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Chapter 80 Young Children in the United States

The 'Mingxiang' class light cruiser is a new type of warship that Huo Shan handed over to the Naval Ship Design Institute for demonstration half a year ago in order to further strengthen the combat capability of the Huo Jiajun Navy!

The standard displacement is 4,200 tons, the full load is 5,210 tons, the length of the ship is 109.7m, the deck width is 14.28m, the draft is 5.1m, and the No. 2 armor steel (Harvey armor) that has just been developed is laid throughout the ship near the waterline, with a strength of 365 people.

The normal coal load is 420 tons, the maximum coal load is 1,000 tons, and the power of the Mingxiang-class light cruiser is also very proud, with two vertical four-cylinder three-rise steam engines and 10 small water-tube coal-fired boilers, which can obtain 12,000 horsepower! Driving two propellers, the design speed can reach an astonishing 20 knots, which is only slightly slower than the Mingjiang-class destroyer that has just been launched!

Of course, like the famous general class, while obtaining ultra-fast speed, the famous phase class is also equally powerful in armament! The main gun is a five-seat twin-mounted 152mm L45 naval gun that has just been finalized and produced, with a gun chamber length of 6,250 mm, a warhead weighing 46 kg, a muzzle velocity of 705 M/S, an effective range of 15,000 kilometers, and a speed of 4 rounds per minute. All five turrets were located on the center line of the battleship, four guns each in the bow and stern, and the last two were in the middle of the two chimneys! In order to deal with the increasingly fast torpedo boats, 12 37 machine guns and 24 12.7mm heavy machine guns were distributed around the ship! Plus as many as five torpedo barrels, and a gun rangefinder and radio station that had been installed on the destroyer of the famous general, known as the combat multiplier! This was almost a perfect heavy weapon at sea in this era!

In addition, in order to increase its seaworthiness, Huo Shan also deliberately canceled the ugly and easy to go up the waves, adopted a high dry suspension design, and canceled the collision angle under the ship, and these have also become the standard design of Huo Jiajun's naval ships!

For this new warship, which has been demonstrated for half a year and has basically reached the construction standard, the Huo Jiajun Navy and the warship designers have always been eager to lay its keel in the shipyard as soon as possible! Today, this goal has finally been achieved!

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"Brother Cheng (Zhan Tianyou), I still can't believe that this is actually Taiwan under the rule of the imperial court! It's incredible!" Ouyang Geng sat on the train heading south, recalling in his mind the huge shipyard and the roaring steel mill he saw outside Keelung Port, and said with some complexity and some joy.

"Yes, when Mr. Rong Hong persuaded us to come to Taiwan, he didn't talk about this!" Zhan Tianyou remembered the long letter that was still in his luggage, and wondered in his heart whether he should accept the above conditions! After all, a strong industry in this era is the foundation of a strong country! And from what he saw and heard along the way after he came to Taiwan, it can also be seen that the young master that Mr. often mentioned in his letters is indeed working hard to increase the foundation of China's strength and prosperity as he said!

Zhan Tianyou and Ouyang Geng, both of whom were the first batch of young children to study in the United States, but compared with their peers who were still studying in the United States, they themselves had already completed more than ten years of study in advance and returned to China! However, just a week before they returned to China, the two of them received a long letter from Mr. Rong Hong, who had taken them to study in the United States, in which they could not help but introduce in detail the current situation of Huo Jiajun, and also warmly invited them to serve in the newly established Government Council! Originally, they wanted to return to China directly, but what they said in the letter was really a bit shocking, so after the two made an appointment, they boarded the Huo family's passenger ship that specializes in running American routes! Yesterday, they boarded the land of Taiwan, and after seeing the growing heavy industry in Keelung Port, they stepped on the train to Taipei, intending to see with their own eyes the young master who seemed to know everything and could do everything in the mouth of his husband, and then decide on his future behavior!

"Zhaoting, how did you think about what Mr. said?" After thinking for a while, Zhan Tianyou looked up at his good friend, Ouyang Geng, who also graduated from Yale University in the United States!

