In the huge Subic Bay Naval Base, the terrible warning bell suddenly sounded from every house and under every big tree, like the army's charge, and countless sailors threw everything at hand like lightning and rushed to the dock. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

The bell rang and Hipper, as if frightened, jumped to his feet, grabbed the special pass that was placed in a prominent position and rushed out of the dormitory.

It was a bit of a struggle for him to run like crazy in the middle of a group of sailors in his twenties, but he had no complaints, because it was a day he had been dreaming about.

Today, for the first time, he will act as an observer for the German Navy with the Chinese Navy.

Moreover, he has been allowed to board the powerful capital ship of Hua!

Heavy breathing, heavier and heavier steps, and hot chest and lungs made Hipper sweat profusely, but when he arrived at the bay, he realized how worth it all!

On the blue sea, eight majestic bodies were unveiled in front of everyone for the first time!

Hipper, along with countless sailors, huddled around the dock, staring blankly at the warships entering the harbor, unable to say anything in his heart.

Last year, when several closed slipways in Huludao and Dalian shipyards opened their doors and resurfaced the keels of merchant ships, everyone knew that Li Mo played a small trick to hide the battleship before the war, but due to the appearance of the battleships, everyone thought that it must be a few capital ships with the same as the Rhine, but when he saw it with his own eyes at this moment, he knew how wrong it was.

Hua, once again changed the Navy!

He couldn't describe how he felt, just like the hapless people of the countries in the distance, separated by the sailors with guns, looking at the eight huge ships that were docking, dumbfounded.

Ten minutes later, when the first bow did not use the name for the first time, and the battleship with the number 101 written in white paint approached Pier 3, Hipperle relented.

1、2、3、4、5！

Five turrets, five twin L45/305 mm naval guns, although it seems to be one less than the Rhine, but because of the use of the front and rear backpack layout pioneered by Hua, plus two chimneys and one main gun, the firepower when firing to one side is not reduced.

Carefully, he found that compared with the Rhine, this big guy has changed a lot, not only is his body a little bigger, but the superstructure is also like the Jinghai-class light patrol that has begun to be imitated by various countries, and it is even much taller.

The sloping and outwardly sloping bow will certainly make the ship perform well in the wind and waves, and the tall but obviously much simpler superstructure must have been carefully arranged, with two tall chimneys wrapped in thick armor at the same time, which seems to be thicker than the average European style.

The optical rangefinders on the top of the front and rear bridges, which Germany had just prepared, seemed to be longer, and for the first time two small optical rangefinders appeared on the left and right sides above the front bridge.

As for the exposed antennas on the foremast, they must have been radios, and to his surprise, the shape of the five turrets had also been modified, as if they were a boxy box, and for the first time, a fifteen-degree slope appeared on the front, and there were also raised optical viewing windows on both sides above the rear of the main turret, which should be the turret's rangefinder if he read it correctly. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

Five twin L45/305 mm main guns, four L47/130 mm twin secondary guns diagonally arranged on the front and rear bridges, eight single L45/76 mm deck guns, plus eight twin 37 mm rapid-fire machine guns and some Maxim heavy machine guns, is simply a heavy cavalry armed to the teeth.

And it was the first battleship, with no traces of the gun silhouette visible, and loaded all the cannons onto the deck.

Although German engineers also put forward the idea of turretizing all the main and secondary guns after the launch of the Nassau class and installing them on the main deck, none of them have been applied to this day, just because the Admiralty does not believe that the problem of excessive weight of the superstructure can be balanced, but they did not expect that after the Jinghai class, the Chinese have made a breakthrough in the battleship again, you must know that the weight of the upper deck of a light cruiser and a battleship is completely different, which shows that the other party's ship-building technology is not weaker than that of Germany, and even slightly exceeded.

Hipper was already completely attracted to the battleship, but when he noticed something behind him and tried to turn around, his eyes were straight again, because there was another battleship on the left side of the dock that had approached with the help of two high-powered tugboats.

The length is the same, the shape is the same, the bridge, the configuration and installation of the auxiliary guns are almost the same, but the main guns are diametrically opposed, using the first triple assembly method of Hua, using the layout of the front two and the back one, which makes him curious, between the chimneys where the central turret should have been installed, but it is covered with a thick canvas, so that people can't see through what is inside.

There is no doubt that it is not a turret, otherwise they would not cover it, but what is it exactly? Hipper stared blankly at the canvas, eager to dive headlong into it, his appearance caught the attention of two pairs of eyes on the battleship 101.

"Yuanshou, what did you say the emperor paid attention to this time, and actually let this guy do it with us, didn't this expose a lot of things?" Long Guozhang held a cigar in his mouth, squinted his eyes, and flashed sharply.

"What can be exposed?" Chen Ping disagreed, and said with a smile: "Let him be on your flagship, if he is still seen in the three items of power, radio and fire control, you will be the commander." ”

", I don't have sand in my eyes, but this plane ......."

"No one can hide this, after the war, the whole world will see, what are you afraid of." Looking at the large number of Hipperes standing on the dock, Chen Ping said proudly: "In the past, we didn't have these big guys, so we had to hide it, but now!" ”

"Whoever wants to see it, watch it! Sometimes, exposing something can also deter the younger generation! ”

"Hehe, yes!"

Long Guozhang snorted, looking at the eight capital ships that entered the port one after another, the pride in his chest soared into the sky, and today, he has deservedly said that Hua has finally built a navy that can be comparable to any country!

The four Jilin-class battleships, namely Jilin, Heilongjiang, Guangxi and Guangdong, numbered 101 to 104, used the names of the four provinces in the north and south, in addition to considering that they would be divided into two fleets after the war, it was also a manifestation of the regularization of the navy.

