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Later, after a year of research, these problems were improved, but the second maritime time, the beginning was really smooth, but later it was found that the stability of the Nasaki-class light cruiser in bad sea conditions was too poor, and the boiler combustion rate was uneven, and the actual range could not meet the design requirements.

This is the second time that it has been pulled back to the slipway to change it, increase the area of the stabilizer fin, develop new alloy steel, and increase the airtightness of the boiler.

However, this was not easy to accomplish, and until the time of Huoshan's shipwreck, the calamitous Mingxiang-class light cruiser still did not get off the slipway.

Now that the Sino-US war is about to end, the Huo family army has controlled almost the entire Pacific Ocean, and its tentacles are even deeper into the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, but compared with the expansion of the Huo family army on the road, the Huo family army navy is indeed too far behind.

At present, tens of millions of square kilometers of sea area are only protected by some rags captured by the Netherlands and Portugal, and after being refitted with some rags captured by the Netherlands and Portugal, they are led to Seahawk-class frigates and Admiral-class destroyers. Not to mention the scale of such a navy, it is impossible to see even one-third of an acre of land.

Such a Huo Jiajun navy is really too far from Huo Shan's goal of becoming a world naval power.

"Young Master, this Name-class cruiser is still being improved, but since the addition of ship designers and senior mechanics from the United States. The improvement of the name level has been much faster, and I believe that it will be completed by the end of this year!"

Looking at the appearance of Ai Ai during the Huo Feng period, Huo Shan nodded calmly on his face. But I sighed deeply in my heart.

"Forget it, why don't you talk about the hundred-year-old navy! Give them a while!"

Remembering that the Germans were so industrially developed and their economic foundation was nearly a hundred times stronger than the current Huo Jiajun, after more than ten years of development, the Saxony-class ironclad ships built were only coastal defense ships, and they were not suitable for ocean-going operations at all.

Now in five years, the Huo Jiajun Navy has been able to achieve the current results very well.

And come to think of it. Huoshan again appeared the word that made countless Chinese regret for more than 100 years and broke their hearts for more than 100 years -- the Beiyang Fleet.

"Now my father-in-law ordered 'Dingyuan' and 'Zhenyuan' at Volzen Shipyard in Germany has returned to China, right?"

Hearing this, Huo Feng nodded. He didn't notice the complicated look in Huo Shan's eyes.

"Yes, a week before the young master was shipwrecked, they had already returned to the military ports of the Beiyang Naval Division (the Beiyang Fleet was established in 1888 and is still the Beiyang Naval Division) in Lushun and Weihaiwei. ”

"And. According to the reaction of the spy personnel of our security bureau set up within the Qing court. At a great court meeting last month, Cixi originally wanted to use these two warships to lead the Beiyang Navy Division to recapture the two islands of Taiwan-Bay and Hai-Nan from us, but because of Li Hongzhang!"

Speaking of this, Huo Feng immediately thought of the marriage between the Huo family and the Li family, and after a trace of embarrassment flashed on his face, he quickly changed his words, "It's the young master's father-in-law who is afraid that we will join forces with the French." Another 'Second Opium War'-style war, so this operation was canceled again!"

"It seems that my father-in-law has done us a great favor!" Huo Shan said with a hint of complexity in his eyes.

As a modern man from the afterlife. For this kind of marriage, Huo Shan still instinctively resisted in his heart. If it weren't for his mother's order, and these two marriages also provided great convenience for Huo Jiajun's infiltration and immigration actions within the Qing Dynasty, he would never agree to any marriage.

Perhaps because he heard the complexity of Huo Shan's words, Huo Feng next to him did not speak again.

After a while, Huo Shan turned to ask, "How is the form of Vietnam now?"

"Since the French army conquered Shanxi, on June 15, the commander of the French expeditionary force, Gu Ba, personally led 18,000 French troops to invade Bac Ninh, an important town in northern Vietnam. Although Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army is still being held back, with the weak combat strength of the Qing army, it is estimated that it will not be able to hold out in Bac Ninh for a few days!"

Hearing this, Huo Shan nodded, Beining's defeat was in his expectation. Although time has passed too long now, he can no longer remember some details of the Sino-French war, but except for the great victory at Zhennanguan, in this war for control of Vietnam, the Qing army did not fight France a few times.

"Young Master, can we participate now?"

Huo Shan turned his head and said with a smile: "Did Liu Wenqi ask you to ask?"

"Hehe, yes!" Huo Feng's face was slightly embarrassed, but he had worked with Liu Wenqi for many years and was an old friend, so he couldn't shirk this matter at the beginning.

Nodding, Huo Shan's face sank slightly.