"Brother Cheng, I won't tell you, I've already decided to join the Huo family's army!"

Looking at his solemn expression, Zhan Tianyou couldn't help but be a little surprised, he knew that his old friend was usually very cautious, how could he decide this decision so easily this time that might affect his life!

"Don't be surprised, Brother Cheng! Actually, there is one thing you have not known, my cousin, Ou Yangming, who was the consul general of the Qing court in San Francisco in the United States at the time, actually joined the Chinese People's Army a year ago! Thanks to him, I have read many of the young master's masterpieces, and I am also deeply impressed by his talent and sense of national responsibility. Ouyang Geng smiled and said the secret hidden in his heart!

"So, you've decided to join this regime?" Zhan Tianyou looked at his friend seriously and asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, I have already decided, there is no hope for the current Qing court, relying only on a four-like Westernization movement, there is no way to save the edifice that is about to collapse, the demise of the Qing court is already a matter of time, and the continuous invasion of Westerners has only accelerated this process! Now that I see Taiwan's booming industry, I understand that what the young master said is actually not wrong at all! The Qing court is completely hopeless! If we want China to truly rise, we can only launch a violent revolution from the bottom up, overthrow the current Qing Dynasty, and establish a completely new political power! Then carry out political, economic, cultural, and other all-round reforms at home, only in this way can we truly develop our economy, enhance our comprehensive national strength, and Chinese can we have dignity in the world!" Thinking of the discrimination suffered by the Chinese in the United States, Ouyang Gengshen said firmly, with a hint of fanaticism.

Hearing his words, Zhan Tianyou felt a little shocked, he didn't expect that his friend who usually gets along day and night has become an anti-Qing person from his bones!

"This is a book written by the young master himself, it may help you make a correct decision!" Ouyang Geng took out a book from his seat that was already a little damaged in the corner and put it in front of him!

Hearing him say this, Zhan Tianyou was not polite, and directly took the book and held it in the palm of his hand! Now he has a strong sense of curiosity in his heart about several mentors and helpful friends around him, young masters who have repeatedly mentioned and praised them!

The cover of the whole book is very simple, except for the three traditional Chinese characters of 'On China', there is nothing! After carefully opening it, I will see that the dense small characters fill the entire opening table of contents, and from the familiar font above, these are all my friends' feelings after reading and some of my own analysis and summary!

Looking at Zhan Tianyou, who had gradually been attracted by the content of the book, the corners of Ouyang Geng's mouth couldn't help but show a smile, I believe that after reading this book again, his old friend will change his position and attitude!

"Young Master, the task you gave me is complete!" Ouyang Geng looked at the southern sky and muttered to himself in a low voice.

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"Young master, I have already explained to the Prime Minister, according to your wishes, they will go to the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to report!" Huo Lei said after putting down the report in his hand.

Thinking of the two Yale top students who left their names in China's modern history, the corners of Huo Shan's mouth couldn't help but quietly hook up a good-looking arc, the young children studying in the United States are a group of enviable senior talents, 22 entered Yale University, 8 entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 3 entered Columbia University, and 1 entered Harvard University, all of which were among the top five super schools in the world in the future! This group of overseas students in their early 100s, even if it is another 100 years, is also a drooling senior talent that every country envies!

Moreover, with Huo Shan's intervention, they will complete their four-year college studies in this life, and I believe that their contribution to the country will far surpass that of their previous lives! Now they are finally waiting for them to return to China!

When the talented people he sent to study abroad continue to return to China, coupled with the quality education that Huo Jiajun is now working hard to promote, as long as another 10 years pass, then the dilemma of his own shortage of high-level talent will be greatly alleviated! A large number of ordinary talents who have received new-style education since childhood will also make up for their own shortage of workers, and then China will really usher in great development, and it will also be the time when China will show its sharp fangs to the whole world!

Every time he thinks of the bright future he has woven with his own hands, Huo Shan can't help but be surging with new cháo!