The hulls, types and displacements of the four battleships were the same, using a 15-degree camber Atlantic-type bow, with a length and width of 168 meters and 25 meters respectively, and a draft of 88 meters.

Standard 19 tons, full load 22700 tons.

Twenty oil-fired boilers, four steam turbines, and for the first time a four-oar, two-rudder compartment layout was adopted, which could provide 35,000 horsepower, and for the first time increased the speed of the battleship to 22 knots.

The armor was made of carburized Krupp armor with a thickness of 330 mm, the frontal front of the turret and the command tower was up to 350 mm thick, and for the first time 35 mm of horizontal armor was laid.

Although the hull of the same ship type is used, and the displacement is completely the same, but under the advocacy of Li Mo's small steps and seizing every opportunity to build a ship, McKinson still uses two different main gun equipment, so the appearance of the two ships is the same, but the internal structure is still slightly different, especially the last two Guangxi and Guangdong, due to the use of triple turrets, reducing an ammunition depot, so the endurance is increased to 13 knots / 8100 nautical miles compared with the 13 knots / 7000 nautical miles of the first two ships, For the first time, a seaplane position was also added between the two chimneys.

However, unlike the four main battleships, the four heavy cruisers that entered the port later were also changed from the Liaodong class to the Dalian class after the implementation of the naval regulations, namely Dalian, Dandong, Fengtian and Harbin, numbered 201 to 204.

Different from the two firepower equipment of the same level in the Jilin class, Master Li was completely built with a mini battlecruiser, and the heavy patrol with a sheep's head selling meat and dog meat was much more neat, with a unified L50/254 mm triple main gun, two front and one rear and one backpack layout, four twin L47/130 mm secondary guns, eight single 76 mm naval guns, and 12 37 mm twin rapid-fire machine guns.

The standard displacement is 1 ton, and the full load reaches 16800 tons.

The length and width are 160 meters and 23 meters respectively, the draft is 83 meters, and the size has reached the standard of the Duke class, only a little smaller than the Jilin class, 220 mm of main armor on the side side, and the front of the turret and the command tower are 250 mm.

24 oil-fired boilers and four steam turbines, also with a four-oar, double-rudder compartment layout, make the large power output reach 46,000 horsepower, which can make these four behemoths soar at a speed of 25 knots, and also have the same 12 knots/10,000 nautical miles of endurance as the Jinghai class.

Perhaps the utilization of displacement, the optimization of ship type, the layout of compartments and other aspects are not as good as those of Britain, France and Germany, and in order to increase the endurance, the loading of more fuel, in the secondary guns is also much weaker, but after nearly ten years of efforts, Master Li's technical advantages in boilers and steam turbines have been undoubtedly demonstrated.

There is no doubt that this is one of the neat and powerful fleets in the world today, even Britain is currently difficult to make up such a luxurious equipment, but for these, Hua has also paid an unimaginable price, the huge demand for steel has even affected domestic construction, and for these eight capital ships, in the case of financial surprises, the Prime Minister's Office has tightened its belts for four years, and even suspended the salaries of personnel for a period of time, investing as much as 15 million pounds, about one hundred and five million blue coins, not including personnel training, logistical support and other expenses, even with the power of the whole country is not too much.

If it weren't for Li Mo's crazy and stubborn expansion and development of the shipbuilding industry, it is estimated that China would not have been able to achieve such a breakthrough in technology; from the beginning of the Jinghai class, Li Mo alone spent 50 million pounds on his investment in the shipbuilding industry, the introduction of technology, the training of personnel abroad, and the invitation of experts.

That's a terrible number, 250 million dollars in dollars and 350 million in blue coins, at a time when the average American worker is paid only $10 a month.

Many people don't understand what Li Mo has done for this country, but seeing the above figures, everyone knows what a deep blue imprint this young emperor has made for this nation.

Sea power!

It is the commanding heights of this era and the future!

When a few hours later, six Duke-class, three Polar-star, three Vladivostok-class, and a total of eight Jinghai-class light cruisers that had just returned to urgently enter the ship for bottom cleaning, and twenty Defense-class destroyers arrived one after another, the entire Subic Bay was detonated!

On the dock, the ground crew was frantically busy and began to fill each warship with heavy oil and coal, replenish fresh water, transport ammunition and food and medicine, although they have a super luxurious lineup on their side, but the enemy is equally huge, as many as twenty battleships Although they have sailed more than 10,000 nautical miles, they are still a force to be reckoned with!

They're coming to Luzon!

"Your Majesty, before you board my battleship, I want to make sure once again that you are familiar with our secrecy and that you are ready to join us as an ordinary soldier, whether you die or are asked to do anything dangerous!"

Long Guozhang's eyes burned, scanning Hipper, who was standing in front of the gangway of the battleship Jilin, and the six German Navy cadet officers behind him who had already taken off their officers' collar badges.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Commander, we are ready, and if we die, it will be the responsibility of the German government and the navy." Hipper glanced at the envious and jealous eyes of the observers sent by the countries not far away, but were not authorized to board the ship, and saluted, and said: "Please rest assured that from the moment we set foot on the battleship, it will be the military personnel of your country, this is the promise of Germain. ”

Although the secrecy regulations were harsh, although they could only observe the tactics, although they had to stay with ordinary soldiers, and even under strict surveillance, Hipper had no regrets, because when he saw these eight capital ships, he knew that Germany and himself must not miss this battle!

"Board the ship." After Long Guozhang returned the salute, he dropped slightly and raised his arm suddenly.

"Honk, let's go!"

On March 28, 1904, the Royal Chinese Navy fleet set sail from Subic Bay in Luzon.

On the same day, all sea routes in Luzon were closed, communications were cut off, and all men and ships were told not to leave until the war was decided.

At that moment, the world lost Luzon。。!