Three, four, seven, Japanese ships are still quite bomb-resistant!

Luzon. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

Today, tens of thousands of Chinese Luzon and locals walked into this military base, which was donated by them and built by themselves, known as the No. 1 military base in the South Seas, to welcome the soldiers who had won another victory and won three large islands from the Dutch.

On the docks, the ships are shining. On the mast, full flags are hoisted high.

Even every corner of the base was full of laughter, and everyone was smiling.

For the soldiers, it was their big dream to expand their territory, but for merchants and ordinary people, the territory meant countless plantations, mineral deposits, and countless opportunities to make a fortune

This is colonization

In just a few years, Li Mo put this opium-plagued country on the road of colonization, and Borneo was the first target

Therefore, when the news of the Hong Kong agreement reached Luzon a few days ago, the threshold of the Commerce Department was suddenly crowded, not to mention the well-informed Chinese businessmen, and even the Luzon businessmen who had just tasted the sweetness of the policy could not wait.

However, there are exceptions, for example, Young Master Li took the lead in enclosing a large piece of land suitable for planting directly in the south of Pontianak, and handed it over to the Nanyang Trading Company led by Sloh as a planting base.

Li Enfu began to use newspaper propaganda to add fuel to the fire of Borneo, depicting this place as if it were full of gold, as if it was inlaid with gold when he ran up and pulled out the grass.

In his heart, he had already planned to immigrate millions of Chinese to the past, follow the model of the Daxia Islands, directly build a province, fill up the area, and save any problems in the future.

Under the effect of this bombardment, it did play a role, and some of the landlords and gentry in the north who had lost a large amount of land in the land law were finally a little moved, and began to inquire about the price of land and other matters, and some even joined forces to send cronies to investigate.

But after all, it will take some time to end the war in Borneo, and the Prime Minister's Office has not yet made up its mind on the issue of choosing a one-time sale or a long-term contract, so everyone has to wait, but even so, Master Li is already smiling from ear to ear, according to the current feedback from the news, if once the plantations in the three islands of Borneo are released, regardless of whether they are sold directly or by long-term lease and sale, it is enough to help them build more than a dozen Subic bases

But these news were not so wonderful when they reached the ears of Britain and France, and Philitman, who was invited to visit the inauguration ceremony of Subic Port with the officer corps, accompanied by Long Guozhang and several entourages, was frowning.

The huge military port in front of him made him regret helping Li Mo reach an agreement

Standing on the center line of the harbor, eight long deep-water piers filled with cement are like giant arms, extending out along Subic Bay in a radial shape, but this is only half of the berths, and there are more than ten other berths along the coastline of the base

In addition to the berths, Philitman saw a large number of cranes, warehouses, and small railroad tracks scattered throughout the docks for speedy transportation, and even two huge dry docks, as well as supporting repair factories, as well as a large number of positions and gun emplacements that had not yet been installed with shore defense guns, and even a few airships stationed behind the mountain bags in the distance.

In terms of size, it is still far from the port of Portsmouth, a large British naval base, but it is second to none in the South Seas and even in the Far East, and even because of its late construction, the facilities are better than those in Hong Kong and Canada.

However, the purpose of his coming here today is not to visit Subic Port, even if Li Mo repairs this military port well, the nature will not be no different from the Japanese Yokosuka Port that has not been repaired in one fell swoop, because the navy is used for offense, not defense, so he also hopes that Li Mo will change the naval strategy, repair the base everywhere, and spend money, and let the fleet eventually become a patrol ship.

But this fluke psychology followed the bypass of a small area of lush woods, and saw the ship that had plagued him for more than a month, and the Admiralty even gave up the strategy of assisting the Netherlands and containing China that it had decided to help Li Mo swallow a huge and delicious piece of cheese in order to find out whether this battleship existed

Now that all the mystery was solved, even if from where he was standing at the moment, he could only see four twin 12-inch turrets, but that was enough

"Grandma, I don't wait for old age"

Long Guozhang squinted his eyes and looked at Philettman and those arrogant British naval officers with a smile on their faces, like a wild cat smelling fish, and pounced on the remote dock located in the depths of the bay, a joke flashed in his eyes, and nodded to Tan Xiaozeng, who came together. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

Tan Xiaozeng smiled bitterly, he really had no choice but to be a jealous commander, and raised his hand to the distance.

Philettman and the officers, who were flying so fast that they couldn't even fly up immediately, didn't notice the movement behind them, and as soon as they were about to step into the dock, they were stopped by several heavily loaded guards.

"Stop"

After seeing the arm of the chief of staff of the navy, the guards immediately raised their guns and pointed them at the Felitmans, which made their faces change slightly, and they suddenly stopped their steps, and hurriedly shouted: "We are observers of the Royal Far East Fleet of the British Empire, and it was your commander who invited us to visit." ”

"I'm sorry I wasn't notified." The gendarmes blocked the way with their guns and said with a cold face: "Please leave immediately, otherwise we will be charged with espionage."

Lawfully kill on sight?

