking stock of its naval strength. Even the French, who were influenced by the idea of a green-water navy in the 80s, began to build new capital ships in large numbers. After the Russians acquired ports in the Far East, almost all of Russia's shipyards were at full capacity to meet their growing needs for sea power. Plus the defeat of the Russian cruiser fleet in the Sino-Japanese War. It also makes the Russian high-level pay special attention to the construction of the navy! Although Xu Jie's plan for a foreign visit did not include Russia, this does not mean that Russia can ignore the first warship in the history of the Qing Dynasty to visit Europe.

In fact, the British Navy, which has always held on to global maritime supremacy, has never had an easy time. In order to ensure their absolute superiority at sea, the British had to ensure that their navy could overwhelm their opponents in a decisive battle with their fleets, and at the same time, they had to ensure that their fleet could quickly annihilate the enemy's attacking ships at sea. Especially in the face of a growing number of French and Russian cruisers. And the crisis of the latter reached its peak after the commissioning of armored cruisers of the Rurik type! …,

"If Rurik appears in the sea of the Far East as a mere assault ship. None of the warships of the British Navy could defeat it with a guarantee of catching up with it. The Centurion doesn't work, and neither does the Prestige. Unless the British Navy is armed with cruisers similar to PISA. Jericho wrote in his report. At the same time, it also bears the signature of the commander of the Far Eastern Fleet, General Felimante.

In the eyes of the British, the Beiyang Fleet commanded by Xu Jie has become the only one in the Far East that can contain the existence of the Russian fleet, whether it is for the British Empire's global sea power system or the navigation safety of the Far East, the Beiyang Fleet has an irreplaceable role, and it is naturally the best choice to only pay money and not do it yourself to fight against a strong enemy, so the British finally decided to start supporting the development of the Beiyang Alliance in order to counter the Russian Far East Fleet.

If the idea of the British is to kill people with a knife. Italy and Germany, one for money, the other for technology. "Christmas 1889 is a day that will always be remembered by Italian shipbuilders!" I don't know when, this phrase quickly spread in the Italian shipbuilding community, from the earliest 5000-ton light cruisers to the later 9000-ton armored cruisers. Italy has fished enough on each class of battleships, and the Dante-class battleships that are now under construction have directly started construction of 4 without a clear buyer, and these 4 battleships have been snapped up by the Spaniards and the Qing in less than 1 year, how can such a good situation not make the Italians happy? In the eyes of the Italian shipbuilding giants, the great Vittorio and Xu Jie, a magical designer from the East, are god-like beings. And now, with Xu Jie's arrival again, they have every reason to believe that a new warship is about to be launched. And more pounds and silver dollars will flow into their pockets.

As for the Germans, they were not short of money. As Wilhelm II's interest in the Navy grew. There will be a large number of orders for the German shipbuilding industry. Germany also has a sufficiently strong industry. Germany has the best basic industry in the world, and it is a pioneer in cutting-edge fields such as electrical appliances and internal combustion engines. However, they lacked experience in the design of large warships and the theory of naval warfare. For the German Navy, if there is a suitable tactical and strategic system, then coupled with Germany's strong industrial capacity, the German Navy can completely impact the top three in the world. At a time when the Germans were hesitating in the construction of their fleet, Xu Jie, who had rich practical experience and advanced concepts, could undoubtedly provide Germany with the theoretical guidance it needed most.

"Mr. Xu Jie. The German Empire was to meet the needs of the Beiyang Fleet with the most advanced warships, and the Beiyang only needed to come up with sufficiently advanced and practical operational doctrines. Before leaving, the German minister whispered to Xu Jie.

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