From the hot Hawaii to the cooler Liaodong, Li Mo is still a little uncomfortable, if he hadn't stopped exercising all these years, I'm afraid it would be really difficult to adapt to such a big climate contrast. 【 I want: super fast update 】

A trip around the world, from departure to return home took half a year, this is still after the reduction of the itinerary of some countries, or maybe when he can come back, but also let him experience what it means to feel like a world away.

Although Li Mo's return did not alarm many people, when the huge body of the Dongfang Princess slowly approached the dock, many people were still relieved after learning the news, and at this time they suddenly found that at some point, the young man gave up centralizing power and chose to establish a constitution to extricate himself from national politics, or he used his ubiquitous influence to become the backbone of everyone.

Until this moment, many people understand that the royal family is not just a simple symbol, he not only represents the image of the country, but deserves to be the leader who leads the nation on the road to rejuvenation.

It's just that many people are surprised that Li Mo's first stop after coming back was not ***, which was already full of wind and rain, nor was it the Lushun Naval Headquarters that had just experienced a big war, but docked at the Huludao shipbuilding base deep in the Bohai Bay.

Only a few people guessed why Li Mo took this place as his first stop back on his return, because after Britain had also relented and temporarily transferred four Sovereign-class battleships to India and did not continue to march towards Malacca, it was tantamount to acquiescing in the solution of the dispute through negotiations.

But acquiescence is acquiescence, Young Master Li himself has said that what is obtained at the negotiating table is far less reliable than that that of the down, and the hatred between Britain and China has been sown, even if the emasculated Zhonghua-class battleship technology is sold to them, it is impossible to truly resolve it.

Even if the negotiations are successful, we can only strive for a buffer period of at least two to three years for China, and once the buffer period is over, it still depends on the strength, so the two battleships that are being built in the Huludao shipyard and the four heavy cruisers that are being built in Dalian and Ryukyu respectively, as well as the last two battleships that have just received special funds and are being discussed overnight by the design department, have become the key to increasing strength!

Looking at the huge Huludao shipbuilding base, Li Mo finally found the shadow of the glorious era of industry in the later generations, and the continuous factories and docks made the pace of China's rise more and more solid.

Li Mo's interest in the shipbuilding industry is extremely high, which can be seen from his choice of the two major shipbuilding bases in Dalian and Huludao as the sole proprietorship of the North Heavy Industry, which is designed according to the annual construction of 200,000 tons, although it is only half completed now, but it is already a shipbuilding base that can be ranked among the best in the world.

From Honolulu to Ryukyu, and then to Dalian and Huludao, Li Mo spent nearly ten years in the open sea to turn a big circle, absorbing overseas Chinese and training a large number of skilled workers, and now they are coming back one after another under their own leadership, so that North Heavy Industry finally ushered in the urgently needed skilled workers, more than 15,000 experienced technicians from Honolulu and Ryukyu have become the core force of North Heavy Industry, plus the interns who are being trained here, here has become an industrial group of Huada.

The Hawaii shipyard has been dismantled for the most part, only two docks and a small dock have been retained, because of transportation and cost problems, there is no longer the main shipbuilding task, but because of the important strategic location, it still retains the shipbuilding capacity, and also deliberately began to strengthen the maintenance and support capabilities, and it will really be built into a good naval base in the Pacific.

Li Mo did not return to *** but came to Huludao for a very simple reason, with the German sacrifice of the Nassau-class treasure, the era of Chinese ships finally kicked off, and he changed the historical fork in the road, the original fearlessness became China, and the tragic British Empire was still blocked in front of the technical threshold, with Germany getting the technology and drawings, Tirpitz and Wilhelm II could not bear the restlessness in their hearts, especially when China was based on warships, rose in the Far East, and once again showed the world the importance of sea power, which also accelerated this change. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

If the Chinese ship only caused panic in Europe, then after changing its name to Rhine, his four brothers Nassau started at full speed again, which really means that all the former Zhonghua-class battleships in the world are outdated!

This is undoubtedly a great shock to Britain, which has the world's largest group of China-class battleships, just like when the airship soared over Germany for the first time, the British did not forget to look up at the sky before going out.

When the news of the start of the construction of the Nassau class came out, in addition to the eight Edward VII classes that had already started, Britain decisively announced the cessation of the construction of several classes of battleships, and began to organize forces to overcome technical difficulties, but technology is a strange thing, maybe you will find that it is actually very simple after breaking through the past, but the breakthrough process is sometimes a few seconds, sometimes even decades.