Philettman's face darkened, when did the commander of the British Imperial fleet become a spy? Even Germany and France, at this moment, protested twice if the commander of the British fleet really wanted to visit

"Damn it, you ......."

Philitman was trembling with anger, but fortunately, at this time, Long Guozhang had already staggered in front of him, and pretended to scold: "Nonsense, this is a guest I invited, I came to visit our battleship, and I won't let go."

"Commander Dragon." After the military police saluted, they continued to act: "According to the law of secrecy, you need to show a warrant from the General Staff. ”

"Ah......h

Long Guozhang patted his head, stomped his foot hard, and immediately turned his head to explain to Philitman that since the battleship was still highly classified and only open to allies, he forgot to bring a warrant when he went out.

"Forgot your warrant? Open only to allies......" Philettman was already so angry that he didn't know what to say

He knew that these people were acting, but he couldn't board the ship when he saw it, and he could only watch Long Guozhang order someone to go back to get the warrant, and then take people, smoking cigars, and surround the battleship a few hundred meters away, just like seeing a graceful lady stripped naked and lying on the bed, making a series of wonderful waves, but he was uncomfortable because he needed to untie them one by one because the buckle was too tight

I can't sit still, I'm tired of standing, and when I see the sailors on the dock constantly walking around the battleship, it's as if I have hundreds of claws in my heart and scratching again, and I'm so sad that I almost want to rush over desperately.

An hour later, the officer who went to get the warrant returned to the berth step by step, and after seeing the warrant, the gendarmes retreated to the side, this time Philitman learned to be obedient, and followed Long Guozhang to death, let him lead the way, what tricks are these bastards in the province going to play.

"All of them"

"Risaki"

Seeing the commander boarding the ship with the guests, after the officer on duty shouted a loud slogan, all the sailors straightened their waists and did not squint, so that Philettman and the officers of the Far East Fleet also had to admire, Li Mo's bastard did have two hits, no matter what their real level was, at least their military appearance and military posture were not lost to any naval power.

After landing on the deck, Philitman's direct eyes suddenly opened up, the wide deck, the neat hull, and the thick gun barrel were all eye-catching.

But there are rules for visiting warships, unless people agree to let you move around at will, otherwise anyone who runs around will be expelled, so Philitman, who can't drag this battleship back to England, has to patiently follow Long Guozhang to visit.

The front bridge, the command tower, the rear bridge, and even the chimney, Long Guozhang had to point to the clouds and mountains to explain for a long time, not to mention the five turrets with the doors closed, and actually said tens of thousands of words to a raised rivet Quality problem

And what made Philettman angry and crazy was that he finally had the patience to listen to him say tens of thousands of words about the quality of rivets, but this guy obviously didn't let them visit the inside of the turret, and took them around and drilled into the officer's rest area, the soldier's cabin, the coal storage tank, the ammunition depot, the boiler room, and the steam engine room

"Your Majesty, can we take a tour of the turret?" It wasn't until he went around in a circle and returned to the deck, seeing that Long Guozhang was going to take them back, Filitman couldn't help it, and immediately asked.

"Look at the turret?"

How could Long Guozhang not know that Philitman wanted to see the structure of the ship's guns, although the emperor had already intended to sell this battleship, and was ready to pack the tube retreat technology, but the object was not the United Kingdom, so his head shook like a rattle: "Lieutenant General, I can only say that I am very sorry for this, it is a military secret, even if I can't promise you"

"But...... Hm. ”

Filitman was about to speak in a hurry, but Long Guozhang deliberately paused for a moment, and then suddenly changed his words: "Wait a minute, they are going to conduct a live-fire artillery training, if you are willing to watch it under the lieutenant general, I can arrange it." ”

"Of course," Philettman blurted out without thinking. "Are you sure you want to see it?" Long Guozhang blinked as if he was cheating a child into taking medicine.

"Yes"

Philitman nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and said several times, how could he give up this opportunity to watch the shelling up close? Besides, who knows if Li Mo is deceiving again, maybe these naval guns can't do a salvo at all.

However, when a small torpedo ship arrived, he finally understood why Ganglong Guozhang asked a rhetorical question, daring them not to even give a chance to stand directly on the deck and watch

Philitman wanted to go, but this was the only time to get close to and see the power of this type of battleship, and if he left at this time, it was estimated that the Admiralty and the Prime Minister's Office would directly transfer him to West Africa to guard the desert.

When the officers of the Far East Fleet stepped onto the deck of the destroyer with black faces and blew the sea breeze, black smoke also rose from the chimney of the Chinese ship moored at the dock, and after a while, it slowly left the berth with the help of a high-powered tugboat.

Filitman took the binoculars from his entourage, carefully observed every detail of the behemoth next to him, according to visual inspection, the tonnage of this battleship should be about 20,000 tons, and the high bulge of the water surface part on one side of the hull proves that the protection has not been weakened due to the installation of too many naval guns and the excessive weight of the upper layer, which at least shows that in terms of structure, the Chinese Navy has reached or even approached the level of British abuse.