Liu Wenqi's Fourth Division had been stationed in Vietnam for almost six years, and after so many years, there had been no war at all, except for dealing with those bandits and bandits, and occasionally dealing with Vietnamese troops that were inferior to the Qing army.

In addition, as a general in the Vietnamese base area, he will definitely not be able to participate in the huge war of the Huo Jiajun to overthrow the Qing government in the future, and can only nest in such a small place as Vietnam. Now it is difficult to wait for the Qing-French War to start, and the military department also intends to secretly participate and hold back the French, although the scale of the war is not large, but it is also a rare opportunity for the Fourth Division.

Therefore, seeing that the Qing-French War was in full swing now, but the military department had not ordered it for a long time, Liu Wenqi was in a hurry, so he naturally did everything possible to find Huo Feng and ask him to help him talk about the young master's tone. It's also good to let him have a bottom in his heart.

"Okay, since you asked for him. However, the Qing-French War is related to our next strategic plan to overthrow the Qing government, so let Liu Wenqi start to send troops on a small scale, and spread them as much as possible. ”

"Yes, young master, I'll tell him carefully!"

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Lai Chau is a county under the jurisdiction of the Vietnamese Dynasty Son Lo Province, located at the foot of the Zao Zai Mountain, because of the inland relationship, the economy is not developed, and it is also a weak area under the rule of the Vietnamese Dynasty.

Of course, since the Fourth Division of the Huojia Army came here to establish a base here, Laizhou broke away from the rule of the Vietnamese Dynasty, although it also sent troops to suppress it later, but after being beaten by the Fourth Division three times in a row, it never dared to come over. Coupled with the oppression of the French, the monarchs and ministers of the Nguyen Dynasty in Vietnam seem to have forgotten the existence of Lai Chau in recent years.

However, as the center of the Vietnamese base of the Huojia Army and the base camp of the Fourth Division, the situation in Laizhou has been developing rapidly after the situation has stabilized in recent years, and immigrants from Liangguang have gradually prospered here, and at the same time, it has also developed the cultivation of crops such as cotton, corn, tea and soybeans.

Moreover, it took three years to build, crossing the early mountains of the Song Dynasty, from Laizhou to the original Laos, and now the double-track highway of Vientiane, the capital of Huojiajun Shannan Province, has also made Laizhou's external traffic smooth.

Now the population of Lai Chau City is close to 150,000, making it the second largest city in North Vietnam after Hanoi, the capital of the Nguyen Dynasty.

The headquarters of the Fourth Division of the Huojia Army is located in the north of Laizhou City, but after six years of operation, Laizhou City, which is the center of the Huojia Army's Vietnamese base, is stable enough. Therefore, at this moment, there are not many troops in Laizhou, only more than 1,000 people belonging to the guard battalion of the Fourth Division.

However, even with just over 1,000 people, Liu Wenqi is confident that he can deal with threats from any direction.

Looking at the large military map of Vietnam on the table, the red, yellow and blue colors were distinct, and Liu Wenqi's eyes were more focused on the blue, which occupied most of Vietnam's territory, because it represented his next opponent, France. The slender red with the spindle-shaped red that spreads from the north to the south of Vietnam next to the blue color represents the Vietnamese base of the Huo Jiajun, and only a handful of yellow in the north represents the Vietnamese sphere of influence that the Qing Dynasty has now survived.

According to the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Bureau, after marking out the locations of the French garrisons and the storage places of logistics materials one by one, Liu Wenqi threw down the pencil in his hand, held his left hand in front of his chest, supported his chin with his right hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, and secretly thought.

"Knock knock ......!"

With the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer, a young general with an armed belt, a neat military appearance, and the rank of brigadier general on his shoulders pushed the door and walked in.

"Commander, good news!"

"Oh, what good news, it's actually made you so happy for this old-fashioned guy!" Liu Wen smiled when he turned his head and looked at Yu Yong, the chief of staff of the Fourth Division, who had worked with him for more than three years.

Hearing this, Yu Yong picked up the telegram he had just received in his hand and said with a smile: "The telegram forwarded by the young master from the military headquarters, what we have been looking forward to for a long time has come true!"

"Great, bring it over and show it to me!" Liu Wenqi's face was full of excitement. almost snatched the telegram from Yu Yong's hand.

"Haha, it's finally time to do it!" Liu Wenqi laughed out loud after a quick glance at the entire telegram in ten lines.

Looking at the excited Liu Wenqi, Yu Yong, who had known the news earlier and had now calmed down, reminded beside him: "Although the young master agreed to our request, you can see clearly, the above has asked us to control the scale of the troops, and we are not allowed to make a big move!"

"Well, that's a problem!" (To be continued.) )