Even a naval creator like Fisher doesn't know how long it will take to complete, and Germany has obviously covered this technology to the death, Tirpitz doesn't know if Limer will sell the technology to Britain, but at least he must ensure that his side does not leak it, and although France has appeared in a hazy way, it will take at least a year to experiment and improve it if it wants to be installed on large-caliber naval guns, so they are not in a hurry, and they are still dedicated to Danton-class and submarines, and even set aside several large docks to engage in submarines, There is a posture that will not stop if he does not catch up with Master Li's footsteps.

The idea of the United States is simple, there is not much threat around, and it is not very urgent, so I am not afraid of technology, because I am not short of money, so the three Maine class have not yet been launched, and five Virginia-class ships will be launched immediately.

Originally, Britain was not short of money, but the cost of the Boer War was already going crazy for the British government, and if it weren't for the continuous maritime threats released by Limer and Germany, Prime Minister Salisbury would even have the idea of cutting the naval budget.

Maybe Britain could exchange some benefits from the Ottoman Empire for technology, but the problem is that the battleships ordered by the Ottomans need to be delivered in two years, and even if Britain gets the technology, four Nassau-class ships have already been launched, and with the Rhine, Britain will be five ships behind Germany!

Five!

This is not something that can be fought against by building ten more Edward VII-class, not to mention that the Edward VII-class is not cheap, and it costs a lot of scrap iron to build ten, who wants to?

Although Li Mo embarrassed the British Empire in the Far East, and can even be described as a slap in the face, in fact, in recent years, with Li Mo controlling the north of the Yangtze River, and using economic penetration and the gradual awakening of the southerners, a large number of British minerals and factories in China have been acquired and even merged, and the interests have long been much worse than before, not to mention that the core interests of Britain are still similar to the safety of colonies like India, South Africa and Egypt.

If the Mediterranean Fleet is dispatched, Britain is confident that it will win this battle, but at present, Britain has invested 100 million pounds in military spending, and does not know how much it will continue to invest to win, and even if the navy wins, judging from the performance of the Chinese navy mentioned in Philettman's telegram, it will also lose a lot of money, and at present, Britain has invested enough land forces to overthrow the Chinese government, and the final result is to spend hundreds of millions of pounds to fight a war that cannot completely strangle China, and will eventually be taken away by France, Germany, Russia and other countries.

Sadly, once the navy was too depleted, it was unable to cope with the German challenge, and even if the technical barriers were broken, it would not be possible to build more battleships.

The current situation is that Li Mo slapped Britain in the face, and also kidnapped the British Far East Fleet and tens of thousands of soldiers as hostages, although the Sun Never Sets Empire has the intention to rescue them with powerful force, but there is a cold and shining short blade behind it, and outside the picture, a large group of British hunters are still surrounded by wild beasts and cannot get out.

Even if this bitter fruit is hard to swallow, the British government must first consider saving the Far East Fleet and tens of thousands of soldiers, not to mention that Li Mo also threw out battleship technology as bait.

Therefore, after receiving the information released by China, Prime Minister Salisbury immediately authorized Ambassador to China to start contact, and at the same time sent Sir Sadaoyi, the former ambassador to France, as a special envoy to the Far East.

The news from Britain made the Prime Minister's Office breathe a sigh of relief, but this does not mean that they can sit back and relax, even if an agreement is reached, there are many things that go back on their word, so Chen Ping on the one hand strictly ordered all troops to speed up the pace of military operations in the south, and on the other hand, mobilize heavy troops to strengthen the encirclement of Shanghai and Hong Kong.

For these, Li Mo handed over the negotiation and military action to Li Enfu and Chen Ping, and he came to the Huludao shipbuilding base.

The appearance of the Chinese ship indicates that the navy has entered an era of all-heavy artillery, and the construction of the Nassau class means that the curtain of the fiery era has been opened, and a huge naval equipment competition has finally appeared several years in advance, and it is difficult for future generations to really understand why this spectacular scene of burning money will appear, but after returning to this era, Li Mo knows that the fierce competition for sea power has led to higher and higher requirements for battleships in various countries, as the only weapon with the nature of strategic deterrence in the world today, The position of the battleship is not yet replaced!

In fact, many people around me have a lot of opinions about using battleship technology as an exchange, and since the hatred has been buried, it is impossible to resolve it, especially since the opponent is the arrogant Britain, so I am very puzzled by the idea of increasing the strength of the other party.