Judging from the first visit to the power compartment, the speed of this capital ship is not very high, mostly between seventeen and eighteen knots, but for battleships, there is no need for excessive speed, because that will affect the accuracy of the ship's guns.

Of course, the important thing is the five twelve-inch naval guns on it

Every navy knows that it is one thing to install naval guns, and it is another thing to be able to use them, or whether they can fire a salvo, for example, similar to the Duke class of the Chinese Navy, the two main guns cannot be fired in a salvo, and even if they can fire a salvo, the trajectory is different, and it is impossible to form the overwhelming coverage advantage proposed by Sir Fisher.

So he would rather be wronged than come to see this crucial live-fire shooting.

Fortunately, this time he didn't have to wait long, a high-horsepower tugboat has been towing an old-fashioned Japanese freighter of about two or three thousand tons, and there is a chrysanthemum logo on the bow has arrived 10,000 meters away

"Philletman, do you need to go up and check it out?" Commander Long squinted his eyes and licked his lips: "Actually, the Japanese ships are still very durable, we have fought seven or eight ships, not bad"

“……。”

Li Mo, that bastard, where did he find these bastards and scum

The officers were full of black lines, and they couldn't wait to immediately throw the naval commander who was full of nonsense and took them to see useless things for most of the day, but fortunately, the tugboat in the distance turned very quickly, and the torpedo ship under his feet began to accelerate, and Philettman immediately threw down the dragon medallion with all the British officers, crowded to the railing and raised the telescope.

In the distance, the battleship with ten main guns began to turn its turret, but it did not slow down, and continued to sail at a speed of about sixteen knots, and Philitman's eyes widened when he saw that they did not stop for stationary artillery drills, but simulated sports shelling during a real combat encounter.

Soon after the Chinese ship passed the decelerating torpedo ship, the air seemed to be torn apart, and only a sound was heard suddenly exploding in the ear, and eight orange fireballs had exploded on the port side of the eye, and the thick gunpowder smoke formed a huge smoke ball at the same time, and also pushed the 20,000-ton giant ship several meters horizontally.

Since it takes more than ten seconds for the shell to fly 10,000 meters, when everyone watched this scene and refocused on the other side, eight columns of water suddenly rose around the freighter.

"How? Don't you know if there are guests here? Aiming point" Commander Long squinted his eyes and shouted triumphantly to make people contemptible, but Philitman couldn't laugh at all, and a salvo hit the enemy 10,000 meters away, unless Lady Luck covered the cannonball.

But in fact, it doesn't matter how many rounds of shelling it takes to hit the target, the thunder like a sound has already said it all.

"Boom, boom, boom......."

More than four minutes later, when the fifth salvo was fired, the Japanese freighter 10,000 meters away finally suffered a fatal blow, and everyone saw that a huge fireball suddenly rose from the middle of the hull, and at the same time a mushroom cloud bloomed in the sky, the two-thousand-ton hull suddenly broke away from the middle as if it was grabbed and shaken by Hercules.

The naval guns in the distance continued to roar, and as long as there was a plank on the water, the sailors would not give up this rare opportunity to shoot live ammunition, and the billowing smoke and exploding fire finally made all the British officers shut their mouths, and also made Philettman's fists tighten.

Five salvos, a perfect performance, it not only broke his own suspicions, but also told everyone that the era of a battleship has begun

Sadly, such a close encounter, even stepped on it, and stroked this battleship, but I only saw half of it, no, I didn't even aim at a small half of the important places.

These bastards, this is also called a visit?

No, Britain must have it, it must have it, no matter how much it costs, since now that the naval commander can't call the shots, then he should go to Li Mo

Thinking of this, Filitman immediately turned his head with a serious expression: "Your Majesty, Honorable Commander, I must meet His Majesty the Emperor of your country immediately, can you make arrangements?" ”

"Now?" Long Guozhang pretended to be surprised.

"Yes, now"

"That's not going to work." Long Guozhang pursed his mouth, shook his head, secretly stared at Filitman out of the corner of his eye, and said, "The emperor is observing the people's situation in Sichuan, and he will be able to come back in about a month." ”

"Li Mo in Sichuan"

Philitman blurted out in shock, forgetting even the honorific title, his face suddenly gloomy, and even the excitement of seeing the salvo of the Chinese ship disappeared

Li Mo can enter Sichuan, which means that Sichuan has been controlled by him, although strictly speaking Sichuan does not belong to the south, but its geographical location is too important, after Sichuan is pinched into the palm of Li Mo's hand, it means that the north and south are completely cut off, no matter what the Russians do in the northwest, Britain has no way to intervene, unless the army is mobilized from India to detour Central Asia and West Asia into **

But that would be too far away

"Your Majesty, I think you must be in such a hurry to see the emperor for the battleship." Long Guozhang narrowed his eyes, smiled like a cat that only saw mice, and crooked the corners of his mouth and said: "You can rest assured, the emperor is about to set off for a round-the-world visit, and this battleship will also protect him on his way to Europe." ”

"This battleship also goes to Europe?"

"Yes, go to Europe"

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