Within a few days, the Admiralty came up with a candidate, and Colonel Antonio, from the Naval Training Division, became the candidate chosen by Admiral Golek.

Not to mention, this Colonel Antonio is still very senior, he was born into a family of seafarers in Genoa, joined the navy of the Kingdom of Sardinia at the age of 18, and later served as the first mate of the cruiser Kerry in the Battle of Saly, where he performed well. Later, he was transferred to the reserve fleet and underwent eight years of recruit training. While Admiral Goleck was Minister of the Navy, he was transferred to the Training Service as Deputy Chief of Training.

It can be said that he has enough training for recruits. It is also one of the reasons why Admiral Golek chose him, and of course, this alone is not enough to make him stand out. Colonel Antonio also has the advantage of not being tough and tactful, but he is able to listen to other people's opinions.

Although this personality makes it impossible for him to become a squadron commander, it is just right for an advisor. That's why Admiral Golek chose him and presented him to Carlo.

"Your Excellency, you have taken care of yourself."

After reading Colonel Antonio's resume, Carlo looked up and praised the Admiralty. Because Carlo learned that Lang Weili, the general adviser of the Beiyang Fleet currently under preparation, was a stubborn person, and although he was extremely responsible for his work, the officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division dared to suffer under his training. However, in view of Li Zhongtang's appreciation of him, the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Naval Division could only dare to be angry but did not dare to speak.

Therefore, when Italy sends advisers, it must be distinguished from Luang Weili, and considering the attitude of the United Kingdom, it cannot be higher than the rank of Luang Weili, the chief adviser (Luang Weili is also a colonel).

"It's all for the interests of the kingdom, and it's not hard work."

Obviously, Admiral Golek, who is the Minister of the Navy, is also well aware of this, which is why he chose Antonio, after all, Italy's interests in the Far East are growing rapidly, and someone needs to maintain such growth.

In addition to choosing a candidate to serve as an advisor to Beiyang, Carlo had one more thing to discuss with Admiral Golek. "Your Excellency, Leffel and the others have made great contributions to this naval battle, and how the Admiralty intends to treat these heroes."

Of course, there is a reason why Carlo is so interested in asking. Quite simply, Carlo wants to prop up people he can trust in the navy so that he can take control of the navy himself.

And he took a fancy to the two young heroes of Leifell and Gomes. As for why he didn't choose anyone else, there were a large number of colonels and even generals in the Navy who wanted to become Carlo's spokesperson in the Navy, because Carlo was not willing to choose at will, and in addition, he was still young, and there was time to slowly take control of the Navy.

Admiral Golek was unaware of Carlo's intentions, and he thought that Carlo's eagerness to reward meritorious officials was to show that he had won a great victory in this confrontation with the prime minister. However, even if he knew about it, it would not affect him, and by the time these two good seedlings could affect the navy, he would either be buried or already retired.

"Your Majesty, what we in the Admiralty mean is to promote all the officers and men who fought in the Far East this time by one rank, and to note their merits on their resumes. Originally, it was planned to wait for them to come back and give them a promotion, but since His Majesty has asked, then let him be promoted in the Far East. ”

Carlo was very satisfied with Admiral Golek's words, because the reward given by the Admiralty was good, and His Excellency the Admiral took care of his emotions and advanced this time by more than half a year.

(Lefer and Gomes still can't return to China, because they need to spend more than half a year teaching the officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division to operate the two ships.) This was a special request from Li Zhongtang to Italy, for which he also purchased a textile machine of 2 million lire. One more thing, the Beiyang pipe belt of Zhiyuan and Jingyuan is Deng Shichang and Ye Zuqi. As for why Liu Buyun, who has been with the ship, did not serve as the pipe band, because Li Zhongtang still intended him to serve as the pipe band of the second ship. This also proves that in Li Zhongtang's eyes, the ironclad ship is its core strength, although the second ship of Zhijing is much more expensive. ）

After Carlo got the satisfactory result, he did not immediately let go of His Excellency the Admiralty in front of him, but continued to ask the next question.

"I heard that the Navy is already preparing to build two new ships based on the performance of the Venetian class in the Far East naval battle?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Navy is preparing to build two new ships."

In the face of Carlo's inquiry, Admiral Golek answered unabashedly.

The two ships are a new design with some modifications on the Venetian class, in which there is no difference in length, mainly according to the complaint that there are too few secondary guns in naval battles, the new installation plan is equipped with 10 152 mm secondary guns, and these main guns also use the same central axis layout as the 254 mm main guns, and also use a two-pack design.

Six of them were placed between the back of the bridge and the three chimneys in a two-pack mode, and the other four were raised in two and placed behind the 254 mm guns. This looks like a lot of turret artifacts.

In addition, the armor has also been optimized and slightly strengthened, from 80 mm - 152 mm to 90 mm - 152 mm, making the Venetian class better able to cope with various situations.

Of course, after such improvements, its displacement has also increased a lot, its standard tonnage has risen from 6850 tons to 7580 tons, and the full load displacement has also increased from 7460 tons to 8120 tons. In order to keep the new Venice class at high speed, the power has also been optimized, with its maximum horsepower increased from 13,000 to 15,000, and the maximum speed has also been slightly increased, from 18.6 knots to 18.7 knots.

It can be said that this is the most combat-effective patrol in the world at present.

Of course, it is unknown how long this can last, because the British Admiralty has ordered all shipyards to come up with a plan for the 10,000-ton installation by February 1885, and it is said that the British Admiralty intends to build five ships at one time, which is really wealthy.

At least for now, Venice still maintains its advantage in the world, of course, excellent warships have the cost to match them, and all the money that the Admiralty received from the Qing State was put into the two ships.

To be honest, now the patrol is the most expensive warship of the same tonnage. It's almost 1.5 times the cost of an ironclad ship of the same level. If nothing else, the power cost is expensive.

But for Admiral Golek, now he wants every lira to devote himself to building ships, because of his urgency.

"According to the information we have received, the French Navy is already designing drawings for armored cruisers, and I heard that the French are going to build six mounted cruisers."

That's right, that's why Admiral Golek is worried.

France is going to build six ships?

Is this true, or is it fake?

Carlo said why didn't he get the news?

Faced with Carlo's puzzled expression, Admiral Golek continued. "This is the information we have learned from the insiders of the French Admiralty, and the French intend to hide this news first."

This kind of thing still needs to be hidden?

Carlo felt that this news was very unreliable, because the new French Minister of the Navy, Admiral Acente Aub, has been advocating the role of torpedoes since he came to power, and even announced that he would build 1,000 torpedo boats. And in order to overcome the shortcomings of torpedo boats that could not go far, he also ordered the Admiralty to develop such a strange thing as torpedo boat carriers.

It doesn't look like such a French naval leader, who is obsessed with the role of torpedoes, to spend so much money on patrolling.

But since Admiral Golek had said so, then Carlo assumed the news to be true, so he spoke. "I will keep an eye on the movements of the French Admiralty, and if there is anything unusual, I will inform you in time."