However, Li Mo has his own ideas, the Chinese ship he took out is actually just a castrated version, and Germany has already started the Nassau class, and the British don't know how long it will take to break through the technology, in case they don't get it out in two or three years, I'm afraid that Germany will really be dominant, which is not in line with the principle of consuming Europe.

And the important thing is that when the whole world is crazy about building this kind of battleship, but they have not yet realized how big the impact of the power problem will be, everyone has oil-fired boiler technology, and Hua is only slightly ahead, but the breakthrough of steam turbines is not so simple.

The previous almost destructive action on this technology has made almost all the experts in the world who study steam turbines in China at present, not to mention that this is still the powerful golden finger of Master Li, although the intelligence says that Britain has also begun to resume research, but in history, it took Britain seven years from loading destroyers to equipping battleships, and now it can't even equip destroyers, let alone equip battleships!

Britain will need at least five more years, and China will be ,......。 in five years

Looking at the two battleships with the outlines of the hull beginning to appear, Li Mo touched his chin, thinking about whether he could drive the 30,000-ton battleship to break through the critical point of 26 knots in five years.

The two battleships, and the two follow-up orders that have just received special appropriations, make McKinson even more reluctant to close his mouth, and even happier than the navy, because his big dream is to build the most powerful battleships in the world, and now under Li Mo's order, this dream is being realized little by little.

Although the two battleships in Huludao only appeared in outline, Li Mo, who had read the design sketches, was still very happy, and it can be said that he was almost a bystander from the planning, to the design, to the experiment and the final construction, and all the work was completed by the design department himself.

This time, McKinson completely abandoned conservatism, plus this is for his own use, and there is no problem of deliberately misleading when the Chinese ship is used, so he can completely integrate all the current technology owned by China into the design.

For the first time, the Atlantic bow of the Atlantic ship that has reached 15 degrees, and the tower-shaped high bridge similar to the Jinghai class are obvious changes, the small watertight cabin, the ammunition compartment, the power layout of the four-axis twin rudder and four oars, the four-bladed propeller with a large inclination angle, and the enlarged keel are all the results of the ship's experimental and design center in these years, the second-generation optical rangefinder in the optical laboratory, the fire control calculation system of the equipment department, the high-power generator and electric motor in the electrical laboratory, and the type gun mount bearing of the mechanical research institute. All integrated into these two battleships.

If there is still a regret, it is that the artillery steel technology has just been obtained, the naval gun is accelerating the experiment, and the five-bladed propeller proposed by Li Mo, and the technology such as the stabilizer fin that can be retracted and released, have to be given up because no breakthrough has been made.

However, this is already the perfect battleship at present, to Li Mo's delight, the design department has obviously gone through experiments and research this time, and it is very targeted, although it did not use the triple assembly technology, but on the basis of the knapsack installation of four twin naval guns in the front and rear hemispheres, it forcibly figured out the installation position of the fifth twin naval guns from between the two chimneys of the standard displacement hull of 21,000 tons.

In the face of the compliment, McKinson still coyly gave credit to the boiler and the power downsizing, otherwise he would not have been able to squeeze out space to install a fifth turret.

To Limer's surprise, McKinson also used aluminum alloy as a material for the first time, replacing the wooden material used in the interior of the original ship.

Don't think this is a small change, in fact, it is a life and death experience gained in naval battles, the reason is that the Navy found that some hits in the battle were not actually fatal, but because the explosion caused a fire of flammable materials inside, resulting in serious damage, so McKinson immediately thought of the aluminum alloy that had just been developed, and used them to replace the seemingly inconspicuous wood products such as tables, chairs, beds and cabinets in the original ship.

This is an improvement based on the experience of life and death, and the lack of lightweight metal materials such as aluminum alloy in European countries has to continue to use wood to decorate the interior, which Li Mo greatly appreciates, because it represents that the design department finally has its own ideas and style, and has begun to really throw off the crutches and become a group of people who can be compared to the ship designers of any country.

The two battleships and a Liaodong-class heavy cruiser built by the Huludao Shipyard had just revealed their embryonic form, so there was nothing to see, but when Li Mo later came to the ship experiment and design center on the side of the shipyard, which covers a huge area and is fully equipped, and under the mysterious leadership of McKinson and Tang Xiaoshen, he drilled into the *** closed small dock belonging to the center for the construction of various small experimental ships, and the few electric sparks that bloomed in the hands of the workers with protective shields similar to masks made his eyes suddenly light up!

At that moment, Li Mo finally saw the dawn of super fearlessness!